Great Expectations
'A phenomenal, transfixing?work; Cunningham is a singular, dazzling writer' Bryan Washington 'A coming-of-age novel of the richest, most expansive kind, it's a rare debut, one that feels both intimate and revelatory' Megan Abbott 'Rarer is a debut...
Fall Line
Here is an authoritative portrait of a group of men and women taking mortal risks in a bid for sporting glory. A white-knuckled tour through skiing's deep traditions and least-accessible locales, The Fall Line opens up the sexy, high-stakes world ...
The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth Century
Called -a pioneer contribution- by Church History when it was first published in 1971 as The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement in the United States, this volume has now been revised and enlarged by Vinson Synan to account for the incredible changes that have occurred in the church world during the last quarter of the twentieth century. Synan brings together the stories of the many movements usually listed as -holiness, - -pentecostal, - or -charismatic, - and shows that there is an identifiable -second blessing- tradition in Christianity that began with the Catholic and Anglican mystics, that was crystallized in the teaching of John Wesley, and that was further perpetuated through the holiness and Keswick movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to the appearance of modern Pentecostalism. Synan then chronicles the story of the spread of Pentecostalism around the world after the heady days of the Azusa Street awakening, with special attention given to the beginnings of the
The Century of the Holy Spirit
A definitive history of the Pentecostal and Charismatic movement and an intriguing reference for persons outside the movement, The Century of the Holy Spirit details the miraculous story of Pentecostal/Charismatic growth--in the U.S. and around the world. This book features five chapters by the premier Pentecostal historian, Vinson Synan, with additional contributions by leading Pentecostal/Charismatic authorities--David Barrett, David Daniels, David Edwin Harrell Jr., Peter Hocken, Sue Hyatt, Gary McGee, and Ted Olsen. Features include: * Explains and analyzes the role of all major streams, including women, African-Americans, and Hispanics * Thoroughly illustrated with photographs, charts, figures, maps, and vignettes * 4-color fold-out timeline/genealogy tree * 16 full-color pages, plus black-and-white photos throughout * Includes bibliographies and indexes
Religion, Violence, and Local Power-Sharing in Nigeria
Why does religion become a fault line of communal violence in some pluralistic countries and not others? Under what conditions will religious identity - as opposed to other salient ethnic cleavages - become the spark that ignites communal violence...
Put 'em Up!
With simple step-by-step instructions and 175 delicious recipes, this book will have even the timidest beginners filling pantries and freezers in no time! Put 'em Up! includes complete how-to information for every kind of preserving: refrigerating...
Practical Homeopathy
This guide provides an introduction to the study and practice of homeopathy, before moving on to a detailed reference section covering ailments, symptoms and remedies.
How Chiefs Became Kings
In "How Chiefs Became Kings", Patrick Vinton Kirch addresses a central problem in anthropological archaeology: the emergence of "archaic states" whose distinctive feature was divine kingship. Kirch takes as his focus the Hawaii...
Shark Going Inland Is My Chief
Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this fascinating history of Hawaiian culture from abo...
How Chiefs Became Kings
In How Chiefs Became Kings, Patrick Vinton Kirch addresses a central problem in anthropological archaeology: the emergence of "archaic states" whose distinctive feature was divine kingship. Kirch takes as his focus the Hawaiian archipela...
African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean
This second edition of a survey of the economic and social history of slavery and the Afro-American experience in Latin America and the Caribbean, focuses on the Portuguese, Spanish, and French speaking regions of these areas. It analyses the late...
The Evolution of the Polynesian Chiefdoms
This is an archaeological perspective on the elaborate system of chiefdoms found in the islands of Polynesia. While the growth and development of complex social and political systems in this region have long interested anthropologists and ethnogra...
Youth Sport, Physical Activity and Play
Sport, physical activity and play are key constituents of social life, impacting such diverse fields as healthcare, education and criminal justice. Over the past decade, governments around the world have begun to place physical activity at the hea...
Greater Vision
These noted vision care specialists offer a unique eye care program that reflects the irrevocable link between a person's quality of vision and ability to understand, grow and change. In Greater Vision , they provide more than two dozen exer...
Arbitration: the Art & Science of Persuasion
Effective persuasion is an art; an art which can be learned and perfected with practice and insight into human behaviour. This innovative book, written for lawyers and those interested in the science of persuasion in a legal setting, is the first ...
On the Road of the Winds
On the Road of the Winds
Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia
The power of an anthropological approach to long-term history lies in its unique ability to combine diverse evidence, from archaeological artifacts to ethnographic texts and comparative word lists. In this innovative book, Kirch and Green explicit...
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