Assistant Professor: 29 books
Groove
A Phenomenology of Rhythmic Nuance
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Written by an experienced drummer and philosopher, Groove is a vivid and exciting study of one of music's most central and relatively unexplored aspects. Tiger C. Roholt explains why grooves, which are forged in music's rhythmic nuances, remain hidden to some listeners. He argues that grooves are...
The Politics of Everybody
Feminism, Queer Theory, and Marxism at the Intersection
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
The Politics of Everybody examines the production and maintenance of the terms 'man', 'woman', and 'other' within the current political moment; the contradictions of these categories and the prospects of a Marxist approach to praxis for queer bodies. Few thinkers have attempted to reconcile queer...
Angelic Troublemakers
Religion and Anarchism in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Angelic Troublemakers is the first detailed account of what happens when religious ethics, political philosophy, and the anarchist spirit intermingle. Wiley deftly captures the ideals that inspired three revered heroes of nonviolent disobedience-Henry Thoreau, Dorothy Day, and Bayard Rustin. Resistance...
Conversations with Tocqueville
The Global Democratic Revolution in the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2009
The questions and issues raised by Tocqueville in his monumental studies of France and America are just as crucial for understanding the evolution of democracy in the West and the development of democracy in the non-western world. They clearly show the breadth of Tocqueville's contributions to the...
Secularism, Theology and Islam
The Danish Social Imaginary and the Cartoon Crisis of 2005–2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Secularism, Theology and Islam offers a uniquely theological analysis of the historic Danish cartoon crisis of 2005-2006, in which the publication of twelve images of the Prophet Muhammad in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten ignited violent global protests. The crisis represents a politically,...
Essential Trinitarianism
Schleiermacher as Trinitarian Theologian
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Many scholars believe that Friedrich Schleiermacher relegates the doctrine of the Trinity to an appendix at the end of his magnum opus, The Christian Faith (1830/31); his alleged disregard for the Trinity is the supposed death knell for serious consideration of his work within the history of Christian...
by Assistant Professor E. Jerome Van Kuiken
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Was Christ's human nature fallen, even sinful? From the 18th century to the present, this view has become increasingly prominent in Reformed theological circles and beyond, despite vigorous opposition. Both sides on the issue see it as vital for understanding the nature of salvation. Each side's advocates...
Globalization and America
Race, Human Rights, and Inequality
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2008
As globalization expands, more than goods and information are traded between the countries of the world. Hattery, Embrick, and Smith present a collection of essays that explore the ways in which issues of human rights and social inequality are shared globally. The editors focus on the United States'...
Affective Labour
(Dis) assembling Distance and Difference
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
Affective Labour explores four distinct landscapes in order to demonstrate how collective feelings are organized by social actors in order to both reproduce and contest hegemony. Utilizing a variety of methods, including participant observation, in-depth interviews across field sites, and content...
Sustainable Graphic Design
Principles and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
There is little appreciation for what happens to graphic design artifacts after their useful life has ended. Sustainable Graphic Design outlines graphic design's relationship to production and consumption, demonstrating how designers can contribute solution-oriented responses to consumption, through...
by Heather Lea Moulaison, Raegan Wiechert Assistant Professor
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Covering tools, terminology, and the FRBR-based RDA approach to description, this book explains the current principles of organization of information and basic cataloging practices for non-catalogers, enabling readers to understand elements of the cataloging process and interact with records in a...
Biblical Terror
Why Law and Restoration in the Bible Depend Upon Fear
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
For biblical authors and readers, law and restoration are central concepts in the Bible, but they were not always so. To trace out the formation of those biblical concepts as elements in defensive strategies, Cataldo uses as conversational starting points theories from Zizek, Foucault and Deleuze,...
Gender and French Identity after the Second World War, 1944-1954
Engendering Frenchness
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
The enfranchisement of women in Charles de Gaulle's France in 1944 is considered a potent element in the nation's self-crafted, triumphant World War Two narrative: the French, conquered by the Germans, valiantly resisted until they rescued themselves and built a new democracy, honoring France's longstanding...
Sabbath Rest as Vocation
Aging Toward Death
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Autumn Alcott Ridenour offers a Christian theological discussion on the meaning of aging toward death with purpose, identity, and communal significance. Drawing from both explicit claims and constructive interpretations of St. Augustine's and Karl Barth's understanding of death and aging, this volume...