J Banks: 30 books
Sketch People
Stories Along the Way
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
We all have stories to tell. Sketch People is a collection of stories about peopletheir work, their passions, and their experiences. In this compilation by T. J. Banks, a woman tells the story of a message she received from an old family friend following the death of her late mothers dog. Another...
Race, Rhetoric, and Technology
Searching for Higher Ground
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2006
In this book Adam Banks uses the concept of the Digital Divide as a metonym for America's larger racial divide, in an attempt to figure out what meaningful access for African Americans to technologies and the larger American society can or should mean. He argues that African American rhetorical traditions--the...
by Serenity J. Banks
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
The horror does not always live under the bed or in the closet. Explore the horrors of This Way Out, a collection of eight short stories that take a detour through a varied mix of the speculative, the horrific, and the all-too-real. Be it natural, supernatural, or manmade, the horror does not always live in the likeliest of places. Step right this way...
Paul's Idea of Community
The Early House Churches in Their Cultural Setting, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1994
Robert Banks's widely read Paul's Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in Their Cultural Setting is once again available to laypeople, pastors, and scholars alike. In this extensively revised edition Banks has rewritten chapters for clarity, taken into account recent scholarship on Paul's writings,...
by Keith Gilyard, Adam J. Banks
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
On African-American Rhetoric traces the arc of strategic language use by African Americans from rhetorical forms such as slave narratives and the spirituals to Black digital expression and contemporary activism. The governing idea is to illustrate the basic call-response process of African-American...
Anger and Racial Politics
The Emotional Foundation of Racial Attitudes in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Politicians, scholars, and pundits often disagree about whether race has been injected into a political campaign or policy debate. Some have suspected that race sometimes enters into politics even when political elites avoid using racial cues or racially coded language. Anger and Racial Politics provides...
Rhetoric and Writing Studies in the New Century
Historiography, Pedagogy, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
This collection of essays investigates the historiography of rhetoric, global perspectives on rhetoric, and the teaching of writing and rhetoric, offering diverse viewpoints. Addressing four major areas of research in rhetoric and writing studies, contributors consider authorship and audience, discuss...
Reviewing Leadership (Engaging Culture)
A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
This book offers an acute theological analysis of the influence and importance of leadership in our culture today. The authors analyze the current growing interest in leadership, examine its development within the church, and consider the spiritual dimensions of leadership. They also offer examples of...
by J. Banks
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Reviewing Leadership (Engaging Culture)
A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Evaluating Current Approaches to Leadership
This book offers a comprehensive evaluation of current approaches to leadership from a discerning Christian perspective. Combining expertise in leadership, theology, and ministry, the authors take a historical look at leadership and how it is viewed...
by Lisa J. Banks
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Over the last two decades, state and federal lawmakers have passed a considerable amount of legislation to incentivize and protect whistleblowers in both the private and public sectors. Whistleblowers are increasingly seen as the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in the public...
by R.J. Banks
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
A fascinating and unique look into the extraordinary word of power "I AM". This book is a manual on the mental, spiritual and physical power of the mantra, which can be used to create wealth, promote healing, bring about extreme happiness and higher states of consciousness. As you learn...
What Is Design?
An Overview of Design in Context from Prehistory to 2000 A.D.
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2005
This book is an overview of the process of design as it has evolved from the earliest visual images and artifacts from prehistory to our modern practice of design. Originally written as a textbook for design students and design professionals, it is also oriented to the general public interest in the...
The Writers
A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
The Writers is the only comprehensive qualitative analysis of the history of writers and writing in the film, television, and streaming media industries in America. Featuring in-depth interviews with over fifty writers—including Mel Brooks, Norman Lear, Carl Reiner, and Frank Pierson—The Writers...