Queen's rebels: Ulster loyalism in historical perspective

History

Miller, David W.

Europe

Barnes&Noble Books

What was once taboo - faith at work - is increasingly accepted in corporate America. From secretaries to CEOs, growing numbers of businesspeople today want to bring their faith to work. Yet they wrestle with how to do this effectively and appropriately in a pluralistic corporate setting. For help they turn not to their clergy, but to their peers and to a burgeoning cottage industry on spirituality at work. They attend conferences and seminars, participate in Bible study and prayer groups, and read books, blogs, and eNewsletters. They see their faith as a resource for ethical guidance and to help find meaning and purpose in their work. In God at Work, David W. Miller looks at how this Faith at Work movement developed and considers its potential value for business and society. Done well, the integration of faith and work has positive implications at the personal level, as well as for corporate ethics and the broader economic sphere. At the same time, increasing expressions of religion and spiritual practices at work also present the threat of divisiveness and discrimination. Drawing on the insights of theological ethics as well as the sociology of religion, Miller analyzes the history of the modern day Faith at Work movement from its roots in the late 19th century to its modern formulation and trajectory. He examines the diversity of its members and modes of expression, and constructs a new framework for understanding, interpreting, and critiquing the movement and its future. Miller concludes that workers and professionals have a deep and lasting desire to live a holistic life, to integrate the claims of their faith with the demands of their work. He documents the surprising abdication of this field by church and theological academy and its embrace, ironically, by the management academy. Offering compelling new evidence of the depth and breadth of spirituality at work, Miller concludes that faith at work is a bona fide social movement and here to stay. He establishes the importance of this movement, identifies the possibilities and problems, and points toward future research questions. God at Work is essential reading for business scholars and leaders, theologians and clergy, and anyone interested in the integration of faith and work.

God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement

World

Oxford University Press

Rethinking Northern Ireland: Culture, Ideology and Colonialism

Rethinking Northern Ireland provides a coherent and critical account of the Northern Ireland conflict. Most writing on Northern Ireland is informed by British propaganda, unionist ideology or currently popular 'ethnic conflict' paradigm which allows analysts to wallow in a fascination with tribal loyalty. Rethinking Northern Ireland sets the record straight by reembedding the conflict in Ireland in the history of an literature on imperialism and colonialism. Written by Irish, Scottish and English women and men it includes material on neglected topics such as the role of Britain, gender, culture and sectarianism. It presents a formidable challenge to the shibboleths of contemporary debate on Northern Ireland. A just and lasting peace necessitates thorough re-evaluation and Rethinking Northern Ireland provides a stimulus to that urgent task.

Rethinking Northern Ireland

Routledge

There are some difficulties to overcome in order to convince persons that the subject of this book is worth knowing something about. George Boole's theory of probability has had an extremely bad press for more than 100 years. It has almost universally been considered to be too complicated to understand, too difficult to calculate, and wrong in addition. As evidence that this is true, try and find a book on probability in, say, the 20th century which has any material on Boole's theory of probability. This is quite remarkable treatment for a person as distinguished as George Boole. In fact, his theory is not wrong, it is quite easy to make the calculations after a few simple emendations, it can solve a number of important problems which cannot be handled by the orthodox theory of probability, and there are quite a few areas in which these problems arise. We will try and convince skeptics that there are good reasons for believing that a book on the subject is justified.

The Last Challenge Problem: George Boole's Theory of Probability

Science & Math

Mathematics

Miller Ideas

The theory of arguments is developed as it was actually practiced by the early Greek probabilists. It is then illustrated by a number of examples of actual arguments. How does one handle facts, simple or complex, introduced by one's opponent in an argument? How can one use antitheses and reversals in an argument? How does one handle analogies, or slippery slope arguments, or dilemmas? This book is addressed to persons who are interested in learning appropriate methods for handling ordinary catch-as-catch-can arguments that arise so often in the usual processes of exchanging opinions about the world and all that goes on within it.

Everyday Arguments and the Theory of Argumentation

Reference

Case File I incorporates issues of service of process and personal jurisdiction in a format designed to build written and oral advocacy skills through practice.

