This is an age of great calamities.

It is the purpose of this volume to help fill this lacuna through discussions on some of the many junctions of time, space, and society at large.

Brown focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence, celibacy, and lifelong virginity-in Christian circles from the first to the fifth centuries A.D. and traces early Christians' preoccupations with sexuality and the ...

'How Musical Is Man?' explores the role of music in society and culture, and of society and culture in music.

The book explores questions that are still relevant in today's society: Is the separation of facts and values tenable, or even desirable? Can rationality accommodate the ideas of a Bergson or a Freud?

Situating the text within the broader context of the self-help and moral philosophy genres of the early 20th century, Hillis's work stands out for its timeless wisdom and relevance.

This book presents an account of masculinity in eighteenth century Britain. In particular it is concerned with the impact of an emergent polite society on notions of manliness and the gentleman.

This work explains why these two traditions responded so differently to family change and then goes on to explore how the stances of evangelical and mainline Protestant churches toward marriage and parenting influenced the husbands and ...