This text describes the distinctive Lutheran aspects of parochial education.
An Introduction to the Foundations of Lutheran Education explores the historical context of Lutheran education by examining the events and ideas that have contributed to the development of formal educational endeavors within the LCMS. This books examines the philosophical foundations of Lutheran education through an exploration of the theoretical, philosophical, and t...
Inhaltsangabe:Gang der Untersuchung: Ausgehend von der Feststellung eines Mangels theoretischer Konzeptualisierung des sogenannten Dritten Sektors bzw. Nonprofit Sektors setzt sich die Arbeit mit der Frage nach dessen Existenzgrundlagen und Heterogenität auseinander. Aufgrund des Fehlens einer eindeutigen begrifflichen Bestimmung des Dritten Sektors wird in einem ersten Schritt eine Eingrenzung des Problemfeldes vorgenommen. Zu diesem Zweck wi...
The nature of qualitative inquiry means that researchers constantly have to deal with the unexpected, and all too often this means coping with the presence of danger or risk. This innovative and lively analysis of danger in various qualitative research settings is drawn from researchers' reflexive accounts of their own encounters with 'danger'. An original take on the ever-popular topic of the ethics of research, this pioneering book expands t...
Whether it was planter patriarchs struggling to maintain authority, or Jewish families coerced by Christian evangelicalism, or wives and mothers left behind to care for slaves and children, the Civil War took a terrible toll. From the bustling sidewalks of Richmond to the parched plains of the Texas frontier, from the rich Alabama black belt to the Tennessee woodlands, no corner of the South went unscathed. Through the prism of the southern fa...
Founded in 1314, Exeter College, Oxford, still holds over 70 copies of its medieval manuscripts, as well as some that were acquired later. Based on close examination of the manuscripts, this detailed and handsomely illustrated catalogue replaces one that was published in 1852.
Who are queers and what do they want? Could it be that we are all queers? Beginning with such questions, William B. Turner's lucid and engaging book traces the roots of queer theory to the growing awareness that few of us precisely fit standard categories for sexual and gender identity.Turner shows how Michel Foucault's work contributed to feminists' investigations into the ways that power relates to identity. In the last decades of the twenti...
Some of today's foremost Renaissance scholars look afresh at the remarkable products of the first age of print and explore how these anticipated many of the conditions of the present digital age.
This is the first book to focus entirely on children and material culture. The international contributors, from a wide range of disciplines skilfully integrate theory and data to illustrate fully the significance of studying children.
This detailed volume examines a highly topical subject which embraces such diverse matters as grand political strategy, economic imperatives, national sovereignty, "mad cow disease" and fishing quotas.
The role of the state in East Asian development has always been a controversial topic. The financial crisis in East Asia has rekindled the debate over the appropriate roles of the state and economic enterprise across the region. With extensive reform programs underway in almost every economy, there is a renewed focus on the role that governments and governance can play both in determining future performance and preventing future catastrophe. T...
An exploration of electric refractory materials, this book covers developments of blue light-emitting diodes using GaN-based nitrides for laser and high-temperature and -frequency devices. Electric Refractory Materials introduces growth and evaluation standards of films and bulk crystals, with consideration of band structure, surface electronic structure, and lattice vibrations. It also covers heat capacity and thermal conductivity, irradiatio...
Reviewing the design, fabrication, methodology, administration, and classifications of various drug delivery systems, this book covers a range of systems and devices. It examines the cost, comfort, disease control, side effects, and patient compliance involved with the oral, transdermal, parenteral, and implantable delivery of drugs.
This book focuses on the controversial and neglected theme of citizenship. It examines the changing role of citizens, their rights, obligations and responsibilities and the issue of accountability in a global society.
Bringing together contributions from leading writers in the field of service marketing and management, this book represents a much-needed source of current research and conceptual development in internal marketing.
Nonlinearity plays a major role in the understanding of most physical, chemical, biological, and engineering sciences. This volume presents a myriad of approaches to finding exact solutions of a variety of nonlinear problems. The author's approach is entirely constructive. The presentation includes numerical solutions that motivate or confirm the methods developed and contains no abstract analysis, leading to a work that is readily accessible ...
