Subject: Social Science
By A 40 pages | ISBN 978-1931764-50-6 978-1931764-51-3
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In 2012, over 50 percent of those patronizing a casino were over 50 years of age. Have casinos become today’s senior center? Come with Amy Ziettlow in Seniors in Casino Land, as she travels through America’s casinos, eating at the buffets, playing the slots, and talking to as many seniors […]
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By K and W 120 pages | ISBN 978-1-931764-36-0
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Do the words “mother” and “father” mean the same thing or different things? If there are differences, do those differences matter?
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By E 120 pages | ISBN 978-1-931764-37-7
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Social scientists, psychologists, and practical theologians come together to offer new findings on how growing up in a divorced family impacts religious formation, with implications for faith communities.
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By E and W 120 pages | ISBN 9781931764384
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Leading scholars of marriage and family here come together to offer a fresh set of policy recommendations to whomever the nation elects this fall—or indeed, in the future.
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By 900 pages | ISBN 978-0-935372-63-2
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Personalist Bioethics calls us to reflect on the intimate meaning of human existence and the social environment, going beyond any specific religious perspective and invoking human reason.
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By I 28 pages | ISBN 978-1-931764-33-9
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The two resources contained in this document, the Thrift Quiz and Thrift Index, provide valuable information about the current vitality of thrift culture in America.
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By E and W 120 pages | ISBN 9781931764254
The State of Our Unions 2011: When Baby Makes Three takes a look at men and women—with and without children—to determine how parenthood is linked to the emotional welfare of adults of childbearing age.
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By I 36 pages | ISBN 9781931764315
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Why Thrift Matters outlines twenty well-researched propositions for why thrift matters for families, neighborhoods, the economy, and the planet.
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By 280 pages | ISBN 978-0-935372-55-7
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Daniel A. Cronin’s survey of moral theology on the topic of ordinary and extraordinary means remains the standard reference work on this critically important distinction for end-of-life decision-making.
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By C, E, R and W ISBN 978-1-931764-29-2
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Collected here for the first time is a history of images of Oman, one of the most developed and stable countries in the Arab world, and among the earliest adherents to Islam.
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