In the late nineteenth century, culture critics who were readers of Darwin’s work on evolution pondered what the implications of natural selection might be for human culture, religion and ethics. American pragmatists, by and large, rejected a social Darwinian spin on ethics, economics, and theology in favor of a less determinate humanist version of the ethical implications that emphasized contingency and meliorism. The early arguments between T. H. Huxley and William Sumner over the issues...

The Rites of Identity argues that Kenneth Burke was the most deciding influence on Ralph Ellison's writings, that Burke and Ellison are firmly situated within the American tradition of religious naturalism, and that this tradition--properly understood as religious--offers a highly useful means for considering contemporary identity and mitigating religious conflict.Beth Eddy adds Burke and Ellison to a tradition of religious naturalism that traces back to Ralph Waldo Emerso...

Hostage Negotiation Within Correctional FacilitiesThis book concerns crisis/hostage negotiation within correctional facilities. It is not only for ‘in-house’ CNT/HNT teams within prisons. Most jails and other community level correctional facilities do not have their own negotiation team and when incidents occur, an outside law enforcement team is often called in to negotiate working in tandem with the facilities Emergency Response Team. This book, therefore, can be...

We are convinced that much of the world and even the church is missing it when it comes to Christmas, Advent, and the Holidays. The busyness of our lives has stripped the holidays of wonder and, yes, the glory that they were meant to possess. Join Us on this annual pilgrimage through His Word as we celebrate His arrival on the stage of history…His Story. There was nothing about His birth, His life, or His death that fit into the expectations of humanity, and yet He completely transforms us...

Fully updated and revised based on the 2020 ASHA standards and recent AAA standards, the new edition of this bestseller is the core textbook for all students in clinical methods courses—and a reliable reference for practicing SLPs and audiologists. Covering a broad range of disorders and developmental levels, this text sets emerging professionals on the path toward mastering all the fundamentals of practice, from conducting effective assessment and intervention to ensuring that pr...

Agatha Award finalist Beth GroundwaterIt’s Sink or SwimWicked Eddies, Book two in the RM Outdoor Adventure Mystery series. Fly fishing is dangerous? River ranger Mandy Tanner had no idea until days before a huge tournament in Salida, Colorado. True, the Arkansas River can be a man-eater, but the rapids weren't responsible for driving a hatchet into the neck of would-be competitor Howie Abbott—a secretive man who may have been cheating. While casting about for suspects, Mand...

When Dr Grace O'Donnell takes a job in Devon covering for a colleague's maternity leave it seems like the perfect opportunity to start over. Where better to lick her wounds and consider her future than the quiet little town on the coast where nobody knows her? Peace and quiet! But the problem with small towns is that everybody knows everybody and when newly single Gracie arrives it isn't long before well meaning colleagues introduce her to everyone's favourite bad boy, Eddie Langsett. Only...