This revisionist narrative of poetic change in the twentieth century challenges the accepted notions of what poetry is and can be in the new century and makes the case for the seminal place of poetry in contemporary culture.

Valentine Cunningham's controversial manifesto asks what will and should happen to reading in the post-theory era.

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...

Christianity is the world's largest religious grouping. It has undergone massive change in the twentieth century, and seems poised to undergo major transformations in the next. In this important and timely book, one of Christianity's most prolific and respected writers examines these changes, and their implications for the future.

In this controversial manifesto, Jean-Michel Rabate addresses current anxieties about the future of literary and cultural theory and proposes that it still has a crucial role to play.

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
  

John Storey, a leading figure in the field of Cultural Studies, offers an illuminating and vibrant account of the development of popular culture. Addressing issues such as globalization, intellectualism, and consumerism, Inventing Popular Culture presents an engaging assessment of one of the most debated concepts of recent times.

• Provides a lively and accessible history of the concept of popular culture by one of the leading experts in the field.
  
• Traces the invention and reinvention of the concept of popular culture from the...

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 the face of the growing threat from collisions of faith world-wide, this manifesto is a call to embrace religious pluralism.

• Martin E. Marty is a renowned commentator on religious matters, the author of over 50 books, winner of the National Book Award, and the recipient of 74 honorary doctorates
  
• Demonstrates that citizens, religions and identities can survive in radically pluralist settings
  
• Accessibly written, it tackles people's fears of religious pluralism
  
• Argues that those involved in collisions of faith need to risk...

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,...