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The Recognition and Management of Early Psychosis
The treatment of early psychosis has been bedevilled by an entrenched pessimism, stemming from the asylum era and the Kraepelinian model of... Les mer
An Introduction to World Anglicanism
What is the nature of world Anglicanism in a postcolonial, global age? With talk of fragmentation constantly in the media, what does it mean to be... Les mer
Nuclear Implosions
Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System follows a small public agency in Washington State that undertook... Les mer
What is Truth? From the Academy to the Vatican
This book studies the nature, growth and prospects of Roman Catholic culture, viewed as capable of appropriating all that is noble both from internal... Les mer
The Cambridge History of Turkey
Turkey's modern history has been shaped by its society and its institutions. In this fourth volume of The Cambridge History of Turkey a team of some... Les mer
Augustine and the Limits of Virtue
Augustine’s moral psychology was one of the richest in late antiquity, and in this book James Wetzel evaluates its development, indicating that the... Les mer
Silence and the Word
Negative theology or apophasis - the idea that God is best identified in terms of ‘absence’, ‘otherness’, ‘difference’ - has been... Les mer
Women and Achievement in Nineteenth-Century Europe
This major new history of European women's professional activities and organizational roles during the ‘long’ nineteenth century examines what... Les mer
Greek Laughter
The first book to offer an integrated reading of ancient Greek attitudes to laughter. Taking material from various genres and contexts, the book... Les mer
Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the Fourth Century BC
The streams of Greek history in the fourth century are highly controversial. Sandwiched between the Classical fifth century and the Hellenistic... Les mer
A Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations
An A to Z companion to 2,000 years of encounter between Judaism and Christianity, A Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations is a pioneering work... Les mer
Events of Grace
In the liberal theological tradition dating from Schleiermacher, Events of Grace demonstrates that the Christian faith can be fully compatible with a... Les mer
A History of Nigeria
Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country and the world’s eighth largest oil producer, but its success has been undermined in recent decades by... Les mer
Christian Pluralism in the United States
Recent immigrant Christians from India are changing the face of American Christianity. They are establishing churches with Orthodox, Protestant and... Les mer
International Justice in Rwanda and the Balkans
Today’s international war crimes tribunals lack police powers, and therefore must prod and persuade defiant states to co-operate in the arrest and... Les mer
The Content of Social Explanation
This is a study of the central questions of explanation in the social sciences, and a defence of ‘holism’ against ‘individualism’. In the... Les mer
The Economic Vote
This book proposes a selection model for explaining cross-national variation in economic voting: Rational voters condition the economic vote on... Les mer
Modeling Trade Policy
Applied general equilibrium (AGE) models have received considerable attention and scrutiny in the public debate over the North American Free Trade... Les mer
Urban Protest in Mexico and Brazil
Why do social organizations decide to protest instead of working through institutional channels? This book draws hypotheses from three standard... Les mer
The Metaphysics of the Tractatus
In this remarkably clear and original study of the Tractatus Peter Carruthers has two principal aims. He seeks to make sense of Wittgenstein’s... Les mer
Theology in the Russian Diaspora
The author at the centre of this study, Russian priest-theologian Nikolai Nikolaevich Afanas'ev, was perhaps the most influential thinker about the... Les mer
The Legal Status of Territories Subject to Administration by International Organisations
The international community’s practice of administering territories in post-conflict environments has raised important legal questions. Using... Les mer
Philosophy in a New Century
John R. Searle has made profoundly influential contributions to three areas of philosophy: philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy... Les mer
Business and the State in Africa
The dominant developmental approach in Africa over the last twenty years has been to advocate the role of markets and the private sector in restoring... Les mer