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Jeffrey Trumbower examines how and why death came to be perceived as such a firm boundary of salvation. Analyzing exceptions to this principle from ancient Christianity, he finds that the principle itself was slow to develop and not universally accepted in the Christian movement's first four hundred years. In fact, only in the West was this...

New and Traditional CollegesThis book addresses a new concept, the organizational learning contract, a shared        agreement among the faculty, staff, and students in an educational institution about        what, how, where, and when learning should take place. Goodman, who has pioneered        the concept in his work with new and traditional...

This is an abridgement of Barr and Diamond's  'Reforming Pensions: Principles and Policy Choices' (OUP, 2008), a larger book that is intended for policy makers and as a supplement in college courses....

Did the British Government go to war in 1914 because of a well-founded fear of a German threat or did it, as some would now argue, send thousands to their deaths to fight against a danger, the existence of which was not even backed by any hard intelligence? To address this question,  Spies in Uniform examines the information sent back from Germany...

What are grounds for dismissal? When is a person redundant? What about equal pay?        Employment Law Checklists provides the first point of reference for anyone whose        work brings them into contact with employment law or human resources issues. The new        edition of this practical and accessible guide to employment law has been...

Although we are entirely unaware of it, computation is central to all aspects of        our existences. Every day we solve, or try to solve, a myriad of problems, from the        utterly trivial to the bafflingly complex. This book explains why it is possible to        do computation and what the ultimate limits of it are, as understood by...