In this fresh & clear history of Protestantism, Mark A. Noll looks at the era from Martin Luther to the present day. Focussing on developments worldwide & including a range of well-known figures including Luther, John Calvin, & F.D.E Schleiermacher, he considers the recent decline of Protestantism in the West & its expansion elsewhere. ...

The role of the saints became a theological dilemma for scholars & laity alike throughout the Reformation era. Through the analysis of 180 pamphlets published by reformers in German-speaking Europe, Heming shows the struggle Protestants faced in purging the cult of the saints from their culture & religion. ...

In the course of the 19th century, the boundaries that divided Protestants, Catholics & Jews in Germany were redrawn. Contrary to popular belief, these groups co-existed in common space, & interacted in complex ways. This book lays the foundation for a new kind of religious history. ...

Based on a true story, this historical drama about gay inter-racial love is set in a prison near the Cape Town colony in South Africa in the eighteenth century. A black prisoner (Rouxnet Brown) & a white prisoner (Neil Sandilands) are made to assist botanist Virgil Niven (Shaun Smyth) in his experiments. The two prisoners become lovers, but when Niven is recalled home their relationship is revealed & both men are put on trial for their lives. ...

Throughout the ages architects have attempted to capture the essence of living systems as design inspiration. This title shows that contemporary architects can create & construct architectures that are bottom up, synthetically biological, green & have no recourse to shallow bio-mimicry. ...

Here are methods for studying five types of clinically-relevant mammalian stems cells: mammary, nerve, skeletal muscle, endothelial & mesenchymal. Covers obtaining, characterizing & studying these cells or adapting them to the stem cells of choice. ...