430 results for '"Geoffrey Holland'

This highly original collection of essays, first published in 1989, is concerned with the nature of children and their moral and political status. The international team of contributors explore, and...

A non-academic history of America's wars and their relationship to the rise of American power. The military history is framed within an interesting context the apparent paradox of a stable,...

There is no doubt that Christianity has had a major impact on the history of European civilisation, but defining and quantifying that impact is a complicated task. Christianity has asked more of its...

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Finally, a Bible reference book that fills the needs of the entire family. Whether you are a student, a scholar, a member of the clergy, or simply a religious seeker, This book will enhance your...

Fourth edition, revised. Well-illustrated. Includes descriptions of 216 books from Donne's library. Covers rubbed. xii, 400 pages. cloth.. small 4to..

Seeks to identify and describe the continuing Christian vision, to trace its modes of transmission, and to permit it to illuminate the human context. The result is a systematic theology in the...

Written as a homage to Charles Peguy, this poem masterfully confronts the ethical concerns of modern poetry and politics whch are reflected in the life of Peguy.

In 1640 Europe was a term without precise political significance. In the ensuing years the idea of Europe came to mean more. The Making of Modern Europe 1648-1780 is a thoroughly comprehensive...

While attending Princeton in the 1950s, Nathaniel Clay learns the bitter comedy of growing up in a privileged world of inherited good luck and responsibility, as he moves into the complicated,...

The beginning of the Oxford Movement in the early nineteenth century signalled a religious revival that was to have far-reaching effects on the Church of England: the continuity and catholic identity...

The word blurb derives from a pulchritudinous young lady of that fictional name who appeared on a book-cover at the turn of the century. Quarrying the Oxford English Dictionary for its evidence, this...

Looks how firearms affected the development of offensive and defensive strategy, discusses the creation of ocean-going warships, and describes how these developments gave the Western powers military...