[PDF] The Life And Death Of Bling Bling eBook

Author : Matthew Vescovo
Publisher : Instructoart Book Associates/Jorge Pinto Books Incorporated
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 24,71 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN :

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This latest from Vescovo, creator of "Instructoart Lesson 1," hilariously connects the dots on how "Bling Bling" moved from its raw underground rap origins to the ultimate demise in the hands of unhip, suburban, Oprah-watching housewives.

Author : John Keane
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 996 pages
File Size : 31,41 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393058352

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From Plato to de Tocqueville to Fukuyama-an epic history of the governing philosophy that has defined Western history.

Author : Alton B. Pollard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 31,41 MB
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137534559

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The Black Church Studies Reader addresses the depth and breadth of Black theological studies, from Biblical studies and ethics to homiletics and pastoral care. The book examines salient themes of social and religious significance such as gender, sexuality, race, social class, health care, and public policy. While the volume centers around African American experiences and studies, it also attends to broader African continental and Diasporan religious contexts. The contributors reflect an interdisciplinary blend of Black Church Studies scholars and practitioners from across the country. The text seeks to address the following fundamental questions: What constitutes Black Church Studies as a discipline or field of study? What is the significance of Black Church Studies for theological education? What is the relationship between Black Church Studies and the broader academic study of Black religions? What is the relationship between Black Church Studies and local congregations (as well as other faith-based entities)? The book's search for the answers to these questions is compelling and illuminating.

Author : Lady Janét R. Griffin
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 46,66 MB
Release : 2014-05-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1491871369

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Amphony Volume IV is the eleventh published collection of her poems that can be viewed along with Moment in the Sand, Solitude of Being, and Sourdough Bread on www.momentinthesand.com Other anthologies published previously are Amphony, Volumes I, II, III, Messages From the Veil of Tears, Share the Mystique, Eros and Erotica, and Voices From The River Styx. Each can be viewed on her website: http://shop.ladyjanetgriffin.com

Author : Judith M. Stillion, PhD, CT
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 50,97 MB
Release : 2014-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826171427

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Delivers the collective wisdom of foremost scholars and practitioners in the death and dying movement from its inception to the present. Written by luminaries who have shaped the field, this capstone book distills the collective wisdom of foremost scholars and practitioners who together have nearly a millennium of experience in the death and dying movement. The book bears witness to the evolution of the movement and presents the insights of its pioneers, eyewitnesses, and major contributors past and present. Its chapters address contemporary intellectual, institutional, and practice developments in thanatology: hospice and palliative care; funeral practice; death education; and caring of the dying, suicidal, bereaved, and traumatized. With a breadth and depth found in no other text on death, dying, and bereavement, the book disseminates the thinking of prominent authors William Worden, David Clark, Tony Walter, Robert Neimeyer, Charles Corr, Phyllis Silverman, Betty Davies, Therese A. Rando, Colin Murray Parkes, Kenneth Doka, Allan Kellehear, Sandra Bertman, Stephen Connor, Linda Goldman, Mary Vachon, and others. Their chapters discuss the most significant facets of early development, review important current work, and assess major challenges and hopes for the future in the areas of their expertise. A substantial chronology of important milestones in the contemporary movement introduces the book, frames the chapters to follow, and provides guidance for further, in-depth reading. The book first focuses on the interdisciplinary intellectual achievements that have formed the foundation of the field of thanatology. The section on institutional innovations encompasses contributions in hospice and palliative care of the dying and their families; funeral service; and death education. The section on practices addresses approaches to counseling and providing support for individuals, families, and communities on issues related to dying, bereavement, suicide, trauma, disaster, and caregiving. An Afterword identifies challenges and looks toward future developments that promise to sustain, further enrich, and strengthen the movement. KEY FEATURES: Distills the wisdom of pioneers in and major contributors to the contemporary death, dying, and bereavement movement Includes living witness accounts of the movement's evolution and important milestones Presents the best contemporary thinking in thanatology Describes contemporary institutional developments in hospice and palliative care, funeral practice, and death education Illuminates best practices in care of the dying, suicidal, bereaved, and traumatized

Author : Luke A. Powery
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 35,94 MB
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451424396

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In an age when the so-called prosperity gospel holds sway in many Christian communities or the good news of Christ is reduced to feel-good bromides, it would seem that death has little place in contemporary preaching. Embracing the vision of the valley of dry bones in Ezekiel 37 as a metaphor for preaching in the Spirit, acclaimed homiletician Luke Powery asserts that death is the context for all preaching. In fact, the Spirit leads preachers to the context of death each Sunday in order to proclaim a word of life that ultimately breathes hope into people's lives. Yet many preachers avoid death because they are at a loss of what to say about it and do not realize its vital connection to the substance of Christian hope. As a result the church is too often left with sermons that are fundamentally devoid of hope. Dem Dry Bones aims to remedy some of the theological and homiletical shortcomings in contemporary preaching by looking closely at the African American spirituals tradition. Through this study, Powery demonstrates how to preach in the Spirit so that proclaiming death becomes an avenue toward hope. In short: no death, no hope.

Author : Thomas C. Oden
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 28,25 MB
Release : 2013-01-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310587131

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John Wesley’s Teachings is the first systematic exposition of John Wesley's theology that is also faithful to Wesley's own writings. Wesley was a prolific writer and commentator on Scripture—his collected works fill eighteen volumes—and yet it is commonly held that he was not systematic or consistent in his theology and teachings. On the contrary, Thomas C. Oden demonstrates that Wesley displayed a remarkable degree of internal consistency over sixty years of preaching and ministry. This series of 4 volumes is a text-by-text guide to John Wesley’s teaching. It introduces Wesley’s thought on the basic tenets of Christian teaching: God, providence, and man (volume 1), Christ and salvation (volume 2), the practice of pastoral care (volume 3), and issues of ethics and society (volume 4). In everyday modern English, Oden clarifies Wesley’s explicit intent and communicates his meaning clearly to a contemporary audience. Both lay and professional readers will find this series useful for devotional reading, moral reflection, sermon preparation, and for referencing Wesley’s opinions on a broad range of pressing issues of contemporary society.