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Applied Accounting (Paperback)
Juan-Pierre Bruwer, Tracy Geraldine Beck; Richard Beck, Marina Chalmers, Gauda Johannes Maseko, …
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Applied Accounting is tailored to meet the needs of students taking a first-year course in Financial Accounting as part of a Higher Certificate in Accounting or a Diploma in Accounting (or equivalent) in terms of both the curriculum covered and the approach toward teaching and learning.
Features:
- an opening practical example which illustrates the concepts introduced in each chapter
- worked examples which guide students through the problem in a step-by-step manner and help them recognise when a particular technique is appropriate or inappropriate
- practical activities and end-of-chapter questions which allow students to practise the ideas learnt in each chapter
- clear definitions that reinforce the basic concepts
- groupwork exercises in the form of discussion questions or activities which encourage students to work collaboratively
A groundbreaking history of how the decades-long war on terror changed virtually every aspect of American life, from the erosion of citizenship down to the cars we bought and TV we watched.
For twenty years after September 11, the war on terror was simultaneously everywhere and nowhere. With all of the military violence occurring overseas even as the threat of sudden mass death permeated life at home, Americans found themselves living in two worlds at the same time. In one of them, soldiers fought overseas so that nothing at home would have to change at all. In the other, life in the United States took on all kinds of unfamiliar shapes, changing people’s sense of themselves, their neighbors, and the strangers they sat next to on airplanes. In Homeland, Richard Beck delivers a gripping exploration of how much the war changed life in the United States and explains why there is no going back.
Though much has been made of the damage that Donald Trump did to the American political system, Beck argues that it was the war on terror that made Trump’s presidency possible, fueling and exacerbating a series of crises that all came to a head with his rise to power. Homeland brilliantly isolates and explores four key issues: the militarism that swept through American politics and culture; the racism and xenophobia that boiled over in much of the country; an economic crisis that, Beck convincingly argues, connects the endurance of the war on terror to at least the end of the Second World War; and a lack of accountability that produced our “impunity culture”—the government-wide inability or refusal to face consequences that has transformed how the U.S. government relates to the people it governs.
To see American life through the lens of Homeland’s sweeping argument is to understand the roots of our current condition. In its startling analysis of how the war on terror hollowed out the very idea of citizenship in the United States, Beck gives the most compelling explanation yet offered for the ongoing disintegration of America’s social, political, and cultural fabric.
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Unclean (Hardcover)
Richard Beck
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'I desire mercy, not sacrifice'. Echoing Hosea, Jesus defends his
embrace of the unclean in the Gospel of Matthew, seeming to
privilege the prophetic call to justice over the Levitical pursuit
of purity. And yet, as missional faith communities are well aware,
the tensions and conflicts between holiness and mercy are not so
easily resolved. In an unprecedented fusion of psychological
science and theological scholarship, Richard Beck describes the
pernicious (and largely unnoticed) effects of the psychology of
purity upon the life and mission of the church.
Description: ""I desire mercy, not sacrifice."" Echoing Hosea,
Jesus defends his embrace of the ""unclean"" in the Gospel of
Matthew, seeming to privilege the prophetic call to justice over
the Levitical pursuit of purity. And yet, as missional faith
communities are well aware, the tensions and conflicts between
holiness and mercy are not so easily resolved. At every turn, it
seems that the psychological pull of purity and holiness tempts the
church into practices of social exclusion and a Gnostic flight from
""the world"" into a ""too spiritual"" spirituality. Moreover, the
psychology of purity often lures the church into what psychologists
call ""The Macbeth Effect,"" the psychological trap that tempts us
into believing that ritual acts of cleansing can replace moral and
missional engagement. Finally, time after time, wherever we see
churches regulating their common life with the idiom of dirt,
disgust, and defilement, we find a predictable wake of dysfunction:
ruined self-images, social stigma, and communal conflict. In an
unprecedented fusion of psychological science and theological
scholarship, Richard Beck describes the pernicious (and largely
unnoticed) effects of the psychology of purity upon the life and
mission of the church. Endorsements: ""Theologians write endlessly
about how Christian faith should affect our morality, our
philosophy, and our spirituality. Richard Beck is the only one I
know who asks what it has to do with what turns our stomachs. He
writes bluntly and stunningly about the engagement of grace with
our visceral dynamics of disgust and avoidance. Our complex,
precognitive repulsions toward groups, behaviors, and persons stem
from deep patterns in our nature. But, unredeemed, those patterns
also block us from the gospel path. Beck combines biblical
interpretation, theological wisdom, and dramatic psychological
insights to give an earthy and exciting take on the Christian
life."" --S. Mark Heim Samuel Abbot Professor of Christian Theology
Andover Newton Theological School ""In his thoughtful, engaging,
and even sometimes humorous style, Richard Beck tells the church
that it is time to get dirty. With one leg hip-deep in theology and
the other in psychological science, Beck persuasively argues that
the church's obsession with purity is a costly pursuit, one fraught
with serious psychological and sociological consequences. You may
not always agree, but you will be challenged in new ways to think
about the church's mission."" --Peter C. Hill Editor, Journal of
Psychology and Christianity ""Richard Beck has my vote as the
liveliest voice in the contemporary integration of psychology and
theology. In Unclean, he weaves together his sophisticated grasp of
psychological research and theological reflection in a manner that
is both prophetic and inviting. This is one of those rare books
that can be helpful to those who love the church and also to those
who have been hurt by churches. Beck writes with an integrative and
formative rhythm that kept stimulating my mind and pulling at my
heart. These ancient Biblical concepts of mercy, holiness, and
hospitality have been implanted anew with deeper meaning for me.""
