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Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the third volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, including papers on: Uncertainty Quantification in Dynamics Fusion of Test and Analysis Model Form Uncertainty: Round Robin Challenge UQVI (Uncertainty Quantification in Vibration Isolation) Recursive Bayesian System Identification Virtual Sensing & Realtime Monitoring Surrogate Modeling and Reduced Order Models

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 41st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2023, the third volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, including papers on:Introduction of Uncertainty QuantificationUncertainty Quantification in DynamicsModel Form Uncertainty and Selection incl. Round Robin ChallengeSensor and Information FusionVirtual Sensing, Certification, and Real-Time MonitoringSurrogate Modeling

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2017, the third volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, including papers on: Uncertainty Quantification in Material Models Uncertainty Propagation in Structural Dynamics Practical Applications of MVUQ Advances in Model Validation & Uncertainty Quantification: Model Updating Model Validation & Uncertainty Quantification: Industrial Applications Controlling Uncertainty Uncertainty in Early Stage Design Modeling of Musical Instruments Overview of Model Validation and Uncertainty

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 1st International Conference on Uncertainty in Mechanical Engineering (ICUME 2011), November 14-15, 2011, Darmstadt, Germany

Es kennzeichnet gegenwärtige Wahrnehmungen, dass sich die verschiedenen krisenhaften Entwicklungen, seien sie im Ursprung biologischer (Corona), technischer (Klima), kultureller (Identität) oder grundlegend politischer (Macht und Legitimität) Natur, in unklarer Weise aufeinander beziehen und zu vermischen scheinen. Und je stärker die eigentlichen Merkmale einer Krise – die fundamentale Unsicherheit und die Überforderung etablierter Managementstrategien – eine Situation dominieren, desto krasser können Glaubenssätze und Narrative auseinanderdriften und desto unvereinbarer werden die Rezepte für das jeweils geeignete Krisenmanagement. Die Unkenntnis über das Coronavirus rechtfertigte im Grunde jegliche Strategie der Krisenbewältigung, vom Laissez-faire bis zur absoluten Kontrolle, alles dazwischen oder auch fortwährende Richtungsanpassungen („Auf Sicht fahren“). Gleichzeitig bot sie die Voraussetzungen für eine tiefgreifende Politisierung des politisch-administrativen Krisenmanagements. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes diskutieren Probleme von Regierung, Verwaltung und Kritischen Infrastrukturen in der Corona-Pandemie.

This book explores anthropological and global art collections as a catalyst, a medium, and an expression of relations. Relations—between and among objects and media, people, and material and immaterial contexts—define, configure, and potentially transform collection-related social and professional networks, discourses and practices, and increasingly museums and other collecting institutions themselves. The contributors argue that a focus on the—often contested—making and remaking of relations provides a unique conceptual entrypoint for understanding collections'—and ‘their'objects'and media's—complex histories, contemporary webs of interactions, and potential futures. The chapters examine the local, translocal, and transregional relations of collections with regard to their affective, aesthetic, performative, and socio-moral qualities and situate them in the larger geopolitical constellations of precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial settings. Together they investigate ongoing shifts in the relations of collections and collecting institutions by identifying alternative approaches to conceive of, and deal with, anthropological and global art collections, objects, and media in the future. The book is of interest to scholars from anthropology, global art history, museum studies, and heritage studies.

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 40th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2022, the third volume of nine from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, including papers on:Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation in Structural DynamicsBayesian Analysis for Real-Time Monitoring and MaintenanceUncertainty in Early Stage DesignQuantification of Model-Form UncertaintiesFusion of Test and AnalysisMVUQ in Action

The Routledge Companion to Northeast India is a trans-disciplinary and comprehensive compendium of a vital yet under-researched region in South Asia. It provides a unique guide to prevailing themes, theories, arguments, and history of Northeast India by discussing its life-forms – human and not – languages, landscapes, and lifeways in all its diversity and difference. The companion contains authoritative entries from leading specialists from and on the region and offers clear, concise, and illuminating explanations of key themes and ideas.A hands-on, practical, and comprehensive guide to Northeast India, this companion fills a significant gap in the literature and will be an invaluable teaching, learning, and research resource for scholars and students of Northeast India Studies, South Asian and Southeast Asian societies, culture, politics, humanities, and the social sciences in general.

