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Immigration has been a contested issue for decades. This
distinctive volume of essays on Southern Californian immigration is
inspired by Michael Burawoy's call for academic consideration to be
more open and accessible to people in what he calls "public
sociology." The essays in Scholars and Southern Californian
Immigrants in Dialogue: New Conversations in Public Sociology
bridge the gap between scholars and undocumented persons themselves
in an interdisciplinary and vibrant dialogue. The conversations
include sociologists, lawyers, and community and religious leaders,
alongside first-hand stories of immigrant survival in hostile and
exploitive environments. This volume serves as a model for genuine
public engagement of the immigration battle.
While many scholars in Shakespeare and Religious Studies assume a
secularist viewpoint in their interpretation of Shakespeare's
works, there are others that allow for a theologically coherent
reading. Located within the turn to religion in Shakespeare
studies, this book goes beyond the claim that Shakespeare simply
made artistic use of religious material in his drama. It argues
that his plays inhabit a complex and rich theological atmosphere,
individually, by genre and as a body of work. The book begins by
acknowledging that a plot-controlling God figure, or even a
consistent theological dogma, is largely absent in the plays of
Shakespeare. However, it argues that this absence is not
necessarily a sign of secularization, but functions in a
theologically generative manner. It goes on to suggest that the
plays reveal a consistent, if variant, attention to the theological
possibility of a divine "presence" mediated through human wit, both
in gracious and malicious forms. Without any prejudice for divine
intervention, the plots actually gesture on many turns toward a
hidden supernatural "actor", or God. Making bold claims about the
artistic and theological of Shakespeare's work, this book will be
of interest to scholars of Theology and the Arts, Shakespeare and
Literature more generally.
How can we treat survivors of sexual abuse more effectively? Sexual abuse against females is a serious problem in society and there is a need for a greater understanding of the presentation and treatment of adult survivors of sexual abuse. In Female Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Christine Baker combines her clinical experience with an innovative approach to the treatment of this problem. Female Survivors of Sexual Abuse addresses the experience of 180 female adults who were sexually abused in childhood, and provides detailed analyses and treatment approaches. The subject matter is presented in an accessible and compassionate way, imparting personal opinion and experience. It covers: * female survivors: their stories, and the evidence * integration, the alliance and the therapist * the survivor's journey to recovery * the families, disclosure and the role of the mother. This book enables the reader to "enter" the experience of the survivors and follow their progress to recovery, while highlighting the ever-changing state of knowledge in this difficult area. It will be invaluable to practitioners and students of clinical psychology, counselling, and psychiatry.
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Sexual abuse against females is a serious problem in society and there is a need for a greater understanding of the presentation and treatment of adult survivors of sexual abuse. In Female Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Christine Baker combines her clinical experience with an innovative approach to the treatment of this problem. Female Survivors of Sexual Abuse addresses the experience of 180 female adults who were sexually abused in childhood, and provides detailed analyses and treatment approaches. The subject matter is presented in an accessible and compassionate way, imparting personal opinion and experience. It covers: * female survivors: their stories, and the evidence * integration, the alliance and the therapist * the survivors' journey to recovery * the families, disclosure and the role of the mother. This book enables the reader to 'enter' the experience of the survivors and follow their progress to recovery, while highlighting the ever-changing state of knowledge in this difficult area. It will be invaluable to practitioners and students of clinical psychology, counselling, and psychiatry.
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Christians can be adept at drawing lines, determining what it means
to be "a good Christian" and judging those who stray out of bounds.
Other times they erase all the lines in favor of a vague and
inoffensive faith. Both impulses can come from positive intentions,
but either can lead to stunted spiritual life and harmful
relationships. Is there another option? The late missionary
anthropologist Paul Hiebert famously drew on mathematical theory to
deploy the concepts of "bounded," "fuzzy," and "centered" sets to
shed light on the nature of Christian community. Now, with
Centered-Set Church, Mark D. Baker provides a unique manual for
understanding and applying Hiebert's vision. Drawing on his
extensive experience in church, mission, parachurch, and higher
education settings, along with interviews and stories gleaned from
scores of firsthand interviews, Baker delivers practical guidance
for any group that seeks to be truly centered on Jesus. Baker shows
how Scripture presents an alternative to either obsessing over
boundaries or simply erasing them. Centered churches are able to
affirm their beliefs and live out their values without such bitter
fruit as gracelessness, shame, and self-righteousness on the one
hand, or aimless "whateverism" on the other. While addressing
possible concerns and barriers to the centered approach, Baker
invites leaders to imagine centered alternatives in such practical
areas of ministry as discipleship, church membership, leadership
requirements, and evangelism. Centered-Set Church charts new paths
to grow in authentic freedom and dynamic movement toward the true
center: Jesus himself.
