between faith and doubt dialogues on religion and reason

White Star: A Dog on the Titanic

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marty Crisp, PUBLISHER: Scholastic Inc, Sam Harris is on the trip of a lifetime. He's traveling from Englong>andong> to New York on the first voyage of the greatest ocean liner in history--the Titanic. Here is a story of cowardice ong>andong> courage, of despair ong>andong> determination, ong>andong> of an unbreakable bond ong>betweenong> a boy ong>andong> a dog on one terrifying night.

Muslims - Vol 2: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rippin, ong>Andong>rew / Rippin ong>Andong>rew, PUBLISHER: Routledge, The religion of Islam is of vital concern to the modern world. In Muslims Volume 2: The Contemporary Period ong>Andong>rew Rippin examines Muslims' perception of ong>andong> reaction to the challenges ong>andong> changes occurring in contemporary life ong>andong> questions their ability to relate the Qur'an ong>andong> the figure of Muhammed to 19th ong>andong> 20th century culture. The inherited world view of Islam is compared with the emerging newly-discovered world view of the late 20th century ong>andong> is explored in two ways, firstly by examining modern Muslim views on religious authority ong>andong> by considering their effect on the actual lived practice of Islam. Essential reading for all scholars ong>andong> lecturers of Islam ong>andong> comparative religion.

Simeon and Levi, Brethren --: Or, a Dialogue Between Ken and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Multiple Contributors, See Notes, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration ong>andong> rapidly growing technology ong>andong> expong>andong>ing record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, ong>andong> independent scholars.The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious ong>andong> philosophical understong>andong>ing ong>andong> continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, ong>andong> Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons ong>andong> moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict ong>betweenong> Protestantism ong>andong> Catholicism transformed into one ong>betweenong> ong>faithong> ong>andong> logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryTKen = White Kennet? Ben = Benjamin Hoadly?. On the question of church authority.London: printed, ong>andong> sold by S. Baker, p.; 8

ArchiSculpture

Bruderlin, Markus, ed. ArchiSculpture: ong>Dialoguesong> ong>betweenong> Architecture ong>andong> Sculpture from the 18th Century to the Present Day

The Book of Job

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moore, Thomas / Moore, Thomas, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, The Book of Job has long been considered the most challenging ong>andong> controversial text of Western religion. Its simple yet powerful story--of a good ong>andong> pious man inflicted with terrible pain ong>andong> suffering--raises basic questions of ong>faithong> that, to this day, resonate deeply within every living soul. Now in this special Riverhead edition, Thomas Moore, the author of Care of the Soul, offers his unique perspective on one of the most central tales of the Bible. Combining Jungian theory, archetypal mythology, ong>andong> modem psychology, he casts a light of new meaning ong>andong> understong>andong>ing upon the human condition itself--ong>andong> on our own personal experience in the world today.

We Are Butterflies: A Collection of Thoughts on Finding Love

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wilcoxon, Karen Sue, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, This expression of thoughts was written to give hope to others who have lost a love, ong>andong> have the feeling of hopelessness ong>andong> despair that one has after such a loss, ong>andong> how having ong>faithong> in God can replace that feeling of loss. Karen lives with her husbong>andong> Ralph in Ohio, ong>andong> they have seven wonderful children ong>betweenong> them.

A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume V: Supplement -- Articles

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hastings, James, PUBLISHER: University Press of the Pacific, For over a century the ten-volume Dictionary of the Bible has been the definitive reference. "It is a Dictionary of the Old ong>andong> New Testaments, together with the Old Testament Apocrypha, according to the Authorized ong>andong> Revised English Versions, ong>andong> with constant reference to the original tongues.... Articles have been written on the names of all Persons ong>andong> Places, on the Antiquities ong>andong> Archaeology of the Bible, on its Ethnology, Geology, ong>andong> Natural History, on Biblical Theology ong>andong> Ethic, ong>andong> even on the obsolete or archaic words occurring in the English Versions." James Hastings () was a distinguished scholar ong>andong> pastor. He was founder ong>andong> editor of the Expository Times ong>andong> is also well known for editing the Encyclopaedia of Religion ong>andong> Ethics, the Dictionary of Christ ong>andong> the Gospels, ong>andong> the Dictionary of the Apostolic Church.

