The case studies contained in this volume examine the intersection of politics, religion and society over the entire early modern period, through distinct examples of cultural texts produced and cultural practices followed.

This new modern edition is based on, and corrects the first printed editions of 1660 and 1689, and contains an extensive introduction and notes designed to make this significant work accessible to both students and specialists.

Heschel's sound scholarship makes a valuable and significant contribution to religion and theology, as well as history. This is an important book with a strong--even urgent--sense of purpose."--Doris L. Bergen, University of Toronto

A comprehensive examination of the complex triangular relationship between the Irish government, the bishops and the Holy See from the origins of the Irish State in 1922 to the end of the de Valera government.

This book explores how bishops used the medieval tithe as a social and political tool in eleventh-century Germany and Italy.

When Rogelio Villaverde finds himself destitute and desperate for employment, he leaps at the chance for work with The Tribune, a small newspaper in San Salvador.

A concise and readable guide to the first--and still most important--case that tackled the constitutionality of prayer in public schools.

" Alice Patterson demonstrates that now is the time to discuss what has divided us and how to bring transformation to our nation. In this book you will find reconciliation and racial healing in an unlikely place-the political arena.

Ronald Dworkin provides a moral remedy for American political culture, which he regards as currently ill equipped to face the challenges of achieving social justice while combatting the threat of terrorism. "In Is Democracy Possible Here?

In the 1960s liberation theology addressed itself to the problems of a continent racked by poverty and oppression.