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Manly Love: Romantic Friendship in American Fiction

Manly Love: Romantic Friendship in American Fiction

Axel Nissen

In Manly Love, Axel Nissen turns to the novels and short stories of Victorian America to uncover the widely overlooked phenomenon of passionate friendships between men.
Mothers, Mammies and Old Maids: Twenty-Five Character ...

Mothers, Mammies and Old Maids: Twenty-Five Character ...

Axel Nissen

Twenty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood Axel Nissen. literally and metaphorically. To ask about function is to ask: How does the character contribute to the plot and advance the action? Does the character also have other  ...
Passing your ITIL foundation exam

Passing your ITIL foundation exam

Christian F. Nissen

This book presents the latest syllabus and ITIL content from a learning perspective, for use with the ITIL foundation exam.
Accustomed to Her Face: Thirty-Five Character Actresses of ...

Accustomed to Her Face: Thirty-Five Character Actresses of ...

Axel Nissen

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The American Shorthorn Herd Book

The American Shorthorn Herd Book

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Passing Your ITIL Foundation Exam

Passing Your ITIL Foundation Exam

Christian F. Nissen

Endorsed by the Official ITIL Accreditor and updated in line with the 2011 syllabus, the bestselling study aid Passing your ITIL Foundation Exam - 2011 Edition is the ideal companion for students preparing for their ITIL Foundation Exam.
Sanctified by Grace: A Theology of the Christian Life

Sanctified by Grace: A Theology of the Christian Life

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Few offer an account of the Christian life that portrays redeemed Christian existence within the multifaceted and beautiful whole of the Christian confession. This book attempts to fill that gap.
Year Book of the Disciples of Christ (Christian Churches).

Year Book of the Disciples of Christ (Christian Churches).

Disciples of Christ

... Ada M., First Christian Church, Fresno Zartman, Elizabeth, First Christian Church, Oakland California (South) Champie, Miss Josie, First Christian Church, Santa Monica Dougherty, Robert L., Central Christian Church, Pasadena Handsaker, ...
A Shared Christian Life

A Shared Christian Life

Ben Witherington

Christian faith is caught through participation, nurtured through Christian fellowship, and steeped in prayer and Bible study.
A Theology for Christian Education

A Theology for Christian Education

James Riley Estep

A Theology for Christian Education, written by dedicated professors of Christian Explain and defend the rationale for the influence of theology in Christian educational theory; Describe the process of forming a theologically informed theory ...
Shaping a Christian Worldview: The Foundations of Christian ...

Shaping a Christian Worldview: The Foundations of Christian ...

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With contributions from key players in the field, this book addresses the critical issues for Christian institutions of various traditions as the new century begins to leave its indelible mark on education.
A Conspiracy of Dunces

A Conspiracy of Dunces

Bill Shaw

Two-oh-oh-eight, well that was an off-year, and look what we got. A Kenyan Islamist.” “Christian! A Christian! We want a Christian in the White House!” “ Christian in the White House.” “Chrischun, Chrischun, Chrischun!!!” Loughlin was loving it.
Educating for Life: Reflections on Christian Teaching and ...

Educating for Life: Reflections on Christian Teaching and ...

Nicholas P. Wolterstorff

This book draws together the world-renowned Christian philosopher's thoughts and reflections on Christian education over the last three decades.
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America

American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America

Chris Hedges

Explores the political ambitions of the Christian right, discussing how their agenda gained momentum through alternative networks, schools, and publishers, and warns that another national crisis may enable the Christian right to seize ...
History of Christian Dogma

History of Christian Dogma

Ferdinand Christian Baur

A translation of a mid-19th-century work on the history of Christian dogma by Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792-1860), who applied Hegelian categories to his historical studies in New Testament and church history.
Christian life and Christian hope: raids on the inarticulate

Christian life and Christian hope: raids on the inarticulate

Rowan A. Greer

A world-class historian of the Anglican/Episcopal churches and early Christian history offers an accessible guide as seen through the eyes of the New Testament, Augustine, poet John Donne, and others.
Disciplines for Christian Living: Interfaith Perspectives

Disciplines for Christian Living: Interfaith Perspectives

Thomas P. Ryan

While based firmly on Christian tradition, this book also draws enrichment, wisdom, and insight from other world religions, bringing them to bear on Christian faith and practices. Foreword by Henri Nouwen.
The Romantic Friendship Reader: Love Stories Between Men in ...

The Romantic Friendship Reader: Love Stories Between Men in ...

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NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS Copyright 2003 by Axel Nissen All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purposes of criticism and review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any ...
Bret Harte

Bret Harte

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In the most detailed and comprehensive biography of I Harte ever written, Axel Nissen gives a vivid account of I Hane's tumultuous life, from his birth in Albany. N.Y., in 1836 until his death in a sleepy English village in 1902. Based on ...
Christian Apologetics

Christian Apologetics

Norman L. Geisler

The standard for Christian apologetics, this systematic approach presents both the methods and reasons for defending Christianity. This work on Christian apologetics is in three parts.
Landscapes of Faith: The Christian Heritage of the North East

Landscapes of Faith: The Christian Heritage of the North East

Michael Sadgrove

What has been missing is a book that interprets the Christian heritage in a holistic way by 'reading' the churches, monasteries, Christian sites - together with the artefacts they inspired - in the light of both the regional history of ...
Radical Christian Writings: A Reader

Radical Christian Writings: A Reader

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M. Fraser. Christian Grassroots Communities in Europe (1980) Christian Base Communities flourished in Latin America in the 1960s and '70s. Essentially groups of poor Christians from the same neighborhood or workplace who met together ...
Christian Dogmatics: An Introduction

Christian Dogmatics: An Introduction

G. Van Den Brink

A fresh, inviting text on the content of Christian faith in our contemporary context This one-volume systematic theology presents an accessible, orthodox overview of the Christian faith for students, teachers, pastors, and serious lay ...
"The Man Who Thought Himself a Woman" and Other Queer ...

"The Man Who Thought Himself a Woman" and Other Queer ...

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Susan Koppelman (New York: Meridian, 1994). Of note also is Axel Nissen's excellent anthology, The Romantic Friendship Reader, although (with a few exceptions) it reprints mostly excerpts from longer works rather than short stories proper.
Biology Through the Eyes of Faith: Christian College ...

Biology Through the Eyes of Faith: Christian College ...

Richard Wright

This comprehensive work, one of a series cosponsored by the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, addresses the needs of the Christian student of biology to align science and faith.
Contemporary Europe

Contemporary Europe

William Outhwaite

References. Adler-Nissen, Rebecca and Ulrik Pram Gad (eds) (2013) European Integration and Postcolonial Sovereignty Games: The EU Overseas Countries and Territories. Abingdon: Routledge. Beck, Ulrich and Edgar Grande (2004) Das  ...
The Dao of World Politics: Towards a Post-Westphalian, ...

The Dao of World Politics: Towards a Post-Westphalian, ...

L. H. M. Ling

Struett,Jon D. Carlson and Mark T. Nance European Integration and Postcolonial Sovereignty Games The EU overseas countries and territories Edited by Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Ulrik Pram Gad Power, Realism and Constructivism Stefano ...

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