William P Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 1141746 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William P Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | William P |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN W P |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Open University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9474-8110 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Between Text and Sermon
Genesis and Job
The creation account of Gen 1:1–2:3 is only one of several accounts featured in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. The one account that most closely matches its cosmic orientation is the poetic description of creation given in Job 38–41. Nevertheless, both accounts are worlds apart regarding how they describe creation and what they find most important about creation. Their theological and literary differences make for a lively intertextual conversat…
Major Review
Understanding Wisdom Literature
Understanding Wisdom Literature: Conflict and Dissonance in the Hebrew Text. By David Penchansky. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2012. Pp. xii + 120. $20 (paper
Biophilia, Biodiversity, and the Bible
For all its anthropocentric focus on human agency in history and creation, the Hebrew Bible's valuing of nonhuman life and its diversity cannot be gainsaid among certain traditions. Such is the case in three major creation texts: Genesis 1, Psalm 104, and Job 38-41. Each in its own way, these biblical accounts affirm the intrinsic worth of biodiversity, the expansiveness of life, and a God who values the flourishing of all creation
Still one size fits all? Uneven and combined development and African gatekeeper states
This paper critically evaluates ‘one size fits all’ characterisations of African states in the context of diverse change in Africa. It provides an original critique of Frederick Cooper’s gatekeeper states concept based on a novel application of the theory of uneven and combined development. The theory draws attention to the unevenness of development across the international system, the production of multiple, combined forms of state, and points t…
For the Love of All Creatures
Jerome’s Psalters
The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms
Oxford Handbook of the Psalms
An indispensable resource for students and scholars, 'The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms' features a diverse array of essays that treat the Psalms from a variety of perspectives. Classical scholarship and approaches as well as contextual interpretations and practices are well represented. The coverage is uniquely wide ranging.
Sovereignty matters
This article presents a critique of claims that aid undermines the sovereignty of African states. It argues that we need to start with a conceptual and analytical distinction between sovereignty seen as a right to rule on the one hand and other political issues to do with the national control over policy and outcomes on the other. This distinction is vital if we are to see more clearly the areas in which aid, as a particular form of external infl…
In from the margins? The changing place of Africa in International Relations
This article surveys recent literature on Africa and International Relations (IR) and reviews the current place of Africa within the discipline. It notes that critical debates continue around claims of a mismatch between Africa and ‘mainstream’ IR theories and concepts. However, alongside this set of issues, there is in fact a burgeoning literature on many aspects of Africa's international relations. While some of these studies utilize existing I…
A Question of Agency
Over recent years African states have become increasingly prominent actors in high-level international politics. This article makes the case for studying Africa's international relations from the point of view of agency. The article outlines contemporary contexts within which questions of African agency have come to the fore and argues a need to think conceptually about agency in international politics in a way that accommodates the range of diff…
The Seven Pillars of Creation
Funded by the Henry Luce III Foundation, this study explores the significance of the ancient creation traditions of the Hebrew Bible in light of the discoveries and perspectives of science. The aim, however, is not to seek an artificial harmony that forces Scripture to fit science or science to fit Scripture. Rather, the goal is to facilitate a constructive dialogue between two independent disciplines that are rooted in wonder — biblical theology…
Reconsidering the Aid Relationship
Recent rhetoric surrounding the contemporary aid relationship between donors and African states is couched in terms of a high-level consensus between western and African political leaderships, a central pillar of which is adherence to liberal principles of governance and economic management. The paper argues that an analysis of the nature of this consensus and its prospects requires that we need to understand it as (1) encompassing specifically i…
Debating the Year of Africa
