Timothy Vos's Books

Poor Relief and Protestantism

The Evolution of Social Welfare in Sixteenth-Century Emden

By: Timothy G. Fehler

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Poor Relief and Protestantism

The Evolution of Social Welfare in Sixteenth-Century Emden

By: Timothy G. Fehler

This is a study of the organisation and practical operation of the system of poor relief in Emden from the late 15th century to the end of the 16th. The city went through dramatic economic, confessional and constitutional changes during this period and so offers an ideal setting for the study of the emergence and development of a highly organised, multi-jurisdictional system of social welfare in the early modern period. Utilising account books, church council minutes, wills, contracts, correspondence and guild records it focuses on the day-to-day operation of poor relief - how the many diverse institutions actually functioned. As elsewhere in Europe, the Reformation did not immediately result in swift changes in poor relief; the Roman Catholic components of the administration of social welfare were dissolved and replaced gradually. It was only when the vast changes in religious, social and economic life which occurred at the middle of the 16th century forced matters that the methods of relief for the needy were revolutionised. The city was flooded with refugees from the Dutch revolt, there were widespread and severe economic difficulties caused by bad harvests and skyrocketing prices, and the church underwent a period of intense Calvinisation; only then were Reformed institutions and methods introduced. At times, religious arguments dominated the poor relief debate, while at others the social welfare system was barely affected; the effectiveness of the new systems and institutions is illuminated by an analysis of the recipients of relief during the second half of the 16th century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

487

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351910159

ISBN 13

9781351910156

Heralds of the King

Christ-Centered Sermons in the Tradition of Edmund P. Clowney

By: Edmund P. Clowney,Joseph Skip Ryan,Iain M. Duguid,Charles D. Drew,William Edgar,Timothy Keller,Arturo G. Azurdia, III,Julius J. Kim,Joseph V. Novenson,Harvie M. Conn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Heralds of the King

Christ-Centered Sermons in the Tradition of Edmund P. Clowney

By: Edmund P. Clowney,Joseph Skip Ryan,Iain M. Duguid,Charles D. Drew,William Edgar,Timothy Keller,Arturo G. Azurdia, III,Julius J. Kim,Joseph V. Novenson,Harvie M. Conn

Eleven preachers with different gifts, backgrounds, and personal emphases show how they proclaim Christ from all the Scripture in a variety of contexts. Edmund P. Clowney (1917-2005), the late president and professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, was a trailblazer of Christ-centered, redemptive-historical preaching. Through his classroom instruction, his publications, and his example as a preacher, he ignited in many seminary students and pastors a passion to preach Christ from all the Scriptures as the fulfillment and climax of God's plan of redemption. This collection of sermons is intended to illustrate how various preachers with different gifts, backgrounds, and personal emphases are working out in practice the homiletic principles they learned from Dr. Clowney. The volume, which includes sermons and introductory comments by editor Dennis Johnson, Tim Keller, Joseph "Skip" Ryan, and eight other contributors, enables readers to carry away both models and practical advice for preparing sermons that proclaim Christ across a broad spectrum of congregations and people groups.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

221

Publisher

Crossway

Published Date

ISBN 10

1433504022

ISBN 13

9781433504020

The Syntax-Information Structure Interface

Clausal Word Order and the Left Periphery in Galician

By: Timothy Gupton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Syntax-Information Structure Interface

Clausal Word Order and the Left Periphery in Galician

By: Timothy Gupton

It is quite remarkable that, after over a half-century of generative grammar, there is still uncertainty with respect to the analysis of preverbal subjects in a number of languages. According to canonical analyses, preverbal subjects are arguments (A-elements). However, following non-canonical analyses, preverbal subjects are not arguments, but rather A’-elements that behave like topical preverbal direct and indirect objects, which have received a CLLD analysis in the literature (e.g. Cinque 1990). The implications of this debate are far-reaching for generative theory: if preverbal subjects are non-arguments, one must question the universality of the EPP (as in e.g. Alexiadou & Agnostopoulou 1998), as well as its associated features and feature-strengths. Galician is an underdocumented Romance language within the generative paradigm. In this book, I develop an experimental program for establishing clausal word order preferences for a number of information structure contexts. The preference data suggest that preverbal subjects behave like canonical elements, and not CLLD elements. These results inform the model of the preverbal field that I propose for Galician, which also takes into account the enclisis-proclisis divide and reco.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

291

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published Date

ISBN 10

1501500309

ISBN 13

9781501500305

Hope in Times of Fear

The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter

By: Timothy Keller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Hope in Times of Fear

