The fourth edition of this popular undergraduate text has been updated and expanded to reflect new research, materials, and techniques in fixed prosthodontics, with the addition of more than 350 new illustrations and three new chapters on the restoration of implants. It is designed to serve as an introduction to restorative dentistry techniques using fixed partial dentures and cast metal, metal-ceramic, and all-ceramic restorations, providing the background knowledge needed by the novice a...

Putting the Pieces Together is a powerful autobiography that traces David E. Jacobson's extraordinary journey from a childhood marked by trauma, instability, and parental alcoholism to a life rebuilt on resilience, love, service, and personal achievement. With unflinching honesty and emotional clarity, David reflects on eight decades of triumphs and hardships from polio and juvenile institutions to the Air Force, marriage, fatherhood, a successful technology career, global adventu...

"The first book to tell the story of the enterprisers who have personal followings . . . a missing link in the chain of American religious movements."—Martin E. Marty, author of October 31, 1517: Martin Luther and the Day that Changed the WorldWritten by a Professor Emeritus at Auburn University, this is the first objective history of the great revivals that swept the country after World War II. It tells the story of the victories and defeats of such giant...

Handbook of Latino/a Theologies explores the varied theological, ecclesiastical, spiritual, and cultural expressions associated with the term 'Latino/a or Hispanic theology.' There is no single definition of Hispanic/Latino theology, but rather a multiplicity of perspectives within the diverse Latino/a communities that articulate a distinctive and relevant Hispanic viewpoint. This collection of thirty-four essays surveys how Latinos/as understand and do theology within those varied context...

This book explores the intersectionality of the Latine religious experience to help readers better grasp what it means to be a religious and/or spiritual Latine in the U.S. today. Through the voices of established scholars as well as emerging voices, this book surveys newer worldviews, and demonstrates the variety in how Latine religious, spiritual, and theological thought is articulated, and the construction of the multiplicity of the Latine social locations.Short, readable and ac...

In today’s world there are so many philosophies about life from different mindsets, encounters and experiences.However, this book is written so as to give something that is in-depth in nature to the meaning of life to clear whatsoever thought in the minds of people and help those who have been frustrated, depressed, or those have concluded to end their lives because of life’s unexpected situations, challenges and problems brought to them. It also contains relevant words that can he...

“A gripping, suspenseful page-turner” (Kirkus Reviews) with a “fast-paced, detailed narrative that moves like a thriller” (International Business Times), Fukushima teams two leading experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists, David Lochbaum and Edwin Lyman, with award-winning journalist Susan Q. Stranahan to give us the first definitive account of the 2011 disaster that led to the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl.Four years have passed since ...

Introducing a New U.S. History Text That Takes Religion SeriouslyUnto a Good Land offers a distinctive narrative history of the American people -- from the first contacts between Europeans and North America's native inhabitants, through the creation of a modern nation, to the 2004 presidential election. Written by a team of highly regarded historians, this textbook shows how grasping the uniqueness of the "American experiment" depends on understand...

Many books have been written about salvation and the pursuit of God’s kingdom, but this book is different. It is written about us and God’s kingdom. It is written to you.The author shares information that will set you on the path to the deep peace, joy, and fulfillment you seek in Christ. This book actually reveals outstanding and astonishing truths that are being neglected in these modern days. It unfolds the strategies of the anti-Christ in church and defines the holiness of Chri...

Introducing a New U.S. History Text That Takes Religion SeriouslyUnto a Good Land offers a distinctive narrative history of the American people -- from the first contacts between Europeans and North America's native inhabitants, through the creation of a modern nation, to the 2004 presidential election. Written by a team of highly regarded historians, this textbook shows how grasping the uniqueness of the "American experiment" depends on understand...

The transformation of patriarchal church culture begins with gender equality in the pulpit. For too long, the Christian pulpit has been monopolized by men. This pattern is especially pronounced in evangelical Asian American and Latinx congregations, where women's voices are marginalized and male dominance is reinforced in the church as well as the family. The consequences are enormous: oRobbing the church of the fullness of the gospel oSilencing the voices of women preachers oMasculinizing...

A landmark work of more than one hundred scholars, The Heritage Guide to the Constitution is a unique line-by-line analysis explaining every clause of America's founding charter and its contemporary meaning.In this fully revised second edition, leading scholars in law, history, and public policy offer more than two hundred updated and incisive essays on every clause of the Constitution.From the stirring words of the Preamble to the Twenty-seventh Amendment, you wil...