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Female Child Soldiering, Gender Violence, and Feminist Theologies
By Susan Willhauck. 2019
This book examines the phenomenon of female child soldiering from various theological perspectives. It is an interdisciplinary work that brings…
Christian feminist theologies into dialogue to analyze the complex ethical, geopolitical, social, and theological issues involved in the militarization of girls and women and gender-based violence. With contributions from a range of interdisciplinary and multicultural authors, this book offers reflections and perspectives that coalesce as a comprehensive overview of feminist theological insights into child soldiering.Following King Jesus: How to Know, Read, Live, and Show the Gospel
By Scot McKnight, Becky Castle Miller. 2019
We want to follow King Jesus, but do we know how?Author and professor Scot McKnight will help you discover what…
it means to follow King Jesus through 24 lessons based on four of his writings (The King Jesus Gospel, The Blue Parakeet – 2nd edition, One.Life, and A Fellowship of Differents). McKnight’s unique framework for discipleship is designed to be used for personal study and within disciple-making groups of two or more. In this workbook, McKnight will help you:Know the biblical meaning of the gospelRead the Bible and understand how to apply it todayLive as disciples of Jesus in all areas of lifeShow the world God’s character through life together in the churchEach lesson, created by Becky Castle Miller, has both Personal Study and Group Discussion sections. The Personal Study section contains a discipleship reading from Scot McKnight, an insightful Bible study, an insightful Bible study, and a time for individual prayer, action, and reflection. The Group Discussion section includes discussion questions and activities to do together with a discipleship group. You’ll share insights from your personal study time with each other and explore different ways of living out what you’re learning.Whether you have been a Christian for many years or you are desiring a fresh look at what it means to be a disciple, this workbook is an in-depth guide to what it means to follow King Jesus and to discover how to put that kind of life into practice.Becoming a Sommelier (Masters at Work)
By Rosie Schaap. 2019
An illuminating guide to a career as a sommelier written by acclaimed food and drink writer Rosie Schaap and based…
on the real-life experiences of experts in the field—essential reading for anyone considering a path to this profession.Wine is a pleasure, and in its pursuit there should be no snobbery. The sommelier is there to help, to teach, to guide. Acclaimed food and drink writer Rosie Schaap profiles two renowned sommeliers to offer a candid portrait of this profession. Learn the job from Amanda Smeltz, a poet and wine director in New York, and Roger Dagorn, a James Beard Award–winning Master Sommelier. From starting in the cellar, grueling certification exams, to tastings and dinner service, Becoming a Sommelier is an invaluable introduction to this dream job.International Perspectives on Social Work and Political Conflict (Routledge Advances in Social Work)
By Carol Tosone, Jim Campbell, Joe Duffy. 2020
International Perspectives on Social Work and Political Conflict provides an important basis for readers to recognise and understand the unique…
and specialist role that social workers have played and continue to play in international contexts of political conflict. Social workers make an important contribution in these difficult and sometimes dangerous situations across all continents. This book highlights the importance of social work in these very challenging contexts. The first part of this book includes four chapters that summarise the existing knowledge base. The second part focuses on a case study of Northern Ireland where, for the first time, a detailed examination of the social work role was completed which involved researching the views of social work practitioners, managers and educators. Part three then draws together international experts in the field who have written chapters on those regions where social workers have been dealing with long standing periods of political conflict. At a time when violent conflagrations are currently a feature of many countries and regions across the continents of the world, this book offers a critical view of the social work role in these contexts and should thus be considered essential reading for all social work academics, students and professionals working in conflict-affected societies.Gender and Violence in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives: Situating India
By Jyoti Atwal, Iris Flessenkämper. 2020
This book covers a range of issues and phenomena around gender-related violence in specific cultural and regional conditions. Using an…
