Stephen D. Hobbs's Books

The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats

By: David Stephen Calonne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats

By: David Stephen Calonne

The first comprehensive study to explore the role of esoteric, occult, alchemical, shamanistic, mystical and magical traditions in the work of major Beat authors.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

245

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1108416454

ISBN 13

9781108416450

Criminology

Explaining Crime and Its Context

By: Stephen Eugene Brown,Finn-Aage Esbensen,Gilbert Geis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Criminology

Explaining Crime and Its Context

By: Stephen Eugene Brown,Finn-Aage Esbensen,Gilbert Geis

This highly acclaimed criminology text presents an up-to-date review of rational choice theories, including deterrence, shaming, and routine activities.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

593

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1455730106

ISBN 13

9781455730100

The Sixties and Beyond

Dechristianization in North America and Western Europe, 1945-2000

By: Nancy Christie,Stephen J. Heathorn,Michael Gauvreau

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Sixties and Beyond

Dechristianization in North America and Western Europe, 1945-2000

By: Nancy Christie,Stephen J. Heathorn,Michael Gauvreau

In the decades following the Second World War, North America and Western Europe experienced widespread secularization and dechristianization; many scholars have pinpointed the 1960s as a pivotally important period in this decline. The Sixties and Beyond examines the scope and significance of dechristianization in the western world between 1945 and 2000. A thematically wide-ranging and interdisciplinary collection, The Sixties and Beyond uses a framework that compares the social and cultural experiences of North America and Western Europe during this period. The internationally based contributors examine the dynamic place of Christianity in both private lives and public discourses and practices by assessing issues such as gender relations, family life, religious education, the changing relationship of church and state, and the internal dynamics of religious organizations. The Sixties and Beyond is an excellent contribution to the burgeoning scholarship on the 1960s as well as to the history of Christianity in the western world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

497

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1442661577

ISBN 13

9781442661578

Criminology

Explaining Crime and Its Context

By: Stephen E. Brown,Finn-Aage Esbensen,Gilbert Geis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Criminology

Explaining Crime and Its Context

By: Stephen E. Brown,Finn-Aage Esbensen,Gilbert Geis

Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context, Eleventh Edition, offers a broad perspective on criminological theory. It provides students of criminology, criminal justice, and sociology with a thorough exposure to a range of theories about crime, contrasting their logic and assumptions, but also highlighting efforts to integrate and blend these frameworks. In this new edition, the authors have incorporated new directions that have gained traction in the field, while remaining faithful to their criminological heritage. Among the themes in this work are the relativity of crime (its changing definition) with abundant examples, historical roots of criminology and the lessons they have provided, and the strength and challenges of applying the scientific method. This revision offers new chapters on critical theory and on life-course criminology. It is updated throughout to reflect current trends in criminological theory and data. With chapters both updated to reflect recent developments in the field and made easier to digest, this text is essential reading for students of criminology, criminal justice, sociology, and related fields.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

552

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1040039766

ISBN 13

9781040039762

Herbal Antibiotics

Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-resistant Bacteria

By: Stephen Harrod Buhner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Herbal Antibiotics

Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-resistant Bacteria

By: Stephen Harrod Buhner

With antibiotic-resistant infections on the rise, herbal remedies present a naturally effective alternative to standard antibiotics. Herbal expert Stephen Harrod Buhner explains the roots of antibiotic resistance, explores the value of herbal treatments, and provides in-depth profiles of 30 valuable plants, noting the proper dosages, potential side effects, and contraindications of each.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

607

Publisher

Hachette+ORM

Published Date

ISBN 10

1603428798

ISBN 13

9781603428798

R. Crumb

Literature, Autobiography, and the Quest for Self

By: David Stephen Calonne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

R. Crumb

Literature, Autobiography, and the Quest for Self

By: David Stephen Calonne

Robert Crumb (b. 1943) read widely and deeply a long roster of authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Dickens, J. D. Salinger, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg, as well as religious classics including biblical, Buddhist, Hindu, and Gnostic texts. Crumb’s genius, according to author David Stephen Calonne, lies in his ability to absorb a variety of literary, artistic, and spiritual traditions and incorporate them within an original, American mode of discourse that seeks to reveal his personal search for the meaning of life. R. Crumb: Literature, Autobiography, and the Quest for Self contains six chapters that chart Crumb’s intellectual trajectory and explore the recurring philosophical themes that permeate his depictions of literary and biographical works and the ways he responds to them through innovative, dazzling compositional techniques. Calonne explores the ways Crumb develops concepts of solitude, despair, desire, and conflict as aspects of the quest for self in his engagement with the book of Genesis and works by Franz Kafka, Jean-Paul Sartre, the Beats, Charles Bukowski, and Philip K. Dick, as well as Crumb’s illustrations of biographies of musicians Jelly Roll Morton and Charley Patton. Calonne demonstrates how Crumb’s love for literature led him to attempt an extremely faithful rendering of the texts he admired while at the same time highlighting for his readers the particular hidden philosophical meanings he found most significant in his own autobiographical quest for identity and his authentic self.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

287

Publisher

Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published Date

ISBN 10

149683187X

ISBN 13

9781496831873

Diane di Prima

Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions

By: David Stephen Calonne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Diane di Prima

Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions

By: David Stephen Calonne

Diane di Prima: Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions reveals how central di Prima was in the discovery, articulation and dissemination of the major themes of the Beat and hippie countercultures from the fifties to the present. Di Prima (1934--) was at the center of literary, artistic, and musical culture in New York City. She also was at the energetic fulcrum of the Beat movement and, with Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka), edited The Floating Bear (1961-69), a central publication of the period to which William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, and Frank O'Hara contributed. Di Prima was also a pioneer in her challenges to conventional assumptions regarding love, sexuality, marriage, and the role of women. David Stephen Calonne charts the life work of di Prima through close readings of her poetry, prose, and autobiographical writings, exploring her thorough immersion in world spiritual traditions and how these studies informed both the form and content of her oeuvre. Di Prima's engagement in what she would call “the hidden religions” can be divided into several phases: her years at Swarthmore College and in New York; her move to San Francisco and immersion in Zen; her researches into the I Ching, Paracelsus, John Dee, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, alchemy, Tarot, and Kabbalah of the mid-sixties; and her later interest in Tibetan Buddhism. Diane di Prima: Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions is the first monograph devoted to a writer of genius whose prolific work is notable for its stylistic variety, wit and humor, struggle for social justice, and philosophical depth.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

357

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

1501342916

ISBN 13

9781501342912

Thomas Hutchinson and the Origins of the American Revolution

By: Andrew Stephen Walmsley

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Thomas Hutchinson and the Origins of the American Revolution

By: Andrew Stephen Walmsley

His consequent vilification became a vehicle through which the growing patriot movement sought to achieve legitimacy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

228

Publisher

NYU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0814793703

ISBN 13

9780814793701

Book's by Stephen D. Hobbs

The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats

The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats

Criminology

Criminology

The Sixties and Beyond

The Sixties and Beyond

Criminology

Criminology

Herbal Antibiotics

Herbal Antibiotics

R. Crumb

R. Crumb

Diane di Prima

Diane di Prima

Thomas Hutchinson and the Origins of the American Revolution

Thomas Hutchinson and the Origins of the American Revolution

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email