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This is a new theory of the atonement, showing that the Christian account of salvation can only fully make sense if approached from a social-political angle. Recent decades have witnessed an explosion of new perspectives on 'atonement theory', the traditional name for reflections on the meaning of Christ's work. These new theologies view Christ as a political figure and mobilize social theory to understand the contemporary context and Christ's meaning for that context. "Politics of Redemption" demonstrates that pre-modern theologians also understood Christ's role in a fundamentally social way. The argument proceeds by analysing the most important and original contributors to the tradition of atonement theory (Irenaeus, Gregory of Nyssa, Anselm, and Abelard). The investigation reveals that they all work within a shared social relational logic based on the solidarity of all human beings and the irreducible relatedness of humanity and the rest of creation...

Battering States explores the most personal part of people's lives as they intersect with a uniquely complex state system. The book examines how statecraft shapes domestic violence: how a state defines itself and determines what counts as a family; how a state establishes sovereignty and defends its borders; and how a state organizes its legal system and forges its economy. The ethnography includes stories from people, places, and perspectives not commonly incorporated in domestic violence studies, and, in doing so, reveals the transformation of intimate partner violence from a predictable form of marital trouble to a publicly recognized social problem. The politics of domestic violence create novel entry points to understanding how, although women may be vulnerable to gender-based violence, they do not necessarily share the same kind of belonging to the state. This means that markers of identity and power, such as gender, nationality, ethnicity, religion and religiosity, and socio...

Since the 1920s, modern powder metallurgy has been used to produce a wide range of structural powder metallurgy components, self-lubricating bearings, and cutting tools. The conventional method involves the production of metal powders and the manufacture of useful objects from such powders by die compaction and sintering. Powder injection molding permits the production of stronger, more uniform, and more complex powder metallurgy parts. A detailed discussion of powder metallurgy materials and products is given in this book. Worked examples, exercises, questions, and problems are included in each chapter. Product details Format Paperback | 536 pages Dimensions ...

The analysis of silk is a fascinating topic for research in itself but here, focusing on the 9th and 10th centuries, Marianne Vedeler takes a closer look at the trade routes and the organization of production, trade and consumption of silk during the Viking Age. Beginning with a presentation of the silk finds in the Oseberg burial, the richest Viking burial find ever discovered, the other silk finds from high status graves in Scandinavia are discussed along with an introduction to the techniques used to produce raw silk and fabrics. Later chapters concentrate on trade and exchange, considering the role of silk items both as trade objects and precious gifts, and in the light of coin finds. The main trade routes of silk to Scandinavia along the Russian rivers, and comparable Russian finds are described and the production and regulation of silk in Persia, early Islamic production areas and the Byzantine Empire discussed. The final chapter considers silk as a social actor in various contex...

No universo dos estudos de descrição de línguas minoritárias, pelo menos nos últimos trinta anos, as línguas indígenas sul-americanas têm ganhado bastante interesse de pesquisadores de todo o mundo. Este trabalho é o resultado de uma pesquisa comparativa com vistas a entender melhor o comportamento morfossintático dos chamados classificadores nominais, em nível mais lexical, com os chamados termos de classe, que colaboram para a formação de novas palavras, e num nível mais funcional, atuando em construções anafóricas, como atribuidores de características próprias dos nomes aos quais se referem, em construções demonstrativas, possessivas, quantitativas e etc, de quatro das línguas que compõem a família linguística Nambikwara, e de outra línguas indígenas da região da chamada Bacia Amazônica. Product details Format ...

Ethnic minority groups in the United States suffer and die from disease at rates much higher than the general population. Such groups include African-Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Americans, Hispanics, and Pacific Asian Americans. To understand the nature of the deplorable rates, the health history of the ethnic groups must be understood. This book describes the contents of libraries nationwide which house health and medically related materials on ethnic minority populations. The book covers information about catalogs, books, articles, biographies, and autobiographies, primary source materials, cassette tapes of speeches, video tapes and films, and medical artifacts. The repositories covered are in various stages of cataloguing these materials but indicate an interest in having researchers use the collections. This book is the most comprehensive guide to ethnic medical health materials, their location, state of completion, and the contents of collections. ...

This book contains a selection of 12 pieces for the Trinity Piano Grade 5 exam, carefully chosen, graded and edited by a panel of experts, along with informative performance notes to help students and teachers get the most out of the repertoire. It also includes the exercises required for the exam, which have been newly composed for the 2021-2023 syllabus. Encompassing a wide range of styles and genres at every grade and with more pieces in each book than ever before, this progressive series provides a wealth of engaging repertoire for any pianist. An extended edition of this book is also available. This includes everything in this book along with the scales and arpeggios for the grade, an ebook of nine extra pieces (with performance notes) and downloadable audio for all 21 pieces. Contents: Coranto (no. 21 from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book) (Anon., ed. Long)Allegro (1st movt from Sonata XII in G major) (Dušek)Valse sentimentale, op. 50 no. 13 (Schubert)Berceuse (no. 7 from 18 Characteris...

* Barack Obama's shocking ties to this Mystery Religion-and it's not Islam. * How American politics have been rigged and who has the power to control every level of your government. * All of America's external threats-illegal immigration, pandemics, terrorism- orchestrated by the same people. * Who was really behind 9/11 and how they have far worse planned. * America's top leaders from both Parties bow to this secret power. * The worst days in America can all be traced back to them. * American Patriots have been framed and murdered by them. * Assassination is their specialty. * Hidden history uncovered! The Communists and Nazis owe them their origins. * "Another lone gunman" lie with a twist you've never heard: the real story behind Abraham Lincoln's death. * The chilling reality of "mind control": LSD, satanism and the CIA...and who is behind it all. * The death of the dollar and destruction of the Middle Class: all carefully planned. *...