Making sense: a student’s guide to research and writing : religious studies

Margot Northey; Oxford University Press 2012

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Oxford University Press has developed a series of discipline-specific guides built from the more generic 2007 guide to research and writing of the same name. This particular volume reiterates the approach recommended there and applies it specifically to the discipline of “religious studies.” It is helpful, certainly, and I would recommend it for all high school, undergraduate, and graduate academic libraries, but neither does it contain much that is unique and not found elsewhere.

Contents:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE TO THE STUDENT; NOTE TO THE INSTRUCTOR;
1. Introduction to Higher Education and Religious Studies;
2. Making the Most of Your Time in Higher Education;
3. Writing and Thinking;
4. Finding and Using Academic Resources;
5. Writing Essays;
6. Writing Book Reviews and Book Reports;
7. Writing Short Assignments: Chapter Summaries and Article Reviews;
8. Reading Religious Texts and Writing Interpretive Essays;
9. Writing Comparative Essays;
10. Writing with Style;
11. Tests and Examinations;
12. Giving an Oral Presentation;
13. Learning Languages;
14. Receiving Feedback and Reflecting on Your Studies;
15. Documenting Your Sources;
16. Common Errors in Grammar and Usage;
17. Punctuation;
18. Misused Words and Phrases;
19. Afterword;
APPENDIX 1: SAMPLE DOCUMENT: BOOK REVIEW;
APPENDIX 2: SAMPLE DOCUMENT: SHORT ASSIGNMENT;
GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

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Mission-based management: leading your not-for-profit in the 21st century

Peter C. Brinckerhoff; John Wiley & Sons 2010

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Books on management abound and I have unfortunately had the “pleasure” of reading my share of them. Indeed, there are books on management in just about every conceivable context: business, church, life, personal relationships (yes, really), and the list goes on. This one, however, is in its third edition because it continues to be in demand — and rightly so. Brinckerhoff here gives extremely practical advice on how to lead a non-profit entity. Note: This is not about church leadership. It’s about the practicalities of leading and managing a non-profit corporation, but that is not to say that one will not benefit greatly from this book in matters of both motivation and creativity. This book is to be highly recommended for broad-spectrum libraries, as well as those with an emphasis on management, leadership, and business.

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Religion and the book in early modern England: the making of Foxe’s Book of martyrs

Elizabeth Evenden; Cambridge University Press 2010

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Part of the Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History, this volume attempts to set Foxe’s “Book of Martyrs” in historical context (ch. 1: the printer’s world in early modern Europe — a fascinating chapter for bibliogeeks like me) and subsequently traces two primary trails through the remainder of the book. The relationship between John Foxe and John Day is the focus of three subsequent chapters, and the preparation, illustrations, and history of the Acts and Monuments are the focus of six subsequent chapters. The extremely thorough bibliography is quite well done.

The authors are professional and thorough. This volume is recommended for academic library collections of literary history, English history, Reformation history, and book/printing/publishing history at the university or graduate level. This is a very helpful book that contributes well to the discussion of a much-discussed topic.

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About five years ago I thought about doing this.  I even announced it.  Let’s try this again, shall we?

We now have four occasional and recurring featured posts here at CommonPlaces:

1. commonplaces, where I provide a list of sometimes related new books here where I serve as a theological librarian,
2. book provenance,
3. random quotes from stacks,
4. and now chorea scriptorum, a latin phrase which, roughly translated, means “writer’s cramp.”

Given my newly self-imposed deadlines for research and writing over the next few months, I thought I would record the effects of my swotting and write summaries, reviews, and whatever else I may find helpful from the books I am reading or which cross my desk. I will try to make recommendations that would be helpful to libraries discerning the appropriateness of a book for their collections.  You can see the reviews as the accumulate in the Chorea Scriptorum category.

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We now have four occasional and recurring featured posts here at CommonPlaces:

1. commonplaces, where I provide a list of sometimes related new books here where I serve as a theological librarian,
2. book provenance,
3. random quotes from stacks,
4. and now chorea scriptorum, a latin phrase which, roughly translated, means “writer’s cramp.”

Given my newly self-imposed deadlines for research and writing over the next few months, I thought I would record the effects of my swotting and write summaries, reviews, and whatever else I may find helpful from the books I am reading or which cross my desk. I will try to make recommendations that would be helpful to libraries discerning the appropriateness of a book for their collections.

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