Jonathan Brown: 33 books

Book cover of Nights of the Living Dead
by Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero, Brian Keene
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017

In 1968, the world experienced a brand-new kind of terror with the debut of George A. Romero’s landmark movie Night of the Living Dead. The newly dead rose to attack the living. Not as vampires or werewolves. This was something new . . . and terrifying. Since then, zombies have invaded every aspect...
Book cover of Loving This Planet

Loving This Planet

Leading Thinkers Talk About How to Make A Better World

by Dr. Helen Caldicott, Maude Barlow, Bill McKibben
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011

Conversations on sustainability, renewable energy, and other pressing issues: “A level of intellectual discussion all too absent in our national discourse.” —Booklist A co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, named one of the most influential women of the twentieth century...
Book cover of We Have Sinned

We Have Sinned

Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet (Prayers of Awe)

by Rabbi Andrew Goldstein, PhD, Ruth W. Messinger
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012

A varied and fascinating look at sin, confession and pardon in Judaism. Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, almost forty contributors—men and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominations—examine the history of confession in...
Book cover of Chaplaincy in Hospice and Palliative Care
by Margery Collin, Jacki Thomas, Martin Hill
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017

Hospice chaplains have traditionally played a unique part in palliative care, providing human compassion and support to help ease life's final chapter. This book thoughtfully tackles the question at the heart of modern hospice chaplaincy: do chaplains have a distinctive role in an increasingly secular...
Book cover of All These Vows—Kol Nidre
by Rabbi Andrew Goldstein, PhD, Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011

The most memorable prayer of the Jewish New Year—what it means, why we sing it, and the secret of its magical appeal. Through a series of lively commentaries, over thirty contributors—men and women, scholars and rabbis, artists and poets, spanning three continents and all major Jewish denominations—examine...
Book cover of In The Dark
by Deering, Rachel; Jordan, Justin; Bunn
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014

In The Dark is a monstrous collection of all-new original terror tales from the darkest and most brilliant minds in comics and prose. Featuring an introduction by American Vampire, The Wake, and Severed writer Scott Snyder, and a frightful feature on the history of horror comics, through their rotten rise and dreadful decline by comic book historian Mike Howlett!
Book cover of Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction
by Jonathan A.C. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2011

As the founder of Islam Muhammad is one of the most influential figures in history. The furor surrounding the Satanic Verses and the Danish cartoon crisis reminded the world of the tremendous importance of the prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Learning about his life and understanding its importance, however,...
Book cover of Misquoting Muhammad

Misquoting Muhammad

The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy

by Jonathan A.C. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014

Few things provoke controversy in the modern world like the religion brought by Muhammad. Modern media are replete with alarm over jihad, underage marriage and the threat of amputation or stoning under Shariah law. Sometimes rumor, sometimes based in fact and often misunderstood, the tenets of Islamic...
Book cover of Hadith: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide
by Jonathan A. C. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010

This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of Islamic studies find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data...
Book cover of Salafism: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide
by Jonathan A. C. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010

This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of Islamic studies find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data...
Book cover of Sunna: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide
by Jonathan A. C. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010

This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of Islamic studies find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data...
Book cover of Building the Intentional University

Building the Intentional University

Minerva and the Future of Higher Education

by Joshua Fost, Judith Brown, Kara Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017

How to rebuild higher education from the ground up for the twenty-first century. Higher education is in crisis. It is too expensive, ineffective, and impractical for many of the world's students. But how would you reinvent it for the twenty-first century—how would you build it from the ground...
Book cover of Places and Politics in an Age of Globalization
by Roxann Prazniak, Arif Dirlik, John Brown Childs
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2001

This ambitious work provides a unique statement on the question of place-based activism and its relationship to powerful forces of international capital. Arguing that specific places around the world are sites for the defense and enhancement of daily life in the context of rapidly expanding global...
Book cover of Safeguarding Black Children

Safeguarding Black Children

Good Practice in Child Protection

by Claudia Bernard, Perlita Harris, Ravinder Barn
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016

Providing an exploration of the key issues, this book offers practical advice on how to improve the safeguarding and welfare of black children and young people in need. With contributions from academics, researchers and practitioners, it promotes an understanding of the particular cultural...
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