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1	The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist In looking back over the enormous changes wrought by the 20th century, Western observers may have missed the most dramatic revolution of all. While secular movements like communism, feminism, and environmentalism have gotten the lion's share of our attention, the explosive southward expansion of Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist Christianity is growing so rapidly in the global South that soon Africa may be home to the world's largest Christian population. But what sort of Christianity will that be? In Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Christians live in settings very close to the social, cultural, and intellectual milieu in which the New Testament itself was written. For ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $9.59! \| SVS
3	The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist Anti-Catholicism has a long history in America. And as Philip Jenkins argues in The New Anti-Catholicism, this virulent strain of hatred--once thought dead--is alive and well in our nation, but few people seem to notice, or care. A statement that is seen as racist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic, or homophobic can haunt a speaker for years, writes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions
4	Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist Jenkins, a professor history and religious studies at the Pennsylvania State University, addresses some serious questions raised by the discovery of the gospels of Thomas and Mary and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Jenkins counters theories that the real Jesus has been deliberately hidden by an authoritative church and that the search for the real Jesus is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.12! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Decade of Nightmares: The End of the Sixties and the Making of Eighties America more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist Drawing on a wide array of sources, the author of "Dream Catchers" identifies 1975 to 1986 as the watershed years when Americans rejected the radicalism of the 1960s and adopted a more pessimistic interpretation of human behavior. see all copies from $2.97! new only from $5.84! \| first editions \| SVS
6	History of the United States more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist A History of the United States presents an integrated study of the course of American history, discussing political, social, economic and cultural developments. Major themes include the relationship between territorial expansion and political history; the critical role of ethnic and racial conflict, and the complex relationship between race and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.31! \| SVS
7	God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist Is the Christian church in Europe doomed to collapse under the weight of globalization, Western secularism, and a flood of Muslim immigrants? Is Europe on the brink of becoming "Eurabia"? Though many pundits are predicting just such a scenario, God's Continent reveals the flaws in these arguments and offers a much more measured assessment of ... see all copies from $6.25! new only from $10.23! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia--And How It Died more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist Leading religion scholar Jenkins reveals a vast Christian world to the east of the Roman Empire and explains how the earliest, most influential churches of the East--China, India, the Middle East, and Africa--died. see all copies from $8.75! new only from $9.58! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Mystics & Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist Are religious fringe movements a recent phenomenon in American history? Are widespread fears of mass suicides, sexual abuse, and brainwashing in cults justified? Do marginalized religious groups play any positive role in American spiritual life? Do the panics over such groups follow any discernible pattern? Phillip Jenkins gives fascinating--and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.90! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the Internet more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist This study of the legal issues involved in prosecuting those who peddle illegal pornographic material on the Web emphasizes the failure of law enforcement and the government to truly pursue suppliers of the most disturbing brand of pornography--child pornography. Here, he suggests that enforcement should stop punishing the users, whom he likens to ... see all copies from $4.26! new only from $19.37! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Dream Catchers: How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist In books such as Mystics and Messiahs, Hidden Gospels, and The Next Christendom, Philip Jenkins has established himself as a leading commentator on religion and society. Now, in Dream Catchers, Jenkins offers a brilliant account of the changing mainstream attitudes towards Native American spirituality, once seen as degraded spectacle, now hailed ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist If we can believe the six o'clock news, there has been an epidemic of sexual abuse among the clergy, and especially among the Roman Catholic clergy. Neither an expose nor an apology, Pedophiles and Priests takes a close, dispassionate look at the entire history of this mushrooming scandal, from the first rumblings to the explosion of headlines. ... see all copies from $3.93! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Intimate Enemies: Moral Panics in Contemporary Great Britian more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins, Phillip Jenkins add to wishlist see all copies from $11.98! new only from $31.14! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	A History of the United States, Second Edition more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist This highly readable introductory guide provides a lucid and authoritative account of the course of American history, discussing political, social, economic, and cultural developments. Major themes examined include the relationship between territorial expansion and political history, the critical role of ethnic and racial conflict, and the ... see all copies from $4.06! new only from $27.08!
