This lively and stimulating resource book for students of cultural studies traces the formation of the field in Britain and its subsequent development internationally. Classic statements of culturalist, semiological, and postmodernist perspectives are contrasted with less familiar material illustrating the impact of feminism and the politics of sexuality, ethnicity, and race. This second, greatly expanded edition includes a new section exploring recent important work in international cultural studies, and provides key readings on the social construction of the self and the role of public...

Is There a Purpose to Suffering And Loss? We only have to live to see or experience how agonizing life can be. We are surrounded by child abuse and neglect, starving families, premature deaths of those we love, natural disasters and global disease. How could a God worthy of respect and worship allow such a world to exist?
There are no simple answers. But there is hope. For, claims author Jim McGuiggan, suffering may in fact be the last thing we expect an expression of God s wrath, which in turn is nothing other than his relentless, loving pursuit of us. If this is true, then suffering is...

All of us yearn for a hero... someone to spark a flame in our souls, someone to inspire us to live beyond ourselves, someone to help us live up to the potential our Creator has placed within us.

Jesus is the hero in your soul. His awe-inspiring love enables you to reach beyond your limitations and become the person God created you to be. Your heart will soar as you read Jim McGuiggan's stirring devotional and inspirational stories about everyday men and women who have been touched by the Savior's hand and who live to reflect his nature.

Allow the Rescuer to touch your life --...

Since childhood, you've sung the words, "Jesus loves me, this I know." The tune is as familiar as your own mirrored reflection. But sometimes we have difficulty believe that the creator and sustainer of the universe could be bothered with people like you and me -- much less really love us. But when God put on flesh and entered our world, he washed dirty feet, he soothed suffering souls, and he forgave fallen sinners. His message is loud and clear -- he loves us Jim McGuiggan's passionate, devotional readings draws you beyond the commands, the laws, and the history and paint and insightful...

""Wouldn't it be wonderful if we developed a reverent but joyful intimacy with the Person who has existed in eternal, holy, and loving communion with the Father and the Son?"" So asks Jim McGuiggan as he invites you to allow the Spirit to take up residence in your heart and transform your life.

Discussions on the Holy Spirit range from the sensational to the sterile. But McGuiggan approaches this vast and somewhat mysterious subject with warmth, scholarship, and stories of human beings touched by the Eternal Spirit of God. Once you start reading McGuiggan, you'll want to find a quiet spot...

A version of Hawthorne's classic novel that we all can easily read and so appreciate

NEWLY PUBLISHED AND REVISED Job felt as though God had deserted him, in reality God had put his trust in Job's righteousness. God was trusting in Job Jim McGuiggan leads you on a journey to see the heart of Job and the heart of God, through the pain, the questions, to finally see the greatness of God.

Heading Home with God reflects on the book of Exodus without being a verse by verse treatment. It might be helpful to over-worked preachers and for general readers who wish to stay in touch with the book of Exodus and Israel's rescue but don't want a commentary. The experience of Israel as God's ancient People has much to say to God's People today.