Exam board: Edexcel Level: A-level Subject: Religious Studies First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2017 Build, reinforce and assess students' knowledge throughout their course; tailored to the 2016 Edexcel A level specification and brought to you by the leading Religious Studies publisher, this guide combines clear content coverage with practice questions and sample answers. Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide: - Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level - Consolidates understanding through assessment tips - Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample student answers and commentary for each question type - Builds understanding through accessible explanations of key definitions and thinkers

Towards a New Economic System asks a critical question: how can the national debt of the United States be eliminated? In answering that question the author, Stephen Darlington, argues that the government must change the way it interacts with the economic system. Current and past policies of spending all its revenue and then funding deficit spending by borrowing have simply run up a huge national debt, one that could lead to the future impoverishment of America and see the United States decline as a world power. Chapter 1 introduces several innovative ideas, the most important one being that the federal government should save and invest 10% of its revenue each year. In just 25 years this would create a giant surplus of over $30 trillion. The federal government could then pay off the national debt and fully fund its expenditure simply from the annual return it would get on its investments. Plus, it could reduce most taxes to ZERO. The second major idea in Chapter 1 builds on the first by redefining the concept of government borrowing and debt. Simply put, it is that government should borrow to invest, not spend, and use the return on investment to fund expenditure. Chapter 2 shows how this strategy could eventually fund all government departments and their agencies. Towards a New Economic System not only shows how to put America back onto the path to prosperity and ensure that it remains the world's greatest superpower but also argues that providing a prosperous retirement for all Americans is an essential part of building the legitimacy of the system. In Chapter 3 Darlington shows how to do just that. Chapter 4 shows how crucial the velocity of money is to economic growth and argues for the adoption of an all electronic monetary system. Independently of the ideas in the previous chapters, a transaction tax of 1% on the movement of all money would fully fund all levels of government in the United States. By following the advice in this book our leaders can avoid the bleak economic future that is currently facing the government and the citizens of the United States, and ensure future prosperity and strengthen economic legitimacy by taking the first steps toward a new economic system.

Composing Music for Worship is a unique, challenging and timely book that asks vital questions about the future of music for Christian worship. The increasing presence of background music in public places, the unlimited choice of recorded music cheaply available, the ease with which we can control our musical environment and ready access to musical perfection in the comfort of our own homes all have profound implications for churches and their music. While the availability of musical choice has exploded, organized religion has declined. Traditional institutions, including the churches, are increasingly avoided. What does this mean for music as a medium for conveying spiritual truths? What is the way forward for composers of Christian music? What music will speak deeply to worshippers and build churches into embodiments of Christian theology? What music will intrigue new people and attract them to the Christian good news? An impressive line-up of eminent musicians, representing a wide variety of music styles, consider these questions and explore the future for church music in all its expressions. The result is a cutting-edge examination of the challenges facing the churches in the modern age and a dynamic range of responses to those challenges. STEPHEN DARLINGTON is Organist and Tutor in Music at Christ Church, Oxford and director of music at Christ Church Cathedral. ALAN KREIDER was previously director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, Regent's Park College, Oxford.He is presently teaching at the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Indiana.