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The Episcopal Church has long been regarded as the religion of choice among America's ruling elite. Yet after World War II a new generation of leaders emerged, eager to shake off the church's reputation as a bastion of privilege and transform it into an agent of social reform. Taking an active part in the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s, these leaders struggled to draw the church's membership into their vision of change. Despite their shortcomings,these activist leaders played a pivotal role in the evolution of Episcopalianism from "establishment" church into a more diverse and inclusive denomination.

Justice rather than the jihad or "holy war" of the Western imagination defines the Islam of the Qur'an and explains the global appeal of Islam's quest for the righteous community. For centuries, Abu Dharr al Ghifari, the seventh-century companion of the Prophet Muhammad, has provided a human face for Islamic justice as the core value of the faith. In this study of justice in Islam, Raymond Baker focuses on the influence of Abu Dharr, and the workof major intellectuals who have contributed to the Islamic Awakening.

In Governing Security After War, Louis-Alexandre Berg examines the political dilemmas around international efforts to restructure police and military forces in conflict-affected countries. Berg explains the success and failure of international peacebuilding and security assistance programs by focusing on the internal political dynamics facing leaders in these countries. Through a novel theoretical framework, statistical analysis of an original dataset, andin-depth case studies, Berg provides new insights into the role and impact of international involvement in countries affected by violent internal conflict.

This work examines a medieval Sanskrit text, the Netra Tantra, which is devoted to health and healing through a yogic practice dedicated to the chanting of mantras, the building of mandalas, and meditation. It discusses the nature and efficacy of these practices and explores non-medical routes to the alleviation of pain, illness, and even death. A focal point of the study is the iconography of the deity Amrtesa (non-death), also known as Mrtyujit orMrtyuñjaya (Conqueror of Death), a deity who continues to be popular today among those seeking to ease physical suffering.

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Transforming Everything? describes broadband as a social technology and offers policymakers the necessary evidence to assess whether broadband programs are truly empowering the communities they serve.

Transforming Everything? describes broadband as a social technology and offers policymakers the necessary evidence to assess whether broadband programs are truly empowering the communities they serve.

The book provides a comprehensive, definitive account of the history of the international indigenous rights movement, culminating in the UN's adoption of a Declaration on the Rights of indigenous peoples. This account reveals for the first time the diversity of agendas and argument advanced by advocates split broadly between northern and southern movements. Based on this political history, the book presents a new way of interpreting and implementing the Declaration -a method that is true to the aspirations of the movements in the Declaration negotiations and coherent and compelling in the context of implementation. This method also assists in clarifying, with more certainty than other methods, the meaning of indigenous peoples for the purposes of internationallaw.

In the Orchestra Management Handbook, longtime orchestra manager, violinist, and professor Travis Newton offers the key tools and skills necessary to successfully enter the world of orchestra management.

Slow Media examines innovative theories and practices that connect mediated life with social and environmental sustainability, including mindful use of media, green media consumption, and other new and compelling perspectives on media's socio-cultural impact. Jennifer Rauch reveals the surprising connections between human well-being, the natural world, and everyday media choices.

This is the first of two volumes on belief and counterfactuals. It provides an introduction to ranking theory, which is a powerful formal theory with a broad range of applications in different areas of analytic philosophy. Drawing on formal logic, ranking theory can account for degrees of belief, which can change with the introduction of new information. In this volume, Franz Huber applies ranking theory and belief revision to metaphysics and epistemology. Thoughbased on his technical writings, the book is intended to be as accessible as possible, in order to fully present the utility of ranking theory to a wide range of philosophical issues.

A rival to Isaac Newton in mathematics and physics, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz believed that our world-the best of all possible worlds-must be governed by optimality principles. Jeffrey McDonough explores the pursuit of optimality through five of his most important works in natural philosophy and shows how thinking about optimality bridges his scientific and philosophical studies. Chapters include discussions of Leibniz's understanding of teleology, the nature ofbodies, laws of nature, and free will. The final chapter explores the legacy of Leibniz's physics in light of his work on optimal form.

Passed in 2000, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and subsequent seven Resolutions make up the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda. This agenda is a significant international normative and policy framework addressing the gender-specific impacts of conflict on women and girls. The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security brings together scholars, advocates, and policymakers to provide an overview of what we know concerning whatworks to promote women's participation in peace and security, what works to protect women and girls from sexual and gender-based violence and other human rights violations, and what works to prevent conflict and rebuild societies after conflict drawing on women's experiences and knowledge of building peace fromlocal to global levels.

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Using real world examples from SolarWinds to the Colonial Pipeline attack, Confronting Cyber Risk provides CEOs and cyber newcomers alike with a cutting-edge strategy to mitigate an organization's operational, reputational, and litigational risk to malicious cyberattacks in an evolving cyber risk landscape.