interdisciplinary approach, it discusses historical and contemporary developments that trigger violence while highlighting the social conditions, practices, discourses, and cultural experiences of gender-related violence in India. Beginning with the issues of gender-based violence within the traditional context of Indian history and colonial encounters, it moves on to explore the connections between gender, minorities, marginalisation, sexuality, and violence, especially violence against Dalit women, disabled women, and transgender people. It traces and interprets similarities and differences as well as identifies social causes of potential conflicts. Further, it investigates the forms and mechanisms of political, economic, and institutional violence in the legitimation or de-legitimation of traditional gender roles. The chapters deal with sexual violence, violence within marriage and family, influence of patriarchal forces within factory-based gender violence, and global processes such as demand-driven surrogacy and the politics of literary and cinematic representations of gender-based violence. The book situates relevant debates about India and underlines the global context in the making of the gender bias that leads to violence both in the public and private domains. An important contribution to feminist scholarship, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of gender studies, women’s studies, history, sociology, and political science.Contextualizing Eschatology in African Cultural and Religious Beliefs (Routledge Studies on Religion in Africa and the Diaspora)
By Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe. 2020
Contextualizing Eschatology in African Cultural and Religious Beliefs addresses the African consciousness and nuances of eschatological beliefs as part and…
parcel of the holistic African Indigenous worldviews within the context of the people's traditional heritage. The concept of eschatology is usually explained from the perspective of "endtimes" in relation to either the human individual or the cosmos. Within these contexts, the primary interests, particularly with regard to human eschatology, have centred on the questions of death, afterlife, immortality, destiny, judgment, reward and punishment, and the final destination or eternal "home" of humans. This book explores the characteristic nature, the modes, the process as well as the dynamics associated with the various features culminating the functional expression of the "reality" of eschatological beliefs demonstrated in varied but fundamentally the same subject matter of practices among different African ethnic groups. It also discusses the influences of other religious traditions, particularly Christianity and Islam, on contemporary African eschatological thoughts and their attendant consequences. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African studies, eschatology, religious studies, and the philosophy of religion.Impure Migration investigates the period from the 1890s until the 1930s, when prostitution was a legal institution in Argentina and…
the international community knew its capital city Buenos Aires as the center of the sex industry. At the same time, pogroms and anti-Semitic discrimination left thousands of Eastern European Jewish people displaced, without the resources required to immigrate. For many Jewish women, participation in prostitution was one of very few ways they could escape the limited options in their home countries, and Jewish men facilitate their transit and the organization of their work and social lives. Instead of marginalizing this story or reading it as a degrading chapter in Latin American Jewish history, Impure Migration interrogates a complicated social landscape to reveal that sex work is in fact a critical part of the histories of migration, labor, race, and sexuality.In the aftermath of the genocide, the Rwandan government has attempted to use the education system in order to sustain…
peace and shape a new generation of Rwandans. Their hope is to create a generation focused on a unified and patriotic future rather than the ethnically divisive past. Yet, the government’s efforts to manipulate global models around citizenship, human rights, and reconciliation to serve its national goals have had mixed results, with new tensions emerging across social groups. Becoming Rwandan argues that although the Rwandan government utilizes global discourses in national policy documents, the way in which teachers and students engage with these global models distorts the intention of the government, resulting in unintended consequences and undermining a sustainable peace.The Power of Dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians: Stories of Change from the School for Peace
By Nava Sonnenschein, Tamar Saguy. 2019
In The Power of Dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians, scholar and activist Nava Sonnenschein shares a collection of twenty-five powerful…
interviews she conducted with Palestinian and Jewish Israeli alumni of peacebuilding courses, a decade after their graduation. Participants with diverse personal and professional backgrounds completed a series of conflict transformation workshops using the model developed by the School for Peace at the world’s only intentional Jewish-Palestinian community, Neve Shalom-Wahat al-Salam (“Oasis of Peace” in Hebrew and Arabic). Critically, the interviews vividly demonstrate that peacebuilding does not end with the courses. Most of the graduates choose to work professionally in roles that contribute to peace-building. Sonnenschein shows the transformational potential of encounter between members of groups in conflict, sharing how ordinary Israelis and Palestinians coming together in an open and honest environment undergo life-changing experiences that provide concrete hope for a sustainable path to a peaceful shared existence as equals in Israel and Palestine.Beyond Repair?: Mayan Women’s Protagonism in the Aftermath of Genocidal Harm (Genocide, Political Violence, Human Righ)
