Wisdom's Work: Essays on Ethics, Vocation, and Culture, Paperback - J. Daryl Charles

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This collection of essays presents a powerful critique of the contemporary discourse of work as a moral necessity, good for our national economy an...

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Since the early 1970s, Marina Warner has been one of the most challenging, subtle and profound commentators on the culture of past and present, unr...

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A celebratory volume that gathers distinguished eighteenth-century studies scholars to honor the achievements, professional generosity, and sociabi...

The creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most exciting and challenging writings of the twe...

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A systematic critique of imprisonment which challenges established views and myths. Examines why there still exists so much political and other mis...

Have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and ...

Reducere. DescriptionBlack, White, and in Color offers a long-awaited collection of major essays by Hortense Spillers, one of the most influential and inspir...

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Reducere. So What Applied Biblical Worldview: Essays on Christian Ethics answers this philosophically significant question by examining worldview foundations...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Alex SharpeNumber of pages: 112Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 233 x 15Cover type: Paperback / so...

Reducere. DescriptionWhy am I here? What is the meaning of my life? What was I made for? We all feel we have been created to love God in a very unique and ex...

Reducere. This first collection of Judith Plaskow's essays and short writings traces her scholarly and personal journey from her early days as a graduate stu...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Debbie L. HumphriesForeword by: Diane RandallThe Quaker tradition at its best is a practice-based religious path that embod...

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Publisher: Cornell University PressAuthor(s): Hayden WhiteNumber of pages: 282Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 21Cover type: Paperback...

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): Roger TeichmannNumber of pages: 240Collection: Anthem Studies in WittgensteinPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 16...

In Moral Agency within Social Structures and Culture, editor Daniel K. Finn proposes a field-changing critical realist sociology that puts Christia...

DescriptionElizabeth Anscombe's forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of he...

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In this first ever book-length treatment, 11 scholars with a variety of backgrounds in medieval studies, film studies, and medievalism discuss how ...

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Exploring his unique and interdisciplinary approach to the critical interpretation of modern metropolitan society and culture, this book emphasises...

Reducere. Charles Carter (1887-1968) wrote this book in London during World War II. It was his first book in more than a dozen years. In this book, Carter tu...

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Reducere. Renowned New Testament scholar Gordon Fee explores the meaning of Christian witness and service in every area of life. Focusing on the implications...

This volume, containing Mill's "On Liberty, " "Utilitarianism, " "Considerations of Representative Government, " and "The Subjection of Women, " dr...

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Playing at Work offers a thorough guide to the innovative psychoanalytic practices of Vincenzo Bonaminio, as he draws on the work of Winnicott, Bol...

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Ten "old ethical principles" provide effective guidance for today's corporate culture. Recent scandals rocking the American busines community have ...

DescriptionWhether the recently settled religious minorities, Muslims, in particular, can be accommodated as religious groups in European countries...

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Publisher: 1517 MediaAuthor(s): Christopher J. RichmannNumber of pages: 198Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 17Cover type: Paperback / ...

Examines American screen culture and its power to create and sustain values. Looking specifically at the ways in which nostalgia colours the vision...