The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter

By: Timothy Keller

The Resurrection accounts of Jesus in the Gospels are the most dramatic and impactful stories ever told. One similarity unites each testimony--that none of his most loyal and steadfast followers could "see" it was him, back from the dead. The reason for this is at the very foundation of the Christian faith. She turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. (John 20:14) Hope in the Time of Fear is a book that unlocks the meaning of Jesus's resurrection for readers. Easter is considered the most solemn and important holiday for Christians. It is a time of spiritual rebirth and a time of celebrating the physical rebirth of Jesus after three days in the tomb. For his devoted followers, nothing could prepare them for the moment they met the resurrected Jesus. Each failed to recognize him. All of them physically saw him and yet did not spiritually truly see him. It was only when Jesus reached out and invited them to see who he truly was that their eyes were open. Here the central message of the Christian faith is revealed in a way only Timothy Keller could do it--filled with unshakable belief, piercing insight, and a profound new way to look at a story you think you know. After reading this book, the true meaning of Easter will no longer be unseen.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

272

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

0525560807

ISBN 13

9780525560807

The Urban Script

Laugh Now, Cry Later

By: Timothy S. Jones

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Urban Script

Laugh Now, Cry Later

By: Timothy S. Jones

When does poetry stop being just words on a page and speak to the humanness of a people? After the consummation of comedy and tragedy birthsThe Urban Script: Laugh Now, Cry Later. Its not just poetry, its an embracing dance a dance that will not just remind you of the simple beauty of life, but will also recapture those memories that you had forgotten about and renew your passions for what drives you. This is what breathes into the script your livelihood on every page who you were as a kid; what your recollections through adolescence were; and, where you are now in your maturity as an adult. Let The Urban Scriptbe the key to the neo-Harlem Renaissance door that unlocks a whole new literary world to your poetic understanding. Through The Urban Scriptyou should see, experience, and know yourself in and through every poem every line and stanza. Now that you know what The Urban Scripthas in store for you, lay back, relax, and let the poetry of urban uniqueness enrapture you taking you to higher heights and reaching into your deeper depths of understanding.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

193

Publisher

AuthorHouse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1468574175

ISBN 13

9781468574173

The Biblical Interpretation of William of Alton

By: Timothy F. Bellamah OP

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Biblical Interpretation of William of Alton

By: Timothy F. Bellamah OP

Studies of medieval Biblical interpretation usually focus on the printed literature, neglecting the vast majority of relevant works. Timothy Bellamah offers a groundbreaking examination of the exegesis of William of Alton, a thirteenth-century Dominican regent master at Paris whose commentaries have never previously appeared in print. As a near contemporary of Hugh of St. Cher, Bonaventure, Albert the Great, and Thomas Aquinas, William was an important representative of university exegesis at a time of rapidly changing methods and remarkable intellectual development. His commentaries are valuable resources for understanding Biblical study of the thirteenth century, in the schoolroom and in the pulpit. Yet study of William's work has been impeded by the dubious authenticity of numerous commentaries questionably attributed to him over the centuries. Bellamah addresses these complex problems by unearthing evidence of authorship in each commentary's style and methodology. This inquiry employs the traits of William's commentaries as criteria for constituting a list of works that can be reliably attributed to him, which, in turn, provides a crucial basis for studying his exegesis. William was a man of his time, but even more than his contemporaries he was deeply interested in history and the literal sense, which he understood to be the intention of Scripture's authors, divine and human. He took a keen interest in Biblical history and put to use a wide array of procedures for textual, linguistic, and rhetorical analysis. At the same time, he remained aware of the spiritual senses and the diverse elements of the exegetical and theological tradition in which he stood.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

369

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199877025

ISBN 13

9780199877027

Clinical and Experimental Toxicology of Organophosphates and Carbamates

By: Bryan Ballantyne,Timothy C. Marrs

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Clinical and Experimental Toxicology of Organophosphates and Carbamates

By: Bryan Ballantyne,Timothy C. Marrs

Clinical & Experimental Toxicology of Organophosphates and Carbamates considers the histochemical localization of cholinesterase in anticholinesterase poisoning. This book is organized into eight parts encompassing 59 chapters that discuss the pharmacology and toxicology of carbamates, as well as the neurobehavioral toxicology of anticholinesterases. Some of the topics covered in the book are the overview of biological and clinical aspects of organophosphates and carbamates; biochemical determination of cholinesterase activity in fluids and tissues; intermediate syndrome in anticholinesterase neurotoxicity; structure-activity relationships and anticholinesterase activity; and the molecular events in delayed neuropathy. Other parts deal with the cardiac effects of anticholinesterase agents and the ecotoxicological consequences of interactions between avian esterases and organophosphorus compounds. These topics are followed by discussions on the analysis of the cutaneous and respiratory tract absorption of anticholinesterases and the use of organophosphorus compounds as chemical warfare agents. The final parts are devoted to the toxicity of anticholinesterases to aquatic organisms. The book can provide useful information to toxicologists, doctors, students, and researchers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

662

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

1483193659

ISBN 13

9781483193656

Linguistic Legitimacy and Social Justice

By: Timothy Reagan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Linguistic Legitimacy and Social Justice

