Universalism and particularism at Sodom and Gomorrah : essays in memory of Ron Pirson

Table of Contents: “…Remembering Ron Pirson, by his life-partner /…”


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Jean-Jacques Rousseau : restless genius by Damrosch, Leopold

Table of Contents: “…The loneliness of a gifted child -- The end of innocence -- "I desired a happiness of which I had no idea" -- Rousseau finds a mother -- A year of wandering -- In Maman's house -- The idyll of Les Charmettes -- Broadening horizons : Lyon and Paris -- The masks of Venice -- A life partner and a guilty secret -- A writer's apprenticeship -- The beginnings of fame -- Rousseau's originality -- Lionized in Geneva, alienated in Paris -- An affair of the heart -- The break with the Enlightenment -- Peace at last, and the triumph of Julie -- Rousseau the controversialist : Émile and The Social Contract -- Exile in the mountains -- Another expulsion -- In a strange land -- The past relived -- Into the self-made labyrinth -- The final years in Paris.…”


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Her name is woman by Karssen, Gien

Table of Contents: “…. -- Potiphar's wife, a woman swayed by sex -- Miriam, a leader who overestimated herself -- Rahab, a harlot in the gallery of the heroes of faith -- Peninnah, a woman conquered by jealousy -- Hannah, a woman who believed in prayer -- The Queen of Sheba, a woman who desired to be wiser -- The widow of Zarephath, a woman who accepted the challenge of faith -- The Shunammite, a creative thinker -- The Jewish maid, a girl who talked about God -- Esther, a queen who risked her life for her people -- Job's wife, the woman who said no to God -- Mary, the most privileged among women -- Elizabeth, strong of character and a good life-partner -- Anna, a woman who wasn't destroyed by a broken heart -- A widow who knew how to handle money -- Martha of Bethany, a woman who gave priority to secondary matters -- Mary of Bethany, a woman with insight to choose the best -- The Samaritan, a woman who said yes to Jesus -- Dorcas, a woman who loved God -- Lydia, a businesswoman who gave God first place -- Priscilla, a valued co-worker in preaching the Gospel.…”


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Marriage markets : how inequality is remaking the American family by Carbone, June

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Endell Street : the trailblazing women who ran World War One's most remarkable military hospital by Moore, Wendy, 1952-

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Talking from 9 to 5 : how women's and men's conversational styles affect who gets heard, who gets credit, and what gets done at work by Tannen, Deborah

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