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As the North American church struggles to navigate the emerging
post-Christian context, Theodore J. Hopkins argues that the church
is identified by three fundamental relationships:
Christ-church-world. By attending to the Christological center of
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology, Hopkins establishes a framework for
the church's mission in the world that flows from Christ's
relationship to the church and his relationship to the world. This
Christological framework also illuminates the changing relationship
between the church and the world in Bonhoeffer's works, such that
Discipleship seems to demarcate the church from the world while
Ethics seems to unite church and world in one Christ-reality.
Following Bonhoeffer, Hopkins contends that the church is both
distinct from the world and in solidarity with it in the dynamic of
the crucified Lord Jesus who took the form of a servant and is
present in Word, Sacrament, and community as the Risen One. Hopkins
envisions the church within the story of Jesus so that preaching
and teaching the Gospel identifies the church and calls it to
faithfulness in Christ's own mission. The church is formed to see
itself and the world in Jesus and enabled to follow Christ's
mission of witness and service in the world.
An indispensable guide to identification, ecology and study of
bumblebees. This new edition embraces the wealth of information
published on bumblebee life history, ecology, foraging, parasites
and conservation in recent years. It includes a new chapter on the
very real threats to bumblebees; their crucial role as pollinators
of our native flora and crops; ways to promote their survival;
advantages and problems posed by their commercial use; as well as
updated colour plates, keys and distribution maps of all British
species (including Bombus hypnorum). The book introduces techniques
and approaches to original work so that anyone with an interest can
usefully contribute to furthering our understanding and
appreciation of these wonderful and important insects.
This book gives readers the key to attaining a sculpted body
without wasting their efforts in the gym. It explains the
principles of the Macrobolic Nutrition plan, which can be used to
get bigger, leaner, and healthier. Readers will gain an
understanding of the impact food has on the many biochemical
processes in the body that influence muscle growth and fat burning.
For those that have trained hard but have been unhappy with the
results, this book can make the difference.
Each year as high school solo and ensemble festivals approach,
choir directors and voice teachers search for the right songs for
their students to sing. There is so much music available for young
developing voices, but how can an overworked teacher keep track of
it all? Songs for Young Singers, a careful review of more than
2,000 songs printed in over 70 anthologies, has been written to
address the needs of choir directors and voice teachers of junior
high and high school age students. Section I lists songs by title
as well as the anthologies in which they are found . Teachers
wishing to explore the works of a particular composer will turn to
section II, where songs are listed by composer. In section III, IV,
and V, the songs are categorized by Beginning, Intermediate, and
Advanced levels for Quick reference. Section VI lists the
anthologies reviewed with a detailed description of the vocal
demand of each song in the anthology. The songs have been evaluated
on seven criteria: melodic contour (including range), phrase
length, language, rhythm, accompaniment, harmonic language, and
dynamics, and are listed by title, composer, and level of
difficulty.
Priming your body to build muscle and burn fat. Learn about food's
effect on the biochemical processes that influencemuscle growth and
fat burning.
The abrupt collapse and dissolution of the Union of the Democratic
Centre (UCD), the party which governed Spain during the crucial
period of the transition to democracy (1977-82), is one of the most
extraordinary events in the history of European party politics.
This book develops an original theoretical framework for the study
of party institutionalisation, and draws on a wide range of
empirical sources to offer new insights into the causes of the
UCD's collapse.
This Naturalists' Handbook aims to attract more people to the study
of solitary wasps by describing the ecology, distribution and
natural history of these insects, including all relevant research
in one convenient volume. Contents include an overview of the
natural history of the solitary wasp, guidelines on identification,
and advice on techniques and approaches to study. Further reading,
a systematic checklist of genera and an alphabetical checklist of
species and their distributions are included. Detailed keys to the
identification of the species form the centre of the book and the
text is accompanied by clear illustrations throughout, making this
an invaluable practical guide for anyone seeking to broaden their
knowledge of these fascinating, diverse creatures. Smaller, gentler
and less intimidating than the black and yellow social wasps, the
solitary wasps are attractive because of their bright colours and
their fascinating behaviour. A female wasp will construct a nest,
excavating it from wood or sand or building it from mud. She
provisions the nest with prey, hunting down a suitable creature,
perhaps a caterpillar or a fly, which she will paralyse before
dragging it home to the nest. She lays her egg on the paralysed
prey, and the larva when it hatches feeds on the prey. On a sunny
day it is easy to observe the apparently purposeful behaviour of
female wasps as they prepare their nests and stock them with food
for the next generation. This book is a digital reprint of ISBN
0-85546-295-7 (1995). Naturalists' Handbooks encourage and enable
those interested in natural history to undertake field study, make
accurate identifications and to make original contributions to
research.
