Bøker av Kelly Campbell

This important volume offers readers an in-depth understanding of women's sexuality around the world, bringing to light a history that is often suppressed.What is reproductive health like for women in other countries of the world? How are marriage and love viewed in other cultures? This volume examines aspects of women and sexuality across the globe.Each chapter in this volume focuses on a different world region, including North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, and Oceania. The topics covered in each chapter include sexual attitudes and practices, the influence of religion on sexuality, sexual violence, reproductive health, love and marriage, and the media and sexuality.Specific country and cultural examples are interwoven such that readers come away with an understanding of the beliefs, practices, traditions, and customs that are common in each world region. Readers will be able to make cross-cultural comparisons, learning how the sexuality of women varies and yet is also the same from culture to culture. This volume is written in clear, jargon-free language, making it appropriate and useful for students and general readers.

This volume introduces the reader to the administration of theological libraries and answers these basic questions: What are the essential policies and procedures for a theological library? How are they specifically developed in the areas of staffing/volunteers and financial accountability?How does one conduct library planning through establishing of mission and goals, strategic planning, and creating a budget?What library regulations and standards inform and constrain a theological library?Who are the institutional stakeholders and how does the library relate to them?