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Devotional Fitness

An Analysis of Contemporary Christian Dieting and Fitness Programs

By: Martin Radermacher

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Devotional Fitness

An Analysis of Contemporary Christian Dieting and Fitness Programs

By: Martin Radermacher

This book examines evangelical dieting and fitness programs and provides a systematic approach of this diverse field with its wide variety of programs. When evangelical Christians engage in fitness and dieting classes in order to “glorify God,” they often face skepticism. This book approaches devotional fitness culture in North America from a religious studies perspective, outlining the basic structures, ideas, and practices of the field. Starting with the historical backgrounds of this current, the book approaches both practice and ideology, highlighting how devotional fitness programs construe their identity in the face of various competing offers in religious and non-religious sectors of society. The book suggests a nuanced and complex understanding of the relationship between sports and religion, beyond ‘simple’ functional equivalency. It provides insights into the formation of secular and religious body ideals and the way these body ideals are sacralized in the frame of an evangelical worldview.

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Springer

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3319498231

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9783319498232

Low Fat Supermarket Shoppers Guide

Making Healthy Choices From Thousands Of Brand Name Foods

By: Jamie Pope,Martin Katahn

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Low Fat Supermarket Shoppers Guide

Making Healthy Choices From Thousands Of Brand Name Foods

By: Jamie Pope,Martin Katahn

Now completely revised, this pocket guide by the authors of the bestselling "The T-Factor Fat Gram Counter" offers quick and effective ways to bring all the benefits of a low-fat lifestyle to the table with maximum efficiency. Contains updated listings of brand-name foods from every supermarket department.

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132

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393325857

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9780393325850

The Elephants in the Room

An Excavation

By: Martin Rowe

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The Elephants in the Room

An Excavation

By: Martin Rowe

Through the lens of Rowe's relationships with two Kenyan conservationistsWangari Maathai and Daphne Sheldrickthis book surveys a number of prejudices that many of us who are fortunate to be born with the privileges attached to our skin color, sex, and access to resources don't like to deal with: race, misogyny, and the legacy of empire. By examining the two women's memoirs (Unbowed and Love, Life, and Elephants), both of which were launched following talks at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, these metaphorical elephants in the room are combined with a study of the exploitation of actual elephants on the continent of Africa, and the iterations of memory that are disclosed or hidden in the writing of memoirs and the collecting of bones for museums.

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223

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Lantern Books

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1590563883

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9781590563885

The Renaissance and the Postmodern

A Study in Comparative Critical Values

By: Thomas L Martin,Duke Pesta

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The Renaissance and the Postmodern

A Study in Comparative Critical Values

By: Thomas L Martin,Duke Pesta

The Renaissance and the Postmodern reconsiders postmodern readings of Renaissance texts by engaging in a dialectics the authors call comparative critical values. Rather than concede the contemporary hierarchy of theory over literature, the book takes the novel approach of consulting major Renaissance writers about the values at work in postmodern representations of early modern culture. As criticism seeks new directions and takes new forms, insufficient attention has been paid to the literary and philosophical values won and lost in the exchanges. One result is that the way we understand the logical connections, the literary textures, and the philosophical impulses that make up the literature of writers like Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton has fundamentally changed. Examining theoretical debates now in light of polemical controversies then, the book goes beyond earlier studies in that it systematically examines the effects of these newer critical approaches across their materialist, historicist, deconstructive, and psychoanalytic manifestations. Bringing gravity and focus to this question of critical continuities and discontinuities, each chapter counterposes one major Renaissance voice with a postmodern one to probe these issues and with them the value of the cultural past. As voices on both sides of the historical divide illuminate key differences between the Renaissance and the Postmodern, a critical model emerges from the book to re-engage this period’s humane literature in a contemporary context with intellectual rigor and a renewed sense of cultural enrichment.

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263

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Routledge

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1317216539

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9781317216537

Heaven on Earth

Reimagining Time and Eternity in Nineteenth-Century British Evangelicalism

By: Martin Spence

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Heaven on Earth

Reimagining Time and Eternity in Nineteenth-Century British Evangelicalism

By: Martin Spence

In nineteenth-century Britain, a large number of prominent Anglican and Presbyterian Evangelicals rejected the idea that salvation meant 'going to heaven when you die'. Instead, they proposed that God would establish his kingdom on earth, renewing the creation and reanimating embodied humans to live in a world of science and progress. This book introduces the writings and activities of these women and men, among whom were counted the ardent social reformer Lord Shaftesbury, the highly respectedclergyman Edward Bickersteth, the popular author Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, and the General Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, Thomas Rawson Birks. The book shows that the catalyst for such theological revisionism was the end-times doctrine known as 'premillennialism'. While commonly characterised as a gloomy and sectarian belief, the book argues that remillennialism in Victorian Britain was actually an optimistic and often liberalising creed. It dissolved older Evangelical assumptions about the dissimilarities between time and eternity, body and soul, heaven and earth. The book demonstrates that, far from being eccentric pessimists, premillennialists were actually pioneers of trends in nineteenth-century Christian theology that stressed the importance of the incarnation, prioritized social justice, and even entertained the idea of universal salvation.

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James Clarke & Company

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0227905229

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9780227905227

Pediatric Urology

Surgical Complications and Management

By: Prasad P. Godbole,Martin A. Koyle,Duncan T. Wilcox

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Pediatric Urology

Surgical Complications and Management

By: Prasad P. Godbole,Martin A. Koyle,Duncan T. Wilcox

Pediatric Urology: Surgical Complications and Management, 2nd edition focuses 100% on the most common problems that can occur during pediatric urologic surgery, and how best to resolve them, ensuring the best possible outcome for the patient. As well as being thoroughly revised with the latest in management guidelines, brand new to this edition are a host of clinical case studies highlighting real-life problems during urologic surgery and the tips and tricks used by the surgeon to resolve issues faced. These will be invaluable for urology trainees learning their trade as well as for those preparing for Board or other specialty exams. Chapters will include problem solving sections as well as key take-home points. In addition, high-quality teaching videos showing urologic surgery in action will be included via the companion website - again proving an invaluable tool for all those seeking to improve their surgical skills. Edited by an experienced and international trio of urologists, they will recruit the world’s leading experts, resulting in a uniform, high-quality and evidence-based approach to the topic. Pediatric Urology: Surgical Complications and Management, 2nd edition is essential reading for all urologists, especially those specialising in pediatric urology and urologic surgery, as well as general surgeons.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118473310

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9781118473313

Getting Out of the Mud

The Alabama Good Roads Movement and Highway Administration, 1898–1928

By: Martin T. Olliff

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Getting Out of the Mud

The Alabama Good Roads Movement and Highway Administration, 1898–1928

By: Martin T. Olliff

When roads were bad -- Alabamians become wide-awake to good roads -- State highways take the lead -- Peering beyond the state's boundaries: named trails and interstate highways -- Laying the foundation for a modern highway system -- Alabama administers its highway program

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University of Alabama Press

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0817319557

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9780817319557

Book's by Martin Shedd

Devotional Fitness

Devotional Fitness

Low Fat Supermarket Shoppers Guide

Low Fat Supermarket Shoppers Guide

The Elephants in the Room

The Elephants in the Room

The Renaissance and the Postmodern

The Renaissance and the Postmodern

Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth

Pediatric Urology

Pediatric Urology

Getting Out of the Mud

Getting Out of the Mud

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