By M. Brinton Lykes, Alison Crosby. 2019
Beyond Repair? explores Mayan women’s agency in the search for redress for harm suffered during the genocidal violence perpetrated by…
the Guatemalan state in the early 1980s at the height of the thirty-six-year armed conflict. The book draws on eight years of feminist participatory action research conducted with fifty-four Q’eqchi’, Kaqchikel, Chuj, and Mam women who are seeking truth, justice, and reparation for the violence they experienced during the war, and the women’s rights activists, lawyers, psychologists, Mayan rights activists, and researchers who have accompanied them as intermediaries for over a decade. Alison Crosby and M. Brinton Lykes use the concept of “protagonism” to deconstruct dominant psychological discursive constructions of women as “victims,” “survivors,” “selves,” “individuals,” and/or “subjects.” They argue that at different moments Mayan women have been actively engaged as protagonists in constructivist and discursive performances through which they have narrated new, mobile meanings of “Mayan woman,” repositioning themselves at the interstices of multiple communities and in their pursuit of redress for harm suffered.As society evolves in the direction of innovation, digital influence, and rapid information delivery, workplaces must follow suit in order…
to remain relevant and engaging to modern employees. Bill Fox, a thought leader and author with decades of experience in the business world, has interviewed 31 global business leaders about how they create workplaces that continue to adapt with the times, where each team thrives at each level. These lessons go beyond the limitations of “best practices” and “working smarter”, and instead focus on insights and strategies to bridge the gap between the Industrial Age and the new “Forward-Thinking Age”. The Future of the Workplace offers advice for the leaders, managers, and employees of both today and tomorrow. Fox discusses macro and micro topics with influential figures such as Howard Behar, former president of Starbucks; Steph Holloway, body language and communication expert; David Marquet, author of Turn the Ship Around; John Bell, former CEO of Jacobs Suchard; Perry Marshall, author of Evolution 2.0; and many more. You will gain applicable tools to shift attitudes and bring transformative change to your organization, creating a productive and realistic future for both your team and yourself. The very nature of the dynamic between employer and employee is divergent from what it was merely 10 years ago. Perspectives from different members of multiple types of teams and company structures are offered in this book in order to ensure a well-rounded view of how the future of workplaces can best accommodate everybody. The world is significantly shifting in personal, economic, and political ways, and The Future of the Workplace is your guide to effectively embracing these new challenges for the better.What You Will LearnShares new insights to help resolve some of today's most vexing workplace challengesReveals perspectives from different members on a team on how the workplace has evolved Learn how to trigger change to create a more adequate and healthy workplace environmentWho This Book Is ForAnyone looking for new and better ways to transform the workplace including, consultants, managers, and leadersEl machismo invisible
By Marina Castañeda. 2019
No es necesario ser mujer para ser víctima del machismo, ni hombre para ser machista. Ambos padecen las formas sutiles…
del machismo, tan profundamente arraigadas que se han vuelto invisibles. Nueva edición: Incluye un capítulo sobre el movimiento #MeToo. Casi dos décadas después de la primera publicación de El machismo invisible, muchas cosas han cambiado. Cada vez se tolera menos la violencia contra las mujeres, la notoria desigualdad en sueldos y oportunidades, y la escasa representación de las mujeres en diversos ámbitos. Asimismo, con la aparición del movimiento #MeToo -sobre cuyos logros, contradicciones y deficiencias se incluye un nuevo capítulo en esta edición- se ha dado una voz a las víctimas de acoso sexual, largamente silenciadas, y se ha conseguido atraer la luz pública sobre una forma de dominación masculina que hasta hace poco se sufría en silencio. Sin embargo, las normas y los juegos de poder del machismo invisible siguen vigentes en la experiencia diaria de todos. Permean la relación entre hombres y mujeres en la comunicación, la vida emocional y sexual, la doble moral, las actitudes y los pequeños gestos, así como en la autoimagen y los roles de género de todos. En años recientes se ha recrudecido la reacción de quienes no sólo rechazan los avances del feminismo, sino que intentan revertirlos. Figuras en el poder como Donald Trump, partidos de derecha y grupos religiosos en muchos países expresan abiertamente su misoginia y actúan en consecuencia para acotar los derechos conquistados por las mujeres en las últimas décadas. Ante un futuro incierto en el cual peligran los derechos de todos, Marina Castañeda nos ofrece una nueva y ampliada edición de esta obra que se ha convertido ya en un clásico.Latter-day Screens: Gender, Sexuality, and Mediated Mormonism
By Brenda R. Weber. 2019
From Sister Wives and Big Love to The Book of Mormon on Broadway, Mormons and Mormonism are pervasive throughout American…
