We live in the democratic age. So wrote Alexis de Tocqueville in 1835, in his magisterial work, Democracy in America. Tocqueville thought this meant that as each nation left behind the vestiges of its aristocracy, life for its citizens or subjects would be increasingly isolated and lonely. In America, we know of our growing isolation and loneliness. What of the Middle East? In the Middle East today, citizens and subjects live amid a profound tension: Familial and tribal linkages hold them fast, and at the same time rapid modernization has left them as isolated and lonely as so many Americans are today. The looming question, anticipated so long ago by Tocqueville, is how they will respond to this isolation and loneliness. Joshua Mitchell has spent years teaching Tocqueville's social theory, in America and the Arab Gulf, and with Tocqueville in Arabia, he offers a profound account of how the crisis of isolation and loneliness is playing out in similar and in different ways, in America and in the Middle East. We live in a time rife with mutual misunderstandings between America and the Middle East. Tocqueville in Arabia offers a guide to the present, troubled times, leavened by the author's hopes about the future.

This volume brings together eminent theologians, philosophers and political theorists to discuss the relevance of theology and theologically grounded moral reflection to contemporary America's public life and argument. Avoiding the focus on hot button issues, shrill polemics and sloganeering that so often dominate discussions of religion and public life, the authors address such questions as how religious understandings have shaped the moral landscape of contemporary culture; the possible contributions of theology and theologically informed moral argument to contemporary public life; the problem of religious and moral discourse in a pluralistic society; and the proper relationship between religion and culture. Indeed, in the conviction that serious conversation about the type of questions being explored in this volume is in short supply today, this volume is organized in a manner designed to foster authentic dialogue.Each of the book's four sections consists of an original essay by an eminent scholar focusing on a specific aspect of the problem that is the volume's focus followed by three responses that directly engage its argument or explore the broader problematic it addresses. The volume thus takes the form of a dialogue in which the analyses of four eminent scholars are each engaged by three interlocutors.

This volume brings together eminent theologians, philosophers and political theorists to discuss the relevance of theology and theologically grounded moral reflection to contemporary America's public life and argument. Avoiding the focus on hot-button issues, shrill polemics, and sloganeering that so often dominate discussions of religion and public life, the contributors address such subjects as how religious understandings have shaped the moral landscape of contemporary culture, the possible contributions of theologically-informed argument to contemporary public life, religious and moral discourse in a pluralistic society, and the proper relationship between religion and culture. Indeed, in the conviction that serious conversation about the type of questions being explored in this volume is in short supply today, this volume is organized in a manner designed to foster authentic dialogue. Each of the book's four sections consists of an original essay by an eminent scholar focusing on a specific aspect of the problem that is the volume's focus followed by three responses that directly engage its argument or explore the broader problematic it addresses. The volume thus takes the form of a dialogue in which the analyses of four eminent scholars are each engaged by three interlocutors.

This collection of original essays by the nation's leading political theorists examines the origins of modernity and considers the question of tolerance as a product of early modern religious skepticism. Rather than approaching the problem through a purely historical lens, the authors actively demonstrate the significance of these issues to contemporary debates in political philosophy and public policy. The contributors to Early Modern Skepticism raise and address questions of the utmost significance: Is religious faith necessary for ethical behavior? Is skepticism a fruitful ground from which to argue for toleration? This book will be of interest to historians, philosophers, religious scholars, and political theorists--anyone concerned about the tensions between private beliefs and public behavior.

The Arab Spring, with its calls for sweeping political change, marked the most profound popular uprising in the Middle East for generations. But if the nascent democracies born of these protests are to succeed in the absence of a strong democratic tradition, their success will depend in part on an understanding of how Middle Easterners view themselves, their allegiances to family and religion, and their relationship with the wider world in which they are increasingly integrated. Many of these same questions were raised by Alexis de Tocqueville during his 1831 tour of America, itself then a rising democracy. Joshua Mitchell spent years teaching Tocqueville's classic account, Democracy in America, in America and the Arab Gulf and, with Tocqueville in Arabia, he offers a profound personal take. One of the reasons for the book's widespread popularity in the region is that its commentary on the challenges of democracy and the seemingly contradictory concepts of equality and individuality continue to speak to current debates. While Mitchell's American students tended to value individualism and commercial self-interest, his Middle Eastern students had grave doubts about individualism and a deep suspicion for capitalism, which they saw as risking the destruction of long-held loyalties and obligations. Mitchell describes modern democratic man as becoming what Tocqueville predicted: a "distinct kind of humanity" that would be increasingly isolated and alone. Whatever their differences, students in both worlds were grappling with a sense of disconnectedness that social media does little to remedy. We live in a time rife with mutual misunderstandings between America and the Middle East, and Tocqueville in Arabia offers a guide to the present, troubled times, leavened by the author's hopes about the future.

