Introduction
Jonathan Herring
in Family Law: A Very Short Introduction
The Introduction looks at the situation in which family law finds itself today. The foundation of family life — marriage, parenthood, and childhood — has been undergoing rapid ...
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1. Marriage, civil partnership, and cohabitation
Jonathan Herring
in Family Law: A Very Short Introduction
‘Marriage, civil partnership, and cohabitation’ examines the changes that have recently taken place in the composition and nature of the family unit and asks: what is a family? Over recent ...
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7. Civil injuries and the law of torts
G. Edward White
in American Legal History: A Very Short Introduction
‘Civil injuries and the law of torts’ explains that tort law's identity as a discrete field was initially associated with the rise and expansion of negligence as a standard of civil ...
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7. From monk to family man
Scott H. Hendrix
in Martin Luther: A Very Short Introduction
The Reformation was borne out of the crucial disputes of the era. For reformers, the right of clergy to marry would avert the hypocrisy of sexual practices of clergy living under the vow of ...
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4. Fernando Seeks a Wife: Sex and Blood
John Monaghan and Peter Just
in Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction
‘Fernando Seeks a Wife’ examines the ways in which human beings form social ties through ties of blood and marriage. Using examples from the Mixtec and Dou Donggo, the importance of ...
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5. The shaping of modern Sikhism
Eleanor Nesbitt
in Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Contemporary Sikhism was formed by the views of a group of influential intellectuals and political activists. The intellectuals were the 18th-century Tat (pure) Khalsa, and they presented ...
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6. Nineteenth-century Utah
Richard Lyman Bushman
in Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction
After Smith's death the movement split, the largest group being led by Brigham Young. Throughout the 19th century, Utah was the destination of more than 80,000 Mormons who migrated from the ...
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4. Politics and society
A. C. Grayling
in Russell: A Very Short Introduction
‘Politics and society’ considers Russell's thinking about morality, politics, ethics, and society as outlined in Human Society in Ethics and Politics and the shocking Marriage and Morals, a ...
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7. The Future of Quakerism
Pink Dandelion
in The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction
‘The future of Quakerism’ summarizes the differences between the three Quaker traditions and explores the future prospects of each as well as Quakerism as a whole. Evangelical, ...
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8. Sexual and romantic development, early parenthood, and emerging adulthood
Peter K. Smith
in Adolescence: A Very Short Introduction
‘Sexual and romantic development, early parenthood, and emerging adulthood’ explains that as adolescents start to become reproductively mature at puberty, interest in sexual behaviour and ...
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Ageing: A Very Short Introduction
Nancy A. Pachana
Ageing: A Very Short Introduction discusses the lifelong dynamic changes in biological, psychological, and social functioning involved in ageing. Increased lifespans have ...
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Sociology: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Steve Bruce
Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, education, work in bureaucracies, and changes in religious and political organizations, Sociology: A Very Short Introduction explores ...
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10. Behaviour
E. P. Sanders
in Paul: A Very Short Introduction
‘Behaviour’ considers Paul's moral perfectionism. By examining how Paul dealt with behaviour, more illustrations of how he both upheld the law and maintained that Christians were not under ...
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10. The mysteries
A. Edward Siecienski
in Orthodox Christianity: A Very Short Introduction
The Orthodox church has blessings and ceremonies for every occasion, but among the various rites of the church, seven have taken on a special significance. ‘The mysteries’ describes these ...
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Family Law: A Very Short Introduction
Jonathan Herring
Family Law: A Very Short Introduction provides insight not only into what family law is, but why it is the way it is. How have laws had to respond to social changes in family ...
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1. Before sexuality
Véronique Mottier
in Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction
The ancients did not define themselves in terms of their sexual identities. The idea of classifying people according to sexual partner would have seemed bizarre to them. Sexual culture ...
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2. Is multiculturalism bad for women?
Ali Rattansi
in Multiculturalism: A Very Short Introduction
Suggesting that multiculturalism might be bad for women may seem odd given that multiculturalism originated around the same time as feminism. In fact there is no reason why claims for ...
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Ritual: A Very Short Introduction
Barry Stephenson
Ritual is part of what it means to be human. It defines and enriches culture, but what is ritual? What are the various kinds of ritual? Is ritual tradition bound and conservative or ...
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6. Making a Jewish home
Norman Solomon
in Judaism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
What does a Jewish home look like? ‘Making a Jewish home’ looks at everyday Jewish life including objects in the home, books likely to be found in the home, education, kosher food, sexual ...
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1. Puzzles
Ronald de Sousa
in Love: A Very Short Introduction
What is love? There are numerous synonyms each with their own nuance—philia, storge, agape, eros—but no single approach will suffice to make sense of it. We need to look at love from many ...
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