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Negotiating Race in the Chican@ Movement(s) In 1965, striking farm workers in the San Joaquin Valley sparked the beginning of the Chican@ movement. As the movement quickly gained traction across the southwestern United States, public frictions

The past two or three decades have witnessed significant activity in research on the Jesus of the Gospels and history. In fact, there has been such a plethora of publication on such a wide variety of

Iconic Politics in Ancient Israel In this volume, Nathaniel Levtow articulately interacts with Mesopotamian and Israelite iconoclastic traditions, locating Israelite polemics against cult images among a spectrum of ancient West Asian

A Rhetorical and Canonical Study of Individual Lament Psalms Lament psalms are often imagined as private cries to God. Yet most laments are also directed outward--toward friends, foes, and entire communities. The Social Audience of Prayer reveals how the psalmi

Rio Tinto and the Corporate Persona An investigation into one of the largest and most lucrative mineral mining companies in the world, Rio Tinto, Extraction Politics reveals how the company constructs a presence in the places it operate

Stories of Religious Trauma Purity Culture, Bodies, and Beliefs confronts the enduring effects of religious trauma by centering the body as both a site of harm and a source of healing. This collection offers a necessary space fo

Stories of Religious Trauma Purity Culture, Bodies, and Beliefs confronts the enduring effects of religious trauma by centering the body as both a site of harm and a source of healing. This collection offers a necessary space fo

Britain and the Britons, A.D. 400-600 An Age of Tyrants explores an obscure period in the history of the British Isles often referred to as Sub-Roman Britain. Such a label implies that social and cultural decline followed the end of Roman