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2016 | 305 Pages | ISBN: 1451496443 | PDF | 8 MB
Luke's two-volume work contains the only narrative depictions of Jesus' ascent into heaven in the New Testament. The significance of the event at the end of the Gospel and the beginning of Acts have long been recognized. While select studies have focused on particular aspects of these accounts, however, the importance of the ascension to Luke-Acts calls for renewed attention to the narratological and theological significance of these accounts. Here, leading scholars discuss the ancient, literary and theological contexts of the ascent-into-heaven accounts for the next generation of interpreters.

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English | ISBN: 1443856517 | 2014 | 197 pages | PDF | 884 KB
The past six decades have seen astonishing changes in the construction of sexuality as an apparatus of knowledge, and as a lived experience. Australia-like much of the West-has undergone a veritable sexual revolution in attitudes and behavior. From early sex therapy to gay marriage, the juggernaut of late modern sexuality has significantly remade Australian social and cultural life. This collection brings together the work of leading historians of sexuality, to consider sixty years of remarkable sexual and social change. Acts of Love and Lust explores the ways both heterosexuality and homosexuality were constructed-by the state, through sex education, in medicine, by the law, political activists, and in the hands of the media. Just as importantly, contributors consider the ways sexuality was experienced, not as a monolithic or imposed institution, but how it was explored and enjoyed by individual bodies across different times and spaces. The authors examine the pleasures and pains of living in sexual bodies, and explore the manifest ways that love and lust shaped Australia's society and culture.

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English | February 13, 2024 | ISBN: 0593598296 | True EPUB | 320 pages | 4.4 MB
How much of their lineage is one family willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation's first federal reparations program?

Free Download Acts: A Commentary By Richard I. Pervo, Harold W. Attridge
2008 | 895 Pages | ISBN: 0800660455 | PDF | 14 MB
The Acts of the Apostles joins the Gospel of Luke with the ministry of Paul. Renowned New Testamentscholar Richard I. Pervo shows how this masterful storyteller worked his magic, drawing on first-centuryliterary techniques of narration and characterization. Luke's literary skills did not prevent scribes from re-writinghis masterwork, however, the textual tradition of Acts is among the most intriguing of the documents of theNew Testament, and is a focus here.Elegantly written, Pervo's commentary provides a compelling interpretation of Acts in the context of Hellenisticliterature and the emerging Christian movement, Readers will rediscover the "profit with delight " that was the idealof ancient story-tellers.

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English | 2014 | pages: 656 | ISBN: 0310494109 | EPUB | 5,0 mb
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.

Free Download Gerry Cox, "Final Acts: The End of Life: Hospice and Palliative Care "
English | ISBN: 0895038668 | 2013 | 258 pages | PDF | 2 MB
The editors undertook this project to promote the International Conference on Death, Grief, and Bereavement in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. Throughout its history, the conference has attracted internationally known speakers. This book illustrates the quality of their presentations.

Free Download Ward Churchill, "Acts of Rebellion: The Ward Churchill Reader"
English | ISBN: 0415931568 | 2002 | 504 pages | PDF | 5 MB
What could be more American than Columbus Day? Or the Washington Redskins? For Native Americans, they are bitter reminders that they live in a world where their identity is still fodder for white society.

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English | ASIN: B0C87DGFFP | 2024 | 6 hours and 16 minutes | MP3@128 kbps | 345 MB
Author: Alexander Sammartino
Narrator: Pete Simonelli
Following a near-death experience, an entrepreneurial father-and-son duo wreak havoc and fend off bankruptcy in this unflinching portrayal of the absurdities of American life. Even though his firearms store is failing, things are looking up for David Rizzo. His son, Nick, has just recovered after a near-fatal overdose, which means one thing: Rizzo can use Nick's resurrection to create the most compelling television commercial for a gun emporium that the world has ever seen. After all, this is America, Rizzo tells himself. Surely anything is possible. But the relationship between father and son is fragile, mired in mutual disappointment. And when the pair embarks on their scheme to avoid bankruptcy, a high stakes crash of hijinks, hope, and disaster ensues. Featuring a cast of unforgettable characters, this razor-sharp social satire lays bare both the gun and opioid crises. Fans of Don DeLillo and Stephen Markley will be thrilled by this smart, inventive debut.

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English | 2011 | ISBN: 0316031909, 0316031917 | EPUB | pages: 241 | 0.9 mb
In her award-winning memoir Here If You Need Me, Kate Braestrup won the hearts of readers across the country with her deeply moving and deftly humorous stories of faith, hope and family. Now, with her inimitable voice and generous spirit, she turns her attention to the subjects of love and commitment in Marriage and Other Acts of Charity.

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English | ISBN: 0190922311 | 2022 | 240 pages | EPUB, PDF | 4 MB + 8 MB
Islamophobia and Acts of Violence: The Targeting and Victimization of American Muslims is a collection of perspectives by authors from a variety of academic disciplines such as legal studies, communication studies, political science, and criminology on the subject of Anti-Muslim hate crimes.