John Gordon: 114 books

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Charles H. Houston

An Interdisciplinary Study of Civil Rights Leadership

by Derek W. Black, John Brittain, Malachi Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012

This study seeks to examine the life and work of Charles Hamilton Houston and the scope of this project will focus on the implementation and organization of the proposed plan in three ways: philosophical ideas, constructive engagement, and lasting contributions of this legal scholar activist. When...
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Georgia Women

Their Lives and Times

by Carlos Dews, Glenn T. Eskew, Steve Goodson
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014

Women were leading actors in twentieth-century developments in Georgia, yet most histories minimize their contributions. The essays in the second volume of Georgia Women, edited by Ann Short Chirhart and Kathleen Ann Clark, vividly portray a wide array of Georgia women who played an important role...
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The International Handbook on the Sociology of Education

An International Assessment of New Research and Theory

by Siikka Aapola, Jason Chang, A B. Dijkstra
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2002

The twentieth century has been marked by the expansion of educational opportunities worldwide. It has been the century of education, and the role of the state in the promotion of public education has been decisive. Yet, at the millennium's turn efforts to diminish the role of the state are rapidly...
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In/visible War

The Culture of War in Twenty-first-Century America

by Nina Berman, Nina Berman, David Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017

In/Visible War addresses a paradox of twenty-first century American warfare. The contemporary visual American experience of war is ubiquitous, and yet war is simultaneously invisible or absent; we lack a lived sense that “America” is at war. This paradox of in/visibility concerns the gap between...
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Morality and Justice

Reading Boylan's 'A Just Society'

by Michael Boylan, Robert Paul Churchill, James A. Donahue
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2009

This book is a collection of twelve essays devoted to Michael Boylan's important work in moral philosophy,A Just Society. The collection is thematically organized to mirror Boylan's own volume, so the first half explores fundamental issues of justification in ethics while the second half focuses on...
Book cover of War by Other Means--Building Complete and Balanced Capabilities for Counterinsurgency
by David C. Gompert, John IV Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2008

Examines how the United States should improve its counterinsurgency (COIN) capabilities through, for example, much greater focus on understanding jihadist strategy, using civil measures to strengthen the local government, and enabling local forces to conduct COIN operations. Provides a broad discussion...
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The Family Emotional System

An Integrative Concept for Theory, Science, and Practice

by John Butler, Frances A. Champagne, James Curley
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015

The Family Emotional System: An Integrative Concept for Theory, Science, and Practice presents an ongoing dialogue among scientists, family investigators, and clinicians related to a natural systems view of the family and human behavior that has been occurring over several decades. The concept of...
Book cover of Philosophers as Educational Reformers (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 10)
by Peter Gordon, John White
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010

This volume assesses how far the ideas and achievements of the 19th century British Idealist philosophical reformers are still important for us today when considering fundamental questions about the structure and objectives of the education system in England and Wales. Part 1 examines those ideas...
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Christian Physicalism?

Philosophical Theological Criticisms

by Thomas Atkinson, John W. Cooper, Marc Cortez
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017

On the heels of the advance since the twentieth-century of wholly physicalist accounts of human persons, the influence of materialist ontology is increasingly evident in Christian theologizing. To date, the contemporary literature has tended to focus on anthropological issues (e.g., whether the traditional...
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Choice Matters

How Healthcare Consumers Make Decisions (and Why Clinicians and Managers Should Care)

by Gordon Moore, John A. Quelch, Emily Boudreau
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018

The direct-to-consumer business model has transformed how people seek out goods and services from music to mortgages. So what happens now that the revolution has come for healthcare? While consumers have begun to insist on healthcare that is as convenient and personalized as nearly every other good...
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Encounter with God

April–June 2018

by John Grayston, Andy Bathgate, Gordon Cooke
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018

Encounter with God is Scripture Union's daily Bible reading guide designed to lead you to a deeper understanding about what God is saying to you and to his world today. You’ll find its thorough and energetic investigation of the whole Bible inspiring and stimulating. And you’ll discover that its...
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By Faith Alone

Answering the Challenges to the Doctrine of Justification

by David F. Wells, Richard D. Phillips, R. Albert Mohler Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007

The Reformation swept across Europe with a God-glorifying gospel of grace. Now the doctrine of grace cherished and proclaimed by the Reformers is under renewed assault from an unexpected place—the evangelical church itself. With the help of several theologians, Gary L. W. Johnson and Guy...
Book cover of Resistance and Theological Ethics
by Frances S. Adeney, Brian K. Blount, F E. Bonkovsky
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2004

Protestantism, at its best, grounds both its religious and its social critique in the faith of the prophets and the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as understood and lived by the church. Its teachings and desired practice stand in start contrast to complacent religion that seems to be at ease with...
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Withdrawing from Iraq

Alternative Schedules, Associated Risks, and Mitigating Strategies

by Walter L. Perry, Stuart E. Johnson, Keith Crane
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2009

In studying the withdrawal from Iraq, RAND assessed logistical constraints, trends in insurgent activity, the readiness of Iraqi security forces, and implications for the size of the residual U.S. force and for security in Iraq and the region. This report presents alternative schedules: one consistent...
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