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  • Humanity's Last Stand

    Confronting Global Catastrophe

    de Mark Schuller ...
    Are we as a species headed towards extinction? As our economic system renders our planet increasingly inhospitable to human life, powerful individuals fight over limited resources, and racist reaction to migration strains the social fabric of many countries. How can we retain our humanity in the midst of these life-and-death struggles?Humanity’s Last Stand dares to ask these big questions, ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti

    de Mark Schuller ...
    Winner of the 2016 Anthropology in Media Award from the American Anthropological AssociationThe 2010 earthquake in Haiti was one of the deadliest disasters in modern history, sparking an international aid response—with pledges and donations of $16 billion—that was exceedingly generous. But now, five years later, that generous aid has clearly failed. In Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti, ... Leer más

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  • Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence

    Global Responses, Local Practices

    Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence: Global Responses, Local Practices addresses the gaps in theory, methods, and practices that are currently used to engage the problem of gender-based violence. This book complements the work carried out in the legal, human services, and health fields by demonstrating how a focus on local issues and responses can better inform a collaborative global ... Leer más

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  • Cultures of Doing Good

    Anthropologists and NGOs

    Series series NGOgraphies: Ethnographic Reflections on NGOs
    Anthropological field studies of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in their unique cultural and political contexts.Cultures of Doing Good: Anthropologists and NGOs serves as a foundational text to advance a growing subfield of social science inquiry: the anthropology of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Thorough introductory chapters provide a short history of NGO anthropology, address how ... Leer más

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  • The Church Must Grow or Perish

    Robert H. Schuller and the Business of American Christianity

    Series series Library of Religious Biography (LRB)
    To fully understand American Christianity, it's essential to understand Robert Schuller.The Church Must Grow or Perish: Robert H. Schuller and the Business of American Christianity examines Schuller's indelible imprint on the American church, and how he developed a model of ministry—both lauded and critiqued—that transformed Christian life and community across this country. Schuller's story is the ... Leer más

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  • Unpaar

    Nähe ohne Begehren

    Zwei Menschen begegnen sich nach gescheiterten Beziehungen ohne ein Paar zu werden. Was entsteht ist eine tiefe Freundschaft, die zeigt, dass Nähe auch ohne Begehren tragen kann. ... Leer más

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  • The Glass Church

    Robert H. Schuller, the Crystal Cathedral, and the Strain of Megachurch Ministry

    Robert H. Schuller’s ministry—including the architectural wonder of the Crystal Cathedral and the polished television broadcast of Hour of Power—cast a broad shadow over American Christianity. Pastors flocked to Southern California to learn Schuller’s techniques. The President of United States invited him sit prominently next to the First Lady at the State of the Union Address. Muhammad Ali asked ... Leer más

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  • Contextualizing Disaster

    Edición de Mark Schuller, Gregory V. Button ...
    Series Libro 1 - Catastrophes in Context
    Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six recent "highly visible" disasters and several slow-burning, "hidden," crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while disasters are increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional, newsworthy events, it is a ... Leer más

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  • Extreme Cities

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  • Break Through

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  • Building Resilience

    Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery

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