By: Timothy Reagan

This book examines the nature of human language and the ideology of linguistic legitimacy – the common set of beliefs about language differences that leads to the rejection of some language varieties and the valorization of others. It investigates a broad range of case studies of languages and dialects which have for various reasons been considered 'low-status' including: African American English, Spanglish, American Sign Language, Yiddish, Esperanto and other constructed languages, indigenous languages in post-colonial neo-European societies, and Afrikaans and related language issues in South Africa. Further, it discusses the implications of the ideology of linguistic legitimacy for the teaching and learning of foreign languages in the US. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book provides a readable and pedagogically useful tool to help readers comprehend the nature of human language, and the ways in which attitudes about human language can have either positive or negative consequences for communities and their languages. It will be of particular interest to language teachers and teacher educators, as well as students and scholars of applied linguistics, intercultural communication, minority languages and language extinction.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

448

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030109674

ISBN 13

9783030109677

The Missions and Missional Purpose of Ephesians

Participation in the Mission of God

By: Timothy A. van Aarde

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Missions and Missional Purpose of Ephesians

Participation in the Mission of God

By: Timothy A. van Aarde

The purpose of the letter to the Ephesians is unknown. The book suggests that the purpose of Ephesians is about missions and being missional. The author of Ephesians committed the task of missions to the church. The author located the mission of the church in the redemptive plan of God. The redemptive "plan" (oikonomia) of God consists of historical epochs of missions: the mission of Israel, the mission of Christ, the mission of the disciples, the mission of the apostles, and the mission of the church. The term "missional" has been used ambiguously. The existence of a distinction between the mission of the church and missional church is demonstrated, and both expressions of mission are grounded in the biblical text of Ephesians. The mission of the church is grounded in an exposition of Eph 1-3, and the missional church is grounded in an exposition of Eph 4-6. The author of the letter intended for the mission to the nations to be continued by the church (this is the mission of the church). He intended for the members of the church to continue to reach out to their local community (this is expressed by the missional church). The mission of the church has been grounded in the Great Commission. The missional church is grounded in the values, morals, and lifestyle principles set out in Eph 4-6.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

289

Publisher

Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

166671447X

ISBN 13

9781666714470

Before Enlightenment

Play and Illusion in Renaissance Humanism

By: Timothy Kircher

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Before Enlightenment

Play and Illusion in Renaissance Humanism

By: Timothy Kircher

The literary qualities of humanists’ writings convey how play and illusion helped form their ideas about knowledge, ethics, and metaphysics. Timothy Kircher argues for new ways of appreciating Renaissance humanist philosophy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

303

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004442707

ISBN 13

9789004442702

Shifting Boundaries

Aboriginal Identity, Pluralist Theory, and the Politics of Self-government

By: Timothy A. Schouls

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Shifting Boundaries

Aboriginal Identity, Pluralist Theory, and the Politics of Self-government

By: Timothy A. Schouls

Canada is often called a pluralist state, but few commentators view Aboriginal self-government from the perspective of political pluralism. Instead, Aboriginal identity is framed in terms of cultural and national traits, while self-government is taken to represent an Aboriginal desire to protect those traits. Shifting Boundaries challenges this view, arguing that it fosters a woefully incomplete understanding of the politics of self-government. Taking the position that a relational theory of pluralism offers a more accurate interpretation, Tim Schouls contends that self-government is better understood when an "identification" perspective on Aboriginal identity is adopted instead of a "cultural" or "national" one. He shows that self-government is not about preserving cultural and national differences as goods in and of themselves, but rather is about equalizing current imbalances in power to allow Aboriginal peoples to construct their own identities. In focusing on relational pluralism, Shifting Boundaries adds an important perspective to existing theoretical approaches to Aboriginal self-government. It will appeal to academics, students, and policy analysts interested in Aboriginal governance, cultural studies, political theory, nationalism studies, and constitutional theory.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

242

Publisher

UBC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0774810475

ISBN 13

9780774810470

Center Church

Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City

By: Timothy Keller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Center Church

Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City

By: Timothy Keller

Practical and Gospel-centered thoughts on how to have a fruitful ministry by one of America's leading and most beloved pastor. Many church leaders are struggling to adapt to a culture that values individuality above loyalty to a group or institution. There have been so many "church growth" and "effective ministry" books in the past few decades that it's hard to know where to start or which ones will provide useful and honest insight. Based on over twenty years of ministry in New York City, Timothy Keller takes a unique approach that measures a ministry's success neither by numbers nor purely by the faithfulness of its leaders, but on the biblical grounds of fruitfulness. Center Church outlines a balanced theological vision for ministry organized around three core commitments: Gospel-centered: The gospel of grace in Jesus Christ changes everything, from our hearts to our community to the world. It completely reshapes the content, tone, and strategy of all that we do. City-centered: With a positive approach toward our culture, we learn to affirm that cities are wonderful, strategic, and under-served places for gospel ministry. Movement-centered: Instead of building our own tribe, we seek the prosperity and peace of our community as we are led by the Holy Spirit. "Between a pastor's doctrinal beliefs and ministry practices should be a well-conceived vision for how to bring the gospel to bear on the particular cultural setting and historical moment. This is something more practical than just doctrine but much more theological than "how-to steps" for carrying out a ministry. Once this vision is in place, it leads church leaders to make good decisions on how to worship, disciple, evangelize, serve, and engage culture in their field of ministry—whether in a city, suburb, or small town." — Tim Keller, Core Church

