This book argues that the cause of liturgical pluralism and disunity on the one hand and the path to unity in liturgy on the other is based on the choice taken between two conflicting interpretations of the divine presence.

The transubstantiation hypothesis championed by the Sacramental model, tacitly accepted by the Kerygmatic model, and strongly encouraged by the Charismatic model has produced conflicting liturgical practices resulting in disunity. The Biblical Sanctuary model applies a phenomenological exegesis to selected Old and New Testament passages showing that the Biblical view of the divine presence temporally grounds the relationship between all of the components of liturgy and by doing so points to a unified liturgy.

Organizations increasingly rely on BYOD and remote work to attract talent, boost productivity, and stay resilient - yet many still struggle to prove what IT contributes beyond "it works" and "it costs." When performance is reduced to availability and budgets, strategic decisions become guesswork: security investments are hard to justify, governance turns into paperwork, and modern workplace programs drift between convenience and compliance.
This book introduces an information model that makes IT performance measurable and manageable by connecting strategy, governance, and day-to-day operations in one coherent logic. Building on the IT Balanced Scorecard and aligned with COBIT 2019, the model is grounded in a structured research foundation and validated through an empirical study. It offers a practical pathway to translate business goals into performance targets, select truly decision-relevant KPIs, and design governance-compatible controls-so that BYOD and remote work remain not only efficient, but also secure, auditable, and clearly tied to business value.
Rather than adding another framework, the approach helps organizations orchestrate what they already use: objectives, metrics, controls, and responsibilities. The result is a transparent performance narrative that supports management decisions, strengthens accountability, and turns the modern workplace from a "necessary risk" into a measurable strategic capability.

Across the globe, international norms are gaining increasing political relevance - both in rhetoric and in practice. This growing importance is mirrored by the rise of norm research within the field of International Relations. This textbook offers a clear and accessible introduction to the role of international norms in global politics and the analytical tools used to study normative change and stability. Aimed primarily at undergraduate students, it explores how norms shape international behaviour, the current state of norm research, and the key debates driving the field today.

The English translation of this book, originally in German, was facilitated by artificial intelligence. The content was later revised by the author for accuracy.

This volume explores Paul's use of Scripture and Roman imperialism, finding hermeneutical and theoretical clarity and a fresh understanding of peace in Romans. Dain Alexander Smith interprets Romans with postcolonial intertextuality to reveal that Romans employs a consistent textual strategy for discussing the gospel, justice, and peace. Smith thus focuses on 12:17-13:14 and 14:17-19, to provide the reader with fresh interpretive insights on the text of Romans.

Smith proposes that Romans presents a political theology of peace that is intertextually "double-voiced", that the pairing of peace and justice in Romans is primarily informed by the political discourses of LXX Isaiah and LXX Psalms, but suggesting that this pairing is also presented in contrast to the Roman Empire's political ideals, as exemplified in the Pax Romana. Ultimately, Smith argues that placing Romans in postcolonial-intertextual dialogue reveals that Paul's ethics construct a community that represents the justice and peace of God's eschatological kingdom in contrast to the justice and peace of the Roman Empire.

This book provides unique insight into the influential and impactful working life of Barbara Bergmann. It charts her life and career to contextualize her early work on racial and gender discrimination within the labour market, as well as her analysis of the traditional gendered division of labor within the household. Her significant contributions to economic methodology, her critique of mainstream economics, and her role in the establishment of feminist economics during the 1980s and 1990s are scrutinized, with particular attention to her definition of feminism and conceptualization of commodification. The book also examines her efforts to promote gender equality in public policy, along with her public engagement in advancing a progressive agenda on social security and welfare reform to an audience beyond academia.

This book highlights the lasting impact Barbara Bergmann had at the intersection of economics, race, feminism, and social justice. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought and the origin and development of feminist economics.

This book provides insights not only into issues of criminology but also criminal justice issues that are generally not at the forefront of Caribbean scholarship, for example, remand detention and the Caribbean Court of Justice. This book focusses on intersectionality, justice, and vulnerable populations whereas volume I focusses on crime, crime trends, and criminal justice reform. Using a diverse approach, and tackling topics including food fraud, human trafficking, gender-based and domestic violence, climate change, and agro-terrorism, these books fill an existing lacuna in the context of specific issues plaguing Caribbean criminological and justice landscapes in the region.

