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The Devil’s Music

How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ’n’ Roll

by Randall J. Stephens ...

When rock ’n’ roll emerged in the 1950s, ministers denounced it from their pulpits and Sunday school teachers warned of the music’s demonic origins. The big beat, said Billy Graham, was “ever working in the world for evil.” Yet by the early 2000s Christian rock had become a billion-dollar industry. The Devil’s Music tells the story of this transformation.Rock’s origins lie in part with the ... Read more

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When rock ’n’ roll emerged in the 1950s, ministers denounced it from their pulpits and Sunday school teachers warned of the music’s demonic origins. The big beat, said Billy Graham, was “ever working in the world for evil.” Yet by the early 2000s Christian rock had become a billion-dollar industry. The Devil’s Music tells the story of this transformation.Rock’s origins lie in part with the
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The Devil’s Music

How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ’n’ Roll

by Randall J. Stephens ...

When rock ’n’ roll emerged in the 1950s, ministers denounced it from their pulpits and Sunday school teachers warned of the music’s demonic origins. The big beat, said Billy Graham, was “ever working in the world for evil.” Yet by the early 2000s Christian rock had become a billion-dollar industry. The Devil’s Music tells the story of this transformation.Rock’s origins lie in part with the ... Read more

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When rock ’n’ roll emerged in the 1950s, ministers denounced it from their pulpits and Sunday school teachers warned of the music’s demonic origins. The big beat, said Billy Graham, was “ever working in the world for evil.” Yet by the early 2000s Christian rock had become a billion-dollar industry. The Devil’s Music tells the story of this transformation.Rock’s origins lie in part with the
... Read more
The Anointed

evangelical truth in a secular age

by Randall J. Stephens, Karl Giberson ...

Why do so many evangelicals follow leaders with dubious credentials when they have other options in their own faith? Exploring intellectual authority within evangelicalism, the authors reveal how the concept of anointing—being chosen by God to speak for him—established a conservative evangelical leadership isolated from secular arts and sciences. ... Read more

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Why do so many evangelicals follow leaders with dubious credentials when they have other options in their own faith? Exploring intellectual authority within evangelicalism, the authors reveal how the concept of anointing—being chosen by God to speak for him—established a conservative evangelical leadership isolated from secular arts and sciences.
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American Denominational History

Perspectives on the Past, Prospects for the Future

by Sean Michael Lucas, Barry Hankins, Margaret Bendroth, Amy Koehlinger, David J. Whittaker, Paul Harvey, Dr. Keith Harper, Dr. Randall J Stephens, Ms. Jennifer L. Woodruff Tait ...

Series series Religion and American Culture
Brings various important topics and groups in American religious history the rigor of scholarly assessment of the current literatureFruitful questions that are posed by the positions and experiences of the various groups are carefully examined. American Denominational History points the way for the next decade of scholarly effort. ... Read more

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Brings various important topics and groups in American religious history the rigor of scholarly assessment of the current literatureFruitful questions that are posed by the positions and experiences of the various groups are carefully examined. American Denominational History points the way for the next decade of scholarly effort.
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Lincoln’s Unfinished Work

The New Birth of Freedom from Generation to Generation

by Richard Carwardine, Joshua Casmir Catalano, Greg Downs, Eric Foner, william haller, J. William Harris, Stephen Kantrowitz, James Loewen, Lawrence McDonnell, Adrienne Petty, Briana Pocratsky, Jerald Podair, Mark Schultz, Randall Stephens, Rhondda Thomas, Gavin Wright ...

Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln promised that the nation’s sacrifices during the Civil War would lead to a “new birth of freedom.” Lincoln’s Unfinished Work analyzes how the United States has attempted to realize—or subvert—that promise over the past century and a half. The volume is not solely about Lincoln, or the immediate unfinished work of Reconstruction, or the broader unfinished ... Read more

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In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln promised that the nation’s sacrifices during the Civil War would lead to a “new birth of freedom.” Lincoln’s Unfinished Work analyzes how the United States has attempted to realize—or subvert—that promise over the past century and a half. The volume is not solely about Lincoln, or the immediate unfinished work of Reconstruction, or the broader unfinished
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The Greatest Romance Novels of All Time - 70 Classics to Read Before You Die

Persuasion, Eugene Onegin, The Wild Irish Girl, Anne of Green Gables, Wuthering Heights, Paul and Virginia

by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander Pushkin, Jane Austen, Lady Sydney Morgan, Alessandro Manzoni, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Grace Livingston Hill, Fanny Burney, Maria Edgeworth, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Victor Hugo, George Eliot, John Henry Newman, Robert Williams Buchanan, Ottilie A. Liljencrantz, Leo Tolstoy, Robert Barr, Emily Sarah Holt, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Thomas Dick Sir Lauder, Thomas Hardy, J. E. Collins, Stanley John Weyman, Robert Neilson Stephens, Randall Parrish, R. D. Blackmore, Honoré de Balzac, Robert Hugh Benson, Maurice Hewlett, Walter Scott, Henry James, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mary Gladys Meredith Webb, Charles Reade, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Alexandre Dumas, Alexandre Dumas fils, Edith Wharton, Stendhal, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, D. H. Lawrence, Nathaniel Hawthorne ...

