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Christians are awakening to the legacy of racism in America like never before. While public conversations regarding the realities of racial division and inequalities have surged in recent years, so has the public outcry to work toward the long-awaited healing of these wounds. But American Christianity, with its tendency to view the ministry of reconciliation as its sole response to racial injustice, and its isolation from those who labor most diligently...
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Marci Kwon is assistant professor of art and art history at Stanford University. She lives in Palo Alto, California.
The first major work to examine Joseph Cornell's relationship to American modernism
Joseph Cornell (1903–1972) is best known for his exquisite and alluring box constructions, in which he transformed found objects-such as celestial charts, glass ice cubes, and feathers-into enchanted worlds that blur the boundaries between fantasy...
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Over the last several years, there has been an increasing interest in the impact that nutrition plays on the health of women. For many years, the golden rule of nutrition has been to consume a well-rounded diet that features lots of fresh fruit and vegetables. On the other hand, this strategy has come under growing scrutiny as a result of new research which suggests that some foods may have a stronger influence on the health of women than others.
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“Spirit Power” explores the manifestation of the American Century in Korean history with a focus on religious culture. It looks back on the encounter with American missionary power from the late nineteenth century, and the long political struggles against the country's indigenous popular religious heritage during the colonial and postcolonial eras. The book brings an anthropology of religion into the field of Cold War history. In particular, it...
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The book of Acts recounts the birth of the church and the ministry of the earliest disciples. It occupies a place of critical importance in the New Testament, acting as a bridge between the Jesus of history and the Jesus of faith. It is a record of the early church, a rich source of theological wisdom, and a powerful testament to the transformative power of the Holy Spirit.
In this helpful guide, the section-by-section commentary draws out the historical,...
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Como parte la colección de literatura coreana contemporánea, Ediciones del Ermitaño publica el trabajo de uno de los escritores de libros infantiles más apreciados en Corea. Monsil, una de las muestras más representativas de la literatura infantil coreana, cuenta una historia ejemplar.
La protagonista, una pequeña de siete años que padece enormes dificultades debido a la guerra, no entiende a los mayores cuando hablan del bien y del mal, pues...
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Everyone has one life. Life is precious to everyone as it is. Come to think of it, life isn't that long. Then shouldn't everyone have a meaning in his life? When I look at the present era, I feel sorry for many people because they seem to just live their lives for no particular purpose. Everyone is living with the same
amount of relative time. However, some people are living their lives faithfully, recognizing the purpose of their lives and cherishing...
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The Fourth Gospel has contributed to the Church's thinking on several theological themes. This book studies the missiology of the Gospel by reading the Fourth Gospel from a missional perspective. The author does not seek to find a pre-defined mission within the Gospel, but seeks instead to discover the central message of the Gospel from a missional point of view. Thus, the author reads the whole story of the Gospel from a missional perspective. The...
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When will Jesus return? It is right now. If we look at the signs that Jesus gave about the last day of His return, we can see how concerned Jesus was about the prevalence of atheism and the persecution of the weak. (Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 17 and 21) The specific time of the Second Coming is set as 'a time when women suffer horribly because their right to abortion is violated'. Do you remember what Jesus said to the women of Jerusalem at the beginning...
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The Creating CoPOWERment Workbook: Embracing the Power of Positive Psychology, Healing Stories and Explorations to Create the Life You Want encourages readers to explore choices, visualize outcomes, and set priorities. This workbook is informal and informative, never preachy. It provides readers with the shared true-life stories of past Creating CoPOWERment clients and body-mind-spirit practitioners, balanced with the scientific results of positive...
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This book investigates 1 Corinthians 1-4 from a rhetorical and social perspective and explores that a divisive culture of rhetorical and paternal elitism lies behind the schisms and problems identified in the letter. This culture appears to have been shaped to some extent by the legacy of Cicero. Paul's references to boasting and imitation indicate both his subversive use, and his critique, of this Greco-Roman wisdom. In the final chapter, this analysis...