Isaac D. Blois demonstrates the many ways that Paul attempted to shape the emotional orientation of his friends at Philippi, thereby constructing a multifaceted Christian identity that went beyond mere doctrinal content. While Paul famously instructs the Philippian believers to "think" among themselves the same thing that is also "in Christ", Blois suggests that English translations have missed crucial aspects by focusing too much on the logo-centric, intellectual elements of the key term phroneo, while missing the emotional resonance behind this concept. Rather, in order to guide their behaviour, Paul first had to form their affections, training them to feel appropriately toward Christ and his world, so that then they might be able to believe rightly and act correctly within it.

Blois analyses six key emotions arising within the discourse: three positive emotions (joy, pride, and hope), and then three negative emotions (grief, shame, and fear). By situating each emotion within its Greco-Roman cultural context, along with highlighting its Scriptural resonances, the versatility of the apostle emerges, in that Paul could both draw on common cultural scripts while simultaneously changing them so as to morph them around the new and radical Christ paradigm. Ultimately, Blois stresses that Paul deftly weaves together a tapestry of emotions that unifies the Philippian believers around a shared way of feeling, enabling them to first experience Christ communally and then present him powerfully and winsomely to the pagan world around them.

This book is the first academic work to comprehensively examine fact-checking practices outside Western democracies, featuring exclusively Global South voices. Unlike existing literature dominated by Western perspectives, this volume provides insider knowledge from scholars and practitioners operating in challenging environments with limited resources, political instability, and restricted data access. The book introduces concepts like "checktainment" and explores AI deployment in non-Western contexts, revealing how fact-checkers adapt methodologies to local conditions. Written by Global South scholars and practitioners with direct experience, it fills a critical gap in understanding how misinformation is combated across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Volume 1 offers an overview of the fact-checking ecosystem in the Global South, pointing out the differences with Western democracies and considering the institutions behind fact-checking organizations, cooperative endeavours, and the deployment of emerging technologies in the industry.

This book introduces the maritime activities of India, which date back to the Harappan period, highlighting that India is one of the world's oldest seafaring nations. It summarises archaeological findings, inscriptions, epigraphy, and various written sources that have significantly contributed to reconstructing the sea-oriented history of the Indian subcontinent. This history includes understanding contacts with the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea coast, and Southeast Asian countries from the early historical period onward. Geographers and travellers, including the anonymous author of the 'Periplus of the Erythraean Sea,' Ptolemy, Megasthenes, Hiuen Tsang, Al-Masudi, Marco Polo, and many others, have documented India's maritime connections with overseas countries across the centuries. In the last three decades, scholars from various universities and research organisations have conducted extensive exploration and excavations along India's west and east coasts, uncovering several ports and trade centres. Some of these can be matched with sites mentioned by ancient geographers and travellers, while others have been newly discovered through archaeological research.

Along with the second volume, this book presents the most recent research findings from over fifty experts in the maritime archaeology of India. It serves as a valuable reference for scholars studying the Indian Ocean trade and South Asia from a long-term perspective.

This book is a tribute to one of the most influential philosophers in the history of philosophy in recent times. With her four-volume work title "A history of Women Philosophers" and the volume of the non-Western history of philosophers, published in 2024, Mary Ellen Waithe's writings have an international significance. Colleagues and friends, who have been companions for many years, have gathered in this book to honor her work. Contributions from the Middle Ages to the present, from the philosophy of religion to logic, cover a broad field that will attract equally broad interest. An otherwise unencountered collection of ideas is presented here, united by the bond of research into the history of women philosophers.

This book provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and measuring global justice across nations. By integrating theoretical foundations with empirical assessment, it offers a pioneering approach that bridges the gap between abstract philosophical concepts and practical evaluation methods. The first part establishes the conceptual foundations of global justice, exploring its theoretical underpinnings, key principles, and methodological challenges. The second part applies this framework to ten critical global issues: climate change, peacekeeping, humanitarian aid, anti-terrorism and conflict, cross-national criminal police cooperation, refugees, anti-poverty efforts, education, public health, and the protection of women and children. Through rigorous analysis of these domains, the book constructs a novel Global Justice Index that ranks countries based on their contributions to global justice.

Intended for academics, policymakers, and students in international relations, political philosophy, and global governance, this volume combines theoretical depth with empirical rigor. It breaks new ground by moving beyond traditional state-centric approaches to international relations and offering instead a justice-centered perspective on global challenges. The book's most significant contribution lies in its systematic quantification of global justice, providing a tool for assessment and comparison that can inform policy decisions and international cooperation efforts.

