In this book, established scholars from different religions, regions, and disciplines continue the dialogue that Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen began in his A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World series and respond to his work in light of their diverse expertise and context. Each of the three parts focuses on a key area of Kärkkäinen’s engaging work: 1) highlighting how his method shaped each volume, 2) highlighting his commitment to global perspectives, and 3) highlighting his...

John Brown's *Marjorie Fleming: A Sketch* is a brief yet memorable Victorian biographical portrait of the precocious Scottish child-writer Marjorie Fleming, whose journals, letters, and verses reveal a mind at once playful, morally earnest, and startlingly intelligent. Brown writes with tenderness and literary tact, shaping fragmentary family materials into an elegiac meditation on childhood, genius, and early death. The book belongs to the nineteenth-century tradition of affectionate memo...

It is probable that most people and businesses who currently enjoy the ability to communicate with friends, family, and colleagues around the world, give little thought to the man who gave them the technology to be able achieve this modern miracle. That man, Professor John Ambrose Fleming, born during the reign of Queen Victoria, had the vision to develop an electronic device that has allowed us to communicate and receive limitless information from the comfort of our armch...

Even his abolitionist allies thought his attack on Harpers Ferry insane, but, as this short-form book by New York Times bestselling historian Thomas Fleming points out, John Brown sensed that his trial and death would ignite the nation's conscience.

The four Gospels from the widely acclaimed modern literary classic The New Testament in Scots are now being made available as an audio digital download for the first time. Tom Fleming's reading brings out the poetry, wit and humanity of William Lorimer's translation in a way which speaks to everyone.

The essays in this book cover a fast-paced 150 years of Vatican diplomacy, starting from the fall of the Papal States in 1870 to the present day. They trace the transformation of the Vatican from a state like any other to an entity uniquely providing spiritual and moral sustenance in world affairs. In particular, the book details the Holy See’s use of neutrality as a tool and the principal statecraft in its diplomatic portmanteau. This concept of “permanent neutrality,” as codified in the ...

THE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK SUMMER 2023 CLUB PICKWINNER OF THE 2023 CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARDHIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED. BUT SO ARE YOURS.'Keeps readers on the edge of their seats through a roller-coaster ride of high-octane action that builds to an explosive finale' SUNDAY EXPRESS'Propulsive . . . outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES'Pacy' LITERARY...

Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis: The History, Myths, Facts, and Impacts of the Three H's of the Middle EastIf you're tired of sifting through biased sources to understand Middle Eastern conflicts, this book is for you. Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis: The History, Myths, Facts, and Impacts of the Three H's of the Middle East is a comprehensive guide that cuts through the noise, offering an objective, well-researched deep dive into the origins, ideologies, ...

The Flemish are among the most important if under-appreciated immigrant groups to have shaped the history of medieval and early modern Scotland. Originating in Flanders, Northern Europe's economic powerhouse (now roughly Belgium and the Netherlands), they came to Scotland as soldiers and settlers, traders and tradesmen, diplomats and dynasts, over a period of several centuries following the Norman Conquest of England in the eleventh century.Several of Scotland's major families – th...

The effort to understand human nature in a political context is a daunting challenge that has been undertaken in a variety of ways and by a myriad of disciplines through the ages. From Plato to Hobbes and Burke, to Wallas and Oakeschott in our era, efforts have been made to provide some organic framework for the political study of mankind. What has added greatly to the complexity of the task is the increasing denial, even rejection, in the positivist and behaviorist traditions, of the very...

To satisfy the needs of the hundreds of thousands of people who pay good money to see stand-up every year, Malcolm Hardee ('the comedian's comedian' WHSmith Online; 'a national monument' The Guardian) presents a comedy club on the page with a bill featuring the glitterati of British stand-up comedy. We let the famous names and new talents alike try out their written humour and their only brief is to make us laugh. We plan to make the book an annual event, and are sure it will soon become t...

Six Sigma changed the face of manufacturing quality, creating excellence by reducing variance in finished goods, revolutionizing businesses, and boosting profits. Now, Human Sigma is poised to do the same for sales and service organizations.This book offers an innovative, research-based approach to one of the toughest challenges businesses face today: how to drive success by effectively managing the moments when employees interact with customers. Based on research spanning...