Religious Giving considers the connection between religion and giving within the Abrahamic traditions. Each contributor begins with the assumption that there is something inherently right or natural about the connection. But what exactly is it? To whom should we give, how much should we give, what is the relationship between our giving and our relationship to God? Writing for the introspective donor, congregational leader, or student interested in ways of meeting human needs, the authors focus on the philosophical or theological dimensions of giving. The contributors' goal is not to report on institutional practices, but to provide thoughtful, constructive guidance to the reader―informed by a critical understanding of the religious traditions under review.

Religious Giving: For Love of God (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)

Politics & Social Sciences

Smith, David H.

Social Sciences

Indiana University Press

"This timely, well-written book brings together the collective experience of experts from the fields of medicine, psychiatry, religious studies, bioethics, and molecular genetics in an effort to develop coherent guidelines for the counseling of potential sufferers from genetic diseases." ―Journal of Religion and Health
This book presents 29 case studies that identify the most important ethical issues that are likely to emerge from new technologies of genetic testing and develops a series of guidelines based on those case studies. By providing the clinical origins and rationale behind each of its recommendations, the book will help readers think through the ethical issues and will assist them in the development of additional guidelines.

Early Warning: Cases and Ethical Guidance for Presymptomatic Testing in Genetic Diseases (Medical Ethics)

Quaid, Kimberly A.

Dworkin, Roger B.

Gramelspacher, Gregory P.

Philosophy

"Entrusted provides a much needed contribution to the literature on ethics in the healthcare arena." ―Health Progress
"A splendid and invaluable book, one every trustee with an active conscience would want to read and one every trustee with a dormant conscience ought to read." ―Richard Chait, Center for Higher Education Governance and Leadership
"... thoughtful essays on the morality, obligations, practice, and virtues of trusteeship.... Smith presents intriguing arguments for governance grounded in a broader sense of organizational and public stewardship." ―ARNOVA News
"[Smith's] contribution breaks some new and difficult ground by helping us to think beyond the routine and mundane dimensions of trusteeship." ―Academe
"... essential reading for trustees." ―Ethics
"Entrusted should be required reading for trustees of any not-for-profit." ―Advancing Philanthropy

Entrusted: The Moral Responsibilities of Trusteeship (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)

Religious Giving considers the connection between religion and giving within the Abrahamic traditions. Each contributor begins with the assumption that there is something inherently right or natural about the connection. But what exactly is it? To whom should we give, how much should we give, what is the relationship between our giving and our relationship to God? Writing for the introspective donor, congregational leader, or student interested in ways of meeting human needs, the authors focus on the philosophical or theological dimensions of giving. The contributors' goal is not to report on institutional practices, but to provide thoughtful, constructive guidance to the reader—informed by a critical understanding of the religious traditions under review.

This is a valuable and fascinating book valuable because of the findings it presents, fascinating because of the way it presents them. The subject of Becoming Modern is the modernization process in six developing nations (Argentina, Chile, India, Israel, Nigeria, and Bangladesh). The method is to survey about a thousand men, aged 20-30, in each of these lands. The goal is to demonstrate that a modern man, identifiable by his attitudes toward different aspects of life, does indeed exist, and to find out what factors encourage the transformation from traditional to modern. -The New Leader

Becoming Modern: Individual Change in Six Developing Countries (Publications Written Under the Auspices of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University)

Inkeles, Alex

Sociology

Harvard University Press

Partnership With The Dying: Where Medicine And Ministry Should Meet

What do physicians, nurses, chaplains, and social workers think about moral and religious issues in care for the dying? These professionals live with death, including many untimely and difficult deaths, on a daily basis. Based on intensive interviews with a cross sample of health care professionals, David H. Smith details how the churches could not only be supportive of these primary caregivers in dealing with end of life issues, but how they could enlist their help in informing their own congregations about the realities of death. To care for the dying is spiritually demanding work. Churches should not let health professionals struggle with religious issues―whether of patients, families, or their own―in isolation. Smith's respondents offer powerful perspectives on the issue of physician assisted suicide. Religious and theological ethics cannot afford to ignore insights and questions that come from those who deal with dying every day. Finding meaning in the face of human suffering comes less from doctrine than from living a certain kind of life. This book is a clarion call for new, practical, and vital forms of education, support, and commitment, particularly within the churches, in the cause of improving care for the dying.

