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In the years after the Nazi government fell, philosophy professor Karl Jaspers lectured on the notion of German guilt. Neither an evasive apology nor a wholesome condemnation, this book distinguishes between types of guilt and degrees of responsibility.

For Jacques Derrida, the notions and experiences of "community," "living," "together" never ceased to harbor radical, even infinite interrogations. Gathered around an unpublished essay by Derrida, the contributions to this volume explore the struggles and chances of living together in the post-9/11 era and in regions of intense political conflict.

Brings unprecedented multidisciplinary expertise to both the historical reception and the contemporary relevance of a thinker who may come to be seen as the defining figure of our political and intellectual moment

Provides strategies for increasing understanding between Christianity, Islam and Judaism, from a communications perspective

In this compelling book, G. Kurt Piehler and Sidney Pash bring together a collection of essays offering a fresh examination of American participation in the Second World War, including a long overdue reconsideration of such seminal topics as the forces le

Provides a better understanding - both within and outside academia - of the multifaceted demands posed by humanitarian assistance programmes

A collection of essays that address the ways that writers, musicians, philosophers, politicians, critics, and scholars speak of music from varying standpoints and in varying ways. An introduction to the volume identifies common themes and issues.

In this unique philosophical anthology 16 authors- including both established feminists and some of today's most innovative new scholars- engage in sustained reflection on the experiences of pregnancy, childbirth and mothering, and on the beliefs, customs, and political institutions by which those experiences are informed.

The complete bibliography of the writings of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. (1918-2008), with essays pertaining to the last year of his life.

The essays in this book shed interdisciplinary and multicultural light on a hypothesis that helps to account for such an unexpected convergence of enlightenment and religion in our times: Religion has reentered the public sphere because it puts into question the relation between God and the concept of political sovereignty.

The front pages of our newspapers and the chatter on the blogs bear witness to the divorce of law from justice. Moving from the scientific revolution to the rise of law and economics, this title tells the story of how lawyers invented a science of law to preserve law's claim to moral authority.

An indispensable resource for scholars and students of James Joyce, Joyce Studies Annual gathers essays by foremost scholars and emerging voices in the field.

From speculative theology to the exegesis of Aquinas, to contemporary North American philosophy and Catholic social and ethical thought, to the thought of Benedict XVI, this book argues the crucial importance of the proportionate natural end within the context of grace and supernatural beatitude.

In eleven talks originally broadcast on French public radio, this book offers a philosopher's account of some of the pressing questions and addresses issues within philosophical inquiry.

An account of the trial of the nine members of the El Salvadoran military accused of the assassination of six Jesuit priests, their cook, and her 15-year-old daughter in San Salvador, November 16, 1989. The report also covers the political and social context, and profiles the victims.

Presents a truly international selection of works by more than seventy Italian-language poets who are writing in countries from Australia to Venezuela

Addressing the relation between religion and things, which has long been conceived in antagonistic terms, the guiding idea of this volume is that religion necessarily requires some kind of incarnation. Exploring the role and place of sacred artifacts, images, bodily fluids, sites and technologies in different locations and religious traditions, this volume re-materializes the study of religion.

Includes a selection of major addresses and significant statements by the first among equals and spiritual leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians. This volume represents the inter-Christian initiatives and theological outreach of the Patriarch, covering a range of topics, such as ecumenism and theology.

A collection seeks to examine exactly what Levinas' writings mean for both Jews and Christians. It takes a snapshot of the state of Jewish-Christian dialogue, using Levinas as the rationale for the discussion. It represents three generations of Levinas scholars.

Cosmology, Ecology, and the Energy of God brings together process and postmodern theologians who reflect on the topic of energy. Approaches include dark energy in terms of physics; social and ecological aspects of the current energy use crisis; and connections between human conceptions of energy and divine spiritual energy in theological terms.

Presents the study of Catholic reform in the sixteenth century. This title includes essays that focus on the religious communities that were founded between 1524, when the Theatines arose, and 1621, when the Piarists were recognized by the papacy as a religious order.

Looks at how American soldiers, sailors, and Marines considered race, ethnicity, and identity in the planning and execution of the wartime occupation of Okinawa, during and immediately after the Battle of Okinawa, 1945-1946.

An inventive literary account of Cixous's remarkable journey to her mother's birthplace and of the Jewish community of a German town that was wiped out in the Holocaust.

A timely examination of the increasing efforts to criminalize the status of immigrants, exiles, and refugees

This collection of essays explores how the body became a touchstone for late antique practice and religious imagination through stories from the eastern Christian world of antiquity: monks and martyrs, families and congregations, and textual bodies from antiquity subject to modern interpretations.

The essays in this volume interrogate the problem of modern/colonial definitions of the human person and take up the struggle to decolonize such descriptions. Contributions engage work from various fields, including ethnic studies, religious studies, theology, queer theory, philosophy, and literary studies.

Radio Active is William O'Shaughnessy's fifth collection of essays, on-air interviews, tributes and eulogies, endorsements, recollections of an evening, and more from "e;perhaps the finest broadcaster in America"e; whose commentaries are akin to "e;potato chips"e; per former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger because "e;You can't stop with only one."e;The book opens with a ringing signature defense of the First Amendment and collected O'Shaughnessy correspondence with heroes and "e;villains,"e; and insightful sections honoring former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, who said, "e;When O'Shaughnessy is on his game . . . he's better than anyone on the air or in print."e; There is also a section on the estimable Bush family.In eliciting "e;provocative and candid revelations"e; from his wide circle, this new compendium pulses with brilliant, insightful prose and a life-affirming reverence for luminous people, places, and events, past and present.

Welcoming Finitude provides a philosophical (i.e., phenomenological) examination of the experience of liturgy, based on the example of Orthodox Christian liturgy, as it manifests in terms of time, space, corporeality, senses, affect, and the interaction with other people. It thus uncovers some of the basic structures of religious ritual experience.