Books published by University Press of America

Defines the distinctive characteristics of true Christian discipleship derived from following the pattern of the life and death of Jesus Christ. This pattern consists of the three conditions of, in the author's words, 'self-denial, taking up the Cross, and following Jesus.' Concludes that spiritual discipline and the conditions for discipleship are one and the same reality.

"The basic theme of the work is an important one for operational research, namely the influence of constraints rather than objectives in policy formulation."-JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY

Does campus policing predominantly involve the enforcement of law or does it involve more traditional security functions such as plant protection, preventive maintenance, and the regulation of student conduct? In what ways is university policing, a form of private policing, similar to and different from the model of municipal policing? This fine study addresses these and other questions.

This book discusses the controversy surrounding the constitutionality of the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance by exploring the history of the government's references to God, American "civil religion," the background of the Constitution, the Supreme Court's Establishment Clause rulings, and advocating a new rationale.

This book relies on a global studies (interdisciplinary) paradigm to study the basic transitions through which Latin America has gone over the last millennium.

Intended for undergraduate mathematics students and teachers, this book provides an introduction to the history of the branches of mathematics, the lives of the mathematicians, and the challenges they faced. It explores the great Greek legacy, Indian arithmetic, Integral Calculus, the Analytic Geometry of Rene Descartes, and others.

How do mobilization for war and the actual war effort affect the environment? How do ecological conditions encourage war? What are possible, non-violent solutions to the ecological- conflict dynamic? Ecology of War & Peace attempts to answer these questions in readable prose with an unapologetic bias toward non-violence.

Media Studies presents the first collection of studies of mass media texts of various genres from an ethnomethodological point of view.

The Hebrew Israelite Community introduces the African-Americans who are members of the Hebrew Israelite Community in Israel from a sociological and anthropological perspective.

Is Communism Dead Forever? deals with the problems of transition in former communist countries from dictatorship and command economies to democracy and free market economies, recognizing the potential for a return to communism in many of the newly independent states, including the privatization of former state owned enterprises, along with the difficulty of changing the mentality of the workforce.

Redistricting and Minority Representation brings together expert research and analysis of the past and present status of minority representation as influenced by the effects of redistricting and the changes that need to be made.

This text covers over 2,000 years, tracing the roots of the contemporary Mexican-American. It utilizes the fields of history, political science, cultural anthropology, folklore, literature, sociolinguistics, Latin American studies and ethnic studies.

Approaches contemporary theological and philosophical implications of the Holocaust on both objective and personal levels. Discusses the potential impact of the Holocaust on Christian theology along with the role of scientific rationality, as dominant western mentality, in the conception and perpetration of the final solution.

This volume brings together a digest of the basic beliefs and teachings associated with the Christian religion.