J Harris: 152 books
Divine Command Ethics
Jewish and Christian Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
The central aim of this book is to attempt to determine the response of the classic texts of Jewish traditions to the famous dilemma posed in Plato's Euthyphro: Does God freely determine morality, or is morality independent of God?
The author argues that the picture that emerges from Jewish...
by Muriel J. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
A practical introduction to participatory program evaluation
Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of evaluation, with a participatory model that brings stakeholders together for the good of the program. Linking community...
Bede and Aethelthryth
An Introduction to Christian Latin Poetics
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
*Bede and Aethelthryth *asks why Christians in Britain around the year 700 enjoyed Latin poetry. What did they see in it? What did they get from it? This book attempts to reconstruct the horizon of expectation of a highly learned, Latin-speaking nun as she encounters a fifty-line poem by the Venerable...
by francine j. harris
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
A sharp, haunting, and lyrical collection that attempts to understand what we owe the spaces we inhabit.
by Robert J. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Richard Hannay returns to action in this new spy thriller set in wartime Paris, as John Buchan’s famed hero (from The 39 Steps) races to track down a mysterious figure holding vital war secrets before the Nazis beat him to it . . .
June, 1940. Richard Hannay has returned.
As German...
The World's Gone Loki Trilogy
The Day the World Went Loki, Thor is Locked in my Garage, and Odin Blew up my TV!
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
This is an ebook-exclusive omnibus of The World's Gone Loki trilogy. Join brothers Greg and Lewis and their friend Susie for a hilarious, fast-paced adventure through an alternative St Andrews starring norse gods, valkyries and mythical creatures.
The Messiah Question
The Tanakh, the Old Testament, and the Latter Scriptures
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
For the last two thousand years, three unanswerable questions have perplexed Jewish religious scholars: When will Messiah appear? (Jews, in general, do not believe He has come.)Why were the Jews dispersed from their nation for two thousand years? (Israel’s statehood was only recently restored, in...
Rugby Union and Globalization
An Odd-Shaped World
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2010
In 1995 rugby union finally became a professional sport following more than a century as an amateur game. This book offers a critical analysis of the sport in the professional era and assesses the relationship between the local and the global in contemporary rugby union.
by Daniel Rynhold, Michael J. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
What does one do as a Jewish philosopher if one is convinced by much of the Nietzschean critique of religion? Is there a contemporary Jewish philosophical theology that can convince in a post-metaphysical age? The argument of this book is that Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (1903–1993) - the leading...
Religion, Space and Conflict in Sri Lanka
Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Space is dynamic, political and a cause of conflict. It bears the weight of human dreams and fears. Conflict is caused not only by spatial exclusivism but also by an inclusivism that seeks harmony through subordinating the particularity of the Other to the world view of the majority.
This book...
Let the Beatitudes Be My Attitude in You
Begin the Quest
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
The Beatitudes occupy an expansive realm in Gods Promised Land, a bountiful spiritual frontier suspended between heaven and earth. Plunge into Gods plentiful grace and goodness to explore this marvelous kingdom in his sequenced and purposeful order. The Beatitudes are a supremely challenging journey,...
by Laura J Harris
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
A simple, relaxing, all-inclusive Caribbean cruise turns out to be anything but, as the luxury ship is sabotaged and chaos and isolation swiftly turn to mistrust, mayhem and murder... Contemplating early retirement following the horrific and high-profile death of her sister and the media hounding...
Coal, Gas and Electricity
Reviews of United Kingdom Statistical Sources
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Coal, Gas and Electricity is a review of statistical data available for three fuel industries in the United Kingdom: coal, gas, and electricity. Topics covered include energy planning, comparability of fuels, published energy statistics, and energy consumption.
This volume is comprised of five chapters...
by Michael J. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Carole Turner and her husband Jim survive a plane crash only to discover that their lives are changed in ways they could not even imagine. As they struggle to understand and to cope with those changes, they come to a painful decision: they must go their separate ways to save their children.And only...