Exploring the purpose of marriage, this book delves into its significance both inside and outside the church. Written by a respected Christian sociologist, it combines theological insights with sociological research to present marriage as a vital institution for human flourishing. The author utilizes empirical data and social history to illuminate key aspects of marriage, addressing various relevant topics that enhance understanding of its value in contemporary society.
Exploring the importance of humor and positivity, this book encourages readers to embrace a lighter approach to life. It offers practical tips and insights on how to reduce stress, enhance well-being, and cultivate joy through laughter. The author shares personal anecdotes and relatable experiences, making it an engaging guide for anyone looking to uplift their spirits and navigate challenges with a smile. With a focus on mindfulness and resilience, it aims to inspire a more joyful and fulfilling existence.
This volume is a collection of true stories of the missing persons bureau of the New York Police Department.
Explores the impact of the Russian Revolution and League of Nations on British modernist culture.
Utopian hope and dystopian despair are characteristic features of modernism and the avant-garde. Readings of the avant-garde have frequently sought to identify utopian moments coded in its works and activities as optimistic signs of a possible future social life, or as the attempt to preserve hope against the closure of an emergent dystopian present. The fourth volume of the EAM series, European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies, casts light on the history, theory and actuality of the utopian and dystopian strands which run through European modernism and the avant-garde from the late 19th to the 21st century. The book’s varied and carefully selected contributions, written by experts from around 20 countries, seek to answer such questions as: · how have modernism and the avant-garde responded to historical circumstance in mapping the form of possible futures for humanity?· how have avant-garde and modernist works presented ideals of living as alternatives to the present?· how have avant-gardists acted with or against the state to remodel human life or to resist the instrumental reduction of life by administration and industrialisation?
Readings of the avant-garde have frequently sought to identify utopian moments coded in its works and activities as optimistic signs of a possible future social life or as the attempt to preserve hope against the closure of an emergent dystopian present. This volume casts light on the history, theory and actuality of the utopian and dystopian strands which run through European modernism and the avant-garde from the late 19th to the 21st century.