Outline: New to this edition
- A new chapter on Meditated Interpersonal Communication (Chapter 2) offers an evenhanded, research-based exploration of the pros and cons of communicating via social media and other communication technologies
- A new section called "Conversation: From Monologue to Dialogue" (Chapter 13) provides an in-depth look at enhancing face-to-face communication skills, ran…
Modern AI research began on a summer programme at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, in 1956, when a group of academics and students set out to explore how machines could intelligently think.
The knowledge base which has been the foundation of Catholic education in the passt and underlies Catholic educational practice today merits the attention of scholars and interested parties, both within and outside of the Catholic educational community. This comprehensive compendium of research focues on key aspects of Catholic education in the United States. The volume includes reviews of rese…
Examines the lives of atheists, agnostics, secularists, and the spiritually undecided in the twenty-first century; and discusses how secular lives can be positive without ties to a religion.
A basic textbook on introduction to philosophy, Life's Ultimate Questions is from renowned teacher and communicator Ronald Nash and can be used in Christian and secular classrooms alike.
We are approaching the day when advances in biotechnology will allow parents to "design" a baby with the traits they want. The continuing debate over possibilities of genetic engineering has ben spirited, but so far largely confined to the realms of bioethics and public policy. Design and Destiny approaches the question in religious terms, discussing human germline modification (the generic mod…
In September 1989 the Solidarity party, an arm of the Polish anticommunist labor movement, took control of the government in Poland after the party had earlier won all parliamentary seats. In the same month, Hungary opened its borders with Austria, thus permitting huge numbers of refugees to flee Eastern Europe and particularly East Germany.......
Ronald S. Hendel offers a careful and thorough re examination of the text of Genesis 1 11. He takes a strongly positive position on the value of the Septuagint as a reliable translation of its Hebrew parent text. This position is contrary to that taken in most existing studies of the text of Genesis, including some in standard editions and reference works. Nevertheless, Hendel shows, there is a…
Hergé’s classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most iconic characters in children’s books. These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old and new. Perfect for lovers of graphic novels, mysteries and historical adventures.
The world’s most famous travelling reporter flies out to Khemed to investigate a case of arms smuggling and…
New Testament scholar David Turner offers a substantive yet highly accessible commentary on Matthew in this latest addition to the BECNT series. With extensive research and thoughtful chapter-by-chapter exegesis, Turner leads readers through all aspects of the Gospel of Matthew--sociological, historical, and theological--to help them better understand and explain this key New Testament book. As…
Outline: Hingga hari ini, wacana seputar relasi agama dan teori sosial masih menjadi penggalan pendek dari sejarah panjang peradaban manusia. Sejumlah pernak-pernik dari grand wacana hubungan panjang dan tak pernah berujung antara agama dan perubahan sosial ini dapat kita lihat secara jelas, misalnya dengan adanya fundamentalisme agama, konflik antaragama, dan lain sebagainya. Lantas, dimanakah…
Outline: A distinguished group of scholars here introduces and illustrates the array of strategies and methods used in New Testament study today. Standard approaches - text criticism, historical methods, etc. - appear side by side with newer approaches - narrative criticism, Latino-Latina hermeneutics, theological interpretation of the New Testament, and more. First published in 1995, Hearing t…
Outline: The essays in this book demonstrate that a theology shaped by the biblical narratives and grounded in the practices of the Christian community can provide resources to enable people to regain a public voice in a pluralistic culture. Ronald Thiemann challenges us to develop a public theology that remains based in the particulars of Christian faith while addressing issues of public signi…
Outline: Orang-orang Kristen Injili mengatakan bahwa mereka percaya pada standar-standar moral Alkitabiah dan pada kuasa Allah untuk mengubahkan hidup, namun hasil jajak pendapat baru-baru ini menunjukkan bahwa banyak dari antara mereka hidup tidak berbeda dengan orang-orang dunia lainnya. Mulai dari uang, seks, rasisme, hingga pemuasan keinginan pribadi, tersingkap betapa memalukannya angka …
Outline: The Teach the Text Commentary Series gives pastors the best of biblical scholarship and presents the information needed to move seamlessly from the meaning of the text to its effective communication. By keeping the discussion in each carefully selected preaching unit to six pages of focused commentary, the volumes allow pastors to quickly grasp the most important information. Each un…
Overview: This book begins to delve into this relevant and contemporary subject through methodological reflection on the commands, purposes, values, and virtues of Christian life in today's context. To address these factors, an integrative approach to ethics is proposed, borrowing from classical ethical models such as a consequential ethics, principle ethics, virtue ethics, and value ethics. …
Overview: For four decades, from 1951 to 1990, the Reformed Journal set the standard for top-notch, venturesome theological reflection on a broad range of issues. With a lively mix of editorial comment, articles, and reviews, it addressed topics as diverse as the civil rights movement, feminism, the Vietnam War, South African apartheid, the plight of Palestinian Christians, and the rise of the…
Telling the dramas of suffering / Arthur W. Frank --
Hoping, willing, and narrative re-envisioning / Cheryl Mattingly --
At the gates of the labyrinth: a meditation on suffering / Paul A. Komesaroff --
Just one critter / Jonathan Shay --
Suffering, pharmaceutical advertising, and the face of mental illness / Joseph E. Davis --
"Meditations on impermanence" / Deborah J. Haynes --
A convers…
Rethinking secularization : a global comparative perspective / José Casanova --
Is Europe an exceptional case? / Grace Davie --
Secularization and the impotence of individualized religion / Steve Bruce --
Challenging secularization theory : the growth of "New Age" spiritualities of life / Paul Heelas --
In search of certainties : the paradoxes of religiosity in societies of high modernity…