Michael Kaplan: 27 books
by Rabbi Rebecca Alpert, Charles Bernstein, Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Jewish art has always been with us, but so has a broader canvas of Jewish imaginings: in thought, in emotion, in text, and in ritual practice. Imagining the Jewish God was there in the beginning, as it were, engraved and embedded in the ways Jews lived and responded to their God.This book attempts...
by Sergei Kopeikin, Michael Efroimsky, George Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
This authoritative book presents the theoretical development of gravitational physics as it applies to the dynamics of celestial bodies and the analysis of precise astronomical observations. In so doing, it fills the need for a textbook that teaches modern dynamical astronomy with a strong emphasis...
The Weimar Moment
Liberalism, Political Theology, and Law
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2012
The Weimar Moment’s evocative assault on closure and political reaction, its offering of democracy against the politics of narrow self-interest cloaked in nationalist appeals to Volk and “community” – or, as would be the case in Nazi Germany, “race” – cannot but appeal to us today. This...
by Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire...
Philosophy of Language
The Central Topics
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2007
This collection of classic and contemporary essays in philosophy of language offers a concise introduction to the field for students in graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses. It contains some of the most important basic sources in philosophy of language, including a number of classic essays...
The Taste of American Place
A Reader on Regional and Ethnic Foods
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Tracing the intertwined roles of food, ethnicity, and regionalism in the construction of American identity, this textbook examines the central role food plays in our lives. Drawing on a range of disciplines_including sociology, anthropology, folklore, geography, history, and nutrition_the editors...
Jewish Men Pray
Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day.
"An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
The Bastille
A History of a Symbol of Despotism and Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 1997
This book is both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm and a case study on the history of French political culture. It examines in particular the storming and subsequent fall of the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789 and how it came to represent the cornerstone of the French Revolution,...
by Lee Trepanier, Claudia Franziska Brühwiler, Philip Roth
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Philip Roth is widely acknowledged as one of the twentieth century's most prolific and acclaimed writers. Roth's first novel, Goodbye, Columbus (1959), received the National Book Award, and he followed this stunning debut with more than thirty books -- earning another National Book Award, two National...
by Erika Balsom, Kenneth Berger, Susie Bright
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the images in our media culture might strike us...
Helping Your Troubled Teen: Learn to Recognize, Understand, and Address the Destructive Behavior of Today's Teens and Preteens
Learn to Recognize, Understand, and Address the Destructive Behavior of Today's Teens and Preteens
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
The first "adolescent primer" on the marketDestructive trends among today's youth are growing, making life very different from when their parents were growing up. The primary four self-destructive behaviors in adolescence today are excessive alcohol and substance abuse, promiscuity, self...
Disciplining Freud on Religion
Perspectives from the Humanities and Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
It is well known that in formulating his general theoretical framework and views on religion Freud drew on multiple disciplines within the natural and social sciences, as well as from the humanities. This edited collection adds to the continued multidisciplinary interest in Freud by focusing on his...
Defeating Temptation
Spiritual Warfare for Modern Christian Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Satan is a master of deception, the father of lies, and very subtle in his actions. He doesn’t want Christians to believe in him or his fallen angels: spinning heads and contracts signed in blood are too high-profile, and counterproductive to his mission. While his methods are subtle, the results...
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