Religion and the Health of the Public fills a major gap in academic literature on religion and public health. Its innovative concepts provide a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding and working on the interface between religion and public health. It draws on global health history and practice - from London's 1854 cholera outbreak, to HIV in Africa today, to large and novel hospital and congregational partnerships in the Memphis. Calling for "deep accountability" by religious and public health leaders, it deals with the embodied religious mind, religious health assets, leading causes of life, boundary leadership, congregate strengths, and a healthy political economy - all in the service of transformation.

The book proposes a critical theory of the role and place of religion in public health and argues for a programmatic reorientation of these two fields of practice and inquiry to more effectively align religious health assets - widely present in many contexts - and public health services and facilities.

Consumer demand for organic products has widened over the last decade. While new producers have emerged to help meet demand, market participants report that a supply squeeze is constraining growth for both individual firms and the organic sector overall. Partly in response to shortages in organic supply, Congress in 2008 included provisions in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act that, for the first time, provide financial support to farmers to convert to organic production. This book examines recent economic research on the adoption of organic farming systems, organic production costs and returns, and market conditions to gain a better understanding of the organic supply squeeze and other emerging issues in this rapidly changing industry.

Standardizes the definition and framework of analytics #2 on Book Authority's list of the Best New Analytics Books to Read in 2019 (January 2019) We all want to make a difference. We all want our work to enrich the world. As analytics professionals, we are fortunate - this is our time! We live in a world of pervasive data and ubiquitous, powerful computation. This convergence has inspired and accelerated the development of both analytic techniques and tools and this potential for analytics to have an impact has been a huge call to action for organizations, universities, and governments. This title from Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) represents the perspectives of some of the most respected experts on analytics. Readers with various backgrounds in analytics - from novices to experienced professionals - will benefit from reading about and implementing the concepts and methods covered here. Peer reviewed chapters provide readers with in-depth insights and a better understanding of the dynamic field of analytics The INFORMS Analytics Body of Knowledge documents the core concepts and skills with which an analytics professional should be familiar; establishes a dynamic resource that will be used by practitioners to increase their understanding of analytics; and, presents instructors with a framework for developing academic courses and programs in analytics.

Loving Me to Loving You is about taking the time to out to find true love within yourself by exploring what God has said about who you are in him and applying it to your everyday life. Once you begin loving yourself the way you were intended to you will then be able to truly love others.

People from all walks of life have asked the question. Who is Jesus Christ? Matthew J. Cochran, author of the Devotions for Disciples series, enters into the arena of this deep theological question and attempts to engage the reader in not only an understanding of who Jesus is, but what it means to all of our lives.

Devotions for Young Disciples is intended for kids from age 8 to 12 and their parents. The primary goal of author Matthew J. Cochran is to partner with parents in ministry to children. To that end, this book serves as a starting point for teaching children about the nature and character of God, about sin and forgiveness, the Bible, and our place in God's big plan.

This profound question, "Who told you that you were naked?, meant much more than, "Who told you that you do not have on clothes?" From God's perspective nakedness meant so much more. It meant condemnation and deprivation to his most precious creation-mankind. Though He reconciled Adam's condition by clothing him in coats of lambs' skin, Adam never got over what he had done. Condemnation has dominated ever since. Now we have a more permanent solution. We have been clothed with Christ Redeemed men who carry the curse of condemnation and deprivation cannot fulfill their purpose as husbands, fathers, community and business leaders-world changers Adam never gave God a straight answer. It's time to answer that question. WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE NAKED?

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Who is God, really? Is He an authoritarian father, giving us a ton of rules and then looking down on us waiting to strike us dead if we don't obey them? Is He a loving father who looks the other way when we sin? Or is He something else altogether? Many times Christians and non-Christians alike are tempted to base their ideas about God on what they see in their own earthly father. In this devotional guide from Devotions for Disciples, Matthew J. Cochran takes a look at the attributes of God the Father, the first person of the Trinitarian God.

Devotions for Disciples provides a guide for meditation and reflection on God's Word, focusing on a range of topics from what the Triune nature of God means to the life of a Christian to how one can know true love.

This book contains the papers presented at the second World Scientific Congress of Golf. The overall theme of the congress is the application of science, scientific method and scientific research in golf. The congress is intended to provide a forum for scientists of different disciplines to meet and discuss their ideas and research and for practising coaches to interact with scientists.