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Historical Dictionary Of Ethics, Harry Gensler, S.J., Earl Spurgin

Earl W. Spurgin

The Historical Dictionary of Ethics covers a very broad range of ethical topics, including ethical theories, historical periods, historical figures, applied ethics, ethical issues, ethical concepts, non-Western approaches, and related disciplines. Harry J. Gensler and Earl W. Spurgin tackle such issues as abortion, capital punishment, stemcell research, and terrorism while also explaining key theories like utilitarianism, natural law, social contract, and virtue ethics. This reference provides a complete overview of ethics through a detailed chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries, including bioethics, business ethics, Aristotle, Hobbes, autonomy, confidentiality, Confucius, and psychology.

Keeping Your Classroom C.R.I.S.P.: Unity Of Purpose As An Organizing Principle, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

Are you and your millennial students losing your focus in the classroom? Here's a solution that works.

The Writing Community: A New Model For The Creative Writing Classroom, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

After creating a taxonomy of classroom approaches to the teaching of creative writing, the authors discuss a current practice they have employed, the writing community. The authors detail its success, place it within current pedagogical research into small-group and team-based learning, and suggest possible applications to allied fields.

Holiday Arts Preview 2008 - The Light Of Dark Days, Ann Taylor

Ann Connolly

A run-down of some holiday arts events for the 2008 season.

The Arabian Nights - A Sensuous Garden Of Delights, Ann Taylor

Ann Connolly

A review of Mary Zimmerman's The Arabian Nights, which played at Berkeley Repertory Theater' Thrust Stage from November 13, 2008- January 18, 2009.

Buddha For Beginners, Stephen Asma

Stephen T Asma

Originally published by Writers and Readers in 1998, this is an iconoclastic, illustrated romp through the life of the Buddha both a credible exploration of his life and teachings and an entertaining introduction to the philosophy of Buddhism.

Many Westerners know about the meditation practices of Buddhism, but few understand the Buddha's philosophical teachings. This book puts the teachings (dharma) in their proper context and unravels some of the more dense knots of Buddha's thinking. And it does all this while entertaining the reader with humorous illustrations and pop-culture sensibility. This primer, constructed like a graphic novel, cuts through the …

The Seafarer As The "Worthy Poor", Steven Park

Steven H. Park

The paper examined the transition from elite, secular marine societies to evangelical efforts to reach the working poor seafarer.

Engaging Islam: Feminisms, Religiosities And Self-Determinations, Leila Farsakh, Elora Chowdhury, Rajini Srikanth

Leila Farsakh

No abstract provided.

Keeping Your Classroom C.R.I.S.P.: Unity Of Purpose As An Organizing Principle, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Are you and your millennial students losing your focus in the classroom? Here's a solution that works.

Review Of Katherine Dell, Opening The Old Testament, George Heider

George C. Heider

No abstract provided.

Jazz Workshop & Performance, Erik Unsworth

Erik Unsworth

No abstract provided.

Review: Sensational Knowledge: Embodying Culture Through Japanese Dance By Tomie Hahn, Wendy Hsu

Wendy Hsu

No abstract provided.

Berkeley Rep Does Arabs, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Siting Speech: The Politics Of Imagining The Other In Meera Syal’S Anita And Me, Leila Neti

Leila Neti

No abstract provided.

Eloquence And Reason: Creating A First Amendment Culture, Robert L. Tsai

Robert L Tsai

This book presents a general theory to explain how the words in the Constitution become culturally salient ideas, inscribed in the habits and outlooks of ordinary Americans. "Eloquence and Reason" employs the First Amendment as a case study to illustrate that liberty is achieved through the formation of a common language and a set of organizing beliefs. The book explicates the structure of First Amendment language as a distinctive discourse and illustrates how activists, lawyers, and even presidents help to sustain our First Amendment belief system. When significant changes to constitutional law occur, they are best understood as the results …

The Monk - Solid Gothic, Ann Taylor

Ann Connolly

A review of The Monk, playing at San Francisco's Exit Theater in October of 2008.

