Civilians in Defense Ministries

Performance Management in Foreign Ministries

Peacekeeping & Violence against Civilians

Artificial Legs for Civilians

Sir,?As a layman, I.suppose it is. altogether out of order for me to invite the hospitality of your columns on the subject of artificial legs, but as seldom a day passes without my receiving letters of inquiry from civilians who have had the misfortune to lose a leg, I thought I might, as a thoroughly contented wearer of an artificial leg (above knee amputation), be forgiven for intruding. All ...

Contextualized Discipleship Ministries: Problematic, Legitimate, Imperative?

From inception the Seventh-day Adventist Church has taken Jesus’ command to take the gospel to every nation, tribe, language, and people very seriously. A century and a half later we can only praise God for the results. The Adventist Church is the most widespread Protestant ecclesial body with over 16 million members in 203 countries and areas of the world, and with ministries that span 891 lan...

Handling and Manhandling Civilians in Civil War

The toll of civil conflict is largely borne by civilian populations, as warring factions target noncombatants through campaigns of violence. But significant variation exists in the extent to which warring groups abuse the civilian population: across conflicts, across groups, and within countries geographically and over time. Using a new dataset on fighting groups in Sierra Leone, this article a...