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Life Skills and Family Environment (Hardcover): Dalvir Singh Life Skills and Family Environment (Hardcover)
Dalvir Singh
R1,263 Discovery Miles 12 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Power of Voice in Transforming Multilingual Societies (Paperback): Julia Gspandl, Christina Korb, Angelika Heiling,... The Power of Voice in Transforming Multilingual Societies (Paperback)
Julia Gspandl, Christina Korb, Angelika Heiling, Elizabeth J. Erling
R966 Discovery Miles 9 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume aims to capture evidence of marginalized voices in various contexts globally and show how speakers seek to reclaim their voices and challenge power relations. The chapters reveal how speakers actively confront inequities in society such as the unequal distribution of resources. Through bottom-up initiatives and conscious involvement in language use, documentation and the development of language domains, speakers can address issues of language-based marginalization, (re)establish linguistic human rights and reclaim their linguistic and cultural identity. Chapters in the volume explore commitments to democratic participation, to voice, to the heterogeneity of linguistic resources and to the political value of sociolinguistic understanding. Drawing upon the framework of linguistic citizenship, they link questions of language to sociopolitical discourses of justice, rights and equity, as well as to issues of power and access within a political and democratic framework.

Angels Tapping at the Wine-­Shop’s Door - A History of Alcohol in the Islamic World (Hardcover): Rudi Matthee Angels Tapping at the Wine-­Shop’s Door - A History of Alcohol in the Islamic World (Hardcover)
Rudi Matthee
R725 Discovery Miles 7 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Islam is the only major world religion that resists the juggernaut of alcohol consumption. In many Islamic countries, alcohol is banned; in others, it plays little role in social life. Yet, Muslims throughout history did drink, often to excess—whether sultans and shahs in their palaces, or commoners in taverns run by Jews or Christians. This evocative study delves into drinking’s many historic, literary and social manifestations in Islam, going beyond references to ‘hypocrisy’ or the temptations of ‘forbidden fruit’. Rudi Matthee argues that alcohol, through its ‘absence’ as much as its presence, takes us to the heart of Islam. Exploring the long history of this faith—from the eight-century Umayyad dynasty to Erdoğan’s Turkey, and from Islamic Spain to modern Pakistan—he unearths a tradition of diversity and multiplicity in which Muslims drank, and found myriad excuses to do so. They celebrated wine and used it as a poetic metaphor, even viewing alcohol as a gift from God—the key to unlocking eternal truth. Drawing on a plethora of sources in multiple languages, Matthee presents Islam not as an austere and uncompromising faith, but as a set of beliefs and practices that embrace ambivalence, allowing for ambiguity and even contradiction.

Culture, Diversity, and Criminal Justice - Towards Culturally Safe Criminal Justice Systems (Paperback): Alex Workman, Ranya... Culture, Diversity, and Criminal Justice - Towards Culturally Safe Criminal Justice Systems (Paperback)
Alex Workman, Ranya Kaddour, Patricia M. Griffin
R1,158 Discovery Miles 11 580 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This ground-breaking textbook engages readers in conversation about responding to the effects of diversity within formal criminal justice systems in Westernized nation-states. Moving past a binary concept of diversity that involves only race and gender, this book elaborates upon a wide variety of other forms of diversity, including sexuality, disability, mental health, gendered identity, refugees, the young and the ageing, and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) peoples, with an awareness of how intersecting identities make some people more vulnerable than others. With reported statistics providing only a snapshot of the incongruent experiences of diverse minorities in contact with criminal justice systems, there is a clear need for nuanced training and accessible information regarding diversity in criminal justice. The book examines diversity in terms of both criminal justice agents and justice-involved individuals such as people in prison, those convicted of crimes, the victimized, and the community. This volume brings together a group of international scholars to articulate on each of the identified populations, examining the effect of culture and diversity on criminal justice outcomes and outlining how those diverse perspectives can improve criminal justice service delivery overall. Incorporating case studies, reflections, and activity questions, this book is a valuable resource for courses in criminology, criminal justice, corrections, and law enforcement, and is ideal for any program focusing on multiculturalism and diversity in criminal justice. Scholars, researchers, and professionals will also benefit from the analysis.

