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Book cover of Urban God Talk

Urban God Talk

Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality

by VaNatta S. Ford, Darrell Wesley, Sharon Lauricalla
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013

Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality, edited by Andre Johnson, is a collection of essays that examine the religious and spiritual in hip hop. The contributors argue that the prevailing narrative that hip hop offers nothing in the way of religion and spirituality is false. From its beginning,...
Book cover of The Vicksburg Campaign, March 29–May 18, 1863
by Michael B. Ballard, Stephen Nathaniel Dossman, William B. Feis
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013

Ulysses S. Grant’s ingenious campaign to capture the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River was one of the most decisive events of the Civil War and one of the most storied military expeditions in American history. The ultimate victory at Vicksburg effectively cut the Confederacy in...
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Politeness, Impoliteness and Ritual

Maintaining the Moral Order in Interpersonal Interaction

by Dániel Z. Kádár
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017

Ritual is popularly associated with ceremonies, though in real life it plays a significantly more important role, reinforcing what people perceive as the appropriate moral order of things, or challenging what they perceive as the inappropriate flow of events. This book introduces the reader to how...
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Heroes, Heroines, and Everything in Between

Challenging Gender and Sexuality Stereotypes in Children's Entertainment Media

by Fatima Q. Al Hattami, Sara Austin, Thomas J. Billard
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017

Current characters in children’s entertainment media illustrate a growing trend of representations that challenge or subvert traditional notions of gender and sexuality. From films to picture books to animated television series, children’s entertainment media around the world has consistently...
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Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family

How to Eat, How to Raise Good Eaters, How to Cook

by Ellyn Satter, M.S., R.D.
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011

Ellyn Satter's Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family takes a leadership role in the grassroots movement back to the family table. More a cooking primer than a cookbook, this book encourages singles, couples, and families with children to go to the trouble of feeding themselves well. Satter uses simple,...
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What Democracy Looks Like

The Rhetoric of Social Movements and Counterpublics

by Christina R. Foust, Amy Pason, Kate Zittlow Rogness
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017

What Democracy Looks Like is a compelling and timely collection which combines two distinct but related theories in rhetoric and communication studies, while also exploring theories and ideas espoused by those in sociology, political science, and cultural studies. Recent protests around the...
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The Longevity Project

Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade S tudy

by Howard S. Friedman, Ph.D., Leslie R. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011

Watch a video Watch a Fox News segment on The Longevity Project. This landmark study--which Dr. Andrew Weil calls "a remarkable achievement with surprising conclusions"--upends the advice we have been told about how to live to a healthy old age. We have been told that the key to longevity...
Book cover of Relational Rituals and Communication

Relational Rituals and Communication

Ritual Interaction in Groups

by D. Kádár
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013

This book provides a ground-breaking, interaction-based framework of rituals, drawing on multiple research disciplines. It examines ritual as a relational action constructed in interaction through pre-existing patterns and captures the features of ritual phenomena by analysing interactants' behaviour in culturally and socially diverse contexts.
Book cover of Personal Friendships of Jesus
by J. R. Miller, D.D.
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017

There is a natural tendency to think of Jesus as different from other men in the human element of his personality. Our adoration of him as our divine Lord makes it seem almost sacrilege to place his humanity in the ordinary rank with that of other men. It seems to us that life could not have meant...
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American Catholics

Gender, Generation, and Commitment

by William V. D'Antonio, James D. Davidson, Dean R. Hoge
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2001

How much do American Catholics still identify with the Catholic Church? Do they agree with the Church's teachings, and how often do they participate in its sacraments? What do they think it takes to be a good Catholic? What do they consider to be the Church's core teachings? How do they believe issues...
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Fixing American Government

Ending Gridlock and Apathy with a 21st Century Constitution

by Jeffrey R. Orenstein, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015

Book cover of Andrew Jackson and the Rise of the Democrats: A Reference Guide
by Mark R. Cheathem Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015

In this chronological examination of the Democratic Party's origins, award-winning author Mark R. Cheathem traces the development of both the Democratic Party and the second American party system from its roots in the Jeffersonian Republicans in the 1790s to its maturation during Andrew Jackson's...
Book cover of Religion and Politics in America

Religion and Politics in America

Faith, Culture, and Strategic Choices

by Allen D. Hertzke, Laura R. Olson, Kevin R. den Dulk
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018

Religion and politics are never far from the headlines, but their relationship remains complex and often confusing. This book offers an engaging, accessible, and balanced treatment of religion in American politics. It explores the historical, cultural, and legal contexts that motivate religious political...
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Internalized Oppression

The Psychology of Marginalized Groups

by E.J.R. David, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013

ìIt is a great honorÖto write the foreword to such an important book edited by E.J.R. David, filled with contributions from leading and emerging psychological scholars on internalized oppression. One of the best features of the book, in my opinion, is that the chapter authorsÖare allowed to share...
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