“…Latin American countries were hard hit by COVID-19 with rates of excess mortality above the OECD average. The pandemic brought additional stress to health systems already overstretched by a growing burden of chronic diseases, unequal access to health care services, overall under-investment in health and strong budgetary restrictions, and systemic inefficiencies. …”

“…Closely associated with this is the use of the adjectival categories like “(proto)-orthodox”, “majority church” versus those like “heretical” (again polemically pejorative).In their chapters, the contributors demonstrate not only how the set limits – as referred to the categories above – do indeed play a role, but more importantly, where these limits have been exceeded and where we must therefore work with new and different categories to understand the meaning of “apocryphal” writings and/or writings that have “become apocryphal” in terms of the history of an ancient Christianity perceived as multi-dimensional and dynamic. …”

“…In the New Testament, however, and above all in the Gospels, sin is not a falling away from God, but rather a failure to turn to Jesus. …”

“…In light of leisure--not mere amusement, but time for family, silence, prayer, and above all, worship--work becomes a space where men and women can find deep fulfilment. …”

“…The book addresses recognized problems in social history such as the division of power within the peasant family, the maintenance of communal bonds in competitive environments, and marriage strategies in unequal societies, showing how social and cultural history can be reconnected through the study of individual voices recorded by folklorists. Above all, it reveals how oral culture provided mechanisms for the poor to assert some control over their own destinies…”

“…But together, they are driving an epistemic crisis: a multi-front challenge to America's ability to distinguish fact from fiction and elevate truth above falsehood. In 2016 Russian trolls and bots nearly drowned the truth in a flood of fake news and conspiracy theories, and Donald Trump and his troll armies continued to do the same. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Robert Phillips III -- Changes -- Religion in archaic latium / Christopher Smith -- Italian religion before, above and under the Romans / Oliver de Cazanove -- Urban religion in the middle and late republic / Eric Orlin -- The long reign : religion in the Augustan semi-century / Karl Galinsky -- A common religion for the empire, the second century / William van Andringa -- Ultima ratio : religions and religious policy from Decius to Constantine / Hartmut Leppin -- Religious koine and religious dissent in the fourth century / Michele Renee Salzman -- Media -- The history of Roman religion in Roman historiography and epic / Denis Feeney -- Coins / Jonathan Williams -- Reliefs, public and private (including sarcophagi) / Katja Moede -- Epigraphy : tombstones, dedications, and calendars / Rudolf Haensch -- Religion in the house : mosaics, wallpaintings, luxury and everyday objects / Annemarie Kaufmann-Heinimann -- Symbols and practices -- Cult places and religious architecture, and images / Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser -- Complex rituals : games and processions in republican Rome / Frank Bernstein -- Prayer and hymns / Frances Hickson Hahn -- Music and dance / Friederike Fless/Katja Moede -- Sacrifices for gods and ancestors (incl. funeral ritual) / John Scheid -- Actors and actions -- Religion and daily needs (votive religion, "magical" practices) / Nicole Belayche -- Republican nobiles : controlling the res publica (augury and prodigy) / Veit Rosenberger -- Emperors : Caring for the empire and their own successors / Peter Herz -- Urban elites in the empire : enhancing regional positions and social superiority / Athanassios Ritzakis -- Living on religion : professionals and personnel / Marietta Horster -- Different religious identities -- Being a foreigner in Rome : Roman Jews / Jack Lightstone -- Creating one's own religion : intellectual and professional choices (neo-pythagorism etc.) / Attilio Mastrocinque -- Institutionalized religious options : mithraicism / Richard Gordon -- The romanness of Roman Christianity / Stefan Heid -- Roman religion outside and seen from outside -- Exporting religion : colonies and municipal laws / Clifford Ando -- The view from the east / Ted Kaizer -- The view from the west / Cecilia Ames…”
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“…This book challenges you to put your head above the clouds to formulate a compelling big vision, while having your feet in the mud: to understand how to realize that vision by selling yourself well and all the practical branding challenges that come with it. …”

“…He explains how Britons used communal violence to justify the imperial project even as that project was creating the conditions for more violence. Above all, Doyle demonstrates how communal violence exposed the limits of British power and, in time, helped lay the groundwork for the empire's collapse. …”

“…William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, and even a vision of the apocalypse. But above all, it has earned its place as one of the indisputable classics of the twentieth century for readers of any age. …”

“…In the new climate, other attributes will count more heavily: relationship skills, experience, judgment, abilities to engage, motivate, and draw out the best performance in others, strategic skills and even personal habits and behavior style. Above all, companies see Hi-Pos as people who have the capacity to grow quickly and step into new leadership roles competently. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Transparency and Team CommunicationRemote Teams Can Be Agile, Too; Notes; Chapter 16: Balancing Strategy, Quality, and Agility; Quality Control in Agile Marketing; Strategy Drives Agile Sprints; Agile Strategy above the Sprints; Notes; Chapter 17: Adapting Processes, Not Just Productions; Retrospectives to Continually Improve How; No Rules, except Your Own; Note; Part III: Innovation; Chapter 18: Moving Marketing from Communications to Experiences; Messages, Media, and Mechanisms; Interactive Content; Marketing as User Experience; Notes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Litterae Indipetae -- 1.1 Purpose, Structure, and Instructions -- 1.1.1 How to Write Good litterae indipetae: Instructions from Above -- 1.2 A "Typical" Petitioner?: Health and Age -- 1.2.1 Linguistic and Scientific Skills -- 1.2.2 Virtue and Rhetoric -- 1.2.3 The Strategies of Temporal Coadjutors -- Conclusions -- 2 Desires: Push and Pull Factors -- Introduction -- 2.1 Pull Factors: Reading -- 2.1.1 Reading -- 2.1.2 "To Do and to Suffer" -- 2.1.3 Miracles and Signs -- 2.2 Push Factors: Reasons to Leave -- 2.2.1 Family Tensions -- 2.2.2 Distancing Oneself from Superiors and Other Jesuits -- Conclusions -- 3 The Petitioners' Network -- 3.1 Strategies to Be Chosen: Not Only Indipetae, but Also Hearings in Rome -- 3.1.1 Procurators of the East Indies -- 3.2 The Generals and Their Replies -- 3.2.1 Ignazio Maria Romeo (1676-1724?) …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Marketing in the Participation Age: A Guide to Motivating People to Join, Share, Take Part, Connect, and Engage; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Participation Age; 1: Marketing in the Age of Participation; Participant Marketing Summary; 2: The Catalyst: The Consumer-to-Participant Transformation; Participant Marketing Summary; 3: Tools for the Past 60 Years; Share of Voice and Purchase Funnel; Above the Line; Participant Marketing Summary; Original Marketing Definitions; Participant Marketing Questions; 4: Time for a Participation Revolution…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Confusion on the Ground: Prevent in operation Introduction: Orders from above Local Authorities and Prevent Local Variations Not all bad news? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Unequal Success Among the Equally Qualified -- Unequal Opportunity Versus You -- Brazil: Rising Above Race and Class -- Rising Above -- Chapter 4: Are You Special? …”

“…The book emphasizes several possibilities through which accounting can be theorized over and above strands of theorizing that have already been explored in detail previously. …”
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“…It examines whether the concept of "education for all" is just a mechanically conceived policy target to chasing enrolment and attendance or whether it a larger social goal and a deeper political statement about the need for attacking entrenched social inequalities, and above all an affirmation of the idea that schooling has a liberating potential. …”
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“…The authors argue that the starting point for any discussion of research ethics must be the values intrinsic to research, above all the commitment to knowledge-production. …”
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