15 view cover	Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist This study traces shifting social responses to adult sexual contacts with children. The author explores how and why concern about the sexual offender has fluctuated in North America since the late-19th century, placing reactions to the problem in a broad political and cultural context. see all copies from $18.76! new only from $27.47! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Images of Terror: What We Can and Can't Know about Terrorism more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins, Phillip Jenkins add to wishlist The book acts as a guide to the images of terrorism that we see daily in the mass media. The author believes that our perceptions of terrorism are formed by the interaction of bureaucratic agencies, academics and private experts. These images and stereotypes that we are offered do not necessarily reflect objective reality. see all copies from $11.00! new only from $18.71!
17 view cover	Using Murder: The Social Construction of Serial Homicide more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins, Phillip Jenkins add to wishlist In assessing the concern that popular fears and stereotypes have exaggerated the actual scale of multiple homicides, Jenkins has produced an innovative synthesis of approaches to social problem construction that includes an historical and social-scientifi c estimate of the objective scale of serial murder; a rhetorical analysis of the construction ... see all copies from $2.97! new only from $26.58! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Cold War at Home: The Red Scare in Pennsylvania, 1945-1960 more books like this by Phillip Jenkins, Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist This text examines the political and social impact of the Cold War across the state of Pennsylvania, tracing the Red Scare's reverberations in party politics, the labour movement, ethnic organizations, schools and universities, and religious organizations. see all copies from $14.37! new only from $39.51!
19 view cover	Hoods and Shirts: The Extreme Right in Pennsylvania, 1925-1950 more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist Extreme right-wing groups have always been a part of the American religious and political landscape. The era between the world wars, especially the 1930s, was a particularly volatile period, and by 1940, racist, nativist and fascist groups had become so visible as to arouse public fears of insurrection and sabotage. In "Hoods and Shirts", Philip ... see all copies from $16.97! new only from $25.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	Synthetic Panics: The Symbolic Politics of Designer Drugs more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist The USA has a long history of blaming social problems on the effects of synthetic drugs. Tracing the history of these anti-drug movements, this book sets out to show that synthetic chemicals inspire so much fear not because they are uniquely dangerous, but because they bring into focus deeply-rooted public concerns about social and cultural ... see all copies from $14.12! new only from $26.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Making of a Ruling Class: The Glamorgan Gentry 1640-1790 more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist This study provides an extensive survey of the economic activities of the gentry, their role as entrepreneurs and as popularisers of the metropolitan culture of Georgian London. It describes how during the eighteenth century, local elites from remote corners of Britain were amalgamated into one new ruling class, a body distinguished by common ... see all copies from $47.16! new only from $47.16! \| SVS
22 view cover	A history of modern Wales, 1536-1990 more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist Rich in detail but vigorous, authoritative and unsentimental, Modern Wales is a comprehensive and unromanticised examination of Wales as it was and is. It stresses both the long-term continuities in Welsh history, and also the significant regional differences within the principality. see all copies from $46.00! new only from $75.11!
23 view cover	Cold War at Home: The Red Scare in Pennsylvania, 1945-1960 more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist This text examines the political and social impact of the Cold War across the state of Pennsylvania, tracing the Red Scare's reverberations in party politics, the labour movement, ethnic organizations, schools and universities, and religious organizations. see all copies from $126.75!
24 view cover	The Monotheistic Religions: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins, Abe M Cohen add to wishlist Since the events of September 11, 2001, today's society is more aware than ever of Islam, often with erroneous facts. This series seeks to educate and elighten youth to one of the world's most predominant religions in an easy-to-read format. see all copies from $25.30! new only from $25.30! \| SVS
25 view cover	Breve Historia de Estados Unidos more books like this by Professor Philip Jenkins add to wishlist see all copies from $12.87! new only from $99.00!

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