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A movement has grown in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia since the 1960s to make mainline churches and their dominant theology a major sanctioning force behind black liberation. This review of 5 books suggests such intellectual conversion, spiritual commitment and enlightened pragmatism are accepted as authentic by black political leaders, and foretell a new pattern of church--state relations. LAB

Surrounded by myths and stereotypes, Islam is one of the least understood religions in the West. Interpreting Islam provides a penetrating guide to the diversity and richness of contemporary knowledge about Islam and Muslim society in general.

Population biology has been investigated quantitatively for many decades, resulting in a rich body of scientific literature. Ecologists often avoid this literature, put off by its apparently formidable mathematics. This textbook provides an introduction to the biology and ecology of populations by emphasizing the roles of simple mathematical models in explaining the growth and behavior of populations. The author only assumes acquaintance with elementary calculus, and provides tutorial explanations where needed to develop mathematical concepts. Examples, problems, extensive marginal notes and numerous graphs enhance the book's value to students in classes ranging from population biology and population ecology to mathematical biology and mathematical ecology. The book will also be useful as a supplement to introductory courses in ecology

Pattern, Scale, and Variability: An Ecological Perspective -- Planktonic Micro—Communities in the Sea: biofluid mechanical view -- When Should You Include Age Structure -- Spatial Aspects of Species Interactions: the Wedding of Models and Experiments -- Interactions Between Environment and Competition: How Fluctuations Mediate Coexistence and Competitive Exclusion -- Untangling 'An Entangled Bank': Recent Facts and Theories About Community Food Webs -- The Geometry of Niches -- The Dynamics of Highly Aggregated Models of Whole Communities.