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Do we live in a world that makes sense, not just now, but totally and forever? If, as scientists now predict, the universe is going to end in collapse or decay, can it really be a divine creation? Is there a credible hope of a destiny beyond death? In this engaging and intellectually scrupulous book,...

Most often, the dialogue between religion and science is initiated by the discoveries of modern science-big bang cosmology, evolution, or quantum theory, for example. In this book, scientist-theologian John Polkinghorne changes the discussion. He approaches the dialogue from a little-explored perspective...

Dad is a Drinking Man is a moving story about an individual who overcomes his drinking problem. It is about family, about the positives and negatives in relationships, the stuff people generally cant seem to put into words. Slippery things like tradition, neglect, pride, tender affection, and wrenching...

This book addresses the complex origins of the Ukrainian crisis. It places the crisis in a longer-term perspective and shows how the domestic political regime interpreted, balanced and eventually chose between the competing integration offers of Russia and the EU. It also explores the key implications for Ukraine's relations with the EU and Russia.

In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints for reconstructing state and society. The aim is to re-formalize the state after what is viewed as a period of fragmentation. In reality, African economies...

John Polkinghorne is a major figure in today’s debates over the compatibility of science and religion. Internationally known as both a theoretical physicist and a theologian-the only ordained member of the Royal Society-Polkinghorne brings unique qualifications to his inquiry into the possibilities...

In this captivating book, one of the most highly regarded scientist-theologians of our time explores aspects of the interaction of science and theology. John Polkinghorne defends the place of theology in the university (it is part of the human search for truth) and discusses the role of revelation in...

In 1964, the release of Dr. Bernard Rimland's book, Infantile Autism, revolutionized the autism field by providing the autism community with much-needed guidance on how to understand and treat individuals on the spectrum. He single-handedly realigned the field from a psychodynamic, parent-blaming...

A scriptural examination of Luke's synoptic gospel from beginning to end, this book analyzes each chapter of Luke's account of the birth death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Addressed to a Gentile audience, Luke's gospel provides a unique perspective in compelling detail.

The purpose of this book is to provide a historical overview of the research conducted at the Texas Experimental Ranch (TER) near Throckmorton, TX. Review includes a chronological overview of all refereed journal articles (53 total) publish by researchers working at TER. Dr. Heitschmidt provides a...

Fifteen-year-old Kenya Taymore doesn't fit in at school. She's too smart, too irreverent, and she even writes poetry. Strangest of all, she lives with her father and a domesticated cheetah at a big cat rescue center in the mountains of North Carolina. When the most powerful family in the county tries...

New Contexts for Eighteenth-Century British Fiction is a collection of thirteen essays honoring Professor Jerry C. Beasley, who retired from the University of Delaware in 2005. The essays, written by friends, collaborators and former students, reflect the scholarly interests that defined Professor...

This book provides a ground-breaking, interaction-based framework of rituals, drawing on multiple research disciplines. It examines ritual as a relational action constructed in interaction through pre-existing patterns and captures the features of ritual phenomena by analysing interactants' behaviour in culturally and socially diverse contexts.

Bhagvad Geeta is a part of epic Mahabharata. It was written in a dialogue transpired between lord Krishna and his disciple Arjun. It has eighteen chapters containing seven hundred verses. Though it is a dialogue between Krishna and Arjun but in realty there is a message in it for the entire manking. Bhagvad Geeta was written thousand of years ago but its message is very relevant even today.