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Divine Accounting
Theo-Economics in Early Christianity
Divine Accounting offers a nuanced narrative about the intersections of religious and economic life in early Christianity Jennifer Quigley shows how the divine was an active participant in the economic...
Asteroids
How Love, Fear, and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space
A unique, wide-ranging examination of asteroid exploration and our future in space Human travel into space is an enormously expensive and unforgiving endeavor. So why go? In this accessible and authoritative book,...
Islamic Thought in Africa
The Collected Works of Afa Ajura (1910-2004) and the Impact of Ajuraism on Northern Ghana
The first book length-work on Afa Ajura and translation of his complete poems This is the first English translation and commentary of the collected poems of Alhaj Yusuf ?ali? Ajura (1910-2004), a Northern Ghanaian...
French Drawings from the Age of Claude, Poussin, Watteau, and Fragonard
Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums
Dazzling works on paper from a vast and celebrated collection The Harvard Art Museums house one of the most significant collections of works on paper in North America. Among its many strengths are sheets by...
Warda
A Novel
Sonallah Ibrahim’s 2000 masterpiece offers readers a view of twentieth-century world events through the diary pages of his titular character 1950s Cairo. At a leftist meeting, idealistic journalist Rushdy encounters...
The House of Fragile Things
Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France
A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction In the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of...
The Gnostic Scriptures
A collection of extra-biblical scriptures written by the gnostics, updated with three ancient texts including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas This definitive introduction to the gnostic...
A Life Together
Lucas Alaman and Mexico, 1792-1853
An eminent historian’s biography of one of Mexico’s most prominent statesmen, thinkers, and writers Lucas Alamán (1792–1853) was the most prominent statesman, political economist, and historian in nineteenth-century...
The Faiths of Others
A History of Interreligious Dialogue
The first intellectual history of interreligious dialogue, a relatively new and significant dimension of human religiosity In recent decades, organizations committed to interreligious or interfaith dialogue have...
Coral Reefs
Majestic Realms under the Sea
An eye-opening introduction to the complexity, wonder, and vital roles of coral reefs When mass coral bleaching and die-offs were first identified in the 1980s, and eventually linked to warming events, the...