Unlearn Power: Strengthening Communities in the Age of Environmental Crisis examines how environmental inequality undermines ecosystems and the livelihoods of inhabitants while weighing approaches to resistance and advancing community security. Prefaced on the figurative and literal question "what's under the hood?", the text explores a range of contemporary disparities and threats - endemic across environments and societies - rooted in socioeconomic inequality and systemic racism.

Building on the author's work in urban forestry, environmental planning, and energy policy, Unlearn Power applies a range of analysis approaches, frameworks, and case studies to make its case for the democratization of environmental decision-making through the centering of marginalized communities and elevating labor as focal points.

As serious questions persist related to how the potential of energy and environmental transitions can be reached, without rooting restorative justice and life cycle analysis in environmental governance, the objectives of pro-climate and environmental movements will be deficient. The book ultimately calls for the rethinking of power - including both energy systems and political structures - to advance ecological and human well-being.

This book brings together papers from the Social Science International Research Conference (SSIRC) 2025, a global forum hosted by North-West University, South Africa, that brings together scholars, practitioners, and emerging researchers to explore the evolving landscape of social sciences in the age of artificial intelligence.Focusing on the theme "Social Sciences Research in the AI Era: Opportunities, Challenges and Threats," the papers explore contemporary issues across business management, finance, economics, law, human resource management, marketing, education, and emerging technologies.This volume offers valuable perspectives for academics, policymakers, and professionals navigating the intersection of social sciences and technological innovation.

This book examines how political discourse on immigration is constructed across Italian social media, focusing on the ways "otherness" is reshaped within digital platforms. Drawing on Social-Media Critical Discourse Studies, it introduces the concept of alternative otherness to explain how migrants are symbolically repositioned in a polarized and mediatized communicative environment. The book is structured in three main parts. The first reconstructs and connects key socio-technical processes that shape the conditions under which political discourse on immigration emerges. The second part outlines the theoretical and methodological framework, grounded in the critical tradition of Critical Discourse Studies and its extension to social media environments. The third part presents four empirical case studies examining emblematic episodes related to immigration in the Italian context between 2017 and 2025, showing how political actors construct and circulate recurring discursive patterns that progressively shift attention away from migrants themselves toward new forms of antagonism.

Designed to align perfectly with the new Edexcel Politics A-Level specification, this new essential textbook offers students everything they need to succeed in their Global Politics exam in component 3 of the A-level course. It covers all of the core topics in global politics, from the impact of globalisation to the different areas of global governance, and shows students how to apply the relevant IR theories and perspectives to these topics.

With a focus on exam success throughout, the book offers:

- Exam-focused pedagogical features - including exam tips, exam-style questions, summaries of key questions and debates, and timelines of key historical events
- Perfect alignment with the Edexcel specification, with a specification checklist at the beginning of each chapter and key specification terms highlighted and defined throughout
- Lots of case studies based on significant recent events, with more available to download from the companion website
- A separate exam skills chapter, offering advice on exam technique, including best practice examples, explaining the new assessment objectives and showing how to incorporate these into essays
- An extensive companion website with essay planning templates, a specification matching chart, downloadable cases and questions, revision planning resources and much more.

Essentials of Global Politics brings this fascinating subject to life, enabling students to engage with the key debates in the area and providing them with the necessary skills, tools and knowledge to perform their best in their exams.

Work shouldn't be this hard-or this unfulfilling. Burnout, low wages, gig labor, layoffs, and the struggle to balance purpose with pay have made many of us question what work is, and what it could be--and should be.
Ethicist Kate Ward offers a fresh, timely perspective rooted in Catholic social teaching. She explores work not only as a paid job but as purposeful human activity, examining it through five lenses: purpose, care, food, art, and pay. Caregiving, often undervalued yet essential to every life, reminds us that work extends beyond the workplace. Food and art reveal how creative and repetitive labor shape our satisfaction, meaning, and sense of contribution. And pay exposes the persistent gaps between society's valuation of labor and the real costs of living.
Ward draws on the Church's centuries-long reflection on work, justice, and human dignity, showing how its teachings speak directly to the frustrations and potential of modern labor. This first book devoted to Catholic social thought on work illuminates how communities and societies can better recognize, support, and value meaningful human activity.
Making a Life encourages readers to rethink what work is for, who it serves, and how it can nurture human flourishing. Whether you are a student, a professional, or someone simply seeking more purpose in daily life, Ward provides a compelling roadmap for understanding work as a path to both personal meaning and the common good.