Written by experts in cardiovascular disease, hematology, and oncology, The Washington Manual (R) of Cardio-Oncology: A Practical Guide for Improved Cancer Survivorship is a clinically relevant, easy-to-use primer on the detection, management, and improved cardiovascular-based patient outcomes in adults undergoing treatment for cancer or who have previously survived cancer therapy. Edited by Drs. Daniel J. Lenihan, Joshua D. Mitchell, and Kathleen W. Zhang, this concise yet comprehensive manual provides high-yield information that reflects today's advances in risk stratification, early diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease-all in an easy-access, concisely bulleted format for on-the-go reference. Discusses the multitude of complex adverse effects of chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and radiation therapy to help optimize quality of life and prolong survival in this vulnerable patient population. Includes chapters on how cancer therapy affects the myocardium, valves, pericardium and cardiac electrical system including handy reference tables on typical side effects of commonly used cancer therapies. Provides practical guidance in an easy-to-follow format that covers definition, associated drugs/therapies, epidemiology, diagnosis (history, physical exam, and diagnostic testing), treatment, and outcome/prognosis. Covers the role of non-invasive imaging modalities in the diagnosis and screening for cardiovascular disease including echocardiography, MRI, and nuclear imaging. Addresses frequently encountered clinical scenarios such as preoperative or pre-high-risk treatment evaluation with up-to-date expert consensus recommendations. Details emerging treatments and optimal use of non-invasive imaging in cardiac amyloidosis. Features easy-to-use flow-charts and tables that aid in the differentiation of cardiac masses. The Washington Manual (R) is a registered mark belonging to Washington University in St. Louis to which international legal protection applies. The mark is used in this publication by Wolters Kluwer Health under license from Washington University. Enrich Your eBook Reading Experience Read directly on your preferred device(s),such as computer, tablet, or smartphone. Easily convert to audiobook,powering your content with natural language text-to-speech.

Joshua Mitchell offers an interpretation of Toqueville as a moral historian, concerned less with history as an objective record of the past than as a disclosure of the trajectory of the human spirit. Though Tocqueville is the dominating figure, Mitchell also examines Augustine, Hobbes, Rousseau, Hegel and Nietzsche. Mitchell argues that Tocqueville's analysis of democracy is ultimately founded in an Augustinian idea of human psychology in which the soul or self alternately seeks withdrawal from the world or restive immersion in it. For a democracy to survive, Tocqueville recognized that its citizens had to navigate successfully between these two extremes of isolation and commitment. Democracy also paradoxically seemed to foster the very qualities - including ambition and envy - that threaten to undermine that fragile freedom which democracy affords. It is only such mediating institutions as the family and religion that can safeguard the continued vitality of democratic life and the health of the "democratic soul". Mitchell examines these institutions within the larger context of Tocqueville's thought, identifying them as a particularly American embodiment of the Christian tradition which continues to both protect the inherent instabilities of democracy and invigorate the conditions of equality.

This text seeks to create a new interpretation of early modern political thought. Where most accounts assume that modern thought followed a decisive break with Christianity, Joshua Mitchell asserts that the line between the age of faith and that of reason is not quite so clear. Instead, he argues that the ideas of Luther, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau draw on history, rather than reason alone, for a sense of political authority. This ambitious work crosses disciplinary boundaries to attempt to expose unsuspected connections between political theory, religion, and history.