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

400

Publisher

Zondervan

Published Date

ISBN 10

0310494192

ISBN 13

9780310494195

Poor Kids in a Rich Country

America's Children in Comparative Perspective

By: Lee Rainwater,Timothy M. Smeeding

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Poor Kids in a Rich Country

America's Children in Comparative Perspective

By: Lee Rainwater,Timothy M. Smeeding

In Poor Kids in a Rich Country, Lee Rainwater and Timothy Smeeding ask what it means to be poor in a prosperous nation - especially for any country's most vulnerable citizens, its children. In comparing the situation of American children in low-income families with their counterparts in fourteen other countries—including Western Europe, Australia, and Canada—they provide a powerful perspective on the dynamics of child poverty in the United States. Based on the rich data available from the transnational Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Poor Kids in a Rich Country puts child poverty in the United States in an international context. Rainwater and Smeeding find that while the child poverty rate in most countries has been relatively stable over the past 30 years, child poverty has increased markedly in the United States and Britain—two of the world's wealthiest countries. The book delves into the underlying reasons for this difference, examining the mix of earnings and government transfers, such as child allowances, sickness and maternity benefits, unemployment insurance, and other social assistance programs that go into the income packages available to both single- and dual-parent families in each country. Rainwater and Smeeding call for policies to make it easier for working parents to earn a decent living while raising their children—policies such as parental leave, childcare support, increased income supports for working poor families, and a more socially oriented education policy. They make a convincing argument that our definition of poverty should not be based solely on the official poverty line—that is, the minimum income needed to provide a certain level of consumption—but on the social and economic resources necessary for full participation in society. Combining a wealth of empirical data on international poverty levels with a thoughtful new analysis of how best to use that data, Poor Kids in a Rich Country will provide an essential tool for researchers and policymakers who make decisions about child and family policy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

275

Publisher

Russell Sage Foundation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1610444620

ISBN 13

9781610444620

Horace's Iambic Criticism

Casting Blame (Iambikē Poiēsis)

By: Timothy S. Johnson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Horace's Iambic Criticism

Casting Blame (Iambikē Poiēsis)

By: Timothy S. Johnson

By examining the relationship of the iambic tradition with ritual, this book studies how Horace’s Epodes are more than partisan (consolidating Octavian’s victory by projecting hostilities onto powerless others) but a meta-partisan project (forming fractured entities into a diversified unity).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

328

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004216030

ISBN 13

9789004216037

Cultural Engagement

Center Church, Part Five

By: Timothy Keller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cultural Engagement

Center Church, Part Five

By: Timothy Keller

Fruitful ministry in the century must embrace the unavoidable reality of the city. A Center Church theological vision affirms that center cities are wonderful, strategic, and underserved places for gospel ministry and recognizes that virtually all ministry contexts are increasingly shared by urban and global forces. Regardless of your particular cultural or geographical context, you will need to consider the city when forming a theological vision that engages the people you are trying to reach. This eBook contains the fifth part of Center Church, “Cultural Engagement.” In it, Keller discusses four models for engaging urban culture, acknowledging that each model has strengths and weaknesses—ways in which it reflects a particular biblical emphasis and other ways in which it reflects an unbiblical imbalance or idol. The Center church model for cultural engagement blends the key insights of each model in a way that we believe is more biblically faithful and also fruitful for reaching urban culture.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

210

Publisher

Zondervan

Published Date

ISBN 10

0310516935

ISBN 13

9780310516934

Faithfulness and Restoration

Towards Reading Ezra-Nehemiah as Christian Scripture

By: Timothy R. Escott

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Faithfulness and Restoration

Towards Reading Ezra-Nehemiah as Christian Scripture

By: Timothy R. Escott

The books of Ezra and Nehemiah are rarely taken seriously in Christian theological reflection. To many modern readers, the community restored after the Babylonian exile appears diminished, legalistic, and xenophobic. What place do these books have in theology and practice today? Timothy Escott charts a way forward for reading Ezra-Nehemiah fruitfully as Christian Scripture. By locating Ezra-Nehemiah in the context of the canon and Christian theology, and in conversation with interpreters old and new, he argues that these books are best understood through a variety of Christian reading strategies. Approaching the books figurally, prophetically, ethically, and as part of a biblical story offers a mix of distinctive yet complementary perspectives. Ezra-Nehemiah portrays God's restorative work and God's people seeking to participate with him and live faithfully in the face of opposition and difficulty. In this way, Ezra-Nehemiah is a rich resource for Christian life and faith today.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