Twenty-one stories of the everyday doings of Little John around the
farm: fetching water, grinding corn, making cider, growing wheat,
boiling maple syrup, and so on. Numerous black and white
illustrations enliven the text. First volume in a series of a
stories created by a father to induce a certain little boy to go to
sleep. For nearly three years his one listener heard them repeated
many times, and his interest never flagged. As the farm stories
slowly grew in number, eventually to fill two volumes, they
entirely displaced the other stories, and that farm became as real
in the mind of his listener as it was in fact when little John was
driving the cows or planting the corn in the early part of the
nineteenth century. Later came two more volumes about a ship and
its voyages at sea, and a final volume on house building. Ideal for
ages 5 to 7.
The definitive work on the structure and capabilities of the organ
throughout history, presenting a discussion of the organ's wind
collecting and sound-producing portions as well as tuning and pitch
and the individual characteristics of hundreds of organs in
existence in famous cathedrals and elsewhere. The book also
includes details on the structure and capabilities of the organ,
with specifications and suggestive details for instruments of all
sizes, intended as a handbook for the organist and the amateur.
Edward J. Hopkins was Organist to the Honourable Societies of the
Inner and Middle Temple. When originally published in 1877 this
work contained an introduction, New History of the Organ by Edward
F. Rimbault, which has now been published as a separate book
instead of being included in this edition.
In a campaign for state or local office these days, you're as
likely today to hear accusations that an opponent advanced
Obamacare or supported Donald Trump as you are to hear about issues
affecting the state or local community. This is because American
political behavior has become substantially more nationalized.
American voters are far more engaged with and knowledgeable about
what's happening in Washington, DC, than in similar messages
whether they are in the South, the Northeast, or the Midwest. Gone
are the days when all politics was local. With The Increasingly
United States, Daniel J. Hopkins explores this trend and its
implications for the American political system. The change is
significant in part because it works against a key rationale of
America's federalist system, which was built on the assumption that
citizens would be more strongly attached to their states and
localities. It also has profound implications for how voters are
represented. If voters are well informed about state politics, for
example, the governor has an incentive to deliver what voters--or
at least a pivotal segment of them--want. But if voters are likely
to back the same party in gubernatorial as in presidential
elections irrespective of the governor's actions in office,
governors may instead come to see their ambitions as tethered more
closely to their status in the national party.
A step-by-step guide to developing equitable literacy instruction
by adapting curriculum to support diverse learners. Â In
Teaching with Literacy Programs, Patricia A. Edwards, Kristen L.
White, Laura J. Hopkins, and Ann M. Castle present a model that
allows educators to address educational inequity through the
critical and adaptive use of existing literacy curriculum
materials. In this accessible work, they advise educators on ways
to combine common classroom materials, such as basal readers and
core reading programs, with instructional practices that provide
high-quality, responsive instruction to all students.Â
Edwards, White, Hopkins, and Castle credit literacy instruction as
a core part of overall educational equity, and they recognize the
crucial role that educators play in translating materials into
instruction that benefits all learners. Here they offer teacher
education in support of this essential role, deftly guiding
educators through a four-part development process, CARE, an acronym
for cultivating critical consciousness, analyzing materials,
reconstructing curricula, and evaluating instruction reflectively
to advance equity. Built upon culturally relevant, sustaining, and
antiracist pedagogy, CARE enables teachers to provide literacy
instruction that meets the range of needs and performance levels in
classrooms, supporting students in attaining academic achievement,
cultural competence, and critical consciousness. The
approach outlined in this work, which can be put into immediate
practice, helps educators to provide literacy instruction that
builds on students' multiple literacies and reduces educational
inequity.
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Thrips (Paperback)
William D.J. Kirk; Illustrated by Anthony J. Hopkins
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R626
Discovery Miles 6 260
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.
The Sandman: His Sea Stories includes 21 stories about life at sea.
These stories were written by William J. Hopkins, who read them to
his own children to help them fall asleep.
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