Boyd White: 10 books
When Words Lose Their Meaning
Constitutions and Reconstitutions of Language, Character, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Through fresh readings of texts ranging from Homer's Iliad, Swift's Tale of a Tub, and Austen's Emma through the United States Constitution and McCulloch v. Maryland, James Boyd White examines the relationship between an individual mind and its language and culture as well as the "textual community"...
Mapping Holistic Learning
An Introductory Guide to Aesthetigrams
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Mapping Holistic Learning: An Introductory Guide to Aesthetigrams introduces the concept of aesthetigrams. These are participant-produced visual maps of aesthetic engagement. The map-making strategy was originally developed by one of the authors, Boyd White, to assist him in understanding what his...
by James Boyd White, H. Jefferson Powell
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
The authors of this book share a concern for the state of law and democracy in our country, which to many seems to have deteriorated badly. Deep changes are visible in a wide array of phenomena: judicial opinions, the teaching of law, legal practice, international relations, legal scholarship, congressional...
Living Speech
Resisting the Empire of Force
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
Language is our key to imagining the world, others, and ourselves. Yet sometimes our ways of talking dehumanize others and trivialize human experience. In war other people are imagined as enemies to be killed. The language of race objectifies those it touches, and propaganda disables democracy. Advertising...
Connecting to the Gospel
Texts, Sermons, Commentaries
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2010
How can we connect the Gospels--the fundamental texts of Christian faith--to our own experience of inner and outer life? This is the question that animates Connecting to the Gospel. In it James Boyd White presents a series of Gospel passages, together with the sermons he gave on these passages as...
The Gospel as Conversation
Texts, Sermons, and Questions for Reflection: A Study Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
How are we to read the Gospels and bring them into our lives? The idea of this book is that the Gospels are not merely rules for life, or stories illustrating moral lessons, or statements of theological doctrine, but invitations to thought and conversation. The Gospels are full of problems, uncertainties,...
Two Hearts Desire
Gay Couples on their Love
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
A declaration of love - gay couples talk about their significant other. Current and past liaisons, passion and daily routine, longtime relationships and the tingle of first dates - the day-to-day reality of love is manifold. This anthology also tells about a time of loss, when many men lost their...
The Elect Methodists
Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735-1811
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
The Elect Methodists is the first full-length academic study of Calvinistic Methodism, a movement that emerged in the eighteenth century as an alternative to the better known Wesleyan grouping. While the branch of Methodism led by John Wesley has received significant historical attention, Calvinistic...
Genetic Syndromes and Applied Behaviour Analysis
A Handbook for ABA Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
This ground-breaking resource demonstrates how genetic knowledge can influence our understanding of a child's behaviour and therefore inform their behavioural support plan. With expert advice and clear instructions, it shows exactly how to go about incorporating syndrome knowledge into ABA practice...
I love you
Schwule Paare über ihre Liebe
Language: German
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Eine Liebeserklärung an die schwule Liebe - aus der Feder von Paaren! Aktuelle und verflossene Liebschaften, Leidenschaft und Alltag, Langzeitpartnerschaften oder das Prickeln neuer Beziehungen - die tagtägliche Realität der Liebe ist vielfältig. Diese Anthologie erzählt auch von einer Zeit der...