James Jennings: 17 books

Book cover of The Politics of Black Empowerment

The Politics of Black Empowerment

The Transformation of Black Activism in Urban America

by James Jennings
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000

In analyzing Black politics since the late 1960s, James Jennings focuses on both the behavioral aspects, such as individual and group characteristics of voting and nonvoting and elections, as well a more fundamental philosophical and cultural questions regarding Black politics. This study examines how...
Book cover of Urban Spaces

Urban Spaces

Planning and Struggles for Land and Community

by James DeFilippis, Robert Fisher, Kim Geron
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2009

The control and utilization of urban spaces remains a highly contested issue. Much of the debate centers on issues of economic development versus the maintenance and support of already existing communities. As a number of urban areas are in the throes of gentrification and economic development projects,...
Book cover of The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race
by Willie James Jennings
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010

Book cover of Enfleshing Theology

Enfleshing Theology

Embodiment, Discipleship, and Politics in the Work of M. Shawn Copeland

by Susan Abraham, Katie G. Cannon, Laurie Cassidy
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018

Enfleshing Theology honors and engages the life work of M. Shawn Copeland, whose theology is groundbreaking and prophetic, traversing the fields of Catholic Theology, Black Theology, Womanist Thought, and Semiotics. The book opens with a brief introduction, and then moves to an interview with Copeland,...
Book cover of Jürgen Moltmann and the Work of Hope

Jürgen Moltmann and the Work of Hope

The Future of Christian Theology

by Nancy Elizabeth Bedford, Willie James Jennings, Catherine Keller
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018

These essays reflect on the future of Christian theology in light of the contributions Jürgen Moltmann has made in his prolific career as one of the world’s foremost theologians. They are not a prediction of what is coming in the future of theology, since God’s own actions, and human history,...
Book cover of First Training
by James Jennings
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2013

One of those legendary bits of Victorian erotica. Young Clara is tutored in all matters sexual by her knowledgable and domineering stepmother, with the girl learning in the process to make those around succumb to her every whim. This book is also known as "Clara Birch."
Book cover of Vanessa: The Vicar's Girl
by James Jennings
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014

"Vanessa: The Vicar's Girl" is set in a placid rural british village in late 19th century. The beautiful Vanessa lives quietly with her brother until the day the lustful local vicar takes her in hand. In a short time, our young and beautiful Vanessa manages to attract other families of the village in her secret community of passion and sin.
Book cover of The Dialect of the West of England Particularly Somersetshire
by James Jennings
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2013

PREFACE. The usefulness of works like the present is too generally admitted to need any apology for their publication. There is, notwithstanding, in their very nature a dryness, which requires relief: the author trusts, therefore, that, in blending something imaginative with the details of philological...
Book cover of Emily: Or, the Voluptuous Delights of a Once-Innocent Young Lady
by James Jennings
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014

'Emily: Or, the Voluptuous Delights of a Once-Innocent Young Lady' is centered on the tale of the erotic pursuits of a young English lady at the turn of the century. This book starts innocently enough, but has a believable realism and a stomach knotting ending. A young Emily is forced to marry the...
Book cover of James Isaac

James Isaac

The World Brightens as It Darkens

by James Isaac Jennings
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011

He once said, Jason X is here to give you fear, James Isaac is here to make it clear. James Isaac emphasizes helping grandmothers because he was Lil Smurf observing Big Mommas efforts toward making ends meet. Now as a change agent, he seeks to enlighten the young and thank the old. The World Brightens...
Book cover of Ethics, Literature, and Theory

Ethics, Literature, and Theory

An Introductory Reader

by Dudley Barlow, Orson Scott Card, Anthony Cunningham
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2005

Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics. Do the rich descriptions and narrative shapings of...
Book cover of Breaking the Mold of Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education

Breaking the Mold of Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education

Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-first Century

by Liz Barber, Harriet J. Bessette, Tasha Bleistein
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011

This unique collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative preservice and inservice teacher education practices from many regions of the United States, Canada and the world. Each of the chapters offers an authentic, documentary account of successful initiatives that break...
Book cover of Queering Elementary Education

Queering Elementary Education

Advancing the Dialogue about Sexualities and Schooling

by Kathy Bickmore, Perry Brass, Betsy Cahill
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 1999

Queering Elementary Education is not about teaching kids to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or straight. ItOs not part of a sinister stratagem in the Ogay agenda.O Instead, these provocative and thoughtful essays advocate the creation of classrooms that challenge categorical thinking, promote interpersonal...
Book cover of Kentucky Government, Politics, and Public Policy
by Hank Savitch, James C. Clinger, Michael W. Hail
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013

The cornerstone of the American republic is an educated, active, and engaged citizenry; however, the multifaceted inner workings of government and the political forces that shape it are incredibly complex. Kentucky Government, Politics, and Public Policy is the first book in nearly three decades to...
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