Rarely can there have been so much media attention on Africa as there was in the twelve months leading up to the G8 summit in July 2005. The crescendo of media coverage which greeted the Commission for Africa's report and the following Live8, Make Poverty History and G8 gatherings came after a year which had seen the launch and subsequent deliberations of the Commission for Africa, Blair's and Brown's various high profile initiatives on aid and d…
The Commission for Africa
This article evaluates Western, and particularly British, policy towards Africa in the wake of the 2005 Commission for Africa, and considers what it tells us about the character of liberal internationalist policy towards the continent. The article reviews the Commission's report, Our Common Interest, and argues that it adheres in important respects to a 'liberal bargain' which has been at the heart of wider donor policy for some time. However, it…
Seeking Out the Wisdom of the Ancients
Michael V. Fox, long-time professor in the Dept. of Hebrew and Semitic Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is known both for his scholarship and his teaching. As the editors of this volume in his honor note, the care and sensitivity of his reading of the Hebrew text are well known, and he lavishes equal attention on his own writing, to the benefit of all who read his work, which now includes the first of two volumes in the Anchor Bibl…
The World Bank, Africa and Politics
Comments on an article by Paul Cammack about the policies of the World Bank towards Africa. Arguments presented by Cammack regarding the analysis of the World Bank in a Marxist perspective; Role of the Bank in the expansion of capitalism; Effect of the policies of the Bank towards Africa on the political economy of the region
Restructuring north‐south relations
This article will examine the character of relations between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in the wake of the new EU‐ACP Partnership Agreement, signed in June 2000, and which replaces the longstanding Lomé Convention. The article views development cooperation as encapsulating particular political and economic relationships rather than constituting some kind of technical or apolitical endeavour. The origins of EU‐…
The Ethos of the Cosmos
The Ethos of the Cosmos
Recent studies of the biblical story of creation try to uncover its roots in ancient Near Eastern myths or its compatibility with modern science and ecology. In contrast, this work by William Brown investigates how the various pictures of creation found in Scripture helped shape the ancient faith community's moral character. Bridging the fields of biblical studies and ethics, this interdisciplinary work demonstrates how certain creation tradition…
The EU & structural adjustment
This article will assess European Union (EU) (Endnote 1) structural adjustment support and the relationship of it to the policies of the IMF and World Bank in the case of Zimbabwe. It will argue that contrary to the claims of the EU Commission, aid from the Convention has become dominated by adjustment concerns and that these are closely tied to the priorities of the Bretton Woods institutions
History and interpretation
Local policing—a three dimensional task analysis
A Question of Agency
Over recent years African states have become increasingly prominent actors in high-level international politics. This article makes the case for studying Africa's international relations from the point of view of agency. The article outlines contemporary contexts within which questions of African agency have come to the fore and argues a need to think conceptually about agency in international politics in a way that accommodates the range of diff…
In from the margins? The changing place of Africa in International Relations
This article surveys recent literature on Africa and International Relations (IR) and reviews the current place of Africa within the discipline. It notes that critical debates continue around claims of a mismatch between Africa and ‘mainstream’ IR theories and concepts. However, alongside this set of issues, there is in fact a burgeoning literature on many aspects of Africa's international relations. While some of these studies utilize existing I…
Restructuring north‐south relations
This article will examine the character of relations between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in the wake of the new EU‐ACP Partnership Agreement, signed in June 2000, and which replaces the longstanding Lomé Convention. The article views development cooperation as encapsulating particular political and economic relationships rather than constituting some kind of technical or apolitical endeavour. The origins of EU‐…
Sovereignty matters
This article presents a critique of claims that aid undermines the sovereignty of African states. It argues that we need to start with a conceptual and analytical distinction between sovereignty seen as a right to rule on the one hand and other political issues to do with the national control over policy and outcomes on the other. This distinction is vital if we are to see more clearly the areas in which aid, as a particular form of external infl…
Reconsidering the Aid Relationship
