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The State of Taiwan explores the historical roots of the Taiwan question and offers an in-depth analysis of the international legal status of Taiwan. An epilogue throws the bridge between the legal findings and geopolitics while outlining a possible strategy.

This project proposes that first-century freedpersons, with their circumscribed freedom, would have likely understood that the freedom spoken of in Gal 5:1 entailed not only spiritual freedom, but--at least in the Christian communities--individual freedom as well.

Co-edited by a leading scholar of apocalypticism and a professional musician, this volume explores the world of music in the apocalyptic mode from the late Middle Ages to the present day, with an emphasis on the interplay among music, lyrics, images, and performance.

The Historian of Islam at Work offers thirty contributions in the field of pre-modern Middle Eastern studies, covering the many areas of Islamic historical inquiry in which Hugh Kennedy has been active throughout his career.

Thus far no other book has endeavored a comprehensive scrutiny of sources and documents relating to the trajectory of E. Franklin Frazier, Lorenzo Turner, Frances and Melville Herskovits in Brazil, and to the impact of their research in Brazil for Afro-Brazilian, African-American and African studies in the US.

This book offers important insights into the legal, theoretical and ethical frameworks actualized when the core principles of the CRC such as 'the best interests of the child' and 'the child's right to be heard' are to be realized.

This volume honors L. Michael White, whose work has been influential in exploring the "social worlds" of ancient Jews and Christians. Fifteen original essays highlight his scholarly contributions while also signaling new directions in the study of ancient Mediterranean religions.

In Relational Iconography Georg Leube engages with the courtly culture of the Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu dynasties (15th century C.E.) as a key episode in Persianate and Islamicate cultural history.

"How many Christians are in the world?" The answer to this question was a mystery in the mid-twentieth century, until aeronautical engineer-turned-missionary-priest Rev. Dr. David B. Barrett traveled to 212 of 223 countries in the world to figure it out.

This novel is a scathing portrayal of the reformer Kang Youwei by the revolutionary Huang Shizhong at a critical juncture in Beijing imperial rule and overseas Chinese politics.

Fresh research on the experiences of music and musicians in exile from Nazi Europe, exploring refugee experiences in Europe, the USA, Australia and Shanghai, the role of institutions, and the reception of individual creative work during and after the Second World War.

Complete list and analysis of Greek quarry inscriptions from the east bank of Gebel el-Silsila.

This volume delves into the six-decades transatlantic history of the Brummer galleries--among the most internationally prominent and commercially successful in the twentieth-century antique- and art markets--and furthers our understanding of emerging collecting fields as they crystallised.

What is a 'good citizen'? Civic education is being transformed: Young people are empowered by social media, moved by climate change, the rights of marginalised people, and threats of extremism. New Civics' pedagogy aims to create critical, responsible civic agents.

What is a 'good citizen'? Civic education is being transformed: Young people are empowered by social media, moved by climate change, the rights of marginalised people, and threats of extremism. New Civics' pedagogy aims to create critical, responsible civic agents.

Agrarian History of the Cuban Revolution explains the challenges and paradoxes of the agrarian change in revolutionary Cuba, considering the tensions between land tenure, crop system, agrarian labour regime and the Cold War geopolitical conditions. The notion of Peripheral Socialism is still a powerful synthesis to Cuban agrarian dilemmas.

A collection of cutting-edge studies on the features of New Testament manuscripts that may not receive the most attention, paratext. This book advances study of the textual and paratextual features of New Testament manuscripts and explores how textual criticism goes beyond individual readings to include studying the history of texts and their perceivable features

The essays of this volume capture what the field of Syriac studies has recently attained, how it presents itself at the moment, where it has yet to go, and how one person, Sebastian Brock, figures in its midst.

This volume reevaluates scholarly definitions of irony and the use of the term in biblical research, builds on existing methods of interpretation of ironic texts, offers judicious analyses of methodological approaches to irony in the Bible, and develops fresh insights into biblical passages.

This volume provides a thorough analysis of the "Origins"; "Transmissions"; "Metamorphoses" of the Islamicate notion of Adab through a variety of multidisciplinary up-to-date research perspectives, from the Middle Ages up to the Modern era.

This is the first book in English to offer a detailed guide to Serbian mediaeval law, thereby opening up the field for the first time to an international audience.

The eclectic visual culture of medieval Moldavia developed at the crossroads of the Latin, Greek, and Slavic traditions beginning in the 15th century. The artistic production of this networked Carpathian Mountain region reflects the creativity, complexity, and diversity of the cultural landscapes of Eastern Europe.

This book details the profound and heterogeneous changes in governance and martial culture that took place in Scandinavia between c.1035 and c.1320, and the degree to which European influence affected these processes.

This book reorients our understanding of contemporary Iran by examining the relationship, the interaction and socio-political behaviour between the Islamic Republic and its Sunni minorities.

Notions of marriage changed around 1800: close blood relatives and in-laws became preferred marriage partners. However, Catholic marriage impediments still applied, creating considerable obstacles for hopeful couples. The book follows their different ways through the thicket of administrative procedures.

This timely overview of insights into the governance issues surrounding shipping in Inuit Nunangat, the homeland of Inuit in Arctic Canada, will inform and assist decision-makers, stakeholders and rights holders developing future law and policy in Canada and abroad.