"Examines the lives of great leaders of recent centuries to offer models of moral leadership, helping readers discover lessons for their own lives and times"--
"Examines the lives of great leaders of recent centuries to offer models of moral leadership, helping readers discover lessons for their own lives and times"--
"Examines the lives of great leaders of recent centuries to offer models of moral leadership, helping readers discover lessons for their own lives and times"-- We can't help but be inspired by great leaders--those who led lives of moral purpose and in some way left the world a …
Nuns -- Hibiya Monica (c. 1549-c. 1577): virgem of Sakai -- Naito Julia (c. 1566-28 March 1627): superiora -- The Beatas of Manila (1615-56): visionaries -- Witches -- Otomo-Nata Jezebel (d. 15 February 1587) -- Priestess of hachiman -- Marriage and divorce in Catholic Japan: --…
"Meticulously researched and drawing on original source materials written in eight different languages, this study fills a lacuna in the historiography of Christianity in Japan, which up to now has paid little or no attention to the experience of women. Focusing on the century b…
"This book explores the unfolding of world history in a remote corner of Central Asia: the region of Badakhshan. The history of this region has commonly been explored through the lens of the major superpowers who competed over its territory in the nineteenth and twentieth centur…
Introduction: Cultivating Islam -- Part I. Authority in Motion: 1. Figures -- 2. Texts -- 3. Institutions -- Part II. Assembling Authority: 4. Itineraries -- 5. Infrastructures -- 6. Politics -- 7. Genealogies -- Epilogue: Authority and Universality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- I…
"Since around 2000, a growing number of women in Dakar, Senegal have come to act openly as spiritual leaders for both men and women. As urban youth turn to the Fayḍa Tijāniyya Sufi Islamic movement in search of direction and community, these women provide guidance in practicing …