Recent rhetoric surrounding the contemporary aid relationship between donors and African states is couched in terms of a high-level consensus between western and African political leaderships, a central pillar of which is adherence to liberal principles of governance and economic management. The paper argues that an analysis of the nature of this consensus and its prospects requires that we need to understand it as (1) encompassing specifically i…
Still one size fits all? Uneven and combined development and African gatekeeper states
This paper critically evaluates ‘one size fits all’ characterisations of African states in the context of diverse change in Africa. It provides an original critique of Frederick Cooper’s gatekeeper states concept based on a novel application of the theory of uneven and combined development. The theory draws attention to the unevenness of development across the international system, the production of multiple, combined forms of state, and points t…
The Commission for Africa
This article evaluates Western, and particularly British, policy towards Africa in the wake of the 2005 Commission for Africa, and considers what it tells us about the character of liberal internationalist policy towards the continent. The article reviews the Commission's report, Our Common Interest, and argues that it adheres in important respects to a 'liberal bargain' which has been at the heart of wider donor policy for some time. However, it…
The EU & structural adjustment
This article will assess European Union (EU) (Endnote 1) structural adjustment support and the relationship of it to the policies of the IMF and World Bank in the case of Zimbabwe. It will argue that contrary to the claims of the EU Commission, aid from the Convention has become dominated by adjustment concerns and that these are closely tied to the priorities of the Bretton Woods institutions
The World Bank, Africa and Politics
Comments on an article by Paul Cammack about the policies of the World Bank towards Africa. Arguments presented by Cammack regarding the analysis of the World Bank in a Marxist perspective; Role of the Bank in the expansion of capitalism; Effect of the policies of the Bank towards Africa on the political economy of the region
Debating the Year of Africa
Rarely can there have been so much media attention on Africa as there was in the twelve months leading up to the G8 summit in July 2005. The crescendo of media coverage which greeted the Commission for Africa's report and the following Live8, Make Poverty History and G8 gatherings came after a year which had seen the launch and subsequent deliberations of the Commission for Africa, Blair's and Brown's various high profile initiatives on aid and d…
Sex Offenders and Their Psychiatric Treatment
The only rational guide to treatment comes from knowledge and experience. I shall therefore examine sexual offences and sexual perversions as a whole, add to this a discussion of three of the more important influences bearing upon individual emotional development, and from this material attempt to deduce some of the more important considerations for prevention and treatment. First, however, let us remind ourselves of some possible confusions in o…
Local policing—a three dimensional task analysis
Local policing—A three dimensional task analysis
History and interpretation
The EU & structural adjustment
This article will assess European Union (EU) (Endnote 1) structural adjustment support and the relationship of it to the policies of the IMF and World Bank in the case of Zimbabwe. It will argue that contrary to the claims of the EU Commission, aid from the Convention has become dominated by adjustment concerns and that these are closely tied to the priorities of the Bretton Woods institutions
Restructuring north‐south relations
This article will examine the character of relations between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in the wake of the new EU‐ACP Partnership Agreement, signed in June 2000, and which replaces the longstanding Lomé Convention. The article views development cooperation as encapsulating particular political and economic relationships rather than constituting some kind of technical or apolitical endeavour. The origins of EU‐…
The Ethos of the Cosmos
The Ethos of the Cosmos
Recent studies of the biblical story of creation try to uncover its roots in ancient Near Eastern myths or its compatibility with modern science and ecology. In contrast, this work by William Brown investigates how the various pictures of creation found in Scripture helped shape the ancient faith community's moral character. Bridging the fields of biblical studies and ethics, this interdisciplinary work demonstrates how certain creation tradition…
The World Bank, Africa and Politics
Comments on an article by Paul Cammack about the policies of the World Bank towards Africa. Arguments presented by Cammack regarding the analysis of the World Bank in a Marxist perspective; Role of the Bank in the expansion of capitalism; Effect of the policies of the Bank towards Africa on the political economy of the region
Seeking Out the Wisdom of the Ancients
Michael V. Fox, long-time professor in the Dept. of Hebrew and Semitic Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is known both for his scholarship and his teaching. As the editors of this volume in his honor note, the care and sensitivity of his reading of the Hebrew text are well known, and he lavishes equal attention on his own writing, to the benefit of all who read his work, which now includes the first of two volumes in the Anchor Bibl…