popular media. In Latter-day Screens, Brenda R. Weber argues that mediated Mormonism contests and reconfigures collective notions of gender, sexuality, race, spirituality, capitalism, justice, and individualism. Focusing on Mormonism as both a meme and an analytic, Weber analyzes a wide range of contemporary media produced by those within and those outside of the mainstream and fundamentalist Mormon churches, from reality television to feature films, from blogs to YouTube videos, and from novels to memoirs by people who struggle to find agency and personhood in the shadow of the church's teachings. The broad archive of mediated Mormonism contains socially conservative values, often expressed through neoliberal strategies tied to egalitarianism, meritocracy, and self-actualization, but it also offers a passionate voice of contrast on behalf of plurality and inclusion. In this, mediated Mormonism and the conversations on social justice that it fosters create the pathway toward an inclusive, feminist-friendly, and queer-positive future for a broader culture that uses Mormonism as a gauge to calibrate its own values.The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity
By Axton Betz-Hamilton. 2019
In this powerful true crime memoir, an award-winning identity theft expert tells the shocking story of the duplicity and betrayal…
that inspired her career and nearly destroyed her family. Axton Betz-Hamilton grew up in small-town Indiana in the early '90s. When she was 11 years old, her parents both had their identities stolen. Their credit ratings were ruined, and they were constantly fighting over money. This was before the age of the Internet, when identity theft became more commonplace, so authorities and banks were clueless and reluctant to help Axton's parents. Axton's family changed all of their personal information and moved to different addresses, but the identity thief followed them wherever they went. Convinced that the thief had to be someone they knew, Axton and her parents completely cut off the outside world, isolating themselves from friends and family. Axton learned not to let anyone into the house without explicit permission, and once went as far as chasing a plumber off their property with a knife. As a result, Axton spent her formative years crippled by anxiety, quarantined behind the closed curtains in her childhood home. She began starving herself at a young age in an effort to blend in--her appearance could be nothing short of perfect or she would be scolded by her mother, who had become paranoid and consumed by how others perceived the family. Years later, her parents' marriage still shaken from the theft, Axton discovered that she, too, had fallen prey to the identity thief, but by the time she realized, she was already thousands of dollars in debt and her credit was ruined. The Less People Know About Us is Axton's attempt to untangle an intricate web of lies, and to understand why and how a loved one could have inflicted such pain. Axton will present a candid, shocking, and redemptive story and reveal her courageous effort to grapple with someone close that broke the unwritten rules of love, protection, and family.Girls Who Run the World: 31 Ceos Who Mean Business
By Diana Kapp. 2019
Part biography, part business how-to, and fully empowering, this book is the perfect gift for future entrepenuers...because you're never too…
young to dream BIG! With colorful portraits, fun interviews and DIY tips, Girls Who Run the World features the success stories of 31 leading ladies today of companies like Rent the Runway, PopSugar, and Soul Cycle. Girls run biotech companies.Girls run online fashion sites.Girls run environmental enterprises. They are creative. They are inventive. They mean business. Girls run the world.This collection gives girls of all ages the tools they need to follow their passions, turn ideas into reality and break barriers in the business world. INCLUDES: Jenn Hyman, Rent the Runway Sara Blakely, Spanx Emma Mcilroy, Wildfang Katrina Lake, Stitch Fix Natasha Case, Coolhaus Diane Campbell, The Candy Store Kara Goldin, Hint Water Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe Rachel Haurwitz, Caribou Bioscience Nina Tandon, EpiBone Jessica Matthews, Uncharted Power Jane Chen, Embrace Emily Núñez Cavness, Sword & Plough Hannah Lavon, Pals Leslie Blodgett, Bare Escentuals/Bare Minerals Katia Beauchamp, Birchbox Emily Weiss, Glossier Christina Stembel, Farmgirl Flowers Mariam Naficy, Minted Maci Peterson, On Second Thought Stephanie Lampkin, Blendoor Sarah Leary, Nextdoor Amber Venz, RewardStyle Lisa Sugar, Pop Sugar Beatriz Acevedo, MiTu network Julie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler, Soul Cycle Suzy Batiz, Poo-Pourri Tina Sharkey, Brandless Jesse Genet, Lumi Tracy Young, Plan GridStrength to Love: Sermons From Strength To Love And Other Preachings (King Legacy Ser. #7)
By Martin Luther King. 1984
The classic collection of Dr. King's sermons that fuse his Christian teachings with his radical ideas of love and nonviolence…
as a means to combat hate and oppression.As Martin Luther King, Jr., prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love, a volume of his most well known homilies. King had begun working on the sermons during a fortnight in jail in July 1962. While behind bars, he spent uninterrupted time preparing the drafts for works such as ''Loving Your Enemies'' and ''Shattered Dreams,'' and he continued to edit the volume after his release. Strength to Love includes these classic sermons selected by Dr. King. Collectively they present King's fusion of Christian teachings and social consciousness and promote his prescient vision of love as a social and political force for change.Mo's Bows: Measure, Cut, Stitch Your Way to a Great Business
