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Inspired by Jim Corbett's free-range pastoralism of 'goatwalking, ' this work gleans a pastoral theology from the wealth of practical wisdom within the Quaker tradition, giving particular attention to Corbett's foci of alertness, adaptability, symbiotic relationships, and co-creativity.

In Constructing Change, Ezgi B. Unsal explores the commodification of social provision as a defining feature of modern world economy, by using the case studies of electricity and housing provision in Turkey.

A Comparative History of Catholic and As'arī Theologies of Truth and Salvation offers a systematic study of the views of the two most dominant theological schools in Christianity and Islam, shifting the scholarly focus from individual theologians to theological schools.

This book describes the evolution of the nonprofit sector in Israel and analyzes it within existing nonprofit theories.

This volume provides the first critical edition of books I-II.10 of the last redaction of the Questions on Aristotle's Meteorology by Nicole Oresme, one of the most original and influential thinkers of the fourteenth century.

This book is the first economic history of the Tangut Empire. With a wealth of historical records: taxes, registers, and contracts, it studies the economic lives and activities, laws and institutions, trade and transactions of Western Xia. It offers a gateway to the outer shape and inner life of the Western Xia (Xixia) economy and society, and rethinks the Tanguts' influence on the Hexi Corridor and the Silk Road.

In Urban Rituals in Sacred Landscapes in Hellenistic Asia Minor, Christina G. Williamson uses a multi-disciplinary approach to examine the phenomenon of monumental sanctuaries in the countryside in that accompanied the second rise of the Greek city-state in Hellenistic Asia Minor.

In Assessing the Landscape of Taiwan and Korean Studies in Comparison, the chapters offer a reflection on the state of the field of Taiwan and Korea Studies. By looking at the two, the chapters in the volume broaden an understanding of the interconnectivity of the region.

Letters from Khartoum is a partial biography of Scottish educator, D.R. Ewen, and of the teaching of English Literature at the University of Khartoum, from the time of the late Anglo-Egyptian Condominium through to Independence and the October 1964 Revolution.

Through in-depth textual analyses covering a variety of media, ranging from fiction, poetry, film to theoretical works as well as cultural phenomena, Xiaoping Wang explores newly emerging social and cultural fashions in contemporary China in the age of global capitalism.

Crises and end time expectations are closely linked to one another. The present volume collates interdisciplinary research from specialists in the study of apocalyptic and eschatological subjects worldwide and overcomes the existing Euro-centrism by incorporating a broader perspective.

This book shows that childhood was an essential element in the arguments and purposes of authors in medieval Poland from 1050-1300 CE. This role of childhood in medieval mindsets has salient parallels throughout Europe and this is also explored in this volume.

Trials of Convergence analyses the nineteenth century industrialization of the Netherlands from the perspective of prices and factor costs. It shows that its retarded transition was due to the confluent effect of open economy forces, endowments and the erratic adjustment of economic and fiscal institutions.

In this study, Bethany Somma argues for a dichotomous interpretation of human desire developed by late ancient Greek and medieval Islamic philosophers in response to an ambiguity in Aristotle's account of desire.

This research employs the narrative of mental suffering as a prism through which to study Chinese migration in France. It provides new analytical angles and new perspectives on the paradoxical existence and conditions of the migrants, and traces the social links between individuals and societies, objectivity and subjectivity, the real and the imaginary.

In Early Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.): At the Crossroads of Iranian, Hellenistic, and Central Asian History, Marek Jan Olbrycht depicts the early Arsakid Parthian state in northeastern Iran and Turkmenistan within the broader historical context of Western and Central Asia in the post-Achaemenid/Hellenistic period.

Baghdadi Jewish Networks in the Age of Nationalism explores different components of Baghdadi participation in global Jewish networks through the modernization of communal leadership, satellite communities, transnational Jewish philanthropy and secular education during the Hashemite period (1920-1951).

This study documents the role of the members of the Society of Jesus in the spiritual and educational life of Spanish American cities, as administrators of frontier missions. In 1767, the King of Spain ordered the expulsion of the Jesuits from his territories, and those who survived the journey to Europe ended in exile in the Papal States.

In Religion, Culture, and Politics in Pre-Islamic Iran, Bruce Lincoln offers a vast overview on different aspects of the Indo-Iranian, Zoroastrian and Pre-Islamic mythologies, religions and cultural issues.

In Intimate Diversity Paul Smith explores the question, 'What grace can be found in the gift of interreligious marriage?' He investigates the experience of interfaith couples for theological themes and from a mssional standpoint.

In Deciphering the Worlds of Hebrews Gabriella Gelardini gathers fifteen essays on Hebrews that deal with topics such as structure and intertext, sin and faith, atonement and cult, as well as space and resistance.

When Creoles and Spanish Collide: Language and Culture in the Caribbean presents a contemporary look on how Creole English communities in Central America grapple with evolving Creole identity and representation, language contact with Spanish, language endangerment, discrimination, and linguistic creativity.

This volume offers an account of social life and religious practice within a Manichaean community in fourth-century (C.E.) Roman Egypt.

Did the Florentine philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) influence the art of his time? This book starts with an exploration of Ficino's views on the imagination and discusses whether, how and why these ideas may have been received in Italian Renaissance works of art.

Four Central Asian Shrines documents the social history of four long-standing Muslim shrines--at Samarqand, Balkh, Mazar-i Sharif, and Qandahar--and the evolution of their architecture as depicted in the written record and through a century and a quarter of photographs.

Based on the discussion of theoretical perspectives and empirically grounded research, this volume unveils insights on tourism and food, architecture and museums, TV series and movies, rock, K-pop and samba, by making sense of aesthetic preferences in a global perspective.

This volume addresses the 'impoverishment of state theory' over the last decades and insists on the continued salience of class analysis to the study of capitalist states - neoliberal restructuring, the political architecture of imperialism, and the potentials for democratic transformation.

The Ilisu Dam and its Impact on the Mesopotamian Marshes of Iraq: Implications for the Future Directions of International Water Law provides an overview of the Tigris Euphrates River Basin legal regime and insights into future directions for the law.