Praying for a Cure: When Medical and Religious Practices

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Desautels, Peggy / Battin, Margaret Pabst / May, Larry, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Three medical ethicists take varied ong>andong> often opposing stong>andong>s on the ethical, social, ong>andong> political issues that arise when religious ong>andong> medical practices conflict. The interchange focuses on the tensions ong>betweenong> the belief systems, institutional practices, ong>andong> health-related decisions of Christian Scientists ong>andong> those of a secularized medically oriented, broader society.

I Am America (and So Can You!)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Colbert, Stephen, PUBLISHER: Grong>andong> Central Publishing, I AM AMERICA (ong>ANDong> SO CAN YOU) is Stephen Colbert's attempt to wedge his brain ong>betweenong> hardback covers. In plain conversational language, not to mention the occasional grunt ong>andong>/or whistle, Stephen explains his take on the most pressing concerns of our culture: ong>Faithong>, Family, Politics...Hygiene.

Nutrition, Toxicity, and Cancer

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rowlong>andong>, Ian R. / Rowlong>andong>, Rowlong>andong> R. / Adlercreutz, Herman, PUBLISHER: CRC Press, Nutrition, Toxicity, ong>andong> Cancer provides practical guidance on methodology for formulating diets ong>andong> designing nutritional studies in animals ong>andong> humans, in addition to valuable information on how nutrition influences specific biological processes such as biotransformation of foreign ong>andong> endogenously produced compounds. The book also presents sample diets ong>andong> advice on the layout of metabolic suites. Other topics discussed include the complex interactions ong>betweenong> nutrition ong>andong> carcinogenic processes, teratogenesis ong>andong> mutagenesis. Toxicologists, cancer researchers, nutritionists, ong>andong> biochemists should consider Nutrition, Toxicity, ong>andong> Cancer to be an invaluable reference resource that provides up-to-date reviews on the effect of diet on mammalian ong>andong> microbial metabolic processes in the body.

Great Awakenings

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fishwick, Marshall W. / Hoffmann, Frank / Ramirez, Beulah B., PUBLISHER: Routledge, As religious fervor grows, Dr. Fishwick, a recipient of the Ray ong>andong> Pat Browne Award for Lifetime Achievement from The American Culture Association, takes a sweeping look at religion in the United States--the country with the highest church attendance in the Western world. Popular religion can take many shapes ong>andong> forms. It can wax ong>andong> wane, but it cannot be eliminated or ignored. That is what prompted him to write Great Awakenings: Popular Religion ong>andong> Popular Culture.He ponders how religion affects American life ong>andong> popular culture, ong>andong> why religion has become a major force in contemporary politics. How has the Electronic Revolution furthered the religious right? What does popular religion tell us about popular culture? ong>Andong> about our ong>faithong>?He identifies ong>andong> explores five great religious revivals or "Great Awakenings: " the Atlantic Seaboard Awakening the Urban Awakening the Modernist Awakening the Celebrity Preacher Awakening the Electronic AwakeningFishwick explores the current events preceding ong>andong> during each awakening, its leaders, followers, ong>andong> critics. Great Awakenings gives a new understong>andong>ing of the American religious past ong>andong> leaves us with an anticipation for the next great awakening.

Atlas of Industrializing Britain,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morris, R. J. / Langton, John, PUBLISHER: Routledge, This atlas draws together crucial social ong>andong> economic data on Englong>andong>, Scotlong>andong> ong>andong> Wales ong>betweenong> ong>andong> , ong>andong> gives a clear guide to the industrial development of Great Britain during the modern period.

Southern Africa Bibliography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Musiker, Reuben / Musiker, Naomi, PUBLISHER: Scarecrow Press, Lists the significant books ong>andong> monographs on Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Swazilong>andong>, Zambia, ong>andong> Zimbabwe published since . This reference source covers a broad range of subjects including: art, culture, economy, history, politics, religion, society, ong>andong> important persons, places, events ong>andong> movements. The work is arranged by subject ong>andong> contains detailed author, title ong>andong> subject indexes.

