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Amish Women and the Great Depression (Young Center Books In Anabaptist And Pietist Studies)
by Katherine Jellison and Steven D. Reschly
Pentecostalism and Prosperity: The Socio-Economics of the Global Charismatic Movement (Christianities of the World)
by Katherine Attanasi and Amos YongWhile there are a growing number of researchers who are exploring the political and social aspects of the global Renewal movement, few have provided sustained socio-economic analyses of this phenomenon. The editors and contributors to this volume offer perspectivesin light of the growth of the Renewal movement in the two-thirds world.
Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership
by Ally KateuszThis book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license.This book reveals exciting early Christian evidence that Mary was remembered as a powerful role model for women leaders—women apostles, baptizers, and presiders at the ritual meal. Early Christian art portrays Mary and other women clergy serving as deacon, presbyter/priest, and bishop. In addition, the two oldest surviving artifacts to depict people at an altar table inside a real church depict women and men in a gender-parallel liturgy inside two of the most important churches in Christendom—Old Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome and the second Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Dr. Kateusz’s research brings to light centuries of censorship, both ancient and modern, and debunks the modern imagination that from the beginning only men were apostles and clergy.
Digital Sociology: Critical Perspectives
by Kate Orton-Johnson and Nick PriorSociology and our sociological imaginations are having to confront new digital landscapes spanning mediated social relationships, practices and social structures. This volume assesses the substantive challenges faced by the discipline as it critically reassesses its position in the digital age.
Power, Sect and State in Syria: The Politics of Marriage and Identity amongst the Druze (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)
by A. Maria KastrinouThe Syrian state's rhetoric of Arab nationalism left little room for the official recognition of minority identities in pre-war Syria. Yet in practice, the state continually engaged with the Druze and other minorities to reinforce its legitimacy, often through cultural policy. Uncovering this neglected aspect of pre-war Syrian politics, Kastrinou explores the cultural politics of marriage in Syria, primarily among the Druze, to reveal how practical rituals of marriage inform sectarian and national identity formation.Challenging the assumed inherence of sectarianism and Druze endogamy, the book provides an historical and ethnographic account of political power and its relation to social control in Syria. It demonstrates the centrality of the body to Druze cosmology and how ritual performances of birth, marriage and death maintain and negotiate sectarian cohesion. Connecting these struggles to national and international politics, Kastrinou examines how both the Syrian government and the European Union have sponsored marriage-themed dance performances in Syria, each leveraging its cultural importance to legitimise their own policy goals. The book establishes marriage as a pervasive idiom for the construction of collective identity in Syria, which is appropriated by individuals, sects, states and intergovernmental organizations alike. Its conclusions are relevant to scholars of Middle East studies, sectarianism, anthropology and politics.
Burying Jihadis: Bodies Between State, Territory, and Identity
by Riva KastoryanoWhat should states do with the bodies of suicide bombers and other jihadists who die while perpetrating terrorist attacks? This original and unsettling book explores the host of ethical and political questions raised by this dilemma, from (non-)legitimization of the 'enemy' and their cause to the non-territorial identity of individuals who identified in life with a global community of believers. Because states do not recognize suicide bombers as enemy combatants, governments must decide individually what to do with their remains. Riva Kastoryano offers a window onto this challenging predicament through the responses of the American, Spanish, British and French governments after the Al-Qaeda suicide attacks in New York, Madrid and London, and Islamic State's attacks on Paris in 2015. Interviewing officials, religious and local leaders and jihadists' families, both in their countries of origin and in the target nations, she has traced the terrorists' travel history, discovering unexpected connections between their itineraries and the handling of their burials. This fascinating book reveals how states' approaches to a seemingly practical issue are closely shaped by territory, culture, globalization and identity.
Burying Jihadis: Bodies Between State, Territory, and Identity
by Riva KastoryanoWhat should states do with the bodies of suicide bombers and other jihadists who die while perpetrating terrorist attacks? This original and unsettling book explores the host of ethical and political questions raised by this dilemma, from (non-)legitimization of the 'enemy' and their cause to the non-territorial identity of individuals who identified in life with a global community of believers. Because states do not recognize suicide bombers as enemy combatants, governments must decide individually what to do with their remains. Riva Kastoryano offers a window onto this challenging predicament through the responses of the American, Spanish, British and French governments after the Al-Qaeda suicide attacks in New York, Madrid and London, and Islamic State's attacks on Paris in 2015. Interviewing officials, religious and local leaders and jihadists' families, both in their countries of origin and in the target nations, she has traced the terrorists' travel history, discovering unexpected connections between their itineraries and the handling of their burials. This fascinating book reveals how states' approaches to a seemingly practical issue are closely shaped by territory, culture, globalization and identity.
