A E Goodman: 6 books

Book cover of Margery Kempe

Margery Kempe

and her world

by A.E. Goodman
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014

Daughter of a mayor of King's Lynn, wife of a burgess there and mother of fourteen children, Margery Kempe (c. 1373-post 1438) was also a religious mystic and hysteric, who dictated her 'autobiography' to a scribe at the end of her life. In this history of her life, Anthony Goodman examines "The...
Book cover of Higher Education as a Bridge to the Future

Higher Education as a Bridge to the Future

Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents, with Reflections on the Future of Higher Education by Dr. J. Michael Adams

by J. Michael Adams, Dame Glynis Breakwell, Angelo Carfagna
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016

This volume assembles the papers, presentations, and speeches from the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) held in Oxfordshire in 2015. This book is a companion volume to the proceedings of the 1965 inaugural meeting of IAUP, also published by...
Book cover of Theology and the Soul of the Liberal State
by Ann Althouse, Charles Cohen, John D. Dunne
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009

Rising calls in both the United States and abroad for theologizing national agendas have renewed examinations about whether liberal states can accommodate such programs without either endangering citizens' rights or trivializing religious concerns. Conventional wisdom suggests that theology is necessarily...
Book cover of Two Faiths, One Covenant?

Two Faiths, One Covenant?

Jewish and Christian Identity in the Presence of the Other

by Dianne Bergant, Mary C. Boys, Yehuda Gellman
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2004

Judaism and Christianity are religions bound together by their claims to the same biblical covenant initiated by God with Abraham and his descendants. Yet, despite the inseparable connection between the election of Israel and that of the church, between the "old" and the "new"...
Book cover of Cultivating Food Justice

Cultivating Food Justice

Race, Class, and Sustainability

by Kari Marie Norgaard, Ron ReedSr., Carolina Van Horn
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011

Documents how racial and social inequalities are built into our food system, and how communities are creating environmentally sustainable and socially just alternatives. Popularized by such best-selling authors as Michael Pollan, Barbara Kingsolver, and Eric Schlosser, a growing food movement...
Book cover of Jewish Men Pray

Jewish Men Pray

Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources

by Daniel S. Alexander, Alexandri, Bezalel Aloni
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013

A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day. "An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
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