The processes and consequences of household decision-making are investigated using multi-disciplinary research methods involving statistical, mathematical, psychological, anthropological, and economet
This collection of essays takes as its focus Mitscherling’s comprehensive phenomenological analysis of embodiment, aesthetic experience, the interpretation of texts, moral behavior, and cognition, and
Glassman (sociology, William Patterson U.), Swatos Jr. (executive director, Association for the Sociology of Religion and Religious Research Association), and Denison (sociology, Shippensburg U.) focu
This book sets forth the structure and content of John Nelson Darby's (1880-1882) dispensational theology and its place in the history of dispensational thought.
Since the 1990s, trends in African politics require the realization that the public policy practice and the theoretical analysis of 'democracy and democratization' are becoming increasingly important
This work examines trauma, identity, security, education, and development as issues of critical importance to peacebuilding and social reconstruction after large-scale violence. This violence takes th
Using data and commentaries from over 1,100 practitioners, Hirt (educational leadership and policy studies, Virginia Tech) describes how the experience of student affairs administrators varies by inst
Frank Lake was a British psychiatrist and lay theologian who substantially influenced the interplay of psychology and theology in the United Kingdom over the last several decades.
This instructional guide engages participants in the teaching and learning process by structuring opportunities to discuss racial segregation, Jim Crow laws, and select restraints faced by African Ame
Random Musings Reflections of A Block Intellectual focuses on the various racial and cultural challenges facing African Americans in the context of present day educational, political, and historical
This book explores the thinking of philosophers and theologians about controversies concerning animal consciousness and animal rights. The special contribution of the book is a presentation of Bernard
This book explores the world of aging, training, and performing through a self-experimental, self-reflective lens, merging science, mythology, and performance psychology. The result is a fascinating,
This book is designed to help graduate students and new student affairs professionals heighten their knowledge of sensitivities to professional ethics in practice. Resources and suggestions are offere
Italia: Civilta e Cultura offers a general, comprehensive description of historical and cultural development on the Italian peninsula. This project was developed to provide students and professors wit
Philosophical Foundation argues for clarity over and against meaninglessness, which is implicit in various forms of skepticism and fideism. Throughout the book, critical analysis is applied to unexami
Philosophical Foundation argues for clarity over and against meaninglessness, which is implicit in various forms of skepticism and fideism. Throughout the book, critical analysis is applied to unexami
Despite its daily appearance in the media, official pronouncements, and publications of all sorts, globalization is a poorly defined concept. Globalization is usually defined in economic and financial
This book explores some of the analytic methodology used to understand terrorism, insurgency, asymmetric warfare, and state practice of denial and deception. It closes with examples of state-sponsored
This book addresses the human fear problem by summarizing the teachings on fearlessness from around the world and throughout history and utilizing critical integral theory to categorize the developmen
This book discusses the new field of eco-ethica, explores issues arising from a technology-mediated environment and our changing moral consciousness, and presents an ethics that transcends interperson
This book is a textual analysis of Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival and Titurel, dealing specifically with minnedienst (Love Service - fin amours) and its negative influence on the female characters
This study presents a new approach to the theory of Romanticism. Peer proceeds though key Romantic documents about form and structure, while displacing and condensing modern scholarly assumptions that
This book features much-needed perspectives of people of African descent and delves into those perspectives through the use of literature, film, short stories, poetry, and philosophy. Through various
Africanist biblical scholars in Nigeria, South Africa, the US, and Norway review the history of biblical interpretation in Africa and present examples of interpretation of particular biblical texts. A
Pickens (mission and cultural studies, Kentucky Christian College) examines Matthew Ajuoga's description of his role in the development of a very significant African-Initiated Church (AIC) and the sto
This edited volume by Terence Hicks provides the reader with topics such as spiritual aspects of the grieving college students, spirituality and sexual identity among Lesbian and Gay students, spiritu
Michael Servetus, Heartfelt is a tribute to this unique man and his legacy as a humanist, Renaissance scholar, and standard-bearer of freedom of conscience. The Servetus International Congress (2006)
The author builds a realistic theory of democracy to end the false idea that corruption, state crime, and public immorality are democracy's (undesirable) products, not the natural and inevitable fruit
This book was created for students and teachers interested in mastering the basic applications of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics. This text has been proven to improve learning for stu
This book introduces students and the general public to the post-Stalinist phase of totalitarianism, focusing on Romania under the Ceausescu dictatorship, through the dual optic of scholarship and fic
This book investigates the impact of culture-based learning among secondary school children in India and reflects that students have the potential to adapt and develop their learning styles according
Hijas olvidadas: Two Contemporary Plays by Hispanic Women Writers brings together two compelling dramas from Spain and Argentina. Una estrella by Paloma Pedrero and paula.doc by Nora Rodriguez both f
The Russian Century is the most comprehensive and accessible collection of readings devoted to Russian culture and civilization. The fascinating first-person accounts paint a vivid picture of the Russ
This guide was developed to assist students, professors, executives of local criminal justice systems, and appointed and elected officials of general government to have a better understanding on how t
Whitt (journalism and mass communication, U. of Colorado) collects ten essays on American writer Carson McCullers (1917-1967), whose novels and other writings are often described as Southern Gothic. F
This work assesses, with scholarly scrupulousness and irreverent wit, the ways in which the American male is being blamed, castigated, slandered, emasculated, and just plain harassed for a multitude o
The purpose of Professor Isaac's study is to determine how five women leaders from male-dominated colleges and five from female-dominated fields achieved and maintained their roles. Specifically, Prof
Cavalli (political science/criminal justice, North Georgia College and State U.) has gathered minute-by-minute daily activity data on sample periods of the Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson, and Richa
Images of living well of happiness, satisfaction, fulfillment, personal well-being) are the heart of this book. Drawn from classical and contemporary authors of both Eastern and Western traditions, th
This book uses US diplomatic, military, and intelligence records, as well as primary British sources to examine the famine, epidemics, and chaos in Iran under Allied occupation during World War II.
