Through reference to plays, poetry, novels, films and painting, this manifesto traces the genealogy of 'true religion' in the western world and makes six controversial claims about the past, present and future of religion.

• Traces a transformation in the way religion is understood and performed in the western world.
  
• Makes several major claims about the past, present and future of true religion.
  
• Uses cultural metaphors as ways into understanding religion.
  
• Refers to plays, poetry, novels, paintings and films, including...

This important Manifesto argues that we still need a concept of society in order to make sense of the forces which structure our lives.

• Written by leading social theorist William Outhwaite
  
• Asks if the notion of society is relevant in the twenty-first century
  
• Goes to the heart of contemporary social and political debate
  
• Examines critiques of the concept of society from neoliberals, postmodernists, and globalization theorists
  

With a lively and engaging style, Myths for the Masses provides a critical, interdisciplinary, and historically informed statement about communication in contemporary life.

• Written by Hanno Hardt, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject.
  
• Offers a comprehensive appraisal of mass communication.
  
• Provides a critical perspective on media and communication in society.
  
• Contains critical insights into the state of mass communication, democracy, and the construction of the self in society.

The Idea of Latin America is a geo-political manifesto which insists on the need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe.

• Charts the history of the concept of Latin America from its emergence in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century through various permutations to the present day.
  
• Asks what is at stake in the survival of an idea which subdivides the Americas.
  
• Reinstates the indigenous peoples and migrations excluded by the image of a homogenous Latin...

In this manifesto, distinguished critic Wayne Booth claims that communication in every corner of life can be improved if we study rhetoric closely.

• Written by Wayne Booth, author of the seminal book, The Rhetoric of Fiction (1961).


• Explores the consequences of bad rhetoric in education, in politics, and in the media.


• Investigates the possibility of reducing harmful conflict by practising a rhetoric that depends on deep listening by both sides.

In this book, Professor Christopher Coker presents an original and controversial thesis about the future of war.

• Argues that the biotechnology revolution has given war a new lease of life.


• Draws on thinkers from Hegel and Nietzsche to the postmodernists.


• Refers to modern fiction and films.


• Part of the prestigious Blackwell Manifestos series.

This powerful manifesto outlines a vision called theological humanism based on the idea that that the integrity of life provides a way to articulate the meaning of religion for the human future.

• Explores a profound quest to understand the meaning and responsibility of our shared and yet divided humanity amidst the uncertainty of modern society
• Articulates the idea that human beings are mixed creatures striving for integrity not only trying to conform to God's will
• Sets forth a dynamic and robust vision of human life beyond the divisions that haunt the humanities,...

What is the future for the Bible, one of the most important books in the world? In this manifesto, Roland Boer explores the idea that the Bible is an unruly and uncontrollable text that has been colonized by church, synagogue, and state.

• Powerfully argues that the Bible needs to be rescued from its abuse by the religious and political right
  
• Considers the history of revolutionary readings of the Bible, from Gerrard Winstanley to the present
  
• Urges a role for the Bible in a new -worldly left-: an alliance between the religious and...

In a clear and readable style, Living with Theory maps out contemporary theory, tracing its complex configurations, its political preoccupations, and its relations with literature.

• Argues that the field of theory in late postmodern consumer society has become overburdened with new ideas, and that there is an essential need for guides and signposts in this complex field
• Maps out contemporary theory, tracing its complex configurations, its political preoccupations, and its relations with literature
• Explores the engagement of theory with such phenomena as...

In this book, Professor Christopher Coker presents an original and controversial thesis about the future of war.

• Argues that the biotechnology revolution has given war a new lease of life.


• Draws on thinkers from Hegel and Nietzsche to the postmodernists.


• Refers to modern fiction and films.


• Part of the prestigious Blackwell Manifestos series.