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Can good events lead to bad outcomes? : endogenous banking crises and fiscal policy responses / by Feltenstein, Andrew, Rochon, Céline, 1972-

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Founding God's nation : reading Exodus / Reading Exodus by Kass, Leon

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The Names of God : Poetic Readings in Biblical Beginnings. by Brichto, Herbert Chanan

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The hospitality of God : a reading of Luke's gospel / by Byrne, Brendan (Brendan J.)

Rethinking the Gods : Philosophical Readings of Religion in the Post-Hellenistic Period. by Van Nuffelen, Peter

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Washington & Napoleon : leadership in the age of revolution by Flynn, Matthew J.

Table of Contents: “…Humble beginnings : the makings of a gentleman -- A tried and tested formula : in search of decisive victory -- Leading by default : the chance to wield power -- Enlightened dtatesmanship : winning the people's favor -- Good intentions : leading in the Age of the Enlightenment -- Epilogue : a similar end.…”
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Trust by design : the beautiful behaviors of an effective church culture by Barker, Amy Valdez

Table of Contents: “…It's All about JesusThe Hope Theory; Trust Hope; Chapter 4: Trust Love; Failure to Love; Failure to Love in the Church; The "Trust Stack" in the Bible; God's Love Leads to Trust in the Old Testament; God's Love Leads to Trust in the New Testament; Agape Love Makes You Do Crazy Things; Disruptions in Trust through Love; Examining Trust through Love; Devaluation of Human Love; Chapter 5: Designed to Forgive; But It's Sooo Hard . . .; Isn't It Ironic-Trust Falls Apart; Old Testament: Circles of Trust; Practice Makes Perfect; Layers of Trust; Curiosity about Trust.…”
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The God of faith and reason : foundations of Christian theology by Sokolowski, Robert

Table of Contents: “…Anselm -- Pagan divinity -- Voices expressing the Christian distinction -- The incarnation and the Christian distinction -- The metaphysics of Christian belief -- Natural virtue -- Theological virtue -- The theology of disclosure -- That truly God exists -- Reading the Scriptures -- Christian experience -- Sacramental life.…”

Heart at Leisure from Itself : Caroline MacDonald of Japan. by Prang, Margaret

Table of Contents: “…""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Pioneering Canadian Roots""; ""2 Christ and the Empire of the Mikado""; ""3 'Women's Work for Women'""; ""4 From Tokyo to Aberdeen: 'The Lady Student' ""; ""5 'Grubbing at the Lingo'""; ""6 The New Era of Taisho and 'the Woman Question'""; ""7 'God's Strange Leading'""; ""8 Prisoners and Prisons""; ""9 'A Gentleman in Prison'""; ""10 Tackling 'the Social Cosmos'""; ""11 'Jesus Was a Labouring Man'""; ""12 'Turning Earth's Smoothness Rough'""; ""13 'The Faith that Rebels'""; ""14 From Noda to Geneva""…”
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Socrates dissatisfied : an analysis of Plato's Crito by Weiss, Roslyn

Table of Contents: “…Socrates' Moral PrinciplesSocrates' Argument against Escape -- Socrates as Crito's Friend -- 5 Especially an Orator -- Protecting Crito -- The Laws as Rhetoricians -- The Citizen's Agreement -- 6 Whatever We Bid -- The City as Parent and Master -- The Argument from Agreement -- Escape Will Benefit No One -- 7 The Corybantic Cure -- The Corybantic Metaphor -- Why Crito Would Speak in Vain -- The Way the God Is Leading -- 8 A Fool Satisfied -- Engaging Crito -- Benefiting Crito -- Protecting the Reader -- 9 Restoring the Radical Socrates…”
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Our genetic destiny. by Shah, Amil

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 The Dance of Life -- Chapter 2 The Garden of Eden -- Chapter 3 In Search of Eve -- Chapter 4 Inherited Wealth -- Chapter 5 Guardians of the Genome -- Chapter 6 Genes of Wrath -- Chapter 7 Designer Genes -- Chapter 8 Order for Free -- Chapter 9 Reading the Mind of God -- Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V…”
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Must global politics constrain democracy? : great-power realism, democratic peace, and democratic internationalism by Gilbert, Alan

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Dialectical thinking : Zeno, Socrates, Kant, Marx by Hanhijärvi, Tommi Juhani

Table of Contents: “…Utopia or Dystopia -- 2.9. God -- Further Reading -- ch. 3 Kant -- 3.1. The Antinomies -- 3.2. …”
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The Shavuot Anthology by Goodman, Philip

