Author: Shane Kirkpatrick
Publisher: Biblical Interpretation
ISBN:
Size: 46.94 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Competing For Honor

by Shane Kirkpatrick, Competing For Honor Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Competing For Honor books, The dynamics of comparison and social competition in the tales of Daniel 1-6 are explored with the help of social-scientific models depicting honor and exploring the related dynamics of purity, patronage, virtue, limited good, and envy.

Author: United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Category : Naval education
Languages : en
Pages : 149
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Education And Training

by United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, Education And Training Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Education And Training books,

Author: H. David Brumble
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 178308782X
Size: 57.65 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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Street Gang And Tribal Warrior Autobiographies

by H. David Brumble, Street Gang And Tribal Warrior Autobiographies Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Street Gang And Tribal Warrior Autobiographies books, Street-Gang and Tribal-Warrior Autobiographies is a study of the autobiographies of tribal-warrior cultures in North America, the Amazon, the Orinoco Basin, the highlands of Luzon, the island of Alor — of headhunters, women, Apaches, New Guinea big men and a Yanomami captive. The book also discusses tribal-warrior autobiographies closer to home: Colton Simpson’s Inside the Crips, Mona Ruiz’s Two Badges, Nathan McCall’s Makes Me Wanna Holler and Sanyika Shakur’s Monster, autobiographies that remember gangbanging at a time when there were close to 500 gang-related homicides a year in Los Angeles—a time when gangbangers were so alienated from the larger society that they reinvented something very similar to the tribal-warrior cultures right in the asphalt heart of American cities. Grisly, probing and resonant with the voices of generations of fighters, Street-Gang and Tribal-Warrior Autobiographies is an unsettling work of cross-disciplinary scholarship.

Author: Thomas Lindemann
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317257456
Size: 20.70 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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International Politics Of Recognition

by Thomas Lindemann, International Politics Of Recognition Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download International Politics Of Recognition books, The origins of international conflict are often explained by security dilemmas, power-rivalries or profits for political or economic elites. Common to these approaches is the idea that human behaviour is mostly governed by material interests which principally involve the quest for power or wealth. The authors question this truncated image of human rationality. Borrowing the concept of recognition from models developed in philosophy and sociology, this book provides a unique set of applications to the problems of international conflict, and argues that human actions are often not motivated by a pursuit of utility maximisation as much as they are by a quest to gain recognition. This unique approach will be a welcome alternative to the traditional models of international conflict.

Author: Laura Hunt
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 162189407X
Size: 31.49 MB
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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The Not Very Persecuted Church

by Laura Hunt, The Not Very Persecuted Church Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Not Very Persecuted Church books, How do we live distinctively in communities embedded in the world around us? The Not-Very-Persecuted Church provides church leaders, pastors, and Christians interested in community development with principles for evaluating culture in light of mission. Since we are called to live in community, the processes that build group identity can help us understand how to live together well. Paul addressed some of the problems that can occur in not-very-persecuted groups in the first four chapters of 1 Corinthians, and he shows us the way suffering forms identity in that context. With discussion questions and stories from personal interviews, this book offers both fascinating glimpses into the world of the first century and practical applications for Christians today.

Author: Gary Hamel
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
ISBN: 1422131807
Size: 28.35 MB
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Competing For The Future

by Gary Hamel, Competing For The Future Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Competing For The Future books, New competitive realities have ruptured industry boundaries, overthrown much of standard management practice, and rendered conventional models of strategy and growth obsolete. In their stead have come the powerful ideas and methodologies of Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad, whose much-revered thinking has already engendered a new language of strategy. In this book, they develop a coherent model for how today's executives can identify and accomplish no less than heroic goals in tomorrow's marketplace. Their masterful blueprint addresses how executives can ease the tension between competing today and clearing a path toward leadership in the future.

Author: Stanley E. Porter
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1630877328
Size: 79.75 MB
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Empire In The New Testament

by Stanley E. Porter, Empire In The New Testament Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Empire In The New Testament books, How does a Christian render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's? This book is the result of the Bingham Colloquium of 2007 that brought scholars from across North America to examine the New Testament's response to the empires of God and Caesar. Two chapters lay the foundation for that response in the Old Testament's concept of empire, and six others address the response to the notion of empire, both human and divine, in the various authors of the New Testament. A final chapter investigates how the church fathers regarded the matter. The essays display various methods and positions; together, however, they offer a representative sample of the current state of study of the notion of empire in the New Testament.

Author: Gideon Baker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134033354
Size: 50.21 MB
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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The Future Of Political Community

by Gideon Baker, The Future Of Political Community Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Future Of Political Community books, This book explores the alternative futures of political community and moves beyond the critique of what is wrong with existing, state-based forms of political community. It does so not with the defence of a particular normative model of political community in mind, but rather in the quest for new ways of thinking about political community itself. Exploring how the political must be rethought in the twenty-first century and beyond, this book is divided into three parts: Part I focuses on the core problem that, despite the obvious need to rethink political community ‘beyond’ the nation state, our conceptual language is still thoroughly shaped by modernity, its prioritisation of the state and sovereignty, and its assumption of unifying progress in history. Part II focuses on postmodern political community, these chapters take up the calls made above for new thinking about political community that goes ‘beyond’ modern conceptions. Part III turns to the question of the emergence and decline of new forms of political community. The purpose of this section is to consider how the transformation of political community occurs in practice, and what the primary driver of this change is globally, locally and historically. This book will be of strong interest to students and scholars of International Relations, Political and Social Theory.

Author: John W. Daniels
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1610974808
Size: 67.44 MB
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Gossiping Jesus

by John W. Daniels, Gossiping Jesus Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Gossiping Jesus books, Readers of the Gospels are typically attuned to the words of Jesus while paying comparatively little attention to what other characters in the narratives say about him. This innovative study of John's Gospel looks at the text through the lens of a routinely misunderstood mode of speech, namely, gossip. Focusing on talk about Jesus in John, the author unpacks the intricate relationship between gossip and various social dynamics of Jesus' world, demonstrating how they collude to construct Jesus' identity. Ultimately, it is suggested that John presents a Jesus whose identity is elusive to both outsiders like the Pharisees and insiders like his disciples, and thus models the importance, if not the sheer necessity, of the ongoing public discourse around the question "Who is Jesus?"

Author: Jerry N. Luftman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198036166
Size: 15.24 MB
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Competing In The Information Age

by Jerry N. Luftman, Competing In The Information Age Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Competing In The Information Age books, Like the first edition, Competing in the Information Age: Align in the Sand, Second Edition, synthesizes for practicing managers the compelling, recent work in this area, with themes that focus on the continuous transformation in business, the adoption of information intensive management practices, the improvement of information processing, and the alignment of business strategy and information technology strategy. Information technology management is now considered a core competency among managers. Rapid advancements in technology, dynamic markets, and the changing business environment have created increased demand for professionals who can manage and deliver information systems. Information systems professionals, Chief Information Officers, Chief Knowledge Officers, as well as CFOs and CEOs, are required to lead and evolve information resources while partnering with corporate management. This book shows IT professionals how to help their organizations achieve success through alignment and deployment of business and IT strategies.