This collection, marking the centenary of Avery Dulles’s birth, makes an entirely distinctive contribution to contemporary theological discourse as we approach the second century of the cardinal’s influence, and the twenty-first of Christian witness in the world. Moving beyond a festschrift, the volume offers both historical analyses of Dulles’s contributions and applications of his insights and methodologies to current issues like immigration, exclusion, and digital culture. It i...

Historically, interventions designed to impact the lives of disabled people were predicated upon deficits-based models of disability. This began to change with the introduction of World Health Organization (WHO) frameworks, particularly the International Classification of Function (ICF), that emphasized that disability could only be understood in the context of interactions among health, environmental factors, and personal factors and by examining the impact of such factors on a person’s a...

Virtual Communion: Theology of the Internet and the Catholic Sacramental Imagination provides a theological account of the internet from a Catholic perspective. It engages digital culture by providing a context for media and mediation within the Catholic tradition, specifically focusing on the ecclesiology and sacramentality of the church. Katherine G. Schmidt argues that the Catholic imagination is inherently consonant with the idea of the “virtual,” understood as the creative space betwe...

May Morrigan, Bibliothekarin a. D., trägt bevorzugt Perlenkette und Pastell, ihr Herzensort ist ihre imposante Buchhandlung. Die alte Dame lebt in einem englischen Landidyll vor den Toren Londons, gemeinsam mit ihren beiden Dackeln und ihrem alten Studienfreund Fletcher. Ein beschauliches Leben - wäre da nicht Mays Hang, unliebsame Menschen aus dem Verkehr zu ziehen. Wer die Gemeinschaft stört, wird kurzerhand eliminiert. Als ein junges Mädchen aus dem Dorf verschwindet, i...

Die respektable Serienmörderin May Morrigan hat einen brutalen Triebtäter eliminiert, in Blackheath ist Ruhe eingekehrt, und die adrette Seniorin kann sich wieder verstärkt ihrer Buchhandlung widmen. Alles ist friedlich - bis ihre Kundschaft bedrohliche SMS-Nachrichten, gespickt mit verballhornten Shakespeare-Zitaten, erhält. Als dann auch noch der langjährige Partner des Dorfpfarrers ermordet wird, kann May ihr »besonderes Interesse« nicht länger zügeln. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Uni-Freund Fle...

Unrivalled in its coverage of recent work and writers, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights surveys and analyses the breadth, vitality and development of theatrical work to emerge from America over the last fifty years.This authoritative guide leads you through the work of 25 major contemporary American playwrights, discussing more than 140 plays in detail. Written by a team of 25 eminent international scholars, each chapter provides:· a biogr...

Awfully Hilarious Period Pieces: The Stories We (Probably) Shouldn’t Tell WARNING: This book may cause uncontrollable laughter, deep sighs of relief, and the realization that you are absolutely not alone. In an intimate, courageous, and transformative collection, 26 girls and women of all ages share poems and stories exploring the ups and downs of menstruation, from first period to post-menopause.From the award-...

Tapping into a growing interest in American culture with the occult and new spiritualism, this book is the first scholarly work devoted entirely to the unique place of Ouija in American culture.On the one hand, Ouija has at different moments in history pointed to a deep fascination and openness with the supernatural in the American psyche. On the other hand, Ouija resides squarely outside of orthodox religious belief, and, as we shall see, garners suspicion and even outright reject...