"I eagerly anticipate every release from Stephen and Mary Lowe. Their academic work is vital in shaping how church leaders approach digital ministry, and this new book is no exception. It offers biblical and practical insights that will immediately impact your ministry." Jay Kranda, Innovative Tech Pastor at Saddleback Church and author of The State of the Online Church and Online Church Is Not The Answer. This book provides a clear, biblically grounded framework for understanding digital ...

Create Online Learning Spaces Where Spiritual Growth FlourishesFor Christian educators and ministry leaders navigating the expanding landscape of online communities, Ecologies of Faith in a Digital Age offers a practical, biblically grounded guide to fostering spiritual growth in a digital world.Professors Stephen and Mary Lowe, longtime advocates of online education, trace an ecological motif through Scripture, building a biblical theology of ecol...

Technological innovation has changed nearly everything about human life, including how we teach and learn.Many Christian professors and institutions have embraced new technologies, especially online education. But as followers of Jesus Christ, we face the same call to grow in our faith. So how should we think about and approach Christian education in light of new technologies? Is it possible for us to grow spiritually through our digital communities?Steve L...

Wesley Carr's ministry within the Church of England is renowned and distinguished. As Dean of Westminster Abbey he is often at the forefront of national religious ceremonies. His ministry, academic posts and widely acclaimed books have also established him as one of the leading pastoral theologians in recent times. The Character of Wisdom brings together leading writers, thinkers and broadcasters to reflect on Dr Carr's many and varied contributions to church and national life, and on par...

A study of how South Carolina's federal district courts were central to achieving and solidifying gains during the civil rights movementAs the first comprehensive study of one state's federal district courts during the long civil rights movement, The Slow Undoing argues for a reconsideration of the role of the federal courts in the civil rights movement. It places the courts as a central battleground at the intersections of struggles over race, law, and ci...

This book explores the effectiveness of the response of environmental groups and organisations in Britain in to the challenges of European integration. Examining the relative European orientation of British environmental policy, and the impact of British concerns on European environmental policy, the book examines issues of environmental diplomacy, institutional dynamics, and policy debates relating to specific concerns such as: * pollution * land use * transport * natural conservation Pre...

Don't mess with Melia! She's a feisty dryad – and she's angry.Ever since her ash tree was cut down to make way for a motorway she's been out for revenge. Melia and fellow dryads (tree spirits) Betula and Quercus are recruited into the mysterious 'Organisation', where they are trained to control minds in order to lead the human race to its own destruction.But when the dryads are sent to attack tree-loving teenager Jake and his family, they find that everything is more complica...

The editors have engaged leading scientists in the field to participate in the development of this book, which is envisioned as a “one of a kind” contribution to the field. The book is a comprehensive text that puts fundamental bioanalytical science in context with current practice, its challenges and ongoing developments. It expands on existing texts on the subject by covering regulated bioanalysis of both small and large molecule therapeutics from both a scientific and regulatory viewpoi...

Intervention in the Mixed Economy (1974) examines the problem of state intervention in mixed economies by analysing some of the most important aspects of British industrial policy of the early 1970s. The discussion concentrates on the private sector and focuses on the increase in intervention in the period and the process of implementing these policies.

The Caribbean offers one of the most complex ethnological reservoirs of beliefs and traditional medical knowledge in the world. This book examines the traditional medical practices of the 18th century Jamaica and 277 medicinal herbs used in the treatment of 189 identified illnesses in John Lunan's work "Hortus Jamaicensis or Botanical Description…" published in 1814.The aim and scope of this book are five-fold.To provide a complete list of the 277 medicinal herbs recorded in...

Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics provides a clear and rigorous presentation of continuum mechanics for engineers, physicists, applied mathematicians, and materials scientists. This book emphasizes the role of thermodynamics in constitutive modeling, with detailed application to nonlinear elastic solids, viscous fluids, and modern smart materials. While emphasizing advanced material modeling, special attention is also devoted to developing novel theories for incompressible and thermally ...

The reign of Hammurabi is a convenient point at which to observe general changes in and later introductions to the pantheon of the Sumerian gods. The political alterations in the kingdom were reflected in the sacred circle. Certain gods were relegated to the cold shades of obscurity, while new deities were adopted and others, hitherto regarded as negligible quantities, were exalted to the heights of heavenly omnipotence. The worship of Merodach first came into prominence in the days of Ham...