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Opening the Field of Practical Theology
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Opening the Field of Practical Theology introduces students to practical theology through an examination of fifteen different approaches—ranging from feminist to liberationist, Roman Catholic to evangelical, Asian American to Latino/a.
After an introduction to the field of practical theology...
Religion, Culture, and International Conflict
A Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often...
Applied Christian Ethics
Foundations, Economic Justice, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Applied Christian Ethics addresses selected themes in Christian social ethics. The book is divided in three parts. In the first section, “Foundation,” several contributors reveal their Christian realist roots and discuss the prophetic origins and multifarious agenda of social ethics. Thus, the...
From Poverty to Power
or The Realization of Prosperity and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
A Book for all those who are in search of better conditions, wider freedom, and increased usefulness. - James Allen
Pain, Passion and Faith
Revisiting the Place of Charles Wesley in Early Methodism
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2009
Pain, Passion and Faith: Revisiting the Place of Charles Wesley in Early Methodism is a significant study of the 18th-century poet and preacher Charles Wesley. Wesley was an influential figure in 18th-century English culture and society; he was co-founder of the Methodist revival movement and one...
by Christopher (St Catherine'S College, University Of Cambridge) Clark
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Kaiser Wilhelm II is one of the key figures in the history of twentieth-century Europe: King of Prussia and German Emperor from 1888 to the collapse of Germany in 1918 and a crucial player in the events that led to the outbreak of World War I. Following Kaiser Wilhelm's political career from his...
Unequal Health
How Inequality Contributes to Health or Illness
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Unequal Health examines the reasons why stark differences in health and well-being persist, even as the health care industry and access to health care grow. The third edition of this powerful book retains the accessible style and focus on inequality from previous editions while featuring significant...
by William S. Cohen, Janet Langhart Cohen, Enola Gay Aird
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities...
PCI Compliance
Understand and Implement Effective PCI Data Security Standard Compliance
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2009
PCI Compliance: Understand and Implement Effective PCI Data Security Standard Compliance, Second Edition, discusses not only how to apply PCI in a practical and cost-effective way but more importantly why. The book explains what the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is and why...
by Christiaan Heij, Paul de Boer, Philip Hans Franses
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2004
Nowadays applied work in business and economics requires a solid understanding of econometric methods to support decision-making. Combining a solid exposition of econometric methods with an application-oriented approach, this rigorous textbook provides students with a working understanding and hands-on...
Common Sense Questions about School Administration
The Answers Can Provide Essential Steps to Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
Parents have questions for school administrators. They want to know how they hire teachers, erect facilities, select learning materials, protect students, allocate budgets, use data, make forecasts, measure progress, and compete with for-profit schools. This book examines the questions they pose,...
Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken English
based on the British National Corpus
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken Englishis a landmark volume in the development of vocabulary frequency studies. Whereas previous books have in general given frequency information about the written language only, this book provides information on both speech and writing. It not only gives information...
Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies
Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2011
Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies: Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy, edited by Thomas Maty-k, Jessica Senehi, and Sean Byrne, discusses critical issues in the emerging field of Peace and Conflict Studies, and suggests a framework for the future development of the field and the education...
by Rosemary S. Callard-Szulgit, EdD, University at Buffalo; author
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2003
The perceived natural character of gifted children is to be well behaved, hard working, and studious. Why, then, do so many gifted children have trouble in school? Rosemary Callard-Szulgit, herself a recovering perfectionist, explains how perfectionism can immobilize some children and cause social...