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Calvin's Company of Pastors

Pastoral Care and the Emerging Reformed Church, 1536-1609

By: Scott M. Manetsch

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Calvin's Company of Pastors

Pastoral Care and the Emerging Reformed Church, 1536-1609

By: Scott M. Manetsch

In Calvin's Company of Pastors, Scott Manetsch examines the pastoral theology and practical ministry activities of Geneva's reformed ministers from the time of Calvin's arrival in Geneva until the beginning of the seventeenth century. During these seven decades, more than 130 men were enrolled in Geneva's Venerable Company of Pastors (as it was called), including notable reformed leaders such as Pierre Viret, Theodore Beza, Simon Goulart, Lambert Daneau, and Jean Diodati. Aside from these better-known epigones, Geneva's pastors from this period remain hidden from view, cloaked in Calvin's long shadow, even though they played a strategic role in preserving and reshaping Calvin's pastoral legacy. Making extensive use of archival materials, published sermons, catechisms, prayer books, personal correspondence, and theological writings, Manetsch offers an engaging and vivid portrait of pastoral life in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Geneva, exploring the manner in which Geneva's ministers conceived of their pastoral office and performed their daily responsibilities of preaching, public worship, moral discipline, catechesis, administering the sacraments, and pastoral care. Manetsch demonstrates that Calvin and his colleagues were much more than ivory tower theologians or "quasi-agents of the state," concerned primarily with dispensing theological information to their congregations or enforcing magisterial authority. Rather, they saw themselves as spiritual shepherds of Christ's Church, and this self-understanding shaped to a significant degree their daily work as pastors and preachers.

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445

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Oxford University Press

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0190224479

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Rake Most Likely to Rebel

By: Bronwyn Scott

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Rake Most Likely to Rebel

By: Bronwyn Scott

The art of fencing, like the art of love, requires three important skills: 1. Anticipating your partner's every move, working them into the exact position you desire. 2. Being completely attuned to each other's bodies. 3. Absolute dedication, no matter how many hours are spent sweating it out. Viscount Amersham has come to Paris to prove his skill with the blade. But feisty Alyssandra Leodegrance is not the opponent he was expecting! As expert swordplay leads to sizzling sensuality, it's difficult to say who will win…and what they will claim as their prize! Rakes on Tour Outrageous hell-raisers let loose in Europe!

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158

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Harlequin

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1460382889

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9781460382882

Harlequin Historical June 2015 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Bronwyn Scott,Blythe Gifford,Michelle Styles

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Harlequin Historical June 2015 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Bronwyn Scott,Blythe Gifford,Michelle Styles

Harlequin® Historical brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! This Historical box set includes: RAKE MOST LIKELY TO REBEL (1830s) Rakes on Tour by Bronwyn Scott Viscount Amersham has come to Paris to prove his expert skill with the blade. Yet feisty, stunning Alyssandra Leodegrance is not the opponent he was expecting… WHISPERS AT COURT (Medieval) Royal Weddings by Blythe Gifford French hostage Marc de Marcel wants only to return home, so he makes an unlikely alliance with enticing Lady Cecily. But what will happen when their pact leads them to scandal? SUMMER OF THE VIKING (Viking) by Michelle Styles Washed up alone on the Northumbrian shore, Valdar Nerison is a stranger in a foreign land. He has unfinished business in Raumerike, but first, he owes his rescuer, the beautiful Lady Alwynn, a life debt. Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Historical!

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512

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Harlequin

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1460391403

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9781460391402

Lowdown Road

By: Scott Von Doviak

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Lowdown Road

By: Scott Von Doviak

One of “The Most Wanted Crime Novels of 2023” — Crimefictionlover.com Join a heart-racing road trip across 1970s America as two cousins make the heist of their lives and must avoid the cops and criminals hot on their tails. It’s the summer of ’74…Richard Nixon has resigned from office, CB radios are the hot new thing, and in the great state of Texas two cousins hatch a plan to drive $1 million worth of stolen weed to Idaho, where some lunatic is gearing up to jump Snake River Canyon on a rocket-powered motorcycle. But with a vengeful sheriff on their tail and the revered and feared marijuana kingpin of Central Texas out to get his stash back, Chuck and Dean are in for the ride of their lives – if they can make it out alive… Scott Von Doviak, longtime pop-culture journalist for The A.V. Club, Film Threat, The Hollywood Reporter, and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, made a splash with his debut novel, CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL, which Stephen King called “terrific” and “a fun machine…the white-knuckle kind.” With LOWDOWN ROAD, he cements his reputation for pedal-to-the-metal storytelling that also makes you think about just who we are and where our darker roads might lead us.

