Steel Drivin’ Man: An Excerpt
An excerpt from Steel Drivin’ Man.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Quiz
Part Three
Pop music quiz part three.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Quiz
Part Two
Part two of the pop music quiz.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Quiz
Part One
A pop music quiz.
Friday Roundup
Some free resources from OUP.
Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony
En excerpt from Gluttony.
Rebecca’s Reading
The Broken Branch
Rebecca’s Reading the Broken Branch
Negro Leagues: Jackie Robinson
A look at Jackie Robinson
Monthly Gleaning: October 2007
Monthly Gleanings.
The Origins of Fascism: Islamic Fascism, Islamophobia, Antisemitism
Walter Laqueur looks at Islamic Fascism, Islamophobia and Antisemitism
Maasbommel
Ben’s Place of the Week
A certain preoccupation with water can be expected in a country located at the mouth of three major rivers and where roughly half of the total land area is at or below sea level.
Sex-crime movies
For movie-makers and viewers alike, sex-crime movies offer opportunities to explore the meanings of sexual offenses and to reflect on the boundaries that societies trace between illicit and illegal sexual behaviors. They can start transnational conversations with millions of people across the globe.
All-time worst music albums
Everyone has an opinion on the best pop music albums of all time. Call us pessimists, but at OUP, we were wondering, what are the worst albums? Luckily, we have the best resource for all things music, Colin Larkin editor of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music. He tells us what makes his ears ring.
Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
Weird Words!
The Runners-Up: WOTY
More WOTYs.
Philip Jenkins at the Carnegie Council
On October 11th, OUP author Philip Jenkins had the honor of speaking before the Carnegie Council about his new book The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South.