This edited book set in the context of North East India explores issues concerning symbols, meanings, representations, and social implications of materiality and visuality, as well as the dynamics of power, social reproduction, ideological dominance and knowledge production, from an interdisciplinary perspective. It seeks to answer the question of why some things matter more than others or what happens when certain things are made more visible than others. The book provides valuable insights into the process of identity construction through the use of cultural sources, both material and visual. Following on the debates/discussions on material and visual culture in the 1970s and 1980s, the book argues that instead of viewing objects as mere representation(s), one should see them as active agents in creating perceptions, bodily practices, discourses and perceptions of our social world. Each chapter in the book unravels and engages with these pertinent issues in order to arrive at amore comprehensive understanding of the status quo. The book is of interest to scholars of ethnicity, identity construction, politics and state, cultural studies, media studies, visual, social and cultural anthropology and sociology, as well as lay readers who want to learn more about the region.

This open access book reports on innovative methods, technologies and strategies for mastering uncertainty in technical systems. Despite the fact that current research on uncertainty is mainly focusing on uncertainty quantification and analysis, this book gives emphasis to innovative ways to master uncertainty in engineering design, production and product usage alike. It gathers authoritative contributions by more than 30 scientists reporting on years of research in the areas of engineering, applied mathematics and law, thus offering a timely, comprehensive and multidisciplinary account of theories and methods for quantifying data, model and structural uncertainty, and of fundamental strategies for mastering uncertainty. It covers key concepts such as robustness, flexibility and resilience in detail. All the described methods, technologies and strategies have been validated with the help of three technical systems, i.e. the Modular Active Spring-Damper System, the Active Air Spring andthe 3D Servo Press, which have been in turn developed and tested during more than ten years of cooperative research. Overall, this book offers a timely, practice-oriented reference guide to graduate students, researchers and professionals dealing with uncertainty in the broad field of mechanical engineering.

This open access book reports on methods and technologies to describe, evaluate and control uncertainty in mechanical engineering applications. It brings together contributions by engineers, mathematicians and legal experts, offering a multidisciplinary perspective on the main issues affecting uncertainty throughout the complete system lifetime, which includes process and product planning, development, production and usage. The book is based on the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Uncertainty in Mechanical Engineering (ICUME 2021), organized by the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 805 of the TU Darmstadt, and held online on June 7–8, 2021. All in all, it offers a timely resource for researchers, graduate students and practitioners in the field of mechanical engineering, production engineering and engineering optimization.

Liebes-Chaos in Cornwall: ein humorvoller Roman über ein idyllisches Dorf an der wildromantischen Küste und die Liebe ab 50 von der Stuttgarter Bestseller-Autorin Elisabeth Kabatek Idyllische kleine Dörfer, in denen die Zeit stehen geblieben zu sein scheint, und atemberaubende Steilküsten mit Blick aufs unendliche Meer: Cornwall begeistert die 50-jährige Schwäbin Margarete mit jedem Tag mehr - im Gegensatz zu ihrem Reisegefährten Roland, der ihr schon nach drei Tagen den letzten Nerv raubt! Kurz entschlossen klaut sie sein Auto, um den gemeinsamen Cornwall-Trip ohne Rolands Schnarchen fortzusetzen. Im atemberaubend gelegenen Dörfchen Port Piran muss sich Margarete plötzlich um das B&B »Honeysuckle Cottage« und exzentrische englische Feriengäste kümmern. Dabei findet sie nicht nur eine Freundin mit wilder Punker-Vergangenheit und einen Haufen schräger Typen, sondern verknallt sich auch in einen Mann, der den Standpunkt vertritt, dass Frauen wie gute Weine sind: je älter, desto besser. Doch dann steht plötzlich Roland auf der Matte und will nicht nur sein Auto zurück... Spritzige Romane mit einem Schuss Romantik sind die Spezialität von Bestseller-Autorin Elisabeth Kabatek, deren liebenswert-tollpatschige Heldin Pipeline Praetorius längst Kult-Status genießt. Mit der 50-jährigen Schwäbin Margarete kehrt Elisabeth Kabatek jetzt zurück nach Cornwall, wo man einfach die schönsten (Liebes-)Abenteuer erleben kann. Mehr Cornwall-Flair mit viel Humor gibt es in »Ein Häusle in Cornwall«Elisabeth Kabatek lebt als Autorin, Kolumnistin und Bloggerin in Stuttgart. Ihre Romane Laugenweckle zum Frühstück, Brezeltango, Spätzleblues, Zur Sache, Schätzle!, Schätzle allein zu Haus, Kleine Verbrechen erhalten die Freundschaft und Ein Häusle in Cornwall wurden alle zu Bestsellern. Chaos in Cornwall und die Fortsetzung Ein Cottage in Cornwall sind ihre jüngsten Romane. Mehr unter: www.e-kabatek.de https://ekabatek.wordpress.com

