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Examines how modern Orthodox Christian thinkers have answered political, legal, and ethical questions. This book discusses the teachings of Orthodox Christian intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also underscores the various ways Orthodox Christian intellectuals have shaped modern debates over the family and society.

Examines how modern Orthodox Christian thinkers have answered political, legal, and ethical questions. This book discusses the teachings of Orthodox Christian intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also underscores the various ways Orthodox Christian intellectuals have shaped modern debates over the family and society.

Examines how Protestant thinkers have answered political, legal, and ethical questions. This book discusses the enduring teachings of important Protestant intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also underscores the various ways Protestant intellectuals have shaped debates over the family, the state, religion, and society.

Examines how Protestant thinkers have answered political, legal, and ethical questions. This book discusses the enduring teachings of important Protestant intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also underscores the various ways Protestant intellectuals have shaped debates over the family, the state, religion, and society.

Examines how Catholic thinkers have answered political, legal, and ethical questions. This book discusses the enduring teachings of important Catholic intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also underscores the various ways Catholic intellectuals have shaped debates over the family, the state, religion, and society.

Examines how Catholic thinkers have answered political, legal, and ethical questions. This book discusses the enduring teachings of important Catholic intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also underscores the various ways Catholic intellectuals have shaped debates over the family, the state, religion, and society.

Discusses about what information governments and other powerful organizations should disclose. This book distills the lessons of many nations' often bitter experience and provides analysis of transparency's impact on governance, business regulation, environmental protection, and national security. It is useful for policymakers and executives.

With essays on US history ranging from American Revolution to the dawn of the twenty-first century, this volume illuminates struggles waged over freedom and citizenship throughout the American past. It demonstrates how opposition to the expansion of democracy has shaped the American tradition as much as movements for social and political change.

What is it about the marriage of music and the stage that fills us with such bewilderment and passion? What is opera's seductive promise and how does it draw us into its embrace? This study considers the allure of several seducers and seductresses from nineteenth-century opera - Monteverdi's "Poppea", Handel's "Alcina", and Massenet's "Manon".

Looks at the emotional and organizational dynamics between individuals, couples, and families who provide care, and yet who are also committed to a full time career as a human service professional. This book provides insight into negotiating social service agencies and other institutions.

Looks at the emotional and organizational dynamics between individuals, couples, and families who provide care, and yet who are also committed to a full time career as a human service professional. This book provides an insight into negotiating social service agencies and other institutions.

Presents the portrait of the evolution of the feminist-care tradition. This volume argues for ethical attentiveness and sympathy in our relationships with animals and propose a link between the subjugation of women and the human domination of nature. It includes an introduction that situates feminist animal care theory within feminist theory.

An A to Z reference for modern drama. It highlights the interdisciplinary nature of drama by placing playwrights and plays within their social, cultural, and historical contexts. It focuses on drama in the literary sense rather than as performance. It also follows the development of modern theater in both Western Europe and Eastern Europe.

Conceptions of evil have changed dramatically over time. This work explores what has changed in our understanding of evil, why the transformation matters, and how we can learn from this specific historical development. It argues that narrative plays a key role in helping societies acknowledge their pasts.

Gathers together documents from the National Archives and dozens of additional repositories, resulting in a rich portrait of the first decade of the Court. This final volume of concerns cases heard between 1798 and 1800. In these years, the United States was virtually at war with France, and issues arising from that conflict came before the Court.