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290

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Titan Books (US, CA)

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1803364122

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9781803364124

Purpose & Desire

What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It

By: J. Scott Turner

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Purpose & Desire

What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It

By: J. Scott Turner

A professor, biologist, and physiologist argues that modern Darwinism’s materialist and mechanistic biases have led to a scientific dead end, unable to define what life is—and only an openness to the qualities of "purpose and desire" will move the field forward. Scott Turner contends. "To be scientists, we force ourselves into a Hobson’s choice on the matter: accept intentionality and purposefulness as real attributes of life, which disqualifies you as a scientist; or become a scientist and dismiss life’s distinctive quality from your thinking. I have come to believe that this choice actually stands in the way of our having a fully coherent theory of life." Growing research shows that life's most distinctive quality, shared by all living things, is purpose and desire: maintain homeostasis to sustain life. In Purpose and Desire, Turner draws on the work of Claude Bernard, a contemporary of Darwin revered among physiologists as the founder of experimental medicine, to build on Bernard’s "dangerous idea" of vitalism, which seeks to identify what makes "life" a unique phenomenon of nature. To further its quest to achieve a fuller understanding of life, Turner argues, science must move beyond strictly accepted measures that consider only the mechanics of nature. A thoughtful appeal to widen our perspective of biology that is grounded in scientific evidence, Purpose and Desire helps us bridge the ideological evolutionary divide.

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340

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HarperCollins

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0062651587

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The Rococo Interior

Decoration and Social Spaces in Early Eighteenth-century Paris

By: Katie Scott

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The Rococo Interior

Decoration and Social Spaces in Early Eighteenth-century Paris

By: Katie Scott

Defines and depicts the arts and architecture of the rococo period in France and examines its relation to society

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371

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Yale University Press

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0300045824

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9780300045826

Murder by the Glass

By: Michele Scott

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Murder by the Glass

By: Michele Scott

While attending a high-society wedding at a Sonoma mansion with vineyard owner Derek Malveaux, Nikki Sands stumbles upon the dead body of the blushing bride and, sifting through a wealth of suspects, including her best friend, puts a cork in a killer's clever plan. Original.

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260

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Penguin

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0425210219

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9780425210215

Irish Criminals Through History

By: Dr Scott Shaw-Smith

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Irish Criminals Through History

By: Dr Scott Shaw-Smith

So many people have throughout Irish history been labeled Criminals or misfits, find out their true background and make up your own mind, are the legends and stories true

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102

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Lulu.com

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1326475533

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9781326475536

New Orleans in Vintage Postcards

By: Scott Faragher

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New Orleans in Vintage Postcards

By: Scott Faragher

From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture. These images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the country, survive as telling reminders of an important era in America's history. This fascinating new history of New Orleans showcases more than two hundred of the best vintage postcards available.

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132

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738502065

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9780738502069

Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions: Up to 1700

By: Scott Mandelbrote

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Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions: Up to 1700

By: Scott Mandelbrote

These volumes describe how the development of the different styles of interpretation found in reading scripture and nature have transformed ideas of both the written word and the created world.