Practicing Persuasive Written and Oral Advocacy: Case File I

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Wolters Kluwer

This text will expose you to the many documents used in preparing for trial and appellate advocacy by providing a complete set of documents to supplement your persuasive legal writing, pre-trial practice, appellate advocacy, or moot court class. Case File II spotlights First Amendment and substantive tort issues that teach you how to argue legal and factual issues, extrapolate issues from the record, find evidentiary support for their position, and grapple with challenges of scope of review and harmless error. 
Practicing Persuasive Written and Oral Advocacy: Case File II demonstrates the link between the classroom and the courtroom:a simulated case, Coburn v. Martinez, is based on actual events and offers high human-interest value
<li>documents are designed to achieve precise teaching objectives; they faithfully replicate reality, but improve upon it</li>
<li>the case file includes: a compliant, defensive motions with supporting and opposing declaration, depositions, and a detailed record-on-appeal transcript</li>
<li>exercises may contain one or more memoranda and oral arguments before the trial courts, as well as briefs and oral arguments before an appellate courts</li>

Practicing Persuasive Written and Oral Advocacy: Case File II

Legal Education

Based on a tort action in federal court against an Alabama church for financial explotation by a pastoral counselor, this case simulation problem offers a complete set of court documents to supplement your Persuasive Legal Writing, Pretrial Practice, Appellate Advocacy, or Moot Court class.
 Case File III presents a complete set of realistic court documents: 
<li>A complaint, defensive motions with supporting documentation, and transcripts of six depositions in Petrillo v. Rooks </li>
<li>A notice of appeal from a dispositive opinion and order Case File III is a solid platform for: 
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<li>Written and oral exercises </li>
<li>One or more memoranda and oral arguments before the district court </li>
<li>Briefs and oral arguments before the court of appeals Case File III raises numerous legal issues, such as: 
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<li>Diversity jurisdiction </li>
<li>State law bases for church liability for pastoral misconduct </li>
<li>Constitutional limits on church liability for pastoral misconduct </li>
<li>Testimonial privilege for confidential communications with clergy members</li>

Practicing Persuasive Written and Oral Advocacy: Caes File III (Problem Supplement)

Prepared by the authors of Persuasive Written and Oral Advocacy, Case File IV offers a complete set of court documents to supplement any persuasive legal writing, pre-trial practice, appellate advocacy, or moot court class. The case files are sophisticated, realistic litigation problems, designed to allow users a great deal of flexibility in their courses. It is carefully designed to help students put into practice the principles advocated throughout the aforementioned text, but can also be used to supplement any appellate advocacy book. Case File IV spotlights a variety of great features, including: <ul>
<li> Pre-trial motions and depositions, trial transcripts, and reaching the judicial opinion </li> <li> A basis for written and oral exercises, one or more memoranda and oral arguments before the district court, and briefs and oral arguments before the court of appeals </li> <li> A central legal issue around which the text is grounded, specifically the constitutionality of a state statute that forbids the adoption of children by couples of the same sex </li> <li> Subordinate issues, including a federal court's "supplemental" jurisdiction over a claim governed entirely by state law, the standards for admissibility of expert testimony based on social science studies of adoptive children, and a state's waiver of immunity from suit under the Eleventh Amendment </li> <li> An accompanying Teacher's Manual: <ul>
<li> describes various assignments that professors might give as an advocacy unit in a larger course, in a short course in appellate advocacy, or in a longer course in pretrial and appellate advocacy </li> <li> contains a "bench memorandum," analyzing the various legal issues for the benefit of those evaluating student work </li> <li> reproduces orders and opinions by the trial court to be released to students at appropriate times during the litigation </li> </ul>
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Practicing Persuasive Written and Oral Advocacy: Case File IV

Harris, George

Moylan, Mary-Beth

Aspen Opco Llc

Between the time of the settling of Jamestown and the Trail of Tears in the 1830's, thousands of American Indians were induced to cede their lands to European settlers and move westward. This book, with the aid of maps and pictures, relies primarily on the words of those involved to provide1an historical accounting of the forced relocations. Presidential policies are examined, as well as the various ways in which the Indians attempted to maintain their cultural identity during these upheavals. Cultural and community splits within the Creek, Cherokee and Seminole nations are also explored in detail.

The Taking of American Indian Lands in the Southeast: A History of Territorial Cessions and Forced Relocations, 1607-1840

Americas

McFarland

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