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Surviving the Justice Experience

An Essential Christian Resource for Families of Offenders

By: Kevin J. McCarthy

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Surviving the Justice Experience

An Essential Christian Resource for Families of Offenders

By: Kevin J. McCarthy

Fear Not" said the Lord Using his own life in prison and the events that led up to and followed it as inspiration, author Kevin J. McCarthy recounts an honest tale of his own journey and experiences in order to help families of the incarcerated maintain their relationship with God. Dr. McCarthy, who holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology provides a unique understanding of the trauma of incarceration and offers insights on managing the progressive emotional scarring process which awaits family members of offenders throughout the arrest, conviction, incarceration and community reintegration phases of the justice experience. The book offers a spiritual pathway to guide family members and friends in renewing their Faith and navigating their way through the darkness of overwhelming events. It also provides a foundation for healing family members and understanding Jesus command of "peace be with you.

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Ambassador International

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1620201313

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9781620201312

A Change of Heart

An Essential Christian Resource for Current and Former Offenders

By: Kevin J. McCarthy, Ph.D

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A Change of Heart

An Essential Christian Resource for Current and Former Offenders

By: Kevin J. McCarthy, Ph.D

Any attempt to produce a change of mind or a change in behaviors is doomed to fail given our human natures. While we may have thoughts of creating this process in our personal life, we are unable to sustain our focus given the constant barrage of worldly distractions. Slowly or quickly, our resolve ebbs away, and once more, we’re caught up in the choices that bring pain and shame into our life and the lives of those we love. Nothing changes until we experience a change of heart. This is not an event but rather a journey that guides life and transforms character. This change of heart is a gift that is extended to those who have come to the realization that of themselves, they can do nothing. Surrender is the key word, and that is likely a difficult concept to tolerate in our human condition. Yet as you surrender your will on a regular basis, your life purpose will slowly and consistently be revealed in the opportunities that arise. With each succeeding door that opens, there will come a flow of challenges, blessings and gifts that serve to sustain and nourish continued growth. Out of this process, you will come to fully understand that there is a purpose for life and that the greatest joy comes from fulfilling that promise. This is not a “preachy” book filled with solemn sayings; rather, it is a tribute to Jesus Christ who can work His purpose in any surrendered life. My desire is that you join me on this pathway to personal transformation. Your faith will grow as you come to understand the dynamic of surrender. Out of your faith will grow a new and profound sense of hope that will complete its work in your life. You cannot buy this gift, or steal it as a possession, yet it is offered freely to those who are committed to finding the truth.

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Ambassador International

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1620203367

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The Drama of Doctrine

A Canonical-linguistic Approach to Christian Theology

By: Kevin J. Vanhoozer

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The Drama of Doctrine

A Canonical-linguistic Approach to Christian Theology

By: Kevin J. Vanhoozer

Observing a strange disappearance of doctrine within the church, Kevin Vanhoozer argues that there is no more urgent task for Christians today than to engage in living truthfully with others before God. He details how doctrine serves the church--the theater of the gospel--by directing individuals and congregations to participate in the drama of what God is doing to renew all things in Jesus Christ. Taking his cue from George Lindbeck and others who locate the criteria of Christian identity in Spirit-led church practices, Vanhoozer relocates the norm for Christian doctrine in the canonical practices, which, he argues, both provoke and preserve the integrity of the church's witness as prophetic and apostolic.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664223273

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9780664223274

Meaning, Language, and Time

Toward a Consequentialist Philosophy of Discourse

By: Kevin J. Porter

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Meaning, Language, and Time

Toward a Consequentialist Philosophy of Discourse

By: Kevin J. Porter

Given the history of concepts like meaning, time, language, and discourse, any serious attempt to understand them must be interdisciplinary; so MEANING, LANGUAGE, AND TIME draws on a wide range of important work in the history of philosophy, rhetoric, and composition. In this groundbreaking work, Porter joins these conversations with the aim of breaching the traditional disciplinary walls and opening new areas of inquiry.

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Parlor Press LLC

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1602359334

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9781602359338

Remythologizing Theology

Divine Action, Passion, and Authorship

By: Kevin J. Vanhoozer

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Remythologizing Theology

Divine Action, Passion, and Authorship

By: Kevin J. Vanhoozer

The rise of modern science and the proclaimed 'death' of God in the nineteenth century led to a radical questioning of divine action and authorship - Bultmann's celebrated 'demythologizing'. Remythologizing Theology moves in another direction that begins by taking seriously the biblical accounts of God's speaking. It establishes divine communicative action as the formal and material principle of theology, and suggests that interpersonal dialogue, rather than impersonal causality, is the keystone of God's relationship with the world. This original contribution to the theology of divine action and authorship develops a fresh vision of Christian theism. It also revisits several long-standing controversies such as the relations of God's sovereignty to human freedom, time to eternity, and suffering to love. Groundbreaking and thought-provoking, it brings theology into fruitful dialogue with philosophy, literary theory, and biblical studies.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139484516