The Doctor's Secret Son (Email Order Brides #2)
by null Deb KastnerYou Can Go Home Again Delia Rae Ivers said goodbye to small town Serendipity ten years ago for medical school. To start a new life, she’d ended her romance with the town rebel, Zach Bowden—and kept their little boy a secret. But when her mother falls ill, Delia answers the town’s online ad for a new doctor. It’s time to come home to family, friends…and the man she loved a decade ago. Will forgiveness give them a second chance to become the family they were meant to be? Email Order Brides: Online connections lead to forever love
A Holiday Prayer (Mills And Boon Vintage Love Inspired Ser.)
by Debra KastnerA MASQUERADE BALL. A MASKED STRANGER. A STAR-FILLED NIGHT… From the first, Maddie Carlton felt that she'd met mysterious Rory March before. Now, he'd appeared on her doorstep when she least expected–and vanished just as swiftly.
Yuletide Cowboys (Mills & Boon Love Inspired): The Cowboy's Yuletide Reunion / The Cowboy's Christmas Gift
by Deb Kastner Arlene JamesThe Cowboy's Yuletide Reunion by Deb Kastner
And Cowboy Makes Three (Cowboy Country #7)
by Deb KastnerShe fled their wedding years ago Now she’s back…with a baby!
A Christmas Baby For The Cowboy: Amish Christmas Memories A Cowboy Christmas A Christmas Baby For The Cowboy (Cowboy Country #9)
by Deb Kastner’Tis the season for a new start But can he be a daddy in Cowboy Country?
A Colorado Match (Mills And Boon Love Inspired Ser.)
by Deb KastnerVince Morningway has always run the family ministry alone - and his way.
The Cowboy's Baby Blessing: Cowboy Country (Mills And Boon Love Inspired Ser.)
by Deb KastnerThe Rancher’s New Family
The Cowboy's Forever Family: The Cowboy's Forever Family Finding His Way Home Engaged To The Single Mom (Cowboy Country #2)
by Deb KastnerHis Best Friend's Baby
The Cowboy's Surprise Baby: The Cowboy's Surprise Baby Family Wanted Nursing The Soldier's Heart (Cowboy Country #3)
by Deb KastnerHometown Reunion
The Cowboy's Twins: The Cowboy's Twins Her Firefighter Hero Her Texas Family (Cowboy Country #4)
by Deb KastnerA Surprise Dad Rancher Jax McKenna's gotten used to being on his own. Then surprise twin babies—daughters he never knew existed—arrive on his doorstep, and his world goes topsy-turvy. Strong, silent Jax has a way with horses. Not little girls!
The Doctor's Texas Baby: The Doctor's Texas Baby; Courting The Cowboy; Falling For The Single Mom (Lone Star Cowboy League: Boys Ranch #5)
by Deb KastnerA Surprise Daddy
Hart's Harbor (Safe Harbor #3)
by Deb KastnerDr. Kyle Hart seemed able to heal everyone– but himself. The handsome widower had come to Safe Harbor to find peace. But the town matchmakers had other plans for him. And Kyle soon hatched a scheme with the spontaneous Gracie Adams to outwit the matchmakers at their own game!
The Heart of a Man (Mills And Boon Love Inspired Ser.)
by Deb KastnerMoney wasn't the answer, as far as Dustin Fairfax was concerned - not unless you could use it to help others.
Her Forgotten Cowboy: Cowboy Country (Cowboy Country #10)
by Deb KastnerShe can’t remember the past He can’t imagine a future without her in Cowboy Country
Her Valentine Sheriff: Unexpected Father Her Valentine Sheriff A Daughter's Homecoming (Serendipity Sweethearts #2)
by Deb KastnerCUPID TO THE RESCUE
His Texas Bride (Mills And Boon Love Inspired Ser.)
by Deb KastnerIt's been years since single father Buck Redmond set foot in his Texas hometown. For good reasons–or so he thinks. He plans to quickly sell his family's ranch and hightail it out with his son. But the Redmond homestead now belongs to his former flame, Ellie McBride.