Philip Davis: 30 books
The Scalping of the Great Sioux Nation
A Review of My Life on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2009
The Scalping of the Great Sioux Nation recalls Davis' early upbringing and education on two Indian reservations. Davis also assesses the policies of the United States government regarding the status of Indians in society. Scalping is not too strong a term to describe the multiple injustices which...
The Gospel as Center: Renewing Our Faith and Reforming Our Ministry Practices
Renewing Our Faith and Reforming Our Ministry Practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
The church is reeling because of the relativistic mindset of our world. Up until a generation ago, most adults had similar moral intuitions whether they were believers or not, and the core of protestant orthodoxy was still intact. Yet, in the wake of postmodernity and secularism, all that has changed.
Convinced...
by Philip Goodchild, Creston Davis, Kenneth Surin
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2009
Theology of Money is a philosophical inquiry into the nature and role of money in the contemporary world. Philip Goodchild reveals the significance of money as a dynamic social force by arguing that under its influence, moral evaluation is subordinated to economic valuation, which is essentially abstract...
Pragmatism and Naturalism
Scientific and Social Inquiry After Representationalism
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Most contemporary philosophers would call themselves naturalists, yet there is little consensus on what naturalism entails. Long signifying the notion that science should inform philosophy, debates over naturalism often hinge on how broadly or narrowly the terms nature and science are defined. The...
Bloody Autumn
The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
An “essential addition to serious students’ libraries” detailing the historic military offensive that helped sway the outcome of the American Civil War (Civil War News).
In the late summer of 1864, Union General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant set one absolutely unconditional goal: to sweep Virginia’s...
by Busch, Robbie; Alexander, Jim; Hall
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
The hit TV show turned hit comic book returns in this collection of classic Samurai Jack stories. Continuing the action, with all of Jacks appearances between issues #21 and 60 of the "Cartoon Network Action Pack" series. It's sword swinging, fist-pumping, vengeance-getting action at its best.
Freedom Not Yet
Liberation and the Next World Order
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
The neoliberal project in the West has created an increasingly polarized and impoverished world, to the point that the vast majority of its citizens require liberation from their present socioeconomic circumstances. The marxist theorist Kenneth Surin contends that innovation and change at the level...
Appalachia in Regional Context
Place Matters
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than in Appalachian studies -- a field which brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around a region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and combat stereotypes of isolation...
The Labor of Job
The Biblical Text as a Parable of Human Labor
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
In The Labor of Job, the renowned Marxist political philosopher Antonio Negri develops an unorthodox interpretation of the Old Testament book of Job, a canonical text of Judeo-Christian thought. In the biblical narrative, the pious Job is made to suffer for no apparent reason. The story revolves around...
Political Myth
On the Use and Abuse of Biblical Themes
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
In this provocative and necessary work, Roland Boer, a leading biblical scholar and cultural theorist, develops a political myth for the Left: a powerful narrative to be harnessed in support of progressive policy. Boer focuses on foundational stories in the Hexateuch, the first six books of the Bible,...
Advances in Biological Solid-State NMR
Proteins and Membrane-Active Peptides
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2014
The complexity and heterogeneity of biological systems has posed an immense challenge in recent years. An increasingly important tool for obtaining molecular and atomic scale information on a range of large biological molecules and cellular components is solid-state NMR. This technique can address...
by Ralph Rapley, David Whitehouse, Jude Fitzgibbon
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Genomics and genome technology is having, and continues to have, a major impact on all areas of bioscience research providing insights into the key area of molecular mechanisms of cells in health and disease. This is causing a profound effect on biomedical science and is accelerating the development...
by Andrew J Connolly, MD, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
This how-to guide presents today's most complete coverage of performing, interpreting, and reporting post-mortem examinations. In addition to discussing the basics of the specialty, this lasting and useful reference features information on the performance of specialized autopsy procedures. The material...
Religious Education
Educating for Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Religious Education: Educating for Diversity raises issues that are central to the theory and practice of education, and in particular religious education, in modern liberal democracies characterized by diversity in its different forms. What kind of religious education is best equipped both to challenge...