The sequential imperative : general cognitive principles and the structure of behaviour /
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In The Sequential Imperative William Edmondson explains how deep study of linguistics - from phonetics to pragmatics - can be the basis for understanding the organization of behaviour in any organism with a brain. The work demonstrates that Cognitive Science needs to be anchored in a linguistic setting. Only then can Cognitive Scientists reach out to reconsider the nature of consciousness and to appreciate the functionality of all brains. The core functionality of the brain - any brain, any species, any time - is delivery and management of the unavoidable bi-directional transformation between brain states and activity - the Sequential Imperative. Making it all work requires some general cognitive principles and close attention to detail. The book sets out the case in broad terms but also incorporates significant detail where necessary.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004342996 :
0929-8436 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Dedication: Eugene David Cruz-Uribe, Ph.D. December 22, 1952–March 12, 2018 /
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This volume of the Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Eugene D. Cruz-Uribe, who served as its editor from 2008 until his sudden and unexpected death in March. He was born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin and, since 2013, he lived in Richmond, Indiana, where he served on the faculty of Indiana University East. Although he retired in 2017, he maintained an active schedule of research and travel to Egypt, as well as his fulfilling his responsibilities with this journal.
From face to face : recarving of Roman portraits and the Late-Antique portrait arts /
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This book is based on an investigation of more than five hundred recarved portraits. It includes analyses of different recarving methods, some of which can be attributed to geographically localised workshops. The different recarving methods have made it possible to suggest classifiable categories, which together underpin a hypothesis that the late-antique portrait style is a consequence of the many recarved portraits at the time. The practice of portrait recarving emerged due to economic, political, religious and ideological factors, and was influenced by the cultural-historical changes of Late Antiquity. The conclusion gives a new understanding of how wide-ranging, culturally and politically encoded and comprehensive the practice of recarving was.
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1 online resource (xxii, 202 pages, 155 pages of plates) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-176) and indexes. :
9789004324558 :
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Treasures of Egypt : a legacy in photographs from the pyramids to Cleopatra /
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"The images in this breathtaking volume celebrate the vibrant beauty and rich cultural heritage of Egypt on the 100th anniversary of the discovery of King Tut's tomb"--
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Includes index. :
399 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. :
9781426222634
Studies in archaeometry : proceedings of the Archaeometry Symposium at NORM 2019, June 16-19, Portland, Oregon, Portland State University : dedicated to the Rev. H. Richard Rutherford, C.S.C., Ph.D /
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The proceedings of the Archaeometry Symposium at NORM 2019, Portland, Oregon, papers, with case studies in Spain, Canada, Thailand, Lithuania or Russia, address the application of different techniques in archaeology in order to comprehend some aspects during and after excavations, for instance, physics, chemical analysis, remote sensing, LiDAR, etc.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage.
Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789697339 (ebook) :
Christianity in modern China : the making of the first native Protestant church /
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Using mainly hitherto unstudied primary materials, this monograph studies a very significant episode in Chinese Christianity. Focusing on the origins and earliest history of Protestantism in South Fujian, this analytical-critical study investigates the evolution of the churches which pioneered in indigenisation and ecclesiastical union in China during the nineteenth century. Some subjects studied are primitive missionary objectives and methods, the relationship between the 'Talmage ideal' and the Three-self concept, and the nature and dynamics of 'native' religious work. Extremely useful is the critical assessment of South Fujian in terms of self-propagation, self-government, self-support and organic union. The key areas suggested for future research are also quite thought-provoking. The volume is especially valuable to social and church historians, missiologists and sociologists.
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1 online resource (xiv, 412 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-389) and index. :
9789047402336 :
0924-9389 ; :
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The theosis of the body of Christ : from the early British apostolics to a pentecostal trinitarian ecclesioloy /
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"In The Theosis of the Body of Christ: From the early British Apostolics to a Pentecostal Trinitarian Ecclesiology Jonathan Black builds on the ecclesiology of one of the UK's original Pentecostal movements, the Apostolic Church, demonstrating the connection between ecclesiology and the Pentecostal distinctive of the baptism in the Holy Spirit. These early British Pentecostals were not naïve fundamentalists with the addition of a few Pentecostal distinctives, but rather engaged in significant theological reflexion, rooted in Trinitarian theology, resulting in a theology of theosis which resonates in many ways with the Great Tradition, yet is held together with a forensic/Reformation approach to justification. This approach then opens new possibilities in understanding the theological nature of the Pentecostal baptism in the Spirit".
