Millennials and progressive Christians are continuing their work of creating alternative spaces for spiritual and religious expressions in North America. The practices and beliefs of progressive Christian movements like the emerging church and millennials, who tend toward spirituality over and against religion, have been the targets of much criticism. Yet millennials and progressive Christians continue to both curate spaces for self- and collective expression while also engaging within con...

Is artificial intelligence just another tool, or is it something more… Special? In Understanding Religion and Artificial Intelligence: Meaning-Making in the Digital Age, Randall Reed and Tracy J. Trothen delve into this provocative question, revealing how our perceptions of AI are deeply intertwined with age-old human impulses to define the extraordinary.Introducing their innovative “Model of the Special,” Reed and Trothen illuminate how individuals, groups, and cultures d...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What if the people around you were secretly controlling your thoughts, emotions, and decisions—and you didn’t even realize it?Dark Psychology and Gaslighting exposes the hidden tactics used by manipulators, narcissists, and toxic personalities to influence, deceive, and dominate others.Inside this powerful audiobook, you’ll discover:The psychological techniques behind gaslighting and emotio...

Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributions to the study of intelligence. The collection includes classic perspectives from the history of warfare, views on the evolution of U.S. intelligence, and studies on the delicate balance between the need for information-gathering and the values of democratic societies. It also includes...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.How to Read People Like a Book unlocks the hidden psychology behind human behavior, giving you the power to analyze body language, detect lies, and understand people instantly.Inside, you’ll discover proven dark psychology techniques used to decode thoughts, predict intentions, and recognize manipulation before it happens.Learn how to:Read body language and micro-expressionsDetect...

This is an ethnographic collection of 12 edited talks and conversations from a conference on violence, conflict, and the world order held at Eastern Kentucky University. The conference was organized by Carole Garrison, Chair of Criminal Justice and Police Studies at EKU, who arranged for video recording and transcription of the talks and conversations. The collection is divided into two parts: domestic and global issues. Some of the topics examined include violence against women, restricti...

This is the Simplest and most Powerful book about Leadership that you will ever read! It's fun, insightful, and focused on how new leaders just like you can lead with strong Relationships.Join me as we spend time at the Woo-Woo factory learning how the two main characters handle Leadership differently. One always uses Relationship Leadership principles, while the other goes his own way and is a disaster. From this, YOU will learn how to be an Awesome Leader, or Really Suck at It. T...

Conspiracy Theories and Extremism in New Times outlines a cadre of alt-right groups, conspiracy theories, and other forms of stigmatized knowledge threatening our society. In an era dominated by the pervasive influence of social media, the scholarly gaze has often overlooked the ways far-right factions leverage these platforms to propagate anti-democratic ideologies. From the denial of the moon landing to the enigmatic labyrinth of QAnon, and a myriad of other alt-right groups in ...

The landscape of American religion is changing dramatically, Millennials are dropping out of church, and new experimental types of Christianity such as the Emerging Church are coming to the fore. But what is the future of religion in America, and what role will Millennials play in that? The results of three years of scholarly inquiry, this collection of essays looks at the Emerging Church and Millennial religious responses and seeks to define and explore both phenomena, always on the looko...

Play the Guitar and Be the Life of the Party!Click the READ MORE button to start your guitar adventure!Inside How to Play the Guitar, you’ll discover how fun and easy it is to make music!This multi-media teaching guide even includes special play-along audio clips. With these step-by-step recordings, you can listen and play all the chords and music examples in this book!From your first lessons in the Em,...

Balmy evenings in rural Maryland are fraught with danger, and seductions can happen anywhere from a river bank to the front seat of a car, where a young self-conscious girl is learning to drive. To Li’l Bit, the radio is the most important part of the car, but the pop music of the 50’s can never quite drown out the harrowing images in her mind.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Randall Arney, Joy Gregory, Glenne Headly, Paul Mercier and Rondi Reed.

Após a primeira semana de isolamento durante a pandemia de covid-19, os moradores de um prédio em Nova York começam a se reunir no terraço, ao ar livre e mantendo o distanciamento social, para contar histórias. A cada noite, mais vizinhos se juntam à fogueira metafórica, cada qual trazendo suas banquetas, poltronas e cadeiras. Aos poucos, eles — alguns até então completos estranhos — descobrem mais uns sobre os outros e sobre si mesmos, e principalmente sobre a natureza da vida e da morte....