Assessing a university’s legacy in the age of segregationThis anthology reckons with the University of Virginia’s post-emancipation history of racial exploitation. Its fifteen essays highlight the many forms of marginalization and domination at Virginia’s once all-white flagship university to uncover the patriarchal, nativist, and elitist assumptions that shaped university culture through the late nineteenth century and well into the twentieth. Including community ...

El 25 de mayo de 1977, el mundo conoció a Han, Luke, Leia, un par de droides, un Wookie, un viejo mago, un villano de negro y una galaxia llena de posibilidades. Cuarenta años después, Star Wars sigue siendo un fenómeno cultural incomparable que ha inspirado e influenciado a generaciones de fans y creadores. Décadas de historias provocaron una película, en parte porque la galaxia de Star Wars parecía estar viva. Personajes extraños y fascinantes llenan la pantalla y nos h...

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...

The essential guide to American Methodism revised and updated through 2020.Four of Methodism’s most respected teachers give us a vivid picture of 260 years of Methodist experience in America. The revised edition updates the Methodist movement’s story through 2020, including the social, political, economic, technological, and global disruptions that cause faith communities and denominations to pull apart.American Methodism Revised and Updated begins...

August 18, 2020, marked the centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 1920, women wearing yellow roses stood shoulder to shoulder in Tennessee, awaiting the roll call of men who would cast their votes for or against a woman’s right to a voice in government.Though this movement won rights for some women—an achievement to be acknowledged and celebrated—the struggle did not end there. Due to states’ laws and prohibitive policies, ...

Eine kriminelle Reise durch die AlpenGrüne Täler, imposante Gipfel, malerisch gelegene Dörfer – ist es denn möglich, dass vor einer solch herrlichen Kulisse blutrünstige Verbrechen geschehen? In diesem Kurzgeschichten-Band wird schnell klar: Die Alpenidylle trügt. 25 Krimi-Autorinnen aus Deutschland, Österreich und Südtirol laden Sie zu einer »Tour de Mord« ein. Besuchen Sie mit den Heimatkrimis der »Mörderischen Schwestern« die schönsten Orte von Bayern bis Tirol ...

The essential guide to American Methodism revised and updated through 2020.American Methodism Revised and Updated begins with the explosion of evangelical Pietism and revolutionary Methodism, the First Great Awakening, as an independent nation was formed.It then highlights key nineteenth century themes and Methodist contributions, such as spreading scriptural holiness through missions and literature, planting tens of thousands of Sunday schools and...

Nach »Der Verdacht« der neue Thriller von Bestsellerautorin Ashley AudrainBevor der Sommer zu Ende geht, versammelt sich die Nachbarschaft von Harlow Street zu einem Gartenfest. Getränke fließen bis spät in die Nacht und alles scheint perfekt – vor allem die Gastgeberin. Bis zu dem Moment, als Whitney vor aller Augen die Fassung verliert, weil ihr zehnjähriger Sohn Xavier nicht gehorchen möchte. Die emotionale Entgleisung sorgt für Getuschel hinter vorgehaltener Han...