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9781139484510

Prosodic Weight

Categories and Continua

By: Kevin M. Ryan

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Prosodic Weight

Categories and Continua

By: Kevin M. Ryan

This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment of phonological weight to date, bringing together traditional notions of categorical, rime-based weight and new developments in statistical prosodic phonology. The book demonstrates that while some systems treat weight as a simple (heavy vs. light) distinction, others treat it as a rich continuum of heaviness. Following an introduction to weight-sensitive systems in phonology, Kevin Ryan explores the range of phenomena that interact with prosodic weight. Chapters examine the analysis of scales in terms of prominence rather than moraic coercion; prosodic minimality in the context of larger prosodic constituents; syllable weight in metrics; and the relationship between prosodic end-weight and stress. Throughout, the analysis is based on a survey of weight systems both within and across the world's languages, which yields a number of valuable generalizations and points towards a universal theory of weight in human language.

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Oxford University Press

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0192550209

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9780192550200

Sustainable Urban Regeneration

Insights and Evaluation from a UK Housing Association

By: Kevin Dean,Claudia Trillo,Angela Lee

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Sustainable Urban Regeneration

Insights and Evaluation from a UK Housing Association

By: Kevin Dean,Claudia Trillo,Angela Lee

This book provides a deep insight into urban regeneration schemes and explores the parameters of what is deemed a sustainable development, before appraising existing schemes’ evaluation models for the sustainable return on investment. The authors present a new practical evaluation tool that suggests quantifiable benefits for all urban regeneration stakeholders. This new method enables the gauging of the full sustainable impact, from a given outlay of money invested in a housing-led urban regeneration scheme, through an evidence-based proof and can be used to: Better fulfil sustainability criteria in terms of all three aspects of the triple bottom line and contribute in a more sustainable way to address the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 11 Reduce financial waste and plug the gap created by the recent economic shortfall which is impacting on housing associations, tenants and communities alike Evaluate historical housing-led urban regeneration schemes and model future schemes. The method can be used as a strategic decision making or management tool, with schemes being able to be planned in, prioritised or carried out in a targeted and strategic manner; and it can be used for modelling purposes, for publicity purposes and alongside existing tools. This book provides a unique method of fully and sustainably evaluating housing-led urban regeneration schemes, useful for planners, strategic management, local authorities, housing associations, the construction industry and built environment students alike.

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Routledge

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1000546659

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9781000546651

Resilience

By: Kevin Grove

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Resilience

By: Kevin Grove

Is resilience simply a fad, or is it a new way of thinking about human–environment relations, and the governance of these relations, that has real staying power? Is resilience a dangerous, depoliticizing concept that neuters incipient political activity, or the key to more empowering, emancipatory, and participatory forms of environmental management? Resilience offers an advanced introduction to these debates. It provides students with a detailed review of how the concept emerged from a small corner of ecology to critically challenge conventional environmental management practices, and radicalize how we can think about and manage social and ecological change. But Resilience also situates this new style of thought and management within a particular historical and geographical context. It traces the roots of resilience to the cybernetically-influenced behavioral science of Herbert Simon, the neoliberal political economic theory of new institutional economics, the pragmatist philosophy of John Dewey, and the modernist design aesthetic of the Bauhaus school. These diverse roots are what distinguish resilience approaches from other ways of studying human-environment relations. Resilience thinking recalibrates the study of social and environmental change around a will to design, a drive or desire to synthesize diverse forms of knowledge and develop collaborative, cross-boundary solutions to complex problems. In contrast to the modes of analysis and critique found in geography and cognate disciplines, resilience approaches strive to pragmatically transform human–environment relations in ways that will produce more sustainable futures for complex social and ecological systems. In providing a road map to debates over resilience that brings together research from geography, anthropology, sociology, international relations, and philosophy, this book gives readers the conceptual and theoretical tools necessary to engage with political and ethical questions about how we can and should live together in an increasingly interconnected and unpredictable world.

