Charles S. Prebish ; Damien Keown

Explaining the key teachings and historical development of Buddhism, this student-friendly introduction contains chapters on Engaged Buddhism, Buddhis

Explaining the key teachings and historical development of Buddhism, this book contains chapters on Engaged Buddhism, Buddhist and War, Buddhism in th

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Ontwikkelingspsychologie is een uitgebreide inleiding in het vakgebied. Het laat je kennismaken met de basistheorieën, het onderzoek en de toepassinge

Abortion is arguably the most controversial and divisive moral issue of modern times, but up until now the debate has taken place almost exclusively w

Ranging from ancient India to modern America, the collection of essays in this book cover the four main areas of Charles Prebish's work: Vinaya studie

This innovative volume brings together the views of leading scholars on a range of controversial subjects including human rights, animal rights, ecolo

In this book the author considers data from both early and later schools of Buddhism in an attempt to provide an overall characterization of the struc

Abortion is arguably the most controversial and divisive moral issue of modern times, but up until now the debate has taken place almost exclusively w

This volume brings together the views of leading scholars on a range of controversial subjects including human rights, animal rights, ecology, abortio

The 1854 text, edited by Sylvère Monod, is accompanied here by explanatory footnotes. Contextual pieces by critics and theorists of Dickens’ time brin

As the interminable case of 'Jarndyce and Jarndyce' grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada a

A time machine repairman becomes trapped in a time loop of his own making With only TAMMY - a slightly tearful computer with self-esteem issues - a s

Based on fieldwork among undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers Illegal Traveller offers a narrative of the polysemic nature of borders, border po

Social Groups in Action and Interaction reviews and analyzes the human group as it operates to create both social good and, potentially, social harm.

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After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver Twist finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memora