233

Publisher

Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1666723304

ISBN 13

9781666723304

Loving the City

Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City

By: Timothy Keller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Loving the City

Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City

By: Timothy Keller

Even if you don’t go to the city to minister, make no mistake—the city is coming to you. Regardless of your particular cultural or geographical context, you will need to consider the city when forming a theological vision that engages the people you are trying to reach. In Loving the City, bestselling author and pastor Timothy Keller looks at the biblical foundations for contextualizing the gospel as we communicate to the culture in a way that is both respectful and challenging. He articulates the key characteristics of a city vision, showing how the city develops as a theme throughout Scripture, from its anti-God origins, to its strategic importance for mission, to its culmination and redemption in glory. Finally, he examines the need for thoughtful cultural engagement, unpacking four models for engaging culture, showing the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and emphasizing a blended approach that balances the key insights of each. Loving the City will help you to minister to your cultural context in a way that is biblically faithful and fruitful. This new edition contains the second section of Center Church in an easy-to-read format with new reflections and additional essays from Timothy Keller and several other contributors.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

337

Publisher

Zondervan

Published Date

ISBN 10

0310520568

ISBN 13

9780310520566

The Treasury of Basel Cathedral

By: Timothy Husband,Julien Chapuis,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Treasury of Basel Cathedral

By: Timothy Husband,Julien Chapuis,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

A selected bibliography and an index complete this visually splendid and scholarly presentation."--BOOK JACKET.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

203

Publisher

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published Date

ISBN 10

0870999761

ISBN 13

9780870999765

Caste in Early Modern Japan

Danzaemon and the Edo Outcaste Order

By: Timothy Amos

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Caste in Early Modern Japan

Danzaemon and the Edo Outcaste Order

By: Timothy Amos

Caste", a word normally used in relation to the Indian subcontinent, is rarely associated with Japan in contemporary scholarship. This has not always been the case, and the term was often used among earlier generations of scholars, who introduced the Buraku problem to Western audiences. Amos argues that time for reappraisal is well overdue and that a combination of ideas, beliefs, and practices rooted in Confucian, Buddhist, Shinto, and military traditions were brought together from the late 16th century in ways that influenced the development of institutions and social structures on the Japanese archipelago. These influences brought the social structures closer in form and substance to certain caste formations found in the Indian subcontinent during the same period. Specifically, Amos analyses the evolution of the so-called Danzaemon outcaste order. This order was a 17th century caste configuration produced as a consequence of early modern Tokugawa rulers’ decisions to engage in a state-building project rooted in military logic and built on the back of existing manorial and tribal-class arrangements. He further examines the history behind the primary duties expected of outcastes within the Danzaemon order: notably execution and policing, as well as leather procurement. Reinterpreting Japan as a caste society, this book propels us to engage in fuller comparisons of how outcaste communities’ histories and challenges have diverged and converged over time and space, and to consider how better to eradicate discrimination based on caste logic. This book will appeal to anyone interested in Japanese History, Culture and Society.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

375

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

0429863039

ISBN 13

9780429863035

Groans of the Spirit

Homiletical Dialectics in an Age of Confusion

By: Timothy Matthew Slemmons

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Groans of the Spirit

Homiletical Dialectics in an Age of Confusion

By: Timothy Matthew Slemmons

Groans of the Spirit constitutes a rousing challenge to mainline churches and their practice of preaching. In this inventive work, Timothy Slemmons calls preachers beyond the formalism of the New Homiletic, and beyond the ethical proposals that have arisen in the frustrated struggle to transcend it, and toward what the author calls a "penitential" (reformed) homiletic. This new homiletical proposal is distinctive in that it faithfully adheres to the Christological content of preaching, finds its inspiration in the promise of the real presence of Christ, and trusts in the ministry of the Holy Spirit, from whom alone the power for the renewal of the mainline church shall come. This book includes a thorough reconsideration of the "infinite qualitative difference" between God and humanity in Barth's thought, an important critique of Gadamer's reception of Kierkegaard's concept of contemporaneity, an undelivered lecture on the content of preaching, and two sermons that illustrate Slemmons's important proposals. Groans of the Spirit is a long-considered, calculated, and overdue break with conventional hermeneutics that proposes a vital homiletical pneumatology, which draws the art of the sermon out of the ghetto of mere rhetoric and presents it as it truly is: as theological reflection of the first order, the church's primary language of faith.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

161

Publisher

Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1606089048

ISBN 13

9781606089040

Electromechanical Motion Devices

Rotating Magnetic Field-Based Analysis with Online Animations

By: Paul C. Krause,Oleg Wasynczuk,Steven D. Pekarek,Timothy O'Connell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Electromechanical Motion Devices

