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Kirkus Discoveries book review: Part devotional guide, part encyclopedia, Saints and Blesseds of the Americas will find a welcome place on the shelves of a new generation of Catholics. Ewalds tidy collection provides an exhaustive, country-by-country listing of all the Catholic saints and blesseds of the Western world. In Catholic theology, saints serve as intercessors between humanity and God; blessedsthose who have undergone the process of beatificationare only one step away from becoming saints. Believers pray to either for aid in any number of life pursuits. Perhaps the most gratifying aspect of this catalogue is the fact that it is extremely up to date. Ewald provides not only the saint...
In this second installment of the Trilogy of Love series, Alfonso Moret continues his compelling look at the different faces of love in Hearts in Adversity, three short stories filled with intrigue, excitement, and romance. In "Infatuations," a widower becomes obsessed with a woman he encounters by chance, and he begins a romantic quest filled with flashbacks of his previous love, his beloved wife. But the memory of those heartbreaking years, of his wife's kidnapping and tragic death, return with a vengeance when the same kidnapper escapes from prison and becomes a leading suspect in a déjà vous occurrence. A veteran detective investigates a sling of robberies with his new partner, a sexy ...
Challenging the ‘classical’ conception of Goffman’s sociology, this book offers a new interpretation based on a comprehensive examination of previous interpretations and critical assessments of Goffman’s work. Epistemologically, the book acknowledges the important but overlooked influences of both pluralism and particularly of pragmatism, where not only Simmel but also James and Dewey played a pivotal role in his work, thus rooting Goffman’s thought in symbolic interactionism. With attention to two central theoretical principles underlying his work—the pertinence of studying social interaction as given and the need and warrant to study face-to-face interaction in its own right—...
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