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Addresses the ways in which theology and religion might endorse exclusive practices and might transform such practices. This book is concerned with the interface between the study of religion & theology and issues surrounding exclusion.

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Addresses the ways in which theology and religion might endorse exclusive practices and might transform such practices. This book is concerned with the interface between the study of religion & theology and issues surrounding exclusion.

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The essays cover such diverse topics as religion and popular culture, ethnicity and race, religion and women, religion and medicine, and the endurance of evangelical traditions, while also placing American religion in a larger, historical framework.

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"Carr combines her skills as a theologian with her experience in the women's movement to argue that the challeng and vision of women in the church is grounded on the Gospel itself, and that the 'radical' changes imagined by feminists are consistent with the Christian tradition at its finest".--Mary Jo Weaver.

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Today's educational system is frozen in time, stuck in traditions of the past. Transforming Ice Age Schools: A Practical Guide for School Leaders will resonate with educational leaders, especially site principals, who are looking to transform their schools to reflect the educa...

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Of all Judaic rituals, that of giyyur is arguably the most radical: it turns a Gentile into a Jew - once and for all and irrevocably. This title focuses upon a reading of primary halakhic texts from Talmudic times onwards as key to the explication of meaning within the Judaic tradition.

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Of all Judaic rituals, that of giyyur is arguably the most radical: it turns a Gentile into a Jew - once and for all and irrevocably. This title focuses upon a reading of primary halakhic texts from Talmudic times onwards as key to the explication of meaning within the Judaic tradition.

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This ethnographic account explores the ways formerly gang-affiliated women reconstructed their lives through stewardship and community engagement. It focuses on their lives before and after committing to desist from crime while emphasizing the factors that facilitated their commitment including the mutual support gained from their communities.

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This book is an ethnographic account of the ways in which formerly gang-affiliated women reconstructed their lives through stewardship and community engagement. It focuses on the women's lives before and after committing to desist from crime, and emphasizes the factors that fa...

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Promotes a model of education which is collaborative and non-hierarchical. While traditional approaches to learning and teaching stress cognitive aspects of development and learning, this text advocates an approach which synthesizes the cognitive, affective and social dimensions of learning.

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Focuses upon how learning communities are transforming schools and communities throughout the world. This monograph analyses the organising principles of this cultural transformation and considers how it will shape learning in schools and communities throughout the world.

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In Transforming Lives, Alexander Rdlach highlights the essential role that faith community nursing and health ministries play in local health and well-being. Rdlach argues that health systems and governments should partner with these programs in public health outreach efforts.

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Transforming Medical Library Staff for the Twenty-First Century focuses on how the medical library can redeploy its staff to support these new services through actively engaging and empowering them in the process. It shares best practices in developing and motivating staff to accept and welcome the changing priorities of medical libraries.

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Based on Arthur Cebrowski's autobiographical history of the development of network-centric warfare, the author uses the material gathered by Cebrowski to craft a history based on the former naval officer's own writings and testimony, and on interviews of Cebrowski conducted by a variety of individuals in the media and military.

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Emergent paradigms in the physical sciences are combined with deconstructionist methods and Vygotsky's theory of speech and thought to formulate new mind-sets for society and education, which will promote nonlinear, nonpatriarchal, nonviolent, anti-authoritarian worldviews on which to build stronger individuals and societies.

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This book describes a groundbreaking concept that enables public libraries-and librarians-to become indispensable by following a "Three Pillars" educational approach, and by replacing traditional terms with powerful, intuitive, value-enhanced terminology that everyone understands.

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A history of the constitutional right to privacy.

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Transforming Professionals into Experts: A Systematic and Comprehensive Approach to Mid-Career Teacher Development provides a systematic, comprehensive program for advancing the professional skills of teachers that have already mastered foundational teaching skills.