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004412231
Ästhetik, Politik und schiitische Repräsentation im zeitgenossischen Iran /
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In Ästhetik, Politik und schiitische Repräsentation im zeitgenössischen Iran zeigt Christian Funke die Verflechtungen von Politik, Protest und schiitischer Materialität in der Islamischen Republik auf. Das Buch legt anschaulich und vielschichtig dar, wie die Proteste von 2009 und die ›Grüne Bewegung‹ mit umfassenderen Diskursen über Demokratie, Identität, Geschichte und Gegenwart sowie Religion und Politik verknüpft waren. Funkes Argument fußt auf Interviews und intensiver Feldforschung und umfasst ein breites Themenfeld von Farben über Banknoten bis hin zu städtischer Raumordnung. Funke bietet einen neuen Ansatz zur Theorie und Methodologie von Religionsästhetik und wirft ein neues Licht auf die › Grüne Bewegung‹ , indem er die islamischen Ressourcen freilegt, mittels derer sich ihr Protest artikulierte. In Aesthetics, Politics, and Shiʿi Representation in Contemporary Iran Christian Funke explores the entangled relationship between politics, protest and Shiʿi materiality in the Islamic Republic. He shows how the post-election protests of 2009 and the 'Green Movement' were part of larger discourses on democracy, identity, the present and the past, and religion and politics. Funke's argument is based on extensive fieldwork and interviews. He covers a broad array of topics, ranging from the interpretation of colours to the use of banknotes to the emergence of an urban spatial order. Funke offers a novel approach to the methodology and theory of material religion and by revealing the Islamic undercurrents in the 'Green Movement', his book provides a new and more appropriate picture of protest and religion in Iran.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004347342 :
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Civic patronage in the Roman Empire /
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The Roman Empire may be properly described as a consortium of cities (and not as set of proto national states). From the late Republic and into the Principate, the Roman elite managed the empire through insititutional and personal ties to the communities of the Empire. Especially in the Latin West the emperors encouraged the adoption of the Latin language and urban amenities, and were generous in the award of citizenship. This process, and 'Romanization' is a reasonable label, was facilitated by civic patronage. The literary evidence provides a basis for understanding this transformation from subject to citizen and for constructing a higher allegiance to the idea of Rome. We gain a more complete understanding of the process by considering the legal and monumental/epigraphical evidence that guided and encouraged such benefaction and exchange. This book uses all three forms of evidence to provide a deeper understanding of how patrocinium publicum served as a formal vehicle for securing the goodwill of the citizens and subjects of Rome.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004261716 :
0169-8958 ;
RACTA 2018 : Ricerche di Archeologia Cristiana, Tardantichità e Altomedioevo = Researches on Christian Archaeology, Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages : 1st international conference of PhD students...
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RACTA (Ricerche di Archeologia Cristiana, Tardantichità e Altomedioevo) was the first international conference for PhD students of Christian archaeology. It took place in Rome in February 2018, hosted by Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana and gathered more than 50 multidisciplinary talks and posters from PhD students from Europe, America and Russia. The engagement shown at the well-attended event, and the interest of several institutions, proved that Christian archaeology continues to be important to new generations of archaeologists, art historians, and researchers of the ancient world.
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At foot of cover title: Pontifico Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana ; Römisches Institut der Görres-Gesellschaft.
Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789691757 (e-Pdf) : :
Open access.
Jewish reactions to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 : apocalypses and related pseudepigrapha /
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The Roman destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 was a watershed event in the religious, political, and social life of first-century Jews. This book explores the reaction to this event found in Jewish apocalypses and related literature preserved among the Pseudepigrapha (4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, 3 Baruch, 4 Baruch, Sibylline Oracles 4 and 5, and the Apocalypse of Abraham). While keeping the historical context of their composition in mind, the author analyzes the texts with a view to answering the following questions: What do these texts tell us about Jewish attitudes toward the Roman Empire? How did Jews understand the situation in post-70 Judea through the lens of Israel's past, especially the Babylonian sack of Jerusalem in 587 B.C.?
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Fairly substantial revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2006. :
1 online resource (x, 305 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-293) and index. :
9789004210448 :
1384-2161 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The Levant, crossroads of late antiquity : history, religion and archaeology = Le Levant, carrefour de l'antiquité tardive : histoire, religion et archéologie /
: xxx, 478 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789004258266 : 0926-4639 ; : shimaa
Evolution, cognition, and the history of religion : a new synthesis : festschrift in honour of Armin W. Geertz /
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Evolution, Cognition, and the History of Religion: A New Synthesis comprises 41 chapters that push for a new way of conducting the study of religion, thereby, transforming the discipline into a genuine science of religion. The recent resurgence of evolutionary approaches on culture and the increasing acknowledgement in the natural and social sciences of culture's and religion's evolutionary importance calls for a novel epistemological and theoretical framework for studying these two areas. The chapters explore how a new scholarly synthesis, founded on the triadic space constituted by evolution, cognition, cultural and ecological environment, may develop. Different perspectives and themes relating to this overarching topic are taken up with a main focus on either evolution, cognition, and/or the history of religion.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004385375 :
2214-3270 ;
New directions and paradigms for the study of Greek architecture : interdisciplinary dialogues in the field /
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"New Directions and Paradigms for the Study of Greek Architecture comprises 20 chapters by nearly three dozen scholars who describe recent discoveries, new theoretical frameworks, and applications of cutting-edge techniques in their architectural research. The contributions are united by several broad themes that represent the current directions of study in the field, i.e.: the organization and techniques used by ancient Greek builders and designers; the use and life history of Greek monuments over time; the communication of ancient monuments with their intended audiences together with their reception by later viewers; the mining of large sets of architectural data for socio-economic inference; and the recreation and simulation of audio-visual experiences of ancient monuments and sites by means of digital technologies. Contributors are: Lena Lambrinou; Vasileia Manidaki; Jeanne Capelle; Alexander Tanner; Nancy L. Klein; Nils Hellner; D. Matthew Buell, John C. McEnroe, Jorge Andreas Botero Besadalombana, Rafał Bieńkowski; Yannos Kourayos, Kornilia Daifa, Goulielmos Orestidis, Dimitrios Egglezos, Vasilis Papavasileiou, Eleni-Eva Toumpakari; Kyle A. Jazwa; András Patay-Horváth; Mark Wilson Jones; Silke Müth; Sarah A. Rous; Matthias Grawehr; Mary B. Hollinshead; Miriam G. Clinton, Ansel MacLaughlin; Christian Fron, Verena Stappmanns, Xiaoru Zhou, Philip Leistner; Clemente Marconi, David Scahill, Massimo Limoncelli; Bonna D. Wescoat".
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004416659