The Coffin Quilt: The Feud Between the Hatfields and the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rinaldi, Ann, PUBLISHER: Gulliver Books, Fanny McCoy has lived in fear ong>andong> anger ever since that day in when a dispute with the Hatfields over the ownership of a few pigs set her family on a path of hatred ong>andong> revenge. From that day forward, along the ragged ridges of the West Virginia-Kentucky line, the Hatfields ong>andong> the McCoys have operated not withing the law but within mountain codes of their own making. In , when Fanny's sister Roseanna runs off with young Johnse Hatfield, the hatred ong>betweenong> the two clans explodes. As the killings, abductions, raids, ong>andong> heartbreak escalate bitterly ong>andong> senselessly, Fanny, the sole voice of reason, realizes that she is powerless to stop the fighting ong>andong> must learn to rise above the petty natures of her family ong>andong> neighbors to find her own way out of the hatred.

Healthy Aging, Healthy Treatment: The Impact of Telling

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Peake, Thomas H. / Peake, Tom H., PUBLISHER: Praeger, Human stories are the core of identity ong>andong> meaning. This book is an invitation to the engaging ong>andong> reforming power of telling stories. It is also an invitation to heal the story of health care for older adults by improving the communication ong>betweenong> professionals in medicine, psychology, ong>andong> religion. At any age the process of genuinely listening ong>andong> expressing hopes ong>andong> fears is an intimacy rarely matched in human interaction. Life stories can be told, revised, ong>andong> rewritten through psychotherapy ong>andong> improved by a health care which integrates the best of medicine, religion, ong>andong> psychology. This book invites health care reform by renewing old principles. Through clinical experience, research, ong>andong> listening to seniors ong>andong> their families, life stories can be retold to promote healthy treatment ong>andong> healthy aging. This book will be of interest to students ong>andong> professionals in psychology, medicine, nursing, religion, ong>andong> social work.

Between Friends

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Macomber, Debbie, PUBLISHER: Mira Books, The friendship ong>betweenong> Jillian ong>andong> Lesley, told through their correspondence, begins in the s ong>andong> is charted through to the present in this remarkable story. Through the years ong>andong> across the miles, two very different women confide in one another ong>andong> prove what friendship truly means. It's a story filled with the laughter ong>andong> tears that are shared "ong>Betweenong> Friends."

The Western Heritage: -Present

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kagan, Donald / Turner, Frank M. / Ozment, Steven E., PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, Present a strong, clear narrative account of the central developments in Western history.. The book calls attention to certain critical themes--the development of political freedom ong>andong> constitutional government; the shifting relations among religion, society, ong>andong> the state; the development of science ong>andong> technology ong>andong> their impact on thought ong>andong> social institutions; ong>andong> the major religious ong>andong> intellectual currents that have shaped Western culture. Acquista Ora

Close Encounters?

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lamdourne, R. J. A. / Lambourne, Robert / Lambourne, R. J., PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Group, Currently, science fiction in all its forms is enjoying enormous popular interest. There can be no ong>doubtong> that science fiction books ong>andong> films have great influence on the public view of science ong>andong> scientists. Close Encounters? examines the historical development of science fiction as a genre in books ong>andong> films, tracing its roots, examining its most common ideas, exploring its relationship to real science, ong>andong> attempting to assess its cultural impact. Discussion focuses on major themes such as time travel, politics, religion, ecology, ong>andong> disasters. The authors consider the science in science fiction, the images of scientists that science fiction conveys, ong>andong> some of the political, religious, ong>andong> social motifs prominent in science fiction. They also discuss pseudo-science ong>andong> its growing influence on the public perception of science. This fascinating, thought-provoking study should be read by all those interested in how the nature of science ong>andong> its role in our society is portrayed in science fiction.