The Greatest Romance Novels of All Time - is a meticulously curated anthology, which assembles seventy of the most revered romance novels from the annals of classic literature. This edition stands as a testament to the enduring allure of romantic storytelling, encompassing a diverse array of narratives that explore the multifaceted nature of love and human relationships. Each novel, carefully ... Read more

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The Greatest Romance Novels of All Time - is a meticulously curated anthology, which assembles seventy of the most revered romance novels from the annals of classic literature. This edition stands as a testament to the enduring allure of romantic storytelling, encompassing a diverse array of narratives that explore the multifaceted nature of love and human relationships. Each novel, carefully
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Samuil and the Legendary Snow Owl

by Randall Stephens ...

In the 1840s. P'etro Fedorchak narrowly escapes death while fighting in the Allied Shadow War. After receiving a land grant for his heroic service, he marries Ilia and relocates near the enchanted Black Sea.Samuil is born in a cabin near the edge of the haunted Southern Forest. In the forest Bogs a mysterious shadow fog is transforming forest animals into deadly shadow creatures, who stalk Samuil ... Read more

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In the 1840s. P'etro Fedorchak narrowly escapes death while fighting in the Allied Shadow War. After receiving a land grant for his heroic service, he marries Ilia and relocates near the enchanted Black Sea.Samuil is born in a cabin near the edge of the haunted Southern Forest. In the forest Bogs a mysterious shadow fog is transforming forest animals into deadly shadow creatures, who stalk Samuil
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Surgery of the Pediatric Spine

Edited by Daniel H. Kim, Randal R. Betz, Stephen L Huhn, Peter O. Newton ...

A single-volume reference for managing pediatric spine disorders and diseaseIdeal for neurosurgeons, pediatric neurosurgeons, and orthopedic surgeons, Surgery of the Pediatric Spine is a comprehensive multidisciplinary reference for the surgical management of the most frequently encountered spine problems in the pediatric patient. An overview of developmental and clinical aspects provides ... Read more

$296.99 USD

A single-volume reference for managing pediatric spine disorders and diseaseIdeal for neurosurgeons, pediatric neurosurgeons, and orthopedic surgeons, Surgery of the Pediatric Spine is a comprehensive multidisciplinary reference for the surgical management of the most frequently encountered spine problems in the pediatric patient. An overview of developmental and clinical aspects provides
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Culturally Proficient Collaboration

Use and Misuse of School Counselors

by Diana L. Stephens, Randall B. Lindsey ...

Optimize school counselors and raise your school′s cultural competenceThe authors make a compelling case for recognizing professional school counselors as leaders of 21st-century change rather than "gatekeepers" of the status quo. Today′s school leaders need to acknowledge counselors′ value in the necessary work of providing equitable resources and opportunities for children in today′s ... Read more

$31.49 USD

Optimize school counselors and raise your school′s cultural competenceThe authors make a compelling case for recognizing professional school counselors as leaders of 21st-century change rather than "gatekeepers" of the status quo. Today′s school leaders need to acknowledge counselors′ value in the necessary work of providing equitable resources and opportunities for children in today′s
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The Art of Memory

An Ethnographer's Journey

by Stefano Varese ...

Translated by Margaret Randall ...

Series series Historia y Ciencias Sociales
Combining personal and family recollections with incisive accounts of academic, political, and institutional experiences, The Art of Memory offers a remarkable account of the life of one of the foremost Latin American ethnographers and a leading expert in Indigenous cultures, peoples, and cosmologies. Varese narrates the story of his journey from Italy to Peru, his formative years as an ... Read more

$12.39 USD

Combining personal and family recollections with incisive accounts of academic, political, and institutional experiences, The Art of Memory offers a remarkable account of the life of one of the foremost Latin American ethnographers and a leading expert in Indigenous cultures, peoples, and cosmologies. Varese narrates the story of his journey from Italy to Peru, his formative years as an
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Conflict Sociology

A Sociological Classic Updated

by Randall Collins, Stephen K. Sanderson ...

This new edition is a substantial abridgment and update of Randall Collins's 1975 classic, Conflict Sociology. The first edition represented the most powerful and comprehensive statement of conflict theory in its time. Here, Sanderson has retained the core chapters and added discussions on Collins's and others' work in recent years. An afterword summarizes Collins's latest forays into ... Read more

$91.99 USD

This new edition is a substantial abridgment and update of Randall Collins's 1975 classic, Conflict Sociology. The first edition represented the most powerful and comprehensive statement of conflict theory in its time. Here, Sanderson has retained the core chapters and added discussions on Collins's and others' work in recent years. An afterword summarizes Collins's latest forays into
... Read more
A Companion to Latin American Cinema

Edited by Maria M. Delgado, Stephen M. Hart, Randal Johnson ...

Series series Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas
A Companion to Latin American Cinema offers a wide-ranging collection of newly commissioned essays and interviews that explore the ways in which Latin American cinema has established itself on the international film scene in the twenty-first century.Features contributions from international critics, historians, and scholars, along with interviews with acclaimed Latin American film ... Read more

$181.00 USD

A Companion to Latin American Cinema offers a wide-ranging collection of newly commissioned essays and interviews that explore the ways in which Latin American cinema has established itself on the international film scene in the twenty-first century.Features contributions from international critics, historians, and scholars, along with interviews with acclaimed Latin American film
... Read more

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