How to Do the Work - Recognize Your Patterns, Heal From Your Past, and Create Your Self (Paperback): Dr. Nicole LePera How to Do the Work - Recognize Your Patterns, Heal From Your Past, and Create Your Self (Paperback)
Dr. Nicole LePera
R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Natural Disasters: Floods - A Reference Handbook (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): E. Willard Miller, Ruby M. Miller Natural Disasters: Floods - A Reference Handbook (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
E. Willard Miller, Ruby M. Miller
R1,995 Discovery Miles 19 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A thorough overview of the phenomenon of flooding, including frequency, damage, and information about organizations that help flood victims. What causes killer floods? Why are they so destructive? Can they be predicted, tamed, or eliminated? Find the answers in Natural Disasters: Floods, which discusses where and how often floods occur in the United States, how the federal government handles flood control, and the extent of the economic and social damage caused by floods.

Daughters of Gaia - Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): Bella Vivante Daughters of Gaia - Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Bella Vivante
R1,995 Discovery Miles 19 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From their personal lives at home to their roles in the realms of religion, health, economics, governance, war, philosophy, and poetry, this is the story of ancient women in all their aspects. Vivante explores women's lives in four ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. While the experiences of women in ancient cultures were certainly very different from those of most women today, a tendency to focus too much on negative or restrictive images has until now provided readers with a rather incomplete picture. Looking at this important era from a female-oriented perspective, Vivante widens the perceptual lens and makes it possible to highlight the fundamental empowered aspects of women's activities in order to present them in balance with the various limits imposed on their societal participation. Beginning with powerful images of goddesses and women's roles in the religious sphere, Vivante details the foundation for women's activities in all other social realms. While these four Mediterranean civilizations were distinctive, they also influenced each other through various forms of contact--trade, colonization, and war. Both the similarities and the differences permit richer comparisons and promote a deeper understanding of the lives of women in each.

From the Field to the Legislature - A History of Women in the Virgin Islands (Hardcover, New): Eugenia O'Neal From the Field to the Legislature - A History of Women in the Virgin Islands (Hardcover, New)
Eugenia O'Neal
R2,815 Discovery Miles 28 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Women of the Virgin Islands: From the Field to the Legislature" recognizes and restores women to their central role in the history of the Virgin Islands by examining their lives from the earliest days of the colony's settlement. Constrained by their sex, race, and colonized status, women, nevertheless, led lives of ordinary heroism, which ensured the territory's economic, social, and cultural survival. In this comprehensive history of women in one of the world's last British colonies, O'Neal shows how women continue to define and redefine themselves and their roles in both their public and private lives, even as the colony itself undergoes its own transformation. As the twenty-first century begins, this book takes a look back at the role colonialism played in the twentieth century in furthering male political leadership and patriarchal norms. While party politics might have had the potential to advance women's political careers, O'Neal concludes they have largely failed to do so despite the advances women have made.

Beginning in the late 1600s, when the islands were first colonized by the British, O'Neal examines the growth of slavery and shows how women exercised leadership roles in their community while preserving some of the traditions of their native Africa. She moves on to discuss the shaping of women's roles after the abolition of slavery and the struggles women faced as a result. Moving into the twentieth century, the book takes a look at women in the economy, society, government, education, and even in the family, and explores how roles have grown and changed even as the islands themselves continue to be transformed. O'Neal shows that while patriarchal attitudes were strengthened, women still found their way into the public arena, albeit with difficulty, influencing all areas of social policy. This book represents a truly original and enlightening addition to the literature on the Virgin Islands and Caribbean history.

