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Free Download Crossroad Discourses Between Christianity And Culture By Jerald D. Gort; Henry Jansen; Wessel Stoker
2010 | 641 Pages | ISBN: 9042028637 | PDF | 4 MB
Christianity exists in relation to and interacts with its cultural environment in a number of ways. In this volume authors from a wide variety of backgrounds explore various facets of the relationship and interaction of Christianity with its cultural environment: politics, society, esthetics, religion and spirituality, and with itself. Divided into three main sections, Crossroad Discourses between Christianity and Culture looks at the interaction of Christianity with culture in the first section, with other religions and spiritualities in the second, and finally with itself in the third. The contributions engage in a critical examination of not only the culture in which Christianity finds itself but also in a critical examination of Christianity itself and its interaction with that culture.The editors hope that teachers, students, and readers in general will profit greatly from the critical articles contained in this book.

Free Download Anne Digby, "Crossing Colonial Historiographies: Histories of Colonial and Indigenous Medicines in Transnational Perspective"
English | ISBN: 1443821543 | 2010 | 280 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This book offers an innovative engagement with the diverse histories of colonial and indigenous medicines. Engagement with different kinds of colonialism and varied indigenous socio-political cultures has led to a wide range of approaches and increasingly distinct traditions of historical writing about colonial and indigenous modes of healing have emerged in the various regions formerly ruled by different colonial powers. The volume offers a much-needed opportunity to explore new conceptual perspectives and encourages critical reflection on how scholars' research specialisms have influenced their approaches to the history of medicine and healing. The book includes contributions on different geographical regions in Asia, Africa and the Americas and within the varied contexts of Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch and British colonialisms. It deals with issues such as internal colonialism, the plural history of objects, transregional circulation and entanglement, and the historicisation of medical historiography. The chapters in the volume explore the scope for conceptual interaction between authors from diverse disciplines and different regions, highlighting the synergies and thematic commonalities as well as differences and divergences.

Free Download Critical Social Work: Theories and Practices for a Socially Just World By June Allan, Linda Briskman, Bob Pease
2009 | 368 Pages | ISBN: 1742370926 | PDF | 4 MB
Critical Social Work starts from the premise that a central goal of social work practice is social change to redress social inequality. Taking a critical theoretical approach, the authors explore the links between personal and social change. They confront the challenges for critical social work in the context of pressures to separate the personal from the political and in responding to the impact of changes in the socio-political, statutory and global contexts of practice. Critical Social Work has been thoroughly revised to take into account recent social, economic and political developments. Coverage of theoretical frameworks has been substantially expanded and reflects current concerns such as evidence based practice and human rights. The causes of people's marginalisation and oppression are examined in relation to class, race, ethnicity, gender and other forms of social inequality. Case study chapters in the earlier edition on working with immigrants, Indigenous people, women, men, families, people with psychiatric disabilities and those experiencing loss and grief have been updated and revised. The second edition includes new case study chapters on disability, older people, children, rurality, and violence and abuse. Critical Social Work is an essential resource to inform progressive social work practice.

Free Download Bennett Capers, "Critical Race Judgments: Rewritten U.S. Court Opinions on Race and the Law"
English | ISBN: 1107164524 | 2022 | 600 pages | PDF | 3 MB
By re-writing US Supreme Court opinions that implicate critical dimensions of racial justice, Critical Race Judgments demonstrates that it's possible to be judge and a critical race theorist. Specific issues covered in these cases include the death penalty, employment, voting, policing, education, the environment, justice, housing, immigration, sexual orientation, segregation, and mass incarceration. While some rewritten cases - Plessy v. Ferguson (which constitutionalized Jim Crow) and Korematsu v. United States (which constitutionalized internment) - originally focused on race, many of the rewritten opinions - Lawrence v. Texas (which constitutionalized sodomy laws) and Roe v. Wade (which constitutionalized a woman's right to choose) - are used to incorporate racial justice principles in novel and important ways. This work is essential for everyone who needs to understand why critical race theory must be deployed in constitutional law to uphold and advance racial justice principles that are foundational to US democracy.

Free Download Crime, Justice, and Social Control By Jeffrey Vandersip (editor) & Desiré J.M. Anastasia (editor) Stuart Henry (editor)
2019 | 338 Pages | ISBN: 1793513082 | PDF | 95 MB
Crime, Justice, and Social Controlexplores formal and informal dimensions of social control and demonstrates that law and the criminal justice system are set within the wider context of social control. Combining theory with key policy issues, the text addresses the challenges facing criminal justice practitioners, researchers, and elected officials. Part I outlines the origins and types of social control from a sociological perspective. Parts II through V build on these foundational theories by further exploring adjudication and sentencing, policing and investigations, and correctional policies and issues. Each section raises key questions under discussion by academics, policymakers, and elected officials, and helps students understand the complexity and range of challenges faced by those involved in the criminal justice process. The revised second edition features readings on the topics of moral panics, undocumented persons and border policing, private and public policing, racial profiling, wrongful convictions, mass incarceration, prisoner reentry, and the criminalization of school discipline in the United States.Crime, Justice, and Social Controlis suitable for introductory courses in criminal justice, as well as courses in social control and criminal justice policy.Stuart HenryPh.D. (Sociology, University of Kent, England) previously served as a professor of criminal justice at San Diego State University and was director of the School of Public Affairs (2006-2017).Jeffrey Vandersipis a lecturer at San Diego State University and a senior crime and intelligence analyst with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. He holds a B.A. in urban studies with a concentration in geography.Desiré J.M. Anastasia,holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Wayne State University. She is an associate professor of sociology at Metropolitan State University, Denver, and also teaches at San Diego State University.

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English | March 22, 2021 | ISBN: 1735947008 | 64 pages | EPUB | 5.78 Mb
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Free Download Grant R. Jeffrey, "Creation: Remarkable Evidence of God's Design"
English | 2003 | pages: 288 | ISBN: 0921714785, 0739447645| EPUB | 1,7 mb
This book explores the powerful new evidence discovered in the last few decades by scientific research in astronomy, the nature of the atom and DNA. These discoveries have caused a revolution in the world view of thousands of scientists as they were confronted with compelling new evidence that our universe must have been created by a Supernatural Mind. Grant Jeffrey's latest book, Creation, will challenge readers with fascinating new information that confirms the Bible's claim that "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth".

Cosmic Biology: How Life Could Evolve on Other Worlds By Louis Neal Irwin, Dirk Schulze-Makuch
English | PDF | 2011 | 353 Pages | ISBN : 1441916466 | 143.09 MB
It is very unlikely that little green humanoids are living on Mars. But what are the possible life forms that might exist in our Solar System and how might they have evolved?

Free Download Lee Battersby, "Corpse-Rat King"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 0857662864, 0857662872 | EPUB | pages: 416 | 0.3 mb
Marius dos Hellespont and his apprentice, Gerd, are professional looters of battlefields. When they stumble upon the corpse of the King of Scorby and Gerd is killed, Marius is mistaken for the monarch by one of the dead soldiers, is transported down to the Kingdom of the Dead. The dead need a King-the King is God's representative, and someone needs to remind God where they are.

Free Download PCC Community Markets, "Cooking from Scratch: 120 Recipes for Colorful, Seasonal Food from PCC Community Markets"
English | ISBN: 1632171880 | 2018 | 304 pages | EPUB | 252 MB
120 simple and delicious recipes in a cookbook that's chock-full of nutritional information and expert advice from Seattle's popular grocer, PCC Community Markets