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Interpreting Italians is a socio-cultural travel guide designed for
people whose interest in Italy goes beyond the readymade impression
or the hackneyed cliche. It is a serious effort to understand what
the 'Italian temperament' actually is, how it came to be, and the
impact it has had both on Italians themselves and on the outsiders
who attempt to live intimately and knowledgeably among them. To
this end, it offers a thoughtful interpretation of those aspects of
Italian culture and history - furbizia and bella figura, the piazza
and the casa, the role of the mother, the extravagance of the
Baroque and the personal as well as architectural significance of
the facade - that have at once reflected and compounded Italians'
attitudes to foreigners and to each other by examining their
approaches to love and sex, religion and politics, food and the
family, language and bureaucracy, regionalism and immigration,
sport and the Mafia. The book consists of eighteen concise but
well-documented essays and five appendices that, in addition to an
extensive reading list, provide practical suggestions to visitors
relating to the preparation of menus and the selection of walking
tours and excursions to sites often overlooked by the casual
tourist. Interpreting Italians will be a useful aid to anyone truly
curious about discovering what makes Italians tick.
An Eerdmans Reader in Contemporary Political Theology gathers some
of the most significant and influential writings in political
theology from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Given that
the locus of Christianity is undeniably shifting to the global
South, this volume uniquely integrates key voices from Africa,
Asia, and Latin America with central texts from Europe and North
America on such major subjects as church and state, gender and
race, and Christendom and postcolonialism. Carefully selected,
thematically arranged, and expertly introduced, these forty-nine
essential readings constitute an ideal primary-source introduction
to contemporary political theology -- a profoundly relevant
resource for globally engaged citizens, students, and scholars.
CONTRIBUTORS: Nicholas Adams Rafael Avila Karl Barth Richard
Bauckham Dietrich Bonhoeffer Walter Brueggemann Ernesto Cardenal J.
Kameron Carter James H. Cone Dorothy Day Musa W. Dube Jean Bethke
Elshtain Eric Gregory Gustavo Guti rrez Stanley Hauerwas George
Hunsinger Ada Mar a Isasi-Diaz Emmanuel M. Katongole Rafiq Khoury
Kosuke Koyama Brian McDonald Johann Baptist Metzv Virgil Michel N
stor O. Miguez John Milbank John Courtney Murray Ched Myers H.
Richard Niebuhr Reinhold Niebuhr Arvind P. Nirmal Oliver O'Donovan
Catherine Pickstock Kwok Pui-lan A. Maria Arul Raja Walter
Rauschenbusch Joerg Rieger Christopher Rowland Rosemary Radford
Ruether Alexander Schmemann Carl Schmitt Peter Manley Scott Jon
Sobrino Dorothee Solle R. S. Sugirtharajah Elsa Tamez Mark Lewis
Taylor Emilie M. Townes Desmond Tutu Bernd Wannenwetsch Graham Ward
George Weigel Delores S. Williams Rowan Williams Walter Wink John
Howard Yoder Kim Yong-Bock
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