The Word in Season: January February March 2022

The Word in Season: January February March 2022
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Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2021-12-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1506486886

The Word in Season is a quarterly Christian devotional that connects faith and life in a timely reflection for each day. These messages and prayers are based on scripture readings from Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings. Each day offers a Bible verse, a personal commentary or meditation, a suggested prayer concern, and a unique prayer. Various writers contribute to each issue, offering a variety of perspectives.

Christ in Our Home: January February March 2022

Christ in Our Home: January February March 2022
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Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2021-12-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1506486894

Christ in Our Home is a quarterly Christian devotional that brings you a daily message of God's amazing grace. Reflections and prayers are based on scripture readings from Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings. Each day offers a Bible verse, a personal commentary or meditation, a suggested prayer concern, and a unique prayer. Enjoyed by readers for more than 60 years, Christ in Our Home is now available electronically.

Trans Formations

Trans Formations
Author: Alex Clare-Young
Publisher: SCM Press
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2024-05-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0334066018

Trans Formations is not a book about trans and non-binary Christians it is a book by trans and non-binary Christians. Who they are, what they experience, and what they understand stretches beyond trans-apologetics to formative anthropological and theological notions without which the body of anthropological and theological knowledge is incomplete. They have things to say about God and about being human and their yet-to-be-accessed insights matter. Whilst there is an abundance of material about trans ethics, there is little trans-written theology or theological anthropology that is formative, rather than trans critical or trans-apologetic. Situated within a queer paradigm, this book presents the identities, insights, and ideas of ten diverse trans and non-binary Christians. Alex Clare-Young, through their own identity, experiences, and insights of researching alongside nine other wonderful human-beings, writes their trans formational journey into being.

How States Think

How States Think
Author: John J. Mearsheimer
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2023-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0300269307

A groundbreaking examination of a central question in international relations: Do states act rationally? To understand world politics, you need to understand how states think. Are states rational? Much of international relations theory assumes that they are. But many scholars believe that political leaders rarely act rationally. The issue is crucial for both the study and practice of international politics, for only if states are rational can scholars and policymakers understand and predict their behavior. John J. Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato argue that rational decisions in international politics rest on credible theories about how the world works and emerge from deliberative decision‑making processes. Using these criteria, they conclude that most states are rational most of the time, even if they are not always successful. Mearsheimer and Rosato make the case for their position, examining whether past and present world leaders, including George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin, have acted rationally in the context of momentous historical events, including both world wars, the Cold War, and the post-Cold War era. By examining this fundamental concept in a novel and comprehensive manner, Mearsheimer and Rosato show how leaders think, and how to make policy for dealing with other states.

Downward spiral

Downward spiral
Author: John Bowers
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2024-04-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1526167476

The Johnson era will be remembered for a series of scandals that severely eroded trust in the British government. From questionable PPE tenders and public appointments to the ‘partygate’ fiasco, every aspect of public life seemed tainted. How did this downward spiral begin, and what can be done to reverse it? In this eye-opening book, veteran KC John Bowers presents a fearless examination of the decline in ethical standards before, during and after the Johnson government. He focuses on the institutions responsible for holding the government accountable, exposing how they have been bypassed by prime ministers determined to impose their agenda. Through interviews with political insiders, Bowers provides analysis of scandals such as partygate, Greensill and the revolving door with the private sector. He shines a light on a culture of favouritism, where standards are upheld based on little more than the assumption those in power can be trusted to behave. Rishi Sunak entered Number 10 on the promise of restoring integrity, but it is clear major problems remain. Confronting the failings of the current system, Downward spiral presents concrete proposals for creating an alternative that is more transparent and accountable.

Female Narratives of Protest

Female Narratives of Protest
Author: Nabanita Sengupta
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2023-12-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1003806481

This book explores the complex assemblage of biopolitics, citizenship, ethics and human rights concerns in South Asia focusing specifically on women poets, writers and artists and their explorations on marginalisation, violence and protest. The book traces the origins, varied historiographies and socio-political consequences of women’s protests and feminist discourses. Bringing together narratives of the Landais from Afghanistan, voices from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Miya women poets writing from Assam, and stories of Dalit and queer women across the region, it analyses the diverse modes of women’s protests and their ethical and humanitarian cartographies. The volume highlights the reconfiguration of female voices of protest in contemporary literature and popular culture in South Asia and the formation of closely-knit female communities of solidarity, cooperation and collective political action. The book will be of interest to students and researchers of gender studies, literature, cultural studies, sociology, minority and indigenous studies, and South Asian studies.

