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Tim Coulson

The Science of Why We Exist

"From the Big Bang and the evolution of the genetic code to the birth of consciousness, this is the extraordinary story of the chain of events that led to human life on earth. Have you ever wondered why y…

Helen De Cruz, Johan De Smedt

A Natural History of Natural Theology

An examination of the cognitive foundations of intuitions about the existence and attributes of God. Questions about the existence and attributes of God form the subject matter of natural theology, which…

Shaping the Sciences of the Ancient and Medieval World

This book contributes to a worldwide history of textual criticism and critical editions of ancient scientific texts. It first looks at ancient editorial practices, and at their impact on modern editions. …

Oral History in Times of Change: Gender, Documentation, and the Making of Archives

"Oral history archives have always been at the forefront of liberatory social movements in general, and of feminist movement in particular. Until the end of the twentieth century in the Arab world, archiv…

Science Fiction Classics Box: II

Erik Peterson

The Shortest History of Eugenics

For the last two centuries, groups of influential men have, in the professed interest of fiscal responsibility, crime reduction, and outright racism, attempted to control who was allowed to bear children.…

Giovanni Aloi, Victoria Aresheva, Emmanuel Bacquet, Simon Baker

Science / Fiction.

From scientific discoveries to animist beliefs, from dread linked to genetic mutations to political narratives, from repulsion to fascination-plants are an inexhaustible source of stories that reveal our …

Jules Skotnes-Brown

Segregated Species

A timely history of the connections between science, segregation, and species in twentieth-century South Africa.

Jacob Dlamini

Dying for Freedom

What happens when death becomes the ultimate marker of one's commitment to one's freedom? What happens when the opposite of freedom is not unfreedom but death, not slavery but mortality? How are we to thi…

Kyama Mugambi, Mark Shaw,

Christians in the City of Nairobi

This book examines the diverse expressions of Christianity in Nairobi, a vital centre of a new global Christian pluralism, where 85% of inhabitants claim allegiance to one of the thousands of different Ch…

Mukesh Kumar

Between Muslim Pīr and Hindu Saint

This book explores the changing form of religious culture in the Mewat region of north India.

Stéphan de Beer,

Christians in the Cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria

"Glimpse into the impact of Christianity in one of Africa's largest and fastest-growing megacities, located in the Gauteng City-Region. Addressing a scarcity of religious scholarship in the field of urban…

Stéphan de Beer,

Christians in the Cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria

Taking a glimpse into the impact of Christianity in one of Africa's largest and fastest-evolving megacities, located in the Gauteng City-Region, this book explores how faith shapes the city and its societ…

Sishuwa Sishuwa

Party Politics and Populism in Zambia

Analysis of the political history of Zambia through a study of Michael Sata shows the importance of individual political leadership to the success of opposition parties in Africa.

Jacob Dlamini

Dying for Freedom

What happens when death becomes the ultimate marker of one's commitment to one's freedom? What happens when the opposite of freedom is not unfreedom but death, not slavery but mortality? How are we to thi…

Paul E Nahme

Ghost People

What does race feel like? What does race make people feel? Ghost People traces the haunting feelings that constitute race as a structural, social, and psychic experience in modern European history by focu…

Pedro Feitoza

Propagandists of the Book

Pedro Feitoza traces the history of Protestantism in Brazil through an analysis of the production and circulation of evangelical texts. Examining a wide range of periodicals, tracts, correspondence, and o…

Scott Latta

Gods of the Smoke Machine

We are entering a new era of religion in America: For the first time, fewer than half the country belongs to a church. > Megachurch pastors have never been more influential--with media empires, networks, …

Jeff Guinn

Waco

Investigative reporter and bestselling author Jeff Guinn draws on never-before-seen documents and interviews with participants who have not previously spoken to any writer to give us the definitive accoun…