John Weaver: 20 books
Sorrows of a Century
Interpreting Suicide in New Zealand, 1900-2000
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
In Sorrows of a Century, John Weaver describes how personal relationships, work, poverty, war, illness, and legal troubles have driven thousands to despair. His study is set in twentieth-century New Zealand where - in spite of high standards of living and a commitment to social welfare - citizens...
Evangelicals and the Arts in Fiction
Portrayals of Tension in Non-Evangelical Works Since 1895
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2013
This book is an exploration of how the relationship of evangelicals to the arts has been portrayed in fiction for the last century. The author argues that evangelicals are consistently seen as enemies of the arts by non-evangelical writers. The artist (typically represented by a literal artist, occasionally...
Histories of Suicide
International Perspectives on Self-Destruction in the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with more than one million fatalities each year. During the post-war period, the rate of completed suicides has risen dramatically, especially among young men and Aboriginal peoples living in the Western world. While this has naturally led to...
The Failure of Evangelical Mental Health Care
Treatments That Harm Women, LGBT Persons and the Mentally Ill
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
In the evangelical community, a variety of alternative mental health treatments—deliverance/exorcism, biblical counseling, reparative therapy and many others—have been proposed for the treatment of mentally ill, female and LGBT evangelicals. This book traces the history of these methods, focusing...
The New Apostolic Reformation
History of a Modern Charismatic Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
From Justin Bieber, to Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, to the controversial documentary Jesus Camp (2006), the New Apostolic Reformation's influence can be seen everywhere in mainstream America. Beginning with an examination of the Latter Rain, Church Growth and Shepherding movements, this book...
by John Gribbin, Rhys Hughes, Christopher Nuttall
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
The title, Existence is Elsewhen, paraphrases the last sentence of André Breton’s 1924 Manifesto of Surrealism, perfectly summing up the intent behind this anthology of stories from a wonderful collection of authors. Different worlds… different times. It’s what Elsewhen Press has been about...
Sorrows of a Century
Interpreting Suicide in New Zealand, 19002000
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Focusing on New Zealand’s comprehensive and accessible coroners’ records, John Weaver analyses some twelve thousand cases to determine the social and cultural factors that contribute to suicide rates. He examines the official investigations into sudden deaths, placing them within the context of major...
by Rodrigo Zablah, Jenny Weaver, John Eckhardt
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
The Church Becomes What the Church Sings!
In the most basic sense, worship is the act of offering praise to God. But worship is a much more powerful act than we are often aware. It is nothing less than an opened floodgate, unleashing a supernatural flow between Heaven and Earth.
For...
by John A. Weaver
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
In this book John A. Weaver suggests curriculum studies scholars need to engage more in science matters. It offers a review of science studies writing from Ludwick Fleck and Thomas Kuhn to Philip Mirowski. The volume includes chapters on the rhetoric of science with a focus on the history of rhetoric...
Universal Horrors
The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Revised and updated since its first publication in 1990, this acclaimed critical survey covers the classic chillers produced by Universal Studios during the golden age of hollywood horror, 1931 through 1946. Trekking boldly through haunts and horrors from The Frankenstein Monster, The Wolf Man, Count...
Teaching Peace
Nonviolence and the Liberal Arts
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2003
This book opens a new frontier in understanding nonviolence. Discussions of peace and nonviolence usually focus on either moral theory or practical dimensions of applying nonviolence in conflict situations. Teaching Peace carries the discussion of nonviolence beyond ethics and into the rest of the...
Our Prince of Scribes
Writers Remember Pat Conroy
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year writing life. In...
Ethics of Spying
A Reader for the Intelligence Professional
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2005
Intelligence professionals are employees of the government working in a business that some would consider unethical_the business of spying. This book looks at the dilemmas that exist when one is asked to perform a civil service that is in conflict with what that individual believes to be 'ethical.'...
by Rickert Althaus, Adam Brown, Charles S. Bullock III
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
John Engler, former Governor of Michigan, once claimed that redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. Academicians and political leaders alike, however, have regularly debated the ideal way by to redistrict national and state legislatures. Rather than being the pure process...
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