As the global landscape changes - politically and economically - so
governments need to reassess the threats of violence both within
and outside their borders. The South African defence force is
reviewing the likely future threat environment and this title is
the result - an aid to thought and understanding in preparing for a
future in which insurgencies and other irregular threats loom
large. The title outlines key concepts and theoretical constructs
relevant to understanding counterinsurgency; assesses the history
and current state of South Africa's counterinsurgency capabilities,
extracts key lessons from recent relevant case studies, such as
MONUC in the DRC, counterinsurgency and peacekeeping in Sierra
Leone as well as Northern Uganda, private security contractors in
Nigeria, and the failures of cultural intelligence in Burundi.
For the first-century Roman world the cross was first and foremost
an instrument of shameful and violent execution. But early
Christians, who had seen their world upended by the atoning power
of the cross of Christ, came to view it in an entirely different
light. Deeply scandalous, it was paradoxically glorious. For the
cross of Christ marked the epochal saving event in God's dealings
with Israel and the world. And its meaning could not be fathomed or
encircled by a single image or formulation. Since its publication
in 2000, Recovering the Scandal of the Cross has initiated among
evangelicals a new conversation about the nature of the atonement
and how it should be expressed in the varied and global contexts of
today. In this second edition Green and Baker have clarified and
enlarged their argument in a way that will continue to provoke
thought and conversation on this critical topic.
Police, Picket-lines and Fatalities explores public protests and
their management by the police, focusing on the fatalities of
strikers at the hands of police and outlining practices towards
preventing such tragedies. Uniquely examining the only three worker
fatalities in Australian industrial history due to police use of
deadly force, this book analyses the frenzied policing involvement
that led to the deaths; the lack of accountability of police
leadership and individual actions; government and press
partisanship; and the deficiencies in criminal justice
administration. Baker ultimately questions: were the police merely
performing their duty by enforcing the law or were they agents
complicit in reckless violence and collusion? With analysis of the
recent police shooting of 34 platinum miners at Marikana, South
Africa in 2012, Baker looks at the lessons of these case-studies,
both past and contemporary, to provide specific applications for
developing best practice of police and union peace-keeping
protocols during industrial protests and the wider issues pertinent
to public order policing of demonstrations in general.
Five years have now passed since the first symposium on frankiae
was held at Harvard Forest, Petersham, Massachusetts, USA and the
inauguration of the term actinorhiza. Many advances have been made
during these five years in our understanding of the actinorhizal
symbioses. Evidence for this was provided by the papers presented
at the Wageningen Workshop on Frankia symbioses, held in Wageningen
at the Department of Microbiology of the Agricultural University.
Most of these papers are now published in this volume of PLANT AND
SOIL. We kindly acknowledge the assistance of Anton Houwers, editor
of the journal, in planning, reviewing and publishing these
studies. Although the papers presented at Wageningen described the
active research areas, they also illuminated those aspects of these
symbioses which remain beyond our understanding. Primary among the
areas of our ignorance is the concept of species within the
bacterial symbiont, Frankia. At present groupings of bacterial
strains are based on cell chemistry, physiology, serology, DNA
homology and symbiotic capa bilities (cross-inoculation). When
these classification schemes are merged no clear species framework
is obtained. Undoubtedly part of the difficulty is due to a lack of
strains for analysis. Currently bacterial strains from only half of
the actinorhizal symbioses known to exist, have been isolated and
studied in pure culture. We must postpone there fore any
comprehensive taxonomic classification until a larger majority of
the symbioses are represented. Another research area wherein our
understanding is insufficient is host-symbiont interaction."
Julian of Norwich the best-known of the medieval mystics today. The
text of her Revelation has circulated continually since the
fifteenth century, but the twentieth century saw a massive
expansion of her popularity. Theological or literary-historical
studies of Julian may remark in passing on her popularity, but none
have attempted a detailed study of her reception. This collection
fills that gap: it outlines the full reception history from the
extant manuscripts to the present day, looking at Julian in
devotional cultures, in modernist poetry and present-day popular
literature, and in her iconography in Norwich, both as a pilgrimage
site and a tourist attraction.
Julian of Norwich the best-known of the medieval mystics today.