Partnership with the Dying: Where Medicine and Ministry Should Meet

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

What do physicians, nurses, chaplains, and social workers think about moral and religious issues in care for the dying? These professionals live with death, including many untimely and difficult deaths, on a daily basis. Based on intensive interviews with a cross sample of health care professionals, David H. Smith details how the churches could not only be supportive of these primary caregivers in dealing with end of life issues, but how they could enlist their help in informing their own congregations about the realities of death.To care for the dying is spiritually demanding work. Churches should not let health professionals struggle with religious issues--whether of patients, families, or their own--in isolation. Smith's respondents offer powerful perspectives on the issue of physician assisted suicide. Religious and theological ethics cannot afford to ignore insights and questions that come from those who deal with dying every day. Finding meaning in the face of human s

The Silicone Breast Implant Story: Communication and Uncertainty (Routledge Communication Series)

This volume examines one health issue -- breast implants -- across a series of contexts often thought to be separate -- media coverage, doctor-patient interaction, doctor-doctor professional communication, support group dialogues, public relations campaigns, and more. In so doing, it provides a narrative of how communication shapes the individual perceptions of health, government, and social policy concerning health care. At the core of the silicone breast implant controversy is the need for people to act amid uncertainty about the health risks involved. This need to weigh action in the midst of uncertain risk characterizes a large number of health issues. The attempts of patients, physicians, drug manufacturers, and others to seek and provide both information and influence makes communication central to these issues. Consequently, the questions explored in this volume will interest a diverse group of readers. This audience includes plastic surgeons in particular, physicians in general, and anyone involved with women's health issues. As the medical profession struggles with its identity amid changes in public attitudes, government regulations, and medical practices, this volume's findings concerning media portrayals of doctors and medical devices become even more important. Finally, this study reveals how interrelated public information and private decisions are, and how closely media and interpersonal relationships fit. Tracing one medical issue across interpersonal, organizational, public relations, and mediated forums has clearly demonstrated the multiple ways those communication channels overlap and inform one another.

Vanderford, Marsha L.

Routledge

This interdisciplinary look at sport and recreation participation focuses on the ISSTAL (Interdisciplinary Sequential Specificity Time Allocation Lifespan) Model. Authors, David Smith and Nancy Theberge, offer evaluations of the research, investigating socio-economic status, personality traits, and the other factors affecting recreation participation.

Why People Recreate: An Overview of Research

Thelberge, Nancy

Sports & Outdoors

Human Kinetics

Did you miss the gold and silver spike runs to $1900 and to $50 in 2011? Did you get in near the top and ride them all the way down into the December 2015 lows? Or perhaps you didn't buy at all, and by late 2016, while the most explosive precious metals and mining stock run-up in decades was taking place, you watched. You may think you've missed the boat. But you would be wrong. David Morgan's research has shown decisively that as much as "90% of the profit potential for the metals and miners become available during the last 10% of the entire bull run." But only if you avoid what he calls "the amateur's mindset." Second Chance: How to Make and Keep Big Money from the Coming Gold and Silver Shock Wave empowers you to step onto the investment battlefield and leave it a winner. Many people will make fortunes during the coming years. On paper. But, when all is said and done, as the great speculator Jesse Livermore declared, "On paper it will remain."

Second Chance: How to Make and Keep Big Money from the Coming Gold and Silver Shock-Wave

Business & Money

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Religious Giving: For Love of God (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)

Early Warning: Cases and Ethical Guidance for Presymptomatic Testing in Genetic Diseases (Medical Ethics)

Entrusted: The Moral Responsibilities of Trusteeship (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)

Religious Giving: For Love of God (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)

Becoming Modern: Individual Change in Six Developing Countries (Publications Written Under the Auspices of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University)

Partnership with the Dying: Where Medicine and Ministry Should Meet

Partnership With The Dying: Where Medicine And Ministry Should Meet

The Silicone Breast Implant Story: Communication and Uncertainty (Routledge Communication Series)

Why People Recreate: An Overview of Research

Second Chance: How to Make and Keep Big Money from the Coming Gold and Silver Shock-Wave