This edited collection addresses the growing need for ideas and methods conducive to holistic educational practices and aims to encourage more personal growth in students too often distracted by the background noise of war, violence, racism, and environmental deterioration. The contributors are working teachers and professors who have integrated a degree of spirituality into a wide range of classes in both urban and rural settings across the US. This ground-breaking collection will provide...

"The St. Paul of the gangster era springs vividly to life again . . . A captivating glimpse into a shadowy era in the city's history." — Community ReporterFrom their home base in Minnesota, the Karpis-Barker Gang cut a swath of crime and terror across the Midwest in the early 1930s. They kidnapped two important businessmen and held them for exorbitant ransoms. They stole payrolls and robbed banks as the bullets flew. Corrupt police and wily crime bosses he...

Gaining on the Gap: Changing Hearts, Minds, and Practice serves as a guide along the journey taken by six individuals who each played a role in moving a school system along a path where race would not be a predictor for academic success. Join us as we share insights to challenges and victories as well as a close look at our own personal and professional growth.

This volume is a JST Red-Letter edition of the KJV of the Old Testament. The purpose of this rendition is to provide a KJV reading that integrates the JST in line. Readers do not need to refer to footnotes, appendices, or another column to find the JST alterations since they appear in line, highlighted in red, within the KJV text itself.Those familiar with other red-letter editions of the KJV, will recognize the format. Words printed in red in those bible editions, were sp...

This is an ebook volume of the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) Red-Letter edition of the King James Version (KJV) of the New Testament. The purpose of this rendition is to provide a KJV reading that integrates the JST in line. Readers do not need to refer to footnotes, appendices, or another column to find the JST alterations since they appear in line, highlighted in red, within the KJV text itself.Those familiar with other red-letter editions of the KJV, will recognize the format. ...

This book brings together some of the most influential new research from the world-systems perspective. The authors survey and analyze new and emerging topics from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, from political science to archaeology. Each analytical essay is written in accessible language so that the volume serves as a lucid introduction both to the tradition of world-systems thought and the new debates that are sparking further research today.

How can the people of God develop churches in ways that help and don't hurt poor neighborhoods? In urban ministry, Christians too often treat the poor as goodwill projects instead of people. Because of this mindset, many remain unchurched. Healthy, local, urban churches are needed because they combine personal empowerment and community transformation.Every poor neighborhood needs uncommon churches that will seek the common good of their communities. Alvin Sanders e...

With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were presented as laying the foundation for a free and independent country. Often overlooked are the triumphs and sacrifices of those who supported those soldiers, and the war effort in general, back at home. The Frontier of Patriotism provides an in-depth look at all aspects of Alberta’s involvement in the...

How can the people of God develop churches in ways that help and don't hurt poor neighborhoods?In urban ministry, Christians too often treat the poor as goodwill projects instead of people. Because of this mindset, many remain unchurched. Healthy, local, urban churches are needed because they combine personal empowerment and community transformation.Every poor neighborhood needs uncommon churches that will seek the common good of their communities. Alvin San...