By Moziah Bridges, Tramica Morris. 2019
A Young Person's Guide to Starting Your Own Business Written by a Successful Kidpreneur! Running a successful business can be…
hard for anyone, but seventeen-year-old Moziah Bridges has becomes a pro at it. His company, Mo's Bow's, is what today's "kidpreneurs" dream of achieving--a successful business selling a product that one loves and is passionate about. Mo shares with young business-minded readers his BOWS of Business: Believe in yourself, take the Opportunity to give back, Work hard/study hard, and have Support from friends and family. He knows there is a Mo's Bows in every household-kids just need someone to help nurture their talents.Aimed at young middle grade readers, Mo's Bows: A Young Person's Guide to Startup Success follows Mo's journey to success and reveals all the ups and downs and important lessons he's learned along the way-as well as provides information and tips on how to start your own business and succeed. Complete with a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Daymond John, this book is sure to inspire budding young entrepreneurs to achieve their business goals.Lecciones Cristianas libro del maestro trimestre de invierno 2019-2020: Promesa
By Carmen Gaud. 2019
Lecciones Cristianas está escrito especialmente para las clases de adultos de habla hispana. Tiene como propósito ayudar a las personas…
adultas a crecer en su comprensión de la Biblia y la relación que tiene con la vida. El libro del líder provee sugerencias, preguntas para discutir y actividades importantes que ayudarán a hacer mejor la enseñanza de cada lección. Nuevas lecciones cada trimestre. Lecciones Cristianas helps Hispanic adults grow in their knowledge of the Bible and how it relates to their lives. The content of this excellent quarterly study is written especially for Spanish-speaking churches. The leader guide provides valuable suggestions for teaching the class, discussion questions, and class activities.Lecciones Cristianas libro del alumno trimestre de invierno 2019-2020: Promesa
By Ediberto Lopez, Yolanda Pupo-Ortiz, Heiei Arencibia. 2019
Lecciones Cristianas está escrito especialmente para las clases de adultos de habla hispana. Tiene como propósito ayudar a las personas…
adultas a crecer en su comprensión de la Biblia y la relación que tiene con la vida. El libro del líder provee sugerencias, preguntas para discutir y actividades importantes que ayudarán a hacer mejor la enseñanza de cada lección. Nuevas lecciones cada trimestre. Lecciones Cristianas helps Hispanic adults grow in their knowledge of the Bible and how it relates to their lives. The content of this excellent quarterly study is written especially for Spanish-speaking churches. The leader guide provides valuable suggestions for teaching the class, discussion questions, and class activities.Bible Lessons for Youth Winter 2019-2020 Leader
By Lee Yates, Sally Hoelscher, Tim Gossett, Mike Poteet, Jason Sansbury. 2019
This trust curriculum has been refreshed, while keeping everything you love about the resources. Bible Lessons for Youth is a…
comprehensive 6-year Bible-to-life curriculum that helps teens apply the Bible to their real-life. Its teacher-friendly format is built around a step-by-step sequence with thought-provoking activities designed to help youth understand Scripture and apply it to their individual experiences. Designed to make teaching Bible Lessons for Youth to your youth easy with each session broken up into small segments. The student book is reproduced as the center piece of each session in the leader guide and is surrounded by the minute-by-minute teaching plans printed in the margin. The instructions are provided for student book activities, discussion questions, illustrative games and short drama skits. Complete Scripture texts are printed in all books. (No need to pause while everyone hunts for the appropriate verse.) At anytime during the quarter you can refer back to the convenient Overview section found at the front of the guide and also take a moment to read the “Teaching Tools” article provided at the back of the guide. Don’t forget to check out the “Out and About” activity that will allow your students to take what they learn in Sunday school outside the classroom, enhancing their faith journey. Begin The Bible Lessons for Youth format of “Explore,” “Focus,” and “Connect” is an intentional learning approach to help teens FOCUS on the original context, EXPLORE how the passage speaks to their lives, and CONNECT with how to live out God’s Word in their daily lives and in the world. Key Verse Taken from the passage printed in the student book, this verse can be used to emphasize Scripture memorization in your class. Take-Away This is the basic point of the lesson and is summed up in a short sentence. It’s the big idea you want your teens to grasp from each week’s session. Bible Lesson For easy access, the Scripture passage your class or group will explore is taken from the Common English Bible, and are coordinated with the Uniform Lesson Series. Contains options for younger and older youth.