The Commission for Africa
This article evaluates Western, and particularly British, policy towards Africa in the wake of the 2005 Commission for Africa, and considers what it tells us about the character of liberal internationalist policy towards the continent. The article reviews the Commission's report, Our Common Interest, and argues that it adheres in important respects to a 'liberal bargain' which has been at the heart of wider donor policy for some time. However, it…
Debating the Year of Africa
Rarely can there have been so much media attention on Africa as there was in the twelve months leading up to the G8 summit in July 2005. The crescendo of media coverage which greeted the Commission for Africa's report and the following Live8, Make Poverty History and G8 gatherings came after a year which had seen the launch and subsequent deliberations of the Commission for Africa, Blair's and Brown's various high profile initiatives on aid and d…
Reconsidering the Aid Relationship
Recent rhetoric surrounding the contemporary aid relationship between donors and African states is couched in terms of a high-level consensus between western and African political leaderships, a central pillar of which is adherence to liberal principles of governance and economic management. The paper argues that an analysis of the nature of this consensus and its prospects requires that we need to understand it as (1) encompassing specifically i…
The Seven Pillars of Creation
Funded by the Henry Luce III Foundation, this study explores the significance of the ancient creation traditions of the Hebrew Bible in light of the discoveries and perspectives of science. The aim, however, is not to seek an artificial harmony that forces Scripture to fit science or science to fit Scripture. Rather, the goal is to facilitate a constructive dialogue between two independent disciplines that are rooted in wonder — biblical theology…
A Question of Agency
Over recent years African states have become increasingly prominent actors in high-level international politics. This article makes the case for studying Africa's international relations from the point of view of agency. The article outlines contemporary contexts within which questions of African agency have come to the fore and argues a need to think conceptually about agency in international politics in a way that accommodates the range of diff…
Sovereignty matters
This article presents a critique of claims that aid undermines the sovereignty of African states. It argues that we need to start with a conceptual and analytical distinction between sovereignty seen as a right to rule on the one hand and other political issues to do with the national control over policy and outcomes on the other. This distinction is vital if we are to see more clearly the areas in which aid, as a particular form of external infl…
In from the margins? The changing place of Africa in International Relations
This article surveys recent literature on Africa and International Relations (IR) and reviews the current place of Africa within the discipline. It notes that critical debates continue around claims of a mismatch between Africa and ‘mainstream’ IR theories and concepts. However, alongside this set of issues, there is in fact a burgeoning literature on many aspects of Africa's international relations. While some of these studies utilize existing I…
Jerome’s Psalters
The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms
Oxford Handbook of the Psalms
An indispensable resource for students and scholars, 'The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms' features a diverse array of essays that treat the Psalms from a variety of perspectives. Classical scholarship and approaches as well as contextual interpretations and practices are well represented. The coverage is uniquely wide ranging.
For the Love of All Creatures
Still one size fits all? Uneven and combined development and African gatekeeper states
This paper critically evaluates ‘one size fits all’ characterisations of African states in the context of diverse change in Africa. It provides an original critique of Frederick Cooper’s gatekeeper states concept based on a novel application of the theory of uneven and combined development. The theory draws attention to the unevenness of development across the international system, the production of multiple, combined forms of state, and points t…
Major Review
Understanding Wisdom Literature
Understanding Wisdom Literature: Conflict and Dissonance in the Hebrew Text. By David Penchansky. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2012. Pp. xii + 120. $20 (paper
Biophilia, Biodiversity, and the Bible
For all its anthropocentric focus on human agency in history and creation, the Hebrew Bible's valuing of nonhuman life and its diversity cannot be gainsaid among certain traditions. Such is the case in three major creation texts: Genesis 1, Psalm 104, and Job 38-41. Each in its own way, these biblical accounts affirm the intrinsic worth of biodiversity, the expansiveness of life, and a God who values the flourishing of all creation
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