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In this 500th anniversary year of the Reformation, this volume collects the writing of well-known reformers Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Knox, Thomas Cranmer, Lancelot Andrewes, as well as lesser-known leaders of their time. Rather than look at the theological arguments and apologetics of these religious thinkers, we instead look to their hopes and concerns by reading their prayers.
This year, many are asking, «How is the Reformation relevant for today?» These prayers, arranged by author and subject, will open a window into the personal faith and spirituality of those on the front lines of that great upheaval in the church and culture. Their wisdom speaks across the centuries to our world today, torn by competing religious and political factions and challenges to the institutions of faith.
Life is Simple
In this age of sensory overload, more than ever we seek out simplicity—a still pond, quiet space to meditate, the solid stable comforts that are so elusive. Creative leaders through the centuries have understood that simple beauty is one of the highest goals. Albert Einstein said, «Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.» But as the Apple slogan used to say: Simple is hard. With the frustration of always feeling 'plugged in,' we all need creative ideas and inspiring encouragement to slow down and experience the beauty of life and relationships.
The Ecumenism of Beauty
The last fifty years have seen a rediscovery of the role of the visual arts in the lives of all Christians. In tune with this ecumenical age, this book shares the belief that beauty and art can bridge differences, unite people in «shared admiration,» and possibly become an instrument of communion among separated Christians.
The authors of this book are Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Protestant artists, scholars, and clergy who in 2017 will take part in a symposium organized to commemorate the Reformation, which began when Martin Luther published his 95 theses in 1517. With sessions in Paris, Strasburg, Florence, New Haven (CT), and Orleans (MA), the symposium is promoted by Catholic and Protestant schools of theology together with Mount Tabor Centre for Art and Spirituality, in Barga, Italy.
The SAGE Handbook of Digital Journalism
The production and consumption of news in the digital era is blurring the boundaries between professionals, citizens and activists. Actors producing information are multiplying, but still media companies hold central position. Journalism research faces important challenges to capture, examine, and understand the current news environment. The SAGE Handbook of Digital Journalism starts from the pressing need for a thorough and bold debate to redefine the assumptions of research in the changing field of journalism. The 38 chapters, written by a team of global experts, are organised into four key areas: Section A: Changing Contexts Section B: News Practices in the Digital Era Section C: Conceptualizations of Journalism Section D: Research Strategies By addressing both institutional and non-institutional news production and providing ample attention to the question ‘who is a journalist?’ and the changing practices of news audiences in the digital era, this Handbook shapes the field and defines the roadmap for the research challenges that scholars will face in the coming decades.
The Revival of Political Imagination
Explores an emerging multidisciplinary topic and methodological perspective.Provides a number of new perspectives to the practical uses of utopia, showing how social criticism, collective action and democracy will suffer, if utopias as a mode of social thought are lost.Discusses both traditional and contemporary utopias and various forms of expression of utopian hope from literature to social science and cultural practices. A combination of contemporary criticism and political science, advancing an emerging wave of political thought, which can be called a revival of utopianism.
Issues in Terrorism and Homeland Security
In the tradition of nonpartisanship and current analysis that is the hallmark of CQ Press, CQ Researcher readers investigate important and controversial policy issues. The Second Edition of Issues in Terrorism and Homeland Security covers timely issues such as Terrorism and the Internet, Homeland Security, Interrogating the CIA, and Prosecuting Terrorists. Each article is engaging and reader-friendly, and opens with a human interest story that will spark the interest of students. In addition, each article gives substantial background and analysis of a particular issue as well as useful pedagogical features to inspire critical thinking and to help students grasp and review key material. Offer your students the balanced reporting, complete overviews, and engaging writing that CQ Researcher has consistently provided for more than 80 years. This text is an ideal supplementary textbook for upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses on Terrorism, Homeland Security, and U.S. National Security.
New To This Edition: Includes six new articles on the following topics:
Terrorism and the InternetHate GroupsHuman Rights IssuesHomeland Security [/b]Interrogating the CIAProsecuting Terrorists [b] Key Features: Pro/con box that examines two competing sides of a single question A detailed chronologies of key dates and events An annotated bibliography and web resources Outlook sections that address possible regulation and initiatives from Capitol Hill and the White House over the next 5 to 10 years Photos, charts, graphs, and maps
Nineteenth-Century Southern Gothic Short Fiction
The twelve Gothic tales of this collection span the nineteenth-century South and are from some of the most famous writers of the age, such as Edgar Allan Poe, to more recently rediscovered and now celebrated writers such as Kate Chopin and Charles Chesnutt, to the completely and unfairly obscure E. Levi Brown. Companion readings—some themselves quite chilling—are by celebrated writers and well-known historical figures, such as Thomas Jefferson, Charles Brockden Brown, Jacques Dessalines, and W. E. B DuBois. These readings place the fiction in the context of the South and the Caribbean: the revolution in Haiti, Nat Turner’s rebellion, the realities of slavery and the myths spun by its apologists, the aftermath of the Civil War, and the brutalities of Jim Crow laws.