The American Slave - A Composite Autobiography: AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IN, KS, MD, NE, NY, NC, OK, RI, SC, WA Narratives Supp.... The American Slave - A Composite Autobiography: AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IN, KS, MD, NE, NY, NC, OK, RI, SC, WA Narratives Supp. Ser. 2, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)
George P. Rawick
R2,936 Discovery Miles 29 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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Sexual Health in Drug and Alcohol Treatment - Group Facilitator's Manual (Paperback): Douglas Braun Sexual Health in Drug and Alcohol Treatment - Group Facilitator's Manual (Paperback)
Douglas Braun
R1,877 R1,391 Discovery Miles 13 910 Save R486 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Braun-Harvey's manual deserves to become widely adopted at treatment centers across the United States and beyond. His approach offers an effective method for mitigating the shame that binds people to their addictions. In doing so, it may help pave the way to protracted recovery."--Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery

"The curriculum...provides a vision for chemical dependency treatment I have attempted to address for many years. This looks like an approach that finally meets this need."

--Eli Coleman, PhD
Director of the Program in Human Sexuality
University of Minnesota

"In this new evidence-based curriculum...Doug Braun-Harvey challenges our attitudes and beliefs, as well as our traditional ways of providing treatment....This material on sexual health can help to provide a missing piece for many recovering addicts."

--Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW
Author, Women and Addiction: A Gender-Responsive Approach

For men and women in addiction recovery, sexual behavior linked with drug or alcohol use is too often the primary reason for relapse. When sexuality is not directly and positively addressed in drug and alcohol treatment, it can result in treatment failure or relapse.

This group facilitator's guide introduces a pioneering, evidence-based curriculum, designed to integrate concepts of sexual health, current sex research, and recent developments in relapse prevention research. With this guide, group facilitators can offer clients a positive and safe forum within which to understand and change their sex/drug- linked behaviors.

Key Features: Requires no specialized training, and can be integrated into a wide variety of treatment programs with all types of clientele Contains lesson plans on dating and relationships, spirituality and sexuality, non-consensual sex, out-of-control sexual behavior, and more Complete with suggested group activities, guided discussions, questions, role- plays, and more Has been proven to improve client retention and decrease sexual behavioral problems

International Tourism Futures - The Drivers and Impacts of Change (Hardcover): Clare Lade, Paul Strickland, Elspeth Frew, Paul... International Tourism Futures - The Drivers and Impacts of Change (Hardcover)
Clare Lade, Paul Strickland, Elspeth Frew, Paul Willard, Swati Nagpal, …
R2,970 Discovery Miles 29 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of tourism in different countries and destinations, it is vital to examine and analyse emerging trends in today’s international tourism industry. International Tourism Futures: The Drivers and Impacts of Change examines influential factors such as the demographic, political, economic and technological changes, which will affect the nature, trends and participation in tourism, hospitality and events. It discusses contemporary concepts associated with the tourism, hospitality and event sector, generating plausible ideas and identifying future trends. The COVID-19 crisis outbreak reinforces the vulnerability of the international tourism industry operating as an open system and some of these impacts of change on future industry development are highlighted. A multi-disciplinary text, International Tourism Futures: The Drivers and Impacts of Change covers a range of inter-related trends which include: • Tourists of the Future • Hospitality of the Future • The Future of Visitor Attractions • Events of the Future • The Future of Film Tourism • Health and Wellness Tourism • Sustainable Development and Responsible Tourism • Future Proofing a Crisis • Building Future Scenarios Using a considered pedagogic structure, each chapter uses international case studies to contextualise the theory, including: Chinese outbound travel, the ‘personalisation’ of the travel experience, robotic hospitality in Asia, the 2028 LA Summer Olympics, Wellness Spa Tourism in Thailand, France’s ‘International Action Against Terrorism’ initiative and many more. This research textbook is perfect for tourism, hospitality and event education and courses that focus on the future direction of the T,H and E sectors and industry in general.