Rotating Magnetic Field-Based Analysis with Online Animations

By: Paul C. Krause,Oleg Wasynczuk,Steven D. Pekarek,Timothy O'Connell

The updated third edition of the classic book that provides an introduction to electric machines and their emerging applications The thoroughly revised and updated third edition of Electromechanical Motion Devices contains an introduction to modern electromechanical devices and offers an understanding of the uses of electric machines in emerging applications such as in hybrid and electric vehicles. The authors—noted experts on the topic—put the focus on modern electric drive applications. The book includes basic theory, illustrative examples, and contains helpful practice problems designed to enhance comprehension. The text offers information on Tesla's rotating magnetic field, which is the foundation of reference frame theory and explores in detail the reference frame theory. The authors also review permanent-magnet ac, synchronous, and induction machines. In each chapter, the material is arranged so that if steady-state operation is the main concern, the reference frame derivation can be de-emphasized and focus placed on the steady state equations that are similar in form for all machines. This important new edition: • Features an expanded section on Power Electronics • Covers Tesla's rotating magnetic field • Contains information on the emerging applications of electric machines, and especially, modern electric drive applications • Includes online animations and a solutions manual for instructors Written for electrical engineering students and engineers working in the utility or automotive industry, Electromechanical Motion Devices offers an invaluable book for students and professionals interested in modern machine theory and applications.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

448

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1119489822

ISBN 13

9781119489825

Using Portuguese

A Guide to Contemporary Usage

By: Ana Sofia Ganho,Timothy McGovern

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Using Portuguese

A Guide to Contemporary Usage

By: Ana Sofia Ganho,Timothy McGovern

This is a guide to Portuguese usage for students who have already acquired the basics of the language and wish to extend their knowledge. It covers both the Brazilian and the European varieties of the language, and differentiates clearly between them. It gives detailed explanations of grammatical structures and semantic fields and, unlike conventional grammars, it gives special attention to those areas of vocabulary and grammar which cause most difficulty to English-speakers. It also contains a special chapter for students who are familiar with Spanish, highlighting key similarities and differences between the two languages. Careful consideration is given throughout to questions of style, register, and politeness which are essential to achieving an appropriate level of formality or informality in writing and speech. Clear, readable and easy to consult via its two indexes, this is an essential reference for learners seeking access to the finer nuances of the Portuguese language.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

278

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1139449389

ISBN 13

9781139449380

The Meaning of Literature

By: Timothy J. Reiss

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Meaning of Literature

By: Timothy J. Reiss

In this searching and wide-ranging book, Timothy J. Reiss seeks to explain how the concept of literature that we accept today first took shape between the mid-sixteenth century and the early seventeenth, a time of cultural transformation. Drawing on literary, political, and philosophical texts from Central and Western Europe, Reiss maintains that by the early eighteenth century divergent views concerning gender, politics, science, taste, and the role of the writer had consolidated, and literature came to be regarded as an embodiment of universal values. During the second half of the sixteenth century, Reiss asserts, conceptual consensus was breaking down, and many Western Europeans found themselves overwhelmed by a sense of social decay. A key element of this feeling of catastrophe, Reiss points out, was the assumption that thought and letters could not affect worldly reality. Demonstrating that a political discourse replaced the no-longer-viable discourse of theology, he looks closely at the functions that letters served in the reestablishment of order. He traces the development of the idea of literature in texts by Montaigne, Spenser, Sidney, Shakespeare, Lope de Vega, and Cervantes, among others; through seventeenth-century writings by such authors as Davenant, Boileau, Dryden, Rymer, Anne Dacier, Astell, and Leibniz; to eighteenth-century works including those of Addison, Pope, Batteux and Hutcheson, Burke, Lessing, Kant, and Wollstonecraft. Reiss follows key strands of the tradition, particularly the concept of the sublime, into the nineteenth century through a reading of Hegel's Aesthetics. The Meaning of Literature will contribute to current debates concerning cultural dominance and multiculturalism. It will be welcomed by anyone interested in literature and in cultural studies, including literary theorists and historians, comparatists, intellectual historians, historical sociologists, and philosophers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

409

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

150173301X

ISBN 13

9781501733017

The Correspondence of Dr. Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York: With a Selection From the Letters, Etc.

By: Matthew Hutton,Timothy Hutton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Correspondence of Dr. Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York: With a Selection From the Letters, Etc.

