The pro-hunting/anti-hunting controversy is a national issue that reaches from California to New York to Florida. Hunters defend their activity while anti-hunters vehemently condemn it. This book pres
For over a decade the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs has been exploring federal solutions for Israel, the Palestinians, and Jordan as the only way out of the Middle East conflict.
'A careful compendium of references to significant papers in the field. It fills a vacuum and represents one careful scholar's odyssey through the medical-ethical literature seeking understanding and
This collection of essays was inspired by the desire to create a suitable tribute to Dr. Irving (Yitz) Greenberg. Dr. Greenberg has been one of the truly major figures in the American Jewish communit
This book tells the Korean immigrants' life stories in California's eight San Joaquin Valley farm communities. It describes how they survived through discrimination and injustices in the early 20th ce
This book tells the Korean immigrants' life stories in California's eight San Joaquin Valley farm communities. It describes how they survived through discrimination and injustices in the early 20th ce
Americanizing Japanese Firms examines the concept of corporate social responsibility in Japanese manufacturing companies within the United States. The study compares the corporate philanthropy of Jap
Nuns Without Cloister explores one of the first and most innovative among the non-cloistered women's congregations established after the Council of Trent.
This book traces the evolution of women's leadership and its influence on the Montessori Method's development. New research illuminates the unique roles of two historic early childhood educators and a
This book examines how the early American poets Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley gained agency within a traditionally patriarchal field of literary production during the seventeenth and eighteenth
This volume features the most current research in feminist biblical scholarship. This collection will whet the reader's appetite for cutting-edge research and encourage a closer look at key biblical p
This book discusses the reasons why doctors and nurses might be reluctant to make use of Rapid Response Teams (RRTs), which provide critical care in hospitals, in spite of the possible benefits. This
This book shares the responses of settlers, artists, poets, scientists, and educators who lived near the Blaustein Institute in the Negev Desert of Israel as they answer the question, 'What difference
Citing case studies in her own country, Kwapong (adult education, U. of Ghana) describes how adult education and information and communications technologies can dovetail to help spread the benefits of
Citizens Gone Wild is a practical step-by-step guide for anyone interested in thinking for themselves. In this breakthrough book, author George Zilbergeld identifies, explains, and demonstrates twelve
Response to Disaster combines the original research of author Henry W. Fischer with the literature used today to describe behavioral and organizational challenges commonly experienced before, during,
This is the third volume of a set of anthologies that sets forth the statements of the formative canon of influential Rabbinic Judaism on three large topics: the calendar, the life cycle, and theology
Applying new theories about rights to pressing social issues, A Holistic Approach to Rights suggests major changes are needed in the ways we think about rights and formulating social policy.
Having written previously about the ethics of business and engineering, Schlossberger here argues that ethics is not an exact science such as Kant and Newtonian would appreciate, but is nuanced, compl
This study is intended as the first biography of Maurice Paleologue, an important figure in the diplomatic history of the Third French Republic. He has never received adequate recognition or biographi
This volume is aimed at those seeking a career in the human services and social work profession who are undecided about which career track to pursue. Written by practitioners, each of fifteen chapters
Writing for mediation and conciliation practitioners, Ladd (Coordinator of Advanced Studies in Counseling, St. Lawrence U.) explains how to understand and deal with the emotions of anger, resentment,
Conventional history holds that the December 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor was the reason the US Congress and public were virtually unanimous in their support for entering World War II. Carew (economic
On the night of October 18, 1925, fire raged through the downtown area of the tiny Catskill Mountain village of Gilboa, New York. In the end, 18 buildings lie in smoldering ruins. Yet it was not the e
In December 2001, a new Russian law laying the basis for the peaceful territorial expansion of the Russian Federation went into effect. The entire country of Belarus-as well as parts of Georgia, Kazak
Colleagues, many like him now working in the West, honor Nigerian church historian and scholar of religion Kalu and his contribution to African theological education and Church historiography over the
Dapaah (New Testament and Greek, John Leland Center for Theological Studies) examines the significant continuities between John and Jesus, focusing on their views and practices of baptism. Dapaah cons
Truth in Translation is a critical study of Biblical translation, assessing the accuracy of nine English versions of the New Testament in wide use today. By looking at passages where theological inves
For Christians who regard the Bible as Truth, BeDuhn (religious studies, Northern Arizona U.), offers a guide to the various English translations of it. Among his topics are the origins of Modern Engl
The well-known commentator from Bard College continues his glossing of the principal rabbinic Midrash documents of formative Judaism by placing them in relationship to the canon as a whole. To make po
Hayes argues that a formal and structural analogy exists between Alasdair MacIntypre's denial that morality can be justified on rational grounds, and Karl Popper's denial that an epistemology/methodol
The Quest for Meaning explores the deep-seated human need to create a life that is meaningful. In an effort to understand this need, author William Cooney examines the works of philosophers from Plato
This volume contains selected papers from the Eighth Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses held in Montreal, Canada, in April of 2002. Wudel (Averett U.) et al. assemble 25 p
Inspired by Catholic intellectual tradition, these essays are from seminars sponsored by the Center for Catholic Studies and the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity. Focusing specifically on the wo