Get Ready to Teach - A Guide for the Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) (Paperback): Verity Lush Get Ready to Teach - A Guide for the Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) (Paperback)
Verity Lush 1
R391 R358 Discovery Miles 3 580 Save R33 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Written by a Head of Department who managed to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ grading from Ofsted 8 weeks in to her NQT year. With a unique down-to-earth writing style, this book will provide NQTs with the practical advice that they need to help quell those September nerves together with a touch of humour to make the book highly readable and engaging.  The book is written in direct response to the feedback of NQTs who suggested that the period before starting a first job in teaching - the time when you can think of nothing but the sheer horror of standing in front of a classroom of unruly children – is terrifying.  The text tackles the “real-life” issues that worry new teachers, with a focus on the period before starting the first job. The timeline within the book will take you right through from the summer before starting, to your second year and beyond. The book will be the complete guide that every NQT (whether primary or secondary based) needs, giving advice on all aspects of school life – from the practicalities of setting up your classroom and talking to parents, right down to strategies for planning, assessment and continuing professional development, as well as some real-life stories from teachers who have been there and survived their NQT year.  Endorsements:  "a 'Bible' for anyone who is just starting out in the profession" - Sarah Ranby, secondary school teacher "This was a really easy and highly enjoyable read, which brought back lots of memories of my own early days in the classroom. The text offers a light-hearted and humorous approach to a wealth of very important and useful information and issues, and is full of tips, practical ideas, useful websites and pitfalls to be avoided. I will certainly be recommending this book to my students." - Alayne Ozturk, Primary Programme Director, London Metropolitan University "Verity's extraordinary creativity, common sense and humour run through the pages, making this book a most valuable asset for anyone beginning their teaching career. I thoroughly recommend it" - Steve Gerlach, secondary school teacher "Packed full of practical tips and advice, this is an excellent guide to surviving your NQT year. It has been of great use to me and I'm sure it will help any young teacher to make a great start to their career" - Gareth Hawkins, primary school teacher "The friend in the staffroom you haven't yet made, this text anticipates future issues, helps resolve current problems and reassures you that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for every NQT. A down-to-earth, no nonsense ally for your first year(s) of teaching" - Corrinne Mackintosh, secondary school teacher "This book is an asset to any new teacher. You won't find a more real or down to earth approach to teaching anywhere on the market. It truly is a 'Bible' for anyone starting out in the profession and even gives some refreshing tips to more experienced teachers" - Sarah Ranby, secondary school teacher 'The Induction Year is a challenge for all Newly Qualified Teachers.  This book provides a range of practical strategies, ideas and case studies which, along with a proactive and enthusiastic approach, and the support of an excellent mentor should help make the Induction Year a success' - Greg Parker, Assistant Head of Primary and Early Years Education, Edge Hill University  

A Small Farm Future - Making the Case for a Society Built Around Local Economies, Self-Provisioning, Agricultural Diversity and... A Small Farm Future - Making the Case for a Society Built Around Local Economies, Self-Provisioning, Agricultural Diversity and a Shared Earth (Paperback)
Chris Smaje
R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Perfect for readers of James Rebanks, Wendell Berry and Thomas Piketty, A Small Farm Future is a refreshingly new outlook on the way forward for society. A vital resource for activists, students, policy makers and anyone looking to enact change.  In a time of UNCERTAINTY, what would a truly RESILIENT SOCIETY look like? The recent pandemic has brought to light the fragility of a globalised food system. We have seen firsthand how important farmers are and how scary it can be when supply chains break down. This is precisely the type of crisis farmer and former social scientist Chris Smaje delves into in his ground-breaking debut A Small Farm Future.  Destined to become a modern classic, A Small Farm Future plants a flag at the intersection between economics, agriculture and society during a time of immense crisis. Smaje makes the case for organising human societies around small-scale, local and ecological farming in order to meet the environmental and political challenges of our times.

