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The serpent's gift gnostic reflections on the study of religion / by Kripal, Jeffrey J. (Jeffrey John), 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Invocation ; The quest for the heretical Jesus ; "One will know them by their roots" ; From the womb ; Sexual healings: dispelling the demons of abuse ; Sexual teachings ; The man Jesus loved ; The woman Jesus loved ; The secret -- Restoring the Adam of light. …”
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Diotima's children German aesthetic rationalism from Leibniz to Lessing / by Beiser, Frederick C., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…-- Theory of aesthetic judgment -- The rationalist aesthetic -- The meaning of rules -- Kant's paltry polemic -- Diotima versus Dionysus -- The challenge of irrationalism -- Gadamer and the rationalist tradition -- Leibniz and the roots of aesthetic rationalism -- The grandfather's strange case -- Theory of beauty -- Analysis of sense -- The classical Trinity -- Wolff and the birth of aesthetic rationalism -- Wolff and the aesthetic tradition -- Theory of the arts -- Psychology -- Theory of beauty -- Foundations of neo-classicism -- Gottsched and the high noon of rationalism -- Herr Professor Gottsched's Peruke -- The importance of taste -- Defense of tragedy -- Theory of taste -- Poetics -- The rules -- Dr. …”
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The ethics of obscene speech in early Christianity and its environment by Hultin, Jeremy F.

Table of Contents: “…-- Plato and Aristotle on foul language -- Plato and the dangers of mimesis -- Aristotle and the bounds of humor -- Abuse -- Laws against slander -- Religious rites -- Excursus : the language of some love charms -- Comedy -- New forms of comic drama -- Literary obscenities -- Epigram -- Tales of sexual adventures and sex manuals -- Ovid's culpa -- Speech, character, and self-definition -- Speech as it relates to character -- Speech as it defined specific groups -- Cynics and shameless speech -- Stoics -- The linguistic roots of the stoic ethics of foul language -- Excursus : Bryson the Megarian -- Changes in stoic (and cynic) views of obscene speech -- Jewish scripture and earliest Christianity -- Prophetic scatology -- Wisdom literature and Ben Sirach -- Jesus -- James -- Didache 3:3 and the two ways -- Paul -- Galatians 5:12 -- Philippians 3:8: [Greek text] -- Colossians and Ephesians -- Colossians 3:8 -- Colossians 4:6 : "season your speech with salt" -- Ephesians -- Exegesis of Ephesians 5:3-14 -- "Let them not even be named among you" (Eph 5:3) -- "Shameful even to mention" (Eph 5:12) -- Speech rules in 1QS -- Profaning a sanctum -- Not fitting for holy ones -- Speech and Christian identities -- Clement of Alexandria on foul language -- The divine paedagogue and Christian manners -- On foul language -- Excursus : Clement and the Didache -- A "deeper logos" about foul language -- Comparing Clement.…”
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The drama of possibility experience as philosophy of culture / by McDermott, John J. (John Joseph), 1932-

Table of Contents: “…An American angle of vision -- Poem : roots/edges -- Threadbare crape : reflections on the American strand -- An American angle of vision, part 1 -- An American angle of vision, part 2 -- Spires of influence : the importance of Emerson for classical American philosophy -- Josiah Royce's philosophy of the community : danger of the detached individual -- Possibility or else! …”
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Architecture and sacrament : a critical theory / by Wang, David, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…3 A Critique of "Criticalist" Architectural Theory -- The Marxist Roots of Critical Theory -- Transcendent Uncertainty: A Critique of Criticalist Architectural Theory -- Notes -- 4 Dwelling in the Sacramental Zone -- Dwelling Material and Immaterial -- True, Good, Beautiful, and the Journey Towards It -- Concepts of Hut versus No-Hut-At-All -- Dwelling and Abduction -- Two Trees: The Aesthetics of Dwelling in the Sacramental Zone -- From Pastoral to Urban: The Aesthetics of Journey in Relation to Dwelling in the Sacramental Zone -- Notes -- 5 Sustainable Design in the Sacramental Zone…”
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Courts in Latin America

Table of Contents: “…From quietism to incipient activism: the institutional and ideological roots of rights adjudication in Chile Lisa Hilbink and Javier Couso; 5. …”
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Black Racialization and Resistance at an Elite University / by Hampton, Rosalind, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Naming Race and Racism ; "I Didn't Know I Was Black" ; Black Canadian "Identity Problems" ; Managing Interlocking Stereotype Threats ; Construction Work ; Black as in Radical, Radical as in Rooted ; Community and Communing ; Conclusion: Navigating and Resisting Racialization and Colonial Ideology -- 6. …”
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Values in Heritage Management : Emerging Approaches and Research Directions /

Table of Contents: “…: Perspectives on Heritage Values Rooted in Arabic-Islamic Traditions / Hossam Mahdy -- Changing Concepts and Values in Natural Heritage Conservation: A View through IUCN and UNESCO Policies / Josep-Maria Mallarach and Bas Verschuuren -- Valuing Traumatic Heritage Places as Archives and Agents / Randall Mason -- Values and Relationships between Tangible and Intangible Dimensions of Heritage Places / Ayesha Pamela Rogers -- The Paradox of Valuing the Invaluable: Managing Cultural Values in Heritage Places / Tara Sharma -- Heritage Economics: Coming to Terms with Value and Valuation / David Throsby -- From the Inside Looking Out: Indigenous Perspectives on Heritage Values / Joe Watkins -- Appendix: Conclusions and Recommendations of the Symposium Participants -- Further Readings in Heritage Values / compiled by Erica Avrami and Randall Mason.…”
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What's so great about Christianity by D'Souza, Dinesh, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Christianity and reason : the theological roots of science -- From logos to cosmos : Christianity and the invention of invention -- An atheist fable : reopening the Galileo case -- Pt. 4: The argument from design. …”
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Postcolonial green environmental politics & world narratives /