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801

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BRILL

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9004171916

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9789004171916

Asset Recovery Handbook

A Guide for Practitioners, Second Edition

By: Jean-Pierre Brun,Anastasia Sotiropoulou,Larissa Gray,Clive Scott

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Asset Recovery Handbook

A Guide for Practitioners, Second Edition

By: Jean-Pierre Brun,Anastasia Sotiropoulou,Larissa Gray,Clive Scott

Developing countries lose billions each year through bribery, misappropriation of funds, and other corrupt practices. Much of the proceeds of this corruption find 'safe haven' in the world's financial centers. These criminal flows are a drain on social services and economic development programs, contributing to the impoverishment of the world's poorest countries. Many developing countries have already sought to recover stolen assets. A number of successful high-profile cases with creative international cooperation has demonstrated that asset recovery is possible. However, it is highly complex, involving coordination and collaboration with domestic agencies and ministries in multiple jurisdictions, as well as the capacity to trace and secure assets and pursue various legal options—whether criminal confiscation, non-conviction based confiscation, civil actions, or other alternatives. This process can be overwhelming for even the most experienced practitioners. It is exceptionally difficult for those working in the context of failed states, widespread corruption, or limited resources. With this in mind, the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative has developed and updated this Asset Recovery Handbook: A Guide for Practitioners to assist those grappling with the strategic, organizational, investigative, and legal challenges of recovering stolen assets. A practitioner-led project, the Handbook provides common approaches to recovering stolen assets located in foreign jurisdictions, identifies the challenges that practitioners are likely to encounter, and introduces good practices. It includes examples of tools that can be used by practitioners, such as sample intelligence reports, applications for court orders, and mutual legal assistance requests. StAR—the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative—is a partnership between the World Bank Group and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime that supports international efforts to end safe havens for corrupt funds. StAR works with developing countries and financial centers to prevent the laundering of the proceeds of corruption and to facilitate more systematic and timely return of stolen assets.

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World Bank Publications

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1464816174

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9781464816178

A Companion to Dental Anthropology

By: Joel D. Irish,G. Richard Scott

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A Companion to Dental Anthropology

By: Joel D. Irish,G. Richard Scott

Companion to Dental Anthropology presents a collection of original readings addressing all aspects and sub-disciplines of the field of dental anthropology—from its origins and evolution through to the latest scientific research. Represents the most comprehensive coverage of all sub-disciplines of dental anthropology available today Features individual chapters written by experts in their specific area of dental research Includes authors who also present results from their research through case studies or voiced opinions about their work Offers extensive coverage of topics relating to dental evolution, morphometric variation, and pathology

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560

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119096537

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9781119096535

Artists' Things

Rediscovering Lost Property from Eighteenth-Century France

By: Katie Scott,Hannah Williams

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Artists' Things

Rediscovering Lost Property from Eighteenth-Century France

By: Katie Scott,Hannah Williams

Histories of artists’ personal possessions shed new light on the lives of their owners. Artists are makers of things. Yet, it is a measure of the disembodied manner in which we generally think about artists that we rarely consider the everyday items they own. This innovative book looks at objects that once belonged to artists, revealing not only the fabric of the eighteenth-century art world in France but also unfamiliar—and sometimes unexpected—insights into the individuals who populated it, including Jean-Antoine Watteau, François Boucher, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, and Elisabeth Vigée-LeBrun. From the curious to the mundane, from the useful to the symbolic, these items have one thing in common: they have all been eclipsed from historical view. Some of the objects still exist, like Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s color box and Jacques-Louis David’s table. Others survive only in paintings, such as JeanSiméon Chardin’s cistern in his Copper Drinking Fountain, or in documents, like François Lemoyne’s sword, the instrument of his suicide. Several were literally lost, including pastelist Jean-Baptiste Perronneau’s pencil case. In this fascinating book, the authors engage with fundamental historical debates about production, consumption, and sociability through the lens of material goods owned by artists. The free online edition of this open-access publication is at www.getty.edu/publications/artists-things/ and includes zoomable illustrations. Free PDF and EPUB downloads of the book are also available.

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403

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Getty Publications

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1606068636

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9781606068632

Book's by Scott Antoine

Calvin's Company of Pastors

Calvin's Company of Pastors

Rake Most Likely to Rebel

Rake Most Likely to Rebel

Harlequin Historical June 2015 - Box Set 2 of 2

Harlequin Historical June 2015 - Box Set 2 of 2

Lowdown Road

Lowdown Road

Purpose & Desire

Purpose & Desire

The Rococo Interior

The Rococo Interior

Murder by the Glass

Murder by the Glass

Irish Criminals Through History

Irish Criminals Through History

New Orleans in Vintage Postcards

New Orleans in Vintage Postcards

Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions: Up to 1700

Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions: Up to 1700

Asset Recovery Handbook

Asset Recovery Handbook

A Companion to Dental Anthropology

A Companion to Dental Anthropology

Artists' Things

Artists' Things

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