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51. 

    Now Available: Wittgenstein and Heidegger

    Comparative work of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger has only increased in recent decades, but no collection has yet explored the various ways in which Wittgenstein and Heidegger can be drawn into dialog. As such, these essays stage genuine dialogues, with aspects of Wittgenstein’s elucidations answering or problematizing aspects of Heidegger’s, and vise versa. The result is a broad-ranging collection of essays that provides a series of openings and provocations that will serve as a reference point for future work that draws on the writings of these two philosophers.
     

52. 

    New: Islam Online Catalog

    In this catalog you will find some of our best publishing on the subject of Islam. We’ve included some of our latest research monographs along with our key textbooks, readers and reference volumes.

53. 

    June Book of the Month: Postcolonial Theology of Religions

    This original and ambitious book considers the terms of engagement between Christian theology and other religious traditions, beginning with criticism of Christian theology of religions as entangled with European colonial modernity. Jenny Daggers covers recent efforts to disentangle Eurocentrism from the meeting of the religions, and investigates new constructive possibilities arising in the postcolonial context.

54. 

    June Series of the Month: Media, Religion and Culture

    This series analyses the role of media and popular culture in the history and contemporary practice of religious belief. Books in this series explore the importance of a variety of media in religious practice and highlight the significance of the cultural, social and religious setting of such media. Check out the latest addition to the Media, Religion and Culture series: Media, Religion and Gender: Key Issues and New Challenges, edited by Mia Lövheim.

    Get 20% off any book in the Media, Religion and Culture series this month with discount code IRK92!  

55. 

    Now Available: Theology and the Arts: Engaging Faith

    This book brings the emerging fields of practical theology and theology of the arts into a dialog beyond the bias of modern systematic and constructive theology. It presents its theological claims through the careful analysis of several stories of communities around the world that have engaged in transformational practices through a specific art form, investigating communities from Europe, the Middle East, South America, and the U.S.

56. 

    Coming Soon: Islam in the Modern World

    Written by a team of distinguished scholars, this comprehensive introduction explores the landscape of contemporary Islam. It includes illustrations, summaries, discussion points and suggestions for further reading that will aid understanding and revision. Request your complimentary exam copy today!

57. 

    Relational Archaeologies

    Many of us accept as uncontroversial the belief that the world is comprised of detached and disparate products, all of which are reducible to certain substances. Of those things that are alive, we acknowledge that some have agency while others, such as humans, have more advanced qualities such as consciousness, reason and intentionality. So deeply-seated is this metaphysical belief that many of us tacitly assume past groups approached and apprehended the world in a similar fashion. Relational Archaeologies questions how such a view of human beings, ‘other-than-human’ creatures and things affects our reconstruction of past beliefs and practices.

58. 

    Now in Paperback: Collected Papers on Alexander the Great

    Professor Ernst Badian (1925-2011) was one of the most influential Alexander historians of the twentieth century. His first articles on the subject appeared in 1958, and he continued for a full fifty years to reshape scholarly perception of the reign of Alexander the Great. The essays and articles gathered here provide a new layer in the interpretation of a figure who has not ceased to fascinate since his death in 323 BC. No one who works on Alexander the Great can afford to be without this book.

59. 

    Coming Soon: The Ancient Near East

    The Ancient Near East reveals three millennia of history (3500-500 BC) in a single work. Using the latest research from the most recent archaeological finds, and thanks to his personal odyssey of over twenty-five years, Liverani has succeeded in retracing the history of the peoples of the ancient Near East. The history of the Sumerians, Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians and more is meticulously detailed by one of the leading scholars of Assyriology. Never before available in English, The Ancient Near East represents one of the greatest books ever written on the subject and is a must read for students who will not have had the chance to explore the depth of this scholarship.

60. 

    An Introduction to Literary Studies, 3rd Edition

    In this classic beginner's guide to English literature, Mario Klarer offers a concise and accessible discussion of central issues in the study of literary texts. Now in its third edition, An Introduction to Literary Studies has been updated to include: a wider range of textual examples from world literature, additional references to contemporary cinema, a section on comparative literature, an extended survey of literary periods and genres, and much more. Read more here.
    
    Follow this link if you are teaching and would like to receive a complimentary exam copy to consider for adopting.