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by Homework Help Classof1
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
(a) How might there be an increase in total spending on a child’s education in response to providing a fixed level of education? (b) How might there be a ‘crowd-out’ effect from government intervention in the form of providing a fixed level of education? (c) If increased spending leads to a...
Gold, Credit and Employment
Four Essays for Laymen
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Originally published in 1930, the essays in this book discuss some of the leading financial controversies of the early 1930s in non-technical language. Rationalisation, the Gold Standard and the problems of currency and credit in their relation to unemployment are among the questions discussed. The...
by Homework Help Classof1
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
What should the monopolist do? 1. Shut down 2. Increase output – to reduce economic loss 3. Decrease output 4. Increase output – to increase positive profit
German Industry and German Industrialisation
Essays in German Economic and Business History in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Originally published in 1991 this book brings together 9 essays which address a number of central issues relating to the nature of German industrialisation, including the role of foreign competition in fostering technological change, the importance of market integration for economic development and...
by Graeme Dean, Frank Clarke, Finley Graves
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Originally published in 1990, this anthology of articles from the German financial and industrial press, translated into English for this volume, discusses the socio/politico/economic background that was a catalyst for the development of replacement cost accounting ideas in Europe and Anglo-American...
Beyond Individualism
The Challenge of Inclusive Communities
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
In many places around the world, relations between ethnic and religious groups that for long periods coexisted more or less amicably are now fraught with aggression and violence. This trend has profound international implications, threatening efforts to narrow the gap between rich and poor. Underscoring...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
What is the nature of Hell? What role(s) may Hell play in religious, political, or ethical thought? Can Hell be justified? This edited volume addresses these questions and others; drawing philosophers from many approaches and traditions to analyze and examine Hell.
What Did Jesus Really Say-How Christianity Went Astray
[What to Say to a Born Again Christian Fundamentalist, but Never Had the Information]
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2005
No dogma please. And hold the mustard. For something to be called Christianity, it should be based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Jesus never said he needed to die for our sins so we could be "saved." Only Paul and John make this claim. Christianity has therefore become a form...
The Theatre of the Occult Revival
Alternative Spiritual Performance from 1875 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
This book explores the religious foundations, political and social significance, and aesthetic aspects of the theatre created by the leaders of the Occult Revival. Lingan shows how theatre contributed to the fragmentation of Western religious culture and how contemporary theatre plays a part in the development of alternative, occult religions.
Between Naivety and Hostility
How Should Christians Respond to Islam in Britain?
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Provides thinking Christians with a broad range of balanced evidence on Islam in Britain.
This book will enable readers to engage with the issues and come to conclusions that might help them be better social peacemakers and spiritual friends to Muslims for the sake of Jesus Christ.
Mors Britannica
Lifestyle & Death-Style in Britain Today
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
A people's lifestyle is one thing, their death-style another. The proximity or distance between such styles says much about a society, not least in Britain today. Mors Britannica takes up this style-issue in a society where cultural changes involve distinctions between traditional religion, secularisation,...
Reflections on Reason, Religion, and Tolerance
Engaging with Fethullah Gulen's Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2015
This is an attempt to reflect on Islam as it appears in the context of Fethullah Gulen's teachings, an influential Turkish-Muslim scholar who inspired a movement of education and interfaith dialogue. Grinell's extensive study of Islam and of Gulen allows him to pinpoint a unique expression of values...
Disciples of All Nations:Pillars of World Christianity
Pillars of World Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2007
Long the dominant religion of the West, Christianity is now rapidly becoming the principal faith in much of the postcolonial world--a development that marks a momentous shift in the religion's very center of gravity. In this eye-opening book, Lamin Sanneh examines the roots of this "post-Western awakening"...
Religious Conversion and Identity
The Semiotic Analysis of Texts
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
The way in which people change and represent their spiritual evolution is often determined by recurrent language structures. Through the analysis of ancient and modern stories and their words and images, this book describes the nature of conversion through explorations of the encounter with the religious...