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  • Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World

    by Grace Y. Kao ...
    Series series Advancing Human Rights series
    In 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which declared that every human being, without “distinction of any kind,” possesses a set of morally authoritative rights and fundamental freedoms that ought to be socially guaranteed. Since that time, human rights have arguably become the cross-cultural moral concept and evaluative tool to measure ... Read more

    $53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Faith, Hope, Love, and Justice

    The Theological Virtues Today

    by Shane Akerman, Paul E. Capetz, Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Kirsten Gerdes, Grace Y. Kao, Rhys Kuzmic, Paul Pistone, Joseph Prabhu, Elaine A. Robinson, Jonathan Russell0, M. Shawn Copeland1, Ingolf U. Dalferth2, Stephen T. Davis3, Anselm K. Min4, Thomas P. Rausch6 ...
    Faith, hope, and love, traditionally called theological virtues, are central to Christianity. This book renews faith, hope, and love in the context of the many contemporary challenges in many unique ways. It is an ecumenical collection of papers, equally divided between Catholic and Protestant positions, that seek to radically renew the classical doctrine of faith, hope, and love, and argues for ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • My Body, Their Baby

    A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy

    by Grace Kao ...
    Series series Encountering Traditions
    Drawing on her own experience as a surrogate mother, Grace Y. Kao assesses the ethics of surrogacy from a feminist and progressive Christian perspective, concluding that certain kinds of surrogacy arrangements can be morally permissible—and should even be embraced.While the use of assisted reproductive technology has brought joy to countless families, surrogacy remains the most controversial path ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Company We Keep

    Interracial Friendships and Romantic Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood

    by Grace Kao, Kara Joyner, Kelly Stamper Balistreri ...
    Series series American Sociological Association's Rose Series
    With hate crimes on the rise and social movements like Black Lives Matter bringing increased attention to the issue of police brutality, the American public continues to be divided by issues of race. How do adolescents and young adults form friendships and romantic relationships that bridge the racial divide? In The Company We Keep, sociologists Grace Kao, Kara Joyner, and Kelly Stamper Balistreri ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Education and Immigration

    by Grace Kao, Elizabeth Vaquera, Kimberly Goyette ...
    Series series Immigration and Society
    Education is a crucially important social institution, closely correlated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychological well-being, and health outcomes. Moreover, for children of immigrants – who account for almost one in four school-aged children in the U.S. – it is the primary means through which they become incorporated into American society.This insightful new book explores the educational ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Encountering the Sacred

    Feminist Reflections on Women's Lives

    Edited by Professor Rebecca Todd Peters, Dr. Grace Yia-Hei Kao ...
    Many women of faith are interested in having deep conversations with their friends and families about issues they face in their personal lives. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of feminist and theologically progressive materials for these women to turn to for counsel or advice. Simultaneously, there are a growing number of theologically trained biblical scholars, theologians, and ministers who are ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Asian American Christian Ethics

    Voices, Methods, Issues

    Edited by Grace Y. Kao, Ilsup Ahn ...
    This groundbreaking volume presents the collective work of twelve Christian ethicists of Asian descent in the U.S. who map the new and burgeoning field of study located at the juncture of Christian ethics and Asian American studies. Led by Grace Kao and Ilsup Ahn, these scholars identify the purposes and chart the contours of what constitutes a distinctly Asian American Christian ethical approach ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Research in the Sociology of Education

    Edited by Hyunjoon Park, Grace Kao ...
    Series Book 20 - Research in the Sociology of Education
    Research in the Sociology of Education is an important and established series, highlighting how societal contexts shape the educational experiences and outcomes of individual children and youth.Including five single-country studies from settings as diverse as rural China, Germany and the United States, as well as two cross-national comparative studies, this insightful new volume continues the ... Read more

    $110.69 USD

  • Family Environments, School Resources, and Educational Outcomes

    Edited by Grace Kao, Hyunjoon Park ...
    Series Book 19 - Research in the Sociology of Education
    Contributions come from authors spread around the globe, illuminating how the efficacy and ideologies of schooling variably unfold in differing national and historical contexts. Written by sociologists, anthropologists, economists, and cultural critics, this journal offers lively and accessible empirical work to a broad audience. ... Read more

    $122.99 USD

  • Diversity and the Transition to Adulthood in America

    by Phoebe Ho, Hyunjoon Park, Grace Kao ...
    Series Book 7 - Sociology in the Twenty-First Century
    What does it mean to become an adult in the face of economic uncertainty and increasing racial and immigrant diversity? Nearly half of all young people in the United States are racial minorities, and one in four are from immigrant families. Diversity and the Transition to Adulthood in America offers a comprehensive overview of young people across racial and immigrant groups and their paths through ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Theo-Politics?

    Conversing with Barth in Western and Asian Contexts

    by Markus Höfner, Clifford B. Anderson, Kim-Kwong Chan, Kenpa Chin, David Haddorff, Angela Dienhart Hancock, Oliver Hidalgo, Paul Dafydd Jones, Pan Chiu Lai, Daniel Lee0, Kin Yip Louie1, Alexander Massmann2, Charles Mathewes3, Kristopher Norris4, Gert Pickel5, Xutong Qu6, Chloë Starr7, Günter Thomas8, Michael Welker9, Martin Wendte0, Jeffrey Haynes1, Volker Küster2, Devin Singh3, Grace Yia-Hei Kao4, Hanna Reichel5 ...
    Using the theological work of Karl Barth as a resource for present-day inquiry, the contributors in this volume discuss the complex interconnections between the religious and the political designated by the term theo-politics. Speaking from various political and cultural contexts (Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the People’s Republic of China) and different ... Read more

    $141.79 USD

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    The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy

    by William Julius Wilson ...
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