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Infibulation

Female Mutilation in Islamic Northeastern Africa

By: Esther K. Hicks

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Infibulation

Female Mutilation in Islamic Northeastern Africa

By: Esther K. Hicks

Infibulation is the most extreme form of female circumcision. It plays an important role in the Islamic societies of northeastern Africa. Until now, the social significance and function of this practice has been poorly understood. This has been no less true of Western commentators who have condemned the practice than of relevant governments that have attempted to curb it. In Infibulation, Esther K. Hicks analyzes female circumcision as a cultural trait embedded in a historically traditional milieu and shows why it cannot be treated in isolation as a single issue destined for elimination. In its brief history it has been recognized as a pioneering piece of research with enormous consequences. As Hicks demonstrates, much of the popular resistance to official efforts to eradicate infibulation has actually come from women. Circumcision constitutes a rite of passage for female children. It initiates them into womanhood and makes them eligible for marriage. Often, this is the only positive status position available to women in traditional Islamic societies. Hicks points out that although female circumcision predates the introduction of Islam into the region, the religious culture has successfully codified infibulation into the structural nexus of marriage, family, and social honor at all socioeconomic levels.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412826233

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Economics of Faith

Reforming Poverty in Early Modern Europe

By: Esther Chung-Kim

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Economics of Faith

Reforming Poverty in Early Modern Europe

By: Esther Chung-Kim

Economics of Faith examines the role of religious leaders in the development of poor relief institutions in early modern Europe. As preachers, policy makers, advocates, and community leaders, these reformers offered a new interpretation of salvation and good works that provided the religious foundation for poor relief reform. Although poverty was once associated with the religious image of piety, reformers no longer saw it as a spiritual virtue. Rather they considered social welfare reform to be an integral part of religious reform and worked to modify existing poor relief institutions or to set up new ones. Population growth, economic crises, and migration in early modern Europe caused poverty and begging to be an ever-increasing concern, and religious leaders encouraged the development and expansion of poor relief institutions. This new cadre of reformers served as catalysts, organizers, stabilizers, and consolidators of strategies to alleviate poverty, the most glaring social problem of early modern society. Although different roles emerged from varying relationships and negotiations with local political authorities and city councils, reform-minded ministers and lay leaders shaped a variety of institutions to address the problem of poverty and to promote social and communal responsibility. As religious options multiplied within Christianity, one's understanding of community determined the boundaries, albeit contested and sometimes fluid, of responsible poor relief. This goal of communal care would be especially relevant for religious refugees who as foreigners and strangers became responsible for caring for their own group.

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Oxford University Press

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0197537758

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9780197537756

Living with Chronic Illness and Disability - eBook

Principles for nursing practice

By: Esther Chang,Amanda Johnson

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Living with Chronic Illness and Disability - eBook

Principles for nursing practice

By: Esther Chang,Amanda Johnson

- A reinforced focus on person- and family-centred care - Chapter 2 Partnerships in collaborative care includes new sections on the role of the pharmacist, paramedic and exercise physiologist - Principles for nursing practice are embedded throughout Section 2 - Evolve Resources for students and instructors provide additional multimedia resources and reflective questions to assist learning and promote self-inquiry

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0729586235

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9780729586238

The Gospel of Mary

Listening to the Beloved Disciple

By: Esther De Boer

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The Gospel of Mary

Listening to the Beloved Disciple

By: Esther De Boer

The success of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code has raised new interest in Mary Magdalene and in the Gospel of Mary. Here, the author examines Mary Magdalene's influence on the beginnings of Christianity and asks what was her impact and her message? And furthermore, what became of her and her ideas? Esther de Boer studies the Gospel of Mary (the only Gospel to be named after a woman) to discover what it reveals about Mary Magdalene and to determine the origin of its portrayal. She argues that the Gospel of Mary is not a Gnostic writing but is more closely related to the writings of Philo, the letters of Paul and the Gospel of John. She demonstrates that esteem of Mary Magdalene did not just belong to the Gnostic tradition but to a broader Christian context. In order to determine this context, the study identifies the different portrayals of Mary Magdalene in the New Testament, analyses their concepts of discipleship and their views on women, and investigates their historical 'reality'. Esther de Boer concludes that the portrayal of Mary Magdalene in the Gospel of Mary is close to that in the Gospel of John, and investigates the possibility that she is concealed in the Johannine disciple loved by Jesus.