Understanding 'Race' and Ethnicity 2e
This new edition of a widely-respected textbook examines welfare policy and racism in a broad framework that marries theory, evidence, history and contemporary debate. Fully updated, it contains: • a new foreword by Professor Kate Pickett, acclaimed co-author of The Spirit Level • two new chapters on disability and chronic illness, and UK education policy respectively • updated examples and data, reflecting changes in black and minority ethnic demographics in the UK • a post-script from a minority student on her struggle to make a new home in Britain Suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in social policy, sociology and applied social sciences, its global themes of immigration, austerity and securitisation also make it of considerable interest to policy and welfare practitioners.
Faith, Identity, Cohesion
The book aims to promote greater understanding of social cohesion amidst existing complexities of faith and identity, and what this portends for our future. The emphasis is on the importance of engagement across beliefs and cultures, the different generations and segments of population, and the diverse interests of people in a digital and interconnected world. The policy officials, religious leaders, scholars and society-at-large will be able to better appreciate the search for common ground and harmony, thereby strengthening their endeavours for coexistence.The book seeks to continue the conversations and deliberations at the International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS) held from 19 to 21 June 2019 in Singapore. The three themes of the ICCS — Faith, Identity, Cohesion — stimulated significant discussions on the need for mutual respect, trust and understanding of each other's beliefs and cultures. Many ideas on the ways forward were raised and further discourse is necessary.An unprecedented line-up of academic, civil society, government, intellectual, policy, religious and youth leaders provided a wide array of perspectives on challenging issues faced by diverse societies around the world. The transcripts of the official speeches elucidate the vision of leadership and aspiration looking ahead. The book also features delightful photographs and graphic recordings of the key thrust articulated during the ICCS.<b>Contents:</b> <ul><li>About the International Conference on Cohesive Societies</li><li>About the Editors</li><li>Foreword</li><li>Faith, Identity, Cohesion: Building a Better Future</li><li>Formal Speeches</li><li><b><i>Faith:</i></b><ul><li>Insights</li><li>Identity</li><li>Cohesion</li><li>Youth</li></ul></li><li>The International Conference on Cohesive Societies 2019</li><li>In Closing</li></ul><br><b>Readership:</b> Academia; Policy practitioners; Community leaders; Civil society organisations and General Public.International Conference on Cohesive Societies ICCS;Interfaith;Cohesive Societies;Social Cohesion;Interreligious Dialogue;Interreligious;Interfaith Work;Social Harmony;Racial Harmony;Religious Harmony;Faith;Identity Issues;Cohesion0<b>Key Features:</b><ul><li>Featuring high-profile speakers and world leaders, this book will serve as a compendium of insights and experiences on social cohesion among diverse societies. NGOs, religious and community organisations would benefit from the «one-stop» concierge of ideas related to interfaith harmony. In addition, government agencies can be expected to be interested in it both for the content as well as presenting the book as a handsome memento of an original global conference conceived and staged in and by Singapore</li><li>The title <i>Faith, Identity, Cohesion</i> aims to draw readers from multiple walks of life. The faithful wonder what the book is saying in what they believe in. Those conscious of their identity wants validation in a book about identity. The policy people gravitate towards coexistence and wish to find how to go forward with their focus/work on strengthening harmony</li></ul>
Handbook of Energy Finance
Modeling the dynamics of energy markets has become a challenging task. The intensification of their financialization since 2004 had made them more complex but also more integrated with other tradable asset classes. More importantly, their large and frequent fluctuations in terms of both prices and volatility, particularly in the aftermath of the global financial crisis 2008-2009, posit difficulties for modeling and forecasting energy price behavior and are primary sources of concerns for macroeconomic stability and general economic performance.This handbook aims to advance the debate on the theories and practices of quantitative energy finance while shedding light on innovative results and technical methods applied to energy markets. Its primary focus is on the recent development and applications of mathematical and quantitative approaches for a better understanding of the stochastic processes that drive energy market movements. The handbook is designed for not only graduate students and researchers but also practitioners and policymakers.