Table of Contents: “…The Night of Shavuot (Tikkun Lei Shavuot)The Scriptural Readings; Floral Decorations; 6 The Liturgy of Shavuot; I Am, Thou Didst Proclaim by Simeon ben Isaac ben Abun; Loud Rang the Voice by Eleazar Kalir; Before the Words of God Are Read (Akdamut) by Meir ben Isaac Nehorai; Introduction to Azharot by David ben Eleazar Bekuda; Precepts He Gave His Folk by Elijah ben Menahem ha-Zaken; Thine Own Sweet Words by Simeon ben Isaac ben Abun; The Myriad Angels' Songs by Jacob ben Meir; Marriage Certificate for Shavuot by Israel Najara; 7 Shavuot in Modern Prose…”
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Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. / Richard II

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When You Want to Yell at God : the Book of Job. by Bartholomew, Craig G.

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Overview -- The Theological Center of Job -- Suggested Reading -- Reflection -- Chapter 2: The Portrait of Job -- Suggested Reading -- Reflection -- Chapter 3: The Portraits of God among Job's Friends -- Suggested Reading -- Reflection -- Chapter 4: Job's View of God -- Suggested Reading -- Reflection -- Chapter 5: The Power of Poetry -- Suggested Reading -- Reflection -- Chapter 6: Job's Journey of Transformation -- Suggested Reading -- Reflection -- Chapter 7: Job and Jesus -- Suggested Reading -- Reflection -- Chapter 8: The Reader's Journey of Transformation -- Suggested Reading -- Reflection -- Chapter 9: Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- Reflection -- Further Reading -- Appendix A: Fearing God in the Old Testament (Miles Custis) -- Response to Holiness -- Obedience -- Loyalty and Faithfulness -- Fear of God in Prophetic Literature and Psalms -- Fear of God in Wisdom Literature -- Appendix B: Satan in the Old Testament and the Serpent of Genesis 3 (Michael S. …”
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Reading Genesis after Darwin

Table of Contents: “…: the interpretation of Genesis in the nineteenth century / John Rogerson -- Genesis and the scientists : dissonance among the harmonizers / John Hedley Brooke -- Science and religion in nineteenth- and twentieth-century landscape art / David Brown -- Reading Genesis 1-3 in the light of modern science / David Wilkinson -- All God's creatures : reading Genesis on human and nonhuman animals / David Clough -- Evolution and evil : the difference Darwinism makes in theology and spirituality / Jeff Astley -- "Male and female he created them" (Genesis 1:27) : interpreting gender after Darwin / Stephen C. …”

River basin trajectories : societies, environments and development

Table of Contents: “…River basin trajectories: an inquiry into changing waterscapes / Francois Molle and Philippus Wester -- Squeezed dry: the historical trajectory of the lower Jordan river basin / Mauro Van Aken, Francois Molle and Jean-Philippe Venot -- Are good intentions leading to good outcomes? Continuities in social, economic and hydro-political trajectories in the Olifants river basin, South Africa / Doug Merrey, Herve Levite and Barbara van Koppen -- From half full to half empty: the hydraulic mission and water over-exploitation in the Lerma-Chapala basin, Mexico / Philippus Wester [and others] -- Managing the Yellow River: continuity and change / David Pietz and Mark Giordano -- The Colorado River: what prospect for 'a river no more'? …”
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Forgiving and Remembering in Northern Ireland : Approaches to Conflict Resolution. by Spencer, Graham

Table of Contents: “…On Fire with the Justice of God : Re-Reading Romans as a Political Proclamation Towards a Desired FutureJohnston McMaster; 8; Building Space: Regeneration and Reconciliation; Glenn Jordan; 9; Rewriting Our Stories : Narrative, Identity and Forgiveness; David McMillan; 10; Forgiveness Through Post-Traumatic Growth; Michael C. …”
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Making Money Simple : a Complete Guide to Getting Your Financial House in Order and Keeping It That Way Forever. by Lazaroff, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; The Most Powerful Tool in Your Financial Toolbox; Envision What You Want, Then Create a Plan to Get There; It's Not Easy, But it Doesn't Have to be Hard; The Guidance You Need for the Financial Success You Want; Chapter 1 The Power of Time and Compounding; The Power of Compound Interest; Make Compound Interest Work for You: Save Early and Save Often; The Dark Side of Compounding; Small Decisions and Good Habits Lead to Big Results; Chapter 2 Where Do You Want to Go?…”
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Metaphysics by Rea, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Concrete possible worlds -- Abstract possible worlds -- Further reading -- 5 Time -- Times -- Past, present, and future -- Temporal passage -- Further reading -- 6 Time travel -- Presentism and time travel -- The grandfather paradox -- Backward causation and causal loops -- Further reading -- 7 Substance -- Bundles versus substrata -- Hylomorphism -- God -- Further reading -- 8 Things and their parts -- Composition -- Material constitution -- The Ship of Theseus -- Body-minus -- Lumpl/Goliath -- Option 1: Deny the existence of objects belonging to the kinds that are central to the puzzle…”
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They were all together in one place : toward minority biblical criticism

