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The question of Christian-Muslim relations is one of enduring importance in the twenty-first century. While there exists a broad range of helpful overviews on the question, these introductory texts often fail to provide readers with the depth that a thorough treatment of the primary sources and their authors would provide. In this important new project, Charles Tieszen provides a collection of primary theological sources devoted to the formational period of Christian-Muslim relations. It provides brief introductions to authors and their texts along with representative selections in English translation. The collection is arranged according to the key theological themes that emerge as Christians and Muslims encounter one another in this era. The result is a resource that offers students a far better grasp of the texts early Christians and Muslims wrote about each other and a better understanding of the important theological themes that are pertinent to Christian-Muslim dialogue today

Franz Bungert blickt zurück auf das dörfliche Leben in Franken in den 1930er Jahren: auf die liebenswerten Facetten des Lebens in "alten Zeiten", den Zusammenhalt in der Großfamilie, das Eingebettetsein in geregelte Tages- und Jahresabläufe, aber auch auf die Schattenseiten, die Armut, die Beschwernisse der Arbeit oder die bescheidene Alltagskost. Fernab nostalgischer Verklärung beschreibt er Bräuche, fast ausgestorbene Handwerksberufe und Freizeitvergnügen von vor fast einhundert Jahren. Ein lebendiger Einblick in die Zeit unserer Eltern und (Ur-)großeltern, der manche Klagen über die heutige Zeit leiser werden, aber auch manchem Verlorengegangenem nachtrauern lässt.

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Introduction: Free Blacks in antebellum Texas / Bruce A. Glasrud and Milton S. Jordan -- The Republic of Texas -- Origin of free Blacks in the Republic of Texas / Harold R. Schoen -- Free Blacks and the Texas Revolution / Harold R. Schoen -- Manumissions / Harold R. Schoen -- Legal status / Harold R. Schoen -- The law in practice / Harold R. Schoen -- The extent of discrimination and its effects / Harold R. Schoen -- Statehood Texas -- Free Blacks in Harris County / Andrew Forest Muir -- Free Blacks in Fort Bend County, Texas / Andrew Forest Muir -- Free Blacks in Jefferson and Orange Counties, Texas / Andrew Forest Muir -- Free Blacks in Galveston County, Texas / Andrew Forest Muir -- A bibliography of secondary sources / Bruce A. Glasrud and Milton S. Jordan

Into the hills -- Journey from the East -- The company -- An Indian tea industry -- China leaf -- Darjeeling -- Terroir to tea cup -- The decision the mouth makes -- Knocking down -- The Raj in the hills above -- Nostalgia -- Planters and pluckers -- Midnight's teas -- Crises -- Positive winds -- Soil -- Celestial influences -- Initiatives -- Back down the hill

This book discusses how historical archaeology is well positioned to explore the role that tobacco and smoking played in the formation of American identities and cultural practices over a span of three centuries