Spirits and Letters

Spirits and LettersStudies of religion have a tendency to conceptualise the Spirit and the Letter as mutually exclusive and intrinsically antagonistic. However, the history of religions abounds in cases where charismatic leaders deliberately refer to and make use of writings. This book challenges prevailing scholarly notions of the relationship between charisma and institution by analysing reading and writing practices in contemporary Christianity. Taking up the

the contributors exploit the rich interplay between Sartre’s philosophy

and cooperative farming in the newly independent Republic of Argentina

myths and pasts are rendered here as part of a wider dynamic between religion and power

fully illustrated history of the sixty-four State University of New York campuses

point to a far more alarming implication-widespread belief in factually-baseless allegations of fraud

from its foundations in the early nineteenth century to its manifold articulations and reimaginings in the twentieth century and beyond

transdisciplinary volume

This book is a collaborative act of humanistic renewal that builds on the transcontinental legacy of May 1968 to offer insightful readings of the cultural (d)evolution of the last fifty years

George Sand

and political conditions that forced serious writers to reflect (often within the work itself) on the act of writing fiction in the modern world

This book is a crucial resource for both classroom learning and fieldwork

- Kudakwashe Vanyoro