Beyond charity [[electronic resource] ] : international cooperation and the global refugee crisis / / Gil Loescher

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777460103321
• Autore: Loescher Gil <1945-2020.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993
• ISBN: 1-280-76086-9; 0-19-802434-7; 0-19-535607-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Collana: Twentieth Century Fund Book
• Disciplina: 362.878
• Soggetti: Refugees; Refugees - Services for
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A Twentieth Century Fund book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-249) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction: The Global Refugee Crisis; 1. Refugee Movements: Causes and Consequences; 2. The Origins of the International Refugee Regime; 3. The Cold War and the Early Development of the UNHCR; 4. The International Refugee Regime and Third World Refugees; 5. Asylum Crises in the Industrialized World; 6. The Limitations of the International Refugee Regime; 7. Resolving Refugee Problems: Asylum and Development Assistance Policies; 8. Resolving Refugee Problems: Addressing Political Causes; Notes; Recommended Reading and Sources; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: With more than 18 million refugees worldwide, the refugee problem has fostered an intense debate regarding what political changes are necessary in the international system to provide effective solutions in the 1990's and beyond. In the past, refugees have been perceived largely as a problem of international charity, but as the end of the Cold War triggers new refugee movements across the globe, governments are being forced to develop a more systematic approach to the refugee problem. Beyond Charity provides the first extensive overview of the world refugee crisis today, asserting that refugees

Mormonism and the emotions : an analysis of LDS scriptural texts / / Mauro Properzi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826356503321
• Autore: Properzi Mauro
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Madison, [Wisconsin] ; ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-61147-774-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Collana: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Mormon Studies
• Disciplina: 289.3/2
• Soggetti: Emotions - Religious aspects - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Emotions - Religious aspects - Latter Day Saint churches
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations of Scriptural Books that Appear in the Text; Introduction; A Latter-day Saint Theology; Methodology and Overview; Notes; Part 1: Emotions and the Mormon Worldview; 1 Emotion; Emotion through the Ages: Philosophical Views; Emotion Today: Scientific Descriptions; Distinguishing Different Emotions: Three Major Approaches; Notes; 2 Emotions; Cognitive Necessity; Personal Responsibility; Developmental Instrumentality; Notes; 3 Mormon Foundations of Existence; Mormon Doctrine: The Gospel as Principles in Tension; Materialistic Monism; Moral Agency; Notes; 4 Mormon Foundations of Eternal ProgressionRevelation; Repentance; Family Relations; The Atonement; Notes; Part II: Emotions and the LDS Canon; 5 Emotions in Mormon Scriptural Texts; The Mormon Canon; The Bible; Exploring Emotions in the Bible; Emotion Classification in the Present Analysis of LDS Texts; Notes; 6 Hope; Cognitive Necessity; Personal Responsibility; Developmental Instrumentality; Hope and the Atonement; Notes; 7 Fear; Cognitive Necessity; Personal Responsibility; Developmental Instrumentality; Godly Fear, Satan, and the Obstacle of Fear; Notes; 8 Joy; Cognitive Necessity; Personal ResponsibilityDevelopmental Instrumentality; Joy and the ; Spirit; Notes; 9 Sorrow; Cognitive Necessity; Personal Responsibility; Developmental Instrumentality; Sorrow and the Atonement; Notes; 10 Love; Cognitive Necessity; Personal Responsibility; Developmental Instrumentality; Love and the Atonement; Notes; 11 Hate; Cognitive Necessity; Personal Responsibility; Developmental Instrumentality; Hatred versus the Atonement; Notes; Conclusion; Directions for Further Research; Notes; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: <span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Mormonism and the Emotions</span><span> provides the construction of an introductory Latter-day Saint (LDS) theology of emotion that is both canonically based and scientifically informed. </span></span>