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A book about seeing God everyday in the most ordinary things Every page helps your child to see things around them that will trigger them to remember a verse from the Bible. It is written in a lyrical way that your child will really enjoy

Marcus Moberg offers a new model of religion and religious life in the post-war era, through focusing on the role of markets and media as vectors of contemporary social and cultural change - and therefore institutional religious change. While there is wide agreement among sociologists of religion that there this area is transforming on a global scale, there is less agreement about how these changes should best be approached and conceptualized.

In a time of accelerating institutional religious decline, institutional Churches have become ever more susceptible to market-associated...

Christian metal has always defined itself in contrast to its non-Christian, secular counterpart, yet it stands out from nearly all other forms of contemporary Christian music through its unreserved use of metal's main musical, visual, and aesthetic traits. Christian metal is a rare example of a direct combination between evangelical Christianity and an aggressive and highly controversial form of popular music and its culture.

"Christian Metal: History, Ideology, Scene" is the first full exploration of the phenomenon of Christian metal music, its history, main characteristics,...

James N. Druckman, Northwestern University: "This is a book that will teach students and citizens about how the state works. The book covers nearly all forms of states - something virtually no other book does. It is a must read."

Mark N. Franklin, European University Institute: "This wonderful book is written as a textbook but actually it is a work of theory - social science theory - regarding the nature of the state in history and in the modern world. It is about how states come into being, and why (and why there has, in the course of history, more often been anarchy). It is also about...

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have become a popular development policy throughout the world over the last half a century. These zones form designated areas where governments offer businesses lower taxes, tariffs, and often lighter regulations. Generally, SEZs aim to attract investments and raise a country s export and employment rates, but although success stories are often cited, there are numerous failed projects that have instead become burdens for their host countries.

This book examines SEZs from a political economy perspective, both to dissect the incentives of governments,...