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A study of 1,207 male veterans admitted to a substance-abuse program found a history of sexual abuse was related to spiritual injury and low stability of spiritual behaviors, but not to overall rate of current religious behavior. Abuse was related to increased frequency of prayer and of spiritual experience. (Author/CR)

Seventh-day Adventist missionaries entered Kenya in 1906. Because they were relatively late on the scene and the British colonial government policy discouraged direct competition between missions, they concentrated their efforts [...]

by PAULA D. NESBITT. New York: Oxford, 1997, 283 pp. $45.00. The influx of women to seminaries since 1980 has caused male leaders to express concern that the feminization of [...]

Assesses the track record of housing cooperatives for low-income families in New York City from 1976 to 1975. Emergence of program rehabilitating abandoned dwellings and creating a system of cooperative ownership; Transfer of ownership of privately held buildings to low-income tenants; Viability and significance of the program vis-a-vis the private rental housing market.

Explores the dynamics of evolution of church-state relations in the Adventist context and the transformation of the pattern of relationship between the Adventist church and the government. Role of the Adventist church in the espousal of religious liberty and in the separation of church and state; Chronological discussion of the tension between the state and the Adventist Church.

Ceftizoxime was used as initial antibiotic therapy in 38 neutropenic cancer patients with 53 febrile episodes. Patients with infections were found in 21 of the febrile episodes and responded in 71% of instances. Sites of infection included soft tissue, blood, urinary tract, lung, and multiple sites. Gram-negative bacilli and Gram-positive cocci comprised 62% and 38% of organisms, respectively, and responded in 69% and 80% of instances, respectively. Patients with a high initial neutrophil count or a neutrophil count that rose during therapy tended to respond to therapy better than those with an initial lower neutrophil count. Response was higher when organisms were sensitive in vitro. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the only organism not showing in-vitro susceptibility, and patients with infections caused by Ps. aeruginosa responded infrequently (33%). Most patients showed excellent response to ceftizoxime used alone; however, patients with Ps. aeruginosa infection (because of its in-vitro resistance) may require another antibiotic in conjunction with ceftizoxime as initial therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article examines the origins and evolution of the rent strike as used within the tenant movement in New York City. The origins of the strategy and the emergence and diffusion of six key groups of innovations over a 76-year period are examined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To what extent, and how, do social movement strategies change over time? Why are particular strategic options selected by social movement organizations? A wide range of theories bearing on these questions are used to analyze the birth and evolution of the rent strike as used within the tenant movement in New York City. The emergence and diffusion of six key groups of innovations over a 76-year period are examined. The analysis considers the origins of the strategy, the extent of change in it over time, how and why innovations occurred, and how and to what extent they were diffused through the multitude of organizations making up the movement. It also examines the extent, consistency of, and reasons for patterns in variations in the use of strategic forms among the constituent organizations of the movement, the impact of both housing and politics of the various innovations, and the ultimate institutionalization of the strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]