By: Matthew Hutton,Timothy Hutton

Reprint of the original, first published in 1844.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

362

Publisher

BoD – Books on Demand

Published Date

ISBN 10

3385114217

ISBN 13

9783385114210

Mirages of the Selfe

Patterns of Personhood in Ancient and Early Modern Europe

By: Timothy J. Reiss

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mirages of the Selfe

Patterns of Personhood in Ancient and Early Modern Europe

By: Timothy J. Reiss

Through extensive readings in philosophical, legal, medical, and imaginative writing, this book explores notions and experiences of being a person from European antiquity to Descartes. It offers quite new interpretations of what it was to be a personto experience who-nessin other times and places, involving new understandings of knowing, willing, and acting, as well as of political and material life, the play of public and private, passions and emotions. The trajectory the author reveals reaches from the ancient sense of personhood as set in a totality of surroundings inseparable from the person, to an increasing sense of impermeability to the world, in which anger has replaced love in affirming a sense of self. The author develops his analysis through an impressive range of authors, languages, and texts: from Cicero, Seneca, and Galen; through Avicenna, Hildegard of Bingen, and Heloise and Abelard; to Petrarch, Montaigne, and Descartes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

652

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

080474565X

ISBN 13

9780804745659

Multiple Centres of Authority

Society and Environment in Siak and Eastern Sumatra, 1674-1827

By: Timothy P. Barnard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Multiple Centres of Authority

Society and Environment in Siak and Eastern Sumatra, 1674-1827

By: Timothy P. Barnard

Offering access to an extensive and resource-rich hinterland, eastern Sumatra was an important trading region between the Melaka Straits and the Minangkabau highlands of Sumatra prior to colonial rule. Traditionally under the control of Johor, the various communities in eastern Sumatra were united under the leadership of an adventurer named Raja Kecik in the early eighteenth century and formed an independent community along the Siak River. Over the next century Raja Kecik and his descendents attempted to gain control over the trade that flowed through the Straits, while keeping the numerous communities within their territories united by means of marriage alliances, warfare, raiding, trade, and myth. By the end of the eighteenth century the multiple centres of authority that constituted Siak represented the dominant Malay community in the Straits of Melaka, only to fall into decline due to the rise of British trading communities in Singapore and Penang. This book, based on VOC (Dutch East Indies Company) archives and traditional Malay texts, examines the rise of a Malay state in the early modern era. It focuses on the ecological frontier of eastern Sumatra, with its multi-ethnic communities, and how they were able to transform themselves, in the words of an English visitor, into a summit of prosperity by the end of the eighteenth century. Particular emphasis is placed on the methods used by Siak leaders used unite the disparate communities in the region, and how this was viewed in other Malay communities.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

222

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004454357

ISBN 13

9789004454354

Searching for the Family Doctor

Primary Care on the Brink

By: Timothy J. Hoff

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Searching for the Family Doctor

Primary Care on the Brink

By: Timothy J. Hoff

With family doctors increasingly overburdened, bureaucratized, and burned out, how can the field change before it's too late? Over the past few decades, as American medical practice has become increasingly specialized, the number of generalists—doctors who care for the whole person—has plummeted. On paper, family medicine sounds noble; in practice, though, the field is so demanding in scope and substance, and the health system so favorable to specialists, that it cannot be fulfilled by most doctors. In Searching for the Family Doctor, Timothy J. Hoff weaves together the early history of the family practice specialty in the United States with the personal narratives of modern-day family doctors. By formalizing this area of practice and instituting specialist-level training requirements, the originators of family practice hoped to increase respect for generalists, improve the pipeline of young medical graduates choosing primary care, and, in so doing, have a major positive impact on the way patients receive care. Drawing on in-depth interviews with fifty-five family doctors, Hoff shows us how these medical professionals have had their calling transformed not only by the indifferent acts of an unsupportive health care system but by the hand of their own medical specialty—a specialty that has chosen to pursue short- over long-term viability, conformity over uniqueness, and protectionism over collaboration. A specialty unable to innovate to keep its membership cohesive and focused on fulfilling the generalist ideal. The family doctor, Hoff explains, was conceived of as a powered-up version of the "country doctor" idea. At a time when doctor-patient relationships are evaporating in the face of highly transactional, fast-food-style medical practice, this ideal seems both nostalgic and revolutionary. However, the realities of highly bureaucratic reimbursement and quality-of-care requirements, educational debt, and ongoing consolidation of the old-fashioned independent doctor's office into corporate health systems have stacked the deck against the altruists and true believers who are drawn to the profession of family practice. As more family doctors wind up working for big health care corporations, their career paths grow more parochial, balkanizing the specialty. Their work roles and professional identities are increasingly niche-oriented. Exploring how to save primary care by giving family doctors a fighting chance to become the generalists we need in our lives, Searching for the Family Doctor is required reading for anyone interested in the troubled state of modern medicine.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

287

Publisher

JHU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1421443015

ISBN 13

9781421443010

Sampling Methods for Multiresource Forest Inventory

By: Hans T. Schreuder,Timothy G. Gregoire,Geoffrey B. Wood

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sampling Methods for Multiresource Forest Inventory

