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  • Human Services Integration

    by Michael J Austin ...
    Addressing the multiple meanings of service integration, Human Services Integration analyzes how motivations and expectations for social service integration differ significantly among different players in the service system. In a period of major budget cutbacks and welfare reform, however, it is important that service providers collaborate to reduce or eliminate boundaries between categorically ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Practice Research in the Human Services

    A University-Agency Partnership Model

    by Michael J. Austin, Sarah Carnochan ...
    Series series Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods
    This book offers a practical approach to conducting practice research in the field of human services. This evolving form of applied research seeks to understand practice in the context of the relationships between service providers and service users, between service providers and their managers, between agency-based service providers and community advocacy and support groups, and between agency ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Changing Welfare Services

    Case Studies of Local Welfare Reform Programs

    by Michael J Austin, Marvin D Feit ...
    Contains field-tested techniques to enhance the effectiveness of your local social services!Changing Welfare Services: Case Studies of Local Welfare Reform Programs describes promising programs and practices that have emerged in the United States since the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Using case studies, this reference provides important ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • God and Guns in America

    by Michael W. Austin ...
    What if Christians did more than offer thoughts and prayers in response to gun violence? Ethicist Michael Austin argues—from a biblical but nonpacifist perspective—that we can impose firearms restrictions to make our society safer and less fearful while still respecting the rights of gun owners. God and Guns in America is a thoughtful, measured, and articulate treatment of a polarizing topic that ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Christian Nationalism

    Neither American nor Christian

    by Michael W. Austin ...
    Michael W. Austin shows how nationalism is contrary to American values and Christian virtues—and offers us a better form of civic engagement.In this brief, thought-provoking book, Michael W. Austin turns his keen mind for ethics toward the crisis currently facing our democracy: the rise of American Christian nationalism. Austin first accessibly explains the meaning and history behind nationalism. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fast Facts: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    by Bela R. Patel, Anna Z. Castleton, Michael J. Austin ...
    Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most diagnosed childhood cancer worldwide. Although rare in adults, this aggressive cancer also shows a second smaller incidence peak in later middle age.Modern genetic profiling techniques are providing a better understanding of the molecular biology of ALL, which, in turn, is leading to significant advances in diagnosis, prognostication and therapy ... Read more

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  • Humility

    Rediscovering the Way of Love and Life in Christ

    by Michael W. Austin ...
    Amid culture wars and church division, Michael W. Austin calls us back to the authentic Way—following Christ in humility and love.American Christians have lost the Way. We chase power and comfort and coat our self-righteousness in a Christian veneer. We comfort ourselves that we follow the rules and go to church, so life will work out for us. But we have forgotten what it means to truly follow ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Righteous Indignation

    Christian Philosophical and Theological Perspectives on Anger

    by Court D. Lewis, Michael W. Austin, Joshua Beckett, Matthew R. Boulter, Jason Cook, Tammy W. Cowart, Joshua R. Farris, S. Mark Hamilton, Phillip A. Hussey, Melissa C.M. Tan0, Charlie Trimm1, Gregory L. Bock2, John C. Peckham4 ...
    Righteous Indignation: Christian Philosophical and Theological Perspectives on Anger explores the philosophy of Christian anger—what anger is, what it means for God to be angry, and when anger is morally appropriate. The book explores specific biblical questions, such as how God communicates his anger in the Old Testament and whether anger at one's enemies in the imprecatory psalms is praiseworthy ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Fast Facts: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    by Bela R. Patel, Anna Z. Castleton, Michael J. Austin ...
    Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most diagnosed childhood cancer worldwide. Although rare in adults, this aggressive cancer also shows a second smaller incidence peak in later middle age.Modern genetic profiling techniques are providing a better understanding of the molecular biology of ALL, which, in turn, is leading to significant advances in diagnosis, prognostication and therapy ... Read more

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  • Posthumous Editing of a Great Master's Work

    Special Focus on the Writings of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

    by Graham M. Schweig, Edith Best, Jonathan Edelmann, Joseph Fedorowsky, Austin Gordon, Michael Gressett, Barbara A. Holdrege, Allan M. Keislar, Anna S. King, Julius Lipner0, Jeffery D. Long1, Kenneth Rose2 ...
    Series series Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical
    Posthumous Editing of a Great Master's Work: Special Focus on the Writings of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada examines how a leading figure's hallowed written and published works, which remain so important to the religious community, should be editorially treated following the leader's departure from this world. The volume addresses the theological, ethical, social, and legal implications of ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • Star Trek and Faith, Volume 1

    Christian Worldview and Trek Series New and Old

    by Mark S. Hansard ...
    From The Original Series of the 1960s to Strange New Worlds today, Star Trek has always explored philosophical and religious ideas, pushing the boundaries of thought and entertaining us along the way. While full of secular concepts, the franchise has interacted with Christian beliefs for decades. In Star Trek and Faith, Mark S. Hansard examines the intersection of Star Trek and Christianity, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Football and Philosophy

    Going Deep

    by Michael W. Austin ...
    Series series The Philosophy of Popular Culture
    "Vince Lombardi—who relished his undergraduate studies in philosophy—would have loved this book." — BooklistFootball and Philosophy: Going Deep investigates many of the issues surrounding the nation's biggest sport. From a review of the flaws of the Bowl Championship Series, to a study of the violence inherent in the game, to an examination of Vince Lombardi's views on winning, to the problems ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus