John S Michael: 88 books

Book cover of The Idea of the American University
by John Agresto, William B. Allen, Michael P. Foley
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010

As John Henry Newman reflected on 'The Idea of a University' more than a century and a half ago, Bradley C. S. Watson brings together some of the nation's most eminent thinkers on higher education to reflect on the nature and purposes of the American university today. They detail the life and rather...
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Imaniman

Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands

by ire'ne lara silva, Rodney Gomez, Daniel E. Solís y Martínez
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017

In homage to Gloria Anzaldúa and her iconic work Borderlands/La Frontera, award-winning poets ire'ne lara silva and Dan Vera have assembled the work of 54 writers who reflect on the complex terrain—the deeply felt psychic, social, and geopolitical borderlands—that Anzaldúa inhabited, theorized,...
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Transitional Ministry Today

Successful Strategies for Churches and Pastors

by Norman B. Bendroth, David R. Sawyer, Cameron Trimble
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014

Transitional ministry can be tremendously helpful for congregations in times of change, and yet, to be successful today transitional ministers and churches need to take into account the major changes in the religious landscape. From the decline of mainline churches to the rise of those who don’t...
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Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context

Learning from the Sex Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church

by John P. Beal, Francis J. Butler, Patricia M. Y. Chang
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2005

Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled. Well-known scholars, religious clergy, and laymen in the trenches...
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From Heaven He Came and Sought Her

Definite Atonement in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective

by Henri A. Blocher, Sinclair B. Ferguson, Paul Helm
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013

There is a palpable sense of confusion—and sometimes even embarrassment—with regard to so-called limited atonement today, pointing to the need for thoughtful engagement with this controversial doctrine. Incorporating contributions from a host of respected theologians, From Heaven He Came and Sought...
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Interpreting the New Testament Text

Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis

by Daniel B. Wallace, J. William Johnston, Jay E. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2006

With the explosive increase in availability of English Bible translations, the question can easily be asked, "Why bother with the hard work of biblical exegesis?" Computers can translate foreign languages and our English texts can take us very close to the original meanings, so why exegete? Answer:...
Book cover of Jonathan Swift and Philosophy
by Michael Hauskeller, Chris A. Kramer, Will Desmond
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016

Jonathan Swift and Philosophy is the first book to analyse and interpret Swift’s writing from a philosophical angle. By placing key texts of Swift in their philosophical and cultural contexts and providing background to their history of ideas, it demonstrates how well informed Swift’s criticism...
Book cover of Immigration and Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century
by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Linda S. Bosniak, Joseph H. Carens
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1998

In this important book, a distinguished group of historians, political scientists, and legal experts explore three related issues: the Immigration and Naturalization Service's historic review of its citizenship evaluation, recent proposals to alter the oath of allegiance and the laws governing dual...
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Peace on Earth

The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies

by John Perry, S. I. Keethaponcalan, Kristen Lundquist
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013

Peace on Earth: The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies provides a critical analysis of faith and religious institutions in peacebuilding practice and pedagogy. The work captures the synergistic relationships among faith traditions and how multiple approaches to conflict transformation...
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Religion and the New Republic

Faith in the Founding of America

by Daniel L. Driesbach, John Witte Jr., Mark A. Noll
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1999

A collection of the country's most respected historians, philosophers, and theologians examines the role of religion in the founding of the United States. This collection of never before published essays, originally delivered at the Library of Congress, presents the most original and recent scholarship...
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Teaching Peace

Nonviolence and the Liberal Arts

by Denny J. Weaver, Gerald Biesecker-Mast, Glen H. Stassen
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2003

This book opens a new frontier in understanding nonviolence. Discussions of peace and nonviolence usually focus on either moral theory or practical dimensions of applying nonviolence in conflict situations. Teaching Peace carries the discussion of nonviolence beyond ethics and into the rest of the...
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Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 2

Improving cultivation of particular grain legumes

by Prof. James D. Kelly, Dr John O. Ojiem, Prof. William Erskine
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018

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Immigrant Children

Change, Adaptation, and Cultural Transformation

by Susan S. Chuang, Michele Adams, Lisa Baumwell
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011

Over the past several decades, the demographic populations of many countries such as Canada as well as the United States have greatly transformed. Most striking is the influx of recent immigrant families into North America. As children lead the way for a 'new' North America, this group of children...
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Texans on the Brink

Threatened and Endangered Animals

by Neil B. Ford, David Ford, Jeremy D. Maikoetter
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019

What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect. Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic...
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