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 38th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2020, the third volume of nine from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, including papers on:Uncertainty Quantification in Material ModelsUncertainty Propagation in Structural DynamicsPractical Applications of MVUQAdvances in Model Validation & Uncertainty Quantification: Model UpdatingModel Validation & Uncertainty Quantification: Industrial ApplicationsControlling UncertaintyUncertainty in Early Stage DesignModeling of Musical InstrumentsOverview of Model Validation and Uncertainty

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 37th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2019, the third volume of eight from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, including papers on: Inverse Problems and Uncertainty Quantification Controlling Uncertainty Validation of Models for Operating Environments Model Validation & Uncertainty Quantification: Decision Making Uncertainty Quantification in Structural Dynamics Uncertainty in Early Stage Design Computational and Uncertainty Quantification Tools

The Nagas of Northeast India give great importance to dreams as sources of divine knowledge, especially knowledge about the future. Although British colonialism, Christian missions, and political conflict have resulted in sweeping cultural and political transformations in the Indo-Myanmar borderlands, dream sharing and interpretation remain important avenues for negotiating everyday uncertainty and unpredictability.This book explores the relationship between dreams and agency through ethnographic fieldwork among the Angami Nagas. It tackles questions such as: What is dreaming? What does it mean to say ‘I had a dream'? And how do night-time dreams relate to political and social actions in waking moments? Michael Heneise shows how the Angami glean knowledge from signs, gain insight from ancestors, and potentially obtain divine blessing. Advancing the notion that dreams and dreaming can be studied as indices of relational, devotional, and political subjectivities, the author demonstrates that their examination can illuminate the ways in which, as forms of authoritative knowledge, they influence daily life, and also how they figure in the negotiation of day-to-day domestic and public interactions. Moreover, dream narration itself can involve techniques of ‘interference'in which the dreamer seeks to limit or encourage the powerful influence of social ‘others'encountered in dreams, such as ancestors, spirits, or the divine. Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book advances research on dreams by conceptualising how the ‘social'encompasses the broader, co-extensive set of relations and experiences - especially with spirit entities - reflected in the ethnography of dreams. It will be of interest to those studying Northeast India, indigenous religion and culture, indigenous cosmopolitics in tribal India more generally, and the anthropology of dreams and dreaming.

This book analyses the rise of the settlement system in the heartland of the Minangkabau region in the highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It explores the regional settlement pattern arising from Adityavarman's highland interregnum (c. 1347–75), and provides the first attempt to place the archaeological remains and the landscape of Tanah Datar, a fertile plain in the highlands of West Sumatra, in a cultural historic synthesis.

