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Introduction
Richard Carlin
in Country Music: A Very Short Introduction
The Introduction explains that like all popular music styles, the best country music balances the personal with the commercial; it is both nostalgic and progressive, reflecting earlier ...
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7. The Bible in High and Popular Culture
John Riches
in The Bible: A Very Short Introduction
The Bible has had a huge impact on European culture. The evidence for this is examined in ‘The Bible in High and Popular Culture’. With reference to the retelling of biblical stories in ...
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1. Two approaches to freemasonry
Andreas Önnerfors
in Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction
‘Two approaches to freemasonry’ explains that the view of freemasonry is characterized by two main approaches: idealization and distrust. It outlines two very opposed, but representative ...
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4. Enlightenment foundations
Andreas Önnerfors
in Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction
When freemasonry entered the 18th century, a new layer of ideas was added. The brotherhood associated itself and was associated with science in general and with the new culture of Newtonian ...
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Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction
Andreas Önnerfors
Freemasonry is one of the world’s oldest, most widespread voluntary organizations. With a strong sense of liberation, moral enlightenment, cosmopolitan openness, and forward-looking ...
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3. Historical legacies
Andreas Önnerfors
in Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction
There is no coherent ideology or doctrine of freemasonry, but the fraternity is characterized by a considerable conceptual inclusiveness promoting an ethics of action and all brotherhoods ...
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8. Perceptions, prejudices, and persecutions
Andreas Önnerfors
in Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction
Starting with early negative treatment in the press, freemasonry became the object of public persecution by governmental and church authorities across Europe—persecution that peaked with ...
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7. Legacy
Peter Marshall
in The Reformation: A Very Short Introduction
Was the Reformation the mother of modernity? ‘Legacy’ looks at the long-term consequences of the Reformation. The Weberian idea of a link between Protestantism, progress and secularization ...
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4. Popular geopolitics
Klaus Dodds
in Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction (3rd edn)
‘Popular geopolitics’ considers the interconnection between popular culture and geopolitics. It focuses on the sensorial nature of popular geopolitics—the power and politics of images and ...
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Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
Richard Bradford
Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction explores the history of ‘crime fiction’ and the various definitions of the genre and considers how it has developed over time. ...
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2. Three centuries of freemasonry
Andreas Önnerfors
in Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction
‘Three centuries of freemasonry’ explores each century of freemasonry history, highlighting key events and trends. It begins in the late 1710s when freemasonry emerged as a specialized form ...
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The Bible: A Very Short Introduction
John Riches
The Bible: A Very Short Introduction looks at the importance accorded to the Bible by different communities and cultures. Why has the Bible generated such a variety of uses and ...
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The Beats: A Very Short Introduction
David Sterritt
The Beats: A Very Short Introduction offers an overview of the social, cultural, and aesthetic sensibilities of the Beats, bringing out the similarities that connected them, ...
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5. The Beats and popular culture
David Sterritt
in The Beats: A Very Short Introduction
The Beats were very popular during the 1950s and 1960s, their fame exceeding their size. ‘The Beats and popular culture’ examines how we have come to our image of the Beat Generation today ...
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