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  • The Board of Longitude

    Science, Innovation and Empire

    by Alexi Baker, Richard Dunn, Rebekah Higgitt, Simon Schaffer, Sophie Waring ...
    In the first book-length history of the Board of Longitude, a distinguished team of historians of science bring to life one of Georgian Britain's most important scientific institutions. Having developed in the eighteenth century following legislation offering rewards for methods to determine longitude at sea, the Board came to support the work of navigators, instrument makers, clockmakers and ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Power and Practices

    Engaging the Work of John Howard Yoder

    by Chris K Huebner, Nekeisha Alexis-Baker,Paul Martens, John C Nugent, Paul C Heidebrecht ...
    A new generation engages the theology of John Howard Yoder. These essays wrestle with questions of power and its implications for social practices including policing, nonviolence, sexism, governmentality, dialogue, political critique, theological construction, and the work of inheriting a theological tradition.The authors and their approaches to Yoder's work are diverse. They bring a wide array of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Faith Embracing All Creatures

    Addressing Commonly Asked Questions about Christian Care for Animals

    by Brian D. McLaren ...
    Series Book 2 - Peaceable Kingdom Series
    What is the purpose of animals? Didn't God give humans dominion over other creatures? Didn't Jesus eat lamb? These are the kinds of questions that Christians who advocate compassion toward other animals regularly face. Yet Christians who have a faith-based commitment to care for other animals through what they eat, what they wear, and how they live with other creatures are often unsure how to ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Faith Encompassing All Creation

    Addressing Commonly Asked Questions about Christian Care for the Environment

    by Will Willimon ...
    Series Book 3 - Peaceable Kingdom Series
    The Peaceable Kingdom Series is a multivolume series that seeks to challenge the pervasive violence assumed necessary in relation to humans, nonhumans, and the larger environment. By calling on the work of ministers, activists, and scholars, we hope to provide an accessible resource that will help Christians reflect on becoming a more faithful and peaceable people. The series editors are Andy ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Food, Feminisms, Rhetorics

    by Kristin K. Winet, Abby L. Wilkerson, Winona Landis, Alexis M. Baker, Arlene Voski Avakian, Carrie Helms Tippen, Erin Branch, Abby M. Dubisar, Lynn Z. Bloom, Elizabeth Lowry, Sylvia A. Pamboukian, Tammie M Kennedy, Consuelo Carr Salas, Jennifer Cognard-Black, Jennifer E. Courtney, S. Morgan Gresham, Rebecca Ingalls, Sara Hillin ...
    Series series Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms
    Inspired by the need for interpretations and critiques of the varied messages surrounding what and how we eat, Food, Feminisms, Rhetorics collects eighteen essays that demonstrate the importance of food and food-related practices as sites of scholarly study, particularly from feminist rhetorical perspectives.Contributors analyze messages about food and bodies—from what a person watches and reads ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

    by Brandy Bang, Paige L. Baker, Alexis Carpinteri, Vincent B. Van Hasselt ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    The commercial exploitation of children is a global crisis (Rahman, 2011; Svensson, 2006). However, media outlets and sociological researchers have successfully situated the problem as a primarily Asian, South American, or Eastern European concern. In the process, the exploitation of children in the United States has largely been ignored. The continued trafficking of international youth into this ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Art of Conversation: Twelve Golden Rules

    Enriched edition. Mastering the Art of Effective Communication

    by Josephine Turck Baker, Alexis Newton ...
    In "The Art of Conversation: Twelve Golden Rules," Josephine Turck Baker masterfully explores the intricacies and nuances of human interaction within a rapidly changing social landscape. This insightful work blends practical advice with philosophical reflections, meticulously outlining twelve foundational principles that elevate everyday dialogue into an art form. Through a clear and engaging ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Discovering What Happened In the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus

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    In this national bestseller, John Dominic Crossan, the world's leading expert on the historical Jesus, reveals how Christianity emerged in the period following Jesus' death. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Crossan shines new light on the theological and cultural contexts from which the Christian church arose. He argues powerfully that Christianity would have happened with or without Paul and ... Read more

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  • The Moral Vision of the New Testament

    A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics

    by Richard B. Hays ...
    A leading expert in New Testament ethics discovers in the biblical witness a unified ethical vision -- centered in the themes of community, cross and new creation -- that has profound relevance in today′s world. Richard Hays shows how the New Testament provides moral guidance on the most troubling ethical issues of our time, including violence, divorce, homosexuality and abortion. ... Read more

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  • Map of a Nation

    A Biography of the Ordnance Survey

    by Rachel Hewitt ...
    This "absorbing history of the Ordnance Survey"—the first complete map of the British Isles—"charts the many hurdles map-makers have had to overcome" ( The Guardian, UK).Map of a Nation tells the story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles. The Ordnance Survey is a much beloved British institution, and this is—amazingly—the ... Read more

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  • The Gagging of God

    Christianity Confronts Pluralism

    by D. A. Carson ...
    The Gold Medallion Award-winning book that presents a persuasive case for Christ as the only way to God in light of contemporary religious pluralism.A great majority of social commentators attempting to define modern Western culture land on a common characteristic: pluralism. This isn't unique to secular culture. Many modern approaches to Christian hermeneutics, or biblical interpretation, have ... Read more

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  • The Weather Experiment

    The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future

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