J John: 1441 books
Taiwan's Transformation
1895 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
This book presents a cogent but comprehensive review of Taiwan’s socio-economic transformation from a Japanese colony to a thriving East Asian mini-state. Since the 1980’s, Taiwan has primarily been viewed as a thriving economic model. Though certainly true, this assessment belies the amazing...
Light on Life
The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2006
B.K.S. Iyengar--hailed as "the Michelangelo of yoga" (BBC) and considered by many to be one of the most important yoga masters--has spent much of his life introducing the modern world to the ancient practice of yoga. Yoga's popularity is soaring, but its widespread acceptance as an exercise for physical...
Paulo Freire: Teaching for Freedom and Transformation
The Philosophical Influences on the Work of Paulo Freire
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
The primary mission of this text is clarifying many of the misconceptions about Paulo Freire’s theories, concepts and his implications for education. It revisits his ideas and explains more fully the philosophical influences that shaped concepts such as problem posing, conscientization and praxis....
The Purposes, Practices, and Professionalism of Teacher Reflectivity
Insights for Twenty-First-Century Teachers and Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Very little information about the impact of reflection on teacher performance, teacher retention, and student learning is available in teacher preparation programs. This book provides practical and research-based chapters that offer greater clarity about the particular kinds of reflection that matter...
by Stanley N. Gundry, John F. Walvoord, Zachary J. Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Most contemporary Christians acknowledge the doctrine of hell, but they’d rather not think about how God punishes the wicked. The authors of Four Views on Hell meet this subject head-on with different views on what the Scriptures say. Is hell to be understood literally as a place of eternal smoke...
Fallen
A Theology of Sin
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
From marital infidelity to global war, the world is obviously broken, leaving people desperate to find an explanation for our universal sin problem. In the latest addition to the Theology in Community series, Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson have assembled an interdisciplinary team of evangelical...
by Stanley N. Gundry, J. P. Moreland, John Mark Reynolds
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
For Christians, the issues raised by the different views on creation and evolution are challenging. Can a "young earth" be reconciled with a universe that appears to be billions of years old? Does scientific evidence point to a God who designed the universe and life in all its complexity?...
All Together Different
Upholding the Church's Unity While Honoring Our Individual Identities
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Can we all just get along?
E Pluribus Unum: “Out of many, one.” This motto is emblazoned on the Great Seal of the United States, but it could be the church’s model, too. Unfortunately, the daily experience of many Christians and churches feels like the opposite: out of one, many. We are...
Twilight of Press Freedom
The Rise of People's Journalism
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
This volume offers a historical, philosophical, and practical critique of public and civic journalism--a movement that gained momentum in the final decade of the 20th century. During that period, proponents of the movement have published nearly a dozen books expanding upon and expounding the virtues...
by John J. Kirton
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
This book offers the most thorough, detailed inside story of the preparation, negotiation, performance, and achievements of G20 gatherings from their start at the finance level in 1999 through their rise to become leader-level summits in response to the great global financial crisis in 2008. Follow...
by John J. Hoover
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
Covering universal screening, progress monitoring, and diagnostic assessment for special education, this resource presents a comprehensive overview of assessment for struggling students within RTI.
by John N. Oswalt, J. Andrew Dearman, Iain M. Duguid
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
This NIVAC Bundle includes the four books of the Bible that cover the major prophets found in the NIV Application Commentary series.
Two Faiths, One Covenant?
Jewish and Christian Identity in the Presence of the Other
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2004
Judaism and Christianity are religions bound together by their claims to the same biblical covenant initiated by God with Abraham and his descendants. Yet, despite the inseparable connection between the election of Israel and that of the church, between the "old" and the "new"...
by Daniel J. Estes, Mark Strauss, John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors to quickly grasp the big idea and key themes of each passage of...