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1317340000

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9781317340003

Flash Floods

Forecasting and Warning

By: Kevin Sene

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Flash Floods

Forecasting and Warning

By: Kevin Sene

Flash floods typically develop in a period a few hours or less and can arise from heavy rainfall and other causes, such as dam or flood defence breaches, and ice jam breaks. The rapid development, often associated with a high debris content, can present a considerable risk to people and property. This book describes recent developments in techniques for monitoring and forecasting the development of flash floods, and providing flood warnings. Topics which are discussed include rainfall and river monitoring, nowcasting, Numerical Weather Prediction, rainfall-runoff modelling, and approaches to the dissemination of flood warnings and provision of an emergency response. The book is potentially useful on civil engineering, water resources, meteorology and hydrology courses (and for post graduate studies) but is primarily intended as a review of the topic for a wider audience.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400751648

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9789400751644

Free Agents

How Evolution Gave Us Free Will

By: Kevin J. Mitchell

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Free Agents

How Evolution Gave Us Free Will

By: Kevin J. Mitchell

An evolutionary case for the existence of free will Scientists are learning more and more about how brain activity controls behavior and how neural circuits weigh alternatives and initiate actions. As we probe ever deeper into the mechanics of decision making, many conclude that agency—or free will—is an illusion. In Free Agents, leading neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell presents a wealth of evidence to the contrary, arguing that we are not mere machines responding to physical forces but agents acting with purpose. Traversing billions of years of evolution, Mitchell tells the remarkable story of how living beings capable of choice arose from lifeless matter. He explains how the emergence of nervous systems provided a means to learn about the world, granting sentient animals the capacity to model, predict, and simulate. Mitchell reveals how these faculties reached their peak in humans with our abilities to imagine and to be introspective, to reason in the moment, and to shape our possible futures through the exercise of our individual agency. Mitchell’s argument has important implications—for how we understand decision making, for how our individual agency can be enhanced or infringed, for how we think about collective agency in the face of global crises, and for how we consider the limitations and future of artificial intelligence. An astonishing journey of discovery, Free Agents offers a new framework for understanding how, across a billion years of Earth history, life evolved the power to choose, and why it matters.

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Princeton University Press

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0691226237

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9780691226231

Exploring the Natural Underground

A New Sociology of Caving

By: Kevin Bingham

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Exploring the Natural Underground

A New Sociology of Caving

By: Kevin Bingham

This book explores the enigmatic world of the natural underground, viewing it as a site of leisure and a primary sphere of anthropotechnics. It reshapes the old language of caving into new ideas that broaden the possibilities of the sociology of caving. After outlining a novel methodological approach that can be used to understand new leisure trends and cultures in present modernity, Exploring the Natural Underground offers a comprehensive investigation of the societal context in which caving takes place. Thereafter it goes on to argue that the natural underground can be used as a means of escaping some of the unavoidable influences of consumer capitalism in the way that it stimulates imaginations, senses and emotions differently. Marking a turning point in the way that the natural underground is understood, and the degree to which sensory dimensions of leisure are valued, this book will appeal to anybody interested in caving, as well as scholars and students of leisure studies, the sociology of leisure, the ethnography of leisure, and human geography.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000893936

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9781000893939

An Extension of Casson's Invariant. (AM-126), Volume 126

By: Kevin Walker

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An Extension of Casson's Invariant. (AM-126), Volume 126

By: Kevin Walker

This book describes an invariant, l, of oriented rational homology 3-spheres which is a generalization of work of Andrew Casson in the integer homology sphere case. Let R(X) denote the space of conjugacy classes of representations of p(X) into SU(2). Let (W,W,F) be a Heegaard splitting of a rational homology sphere M. Then l(M) is declared to be an appropriately defined intersection number of R(W) and R(W) inside R(F). The definition of this intersection number is a delicate task, as the spaces involved have singularities. A formula describing how l transforms under Dehn surgery is proved. The formula involves Alexander polynomials and Dedekind sums, and can be used to give a rather elementary proof of the existence of l. It is also shown that when M is a Z-homology sphere, l(M) determines the Rochlin invariant of M.

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Princeton University Press

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140088246X

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A Change of Heart

An Essential Christian Resource for Current and Former Offenders

By: Kevin McCarthy

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A Change of Heart

An Essential Christian Resource for Current and Former Offenders

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Ambassador-Emerald International

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1620202379

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A Change of Heart

An Essential Christian Resource for Current and Former Offenders

By: Kevin J. McCarthy, Ph.D

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Surviving the Justice Experience

An Essential Christian Resource for Families of Offenders

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Book's by Kevin J. McCarthy

Surviving the Justice Experience

Surviving the Justice Experience

A Change of Heart

A Change of Heart

The Drama of Doctrine

The Drama of Doctrine

Meaning, Language, and Time

Meaning, Language, and Time

Remythologizing Theology

Remythologizing Theology

Prosodic Weight

Prosodic Weight

Sustainable Urban Regeneration

Sustainable Urban Regeneration

Resilience

Resilience

Flash Floods

Flash Floods

Free Agents

Free Agents

Exploring the Natural Underground

Exploring the Natural Underground

An Extension of Casson's Invariant. (AM-126), Volume 126

An Extension of Casson's Invariant. (AM-126), Volume 126

A Change of Heart

A Change of Heart

A Change of Heart

A Change of Heart

Surviving the Justice Experience

Surviving the Justice Experience

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