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Written by a star cast of contributors, this introductory
undergraduate text provides students with a rich, stimulating and
authoritative account of key debates and issues in sociology today.
Carefully structured and edited to take account of the
undergraduate student reader's needs, the essays explore
sociological understandings of a range of core topics and
critically examines what key issues have emerged for debate from
past and current research.
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Is there any way to avoid sin in my life? Does God cause everything
that happens to me? Could I lose my salvation? Will I find proof of
God's existence in the Bible? Why was Satan allowed to tempt Adam
and Eve? Do you have a mature, bible-based understanding of these
and other fundamental issues at the heart of the Christian faith?
Through a straightforward question and answer approach, Richard S.
Taylor explains basic Christian beliefs in What Every Christian
Ought to Know . This book will help you grow in your spiritual life
as you follow the command to 'be transformed by the renewing of
your mind' (Rom. 12: 2).
Here are studies in the fine art of Christian discipleship -- the
key to spiritual power and maturity. The 14 suggestions on how to
become a disciplined person are of great practical value. Paper.
Patricia S. Taylor Edmisten was raised and educated with the
traditions of the Catholic faith. But in later years, she began to
question this faith on which she had relied for most of her life.
In "A Longing for Wisdom, " she probes her conscience and presents
writings about women, particularly their diminished role in the
Catholic Church.In this collection of poetry, prose, memoir, and
essays, Edmisten addresses a range of issues relating to women: The
uniqueness of women's talents, burdens, and sorrow The failure of
the hierarchy of mainstream churches to recognize the contributions
of women in the Church's history The widely accepted relegation of
women to peripheral rather than central roles within churches The
unexamined unease the hierarchy and some priests exhibit toward
sexuality-their own and women's-contributing to injustice within
the Church and societyChallenging, thought-provoking, and inspiring
self-examination, "A Longing for Wisdom" calls for Church reform in
an era where conventional wisdom has taken precedence over the
wisdom of Christ.
The book is an epic poem in rhyming verse, a melodic version of the
life of Jesus Christ. Every section of the four gospels has a
rhyming counterpart which can be located by using the table for
finding passages.
This work is the first academic biography of North Carolina poet
laureate James Larkin Pearson (1879-1981). Using material from
Pearson's personal archive in Wilkes County, from the North
Carolina Collection and the Southern Historical Collection at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and from contemporary
examinations of his life and work, this study offers deeply
personal insights into his life and provides extensive examinations
of his hopes, joys, fears, pains, and sorrows. The work also
includes lengthy studies of his poetry and his journalistic efforts
and examines their place within the larger cultural milieu. In the
process, the book addresses two themes that become apparent in
Pearson's life and work: his Tar Heel spirit and his individualism.
He was a fighter who overcame poverty, a poor education, personal
tragedies, and professional neglect to achieve great success. He
also abided by his own set of religious, artistic, and political
values regardless of the consequences. This work thus offers the
first personal and professional examination of James Larkin
Pearson, provides insights on North Carolina and its people, and
examines the benefits and drawbacks of following one's own path.
P.A.T.C.O. AND REAGAN: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY - The Air Traffic
Controllers' Strike of 1981 - documents those ominous days leading
up to, including, andafter the fateful strike and consequent firing
of over 11,000 federal employees by the President of the United
States in August, 1981. Relying onprimary White House research
materials available in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
archives, the book concludes that both the strike and thedismissal
were not only predictable, but inescapable scenarios, given the
resolute and tenacious personalities of the leaders involved. It
discussesin length, the compounding effects that the strike had on
its members, society at large, and the White House.
P.A.T.C.O. AND REAGAN explores the motivations behind the
strikers' controversial actions and the corresponding rationales of
their opponents, whichincluded just about everybody else. It
highlights the heightened emotions that fueled the union's
expectations before the strike and drove its ferventquest for
redemption after the strike. The union's inability to comprehend
how the strike would be perceived ultimately doomed its efforts
andcondemned it to a collision course with the Reagan
Administration, the general public, and even its own membership .
As a consequence, organized laborin the United States would never
be the same.
This book rediscovers a traditional mode of knowledge that remains
viable today. Contrasted to the academic and cultural fads often
based on the scientific methodology of the Cartesian legacy, or any
number of trendy experiments in education, Poetic Knowledge returns
to the freshness and importance of first knowledge, a knowledge of
the senses and the passions.
"Poetic knowledge" is not the knowledge of poetry, nor is it
even knowledge in the sense that we often think of today, that is,
the mastery of scientific, technological, or business information.
Rather, it is an intuitive, obscure, mysterious way of knowing
reality, not always able to account for itself, but absolutely
essential if one is ever to advance properly to the higher degrees
of certainty. From Socrates to the Middle Ages, and even into the
twentieth century, the case for poetic knowledge is revealed with
the care of philosophical archeology. Taylor demonstrates the
effectiveness of the poetic mode of education through his own
observations as a teacher, and two experimental "poetic" schools in
the twentieth century.
