This second volume of The Future of Children examines family formation and child well being, with a particular focus on marriage. The authors look at the history of marriage in America, the changes in family formation and the effect of these changes on economic and social outcomes for children, and the effect of marriage policy on specific ......
The Future of Children is a new semiannual publication that provies research and analysis to promote effective policies and programs for children. This first issue focuses on ""School Readiness: Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps.
International Conflict, Political Decay, and the Crisis of Democracy
The Future of Christian Realism directly addresses fundamental topics in theology, ethics and politics. The contributors of this volume come from different traditions, span five continents, and together present a case for the continuing relevance of Christian realism.
Offers an assessment of the state of Christianity. This work addresses four issues: the God concept that must move beyond obsolete notions of a personal God; a sophisticated approach to the Bible; emphasis on Jesus' social ethic; and, the persistence of obsolete myth in Christianity.
The relationship between the United States and Pakistan has been redefined repeatedly since Pakistan's independence in 1947. It will continue to be strained by mutual distrust, internal threats to Pakistan's stability, Pakistan's relations with its neighbors and militants, and the U.S. role in Afghanistan beyond 2014. But there is a growing ......
Sustainability, Social Justice, and Religious Creativity
Integrating environmental sciences and theological ethics into problem-based engagements with philosophy, economics, and other disciplines, this book illustrates the wide understanding and moral creativity needed to live well in the new conditions of human power.
Examines emerging trends in post-cold war European security. Catherine Kelleher provides an overview of existing security structures and relationships and of the dynamics of changes within them. She offers insightful analysis into the strengths and weaknesses of the these structures, as well as the challenges to closer cooperation.
Examining issues like alliance commitments, nuclear weapons policy, nonproliferation, and missile defense, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of extended deterrence through the prism of NATO but with implications far beyond.
Examining issues like alliance commitments, nuclear weapons policy, nonproliferation, and missile defense, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of extended deterrence through the prism of NATO but with implications far beyond.
