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This study investigates the Dan/Danite tradition in the Hebrew Bible to determine what it tells us about Dan and also the degree to which traditions associated with one representation of Dan may have influenced the characterization of another.

An investigation of the research, development, policy and practice of teaching and learning in Higher Education. It examines the ways in which teaching-learning interactions are shaped by teaching-learning environments, student and academic identities, disciplinary knowledge practices and institutional cultures.

Offers an analysis of (post-)secularized and modernized societies to define the state of the sacred today and to decipher its different forms within the city. This book reflects on the way in which the city interacts with the sacred in all its many guises, with religion and with the human search for meaning in life.

An exploration of what a reading circle approach can offer adult emergent readers, and what adult literacy learners can tell us about novel reading. It explores adult reading development, novel reading and reading circles in the context of an examination of reading pedagogies and practices in the English-speaking world.

Michel Henry (1922-2002) was a French philosopher and novelist, whose work spanned decades and genres while remaining united by a singular vision. This title offers an examination of Michel Henry's important contributions to phenomenology, theology, politics and aesthetics, featuring contributions from an international list of scholars.

Technological advancements have revolutionised the field of learning over the years and are continuing to push the boundaries of institutions towards different forms of knowledge construction, social interaction and meaning making. This book examines the debates that have shaped that technological journey, from ancient to modern times.

Social media such as microblogging services and social network sites are changing the way people interact online and search for information and opinions. This book investigates linguistic patterns in electronic discourse, looking at online evaluative language, internet slang, memes and ambient affiliation using a large Twitter corpus.

Erudite exploration of Republicanism as a political ideology and as an oppositional force to the emperors in Rome during the first century AD.

Offers a theory of 'staggered time', based on the relation between simultaneity and delay. By investigating not only philosophical texts, but also ideas from aesthetics, political theory, and the sciences, this book builds a set of concepts for describing the time-structures of atonal music, political decision-making, neuronal delays, and more.

An exploration of the issues in teaching controversial issues in classroom, drawing on international case studies sharing teachers' and pupils' experiences. It investigates the nature of this type of learning experience and also explores its contribution to the curriculum, particularly history and citizenship education.

Bernard Brodie (1910-1978) was a leading 20th century theorist and philosopher of war. A key architect of American nuclear strategy, Brodie was one of the first civilian defense intellectuals to cross over into the military world. This book examines Bernard Brodie's strategic and philosophical response to the nuclear age.

Explores central challenges to religious belief raised by evil and suffering in the world as well as significant responses to them from both theistic and non-theistic perspectives.

A study of Jacques Ranciere's impact and contribution to contemporary theoretical and interdisciplinary studies. It showcases the work of leading scholars in fields such as political theory, history, cinema studies and literary theory. It provides an investigation into the critical stance Ranciere takes towards his contemporaries.

Both humanists and scientists have tended to think of the arts as a means to represent the world via imagination. The author maintains that the arts do not merely describe our world but that they also have the unique and under appreciated power to make us aware of how we can change accustomed forms of perception and action.

Focuses on the Heraka, a religious reform movement, and its impact on the Zeme, a Naga tribe, in the North Cachar Hills of Assam, India. This book initiates grounds for understanding the emergence of a Heraka religion, drawing upon critical studies of religion, cultural/ethnic identity, and nationalism.

Processing Instruction is an approach to grammar instruction for second language learning. This book compares student assessment after traditional grammar instruction and after Processing Instruction to assess the positive benefits of this method of second language teaching.

A collection of essays that provides a platform for examining contemporary Christian-Muslim relations and critical issues facing twenty-first century Christianity. It offers insights into various trends in Local Theology and Missions from the contexts of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe.

The figure of Dante's Beatrice can be seen as a cultural phenomenon or myth during the nineteenth century, inspiring a wide variety of representations in literature and the visual arts. This book looks at the cultural afterlife of Beatrice in the Victorian period in remarkably different contexts.

A monograph that analyzes a number of modern British women writers and the way in which the canon of post-war British writing has been formed. It focuses on four novelists, literary and popular, and interrogates the canon over the years. It unfolds to demonstrate that academic trends increasingly control canonicity, as do the demands of genre.

A collection of essays exploring the implicit dispute between Gilles Deleuze's transcendental empiricism and Kant's transcendental idealism, a key philosophical concern. It addresses the varied and various connections between these two great European philosophers.

Vocational education is central to the plans of policy makers around the world; it underpins the development of the poorest economies, and the continued competitiveness of the richest. This title debates the key issues surrounding vocational education.

Examines the implications of the portrayals of Nazis in low-brow culture and that culture's re-emergence today. This title also examines when and why the Nazisploitation genre emerged as it did, how it establishes and violates taboos, and why this iconography resonates with contemporary audiences.

A monograph on Shakespeare's reception in Spain. It offers an account of Shakespeare's presence on the Spanish stage, from a production of the first Spanish rendering of Jean-Francois Ducis' "Hamlet" in 1772 to the creative and controversial work of directors like Calixto Bieito and Alex Rigola in the early 21st century.

Specifically engaging with contemporary art examples, this title offers a comprehensive introduction designed to help students studying aesthetics for the first time to master the subject. It covers such topics as definitions and the ontology of art, interpretation and intention, aesthetic properties and evaluation, emotion and the arts, and more.

Limamou Laye, an Islamic leader from present-day Senegal, has proclaimed himself the reincarnation of Muhammad, with his son later proclaiming himself to be a reincarnation of Jesus Christ. This study analyzes Limamou Laye's goals for his community, his theology; as well as the various elements that created him to emerge as a religious leader.

Shows how an understanding of the intentionality underlining the pragmatism of Peirce and James can herald fresh interpretations of the interplay between philosophy and religion. This book also shows us how readings of "American Pragmatism" founded on mistakenly used categories of the Analytic tradition have led to misreadings of Peirce and James.

A guide to the key figures in the Philosophy of Science from Plato and Aristotle through to Popper, Puttnam and Cartwright. It offers a comprehensive historical overview of this field. It introduces and explores the contributions of those philosophers who have shaped the subject and the central issues and arguments therein.

A guide to the key figures in the Philosophy of Science from Plato and Aristotle through to Popper, Puttnam and Cartwright. It offers a comprehensive historical overview of this field. It introduces and explores the contributions of those philosophers who have shaped the subject and the central issues and arguments therein.