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This text uses a sociological analysis to examine the structural, historical, interpersonal and contemporary patterns present in the Hawaiian islands. Issues explored include the economic and social impact of tourism and the presence of an emerging "global" identity.

A thinking person can hardly avoid developing some kind of pattern within which to express a personal reaction to both scientific and theological inputs. Bube works to clarify the identity of these possible patterns for relating science and the Christian faith, to give examples, and to provide a balanced critique of each.

This book is an examination of the relationship between program development and policy-making for schooling.

Overwhelming life experiences, such as physical and sexual abuse during childhood, have the potential to obliterate internal representations of a loving God. This work explores the inter-relationship between severity of childhood traumatisation and mental representations of God.

These essays on strategy, war, and statecraft have been written during the current reassessment of the United States' national strategy. But they also take strategic thinking back to certain principles and interests which have guided America before, during and after the Cold War.

In this work, the author examines various aspects of a selection of Western Great Lakes American Indian philosophical traditions and beliefs.

A classified annotated bibliographical guide to over 700 theological works, designed to serve as both a textbook for the study of such tools and as a tool for the rapid location of appropriate reference works when doing theological research.

Seeking to capture the apocalyptic expectation in 16th-century German-speaking Europe, this text looks at Luther and his fellow reformers to show that apocalyptic expectation was not limited to the socially disadvantaged strata of society.

The author explores the ways in which games can be used to instruct and inform as well as provide pleasure. He uses innovative approaches to problem solving through individualized game techniques.

Examines the important educational issue of discipline in terms of theories and practices that can help teachers understand and deal with the dynamics of misbehavior.

Critiques modern liberal culture by means of a textual re-evaluation of Ralph Waldo Emerson, widely considered a prime formulator and archetype of liberal culture.

Lonergan has been regarded as a peerless interpreter of Thomas; no one has therefore questioned the adequacy of his Thomistic interpretations in his doctoral work on operative grace in Thomas. In this work, the author breaks new ground in questioning the accuracy of Lonergan's interpretations.

Describes the fundamental structural differences between the American and Japanese economies, defends the Japanese approach, and warns that US policies, seeking to Americanise their strongest competitors policies, are doomed to fail.

Like most authors, Mark Twain wrote from personal experience, but, unlike many authors, he left behind a wealth of autobiographical material recording those personal experiences. His autobiography, letters, speeches, and notebooks contain many references to events similar to those presented in Tom Sawyer.

Examines the methods used by Kanriye Fujima, a member of the Fujima school of Japan, to teach "Nihon Buyon" to primarily Japanese-Americans. The author discusses Fujima's life as a teacher and provides an explanation of her teaching processes and contexts of perfomances.

The authors of this book consult fifteen thinkers, from various fields, who have a profound understanding of the important role that education plays in our world. Each chapter opens with an Introduction and concludes with a discussion and questions.

A glossary designed to introduce the student to the basic critical terms necessary for the discussion and analysis of literary texts in French, distinguishing two levels in the first three indexes-Vrais amis, Liste generale, and General List-1) a core list of underlined words for introductory courses, and 2) expressions for undergraduate students wishing to major in literature.

This fifth edition is appropriate for a one semester general course in Applied Statistics or as a reference book for practicing researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, including medicine, health and human services, natural and social sciences, law, and engineering.

Public Speaking Basics provides a semester's worth of information and exercises to help college students master public speaking. There is an emphasis on creating good thesis sentences and on using effective forms of outlining. A sample speech is provided with each of the six different speaking assignments.

Since the 1990s, trends in African politics require the realization that the public policy practice and the theoretical analysis of 'democracy and democratization' are becoming increasingly important tenets for understanding the contemporary political science of the region. Reconstructing the Third Wave of Democracy explains these new political processes and ideas.

This careful study of Lebanese politics and foreign policy reflects the problems we now face in the Middle East and offer's democratic suggestions to the Muslim and Third World.

Despite the implementation of numerous reform policies, moral education in China remains problematic. This study presents a student perspective on the dilemma of the moral education curriculum in a Chinese secondary school.