Author: Nandi Bhatia
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Keywords: acts, postcolonial, india, colonial, theater, authority, resistance, politics
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2004-05-20
List price: $64.50
ISBN-10: 0472112635
ISBN-13: 9780472112630
Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance uniquely views the role and function of drama and performance in the practice of nationalism and anti-colonial resistance, drawing connections between art and politics, between performance and everyday experience.Nandi Bhatia argues that Indian theater was a central force in the struggle against oppressive colonial and postcolonial structures, as it sought to undo various schemes of political and cultural power through its engagement with subjects derived from mythology, history, and available colonial models such as Shakespeare. One of the first western st
Authors:David W. Gill, Conrad H. Gempf,
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Keywords: setting, acts, book, century, first, roman, graeco
Number of Pages: 644
Published: 1994-12-19
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0802848478
ISBN-13: 9780802848475
The Book of Acts in Its Graeco-Roman Setting locates the Book of Acts within various regional and cultural settings in the eastern Mediterranean. These studies draw on recent archaeological fieldwork and epigraphic discoveries to describe the key cities and provinces within the Roman Empire. The relevant societal aspects of these regions, such as the Roman legal system, Roman religion, and the problem of transport and travel, all help contextualize the Book of Acts.
Author: Bauckham
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Keywords: setting, acts, book, century, first, palestinian, ain
Number of Pages: 540
Published: 1995-07-24
List price: $49.00
ISBN-10: 0802847897
ISBN-13: 9780802847898
Bauckham’s study is Volume 4 in a new six-volume study that seeks to place the Book of Acts within its first-century setting. In pursuance of that goal, the book examines Palestinian social and political settings that serve as background to Luke’s narrative.
Author: Lou Nicholes
Publisher: Xulon Press
Keywords: acts
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2004-01-21
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 1594672784
ISBN-13: 9781594672781
Author:
Publisher: Wildside Press
Keywords: acts, five, play, anthony
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2009-02-26
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 1434402789
ISBN-13: 9781434402783
Anthony is injured saving a beautiful girl--but can he win her love? The best-known play by French historical novelist Alexandre Dumas, translated for the first time into English.
Author: Tom Dudzick
Publisher: Samuel French
Keywords: acts, comedy, greetings
Number of Pages: 102
Published: 1994
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0573692572
ISBN-13: 9780573692574
Author: Zoe Fishman
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: novel, acts, balancing
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2010-03-01
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0061711802
ISBN-13: 9780061711800
A poignant debut novel about the transformative powers of yoga and friendship for four women on the verge of realizing their dreams With beauty, brains, and a high-paying Wall Street position, Charlie was a woman who seemed to have it all—until she turned thirty and took stock of her life, or lack thereof. She left it all behind to pursue yoga, and now, two years later, she’s looking to drum up business for her fledgling studio in Brooklyn. Attending her college’s alumni night with fliers in tow, she reconnects with three former classmates whose post-graduation lives, like h
