This book discusses the many issues involved in going beyond disciplinary research practices in science, politics and society, and addresses the complexities of their interface. Polar research is used
This book discusses the complexities of pastoral supervision. Topics addressed are pragmatic aspects of supervision, for pastors in local congregations who supervise seminary interns to well-developed
This book shares the observations made in 1998 by Chinese Foreign Service experts, who had planned meetings of President Nixon with Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai, during interviews by the authors and E
"Roberto Iperato looks at the question of the relationship between Christianity and world religions to discover what is specifically developed within Christianity. The two concepts that emerge are Per
This book is a call to action for the Black community to join the green movement. The book offers insights, ideas, and strategies that demonstrate how Black people can benefit from and fuel the go-gre
This book describes the development of this remarkable field of medical care from its inception in WWI and WWII, responding to the need for care and rehabilitation of wounded soldiers, disabled vetera
This book addresses the discrepancy between efforts to prevent adolescent pregnancy and support of adolescent parenthood, which is arguably America's greatest unrecognized public health crisis. It pro
Upstate New York is in a malaise and sociologists Alexander Thomas and Polly Smith wanted to know why. They take the reader on a tour of New York in order to diagnose the problems affecting the state
Richard Krooth has much practical experience in issues invoked in this book, having worked for environmental preservation his entire adult life. This volume illustrates his concerns for humanity and a
This book introduces two major theoretical perspectives that have been consistently overlooked: the performance nature of confession, and the incorrect classification of confession as only a subset of
Culture, Religion, and Ethnomedicine discusses various interdependencies between culture, religion, and health with a concentration on Tibetan culture. Igor Pietkiewicz uses an example of the Tibetans
This book chronicles a family of diplomats who experienced the world in transition. Subjects of capricious fate, they forged a destiny as a family that overcame some of the most cataclysmic events of
The Personal and the Political presents three fables written by social commentator and political thinker Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu: The Temple of Cnidus (on eros a
Through surveys and interviews conducted in Ethiopia, Teferra (economics, U. of Wisconsin-Whitewater) has analyzed the economic and social success of the Gurage as they negotiate their way through int
A writer in the Polish and American press with a background in business, Szonert describes a joint Nazi and Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, and the subsequent collaboration between them to extermin
Uko (journalism, James Cook U., Australia) provides advice on the use of narrative technique in journalism, drawing primarily on American sources for his illustrations. Individual chapters discuss pra
In this pioneering scholarly work on occult symbols in literature, the reader is offered a vivid look into how W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot, and Franz Kafka_three masters of symbolic expression_utilized Tar
Comprised of fifteen essays, Religion, Culture, Curriculum, and Diversity in 21st Century America, provides a cutting-edge examination of diversity issues against the backdrop of curriculum developmen
The rather ambitious goal of Ellis (Clark-Atlanta U.), Fischer (Clark-Atlanta U.), and Sauer (St. Mary's U.) in presenting this work is to provide students with an accessible, yet comprehensive, criti
Critics and scholars working in English, have generally ignored Syberberg, a situation which Olsen (German emeritus, U. of North Texas) rectifies in this biography and critical review. Olsen takes on
Sent to Heal! traces the development of medical missions, one of the most intriguing, complex, and controversial phenomena in the history of the encounter of Western and Non-Western cultures promoted
Grundmann (religion and the healing arts, Valparaiso U.) examines foreign medical missions during the nineteenth century, their origins and precursors, appearance, conceptualization, and implementatio
A major force in both the Free Soil and Republican parties, Wilson spoke to more Americans than any other campaigner of his generation, both in his own state of Massachusetts and in the nation, says M
Zeigler (women's studies, Eastern Kentucky U.) and Gunderson (government, Eastern Kentucky U.) examine the role gender plays in challenging the institutional cultures of the armed services and in shap
SYMLOG is a System for the Multiple Level Observation of Groups used in sociology, psychology, organizational studies, and communications. About half of the 26 papers here were delivered at an April 1
Marriage and Christian Life is an introduction to the theology of Christian marriage. Designed to describe the meaning of marriage as a sacrament, author Daniel Hauser consciously contrasts the Cathol
In this analysis of dream "science" from classical Greece to the early Roman Empire, Holowchak compares ancient Greco-Roman science with modern science, and examines views on how dreams occur by Plato
Assesses the two post-colonial regimes of Somalia, one democratic and one authoritarian, and analyzes Somali society, in an effort to discover to what extent indigenous social structures remained inta
From researching Ethnicity and Machine Politics (with Jerome Krase; University Press of America, 1991), the author felt that Roosevelt's relationship with Tammany Hall warranted a more complete anal
The 'pluralist game,' the way in which we attempt to resolve the problems arising out of our pluralism through the political and judicial processes, necessarily engages the citizens of our society. Th
A New, Objective, Pro-Objectivity Normative Theory tries to solve fundamental normative moral, social, political, educational, legal, etc. problems. It defends a uniquely evidence-based, objective the
This book aims to improve pastoral care ministry of the sick. This pastoral approach provides a homiletical guide for preachers, pastors, and chaplains involved in hospital, hospice, or nursing home
American political scientist Nadolski explores the political, economic, and social challenges confronting Turkey in its bid for membership in the European Union. She distinguishes between internal ref
Matthew 1-2 and the Virginal Conception examines early Palestinian and Hellenistic Jewish accounts of the birth of Israel's first redeemer, Moses. The author shows how these accounts provide the backg
The collapse of the American financial system in 2008 has brought the weaknesses of the edifice of financial risk management, upon which the Anglo-American economic model has been premised since the
This study of the inclusion of biographical narratives examines sage-stories, anecdotes about the life and deeds of Rabbinic sages, in components of the unfolding canon of Rabbinic Judaism during the
