1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910688355003321

Titolo

Electromagnetic Propagation and Waveguides in Photonics and Microwave Engineering / / edited by Patrick Steglich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : IntechOpen, , 2020

©2020

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 192 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

621.3813224

Soggetti

Optical wave guides

Wave-motion, Theory of

Microwave filters

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Optical and microwave waveguides have attracted much research interest in both science and industry. The number of potential applications for their use is growing rapidly. This book examines recent advances in the broad field of waveguide technology. It covers current progress and latest breakthroughs in emergent applications in photonics and microwave engineering. The book includes ten contributions on recent developments in waveguide technologies including theory, simulation, and fabrication of novel waveguide concepts as well as reviews on recent advances.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790261103321

Autore

Wuthnow Robert

Titolo

Boundless faith [[electronic resource] ] : the global outreach of American churches / / Robert Wuthnow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009

ISBN

0-520-94306-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Disciplina

266/.02373

Soggetti

Missions, American

Protestant churches - United States - Missions

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 (p. 303-324) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. At Home and Abroad The Changing Contours of American Religion -- 2. The Global Christianity Paradigm From Cultural Connection to Demographic Distance -- 3. Four Faces of Globalization Debating Heterogeneity and Inequality -- 4. The Evolution of Transnational Ties Changing Patterns of Social Organization -- 5. The Global Role of Congregations Bridging Borders through Direct Engagement -- 6. Faith and Foreign Policy Does Religious Advocacy Matter? -- 7. The Challenges Ahead Good for America, Good for the World? -- Appendix -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Boundless Faith, the first book to look systematically at American Christianity in relation to globalization, Robert Wuthnow shows that American Christianity is increasingly influenced by globalization and is, in turn, playing a larger role in other countries and in U.S. policies and programs abroad. These changes, he argues, can be seen in the growth of support at home for missionaries and churches in other countries and in the large number of Americans who participate in short-term volunteer efforts abroad. These outreaches include building orphanages, starting microbusinesses, and setting up computer networks. Drawing on a comprehensive survey that was conducted for this book, as well as several hundred in-depth interviews with church leaders, Wuthnow refutes several prevailing stereotypes: that U.S. churches have turned away from the global church and overseas



missions, that congregations only look inward, and that the growing voice of religion in areas of foreign policy is primarily evangelical. This fresh and revealing book encourages Americans to pay attention to the grass-roots mechanisms by which global ties are created and sustained.