In early modern Europe, ideas about nature, God, demons and occult forces were inextricably connected and much ink and blood was spilled in arguments over the characteristics and boundaries of nature and the supernatural. Seitz uses records of Inquisition witchcraft trials in Venice to uncover how individuals across society, from servants to aristocrats, understood these two fundamental categories. Others have examined this issue from the points of view of religious history, the history of...

Although Christianity has been a minority religion in Chinese societies, Christians have been powerful catalysts of social activism in seeking to establish democracy and rule of law in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and diasporic communities. The chapters gathered in this collection reveal the vital influence of Christian individuals and groups on social, political, and legal activism in Chinese societies. Written from a range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives, the chapters...

Acclaimed writers, family, friends, and more pay homage to the celebrated Southern author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini.New York Times–bestselling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year career. In sharing their stories of Conroy, his fellow...

Zottelige Federpracht, gelbe Augen, zwei Meter Flügelspannweite, vier Kilo Gewicht: Sie ist die größte Eule der Welt – und eine der seltensten, denn ihr Habitat – die Primorjer Auenwälder im fernen Osten Russlands – ist so unzugänglich und abgelegen, dass 100 Jahre vergehen mussten, bis ein Forscher den Riesenfischuhu wieder zu Gesicht bekam. Jonathan Slaghts so obsessive wie abenteuerliche Suche nach dem majestätischen Vogel führt ihn über Tausende von Kilometern unwegsamen Geländes, durc...

Stell dir vor, deine Vergangenheit holt dich ein …… gerade dann, wenn dein Leben scheinbar perfekt läuft und du dich in Sicherheit wähnst, passiert ein Verbrechen – und plötzlich ist alles wieder da!In einer Hippie-Kommune verschwindet eine junge Frau spurlos.Vierzig Jahre später wird erneut ein Teenager zum Opfer eines Verbrechens. Ein kaltblütiger Mord!Profiler Tobi Miller stößt bei seinen Ermittlungen auf Ungereimtheiten unter den Aussteigern von damals. ...

Liang Fa holds a unique place in the history of Christianity in China. Baptized and ordained by the first Protestant missionaries to China, Liang aided the first two generations of missionaries and conducted his own work as an evangelist and writer. Liang alone in the first generation wrote and published under his name, and his most famous tract is believed to have influenced the Taiping Rebellion. While George McNeur's biography of Liang has been republished regularly in Chinese, this is ...

With a focus on Robert Morrison, Protestant Missionaries in China evaluates the role of nineteenth-century British missionaries in the early development of the cross-cultural relationship between China and the English-speaking world.As one of the first generation of British Protestant missionaries, Robert Morrison went to China in 1807 with the goal of evangelizing the country. His mission pushed him into deeper engagement with Chinese language and culture...