莱斯特·库尔茨（Lester Kurtz），耶鲁大学神学院宗教学硕士，芝加哥大学社会学博士，得克萨斯州立大学奥斯汀分校社会学教授、宗教研究中心主任，曾任美国和平与正义研究协会主席，美国社会学和平、战争和社会冲突分会主席，2005年被授予“罗宾?威廉斯杰出职业成就奖”（Robin Williams Distinguished Career Award）。他曾在芝加哥大学、西北大学、印度德里大学及台湾东大学等多所大学访学授课。 主要研究领域为比较宗教社会学、和平与冲突、西方和非西方社会理论等，一直在寻找解决暴力的出路，创建了一个暴力理论系统。曾创立及编辑多本重要学术刊物，主编《非暴、和平和冲突百科全书》，另与人合编《非暴力社会运动——一种地理学视角的分析》，代表作为《异端的政治——罗马天主教的现代主义危机》（获宗教科学研究协会杰出著作奖）。

In an era plagued by religious conflict, the Third Edition of Gods in the Global Village directly responds to issues of social problems prevalent in the world today. Using an engaging, thought-provoking style, Lester R. Kurtz focuses on the relationship among the major faith traditions that inform the thinking and ethical standards of most people in the emerging global social o...(展开全部)

War and Peace in The Global Village is a collage of images and text that sharply illustrates the effects of electronic media and new technology on man.Marshall McLuhan wrote this book thirty years ago and following its publication predicted that the forthcoming information age would be "a transitional era of profound pain and tragic identity quest."Marshall McLuhan illustrates ...(展开全部)

"The greetings that the village women exchanged with Mom conveyed an intimacy that made clear they had fully taken each other's measure. Their connection had been established to a sufficient degree for laughter to be easy. Mom had come to a real understanding with them, it seemed, and not just the women; she was welcomed and trusted by all. This made me proud, I remember, for m...(展开全部)

作者簡介 安貝爾（Ann Baer） 生於1914年4月，現年105歲，入選2018年《了不起的百歲女性》（The Century Girls）。 她與丈夫經營美術出版社蓋尼米德（Ganymed Press），擔任總監。二戰時期當公務員之前，她曾於倫敦就讀切爾西藝術學校（Chelsea School of Art）。她為本書手繪許多細緻插圖，一生對中世紀英格蘭保有高度興趣。 譯者簡介 翁仲琪 曾任出版社編輯，現為自由文字工作者。

"The greetings that the village women exchanged with Mom conveyed an intimacy that made clear they had fully taken each other's measure. Their connection had been established to a sufficient degree for laughter to be easy. Mom had come to a real understanding with them, it seemed, and not just the women; she was welcomed and trusted by all. This made me proud, I remember, for m...(展开全部)

卡罗琳•穆尔黑德（Caroline Moorehead） 传记作家。她为伯特兰·罗素、弗雷亚·斯塔克、艾丽斯·奥里戈和玛莎·盖尔霍恩创作了传记。她的非虚构作品聚焦于红十字会历史以及难民研究，其中《难民之旅》广受好评。她最新撰写的《在悬崖边起舞》乃露西·德拉图尔·杜平的传记，入围了科斯塔图书奖（Costa Book Awards）。另著有《冬日列车》《山中的房子》等。

High up in the mountains of the southern Massif Central in France lie tiny, remote villages united by a long and particular history. During the Nazi occupation, the inhabitants of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and the other villages of the Plateau Vivarais Lignon saved several thousand people from the concentration camps. There were no informers, no denunciations, and no one broke rank...(展开全部)