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270

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A&C Black

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0826480012

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9780826480019

Chromatography in Environmental Protection

By: Tibor Cserhati,Esther Forgacs

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Chromatography in Environmental Protection

By: Tibor Cserhati,Esther Forgacs

Chromatography has been developed as a powerful and rapid technique for the separation of compounds with highly similar molecular characteristics, even from complicated matrices. Due to their excellent separation characteristics and Versatility, chromatographic methods have found growing acceptance and application in environmental protection for residue analysis in air, ground and surface waters, sewage, sludge, soil matrices, etc The book will be of interest to analytical chemists in legalisation and research and to analytical control specialists, as well as to researchers and students.

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CRC Press

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9058231615

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9789058231611

Living with Chronic Illness and Disability

Principles for nursing practice

By: Esther Chang,Amanda Johnson

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Living with Chronic Illness and Disability

Principles for nursing practice

By: Esther Chang,Amanda Johnson

Fully updated and refreshed to reflect current knowledge, data and perspectives

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0729588270

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9780729588270

Pt Platinum

Platinum-Group Metals: Isotopes, Atoms, Molecules, Clusters

By: Esther Belin,Yvette Cauchois,Joachim Wagner,Christiane Senemaud,Jean Blaise,Jean-Francois Wyart,Helmut Münzel

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Pt Platinum

Platinum-Group Metals: Isotopes, Atoms, Molecules, Clusters

By: Esther Belin,Yvette Cauchois,Joachim Wagner,Christiane Senemaud,Jean Blaise,Jean-Francois Wyart,Helmut Münzel

This volume describes the isotopes, atoms, atomic ions, molecules, and clusters of the six platinum group elements Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, and Pt. It starts with a compilation of the properties of the isotopes, followed by the description of the formation and separation of the radioactive isotopes. The chapters on the atoms and atomic ions deal with the configuration of the outer-shell electrons, manifested by optical terms and spectra, ionization energy, and electron affinity, as weil as with the energy levels of the inner-shell electrons, manifested by X-ray spectra and Auger electron spectra. The last section gives information on the formation and the physical properties of the plati num group molecules and clusters. Most of the contributions are written by extern al experts (for details, see the back of the titte page). One of the authors (Prof. Y. Cauchois) thanks Dr. M. Othmane for his constant and efficient cooperation in the treatment of the drafts and the checking of the proofs. Frankfurt am Main, January 1989 Dieter Koschel XI Table 0' Contents Page 1 Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, and Pt Isotopes 1.1 Introductory Remarks . . . . .

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662093774

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9783662093771

Vanadium

Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Practical Applications

By: Alan S. Tracey,Gail R. Willsky,Esther S. Takeuchi

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Vanadium

Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Practical Applications

By: Alan S. Tracey,Gail R. Willsky,Esther S. Takeuchi

The first comprehensive resource on the chemistry of vanadium, Vanadium: Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, and Practical Applications has evolved from over a quarter century of research that concentrated on delineating the aqueous coordination reactions that characterize the vanadium(V) oxidation state. The authors distill information o

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CRC Press

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1420046144

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The Gospels of Mary

The Secret Tradition of Mary Magdalene, the Companion of Jesus

By: Marvin W. Meyer,Esther A. De Boer

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The Gospels of Mary

The Secret Tradition of Mary Magdalene, the Companion of Jesus

By: Marvin W. Meyer,Esther A. De Boer

Mary Magdalene, Jesus's Closest Disciple Marvin Meyer, one of the foremost scholars of the Gnostic Gospels: translates and introduces the Gnostic and New Testament texts that together reveal the story and importance of Mary Magdalene includes new translations of the Gospels of Mary, Thomas, Philip, and related texts about Mary Magdalene discloses, with Esther A. De Boer, the long-suppressed story of Mary's vital role in the life of Jesus and in the formative period after his crucifixion presents as authentically as possible the real Mary Magdalene