The Rhetoric of Credit: Merchants in Early Modern Writing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sullivan, Ceri, PUBLISHER: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Scores of business advice manuals, double-entry hong>andong>books, ong>andong> trade publicity briefs give the early modern merchant help on guaranteeing the value of his word. The Rhetoric of Credit looks at the rhetorical hong>andong>ling of the just price of goods, cash ong>andong> credit; analyses the uses of the heroism in trade; shows how the ethos of the merchant is enhanced in dealing with bankruptcy ong>andong> sovereign dept, ong>andong> distinguishes ong>betweenong> miser ong>andong> usurer. Such shifts ong>betweenong> the fields of social ong>andong> financial credit structure the three plays that it goes on to examine: If You Know Not Me (1), The Alchemist, ong>andong> Eastword Ho

Catolicos: Resistance and Affirmation in Chicano Catholic

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Garcia, Mario T., PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press, Chicano Catholicism--both as a popular religion ong>andong> a foundation for community organizing--has, over the past century, inspired Chicano resistance to external forces of oppression ong>andong> discrimination including from other non-Mexican Catholics ong>andong> even the institutionalized church. Chicano Catholics have also used their ong>faithong> to assert their particular identity ong>andong> establish a kind of cultural citizenship.Based exclusively on original research ong>andong> sources, Mario T. Garcia here offers the first major historical study to explore the various dimensions of the role of Catholicism in Chicano history in the twentieth century. This is also one of the first significant studies in the still limited field of Chicano religious history.Topics range from how early Chicano Catholic intellectuals ong>andong> civil rights leaders were influenced by Catholic Social Doctrine, to the role that popular religion has played in the lives of ordinary men ong>andong> women in both rural ong>andong> urban areas. Garcia also examines ong>faithong>-based Chicano community movements like Catolicos Por La Raza in the s ong>andong> the Sanctuary movement in Los Angeles in the s.While Latino/a history ong>andong> culture has been, for the most part, inextricably linked with the tenets ong>andong> practices of Catholicism, there has been very little written, until recently, about Chicano Catholic history. Garcia helps to fill that void ong>andong> explore the impact--both positive ong>andong> negative--that the Catholic experience has had on the Chicano community.

The Company They Keep: Friendships in Childhood and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bukowski, William M. / Newcomb, ong>Andong>rew F. / Hartup, Willard W., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Friendship is one of life's most essential ong>andong> rewarding forms of interaction--a feature of every culture that most persons experience daily. While most research efforts on friendship have concentrated on such issues as peer acceptance ong>andong> dyadic properties, there has been little exploration of friendship's role in a child's social ong>andong> emotional growth. The Company They Keep provides a forum in which a group of internationally recognized scholars presents the major conceptual issues, themes, goals, methodological strategies ong>andong> findings from their research on friendship. Contributors explore a variety of topics, including cultural variations in childrens' ong>andong> adolescents' friendships, the association ong>betweenong> friendship ong>andong> cognitive ong>andong> personality development, the effect of friendship on adjustment, ong>andong> the links ong>betweenong> experience within the family ong>andong> relationships with friends.

Studying the Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hawthorn, Jeremy, PUBLISHER: Hodder Education Publishers, How do literary critics distinguish ong>betweenong> "story" ong>andong> "plot," ong>betweenong> a symbol ong>andong> an image, or ong>betweenong> "tone" ong>andong> "mood"? How do we define "realism," "modernism," ong>andong> "postmodernism"? What do narrative theorists mean by "frequency" ong>andong> "distance"? In the revised, expong>andong>ed ong>andong> updated fifth edition of this stong>andong>ard introduction to the novel, these questions ong>andong> many others are answered in a way that is readable ong>andong> entertaining without being simplistic. A new section on cyberfiction has been included ong>andong> fuller coverage of Postmodernism ong>andong> the novella are given, as well as extra tips for writing essays ong>andong> answering exam questions. Widely acclaimed for its erudite yet accessible explanations, Studying the Novel is an invaluable guide to the essential concepts ong>andong> approaches for all students of the novel.

Gangrel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Freeman, Brad / Bradstreet, Timothy, PUBLISHER: White Wolf Games Studio, These wong>andong>erers ong>andong> outlong>andong>ers are both hated ong>andong> feared by their Kindred -- ong>andong> for good reason.

Chaplin and American Culture: The Evolution of a Star Image

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Malong>andong>, Charles J., PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press, Charles Malong>andong> focuses on the cultural sources of the on-ong>andong>-off, love-hate affair ong>betweenong> Chaplin ong>andong> the American public that was perhaps the stormiest in American stardom.

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