By: Hans T. Schreuder,Timothy G. Gregoire,Geoffrey B. Wood

Designed to aid readers in gathering the most reliable quantitative information on forests for the least cost. Thoroughly explains the interrelationships between sampling strategies; discusses forestry techniques of efficient tactics; examines new developments in statistics having immediate applications in forestry and describes related developments that should have relevance in the future. Includes practical methods for dealing with forest data such as tree number, height, diameter and marketable wood. Also contains problem sets.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

496

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

0471552453

ISBN 13

9780471552451

The Simplest of Signs

Victor Hugo and the Language of Images in France, 1850-1950

By: Timothy Bell Raser

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Simplest of Signs

Victor Hugo and the Language of Images in France, 1850-1950

By: Timothy Bell Raser

Raser's approach is of necessity interdisciplinary: to show how Hugo defines the genre of art criticism, he must take into account the influences, recurrent themes, and references that are used by literary historians. Since, however, the texts discussed frequently refer to drawings, engravings, or paintings, the formal analyses of art history also come into play. Further, since the works described are invariably discussed in terms of their "beauty," aesthetics and beyond it, the twentieth-century critique of nineteenth-century aesthetics, are used."--Jacket.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

230

Publisher

University of Delaware Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0874138671

ISBN 13

9780874138672

First and Second Thessalonians (Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament)

By: Timothy A. Brookins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

First and Second Thessalonians (Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament)

By: Timothy A. Brookins

Though often neglected among readers of Paul's letters, his two surviving letters to the church in Thessalonica are highly valuable sources for reconstructing the theology of Paul and the history of the earliest Christian churches. First and Second Thessalonians also stand out for their intensely personal nature and provide a rare glimpse into Paul's methods of pastoral care. This practical commentary interacts with the best scholarship on the Thessalonian letters while offering fresh new insights.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

297

Publisher

Baker Academic

Published Date

ISBN 10

149343215X

ISBN 13

9781493432158

Masters of the French Art Song

Translations of the Complete Songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Faure, and Ravel

By: Timothy LeVan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Masters of the French Art Song

Translations of the Complete Songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Faure, and Ravel

By: Timothy LeVan

Now in paper! An invaluable reference text for singers, teachers, and vocal and operatic coaches, this volume contains the complete song texts of the songs for voice and piano by Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Faure, and Ravel. All these song texts are in an easy-to-read three-line format; Line 1: the original language text; Line 2: a vertically accurate word-by-word translation into English, using the exact word order of the original language; Line 3: a poetic reconstruction of Line 2 into a more poetically understandable English form. This format differs from purely poetic or singing translations by giving the user an exact, accurate knowledge of each word as it is understood by a native language singer. Cloth edition published in 1991. Available in paperback in 2001.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

456

Publisher

Scarecrow Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1461669618

ISBN 13

9781461669616

The Evolutionary Biology of Species

By: Timothy G. Barraclough

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Evolutionary Biology of Species

By: Timothy G. Barraclough

Species' are central to understanding the origin and dynamics of biological diversity; explaining why lineages split into multiple distinct species is one of the main goals of evolutionary biology. However the existence of species is often taken for granted, and precisely what is meant by species and whether they really exist as a pattern of nature has rarely been modelled or critically tested. This novel book presents a synthetic overview of the evolutionary biology of species, describing what species are, how they form, the consequences of species boundaries and diversity for evolution, and patterns of species accumulation over time. The central thesis is that species represent more than just a unit of taxonomy; they are a model of how diversity is structured as well as how groups of related organisms evolve. The author adopts an intentionally broad approach, stepping back from the details to consider what species constitute, both theoretically and empirically, and how we detect them, drawing on a wealth of examples from microbes to multicellular organisms.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

288

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0191066656

ISBN 13

9780191066658

Ecotaxation

By: Timothy O'Riordan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ecotaxation

By: Timothy O'Riordan

Ecotaxation covers two distinct ideas. To date, it has largely been associated with the 'polluter pays' principle, in the form of correctional charges imposed on activities which have a demonstrably damaging effect on the quality of life or the environment. The other involves a more ambitious policy shift, aiming to put taxation onto a different basis, away from income and labour, and onto resource-depleting and environmentally damaging activities. By going further, and directing the additional revenue towards environmentally supportive and socially improving ends, it can be part of the fiscal basis for sustainable development. This volume explores the history of both ideas, but with more emphasis on the wider-ranging policy alternatives that ecotaxation represents. The contributors look at the mixed records of the correctional economic instruments which have been introduced, suggesting that unless they are integrated into a more comprehensive package of reforms, they are not likely to have much effect on the direction of an already unsustainable economy. On the other hand, taxation has the potential not only to stimulate sustainable forms of economic activity but also, by lowering the costs of work and employment, to create jobs and greater social justice. At a time when governments' room for manoeuvre is being more and more restricted by conflicting social, economic and environmental commitments and pressures, revenue-neutral ecotaxation has a crucial role to play in reconciling those objectives and putting policy onto a new and lasting footing.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

353

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134170823

ISBN 13

9781134170821

Book's by Timothy Vos

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email