This edited book explores recent developments in community translation and interpreting, offering fresh insights into research, practice, and teaching around linguistic access and inclusion. Bringing together international perspectives, it examines how these fields evolve across diverse social, cultural, and ethical contexts.

Drawing on discussions from the 3rd International Conference on Community Translation (Warsaw, 2023) and new global contributions, the chapters address translation technology in non-profit organizations, inclusive language projects, health communication, and the use of artificial and machine translation in public services. Case studies from Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia highlight how community translation and interpreting promote equity, access to information, and social integration for multilingual and vulnerable populations.

This volume will appeal to students, researchers, practitioners, educators, language service providers, and professionals in healthcare, law and social services seeking to advance inclusion through language access.

This handbook offers a timely and unique authoritative contribution to global debates on gender equality and women's empowerment, in alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goal 5. It presents interdisciplinary research on gender, international relations, and civil society across nine Portuguese-speaking countries, with a particular focus on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325. Combining conceptual frameworks with case studies, the volume addresses politics, economics, history, peace and security, language, sports, entrepreneurship, and education through an international relations lens. Endorsed by the Association of Portuguese Speaking Universities (AULP), this work stands as a prestigious and globally relevant resource for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners committed to advancing gender-responsive governance.

Over the past century, the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements have transformed the global Christian landscape with their emphasis on personal encounters with God. In this rigorous work, Andersen explains how Pentecostal experiences can also serve as a genuine source for Christian theology.

Theology tends to draw upon traditional sources, those of Scripture, tradition and reason. Andersen brilliantly highlights how all these sources relate to the religious experiences, and how they all influence each other reciprocally in systematic theology.

Through developing key criteria of how to evaluate these experiences, this book examines in detail what positive role Christian affections play in theological work and reflection processes. Highlighting the interplay between emotions and beliefs, the author combines Pentecostal theology of Christian affections with neuroscience and the somatic marker hypothesis.

Finally, the book makes a cumulative case for the reliability of Pentecostal experiences of God. It synthesises arguments from the philosophy of religion to suggest a nuanced proposal of their distinct theological contribution as manifestation beliefs that represent relational and personal knowledge of God.

This book examines national power in the contemporary international system through an empirically grounded and theoretically integrated framework. Rooted in the trans-structural approach, it builds upon the theory of national-international power and consolidates the World Power Index (WPI) as a comprehensive measure of state capabilities across material, semimaterial, and immaterial dimensions.

The volume applies the WPI to measure, classify, and compare national power across the Global North and Global South, analyzing its implications for the provision of global public goods, health equity, artificial intelligence, ecological asymmetries, and the strategic role of elite sport in revealing national power and generating soft power.

More than a collection of studies, this book establishes the WPI as a reference framework for the study of national power and the international geostructure, offering scholars and policymakers a systematic foundation for interpreting the global power shift.

This open access book estimates migration and remittances from Odisha and covers various aspects of social and economic development, based on the Odisha Migration Study 2023, a first-of-its-kind survey of 15,000 households and several mixed-methods studies in the state. In Odisha, one of India's poorest states, migration has emerged as a fundamental feature of social and economic life. Yet, little is known about its characteristics, patterns, and processes.

Bringing together a group of multidisciplinary scholars to study a wide range of issues through the lens of migration, this book covers the areas of education, work and employment, livelihoods and income, access to government programmes, housing and amenities, land and asset ownership, food security, women's autonomy and mobility, gender health and well-being, and youth aspirations and attitudes towards agriculture.

As the first comprehensive book on Odisha migration, it is of great interest to scholars and researchers of migration studies, development studies, development economics, sociology, demography, public policy, and South Asian studies. It is also useful to policymakers and civil society organisations.

This book offers a critical and original analysis of how China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is actively reshaping the geopolitical architecture of the Middle East. Far from being a neutral economic enterprise, the BRI is conceptualized here as a deliberate and strategic modality of power-what the book terms "diplomacy by design"-through which China is redrawing regional alignments, recalibrating state relations, and subtly displacing long-standing Western influence.
Drawing on case studies from key Middle Eastern states-including the Gulf monarchies, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and some part of the Levant-the book situates China's infrastructural diplomacy within the broader context of regional fragmentation, post-American recalibration, and the emergence of multipolar diplomacy. It engages critically with concepts such as sovereignty, strategic autonomy, and the infrastructure-security nexus, arguing that the BRI constitutes a new grammar of international engagement that departs from traditional Western models.