Corporations and Society - Power and Responsibility (Hardcover): Warren J. Samuels Corporations and Society - Power and Responsibility (Hardcover)
Warren J. Samuels
R2,857 Discovery Miles 28 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume provides an interesting evaluation of the role of the corporation in American society. The book traces the historical role of the corporation. It discusses the corporation's obligations and influence in the policy-making process of government. Business Library Newsletter The year 1986 marked the 100th anniversary of one of the Supreme Court's most important decisions, in which it unanimously held that a business corporation was a person within the meaning of the Constitution, and thus entitled to constitutional protection. The decision, made almost casually, has had enormous impact on the development of the system of corporate capitalism in the United States. This collection of original essays, written by leading authorities from the fields of economics, law, history and political science, assesses the implications of the Supreme Court ruling from a variety of perspectives. The collected essays provide a thorough evaluation of the role of the corporation, and discusses its obligations, its influence in the policymaking process of government, and its internal structure as a political order.

The British Antidote to Caledonian Poison - Containing Fifty-Three Anti-Ministerial, Political, Satirical, and Comic Prints,... The British Antidote to Caledonian Poison - Containing Fifty-Three Anti-Ministerial, Political, Satirical, and Comic Prints, for Those Remarkable Years 1762, and 1763. Of 2; Volume 2 (Hardcover)
See Notes Multiple Contributors
R716 Discovery Miles 7 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Routledge International Handbook of Economic Sociology (Hardcover): Milan Zafirovski The Routledge International Handbook of Economic Sociology (Hardcover)
Milan Zafirovski
R6,336 Discovery Miles 63 360 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This handbook presents a systematic and comprehensive overview of economic sociology, an exemplary interdisciplinary field which draws on theoretical frameworks and empirical findings from both economics and sociology to present a unique lens on the interdependence of the economy and society. The handbook is arranged in four parts which together present the current state-of-the-art of economic sociology as well as pointing toward future directions for research. The first part outlines the theoretical foundations of economic sociology and its relations to other fields, particularly with regard to other alternative approaches to economics, and looks at conceptions and definitions of economic sociology vary. The second part provides an overview of the historical development of economic sociology from classical political economy to the present day. The third part explores the main problematics of economic sociology, analyzing the economy in relation to particular social institutions, the state, ideology, culture and art, religion, gender, race/ethnicity, and more. The fourth part focuses on the principal branches including sociology of the market, industrial organization and work, uncertainty, distribution and inequality, money and finance, and the environment. The stellar international cast of contributors is drawn from both economics and sociology, therefore presenting a holistic view of the field and contributing to a rejuvenation of economic sociology within economics. It is an indispensable reference work for researchers and students across a broad range of sociological and economic disciplines.

Portraits of Everyday Practice in Music Therapy (Paperback): Noah Potvin, Kate Myers-Coffman Portraits of Everyday Practice in Music Therapy (Paperback)
Noah Potvin, Kate Myers-Coffman
R1,104 Discovery Miles 11 040 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

• This edited volume of case studies spotlights aspects of everyday practice foundational to the services provided by board-certified music therapists • Organized by five topics common to music therapy training and clinical practice – Therapeutic Relationships, Therapeutic Closure, Clinical Supervision, Treatment Planning, and Professional Development – contributing authors share their clinical stories and provide readers with pointed questions to help them reflect on their clinical experiences • Authors in this volume hail from diverse clinical practices, theoretical orientations, and intersectional identities to provide readers a rich and representational collection of stories directly from the field

Heritage Language Program Direction - Research into Practice (Paperback): Sara M. Beaudrie, Sergio Loza Heritage Language Program Direction - Research into Practice (Paperback)
Sara M. Beaudrie, Sergio Loza
R1,215 Discovery Miles 12 150 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

• Offers advanced students, researchers, and university administrators with the state of the art in research and practical, evidence-based insights on heritage language program administration/direction and curriculum development, in order to understand and provide quality education to HL learners through effective HL program direction. • Meets a need for synthesis of the great increase in work on heritage language learners and university-based programs, heretofore covered in articles and individual chapters but not all in one place on the book level. Makes much-needed connections between the research literature and practice in developing programs and curricula. • The first book that discusses this subject, full stop. A few books focus on L2, ESL, or FL language program direction but they lack any attention to heritage language learners.