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Harper Collins

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0061965952

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9780061965951

Cyclodextrins in Chromatography

By: Tibor Cserháti,Esther Forgacs

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Cyclodextrins in Chromatography

By: Tibor Cserháti,Esther Forgacs

Cyclodextrins can form complexes with a wide variety of organic and inorganic compounds, a property which can prove useful when trying to separate complex mixtures. This book provides an up-to-date and critical evaluation of the application of cyclodextrins in many fields of chromatography (including thin layer, gas-liquid, high performance liquid and supercritical fluid chromatography; capillary electrophoresis; and isotacophoresis). Whilst mainly practical in nature, the book also looks briefly at the theoretical background for the various techniques. Any professional working with chromatography will welcome this unique book as both a practical compilation of methods and a source of reference to the literature regarding the use and impact of cyclodextrins in chromatography.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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1847550673

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9781847550675

Basics of Thermodynamics and Phase Transitions in Complex Intermetallics

By: Esther Belin-Ferre

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Basics of Thermodynamics and Phase Transitions in Complex Intermetallics

By: Esther Belin-Ferre

Complex metal alloys (CMAs) comprise a huge group of largely unknown alloys and compounds, where many phases are formed with crystal structures based on giant unit cells containing atom clusters, ranging from tens of to more than thousand atoms per unit cell. In these phases, for many phenomena, the physical length scales are substantially smaller than the unit-cell dimension. Hence, these materials offer unique combinations of properties which are mutually exclusive in conventional materials, such as metallic electric conductivity combined with low thermal conductivity, good light absorption with high-temperature stability, high metallic hardness with reduced wetting by liquids, etc.This book is the first of a series of books issued yearly as a deliverable to the European Community of the School established within the European Network of Excellence CMA. Written by reputed experts in the fields of metal physics, surface physics, surface chemistry, metallurgy, and process engineering, this book brings together expertise found inside as well as outside the network to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge in CMAs.

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World Scientific

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9812790594

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9789812790590

‘News from the Republick of Letters’

Scottish Students, Charles Mackie and the United Provinces, 1650-1750

By: Esther Mijers

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‘News from the Republick of Letters’

Scottish Students, Charles Mackie and the United Provinces, 1650-1750

By: Esther Mijers

This book is the first full-length study of Scots in the United Provinces between 1650 and 1750, showing that the Scottish-Dutch relationship provided the infrastructure, which allowed Scotland to become part of the Republic of Letters.

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BRILL

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9004210687

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9789004210684

History's Timeline

A 40,000-year Chronology of World Civilization

By: Jean Isobel Esther Cooke,Ann Kramer,Theodore Rowland-Entwistle

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History's Timeline

A 40,000-year Chronology of World Civilization

By: Jean Isobel Esther Cooke,Ann Kramer,Theodore Rowland-Entwistle

Presents a timeline of world history.

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0760703868

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9780760703861

Book's by Esther De Boer

Infibulation

Infibulation

Economics of Faith

Economics of Faith

Living with Chronic Illness and Disability - eBook

Living with Chronic Illness and Disability - eBook

The Gospel of Mary

The Gospel of Mary

Chromatography in Environmental Protection

Chromatography in Environmental Protection

Living with Chronic Illness and Disability

Living with Chronic Illness and Disability

Pt Platinum

Pt Platinum

Vanadium

Vanadium

The Gospels of Mary

The Gospels of Mary

Cyclodextrins in Chromatography

Cyclodextrins in Chromatography

Basics of Thermodynamics and Phase Transitions in Complex Intermetallics

Basics of Thermodynamics and Phase Transitions in Complex Intermetallics

‘News from the Republick of Letters’

‘News from the Republick of Letters’

History's Timeline

History's Timeline

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