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The ecumenical movement of the 20th century was a quest for unity born of a missionary concern for the world. Thus, from the beginning of present-day ecumenism, mission has been inextricably linked with unity. This volume explores the themes of unity, mission, and their relationship. Seventeen Roman Catholic and Protestant scholars offer essays in honour of George Vandervelde, a leading evangelical ecumenist from the Reformed tradition.

Translates and analyzes over forty songs and ninety jokes from "Child's Folly", a trilogy of popular literature compiled by Feng Menglong. This book offers a study of the foibles, eccentricities, anxieties of a cross section of Ming society, and the inner world of the compiler as he reveals the tensions in his own gender and class conceptions.

The Age of Haskalah is a seminal study of the beginnings of the Haskalah (Hebrew Enlightenment) in Germany in the last quarter of the 18th century. With detailed textual and historical evidence, author Moshe Pelli examines the backdrop of the Hebrew Enlightenment and the impact of the European Deism on the pundits of Haskalah.

Against the backdrop of America's Civil War, this book portrays the unity of family and the pull of personal desires and beliefs. A story of loss, hope, strength, and resilience, this work tells the tale of a nation, and family, divided; yet, striving to preserve important loyalties.

What was the message in Isaiah 40-55? Who was the intended audience? Chapters 40-55 of the book of Isaiah, also known as Second Isaiah or Deutero-Isaiah, have been examined and discussed by many biblical scholars. In this new work, Debra Moody Bass synthesizes the work of noted authorities on Deutero-Isaiah, recent scholarly analysis, and archaeological work from prominent archaeologists such as E. Stern to identify the audience and message in this critical passage.

What was the Nationalist Socialist Party (Nazi's)? What did they believe? Where did these beliefs originate? What led them to commit such atrocities and war crimes? This work explores the philosophical and historical origins of Nazi ideology in concepts such as Social Darwinism, biological nationalism, Aryanism, and most notoriously, anti-Semitism.

Presents a story of research in China and Brazil, as well the circumstances that made that work possible. Here, applied anthropology, rural economics, agroforestry, natural and social history, and world travel, all are combined to create an interesting account of the effort to better the circumstances of the developing world's rural poor.

Provides a detailed analysis critical to understanding the class structure of Chinese society, both pre-1949 and in the post-Mao era. This book also explains the origin, structure, and evolution of the model, and is useful for any introductory student of Chinese society.

Increasingly, former members of Congress are finding their way back into the corridors of power representing the very interest groups they once regulated. As lobbyists, former members of Congress carry significant clout that gives them access not only to their former colleagues in the House of Representatives and Senate, but also to members of the executive branch. This book evaluates why former members of Congress become lobbyists, and the implications of this career choice on pubic policy. Do Members of Congress Reward Their Future Employers? argues that post-congressional lobbying has the potential to undermine sound public policy and may ultimately jeopardize the legitimacy of the institution.

Illegal Guns in the Wrong Hands uses data from a sample of approximately 800 incarcerated juveniles from Indiana to examine how juvenile offenders obtain firearms, the causes of their firearm acquisition and use, their preferences when it comes to choosing a firearm and the reasons for that choice, and the role that guns play in their offending behaviors.

The North is intrinsic to the way most outsiders imagine Russia: snow, long winters and the endless Siberian forests. This inhospitable land contains immense natural wealth that is both a burden and an asset. Today's Russian authorities face the challenge of negotiating the North's obsolete, mono-industrial towns and its largely untapped natural resources.

On The Forward Edge is an American Government text-novel. It teaches the basic principles of American Government through the medium of a novelistic account of young people working for change at the time of the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

In contrast to common opinion, Roger David Aus explores the positive aspects of the Apostle Paul's use of the image of 'triumphing' in Second Corinthians 2:14. Through detailed analysis of both Greco-Roman and Judaic texts, this exciting new work completely revises recent interpretations of this decisive passage.

The Structure of Religion: Judaism and Christianity presents a unique approach to understand each religion within its own context by addressing the differences in the ways in which each manifests itself in the world.

Better Than Both: The Case for Pessimism is an experiment in "popular philosophy." It presents and discusses (literally) life-and-death issues in non-technical, everyday language. This new work sees pessimism not as a kind of depressed moodiness or self-indulgent negativity, but as the inevitable result of any fair-minded survey of the world we actually live in.

In this interactive, student-centered guide, Anthony S. Winer and Mary Ann E. Archer provide a comprehensive introduction and analysis of research methods for Public International Law. A Basic Course in Public International Law Research promotes effective research practices that stem from an understanding of the tenets of International Law. Complete with background essays, exercises, and analysis of both print and electronic resources, it is ideal for both undergraduate and graduate law, international relations, and international political science courses.

With the pressures of globalization, internationalization of production, migration, and the transmission of information, former concepts of identity and cultural configuration are increasingly challenged.

Environmental Law: Cases and Materials, Third Edition is designed to reflect the vital and symbiotic connection between land-use regulation and the more traditional scope of environmental law. In addition it recognizes the importance of administrative agency decision-making in environmental law.

A collection of 13 essays, examining the trends in foreign policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation in post Cold War Africa. It also explores the implication of African foreign policy on the world stage.

Communication, Space, and Design looks at how our worldview shapes our relations to and conceptions of space and place, and how our spaces and designs impact our communication practices. By asserting that our spaces and designs are increasingly promoting various expressions of separation, this book contends that this separation makes us more private.

Emotions impact any practitioner of dispute resolution; yet, there are very few programs with courses that explore the emotional side of disputes. In Mediation, Conciliation, and Emotions, Peter Ladd outlines the emotions found in disputes and how these emotions function in dispute resolution.

For Gloria Hunter, everyday life is about learning, loving, and laughing. From more than 400 "As I See It" columns she has written for Connecticut's Westport Minuteman, readers have selected those featured here in Who Invited These Tacky People Anyway? Humorous, perceptive, informative, the stories range from running for State office (and losing by a hair), to investing in an oil well, to receiving pre-approved credit cards for a cat.

Presents the history of Henry Benjamin Whipple using his sermons, his letters, and Dakota and Chippewa letters. One who had become an obscure figure in American history deserves an introduction to the story of American religious and Indian history.

The Latin Americans have endured dramatic economic crises and elections that advanced liberal democracy and political pluralism. These conditions led many to believe that electoral results mainly reflect reactions to the economy. Based on a study of the elections covering the 1980s and most of the 1990s, this book offers the views of the voters.

Offers research and personal stories from gifted females about unique parental methods that help promote success and achievement.

The Laying on of Hands is an in-depth examination of the intricate relationship in medicine that entwines patients, physicians, hospitals, insurance, and pharmaceutical companies. This book affirms the value of these relationships, discusses their characteristics, and how they are established and threatened.

Presents a collection of essays on the Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean. This book focuses on the indenture and post-indenture historical periods, and includes a list of emigrant ships, with dates of arrival that landed in Guyana from Calcutta and Madras. It is useful for Indians interested in researching their roots.

Originally published in 1975, this book chronicles the exciting and tragic rise and fall of Germany's first Social Democratic Chancellor, Willy Brandt.

Offers a qualitative study, which explores whether college-study-skills courses taken by a group of Black students could help them academically and socially integrate in a predominantly White private university.

America's Quest for A Safer World addresses the means for coping with terrorism. The book considers the strengths and weaknesses of the Bush doctrine in terms of dealing with America's nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons of mass destruction.