Experiencing Translationality - Material and Metaphorical Journeys (Paperback): Piotr Blumczynski Experiencing Translationality - Material and Metaphorical Journeys (Paperback)
Piotr Blumczynski
R1,211 Discovery Miles 12 110 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This innovative book takes the concept of translation beyond its traditional boundaries, adding to the growing body of literature which challenges the idea of translation as a primarily linguistic transfer. To gain a fresh perspective on the work of translation in the complex processes of meaning-making across physical, social and cultural domains (conceptualized as translationality), Piotr Blumczynski revisits one of the earliest and most fundamental senses of translation: corporeal transfer. His study of translated religious officials and translated relics reframes our understanding of translation as a process creating a sense of connection with another time, place, object or person. He argues that a promise of translationality animates a broad spectrum of cultural, artistic and commercial endeavours: it is invoked, for example, in museum exhibitions, art galleries, celebrity endorsements, and the manufacturing of musical instruments. Translationality offers a way to reimagine the dynamic entanglements of matter and meaning, space and time, past and present. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in translation studies as well as related disciplines such as the history of religion, anthropology of art, and material culture.

Truth and Rumors - The Reality Behind TV's Most Famous Myths (Hardcover): Bill Brioux Truth and Rumors - The Reality Behind TV's Most Famous Myths (Hardcover)
Bill Brioux
R1,699 Discovery Miles 16 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When you first heard it, you couldn't believe it: Jerry Mathers, from TV's Leave It To Beaver, had been killed in Vietnam. Then word came that Abe Vigoda, the actor who played the curmudgeonly cop Fish on Barney Miller, was dead; and that Mikey, who would eat anything as the Life Cereal tyke, had eaten too many Pop Rocks and exploded. By the '90s, people were certain that Steve, from the animated kiddie show Blue's Clues, had died of a heroin addiction; that watching Sailor Moon caused convulsions; and that Josh Savino, Kevin's geeky pal on The Wonder Years, had grown up to become Marilyn Manson. Besides exposing us to things we couldn't otherwise believe, television can convince us of things that never actually happened. But how did these outrageous TV legends get started? How did they spread from classrooms to boardrooms across North America and beyond? And, most important, what do these rumors, so quickly transformed into facts and common knowledge, reveal about our relationship to reality through the medium of television? Put in other words, what exactly is it that were doing when were dealing in these fabulous rumors--are we chasing after surprising truths or simply more incredible entertainment? To take one telling example: Jerry Mathers was not actually killed in Vietnam--but the basic sense of this lie wasn't far removed from the emotions factually expressed in the two-page spread of the faces of the dead in Time magazine. In the course of this compelling work--which is supplemented with interviews with many of the people implicated in these rumors--author Bill Brioux exposes the reality behind the many stories that currently circulate in our culture. Through these stories (bothtrue and false), he sheds a revealing light on just what role these rumors play in contemporary society--and what role our society plays in regard to these rumors as well.

The Campus as a Work of Art (Hardcover): Thomas A. Gaines The Campus as a Work of Art (Hardcover)
Thomas A. Gaines
R2,804 Discovery Miles 28 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume, for the first time, presents the total physical world of the college campus as a bona fide art form. It analyzes the aesthetic elements involved in the spawning and savaging of college grounds. The ideal campus design, once defined, is held up to over 100 campuses throughout the United States, and the relative artistic merit of each evaluated.