Themenpavillons, Ausstellungen, Museen, Flagship-Stores, Showrooms, Bühnen, Erlebnisinszenierungen, Rauminstallationen - überall begegnen wir der Herausforderung, Medien, Architektur, Interaktion und Narration zusammen mit den Besucher_innen als Einheit zu verstehen und entsprechend zu konzipieren und umzusetzen. Das Handbuch Mediatektur zeigt Methoden und Instrumente dieser Praxis, veranschaulicht Design- und Produktionsprozesse und bietet die notwendigen Grundlagen und Kriterien, Projekte gestalterisch, organisatorisch und ökonomisch zu meistern. Dabei versteht sich das Buch auch als Beitrag zur akademischen Erschließung dieses interdisziplinären Designfeldes. Es richtet sich an Studierende ebenso wie an Professionals etwa aus Kunst und Kultur, Eventmanagement, Architektur und Szenografie, kuratorischer Praxis sowie aus Ausstellungs-, Medien- und Experientialdesign.

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 3rd International Conference on Uncertainty in Mechanical Engineering (ICUME 2018), November 15 - 16, 2018, Darmstadt, Germany

Dieses Buch vermittelt als erste politikwissenschaftliche Publikation in deutscher Sprache ein umfassendes und differenziertes Bild des politischen Systems der Philippinen. Wie kann eine junge Demokratie in einem Land bestehen, das von sozialer Ungleichheit sowie der politischen und ökonomischen Dominanz einer kleinen Elite geprägt ist? Welche Konsequenzen haben Patronage und Klientelismus für die demokratische Entwicklung der Philippinen? Diesen und weiteren Fragen wird aus der Perspektive der vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft nachgegangen. Im Kontext historischer, wirtschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher Bezüge werden politische Strukturen, Prozesse, Akteure und Politikfelder untersucht.

Ein Buch über die Myalgische Enzephalomyelitis, die auch unzutreffend als Chronic Fatigue Syndrom oder als ME/CFS und neuerdings auch als Systemic exertion intolerance disease oder kurz SEID bezeichnet wird. Ein Buch über eine Krankheit, die es nach Meinung eines Großteils der Ärzteschaft gar nicht gibt und die nach Auffassung vieler Ärzte, Psychiater und Psychosomatiker nur in den Köpfen der Patienten existiert – obwohl sie bereits vor über 40 Jahren von der WHO als neurologische Krankheit klassifiziert wurde. Ein Buch über eine unsichtbare Pandemie und die Hintergründe eines weitgehend unbekannten medizinischen Skandals. Die Myalgische Enzephalomyelitis ist eine der unbekanntesten, aber dennoch häufigsten chronischen Krankheiten junger und mittelalter Erwachsener westlicher Industrienationen. Seit Jahrzehnten werden die Erkrankten von der medizinischen Profession missachtet und vernachlässigt. Ebenso lange haben die politisch Verantwortlichen die biomedizinische Erforschung dieser Krankheit abgewürgt. Dabei richten schwere körperliche und geistige Einschränkungen grausames Leid bei den Betroffenen an. Viele von ihnen müssen Jahre oder Jahrzehnte eine Lebensqualität erdulden, die der von AIDS- und Krebspatienten im Endstadium vergleichbar ist – ohne dass sie medizinisch adäquat versorgt werden. Höchste Zeit für einen Paradigmenwechsel! Im ersten Teil des Buchs wird umfassend über die historischen und medizinischen Fakten zur Myalgischen Enzephalomyelitis und die teils gravierenden Missstände im Umgang mit den Kranken und in der Behandlung informiert. Im zweiten Teil werden anhand gut belegter Tatsachen die Hintergründe erläutert, die dazu geführt haben, dass diese Krankheit zum Stiefkind unseres Gesundheitssystems wurde und heute bagatellisiert, psychopathologisiert oder sogar auch verleugnet wird. Im dritten Teil wird eine Auswahl aufsehenerregender Ergebnisse der neueren biomedizinischen ME/'CFS'-Forschung vorgestellt.