The text of her "Revelation "has circulated continually since the
fifteenth century, but the twentieth century saw a massive
expansion of her popularity. Theological or literary-historical
studies of Julian may remark in passing on her popularity, but none
have attempted a detailed study of her reception. This collection
fills that gap: it outlines the full reception history from the
extant manuscripts to the present day, looking at Julian in
devotional cultures, in modernist poetry and present-day popular
literature, and in her iconography in Norwich, both as a pilgrimage
site and a tourist attraction.
Sodium channels confer excitability on neurons in nociceptive
pathways and exhibit neuronal tissue specific and injury regulated
expression. This volume provides recent insights into the control
of expression, functioning and membrane trafficking of nervous
system sodium channels and reviews why sodium channel sub-types are
potentially important drug targets in the treatment of pain. The
roles of sodium channels in dental and visceral pain are also
addressed. The emerging role of sodium channel Nav1.3 in
neuropathic states is another important theme.
Authors from the pharmaceutical industry discuss pharmacological
approaches to the drug targeting of sodium channels, and in
particular Nav1.8, exclusively expressed in nociceptive neurons.
The final chapter highlights the functional diversity of sodium
channels in part provided by post-transcriptional processing and
the insights into sodium channel function that are being provided
by tissue specific and inducible gene knock-out technology.
Through the years women have made substantial progress when it
comes to workplace equality; however, we still have a long way to
go. Studies affirm women are now earning more college degrees and
are climbing the corporate ladder in record numbers. Despite these
statistics, the gender wage gap remains, and only a small amount of
women are employed in executive levels across various industries.
Why the disparity? Gender stereotypes, which are partly to blame,
are slow to change. Although some leadership books have encouraged
women to “act like a man,” that faulty logic and behavior
won’t help women lead with respect and authenticity. Where can
women get credible advice on how to genuinely lead without
compromising their integrity? In Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of
the Glass Ceiling, Dr. Cortney Baker explains the four challenges
women encounter when climbing the corporate ladder, while providing
practical solutions for each one. Based on her current research,
she encourages women to lead in ways that gain trust while
maintaining integrity and confidence.
While many scholars in Shakespeare and Religious Studies assume a
secularist viewpoint in their interpretation of Shakespeare's
works, there are others that allow for a theologically coherent
reading. Located within the turn to religion in Shakespeare
studies, this book goes beyond the claim that Shakespeare simply
made artistic use of religious material in his drama. It argues
that his plays inhabit a complex and rich theological atmosphere,
individually, by genre and as a body of work. The book begins by
acknowledging that a plot-controlling God figure, or even a
consistent theological dogma, is largely absent in the plays of
Shakespeare. However, it argues that this absence is not
necessarily a sign of secularization, but functions in a
theologically generative manner. It goes on to suggest that the
plays reveal a consistent, if variant, attention to the theological
possibility of a divine "presence" mediated through human wit, both
in gracious and malicious forms. Without any prejudice for divine
intervention, the plots actually gesture on many turns toward a
hidden supernatural "actor", or God. Making bold claims about the
artistic and theological of Shakespeare's work, this book will be
of interest to scholars of Theology and the Arts, Shakespeare and
Literature more generally.
Many a Westerner has had a cross-cultural experience of honor and
shame. First there are those stuttering moments in the new social
landscape. Then after missed cues and social bruises comes the
revelation that this culture-indeed much of the world-runs on an
honor-shame operating system. When Western individualism and its
introspective conscience fails to engage cultural gears, how can we
shift and navigate this alternate code? And might we even learn to
see and speak the gospel differently if we did? In Ministering in
Honor-Shame Cultures Jayson Georges and Mark Baker help us decode
the cultural script of honor and shame. What's more, they assist us
in reading the Bible anew through the lens of honor and shame,
often with startling turns. And they offer thoughtful and practical
guidance in ministry within honor-shame contexts. Apt stories,
illuminating insights and ministry-tested wisdom complete this
well-rounded guide to Christian ministry in honor-shame cultures.
This volume is intended as a tribute to the memory of the
Sumerologist Jeremy Black, who died in 2004. The Sumerian phrase
za-mi-zu dug-ga-am 'Your praise is sweet' is commonly addressed to
a deity at the close of a work of Sumerian literature. The scope of
the thirty contributions, from Sumerology to the nineteenth-century
rediscovery of Mesopotamia, is testament to Jeremy's own
wide-ranging interests and to his ability to forge scholarly
connections and friendships among all who shared his interest in
ancient Iraq.
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