The work of American Baptist missionaries among the Telugu people in India in the nineteenth century came to fruition in 1897, when Telugus established their own indigenous missionary organization, the Telugu Home Missionary Society.
Theologies of Power and Crisis provides a case study for Eric Wolf's research directive to better comprehend the interplay of cultural (webs of meaning) and material (webs of power) forms of social life.
Children's deaths from maltreatment are especially distressing because they involve a failure on the part of adults who were responsible for protecting them.
This book demonstrates that the criminal justice system in the United States has allowed the natural emotions surrounding sexuality to allow the minority of sexual offenders who are truly dangerous to be merged with the majority of offenders who pose little, if any, risk to be at large.
With attacks by Muslims against Jews in Western Europe reaching all-time highs, Jews are now facing levels of genocidal anti-Semitism not seen since WWII.
Fragments of Home: Piecing Life Together after Childhood Sexual Abuse seamlessly integrates poignant vignettes, theoretical reflections and original music, exploring a range of themes encountered by many adult survivors of childhood abuse.
A call to action to protect the human rights of women and girls, this expose reveals how interest groups deny the seriousness of rape to further their political agendas.
A call to action to protect the human rights of women and girls, this expose reveals how interest groups deny the seriousness of rape to further their political agendas.
The Christian axis has shifted dramatically southward to Africa, Asia, and Latin America, so much so that today there are more Christians living in these southern regions than among their northern counterparts.
This book considers contemporary international interventions with a specific focus on analyzing the frameworks that have guided recent peacekeeping operations led by the United Nations.
Winner, 2022 Ottis Lock Endowment "e;Best Book"e; Award from the East Texas Historical Association In Lynching and Leisure, Terry Anne Scott examines how white Texans transformed lynching from a largely clandestine strategy of extralegal punishment into a form of racialized recreation in which crowd involvement was integral to the mode and methods of the violence.
On September 30, 1919, local law enforcement in rural Phillips County, Arkansas, attacked black sharecroppers at a meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America.
This comprehensive, two-volume work examines domestic abuse in the United States and worldwide, providing research, personal stories, and primary documents that reveal the extent of the problem.
Grounded in extensive research and clinical experience, this indispensable book addresses the "e;whats,"e; "e;whys,"e; and "e;how-tos"e; of conducting effective marriage and relationship education.
Showing how to weave assessment into all phases of therapy, this indispensable text and practitioner guide is reader friendly, straightforward, and practical.
The police composite sketch, one of the most crucial investigative tools in law enforcement, is developed during a composite session-an intense display of communication and art in which the words of a witness are transformed into the features of a suspect.
This widely used practitioner resource and course text provides an engaging overview of developmental theory and research, with a focus on what practitioners need to know.
With contributions from leading clinicians and researchers, this book presents couple and family therapy models that use attachment theory as the basis for new clinical understandings.
Packed with practical pointers and examples, this indispensable, straight-talking guide helps professionals conduct productive interviews while building strong working relationships with culturally and linguistically diverse clients.
Grounded in theory and research, this book offers a spatial perspective on how and why populations are regulated and disciplined by mass violence and why these questions matter for scholars concerned about social justice.
Grounded in the latest clinical and developmental knowledge, this book brings together leading authorities to examine the critical issues that arise when children and adolescents become involved in the justice system.
In Search of a Family: A Story of an International Adoption takes the reader inside a personal journey through the unknowns of an international adoption.
Written and illustrated by a girl who was sexually molested by a family member, this book reaches out to other children by carrying Jessies message It's o.