This book introduces readers to a powerful method for cross-cultural due diligence in mergers and organizational collaborations. It employs the context of joint ventures between local communities and companies in the domain of hospitality in emerging tourism destinations. The book first analyzes the impact of cultural diversity in mergers between local communities and the private sector, revealing the characteristics and functions of culture and paying specific attention to the roles of organizational and community cultures in hospitality. In two subsequent methodological chapters the book presents a theoretical framework for cultural due diligence and identifies the principal actors, technical aspects and core principles. On the basis of a separate case study from northern Thailand, the book provides an example of cultural context analysis and presents the findings and results. In a concluding chapter the book presents an outlook on further research and development in this field.

Im Fokus steht das interdisziplinäre Themenfeld der aktiven, intelligenten und adaptiven – kurz: smarten – Strukturen und Systeme. Neben den klassischen Anwendungen der aktiven Schwingungs-, Schall- und Gestaltkontrolle werden zahlreiche weitere Anwendungen, u. a. Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) oder Energy Harvesting adressiert.

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantifi cation, Volume 3. Proceedings of the 34th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Dynamics of Multiphysical Systems: From Active Materials to Vibroacoustics, 2016, the third volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. Th e collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on:• Uncertainty Quantifi cation & Model Validation• Uncertainty Propagation in Structural Dynamics• Bayesian & Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods• Practical Applications of MVUQ• Advances in MVUQ & Model Updating• Robustness in Design & Validation• Verifi cation & Validation Methods

By September 1944, the Allied advance across France and Belgium had turned into attrition along the German frontier. Standing between the Allies and the Third Reich's industrial heartland was the city of Aachen, once the ancient seat of Charlemagne's empire and now firmly entrenched within Germany's Siegfried Line fortifications. The city was on the verge of capitulating until Hitler forbade surrender.

Es mag zutreffen, dass es der Privatermittler Tobias Blank mit den Gesetzen nicht so genau nimmt. Aber ein Mörder ist er nicht. Um seine Unschuld zu beweisen, ist der Einzelgänger aber auch Verbündete angewiesen. Die findet er nicht nur bei den Kollegen des Detektivbüros, sondern auch bei den Ermittlungsbehörden in Gestalt des Kripobeamten Lammert und der Zollinspektorin Jacobsen. Gemeinsam kann das ungleiche Trio einer Betrügerbande, die mit gefälschten Autoersatzteilen handeln das Handwerk legen und ein von langer Hand geplantes Waffengeschäft wird vereitelt. Der Mann im Hintergrund, der den ersten Mord verübt hat und dieses Verbrechen Tobias Blank in die Schuhe schieben wollte, ist auch für den Tod eines Komplizen verantwortlich. Er kann zunächst fliehen, wird aber nach einer Verfolgungsjagd gestellt und frei nach dem Motto: wer andern eine Grube gräbt... In diesem Fall ist es die Elbe, in deren Fluten der Verbrecher sein Ende findet.

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3. Proceedings of the 33rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Balancing Simulation and Testing, 2015, the third volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on:Uncertainty Quantification & Model ValidationUncertainty Propagation in Structural Dynamics Bayesian & Markov Chain Monte Carlo MethodsPractical Applications of MVUQAdvances in MVUQ & Model Updating

This third volume of eight from the IMAC - XXXII Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on:Linear SystemsSubstructure ModellingAdaptive StructuresExperimental TechniquesAnalytical MethodsDamage DetectionDamping of Materials & MembersModal Parameter IdentificationModal Testing MethodsSystem IdentificationActive ControlModal Parameter EstimationProcessing Modal Data

This seventh volume of eight from the IMAC - XXXII Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on:Linear SystemsSubstructure ModellingAdaptive StructuresExperimental TechniquesAnalytical MethodsDamage DetectionDamping of Materials & MembersModal Parameter IdentificationModal Testing MethodsSystem IdentificationActive ControlModal Parameter EstimationProcessing Modal Data