Taylor leads readers through creativity and how it relates to
leadership followed by the five stages of theory behind the idea:
1) preparation, 2) time-off (or incubation), 3) the spark, 4)
selection, and 5) elaboration.
Operational Research (OR) deals with the use of advanced analytical
methods to support better decision-making. It is multidisciplinary
with strong links to management science, decision science, computer
science and many application areas such as engineering,
manufacturing, commerce and healthcare. In the study of emergent
behaviour in complex adaptive systems, Agent-based Modelling &
Simulation (ABMS) is being used in many different domains such as
healthcare, energy, evacuation, commerce, manufacturing and
defense. This collection of articles presents a convenient
introduction to ABMS with papers ranging from contemporary views to
representative case studies. The OR Essentials series presents a
unique cross-section of high quality research work fundamental to
understanding contemporary issues and research across a range of
Operational Research (OR) topics. It brings together some of the
best research papers from the esteemed Operational Research Society
and its associated journals, also published by Palgrave Macmillan.
In his book, Patriarchs in Poetry, Genesis in Rhyming Verse, Pastor
Taylor brings the traditional vernacular of the Bible to life in
contemporary language. In this volume he shares his talent for
translating prose into verse. His previous volume, Harmony of the
Gospels in Rhyming Verse, An Epic Poem on the Life of Jesus Christ,
is a translation of the first four books of the New Testament into
one chronological poem. This subsequent volume is a translation of
the first book of the Old Testament, a poetic record of creation
and the lives of the patriarchs. The book is faithful to the record
as it is found in the Biblical narrative. Patriarchs in Poetry is
presented as a series of individual poems that lead the reader
through the trials, successes and failures of men like Adam, Noah,
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. Pastor Taylor has translated the
entire book of Genesis into poetic language. Although the
genealogies are included, they are written in prose rather than
poetry.
Is God a delusion? Barrister Charles Taylor examines the evidence
in this very readable book. His findings will be controversial to
some but offer hope and insight to others. We are the only species
unable to live in harmony with our environment and each other. The
asteroid that killed the dinosaurs is nothing compared with our
impact on the Earth. We are currently responsible for "The Sixth
Great Extinction" of wildlife. Religious terrorism is widespread,
though current atrocities are dwarfed by the bloody record of
Christianity. The Middle East is destabilised and to East and West
we have Presidents Putin and Trump. So called 'rational' thinking
and the dominance of our left brains have brought us to the brink
of disaster. We need a spiritual revolution allowing individuals to
reconnect with their right brain, intuition and spirit. Religions
have had their day. They contain key truths, but these truths are
usually obscured by manmade rules constructed to gain wealth and
power. At the other extreme, materialism denies God, the spirit,
free will, consciousness and love. Happily, the facts contradict
this dispiriting left brained faith that we are deluded robots
stumbling through life.
How is epistemology related to the issue of teaching science and
evolution in the schools? Addressing a flashpoint issue in our
schools today, this book explores core epistemological differences
between proponents of intelligent design and evolutionary
scientists, as well as the critical role of epistemological beliefs
in learning science. Preeminent scholars in these areas report
empirical research and/or make a theoretical contribution, with a
particular emphasis on the controversy over whether intelligent
design deserves to be considered a science alongside Darwinian
evolution. This pioneering book coordinates and provides a complete
picture of the intersections in the study of evolution,
epistemology, and science education, in order to allow a deeper
understanding of the intelligent design vs. evolution controversy.
This is a very timely book for teachers and policy makers who are
wrestling with issues of how to teach biology and evolution within
a cultural context in which intelligent design has been and is
likely to remain a challenge for the foreseeable future.
Today, a substantial portion of higher education is provided
outside of the traditional universities in non-university
institutions with a multitude of varied characteristics. In recent
decades, higher education systems have been subjected to many
changes and reforms throughout the world. One of the most important
was undoubtedly the expansion of higher education in the second
half of the last century from an elite system to one for the
masses. While institutions of higher learning have been in
existence for approximately 1,000 years, this exponential growth
has been much more recent. This movement toward mass higher
education has created substantial national impacts on the
development of the systems of higher education. While common
denominators of change and adaptation can be identified globally,
there remain important differences from country to country. There
are many factors challenging higher education today and in the
foreseeable future. In one form or another, these issues and trends
can be seen in higher education systems throughout the world. They
include chronic underfunding, marketisation and competition,
alternative providers, massification, internationalisation,
governance, leadership, strategic management, accountability,
accreditation, and social relevance. Another key factor for many
countries, especially in Europe, and the focus of this book, is the
current and future status of the higher education systems that
differentiate the university and non-university sectors.
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