<b>Contents:</b> <ul><li><b><i>Modeling and Forcasting Approaches:</i></b><ul><li>Evolution of Forecasting Techniques for Dynamic Energy Markets <i>(Julie Carey and Derya Eryilmaz)</i></li><li>Econometric Modeling of the World Oil Market as a Dynamic Game <i>(Khaled H Kheiravar and C-Y Cynthia Lin Lawell)</i></li><li>Forecasting the Return Volatility of Energy Prices: A GARCH-MIDAS Approach <i>(Afees A Salisu and Raymond Swaray)</i></li><li>Bayesian Approach to Energy Load Forecast with Neural Networks <i>(Luca Di Persio and Oleksandr Honchar)</i></li><li>Electricity Market Coupling in Europe: Status Quo and Future Challenges <i>(Roland Füss, Steffen Mahringer and Marcel Prokopczuk)</i></li><li>Spatial Econometrics in Electricity Markets Research <i>(Rita De Siano and Alessandro Sapio)</i></li><li>An Investigation into Dynamics, Elasticity and Asymmetry for Residential Natural Gas Markets <i>(Kelly Burns and Tom Houghton)</i></li></ul></li><li><b><i>Volatility and Jump Modeling:</i></b><ul><li>Applied Models of Heavy Tails and Skewness in Energy Prices with an Application to Electricity Price Risk <i>(W D Walls and Wei Zhang)</i></li><li>Jumps in Energy Commodity Markets <i>(Neil A Wilmot and Charles F Mason)</i></li><li>What is the Probability of an Electricity Price Spike? Evidence from the UK Power Market <i>(Paweł Maryniak and Rafal Weron)</i></li><li>Stochastic Modeling and Pricing of Energy Markets' Contracts with Local Stochastic Delayed and Jumped Volatilities <i>(Anatoliy Swishchuk)</i></li><li>Volatility Spillover Effects in the Oil and Financial Market: Cross-Hedging in the US Oil Market and the Energy Pipeline Sector <i>(Jingze Jiang and Thomas L Marsh)</i></li><li>Analysis of NCG Prices Under Different Shapes of Oil Price Recovery with a Worldwide Gas Market Model <i>(Maik Günther and Mostafa Fallahnejad)</i></li></ul></li><li><b><i>Regulation, Risk Management and Network System:</i></b><ul><li>Energy Risk Management in Practice <i>(Wieger Johan Hinderks, Andreas Wagner and Prilly Oktoviany)</i></li><li>Optimal Design of Energy Distribution Network using Power Flow Controller <i>(Takayuki Shiina)</i></li><li>The Troubled Path Towards Greater Transparency as a Means to Foster Good Corporate Governance and Fight Against Corruption in the Energy Sector<i>(Costantino Grasso)</i></li><li>The Hidden Role of Civil Liability in the Electronuclear Industry: Accident Costs, Insurance and Industrial Organization <i>(Gérard Mondello)</i></li><li>Estimation of the Hotelling Rule for Oil under Stochastic Investment Opportunities <i>(Johnson Kakeu and Mohammed Bouaddi)</i></li></ul></li><li><b><i>Environmental, Green and Renewable Energy:</i></b><ul><li>Financing the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A New Allocation System for Dependent Risks <i>(Lorena Remuzgo, Carmen Trueba and José María Sarabia)</i></li><li>Efficiency of Source Differentiated Sectoral Energy Demand Accounting for Climate <i>(Saleem Shaik)</i></li><li>Impact of the Global Financial Crisis 2007 on Project Finance in the Renewable Energy Sector <i>(Iris Pfarl and Christian Bellak)</i></li><li>Environmental Concerns and the Cost of Equity in the US Energy Sector <i>(Marcelo Bianconi and Xue Wang)</i></li></ul></li><li><b><i>Pricing and Hedging:</i></b><ul><li>German Natural Gas Seasonal Effects on Futures Hedging <i>(Beatriz Martinez, Hipòlit Torró and Vanesa Garcia)</i></li><li>An Alternative Valuation of Energy Options for Atypical Markets <i>(David G Carmichael and Maria C A Balatbat)</i></li><li>Non-Financial Firms Hedging Risks in East Asia: The Link Between Financial Derivatives Use, Firm Value and Exposures to Country Risks <i>(Trang Kim and Quang Nguyen)</i></li><li>Risk Management and Hedging Approaches in Energy Markets <i>(Jim Hanly)</i></li></ul></li><li><b><i>Cross-Market Linkages:</i></b><ul><li>Modeling the Dynamics of Implied Carbon Price and Its Influence on the Stock Price Variability of Energy Companies in the Australian Electric Utility Sector <i>(Liangxu Zhu and Tiho Ancev)</i></li><li>Cointegrating Relationship and Granger Causal Analysis in Energy Economics — A Practical Guidance <i>(Zheng Fang and Thai-Ha Le)</i></li><li>The Impact of Unconventional Monetary Policy Shocks on Energy Prices<i>(Panagiota Makrychoriti, Georgios Moratis and Spyros Spyrou)</i></li><li>Chaos vs Stochastic Paradigm in Energy Markets <i>(Loretta Mastroeni and Pierluigi Vellucci)</i></li></ul></li></ul><br><b>Readership:</b> Graduate students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers in the field of energy finance. Energy Finance;Financial and Economic Modeling;Volatility;Forecasting;Quantitative Finance;Energy Markets0<b>Key Features:</b><ul><li>Offers a state of art on the application of innovative mathematical and statistical approaches to energy markets modeling, forecasting and hedging</li><li>Provides new theoretical and empirical results regarding the behavior of energy markets over the recent years</li><li>Brings insight into energy risk management and modeling under the context of increasing economic and financial uncertainty</li></ul>