Remember the Poor: Paul, Poverty, and the Greco-Roman World, Paperback - Bruce Longenecker

Reducere. Combining historical, exegetical, and theological interests, Bruce Longenecker here dispels the widespread notion that Paul had little or no concer...

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This beautifully designed, full-color textbook introduces the Roman background of the New Testament by immersing students in the life and culture o...

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Reducere. St Paul was a pivotal and controversial figure in the fledgling Jesus movement of the first century. The New Cambridge Companion to St Paul provide...

Reducere. Muhammad Yunus is that rare thing: a bona fide visionary. His dream is the total eradication of poverty from the world. In 1983, against the advice...

A Fascinating Glimpse into the World of the New TestamentTransported two thousand years into the past, readers are introduced to Antipas, a Roman c...

One of the foremost experts on magic, religion, and the occult in the ancient world provides an unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roma...

Reducere. Poverty reduction is a worldwide concern, yet if the church is to play an effective role in its alleviation, an approach that is both biblical and ...

DescriptionWhat forces shaped the intellectual world of the apostle Paul? How familiar was he with the great philosophers of his age, and to what e...

Publisher: Practical Action PublishingIllustration(s): 10 black & white line drawingsNumber of pages: 300Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 156 x 23...

A comprehensive and accessible overview of how the brain works and how you think, learn, remember, make choices and experience the world. In the cu...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Megan BirkIllustration(s): 23 black & white photographs, 1 tableNumber of pages: 300Publication d...

In Materializing Poverty, anthropologist Erin Taylor explores how residents of a squatter settlement in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, use thei...

Examination of welfare during the last years of the Poor Law, bringing out the impact of poverty on particular sections of society - the lone mothe...

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Reducere. Why do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free life-saving immunizations, but pay for unnecessary drugs? In Poor Economics, Abhijit V...

DescriptionWinner of a special Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, the book that Evicted author Matthew Desmond calls "a powerful investigation into the ...

DescriptionAn unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roman worldWhat did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greek...

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Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Monique (Professor and Chair in Ethics and Global Social Change Philosophy, Professor and Chair in...

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Description Literature and Poverty offers an engaging overview of changes in literary perceptions of poverty and the poor. Part I of the book, from...

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With a special focus on strategic purchasing and contracting of services from nongovernmental providers, this title reviews ways to make public spe...

DescriptionIn Bathing in the Roman World, Fikret Yegul examines the social and cultural aspects of one of the key Roman institutions. Guiding the r...

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In this series of books on throwing and take-down techniques, Geoff Thompson, a leading expert on self-protection, teaches how to control vertical ...

Reducere. In his 1983 classic The Poverty of Affluence, Paul Wachtel examines the psychological underpinnings of our insatiable desire for growth, and endles...

Examines the Roman games focusing on the practicalities of entertainment and architectural venues. This book offers an introduction to the main for...

In the last two decades, free markets have swept the globe. But traditional capitalism has been unable to solve problems like inequality and povert...

The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 is one of the most important pieces of social legislation ever enacted. Its principles and the workhouse system ...

In less than fifty-three years, Rome subjected most of the known world to its rule. This authoritative and compelling work tells the story of the r...

Presents a survey of the perception and reality of the use of cosmetics and perfumes under the Roman Empire. This work, a companion to "Roman Cloth...

Cartea prezinta istoria si genealogia unor familii grecesti si vlahe stabilite pe teritoriul Romaniei. Punand accentul pe legaturile genealogice gr...

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Contributor(s): Author: Paul FarmerForeword by: Amartya SenPathologies of Power uses harrowing stories of life-and death-in extreme situations to i...

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This poignant book examines poverty, wealth and inequality in the UK, and provides insight into its history, its present-day forms and possible rou...

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