--Steven J. Sandage Professor of Marriage and Family Studies Bethel
University ""I am thankful that this insightful and important work
has come to print. Richard Beck has woven together important themes
from various critical conversations--psychology, theology, biblical
studies, and missional ecclesiology--with exceptional artistry. He
has ventured across the purity boundaries of academic disciplines
for the sake of a large picture of the hospitality of God. His
readers will be well rewarded for welcoming this ambitious and
immensely practical book."" -- Mark Love Director, Resource Center
for Missional Leadership Rochester College ""Richard Beck's
insightful book is a must-read for those who want to embody
Christ's love in the world. Moving beyond mere sentimentality, this
book exposes why
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Brave Little Helga (Paperback)
Helga Stipa Madland; Edited by Richard Beck; Photographs by Ingrid Stipa
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Discovery Miles 1 680
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"Saints and sinners, all jumbled up together." That's the genius of
Johnny Cash, and that's what the gospel is ultimately all
about.Johnny Cash sang about and for people on the margins. He
famously played concerts in prisons, where he sang both murder
ballads and gospel tunes in the same set. It's this juxtaposition
between light and dark, writes Richard Beck, that makes Cash one of
the most authentic theologians in memory. In Trains, Jesus, and
Murder, Beck explores the theology of Johnny Cash by investigating
a dozen of Cash's songs. In reflecting on Cash's lyrics, and the
passion with which he sang them, we gain a deeper understanding of
the enduring faith of the Man in Black.
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In 1867 Jennifer Harris buries her husband, becomes the mistress of
the president of a major New York City bank, and begins work as a
reporter for Elizabeth Cady Stanton's newspaper. In this capacity
she gets involved with the major issues of the day for women - the
movement for equality and voting rights - and with some major
players - Susan B. Anthony, Victoria Woodhull, Reverend Henry Ward
Beecher, Frederick Douglass, P.T. Barnum and George Francis Train.
The novel is a cross between fiction - the young woman and her
personal problems with life and love - and real characters and
events that impact her, the women's movement and the country. While
working for "The Revolution" she meets with a woman accused of
infanticide, a woman who witnesses the trial of her husband accused
of murdering her lover, and a woman who will become the first
female candidate for President of the United States. On a personal
basis she marries the bank president, and after becoming pregnant
gets a lesson in child-bearing from Elizabeth Blackwell, the first
female doctor in the country. When she gives birth to twins, she
finds herself in double trouble as she is engaged in a legal battle
to keep them. Working now as a reporter for "The Woodhull and
Claflin Weekly," she finds herself in the middle of a religious
riot in New York City between Irish Protestants and Catholics. When
Woodhull is arrested on Federal obscenity charges she witnesses the
trial in which Woodhull makes public charges against Reverend Henry
Ward Beecher. Jennifer writes of one last trial, that of Susan B.
Anthony on charges of illegally voting in an upstate New York
election. At the trial's conclusion Jennifer decides to catch a
secret glimpse of her young son in the upstate home of her
mother-in-law. Proceeding inside the forbidden place, she
accidently kills the elder woman and kidnaps her own son. The
entire novel is written as a journal and the conclusion will be a
surprise to readers.
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