Table of Contents: “…Performing tropics: Alexander von Humboldt's Ansichten der natur and the colonial roots of nature writing / Sabine Wilke -- The poetic politics of ecological inhabitation in Neruda's Canto general and Cardenal's cosmic canticle / Patrick D. …”
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Out of many, one people the historical archaeology of colonial Jamaica /

Table of Contents: “…Delle -- Excavating the roots of resistance : the significance of Maroons in Jamaican archaeology / Candice Goucher and Kofi Agorsah -- pt. 3. …”
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Jesuit and feminist education intersections in teaching and learning for the twenty-first century /

Table of Contents: “…Petrino -- Paideia and the political process: the unexplored coincidence of Jesuit and feminist pedagogical visions / Paul Lakeland -- Feminist pedagogy, the Ignatian paradigm, and service-learning: distinctive roots, common objectives, and intriguing challenges / Robbin D. …”
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Watching while black : centering the television of black audiences /

Table of Contents: “…Smith-Shomade -- Producing blackness. The importance of Roots / Eric Pierson -- Two different worlds: television as a producer's medium / Robin R. …”
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Audio education : theory, culture, and practice /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Audio education and the makings of creative and inclusive scholarship / Daniel Walzer and Mariana Lopez -- The roots of audio -- from craft to established field 1925-1945 / George Brock-Nannestad -- The child as musical affector : sound perception and manipulation as artistic process in primary school music education / Elissa Johnson-Green -- A timeline is not a continuum : a more inclusive electronic music history / Brian Heller -- Creating authentic learning experiences using Max : an alternative to digital audio workstations / Mark Bassett -- Gamifying the learning experience : evaluating teaching methodologies in an introductory module to sound for film and television / Mariana Lopez -- Learning about critical listening through popular music / Adam Scott Neal -- Listening sessions : critical listening in a social context / M. …”
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A historical sensibility : Sir Michael Howard and the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1958-2019. by Howard, Michael, 1922-

Table of Contents: “…Obituary: B.H.L.H. 1895-1970 13. Book Reviews: The Roots of War: The Men and Institutions Behind US Foreign Policy 14.Obituary: P. …”
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Consumption and the literary cookbook /

Table of Contents: “…Waitress : creating and consuming inspiration in Sugar, butter, flour / Allison Kellar -- Taste in question : recipes and subjectivity in Martha Stewart Living, goop, and the early printed cookbooks of Hannah Glasse and Ann Cook / Erin MacWilliam -- Nineteenth century American manuscript cookbooks and memoirs of taste / Avery Blankenship -- "Roots and seeds" : reclaiming regional identity through food in Ronni Lundy's Victuals: an Appalachian journey, with recipes / Stacy Sivinski -- "A lifetime spent in the pursuit of good flavor" : Edna Lewis's cookbooks / Nicole Stamant -- "Looking for whatever bowl of soup ... might restore us" : consumption and nostalgia in Treme: stories and recipes from the heart of New Orleans / Roxanne Harde.…”
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Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World : Regimes, Oppositions, and External Actors after the Spring /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : struggles for political change in the Arab world : regimes, oppositions, and external actors after the Spring / Hesham Sallam, Lisa Blaydes, and Amr Hamzawy -- Authoritarian narratives and practices in Egypt / Amr Hamzawy -- The people vs. the palace : power and politics in Morocco since 2011 / Samia Errazzouki -- Kuwait's changing landscape : palace projects and the decline of rule by consensus / Farah Al-Nakib -- The decay of family rule in Saudi Arabia / Michael Herb -- Syria's repressive peace / Samer Abboud -- Mobilization without movement : opposition and youth activism in Jordan / Sean Yom -- Cycles of contention in Lebanon / Lina Khatib -- Algeria : anatomy of a revolutionary situation / Thomas Serres -- The nexus of patronage, petrol, and population in Iraq / David Siddhartha Patel -- Understanding the roots, dynamics, and potential of an "impossible" revolution : the prospects and challenges of democratization in Sudan / Khalid Mustafa Medani -- Tunisia : the challenges of party consolidation and the specter of authoritarian reversal / Lindsay J. …”
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Eric Rohmer's Film Theory (1948-1953) : From 'école Scherer' to 'politique des auteurs' / by Grosoli, Marco

Table of Contents: “…Pulling phenomenology back to its Kantian roots; 3.4. Ethics; 3.5. God?; 3.6. Echoes of the conversion; 4. …”
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Biological control a global perspective : case studies from around the world /

Table of Contents: “…/ Alison Stewart, Kristin McLean and John Hunt -- Control of root diseases with Trichoderma spp. in forest nurseries of central Siberia / Tatyana I. …”
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Biocontrol of plant diseases by bacillus subtilis : basic and practical applications / by Shoda, Makoto

Table of Contents: “…2.8.1 Suppressive Effect by RB14 In Vitro (14)2.8.1.1 Materials and Methods; 2.8.1.2 Results; 2.8.2 Isolation of Iturin A and Surfactin from the Culture Broth of RB14; 2.8.2.1 Materials and Methods; 2.8.2.2 Results; 2.9 Characterization of B. subtilis YB8; 2.9.1 Production of Surfactin (22); 2.9.1.1 Methods and Results; 2.9.2 Production of Plipastatin; 2.9.2.1 Material and Methods; 2.9.2.2 Results; References; 3: In Vivo Plant Tests; 3.1 Biological Control of Crown and Root Rot and Bacterial Wilt (1); 3.1.1 Materials and Methods (1); 3.1.1.1 Bacterial Culture…”
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