Both the best and the worst in campus design are critically observed from the standpoint of urban space, architectural quality, landscape, and overall appeal. Variables such as regional differences, historical perspective, expansion, and visual focus also figure in the evaluation. A list of the fifty most artistically successful campuses in the country concludes this highly readable and yet academically valid work exploring a discrete artistic discipline.

More News is Good News: 25 Years of NDTV (Hardcover): Ndtv More News is Good News: 25 Years of NDTV (Hardcover)
Ndtv
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Rethinking Contexts, Rereading Texts - Contributions from the Social Sciences to Biblical Interpretation (Hardcover): Mark... Rethinking Contexts, Rereading Texts - Contributions from the Social Sciences to Biblical Interpretation (Hardcover)
Mark Daniel Carroll R.
R6,488 Discovery Miles 64 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume brings together ten essays on the various contexts for texts that social-scientific approaches invoke. These contexts are: the cultural values that inform the writers of texts, the relationship between the text and the reader or community of readers, and the production of texts themselves as social artifacts. In the first, predominantly theoretical, section of the book, John Rogerson applies the perspective of Adorno to the reading of biblical texts; Mark Brett advocates methodological pluralism and deconstructs ethnicity in Genesis; and Gerald West explores the 'graininess' of texts. The second part contains both theory and application: Jonathan Dyck draws a 'map of ideology' for biblical critics and then applies an ideological critical analysis to Ezra 2. M. Daniel Carroll R. reexamines 'popular religion' and uses Amos as a test case; Stanley Porter considers dialect and register in the Greek of the New Testament, then applies it to Mark's Gospel. This is an original as well as wide-ranging exploration of important social-scientific issues and their application to a range of biblical materials.>

A Single Life to Live – Stop Waiting for Your Life to Begin and Thrive Where God Has You Today (Paperback): Hannah... A Single Life to Live – Stop Waiting for Your Life to Begin and Thrive Where God Has You Today (Paperback)
Hannah Schermerhorn
R445 R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Save R67 (15%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A single life is a life worth living--and it's worth living well God has a great life all planned out for you. What you may not realize if you're single is that you're already living it. Right now. Today. Your God-designed life doesn't start when you say "I do" or when you get engaged or even when you meet "the one." It's been happening as long as you've been alive--even if you're still single and wish you weren't. Hannah Schermerhorn knows exactly what it's like. She was months away from getting married when her wedding was called off. She absolutely loathed being single again, but in the following years, God taught her many hard lessons that transformed her bitterness to authentic joy. Drawing from the diverse experiences of single people in the Bible, Hannah debunks common myths and misunderstandings about singleness, including the pervasive feeling that a person can't really begin their life until they're married. If you are lonely, hopeless, or impatient, let Hannah be your guide through the internal battles and external pressures you're facing. God has a special purpose for singleness, whether it lasts for only a season or your whole life. Let Hannah help you discover God's best for you in your single life.

Spitwad Sutras - Classroom Teaching as Sublime Vocation (Hardcover): Robert Inchausti Spitwad Sutras - Classroom Teaching as Sublime Vocation (Hardcover)
Robert Inchausti
R2,243 Discovery Miles 22 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This work goes beyond the basics of classroom management to consider the path of both teacher and student toward authentic intellectual maturity and spiritual growth. It provides a framework for stripping away the external and personal pressures that bleed intellectual content out of classroom teaching so that teachers may, in fact, experience their vocation as sublime. Written in the novelistic first-person narrative, it is a seasoned teacher's story of his initiation from graduate student at the University of Chicago to ninth-grade teacher in a Catholic high school where he manned the battle lines in provincial, petty, sometime even violent world of American secondary school. It is also the story of how a certain Brother Blake, a 67-year-old practitioner of the pedagogy of the sublime, passed on his vision of classroom teaching as a sublime vocation. A major contribution to the field by the acclaimed author of The Ignorant Perfection of Ordinary People.

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