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The African AIDS epidemic has sparked fierce debate over the role of religion.          Some scholars and activists argue that religion is contributing to the spread of HIV        and to the stigmatization of people living with AIDS. Others claim that religion        reduces the spread of HIV and promotes care and support for the sick and...

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Critical Perspectives and New DirectionsThis Handbook provides critical, interdisciplinary contributions from leading        international academics on the theory and methodology, practical applications, and        broader context of Management Information Systems, as well as offering potential        avenues for future research...

This is a collection of previously unpublished essays on the role of women in the New Testament and in the early church. It begins by supplying the historical and social contexts of women's lives in the New Testament period. In the next sections, the authors address issues surrounding the representation of women in the Gospels and in the Pauline...

From Seeds of Human Energy to a Scale of Global ChangeThis highly readable account demonstrates how a comprehensive process for social        change harnesses the energy of a community and scales it up with a rising number of        participants becoming invested in increasingly high-quality work....

Recent exciting advances in the field of ferroelectricity have implications both        for basic physics and for technological applications such as memory devices,        spintronic applications and electro-optic devices, as well as in acoustics,        robotics, telecommunications and medicine. This book provides a full account of        recent...