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Epilogue  

William Allen

in Classical Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Epilogue Very Short Introduction —or even a very long one—but I have tried to show that this literature is far from being stuffy or irrelevant, and that its best works remain as entertaining and provocative as ever. In my beginning is my end (to quote a modern classic), and so let the last word on the power of literature go to Homer, describing the effects of the bard Demodocus’ song about the Greeks’ destruction of Troy: Thus sang the famous singer; but Odysseus’ heart was melted,

2. Types and traditions  

Philip Sheldrake

in Spirituality: A Very Short Introduction

2. Types and traditions Spiritualities, including those associated with the world religions, take a variety of different forms. These forms are expressed in wisdom teachings, spiritual practices, and approaches to everyday life as well as in distinctive theories of spiritual growth and transformation.

Conclusion  

Mark A. Noll

in Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction

Conclusion

1. The sources of Christian ethics  

D. Stephen Long

in Christian Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

1. The sources of Christian ethics

2. The history of Christian ethics  

D. Stephen Long

in Christian Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

2. The history of Christian ethics

1. ‘Movement of Jah people’: the history of Rastafari in Jamaica  

Ennis B. Edmonds

in Rastafari: A Very Short Introduction

1. ‘Movement of Jah people’: the history of Rastafari in Jamaica

3. An argument against the existence of God  

Stephen Law

in Humanism: A Very Short Introduction

3. An argument against the existence of God

6. Aftermath: Thomism  

Fergus Kerr

in Thomas Aquinas: A Very Short Introduction

6. Aftermath: Thomism

4. Divine messengers  

David Albert Jones

in Angels: A Very Short Introduction

4. Divine messengers

1. Introduction  

Richard Lyman Bushman

in Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction

1. Introduction