Table of Contents: “…Incarnate words : images of God and reading practices / Mayra Rivera Rivera -- Teaching for color consciousness / Evelyn L. …”
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School leaders building capacity from within : resolving competing agendas creatively by Burrello, Leonard C., 1942-, Hoffman, Lauren, Murray, Lynn E.

Table of Contents: “…Decision-Making Process -- Making Good Decisions Leads to Success in Schoolwork -- Structural Dynamics -- Leadership -- The Deeper Cause -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 -- Stories of School Transformation -- Transforming Country Elementary -- Context -- Key Concepts and Actions -- Motivation for Change -- Transforming Bright Lake School -- Context -- Key Concepts and Actions -- Motivation for Change -- Transforming City High -- Context -- Key Concepts and Actions…”
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First pure, then peaceable : Frederick Douglass, Darkness and the epistle of James by Aymer, Margaret P.

Table of Contents: “…CHAPTER 3 REDEFINING "RELIGION": DOUGLASS'S ABOLITIONIST SPEECHES AND JAMES 3:17Oratory and Orientation; The Dimensions of Home: Frederick Douglass and Jas 3:17; "American Slavery, American Religion, and the Free Church of Scotland"; Structural, Textual, and Ideational Aspects; Rhetoric and Signification; Other Formative Uses of Jas 3:17 in Douglass's Abolitionist Speeches; "The Fourth of July" and Jas 3:17; "John Brown" and Jas 3:17; The Language of Formation: Further Considerations; CHAPTER 4 "FRIENDSHIP WITH THE [Omitted] IS ENMITY WITH GOD": "DARKNESS READING" AND THE EPISTLE OF JAMES.…”
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Ephesians Verse by Verse. by Osborne, Grant R.

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Introduction to Ephesians -- Author -- Date -- Recipients -- Purpose -- Literary Features -- Outline -- The Theology of the Letter -- The Work of the Trinity in This World -- The Exalted Christ -- The Gift of Salvation -- The Church as the Body of Christ -- The Defeat of the Cosmic Powers -- The Blessings of Salvation (1:1-14) -- Paul Greets the Ephesian Christians (1:1-2) -- Paul Lists Five Blessings of Salvation that Stem from God and Christ (1:3-14) -- Introduction: Spiritual Blessings in the Heavenlies (1:3) -- Blessing 1: Predestination (1:4-6) -- Chosen to Be Holy and Blameless (1:4) -- Chosen for Sonship (1:5) -- Purpose: For the Praise of His Glory (1:6) -- Blessing 2: Redemption (1:7) -- Blessing 3: The Mystery of His Will (1:8-10) -- Blessing 4: His Divine Plan (1:11-12) -- Blessing 5: Being Sealed with the Spirit (1:13-14) -- A Prayer for Knowledge and Power (1:15-23) -- Paul Gives Thanks for the Good News about Their Spiritual State (1:15-16) -- Paul Prays for Wisdom and Knowledge for the Ephesians (1:17-19A) -- Wisdom from the Spirit (1:17) -- God's Rich Gifts (1:18-19A) -- God's Mighty Strength Is Seen in the Resurrection and Exaltation of Christ (1:19B-20) -- God's Mighty Strength Is Seen in Jesus' Authority and Dominion over All (1:21-22A) -- God's Mighty Strength Is Seen in Jesus' Headship over All for the Church (1:22B-23) -- Summary of the Blessings of Salvation (2:1-10) -- Sin Leads to Bondage and Death (2:1-3) -- Their Terrible Predicament: Dead in Sin (2:1) -- Their Terrible Predicament: Bondage to Sin and the Flesh (2:2-3) -- Mercy Leads to Being Made Alive with Christ (2:4-7) -- God's Love Leads Him to Give Us Life (2:4-5) -- God's Love Leads Him to Seat Us with Christ in the Heavenlies (2:6-7) -- Paul Presents a Summary: The Free Gift of Grace (2:8-10).…”
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Communication for Consultants. by Rita R. Owens

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Shaping the scriptural imagination : truth, meaning, and the theological interpretation of the Bible by Juel, Donald H. (Donald Harrisville)

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