J John: 1441 books
On God's Existence
Traditional and New Arguments
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Philosophy and the advances in cosmology, neurology, molecular biology, and the social sciences have made the convincing and converging arguments for God’s existence more probable than ever in history.On God’s Existence is concise summary of these arguments as well as new arguments inspired by the advances of the sciences.
Sisters
Catholic Nuns and the Making of America
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Sisters is the first major history of the pivotal role played by nuns in the building of American society. Nuns were the first feminists, argues Fialka. They became the nation's first cadre of independent, professional women. Some nursed, some taught, and many created and managed new charitable organizations,...
by John Stott, Christopher J. H. Wright
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2015
Christian Mission in the Modern World
Linking Arms, Linking Lives
How Urban-Suburban Partnerships Can Transform Communities
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Among the various lines drawn between people in the church--male and female, young and old, black and white, rich and poor, Republican and Democrat--there is the line between the urban and the suburban. The stereotypes of the edgy, socially active, multicultural urban Christian and the middle-class,...
Stepping Out of the Brain Drain
Applying Catholic Social Teaching in a New Era of Migration
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2007
Stepping Out of the Brain Drain is an important contribution to the intensifying debate about highly skilled migration from developing to developed countries. Addressing the issue from the perspective of Catholic social thought, the authors demonstrate that both the economic and ethical rationales...
by John J. Fry
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2005
This project contributes to our understanding of rural Midwesterners and farm newspapers at the turn of the century. While cultural historians have mainly focused on readers in town and cities, it examines Midwestern farmers. It also contributes to the "new rural history" by exploring the...
by Rev. John Ryan S. J.
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Get the other side of the argument. Was St. Patrick part of a Celtic Church that was separate from the See of Rome?
Did he come under the jurisdiction of the Church of Britain, a Celtic form of early Christianity or did he submit to the Pope? Was St. Patrick a proto-Protestant?
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Confessionalization in Europe, 1555–1700
Essays in Honor and Memory of Bodo Nischan
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Confessionalization in Europe, 1555-1700 brings together a closely-focused set of essays by leading scholars from the USA, UK, and Europe, in memory of Bodo Nischan. They address what historians of the Early Modern period have recently come to define as the pre-eminent issue in the history of the...
by John J. Pilch
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
The fifty-six essays in this book present cultural reflections on the gospel reading assigned for each Sunday in Cycle C of the Roman Lectionary. Each essay highlights aspects of the first-century, Eastern Mediterranean cultural world in which Jesus lived and suggests across-cultural comparison with...
by John J. Merrill
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Jiu Jitsu Fighting Skills Gives You An Insiderís Grasp On Three Moves in Jiu Jitsu to Subdue An Attacker, What to Expect in Jiu Jitsu, Jiu Jitsu Etiquette, 3 Modes of Fighting in Quantum Jiu Jitsu, Jiu Jitsu Equipment and Finding a Jiu Jitsu Gym.
How to Abandon Ship
The World War II Classic That Can Save Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
“Written from the voice of experience . . . give this informative survival guide a try if you have any plans to go sailing” (Listverse,“Top 10 Bizarre Books”).
Based on interviews with the crew and captain of a torpedoed tanker who survived nineteen days in a lifeboat in heavy seas and...
Social Networking and Impression Management
Self-Presentation in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Social Networking and Impression Management: Self-Presentation in the Digital Age, edited by Carolyn Cunningham, provides original research on key issues in the field of identity management and social networking sites. The contributors to this volume draw on current research in the field and offer...
by Harvard Business Review, Amy J.C. Cuddy, Deborah Tannen
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
A carefully curated selection of articles about presence from Harvard Business Review.
Deconstructs and defines "executive presence."
Identifies ways to come across as more strategic.
Shows how to use body language to signal your confidence and calm.
Describes the limits of charisma--and...
The Business of Human Rights
An Evolving Agenda for Corporate Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
In a time when multinational corporations have become truly globalised, demands for global standards on their behaviour are increasingly difficult to dismiss. Work conditions in sweatshops, widespread destruction of the environment, and pharmaceutical trials in third world countries are only the tip...