Outputs (152)

Avicenna’s Theodicy and al-Rāzī’s Anti-Theodicy (2019)
Journal Article
Shihadeh, A. (2019). Avicenna’s Theodicy and al-Rāzī’s Anti-Theodicy. Intellectual History of the Islamicate World, 7(1), 61-84. https://doi.org/10.1163/2212943X-00701004

Avicenna’s Neoplatonic account of divine providence and theodicy was hugely influential on later philosophical and religious thought in the Islamic world. However, it was severely criticised by one of his earlier commentators, the theologian-philosop... Read More about Avicenna’s Theodicy and al-Rāzī’s Anti-Theodicy.

Defeating Death: Eschatology in Zoroastrianism, Judaism and Christianity (2019)
Book Chapter
Hintze, A. (2019). Defeating Death: Eschatology in Zoroastrianism, Judaism and Christianity. In J. Rubanovich, & G. Herman (Eds.), Irano-Judaica VII Studies relating to Jewish contacts with Persian culture throughout the ages (23-72). Ben-Zvi Institute

The Upside-down Kingdom of God : A Disability Studies Perspective on Disabled People’s Experiences in Churches and Theologies of Disability (2019)
Thesis
Jacobs, N. L. The Upside-down Kingdom of God : A Disability Studies Perspective on Disabled People’s Experiences in Churches and Theologies of Disability. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis argues that, in many churches, disabled people are conceptualised as objects of care. However, disabled Christians are capable of being active agents in churches, with service, ministry and theologies of their own to offer. In Part A, I e... Read More about The Upside-down Kingdom of God : A Disability Studies Perspective on Disabled People’s Experiences in Churches and Theologies of Disability.

Water technocracy : dams, experts and development in south India (2019)
Thesis
Ramesh, A. Water technocracy : dams, experts and development in south India. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis excavates the origins of the multipurpose river valley project in colonial India, examining the first large multipurpose project, the Mettur dam on the River Cauvery, finished by Madras government in 1934. While most studies of the multip... Read More about Water technocracy : dams, experts and development in south India.

History of Disaster, Recovery, and Humanitarianism : The Japanese Red Cross Society in the Modern World, 1877-1945 (2019)
Thesis
Suzuki, M. History of Disaster, Recovery, and Humanitarianism : The Japanese Red Cross Society in the Modern World, 1877-1945. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis explores the wartime humanitarian relief activities of the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) personnel and their involvement in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement between 1877 and 1945. Most historiographies of the Red... Read More about History of Disaster, Recovery, and Humanitarianism : The Japanese Red Cross Society in the Modern World, 1877-1945.

The Burmese Military and the Press in U Nu's Burma (2019)
Thesis
Bo Bo, M. The Burmese Military and the Press in U Nu's Burma. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Most scholarship on Burmese military studies only discusses the history of the Burma Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) in institutional terms. Its rise to power is usually assumed to be its own handiwork, as an isolated organization, this effort not correlatin... Read More about The Burmese Military and the Press in U Nu's Burma.

Islamic Political Thought: Competing Conceptions of the Rule of Law in the Middle Period (2019)
Thesis
El-Merheb, M. Islamic Political Thought: Competing Conceptions of the Rule of Law in the Middle Period. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis argues that the rule of law, limited government, and the theory of delegation were the main concerns of the political thought of the late Ayyubid and early Mamluk period (c. 1230 to 1330). It interprets and reclassifies Islamic authors ou... Read More about Islamic Political Thought: Competing Conceptions of the Rule of Law in the Middle Period.

Inside Sōseki’s Spiritual Land: Sōseki’s Kanshi and Chinese Thought (2019)
Thesis
Taguchi, K. Inside Sōseki’s Spiritual Land: Sōseki’s Kanshi and Chinese Thought. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Kinnosuke Natsume, who went under the pen name of Sōseki Natsume, was born in 1867, the moment in which Japan was transforming from the feudal Edo to the modern Meiji period. Throughout his life he retained a fondness for Edo culture since it remin... Read More about Inside Sōseki’s Spiritual Land: Sōseki’s Kanshi and Chinese Thought.

‘Seeking Saracens’ : Exploring the representation of Muslims and Islamic Religious Practice in the English Charlemagne Romance Cycle and Petronius Redivivus (2019)
Thesis
Munro, E. H. J. ‘Seeking Saracens’ : Exploring the representation of Muslims and Islamic Religious Practice in the English Charlemagne Romance Cycle and Petronius Redivivus. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines the representation of Muslims (‘Saracens’) and Islamic religious practice across two bodies of medieval literary works, the complete English Charlemagne Romance Cycle and stories VII and VIII of Petronius Redivivus [‘Petronius Re... Read More about ‘Seeking Saracens’ : Exploring the representation of Muslims and Islamic Religious Practice in the English Charlemagne Romance Cycle and Petronius Redivivus.

Accessing UK Archival Holdings from South Africa (2019)
Journal Article
Davis, J. (2019). Accessing UK Archival Holdings from South Africa. African research and documentation, 136, 10-21. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305862X00022068