This book takes a fresh look at the different forms of domestic violence which is a neglected subject and not often seriously discussed in academia. The essays in this volume deal with questions such as: what domestic violence is; its root causes, issues and questions; concerns and possible intervention to reduce, resist, prevent and eradicate this social evil.
The articles in the book come from different contributors, thereby covering different shades of this ...
Land Development in Nagaland involves myriad issues that are contentious, polarizing and, at the same time, interconnected – bound together by a history of colonization. The issues in this northeastern Indian state are all the more complicated by an ongoing armed struggle for independence, countered by militarization and state repression. Putting together over twenty essays, this book presents a range of perspectives, insights, experiences and new ...
The author's depiction of the social situation of Palestine and the Graeco-Roman world makes it easier for the reader to comprehend the two different socio-economic situations of Jesus and Luke.. Hence the changes that the gospel writer did to make his parabolic passages more relevant for his readers are, no doubt minutely observed. Without doubt Luke must have had a theological purpose for doing so. All the seven chapters of the book are woven with necessary ...