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Post-Christian Religion in Popular Culture: Theology through Exegesis analyzes several theological exegeses of contemporary popular culture as post-Christian scripture. It includes analyses of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Lion King, and Cloud Atlas, the television shows Lucifer and Shameless, and contemporary pop punk and alternative music. Through an application of three hermeneutical methods (re-enchantment, resourcement, and rescription), a prophetic and apocalyptic critique of modernity, and an analysis of the late-modern human condition, Andrew D. Thrasher argues how popular culture recites post-Christian religious and theological messages marked by a post-disenchantment theology. He also argues that the consumption of these messages shapes and informs what the contemporary world finds believable, credible, and desirable in a post-Christian context.

Paul and Seneca Among the Condemned explores the sites and images of spectacle that littered the landscapes of the ancient world. By examining archaeological remains alongside the letters of Paul and Seneca, we discover new readings and suggestive responses to sovereign power and state terror in the early empire.

Beyond the Internet is an enlightening expose of the myth that the Internet is a complete reference tool. The issue is not what you cannot find on the Internet, but what you miss if you only consult the Internet. The author uses case studies culled from her own work to illustrate this. These anecdotes lend a personal element to the highly practical advice contained in the tips and techniques at the end of each chapter. Recommendations are provided for future researchers. This updated edition includes a number of new case studies, as well as a chapter on the problems posed by artificial intelligence.

A Visible Unity is a study in systematic theology on the practices of the ecumenical movement, demonstrating how the sharing of practices between churches reconciles their ecclesiological differences. Josiah Baker makes his argument by studying the career and writings of Pentecostal ecumenist Cecil Robeck.

This book considers how music can transport listeners beyond themselves. Both music and the Spirit operate between languages and cultures, between desires and longings, between the visible and invisible, and between the deep and near. Thus, the Spirit, through music, unites and gathers communities, revealing new possibilities.

Analyzing the roles technology plays in growing global inequalities, this collection combines theory with case studies to expose causes and correlations, as well as potential solutions. Contributing scholars provide perspectives from history, sociology, gender studies, anthropology, economics, law, ethics, and philosophy.

Historical Dictionary of Holocaust Cinema, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 175 cross-referenced entries on films, directors, and historical figures. Foreign-language, experimental, and canonical films are included.

Western Europe 2020-2022 provides students with vital information on all countries on the African continent through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.

Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe 2020-2022 provides students with vital information on these countries through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.

This second edition of Big Little Things highlights 50 tools for building better classrooms at all levels.

An inclusive and informative guide to self-acceptance of one's gender and sexual identity, built from collaboration across the political spectrum on best practices to have respectful and affirmative engagement with and about intersectional LGBTQIA+-identified individuals.

An inclusive and informative guide to responding to minority stress with social resilience, assertiveness, and competence, built from collaboration across the political spectrum on best practices to have respectful and affirmative engagement with and about intersectional LGBTQIA+-identified individuals.

The Last One Out of Town Turn Off the Lights tells the inspiring untold story of how a soul-crushing school district consolidation in 1975 changes the fate and fortunes of two rural Maine high schools. That controversial school merger allows Foxcroft Academy to finally establish a winning basketball team and claim its one and only Gold Ball, the trophy of the Maine High School Basketball Championship.

A concise, authoritative, and illustrated reference on boat batteries and charging, including general boat plumbing systems, freshwater and saltwater systems, hot water systems, galley plumbing, water makers, bilge pumps, shower (gray) water systems, and sewage (black) water and MSD systems.

Band of Sisters tells the dramatic story of Madeleine Pauliac, a French army doctor, and a band of women--known as the Blue Squadron---in the final days of World War II operating in the most dangerous of circumstances to rescue and repatriate as many of the half million or so of their countrymen.

First published in 1921, this is a classic tale, in the vein of Slocum and Dana, of sailing the 45-foot yacht Typhoon across the Atlantic and back again "for the fun of the thing" and to prove the feat could be done in what was, at the time, considered a very small vessel.

Jack Kerouac was one of America's great writers of the latter half of the 20th century, yet he endured a life characterized by persistent hardship and disillusion. Leading Kerouac scholar Paul Maher Jr. targets the writer's embattled insight of self as central to his life and work. He reveals how Kerouac's troubled interactions with alcohol, drugs, and spirituality stamped its importance on his autobiographical prose and poetry and created a singular language that united thoughts on the human condition and spiritual liberation. Becoming Kerouac: A Writer In His Time affixes Kerouac's life and art in a fresh way, giving readers a rich perspective from which to understand this 20th-century literary genius.Using unpublished archival material, Becoming Kerouac focuses on the writer's critical formative years --1940 to 1957-- to demonstrate his growth as a novelist and poet. Maher contends that Kerouac developed his singular language to capture human consciousness as it never had before. His futilities catapulted American literature to reflect its restless post-World War II anxieties. Narrating the events that comprised Kerouac's life, biographers have long struggled to illustrate his complexness and the contradictions that shaped his determinations and dogged his relationships. But without consideration of the writing, the troubles in life fail to reveal their deeper resonances by skillfully analyzing the work while tracing the events. Maher achieves a full portrait, revealing struggles that problematize his work. Becoming Kerouac fuses Kerouac's life and art to comprehend this misunderstood literary genius.

Maurice Hornocker is recognized worldwide as the first scientist to unravel the secrets of America's most enigmatic predator-the mountain lion. This is a gripping account of the never-before-told adventures, challenges, and controversies surrounding his groundbreaking study of cougars in the remote reaches of the Idaho Primitive Area.

A complete guide and source-book brimming with advice on collecting and preparing gems and minerals .

Some of Nevada's more unusual attractions and events include the annual Elko Running from the Bulls, the Virginia City Camel Races, and of course, Route 375--the "Extraterrestrial Highway"--where a number of UFO sightings have been reported. These and many more are found in this offbeat guide to Nevada.

Part travel adventure, part ballet drama, part coming-of-age memoir, this book an unflinching, complex, and compassionate true tale of adversity, ambition, and discovery. The narrative is drawn from more than a decade of reporting, interviews, and research by an award-winning journalist.

Learn to work smarter, not harder, by implementing a new mindset and business process vision. This book guides modern entrepreneurs to streamline systems, automate tasks, and outsource non-core work by creating a holistic, sustainable system for achieving the lives they desire in and outside of the office.