How have developments in literary and cultural theory transformed our understanding of narrative? What has happened to narrative in the wake of poststructuralism? What is the role and function of narrative in the contemporary world?In this revised, updated and expanded new edition of an established text, Mark Currie explores these central questions and guides students through the complex theories that have shaped the study of narrative in recent decades. Postmodern Narrative Theory...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.One ordinary man pursuing happiness and freedom as the 2nd choice son, reluctantly steps up and assists his father in family funeral business. As he takes control and business is booming, his father succumbs to the pressures of a national death care corporation known for hostile takeovers, expecting his son to work for them. Feeling betrayed and unable to tolerate their unethical and cold-hearted business practices, he decides to strike...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.ONE MURDER.ONE IMPOSSIBLE KEY.ONE REALITY THAT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BETime paused…Fast forward and rewind to when Rebecca Morgan was murdered. What appeared to be a very credible murder became a very incredible interdimensional race through time to save the world.As Daniel Morgan struggles to understand what happened to his wife, strange events begin to occur. Future knowledge becomes present. Peopl...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.One ordinary man pursuing happiness and freedom as the 2nd choice son, reluctantly steps up and assists his father in family funeral business. As he takes control and business is booming, his father succumbs to the pressures of a national death care corporation known for hostile takeovers, expecting his son to work for them. Feeling betrayed and unable to tolerate their unethical and cold-hearted business practices, he decides to strike out ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.ONE MURDER.ONE IMPOSSIBLE KEY.ONE REALITY THAT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BETime paused…Fast forward and rewind to when Rebecca Morgan was murdered. What appeared to be a very credible murder became a very incredible interdimensional race through time to save the world.As Daniel Morgan struggles to understand what happened to his wife, strange events begin to occur. Future knowledge becomes present. People appear w...

Difference is one of the most influential critical concepts of recent decades. Mark Currie offers a comprehensive account of the history of the term and its place in some of the most influential schools of theory of the past four decades, including post-structuralism, deconstruction, new historicism, psychoanalysis, French feminism and postcolonialism. Employing literary case studies throughout, Difference provides an accessible introduction to a term at the heart of today's criti...

This book presents a critical reflection on the major armed conflicts that occurred during the 1990s and the first decade of the twenty-first century. Conflicts in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria all involved the use of terrorism by one or more groups. Looking to the future, the book asks what this means for violent conflicts yet to come? Using a variety of case studies, the authors provide a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the role played by terrorism as a s...

The word fundamentalism usually conjures up images of religions and their most zealous followers. Much less often the word appears in connection with political economy. The phrase “free market” gives the connotation that capitalism is freedom. Neoliberalism is the rise of global free-market fundamentalism. It reaches into nearly every aspect of our daily lives as it seeks to dominate and eliminate the last vestiges of public domains through wanton privatization and deregulation. It degrade...

The word fundamentalism usually conjures up images of religions and their most zealous followers. Much less often the word appears in connection with political economy. The phrase “free market” gives the connotation that capitalism is freedom. Neoliberalism is the rise of global free-market fundamentalism. It reaches into nearly every aspect of our daily lives as it seeks to dominate and eliminate the last vestiges of public domains through wanton privatization and deregulation. It degrade...

For the fifteenth anniversary of its publication, this revised edition features a new introduction from the author on the state of the church and its “radical welcome” today, along with new reflections on how it continues to reshape the church.This book is at once a theological, inspirational, and practical guide for congregations that want to move beyond diversity and inclusion to present a vision for the church of the future: one where the gifts, voices, and powe...