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The Hidden Frontier
Author: John W. Cole
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1999-11-16
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 0520216814
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of two small villages located on the high alpine rim of northern Italy, one German speaking, the other a Romance -speaking village.
The Vision of Vatican II
Author: Ormond Rush
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2019-06-27
Total Pages: 624
ISBN-13: 0814680992
DOWNLOAD EBOOK2020 Catholic Press Association first place award, theology--theological and philosophical studies This book is unique in the literature about Vatican II. From the manifold issues debated at the council and formulated in its sixteen documents, Ormond Rush proposes that the salient features of “the vision of Vatican II” can be captured in twenty-four principles. He concludes by proposing that these principles can function as criteria for assessing the reception of the conciliar vision over the last five decades and into the future. There is no other book that attempts such a comprehensive synthesis of the council’s vision for renewal and reform of the Catholic Church.
Linguistic Minorities and Modernity
Author: Monica Heller
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2006-12-11
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 1441105255
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe subject of this book is linguistic minorities, and how language is used by speakers of languages which are not the main language of communication. This is a core topic for sociolinguists, who examine how language is actually used within a given context. Globalization, migration, and the erosion of nationhood is creating far more linguistic minorities as society becomes increasingly pluralistic. One of the major sites of contact between languages is the school, and this book focuses on linguistic interaction within this educational context. Through a careful examination of the language practices in the daily life of a school, Monica Heller explores issues such as changing language policy, bilingualism, identity, power, ideology and gender from the point of view of the minority speaker. In so doing she provdies a fresh new insight into this important area of sociolinguistics. Linguistic Minorities and Modernity is written in an accessible and lively narrative style, and uses real-life examples and case studies to illustrate the discussions. The text has been revised throughout, and includes a new introduction by the author. The book is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology.
Yves Congar's Theology of the Holy Spirit
Author: Elizabeth Teresa Groppe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004-01-15
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0190290315
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe French Dominican theologian Yves Congar is recognized by many as the most important Roman Catholic ecclesiologist of the 20th century. He was the thinker behind some of the major decrees of the Second Vatican council. He was also a leader in the ecumenical movement in Europe throughout most of the century. Despite his importance, there are few books about Congar in English. Congar's pneumatology, argues Groppe, can enrich various ongoing theological discussions, including reflection as to whether the church should be hierarchical or a democracy, the development of "persons in communion" as a framework for contemporary theological anthropology and ecclesiology, and deliberations about the personhood of the Holy Spirit.
On the Causes of Economic Growth
Author: Carlos Sabillon
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 0875865909
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a sweeping review of economic history, the author presents the salient facts of booms and slowdowns in the major economies of the world, in 50-year intervals and demonstrates the weakness of orthodox theories. The only factor that consistently causes growth, he shows, is centralized support for manufacturing, which spurs the creation of new technologies, which lead to wealth creation. Since the earliest of times, human beings have endeavored to uncover the causes of prosperity. Step by step, Sabillon tests the principal theories on the causes of economic growth against the facts of history. Here, economic statistics of the world are presented in a rationalized format that allows for comparison across countries and through time, with a challenge to those who study them to determine, with an open mind, what the statistics show and what are the trends -- beyond cherished theories that suit various political purposes. Tested against the historical data, textbook ideas and theories consistently come up short. Such analyses are highly troubling because they reveal an absence of correlation between theory and reality. The data, statistics illustrating the development of the world economy during the last several centuries, were extracted from economic, history and economic history books, from publications of the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations specialized agencies, research institutes and country statistical publications, and other books and journals. Analyzing the data over geography and time, Sabillon concludes that contrary to contemporary wisdom, left to market forces alone the economy will not and does not flourish. Only decisive intervention in support of manufacturing and technological advancement can provide growth. This systematic review of history and test of accepted dogma challenges economic theorists to consider one part of the equation of economic policy that has been wiped off the blackboard in today s politically-correct debates.
The Glory of the Atonement
Author: Charles E. Hill
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2004-03-30
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780830826896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEditors Charles E. Hill and Frank A. James III bring together a group of evangelical biblical scholars and historical and systematic theologians to explore the doctrine of the atonement for a new millennium.
Great Deception
Author: Christopher Booker
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2005-04-28
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780826476524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the European Union moves towards adopting the constitution which will mark its final emergence as a 'United States of Europe', The Great Deception shows how the most ambitious political project of our time has, for more than 50 years, been based on a colossal confidence trick - the systematic concealment from the peoples of Europe of what the aim of this project has always been since its inception in the late 1940s.
The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture
Author: Monika Amsler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2023-04-06
Total Pages: 567
ISBN-13: 1009297309
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, Monika Amsler explores the historical contexts in which the Babylonian Talmud was formed in an effort to determine whether it was the result of oral transmission. Scholars have posited that the rulings and stories we find in the Talmud were passed on from one generation to the next, each generation adding their opinions and interpretations of a given subject. Yet, such an oral formation process is unheard of in late antiquity. Moreover, the model exoticizes the Talmud and disregards the intellectual world of Sassanid Persia. Rather than taking the Talmud's discursive structure as a sign for orality, Amsler interrogates the intellectual and material prerequisites of composers of such complex works, and their education and methods of large-scale data management. She also traces and highlights the marks that their working methods inevitably left in the text. Detailing how intellectual innovation was generated, Amsler's book also sheds new light on the content of the Talmud. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Chiefdoms
Author: Timothy K. Earle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1993-04
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780521448963
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese eleven case studies of different chiefdoms examine how ruling elites retain and legitimize their power.
