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Burning Center, Porous Borders articulates what the church is and is called to be about in the world, a world now globalized to the point that the local is lived globally and the global is lived locally. The church must respond creatively and prophetically to the challenges-economic disparity, war and terrorism, diaspora, ecological threat, health crisis, religious diversity, and so on-posed by our highly globalized world. It can...
Mian is a non-Austronesian ('Papuan') language of the Ok family spoken in the Highlands fringe in western Papua New Guinea. Mian has approximately 1, 400 speakers and is highly endangered. This grammar is the first comprehensive description of the language. It is based on primary field data consisting of a text corpus that covers different genres of the oral tradition, namely myths and ancestor stories, historical accounts, accounts of the ini...
McGraw-Hill Workforce's Career Companion series provides up to date career information and contextualized skill practice to help learners succeed in the 21st century workforce. Manufacturing introduces readers to this career cluster by exploring career pathways and jobs within manufacturing, education and training requirements, work environments, and current industry trends. Preparation for career readiness and success in manufacturing careers...
McGraw-Hill Workforce's Career Companion series provides up to date career information and contextualized skill practice to help learners explore and prepare for careers. Health Science introduces readers to this career cluster by exploring career pathways and jobs within health science, education and training requirements, work environments, and current industry trends. Preparation for career readiness and success in health science careers is...
McGraw-Hill Workforce's Career Companion series provides up to date career information and contextualized skill practice to help learners explore and prepare for careers. Hospitality & Tourism introduces readers to this career cluster by exploring career pathways and jobs within hospitality and tourism, education and training requirements, work environments, and current industry trends. Preparation for career readiness and success in hospitali...
This book examines key aspects of Chinäs coal industry which illustrate the political economy of Chinäs economic transformation. It sheds light on the broader issues of Chinäs transition from socialism to capitalism, focussing on the shift to a market economy, the rise of rural industry and the situation of Chinäs working class.
This book discusses the role of the trickster in contemporary film against the cultural imperatives and social issues of modernity and postmodernity, and argues that cinematic tricksters reflect psychological, economic and social change in society.
This text presents the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide available to the major topics and theories in education. Forty specially commissioned chapters, covering all aspects of education, introduce you to the key thinkers, events, ideas, research and issues that have shaped the field.
This volume contextualises a globalisation process that has since ancient times involved the creation, use, and world-wide movement of song, instrumental music, musical drama, music with dance, concert, secular, popular and religious music.
Written by two leading scholars, this book is an accessible overview of the global political consequences of the 9/11 terror attacks. The book is organized around 12 penetrating and readable essays, full of novel interpretations and succinct summaries of complex ideas and events.