Escrito por expertos en enfermedades cardiovasculares, hematología y oncología, Manual Washington ® de cardiooncología. Guía práctica para mejorar la supervivencia al cáncer es un manual clínicamente relevante y fácil de usar sobre la detección, el tratamiento y la mejora de los resultados cardiovasculares de los pacientes adultos sometidos a tratamiento contra el cáncer o que han sobrevivido previamente a un tratamiento oncológico. Editado por los doctores Daniel J. Lenihan, Joshua D. Mitchell y Kathleen W. Zhang, este manual conciso, pero exhaustivo, proporciona información de alto rendimiento que refleja los avances actuales en la estatificación del riesgo, el diagnóstico oportuno y el tratamiento de las enfermedades cardiovasculares, todo ello en un formato de fácil acceso y concisas viñetas para su consulta sobre la marcha. Organizado de forma accesible, confiable y concisa, el libro comienza con un abordaje general del paciente con cáncer que puede estar en riesgo de complicaciones cardiovasculares. A continuación, se presentan varios capítulos sobre tratamientos específicos para el cáncer y su relación con la cardiopatía, el manejo de los dispositivos intravasculares, y la disfunción autónoma. Los siguientes capítulos se centran en herramientas comunes y eficaces para detectar la cardiotoxicidad con ecocardiografía, biomarcadores cardiacos y resonancia magnética cardiaca. La última sección del libro se centra en la amiloidosis, un área que con frecuencia es competencia del cardiooncólogo debido a la superposición entre amiloidosis por cadena ligera y amiloidosis cardiaca. Se concluye con un análisis contemporáneo de las consideraciones del tratamiento de la insuficiencia cardiaca avanzada en un paciente con cáncer activo o tratado previamente por cáncer.

This book is an exploration of Plato's "Republic" that bypasses arcane scholarly debates. "Plato's Fable" provides refreshing insight into what, in Plato's view, is the central problem of life: the mortal propensity to adopt defective ways of answering the question of how to live well.

How, in light of these tendencies, can humankind be saved? Joshua Mitchell discusses the question in unprecedented depth by examining one of the great books of Western civilization.

He draws us beyond the ancients/moderns debate, and beyond the notion that Plato's "Republic" is best understood as shedding light on the promise of discursive democracy. Instead, Mitchell argues, the question that ought to preoccupy us today is neither "reason" nor "discourse," but rather "imitation." To what extent is man first and foremost an "imitative" being? This, Mitchell asserts, is the subtext of the great political and foreign policy debates of our times.

"Plato's Fable" is not simply a work of textual exegesis. It is an attempt to move debates within political theory beyond their current location. Mitchell recovers insights about the depth of the problem of mortal imitation from Plato's magnificent work, and seeks to explicate the meaning of Plato's central claim--that "only philosophy can save us."

We need to address the issue between Apostles and Bishops, as The Father is restoring Apostles to their governmental position in the Church. There is confusion concerning these two terms that needs to be resolved.

We are living in one of the most incredible times where knowledge has and is increasing to the degree it seems as if though the world is advancing more and more in technology, information and in so many other areas. Many people in the world are advancing in their profession becoming the professionals that they are, through continual educating themselves to be the expert in the area of their vocation. While the Body of Christ as of yet, have not come to understand that ministry offices and gifts require the professionalism that God ordained before the foundation of the world. The Church must demand that His ministers become trained and educated starting first with apostles, knowing what God has establish for His Church. The days of God's ministers not having the knowledge of apostles and apostleship are over.

I want to provide a basic guide for PRAYER proclamations, declarations and decrees. Prayer in our lives and ministries must not be an event, but a culture. This book is a guide towards breakthrough prayers that open the heavens in the Earth. Our Nations and Cities must be impacted by the power of God, with demonstrations of the supernatural, miracles, signs and wonders. I felt the need to provide some guidelines and some recommendations for changing the atmosphere and climate in a region. Our prayers must be more authoritative, precise, impacting and directional.

With the increasing problems facing the Body of Christ where so many ministers are operating and ministering without having some basic knowledge of the Word of God and the lack of understanding the Word of God, this book will reveal the need for those He has called minister to have structured education and training's for their calling and vocation. To present answers too many of the detriments of the poorly trained or unschooled ministers of the Lord and to His people. (note: unschooled refers to ministers with little or no formalized training, operating strictly on their devotional encounters with the Lord.) To challenge God's called ministers to seek genuine guide-lines for knowledge and ministerial skills, following the Biblical standards for educating and training the Body of Christ to become sons of God.

In this Thirty Days of Focus Prayer, Apostle R. Joshua Mitchell carefully unfolds key passages from the Bible, demonstrating how to be a prayer asking Christ Jesus to teach us to pray, understanding that men must always pray and not faint. The apostolic prayer strategies found in this book will draw the reader more into becoming a prayer and not just praying when things happen or when you want something from the Lord. You will be a prayer meeting. The time has come when all Christians must realize the power of prayer, knowing the way Jesus prayed which was authoritative, powerful prayers that Heaven heard and always responded to, and these prayers removed the power of darkness wherever it existed.