Paul Ricoeur and the Lived Body extends the scope of Paul Ricoeur’s reflections and analyses of the body as one’s own through explorations into the ethical, cultural, and affective dimensions of our corporeal existence. Starting with the fact that each of us has a place in the world by reason of our mode of incarnation as flesh, the contributors to this volume address a range of diverse themes in which the lived body figures. Edited by Roger W. H. Savage, this book investigates the constru...

Many factors contributed to the Protestant Reformation, but one of the most significant was the debate over the doctrine of justification by faith alone. In fact, Martin Luther argued that justification is the doctrine on which the church stands or falls. This comprehensive volume of 26 essays from a host of scholars explores the doctrine of justification from the lenses of history, the Bible, theology, and pastoral practice—revealing the enduring significance of this pillar of Protestant ...

In Until One Sunday We Didn’t words and images are connected on black and white pages illustrating my personal experiences of growing up with a father who becomes a different person from one day to the next.You see my father is bipolar. And this book is as much about him as it is about me dealing with his condition.When I thought about working on a book, I quickly gravitated towards my father (and his bipolar disorder) as the subject. Something I never used to speak so open...

An increasing number of countries develop capabilities for cyber-espionage and sabotage. The sheer number of reported network compromises suggests that some of these countries view cyber-means as integral and well-established elements of their strategical toolbox. At the same time the relevance of such attacks for society and politics is also increasing. Digital means were used to influence the US presidential election in 2016, repeatedly led to power outages in Ukraine, and caused economi...

The past shapes our choices, but it does not teach us how to live with them.Raised by the soldier who killed his parents, Cinder has learned to expect little from the world beyond survival. When a chance encounter leads him to the Arcanum, an academy where the rare art of transmutation is studied, he seizes the opportunity to leave his past behind.A quiet, growing sense that he is not only uncovering the academy’s secrets, but that he may also have a role t...

Having read every book in his tiny village, young Timo decides it is time to leave home and become a hero. And while that is easier said than done, Timo is determined to succeed. When he rescues an enchanted beast named Broof, Timo gains a gruff and reluctant ally. But little does good-hearted Timo suspect that Broof’s mysterious past will bring complications to his journey.... An engaging hero, surprising plot twists, and a host of fantastical creatures keep readers turning the pages of t...

Philosophy for Beginners: Introduction to philosophy - history and meaning, basic philosophical directions and methodsOn the meaning of life and manAre you interested in philosophy?Do you know the great philosophical thinkers and philosophies they represent?Do you know what the basic philosophical directions are?Learn more about great philosophical thinkers and their...

The contemporary trinitarian paradigm in systematic theology has been internationally well-known since the time of Karl Barth and Karl Rahner and, particularly, since the contribution of their famous successors. Many of them, Wolfhart Pannenberg and Robert W. Jenson among others, have intentionally shown in their writings what the general ecumenical relevance of the findings of trinitarianism might be. However, the academic research of ecumenism has not yet fully investigated how ecumenica...

What is network management? What is the basis for vibrant networking? What kind of leadership is needed? What are the required tools and steps? This book answers these and other questions with research based perspectives, common sense practical solutions and experience from dozens of real world networks. The author PhD Timo Järvensivu has studied and developed public service and non-profit network management for over 15 years, initially as a university researcher and currently as a full-ti...

* New York Times Notable Book of the Year * Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Year * Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction * Winner of a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize *Hailed by The New York Times for its “wildly ambitious...dazzling use of language” and “mesmerizing storytelling,” The Incarnations is a “brilliant, mind-expanding, and wildly o...

Soccer player are more than the sum of their parts: endurance, speed, shooting technique, passing technique, skills, and intelligence on the pitch. The soccer coach has to take all of these factors into one system that will create good players. The concept of Tactical Periodization has become the preferred training theory for many of the current most successful soccer coaches: Pep Guardiola, Jos? Mourinho, Diego Simeone, Andr? Villas-Boas, and many others train according to these principle...

Material Ecocriticism offers new ways to analyze language and reality, human and nonhuman life, mind and matter, without falling into well-worn paths of thinking. Bringing ecocriticism closer to the material turn, the contributions to this landmark volume focus on material forces and substances, the agency of things, processes, narratives and stories, and making meaning out of the world. This broad-ranging reflection on contemporary human experience and expression provokes new understandin...