"Interview: Theology And Economy", William Cavanaugh

William T. Cavanaugh

No abstract provided.

Youth Poets: Empowering Literacies In And Out Of Schools, Korina Jocson

Korina Jocson

Youth Poets explores the literacy learning of high school youth who participated in June Jordan's Poetry for the People program. It is based on an ethnographic study that examined the various processes, products, and practices associated with poetry in youth's lives.

Thoughts On Copyediting, Outsourcing, And The Technical Communication Profession, Russell Willerton

Russell Willerton

This discussion reminded me that technical communication is one of the many facets of the global economy, and that technical communication tasks can be done from any spot on the globe. Wherever we find ourselves, we must demonstrate and articulate the value we bring to our employers and their consumers. Standing still will ensure we get left behind.

Informal Catechesis And The Hereford Mappa Mundi, Daniel Terkla

Daniel Terkla

No abstract provided.

Back At Home, Troubled Siblings Look For Refuge, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

No abstract provided.

Review: Queering The Popular Pitch Edited By Sheila Whiteley And Jennifer Rycenga, Wendy Hsu

Wendy Hsu

No abstract provided.

Integrity, Damian Cox, Marguerite La Caze, Michael Levine

Damian Cox

Extract:

Integrity is one of the most important and oft-cited of virtue terms. It is also perhaps the most puzzling. For example, while it is sometimes used virtually synonymously with ‘moral,’ we also at times distinguish acting morally from acting with integrity. Persons of integrity may in fact act immorally—though they would usually not know they are acting immorally. Thus one may acknowledge a person to have integrity even though that person may hold importantly mistaken moral views.

The Changing Face Of The Enemy, Marla Stone

Marla Stone

No abstract provided.

The Blasphemies Of Thomas Aikenhead: Boundaries Of Belief On The Eve Of The Enlightenment, Michael Graham

Michael F. Graham

This is the first modern book-length study of the case of Thomas Aikenhead, the sometime University of Edinburgh student who in 1697 earned the unfortunate distinction of being the last person executed for blasphemy in Britain. Taking a micro-historical approach, Michael Graham uses the Aikenhead case to open a window into the world of Edinburgh, Scotland and Britain in its transition from the confessional era of the Reformation and the covenants, which placed high emphasis on the defence of orthodox belief, to the polite, literary world of the Enlightenment, of which Edinburgh would become a major centre. Graham traces the …

Expanding The Space Of F2f: Writing Centers And Audio-Visual-Textual Conferencing, Melanie Yergeau, Kathryn Wozniak, Peter Vandenberg

Kathryn Wozniak

Able to link tutors across distance while closely approximating the tenor of face-to-face tutoring (f2f), synchronous audio-video-textual conferencing (AVT) is a semiotically rich medium that sustains critical “social cues” and enhances interaction and exchange. The authors theorize and demonstrate the potential of synchronous digital exchange, including functions that surpass the affordances of paper-based f2f tutorials—such as real-time modeling and web-based referencing.

Ascetic, Paul Bush

Paul M Bush

No abstract provided.

Legerdemain, Paul Bush

Paul M Bush

No abstract provided.

Coming Back Home, He Finds Humor, Beauty, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

A review of Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships a memoir by John T. Price

Kirk In Danger: Presbyterian Political Divinity In Two Eras, Michael Graham

Michael F. Graham

Recent decades have witnessed the fragmentation of Reformation studies, with high-level research confined within specific geographical, confessional or chronological boundaries. By bringing together scholars working on a wide variety of topics, this volume counteracts this centrifugal trend and provides a broad perspective on the impact of the European reformation. The essays present new research from historians of politics, of the church and of belief. Their geographical scope ranges from Scotland and England via France and Germany to Transylvania and their chronological span from the 1520s to the 1690s Considering the impact of the Reformation on political culture and examining the …