Continuum imprint: 595 books
Jewish-Christian Dialogue and the Life of Wisdom
Engagements with the Theology of David Novak
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
This book inquires as to whether theological dialogue between Christians and Jews is possible, not only in itself but also as regards the emergence of communities of Messianic Judaism. In light of David Novak's insights, Matthew Levering proposes that Christian theological responses to...
Citizen Islam
The Future of Muslim Integration in the West
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2011
Since September 11, Western governments have legitimized and empowered "nonviolent Islamists" as representatives of Islam for all Muslims in the West, an approach that has worried Muslim moderates. Citizen Islam addresses the implications of this approach.
The book opens with...
The Radio Drama Handbook
Audio Drama in Context and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The Radio Drama Handbook combines both theory and practice to lead, stepwise, to a full understanding of radio drama form. Broken down into two large sections, the first gives the reader an overview of English language radio drama in the US and UK and explains a variety of approaches to how radio...
Norman Podhoretz and Commentary Magazine
The Rise and Fall of the Neocons
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
What does the term "neoconservative" mean? Who are we talking about and where did they come from? Abrams answers those very questions through a detailed and critical study of neoconservatism's leading thinker, Norman Podhoretz, and the magazine he edited for 35 years, Commentary.
Podhoretz...
Education and Reconciliation
Exploring Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
What is the relationship between education and reconciliation initiatives? Who encourages and enacts it and who discourages and detracts from it? Do reconciliatory educational practices offer any insight into the nature of reconciliation as a process? Drawing on international research in numerous...
by Dr Paul Manning
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2012
Drink, as an embodied semiotic and material form, mediates social life. This book examines the fundamental nature of drink through a series of modular but connected ethnographic discussions. It looks at the way the materiality of a specific drink (coffee, wine, water, beer) serves as the semiotic...
Gun Policy in the United States and Canada
The Impact of Mass Murders and Assassinations on Gun Control
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
The shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007 was one of the worst mass murders in the U.S., but it did not lead to any new federal gun control policy. In contrast, following a similar event in Montreal in 1989, Canada created new comprehensive gun policy.
Such different outcomes are the focus of this...
Sex Scandals in American Politics
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Construction and Aftermath of Contemporary Political Sex Scandals
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
A collection of essays that examine the construction, disgrace, and consequences of political sex scandals from various academic disciplines.
The Rule of Law in Central America
Citizens' Reactions to Crime and Punishment
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
The book is a thorough study that focuses on the impact of the current crime wave on citizens' respect for the law in countries such as Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
The work opens with a brief review of the literature on the rule of law and legal socialization,...
by Dr. John Meadowcroft
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
James McGill Buchanan (1919 - 2013) was an American economist best known as a pioneer of public choice theory. A founder of the new Virginia school of political economy, he made extensive contributions to the theory of public finance, constitutional economics, rent-seeking, and the economic analysis...
Dyslexia in the Digital Age
Making IT Work
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2010
Dyslexia is a complex condition, and every dyslexic needs a different solution. Technology is not that solution, but a part of the process to minimise the impact of dyslexia on individuals and to assist with the difficulties they face in everyday situations, so that they can demonstrate their potential...
Supporting Children with Learning Difficulties
Holistic Solutions for Severe, Profound and Multiple Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
How do you teach history to a child who can't remember what she had for dinner? What difference will it make to a child's counting skills if you place the objects in a line, rather than dropped randomly on the table? Will breaking down a task into smaller steps help a young person learn how to dress...
Say it to God
In Search of Prayer: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
In Say it to God Luigi Gioia provides a welcome encouragement to all those who feel the need to freshen their practice of prayer. For Gioia, prayer is not about methods or techniques, but trusting that God is truly interested in everything that happens to us and wants to hear about it. The book leads...
The Church-State Debate
Religion, Education and the Establishment Clause in Post War America
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment governs the relationship between the institutions of the church and those of the state; the Supreme Court, as arbiter of the Constitution, has, since 1947, sought to determine where the line between the two should be drawn. This book shows how and why...