Dressed with Distinction

The chapter argues that the search for a single construal of the realism/anti-realism distinction is misguided. There are more or less apt versions of the distinction, each framed ...

Social distinction forms part of the package of how to be rich, together with the gravitas of family history, merit-based achievements, exclusivity in lifestyles and possessions, a...

Gershom Scholem is perhaps its best-known modern proponent, but the essentializing distinction between the Jewish messiah (earthly, political, delivers from oppression) and the Chr...

Widely recognized as the most complete and rigorous text of its kind since it was first published in 1942, Speak With Distinction is an invaluable resource. It presents a comprehen...

The concluding chapter reviews the book’s argument and argues that scholars have been confusing cause and effect in attributing the rise of the early Indian religions to a metahist...

When the term ‘confabulation’ entered the medical literature, it referred to the emergence of memories of events and experiences that never happened. However, its Latin root—meanin...

This book addresses a palpable, yet widely neglected, tension in legal discourse. In our everyday legal practices – whether taking place in a courtroom, classroom, law firm or else...

The topic of this chapter is liturgical enactments as manifestations of love. A distinction is drawn between two forms of love that Jesus enjoined: neighbor love, and Christ-like f...