Mark J: 585 books
The Mediation of the Spirit
Interventions in Practical Theology
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
A noteworthy theology of the Holy Spirit that challenges current scholarship in the field
How might a distinctively Pentecostal and charismatic theological perspective inform and enrich the discourse of academic practical theology? In order to address that question, Mark Cartledge in this book...
The Perfect Time
The Universal Calendar
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2010
In 1995, Mark Silen was playing around with simple math and working with calendars when he stumbled upon something so amazing that he began to question nearly everything he had ever been taught. In The Perfect Time: The Universal Calendar, Silen shares the results of his research into one of the biggest...
by Mark J. Boda
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
Over the centuries, the prophetic book of Zechariah has suffered from accusations of obscurity and has frustrated readers seeking to unlock its treasures. This work by Mark Boda provides insightful commentary on Zechariah, with great sensitivity to its historical, literary, and theological dimensions....
The Execution of Jesus the Christ
The Medical Cause of Our Lord’s Death During His Illegal Crucifixion
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
For seventy years, we have been taught that Jesus died on the cross from asphyxiation because in the hanging position he was unable to exhale. Dr. Mark Kubala, a Christian neurosurgeon, explains why this theory is not based on sound science and presents an alternative medical cause of Jesus’s death,...
Hope and Mortality
Psychodynamic Approaches to AIDS and HIV
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
AIDS has humbled us. Thus observes editor Mark Blechner in introducing readers to this powerful collection of essays on psychodynamic approaches to AIDS. It is the disease, Blechner tells us, that "has forced us to rethink our relation to sickness and health, mortality, sexuality, drug use, and...
by Mark J. Blechner
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The Dream Frontier is that rare book that makes available the cumulative wisdom of a century's worth of clinical examination of dreams and then reconfigured that wisdom on the basis of research in cognitive neuroscience. Drawing on psychodynamic theorists and neuroscientific researchers with equal...
Conceptual Metaphor in Social Psychology
The Poetics of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
We learn in grade school that metaphor is an ornamental figure of speech reserved for poets. But we now know that it is also a key strategy people use to make sense of the world, from basic concepts like time and causation to the major social issues facing society. In this book, Mark Landau clarifies...
Kidney for Sale by Owner
Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2005
If most Americans accept the notion that the market is the most efficient means to distribute resources, why should body parts be excluded?Each year thousands of people die waiting for organ transplants. Many of these deaths could have been prevented were it not for the almost universal moral hand-wringing...
by Mark J. Krasna, MD
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
In this issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, Guest Editor Mark Krasna and colleagues discuss a wide range of topics devoted to lung cancer. Articles focus on pathology; updated staging systems; epidemiology of lung cancer - smoking, second hand smoke, and genetics; molecular markers...
The Heartbeat of Old Testament Theology (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology)
Three Creedal Expressions
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
This volume explores the theological heartbeat of the Old Testament by examining three big ideas that communicate the Old Testament's redemptive theology. Highly respected scholar Mark Boda shows how three creedal expressions--the narrative, character, and relational creeds--recur throughout the Old...
Targeted Learning in Data Science
Causal Inference for Complex Longitudinal Studies
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
This textbook for graduate students in statistics, data science, and public health deals with the practical challenges that come with big, complex, and dynamic data. It presents a scientific roadmap to translate real-world data science applications into formal statistical estimation problems by using...
by Mark J Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Finding the right professional help as a self-published author is always a challenge. In this book, best-selling author Mark Dawson brings together pros who can help your books shine.
by Mark J. Krasna, MD
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Mark Krasna, is devoted to Lung Cancer. Dr. Krasna has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Epidemiology for Lung Cancer; Screening for Lung Cancer; Pathology for Lung Cancer; Treatment of Patients with...
Sex Changes
Transformations in Society and Psychoanalysis
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
The last half-century has seen enormous changes in society’s attitude toward sexuality. In the 1950s, homosexuals in the United States were routinely arrested; today, homosexual activity between consenting adults is legal in every state, with same-sex marriage legal in Massachusetts and Connecticut....