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Book Rhetoric and the New Testament

Download or read book Rhetoric and the New Testament written by Stanley E. Porter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1993-10-01 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role did classical rhetoric play in the writing of the New Testament? What role does classical and modern rhetoric play in interpreting the New Testament today? What role should classical and modern rhetoric play in New Testament interpretation? These and related questions are asked in this collection of over twenty essays originally delivered as papers at the 1992 Heidelberg Conference on Rhetorical Criticism of Biblical Documents. This conference, the first of several scheduled to address fundamental rhetorical issues of increasing importance in New Testament study, drew scholars from three continents and over fourteen countries, making it a truly international scholarly event and this a truly cosmopolitan publication. The authors' varying contexts resulted in a lively and challenging discussion well reflected in this volume's essays. The first part discusses rhetoric in the light of extended interpretation of a variety of New Testament texts. Luke and Acts, most of Paul's letters, and other New Testament documents are scrutinized using various rhetorical categories. In the second part, questions of rhetoric and methodology are raised. New approaches are tested in a number of essays that push the boundaries of traditional rhetorical study. These essays provide an excellent sampling of some of the major work being done in rhetorical study of the New Testament and suggest several avenues for future research.

Book Sea Voyages and Beyond

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vernon K. Robbins
  • Publisher : SBL Press
  • Release : 2018-09-14
  • ISBN : 0884143228
  • Pages : 424 pages

Download or read book Sea Voyages and Beyond written by Vernon K. Robbins and published by SBL Press. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore insights, methodologies, and advances in socio-rhetorical interpretation Essays in this volume from Vernon K. Robbins merge social and rhetorical strategies of interpretation and set the stage for how socio-rhetorical interpretation has developed in the context of research into the rhetoric of religious antiquity. This book contains “By Land and By Sea: The We Passages and Ancient Sea Voyages” (1978), which initially received widespread praise and then became an object of significant criticism. The volume includes Robbins’s varied, detailed responses to both encouragement and critique of his approach. Features: Introduction to the collection by David B. Gowler Twelve essays that programmatically study early Christian texts using resources from the social sciences Reflections on the future of socio-rhetorical criticism

Book Conflict and Consensus

Download or read book Conflict and Consensus written by Harold M. Hodges and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1974 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hidden Threads

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  • Author : Russell Heddendorf
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 0761849017
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Hidden Threads written by Russell Heddendorf and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hidden Threads: A Christian Critique of Sociological Theory, provides a framework for making sense of the social world. Heddendorf finds in sociological theories some "hidden threads" - Christian principles woven into the fabric of society. Early Christian thought was radical in its approach to social life. Jesus provided a different concept of the person, and encouraged his followers to act upon this new understanding. Thus, in the early centuries after Christ, Christian social thought was a dynamic, positive, social force, but today the situation differs. Many Christians readily accept current interpretations of problems as valid. Consequently, in response to these modern explanations, Christians develop a form of secularized thought which supports popular solutions and fails to critically engage with the real issues of the day. Hidden Threads is an examination and Christian critique of sociological theory, demonstrating appreciation for the richness of social life and holding in tension those theories that attempt to explain it." --Book Jacket.

Book The Rhetorical Analysis of Scripture

Download or read book The Rhetorical Analysis of Scripture written by Stanley E. Porter and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1997-09-01 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third in a series of conference papers on rhetorical criticism. Held in July 1995 in London, the conference included participants from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the Republic of South Africa. Part I is concerned with the past, present and future of rhetorical analysis; Parts II, III and IV are concerned with rhetorical analysis of scriptural texts; and Part V provides a conclusion reflecting on a number of questions raised in Part I. Most of the participants would characterize themselves as advocates of rhetorical criticism; but there were others less convinced that rhetorical criticism is developing as it ought.

Book The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse

Download or read book The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse written by Vernon K. Robbins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this original study, Vernon Robbins expounds and develops his system of socio-rhetorical criticism, bringing together social-scientific and literary-critical approaches to explore early Christianity.

Book Anomie  Strain and Subcultural Theories of Crime

Download or read book Anomie Strain and Subcultural Theories of Crime written by Joanne M. Kaufman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anomie, strain and subcultural theories are among the leading theories of crime. Anomie theories state that crime results from the failure of society to regulate adequately the behavior of individuals, particularly the efforts of individuals to achieve monetary success. Strain theories focus on the impact of strains or stressors on crime, including the inability to achieve monetary success through legal channels. And subcultural theories argue that some individuals turn to crime because they belong to groups that excuse, justify or approve of crime. This volume presents the leading selections on each theory, including the original statements of the theories, key efforts to revise the theories, and the latest statements of each theory. The coeditors, Robert Agnew and Joanne Kaufman, are prominent strain theorists; and their introductory essay provides an overview of the theories, discusses the relationship between them, and introduces each of the selections.

