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Nation, stat och imperium : tillhörighet i en globaliserad värld
Med det kalla krigets slut och globaliseringens segertåg trodde många att nationalism hörde till historien. Men det visade sig vara tvärtom. Idag ser vi hur nationalismen sprids …
Peruvian Traditions
Peruvian author Ricardo Palma (1838-1919) was one of the most popular and imitated writers in Latin America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As head of the …
Surge of Piety
The dramatic untold story of how Norman Vincent Peale and a handful of conservative allies fueled the massive rise of religiosity in the United States during the 1950s Near the …
William Friedkin
Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin (b. 1935) is best known for his critically and commercially successful films The French Connection and The Exorcist. Unlike other …
Handbook of Special Education Research, Volume II
Divided into two volumes, the Handbook of Special Education Research provides a comprehensive overview of critical issues in special education research. Volume II addresses …
Handbook of Special Education Research, Volume II
Divided into two volumes, the Handbook of Special Education Research provides a comprehensive overview of critical issues in special education research. Volume II addresses …
Age of Doubt
By analyzing the parallel battles over faith and reason in the nineteenth century and ours, scholar Christopher Lane makes a case for the benefits of religious uncertainty. The …
Development of a 2D Ultrasonic Array Inspection for Single Crystal Turbine Blades
This thesis describes the development of a new technique to solve an important industrial inspection requirement for a high-value jet-engine component. The work - and the story …
Callings and Consequences
The concept of vocation in an early modern setting calls to mind the priesthood or religious life in a monastery or cloister; to be "e;called"e; by God meant to leave the …
Nation, state and empire : belonging in a globalised world
With the end of the Cold War and the triumph of globalisation, many believed that nationalism now was a thing of the past: instead the opposite is true. Today, we can see …
Sound Current Tradition
The practice of listening to subtle, inner sounds during meditation to concentrate and elevate the mind has a long history in various religions around the world, including Islam, …