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Through a close scrutiny of Boccaccio's Decameron and the works of his epigones, this book presents a synthesis of the medieval and Renaissance novella and proposes a model against which subsequent works of short fiction can be tested. This analysis furthermore establishes that, with the Decameron, Boccaccio created a new genre in short narrative. It shows that throughout his work, he suggests the literary tenets of a narrative archetype and c...

This authoritative reference covers recent advances in the field, stressing an interdisciplinaryapproach to the development and use of biosensor technology in physics, engineering, analytical chemistry, and biochemistry (including immunochemistry)

These abundantly illustrated meditations are firmly established in assigned First Lesson texts -- but they are not trapped there! Offering perceptive insights into the thoughts and motives of familiar Old Testament characters and contemporary minds, each homily explores the essential truth behind these often difficult scriptures, then brings the meaning home to today's Christians.Fourteen messages include:• In Search of a Leader• A Song Sung B...

Your partner in intelligent, meaningful sermon preparation Cycle BExegesisThe SituationThe SettingCultural and Historical ContextsOther Lectionary Texts For the DayParallel Gospel TextsMeanings and Derivations of Key WordsHomileticsSuggested Sermon ThemesSermon OutlinesPreaching IllustrationsNine Miracles IncludeCleansing a Leper (Mark 1:40-45)Calming a Sea Storm (Mark 4:35-41)Healing a Blind Man (Mark 10:46-52)John R. Brokhoff is former Profe...

All these stories will touch the heart, some will evoke laughter and tears.Here is a collection of forty stories, each simple and to the point. They are based on lectionary cycle B. The stories examine basic theological and morale questions.Very often the story offers a surprise, an ironic twist or reversal as in the parables of Jesus. The collection will assist the lectionary preacher. Although created for adults, the stories appeal to childr...

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This delightful Christmas pageant includes speaking, reading, and non-reading parts for all the children in your congregation. Pre-schoolers, younger children, older youth, and their adult audience will all enjoy exploring a variety of charming Christmas legends from around the world. Familiar carols highlight each legend and involve your entire congregation in song and celebration.Sets and props can be simple, costumes for most players consis...

Would you like to add something new, something fresh, to your lectionary worship experience? If you answered "Yes!" you will love this new collection by Andrew Daughters for Cycle B.Use these inspirational poems in your church's worship service as corporate readings, pastoral prayers, opportunities for lay involvement, or as private meditations. Or duplicate them for insertion in your parish newsletter or bulletin. However you choose to use th...

Our usual representations of the opposition between the "civilized" and the "primitive" derive from willfully ignoring the relationship of distance our social science sets up between the observer and the observed. In fact, the author argues, the relationship between the anthropologist and his object of study is a particular instance of the relationship between knowing and doing, interpreting and using, symbolic mastery and practical mastery-or...

Uses a question and answer format, with illustrations, to explain why the sky is blue, what a rainbow is, what atoms are, how gravity works, and many other scientific facts and events.

How should the world be viewed - as a complex of elements and forces, both natural and social, to be investigated and explored through the keen eye of empirical analysis, or as a mysterious combination of revelation and divine intervention that can only be understood by exploring the intent of a creator God? Are scientific and religious ways of knowing compatible or forever at loggerheads? Can the claims of science and religion be held simulta...

Is there more to our existence than modern science can measure? For more than a hundred years, parapsychology - the scientific study of paranormal phenomena - has tried to find the answer to this question. In Science and Supernature, psychologist James E. Alcock presents a critical evaluation of parapsychological research and reviews the current status of the evidence. The book is divided into two parts. In Part 1, Dr. Alcock discusses a numbe...

The Advent/Christmas story is one that identifies specific places as the font of the rich interactions between God and humanity. The names of such locales are as familiar to us as our own homes.Here are six sermons with accompanying children's sermons. The series covers Advent 1 through Christmas 1. Each sermon focuses on the particular sphere God used to prepare creation for the gift of Jesus.The sermons offer:• Texts from Lectionary Cycle B•...

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Complete piano/vocal arrangements with chord diagrams of over 20 of this poet/songwriter/actor's greatest hits including: Ol' 55 * Jersey Girl * Shiver Me Timbers * and more.

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In this challenging work Robert M. Doran explores the basis of systematic theology in consciousness, and goes on to consider the practical role of such theology in establishing and fostering communities with an authentic way of life.

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