Cyber-espionage in international law

Cyber-espionage in international law
Author: Thibault Moulin
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2023-05-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1526168022

While espionage between states is a practice dating back centuries, the emergence of the internet revolutionised the types and scale of intelligence activities, creating drastic new challenges for the traditional legal frameworks governing them. This book argues that cyber-espionage has come to have an uneasy status in law: it is not prohibited, because spying does not result in an internationally wrongful act, but neither is it authorised or permitted, because states are free to resist foreign cyber-espionage activities. Rather than seeking further regulation, however, governments have remained purposefully silent, leaving them free to pursue cyber-espionage themselves at the same time as they adopt measures to prevent falling victim to it. Drawing on detailed analysis of state practice and examples from sovereignty, diplomacy, human rights and economic law, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the current legal status of cyber-espionage, as well as future directions for research and policy. It is an essential resource for scholars and practitioners in international law, as well as anyone interested in the future of cyber-security.

Mennonite Family History April 2022

Mennonite Family History April 2022
Author: Lois Ann Mast
Publisher: Masthof Press & Bookstore
Total Pages: 44
Release:
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

This issue contains the following articles and [surnames]: The 1950 U.S. Federal Census—Are You Ready?; The Strauss Sisters by Rodney J. Hofer [Strauss]; Gottfried, a Stray Stutzman by S. Duane Kauffman [Stutzman]; My Groff/Graf Ancestral Line by Yvonne Morrissey [Groff/Graf, Garner]; Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, and Generational Trauma a BOOK REVIEW by Lois Ann Mast; The Schrag-Gerard Mystery by Donna Schrock Birkey [Schrag, Gerard]; Maria (Neuhauser) Schrock by Donna Schrock Birkey [Neuhauser, Schrock, Gerard]; Blessed with Eight Generations, Ancestor Fan Chart of Yolanda Sue Horst [Horst, Weaver]; In Pursuit of the Missing Portrait by Lucille Marr [Davidson]; Family Record of Lester W. Martin (1923-2001) and Hannah Elizabeth Fisher Martin (1924-2016) a BOOK REVIEW by Lois Ann Mast [Martin]; Children of Bishop Jacob Mast & Magdalena Hooley: John & Mary (Kurtz) Mast—Early Amish Settlers of the Conestoga Valley by Dorothy Mast Moss [Mast]; The Story of the Martin Unruh Family by Duane Unruh [Unruh]; Caged Animal by Lorraine Frantz Edwards.

Charles: The Heart of a King

Charles: The Heart of a King
Author: Catherine Mayer
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2015-02-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0753550806

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller 'Breathtaking' The Times '[The book that] made headlines around the world.' Independent The former Prince of Wales has lived his whole life in the public eye, yet he remains an enigma. He was born to be king, but he aims much higher. A landmark publication, Charles: The Heart of a King reveals Prince Charles in all his complexity: the passionate views that mean he will never be as remote and impartial as his mother; the compulsion to make a difference and the many and startling ways in which the Prince and now King of the United Kingdom and fifteen other realms has already made his mark. The book offers fresh and fascinating insights into the first marriage that did so much to define him and an assessment of his relationship with the woman he calls, with unintended accuracy, his 'dearest wife': Camilla, now Queen Consort. We see Charles as a father and a friend, a serious figure and a joker. Life at court turns out to be full of hidden dangers and unexpected comedy. Now, updated and revised with a new preface and two new chapters - covering details of Harry and Meghan's exit and its implications, the cash-for-honours scandal, Prince Andrew, and more - this significant study reveals a monarchy threatened and a man in sight of happiness yet still driven by anguish and a remarkable belief system, a charitable entrepreneur, activist, agitator and avatar of the Establishment who just as often tilts against it. Based on multiple interviews with his friends and courtiers, palace insiders and critics, and rare access to Charles himself, before his kingship, this biography explores the Prince's philanthropy and his compulsive interventionism, his faith, his significant impact on politics and the philosophy that means when he seeks harmony he sometimes creates controversy. Gripping, at times astonishing, often laugh-out-loud, this is a royal biography unlike any other. 'A must-read ... this important book is nothing short of a manual to our future King's world-view' GQ 'A sustained piece of higher journalism' Independent

China’s BRI in Different Regions of the World

China’s BRI in Different Regions of the World
Author: Sanjeev Kumar
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2023-06-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000897885

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is completing a decade. There have been varied responses to the Initiative from countries and regions besides the emergence of alternative initiatives and narratives. This sets the stage for evaluating the robustness of the Initiative, its implementation as well as its implications from the perspective of individual countries and regions across the globe. This book begins by examining China’s domestic, economic, maritime and strategic interests as drivers for the Initiative. BRI has been analysed in country-specific, regional and continental contexts. It brings out the experiences and responses from South Asia, Eurasia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Arab world, Latin America, the Caribbean as well as from Europe and Africa. Further, BRI has been studied in the larger context of the US-China competition. The final section explores BRI in the context of the twin challenges of recent times, i.e., the pandemic and Russia-Ukraine conflict. The book concludes with an epilogue which outlines the broad trends related to BRI that have emerged from this study of ICWA.