The purpose of this study is to focus on the intersection of religion and politics. Do different religions result in different politics? More specifically, are there significant contrasts between the political attitudes and behavior of Catholics and Protestants in Latin America?

Latin America's Neo-Reformation: Religion's Influence on Contemporary Politics (Latin American Studies)

History

Patterson, Eric

Americas

Routledge

The Race: Your Quest to Know That Moment

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

Eric Patterson

On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations about Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and the Film

On Brokeback Mountain provides accessible, close, and comparative readings of the story and the film, discussing them in relation to the social history of sexual minority men in America. By analyzing the literary and artistic traditions of the homoerotic pastoral, the popular tradition of the Western, and the tradition of the tragic romantic love story, the book explores the American cultural construction of masculinity, friendship, and sexual relationships between men, and the sources and effects of homophobia.

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Lexington Books

It's been said that lightning never strikes the same place twice. But how does one really know for sure? Jason knows. He was there when it happened, the day a lightning storm altered the course of his life forever. Was it a blessing or a curse? Join Jason as he struggles with difficult decisions no boy should have to face alone. Nature Boy is a story about a boy who has been given the uncanny ability to heal living things. In a strange twist of fate, ironically, the special power that allows Jason to heal wounded creatures is the same thing that is slowly sucking the life out of him. What's more important-the lives of those he comes in contact with or his own?

Nature Boy

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Avid Readers Pub Group

Cooking, at its foundation, is what makes it possible to live life fully, and in the process we can find truth and meaning.In their widely anticipated new cookbook, chefs Patterson and Blakeslee present a year long series of menus and recipes drawing deeply from nature and a rich spiritual life. Partners in a popular northern Michigan bistro, Patterson and Blakeslee believe that food preparation must embrace seasonal variety and ripeness without complication.Cooks' House is more than just a collection of recipes. It's a book that approaches cooking in the context of life and living. Cooking is more than putting a list of ingredients in a bowl and mixing. True cooking - and living -comes when we follow the local seasons, listening in on their rhythms and following their leads toward that which sustains.

Cooks' House: The Art and Soul of Local, Sustainable Cuisine

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Blakeslee, Jennifer

Cooking by Ingredient

Spirituality & Health Books

Just American Wars: Ethical Dilemmas in U.S. Military History (War, Conflict and Ethics)

This book examines the moral choices faced by U.S. political and military leaders in deciding when and how to employ force, from the American Revolution to the present day. Specifically, the book looks at discrete ethical dilemmas in various American conflicts from a just war perspective. For example, was the casus belli of the American Revolution just, and more specifically, was the Continental Congress a "legitimate" political authority? Was it just for Truman to drop the atomic bomb on Japan? How much of a role did the egos of Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon play in prolonging the Vietnam War? Often there are trade-offs that civilian and military leaders must take into account, such as General Scott’s 1847 decision to bombard the city of Veracruz in order to quickly move his troops off the malarial Mexican coast. The book also considers the moral significance and policy practicalities of different motives and courses of action. The case studies provided highlight the nuances and even limits of just war principles, such as just cause, right intention, legitimate authority, last resort, likelihood of success, discrimination, and proportionality, and principles for ending war such as order, justice, and conciliation. This book will be of interest for students of just war theory, ethics, philosophy, American history and military history more generally.

Just American Wars (War, Conflict and Ethics)

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This book examines the moral choices faced by U.S. political and military leaders in deciding when and how to employ force, from the American Revolution to the present day. Specifically, the book looks at discrete ethical dilemmas in various American conflicts from a just war perspective. For example, was the casus belli of the American Revolution just, and more specifically, was the Continental Congress a "legitimate" political authority? Was it just for Truman to drop the atomic bomb on Japan? How much of a role did the egos of Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon play in prolonging the Vietnam War? Often there are trade-offs that civilian and military leaders must take into account, such as General Scott’s 1847 decision to bombard the city of Veracruz in order to quickly move his troops off the malarial Mexican coast. The book also considers the moral significance and policy practicalities of different motives and courses of action. The case studies provided highlight the nuances and even limits of just war principles, such as just cause, right intention, legitimate authority, last resort, likelihood of success, discrimination, and proportionality, and principles for ending war such as order, justice, and conciliation. This book will be of interest for students of just war theory, ethics, philosophy, American history and military history more generally.

Latin America's Neo-Reformation (Latin American Studies)

Politics in a Religious World examines why US diplomacy often misunderstands, if not ignores, the role of religion in international conflicts.
After the Cold War, it became evident that religion was a key factor in many conflicts, including Bosnia, Rwanda, and Afghanistan. However, the US failed to correctly appreciate this role, for example predicting the failure of the Iranian theocrats in 1979. Today, most of the security and foreign relations challenges faced by the US are infused with religious factors, from its relations with Iran to the Iraq war and jihadist terrorists. Religion, however, can also play a transnational role when it comes to human rights, conflict resolution, and political mobilization. 
Written by an expert in the field, the book analyzes why the US deliberately avoids the religious dimension of international affairs and proposes a comprehensive approach to a religiously literate US foreign policy. Politics in a Religious World addresses a needed area and will appeal to anyone studying US foreign policy as well as the interaction of religion and international affairs.

Politics in a Religious World: Building a Religiously Literate U.S. Foreign Policy

World

Continuum

Politics in a Religious World examines why US diplomacy often misunderstands, if not ignores, the role of religion in international conflicts.After the Cold War, it became evident that religion was a key factor in many conflicts, including Bosnia, Rwanda, and Afghanistan. However, the US failed to correctly appreciate this role, for example predicting the failure of the Iranian theocrats in 1979. Today, most of the security and foreign relations challenges faced by the US are infused with religious factors, from its relations with Iran to the Iraq war and jihadist terrorists. Religion, however, can also play a transnational role when it comes to human rights, conflict resolution, and political mobilization. Written by an expert in the field, the book analyzes why the US deliberately avoids the religious dimension of international affairs and proposes a comprehensive approach to a religiously literate US foreign policy. Politics in a Religious World addresses a needed area and will appeal to anyone studying US foreign policy as well as the interaction of religion and international affairs.

Politics in a Religious World: Building a Religiously Informed U.S. Foreign Policy

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