This important book explores the dimensions, dynamics and implications of emerging pandemic societies, shedding new light on how pandemics are socially produced and, in turn, shape societies in governance, work…

Digital media have become deeply immersed in our lives, heightening both hopes and fears of their affordances. Emotions Online explores the visions that shape responses to media and the emotional…

This book examines ‘the body’ from a critical socio-cultural perspective. It shows how our conceptions of the body are affected by processes of individualization, medicalization, and commodification.

Introduction: Genetics and Governance 2. The Governance of Genomics 3. Ethics of Clinical Genetics: the Spirit of the Profession and Trials of Suitability from 1970 to 2000 4. Risk and…

Focusing on the connections between health, risk, and insecurity, this book reflects upon the meaning and significance of risk across a broad range of social and institutional contexts, offering new…

The Petersen House was one of many similar, ordinary buildings on Tenth Street during the Civil War. On April 15, 1865, the home became forever known as the House Where…

Perspectives on the relationship between the Old and New Testaments as they concern theological systems, Mosaic law, salvation, hermeneutics, the people of God, and kingdom promises. From a respected group…