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This book is an expanded version of the Clark Kerr Lectures of 2012, delivered by Neil Smelser at the University of California at Berkeley in January and February of that year. The initial exposition is of a theory of change—labeled <i>structural accretion</i>—that has characterized the history of American higher education, mainly (but not exclusively) of universities. The essence of the theory is that institutions of higher education progressively add functions, structures, and...

These invaluable essays offer an insider’s perspective on three decades at a major American university during a time of political turmoil. Neil J. Smelser, who spent thirty-six years as a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, sheds new light on a full range of the issues that dominated virtually all institutions of higher learning during the second half of the twentieth century. Smelser considers student activism—in particular the Free Speech Movement at...

Neil J. Smelser, one of the most important and influential American sociologists, traces the discipline of sociology from 1969 to the early twenty-first century in Getting Sociology Right: A Half-Century of Reflections. Examining sociology as a vocation and building on the work of Talcott Parsons, Smelser discusses his views on the discipline of sociology and shows how his perspective of the field evolved in the postwar era.

Explores the epistles’ reception history and their effects in sermons, music, art, literature, and politics over time 1, 2 Peter and Jude Through the Centuries considers three small epistles which are often overlooked in controversial discussions of theology, culture, art, music, politics, and literature. This book offers fresh perspectives on the epistles’ effects in numerous theological and cultural contexts such as slavery, the role of women in marriage, the nature of Christology, and how...

Das Begleitheft zur persönlichen Vertiefung sowie für 40-Tage-Kampagnen! Kein einziger Tag in der Geschichte der Menschheit hat mehr Aufsehen erregt als das Leiden und die Kreuzigung von Jesus von Nazareth. In 40 kurzen Andachten lässt Adam Hamilton dessen dramatische letzte 24 Stunden miterleben. Ergänzt wird dieses Heft durch Anregungen für Gruppen und Hauskreise. Somit fungiert es auch als praktisches Begleitheft für eine 40-Tage-Aktion, etwa während der Passionszeit 2015.

In seinem Bestseller 24 Stunden – Der Tag, der die Welt veränderte nimmt der Autor die Leser mit auf eine Reise ins Herz der Passionszeit, um jenen einzigartigen Tag nachzuerleben, der alles veränderte.