Wie lässt sich psychoanalytisches Denken weitergeben, kultivieren und organisieren? Unter anderem waren es diese Fragen, die im Kontext der Tagung »Vergessen wir nicht – die Psychoanalyse!« des Grazer Arbeitskreises für Psychoanalyse behandelt wurden. Das Buch präsentiert psychoanalytisches Denken und Arbeiten in einer Region, die häufig auf dem sogenannten »Balkan« verortet wird: Grenzgänge werden gewagt und Randgänge organisiert, in denen die internationalen Diskussionen und Standardisierungsversuche von Psychoanalyse sowie das Forschen und Praktizieren auf der Grundlage des Konzepts des Neo-Regionalismus ebenso thematisiert werden wie die eigene Geschichte. Anlässlich des 30-jährigen Bestehens des Arbeitskreises war es außerdem an der Zeit, über den Gründer Igor A. Caruso und dessen Verstrickung in den Nationalsozialismus nachzudenken. Mit Beiträgen von Gerhard Benetka, Wolfgang Brumetz, Rainer Danzinger, Christian Eigner, Karl Fallend, Peter Gasser-Steiner, Gernot Herzeg, Ulrike Körbitz, Gert Lyon, Johanna Muckenhuber, Paul Paß, Klaus Posch, Bettina Rabelhofer und Klaus Theweleit

Considered the most authoritative single-volume reference work on Islam in the contemporary world, the German-language Der Islam in der Gegenwart, currently in its fifth edition, offers a wealth of authoritative information on the religious, political, social, and cultural life of Islamic nations and of Islamic immigrant communities elsewhere. Now, Cornell University Press is making this invaluable resource accessible to English-language readers. More current than the latest German edition on which it is based, Islam in the World Today covers a comprehensive array of topics in concise essays by some of the world's leading experts on Islam, including:• the history of Islam from the earliest years through the twentieth century, with particular attention to Sunni and Shi'i Islam and Islamic revival movements during the last three centuries;• data on the advance of Islam along with current population statistics;• Muslim ideas on modern economics, on social order, and on attempts to modernize Islamic law (shari'a) and apply it in contemporary Muslim societies;• Islam in diaspora, especially the situation in Europe and America;• secularism, democracy, and human rights; and• women in IslamTwenty-four essays are each devoted to a specific Muslim country or a country with significant Muslim minorities, spanning Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union. Additional essays illuminate Islamic culture, exploring local traditions; the languages and dialects of Muslim peoples; and art, architecture, and literature. Detailed bibliographies and indexes ensure the book's usefulness as a reference work.

As long as there has been a church, there has been Christian communication--'people of the book'bearing'the good news'from one place to another, persuading, teaching and even delighting an ever-broadening audience with the message of the gospel. Amid ongoing advances in technology and an ever-more-multicultural context, however, the time has come for a broad appraisal of the state of evangelical communications. Quentin Schultze and Robert H. Woods Jr. have assembled scholars from across the country to analyze and assess a wide range of media including radiopopular musicworship music and mediatelevisionfilmperiodicalsbooksInternetchurch dramacomicsgamingtheme parksadvertisingpublic relationsmerchandising These shifting media, and the communications enterprise as a whole, are put in cultural and ethical perspective. Also addressed are Catholic and Jewish perspectives on the state of religious media. This project is ongoing. For additional resources and further conversation, visit understandingevangelicalmedia.com.

Fünfter Roman der Mosel-Krimireihe. Eigentlich hat Kommissar Walde Urlaub. Doch der Mord an einer Studentin macht ihm einen Strich durch seine persönlichen Planungen. Sie war die Freundin eines windigen Immobilienhais und die Tochter eines angesehenen Trierer Richters, der bald darauf in einen Justizskandal verwickelt wird. Die Story beruht in weiten Teilen auf wahren Begebenheiten.

In this study, a team of international scholars assess the manner in which Buddhist organizations and individuals have resisted, come to terms with, or in some cases allied themselves with the forces of war, modernity, westernization, nationalization, capitalism, communism, and ethnic conflict. By examining issues such as left-right divisions in the monastic order, the rise of organized lay movements, Buddhist social activism, as well as explicitly Buddhist inspired political activity, this book seeks to demonstrate that the emphasis on meditation and mental training is only one strand in this richly complex world historical tradition.