Book The International Journal of the Addictions

Download or read book The International Journal of the Addictions written by and published by . This book was released on 1986-07 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Criminological Theories

Download or read book Criminological Theories written by Imogene L. Moyer and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-07-26 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Criminological Theories is organized in a chronological order, beginning with the 18th-century classical school - focusing on Beccaria and Bentham - and ending with the late 20th-century peacemaking perspective. In each chapter Moyer analyzes the assumptions the theorists have made about people and society and includes discussions of the cultural and historical settings in which the theories were developed, along with biographies of specific theorists and their lifetime contributions."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Bodies on the Front Lines

Download or read book Bodies on the Front Lines written by Brenda Werth and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2024-04-24 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revolutionary feminism, queer, and trans activist movements are traversing Latin America and the Caribbean. Bodies on the Front Lines situates recent performances and protests within legacies of homegrown gender and sexual rights activism from the South. Performances—enacted in public spaces and intimate venues, across national borders, and through circulating hashtags and digital media—play crucial roles in the elaboration, auto-theorization, translation, and reception of feminist, queer, and trans activism. Movements such as Argentina's NiUnaMenos (Not One Less) have brought masses of protesters and “artivists” on the streets of major cities in Latin America and beyond to denounce gender violence and demand gender, sexual, and reproductive rights. The volume’s contributors draw from rich legacies of theater, performance, and activism in the region, as well as decolonial and intersectional theorizing, to demonstrate the ways that performance practices enable activists to sustain their movements. The chapters engage diverse perspectives from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, transnational Central America, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. Rather than taking an approach that simplifies complexities among states, Bodies on the Front Lines takes seriously the geopolitical stakes of examining Latin America and the Caribbean as a heterogeneous site of nations and networks. In chapters covering this wide geographical area, leading scholars in the fields of theater and performance studies showcase the aesthetic, social, and political work of performance in generating and fortifying gender and sexual activism in the Americas.

Book The Delinquent Solution  Routledge Revivals

Download or read book The Delinquent Solution Routledge Revivals written by David Downes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1966, The Delinquent Solution presents a study of crime associated with the nature of subcultures. The book discusses issues such as the concept and theory of subcultures, the life of delinquent gangs, and the English experience of delinquent subcultures. It also takes an in-depth look at the Stepney and Poplar survey on crime from 1960, analysing both statistical data and more informal observations. Although the book was written over forty years ago, the issues discussed remain relevant and strong areas of interest.

Book Violent Crime

    Book Details:
  • Author : Darnell F. Hawkins
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2003-02-24
  • ISBN : 9780521626743
  • Pages : 464 pages

Download or read book Violent Crime written by Darnell F. Hawkins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-24 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysts have long noted that some societies have much higher rates of criminal violence than others. They have also observed that the risk of being a victim or a perpetrator of violent crime varies considerably from one individual to another. In societies with ethnically and racially diverse populations, some ethnic and racial groups have been reported to have higher rates of violent offending and victimization than other groups. This series of essays explores the extent and causes of racial and ethnic differences in violent crime in the United States and several other contemporary societies.

Book Introducci  n a la teolog  a y vida de Mart  n Lutero AETH

Download or read book Introducci n a la teolog a y vida de Mart n Lutero AETH written by Assoc for Hispanic Theological Education and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the formation and teachings of Martin Luther, examining his life, his times, and his writings

Book Violence  Race  and Culture

Download or read book Violence Race and Culture written by Lynn A. Curtis and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Organizational Culture

Download or read book Organizational Culture written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This five-part volume has two purposes: to explore the connections between culture inside and outside organizations, and to focus on a diverse range of methodologies useful in understanding organizational symbols, rituals, language, and distribution of power. Part One focuses on theoretical discussions and analyses of organizational culture. In Part Two, the contributors distinguish the process of cultural change from the deliberate management of that process. Part Three confronts the problem of how to conduct and manage research. Part Four places organizational culture in a wider social context. Part Five looks at the future of this area of organizational study. - Publisher.

Book Communication Yearbook 4

Download or read book Communication Yearbook 4 written by Dan Nimmo and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Teenagers And Teenpics

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  • Author : Thomas Doherty
  • Publisher : Temple University Press
  • Release : 2010-06-04
  • ISBN : 1592137873
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Teenagers And Teenpics written by Thomas Doherty and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic book on teenagers and their films, thoroughly revised and expanded.