The first edition of Corruption and Political Affliction in Nigeria addresses emerging issues and encourages readers to rethink old questions in light of new data. The book analyzes the research explosion that accompanied the downfall of Nigeria as a giant in Africa.Corruption is not a new challenge in Nigeria. It’s a problem that has become a virus that has penetrated the fabric of Nigerian society.Corruption decreases the amount of money that can be used to reduce poverty...

A slave without a past. A master without a future. A journey that will forever change both men. The ancient world comes alive in this vivid and engaging trilogy by an expert on Roman social and religious history.What if you discovered that you were not who you thought you were—that your true family history had been hidden from you since birth? What if the true story of your origins would make others despise you? What if the man who arranged the deception was seriously ill ...

What would you give up for love? Your beliefs? Your friends and family? Your future? Your soul?Lucius Coelius Felix, a once-proud Roman nobleman, has lost his will to live. Angered by the failure of his quest for healing, he travels to the sacred springs of Hierapolis in central Asia Minor to die.But fate has other plans. When his faithful servant Marcus rescues a young Jewish slave named Miriam, their encounter sets in motion a chain of events that will reshape th...

What would you do if you were pressured to support a rebellion that you believed was misguided and doomed to failure? What if the safety of your family and business depended on your answer?Marcus and Miriam, recently freed slaves from Asia Minor, arrive in Israel buoyed by hopes of finding Marcus's long-lost mother and starting a new life together. They discover that the land is seething with social and political unrest, with anti-Roman parties in the ascendancy.Marcus, who...

What role did offers of physical healing (or the hope of receiving it) play in the missionary program of the apostle Paul? What did he do to treat the many illnesses and injuries that he endured while pursuing his mission? What did he advise his followers to do regarding their health problems? Such questions have been broadly neglected in studies of Paul and his churches, but Christopher D. Stanley shows how vital they truly become once we recognize how thoroughly “pagan” religion was impl...

In a world of shadows, joyful colours are an act of heroism.Modern tales are filled with clowns who invoke fear not laughter: painted grins covering fanged maws; baggy costumes concealing unspeakable horrors; malevolent parodies of nature.But the tools of a clown work for good as well as ill: only a trickster could tweak a monster’s nose; make-up is war paint for the modern age; the devil cannot tempt a happy soul.What if, instead of being the demon...

Concerns about political polarization and threats to democratic ideals are on the rise in the US. The Authoritarian Divide takes on both of these issues by showing how authoritarian predispositions--desires for social conformity and in-group conformity--have influenced American political preferences, voting, and partisanship in recent decades. Voters have increasingly sorted into political parties based on their levels of authoritarianism, with higher levels tending toward the Rep...

When Harry Hodson disappears into the Brazilian rainforest, his brother Charles sets off to help in the search. Charles, an investigative journalist accustomed to digging for the truth, does not find Harry but instead uncovers evidence that a Brazilian mining company may be implicated in his disappearance. Charles suspects that the existence of a large deposit of falconite--which could be the magic bullet in the battle against global warming--may be at the center of this mystery.Ch...

One of the most important books in social psychology of the last fifty years, “The classic account of the human tendency to follow orders, no matter who they hurt or what their consequences.” (Washington Post Book World)The landmark examination of humanity's susceptibility to authoritarianism, Stanley Milgram's classic speaks to the present with disturbing urgency. ""Milgram's experiments on obedience have made us more aware of the dangers of uncri...

This book advances the interpretation of 1 Corinthians by exploring the ways the apostle Paul quoted or “echoed” Jewish scriptures more indirectly in his letter. Identification of allusions are brought to the fore, as are questions of the texture of Paul’s theology and his understanding of scripture. Important topics in 1 Corinthians addressed here include Paul’s use of the Law, monotheism, Christology, wisdom and mystery language, punishment of the incestuous man, baptism for the dead, es...

A team of leading experts offers a major reference work on Biblical Greek language and linguistics, treating a wide variety of pertinent topics in a single volume.Written by an international group of contributors, this comprehensive work covers Biblical Greek and its usage especially in the New Testament and the Septuagint. The book includes nearly three hundred articles on topics chosen on the basis of their prominence in Greek grammar and linguistics research over the past centur...

A New Way of Seeing considers the poetry of five writers—Louis Simpson, Keith Douglas, Richard Hugo, Howard Nemerov, and Randall Jarrell—whose work draws on their activities as soldiers in World War II. Basing his examination on extensive primary-source research, Michael Sarnowski identifies distance, both literal and figurative, and traumatic memory as two interconnected elements of how these poets internalized the war and made sense of the events they witnessed.The book ...