The Searchers

The Searchers

Author: Joseph Loconte

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2012-06-04

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1595554475

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Never before had they known such hope. In a world drenched in violence and oppression, here was a man armed with a message of peace and freedom. Into lives nearly overwhelmed by grief and sorrow, he brought compassion and healing and the deepest joy. To people who felt like outcasts and aliens, he showed the way home. And then, in one devastating night, all their hopes collapsed. This is where our story begins—in the valley of despair. It is a tale of two friends, a stranger, and a search for truth in a world gone mad with doubt. Historian Joseph Loconte unlocks the meaning of their exchange, set in the chaotic days following the execution of Jesus of Nazareth. Drawing from literature, film, philosophy, history, and politics, Loconte shows how this biblical drama is an integral part of our own story. Sooner or later, we will find ourselves among the searchers.


An Aristotelian Realist Philosophy of Mathematics

An Aristotelian Realist Philosophy of Mathematics

Author: J. Franklin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-04-09

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1137400730

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Mathematics is as much a science of the real world as biology is. It is the science of the world's quantitative aspects (such as ratio) and structural or patterned aspects (such as symmetry). The book develops a complete philosophy of mathematics that contrasts with the usual Platonist and nominalist options.


When Faith Turns Ugly: Understanding Toxic Faith and How to Avoid It

When Faith Turns Ugly: Understanding Toxic Faith and How to Avoid It

Author: Brian Harris

Publisher: Authentic Media Inc

Published: 2016-04-01

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1780783418

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Following the huge success of The Tortoise Usually Wins, 2012, and The Big Picture, 2015, in When Faith Turns Ugly Brian Harris explores why the Christian faith sometimes wears two masks - usually life-serving and transforming, but occasionally escapist, illusionary and even poisonous. What are the warning signs that faith is at risk of turning toxic? What do we mean by the conviction that the gospel liberates? Brian Harris' take on what constitutes life-serving faith is refreshing and will be appreciated by all who would like to be sure that their obedience to Jesus the Christ will help to build a world with a better name.


Christianity and Critical Realism

Christianity and Critical Realism

Author: Andrew Wright

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1136196099

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One of the key achievements of critical realism has been to expose the modernist myth of universal reason, which holds that authentic knowledge claims must be objectively ‘pure’, uncontaminated by the subjectivity of local place, specific time and particular culture. Wright aims to address the lack of any substantial and sustained engagement between critical realism and theological critical realism with particular regard to: (a) the distinctive ontological claims of Christianity; (b) their epistemic warrant and intellectual legitimacy; and (c) scrutiny of the primary source of the ontological claims of Christianity, namely the historical figure of Jesus of Nazareth. As such, it functions as a prolegomena to a much needed wider debate, guided by the under-labouring services of critical realism, between Christianity and various other religious and secular worldviews. This important new text will help stimulate a debate that has yet to get out of first gear. This book will appeal to academics, graduate and post-graduate students especially, but also Christian clergy, ministers and informed laity, and members of the general public concerned with the nature of religion and its place in contemporary society.


Modeling for population, human resources and equity : selected papers from the Arab and International Meeting on Modeling for Development Planning

Modeling for population, human resources and equity : selected papers from the Arab and International Meeting on Modeling for Development Planning

Author: R. Scott Moreland

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780997314007

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Dr. John Senior was a professor at the University of Kansas who had an immense personal influence on the author and other monks at the Abbey. This book is an intellectual biography that follows Dr. Seniors life, especially his conversion, and draws out his philosophy of education. It especially studies the famous Integrated Humanities Program established by Senior and his colleagues, Dennis Quinn and Frank Nelick.--Publisher's description.


George G. Higgins and the Quest for Worker Justice

George G. Higgins and the Quest for Worker Justice

Author: John J. O'Brien

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780742532083

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George G. Higgins and the Quest for Worker Justice: The Evolution of Catholic Social Thought in America is a comprehensive and fascinating examination of the Catholic Church's involvement in social issues from the late 19th to the end of the 20th century through the lens of the life, career, writings, and ministry of the legendary Monsignor Higgins. Inspiring to both the clergy and laity, Msgr. George G. Higgins put a human face on the institutional commitments of the Church, advocated the role of the laity, remained loyal to the vision of the Second Vatican Council, and took the side of the working poor in his movement with organized labor. Much more than a limited biography, author John O' Brien offers a sweeping history of the "social questions" facing America over the past 100 years, the thought behind one of the leading figures in the worker justice movement, and a moving application of the rich heritage of Catholic Social Thought.


The Restoration of Christian Culture

The Restoration of Christian Culture

Author: John Senior

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781932528169

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A sequel to The Death of Christian Culture, this spiritual treatise covers social, cultural, and political topics. It explores the importance of religious knowledge and faith to the health of a culture, provides a historical sketch of the change in cultural and educational standards over the last two centuries, and illustrates how literary and other visual arts either contribute to a culture or conspire to tear it down. Compared to a series of sermons, this analysis explains that there is a continuing extinction of the cultural patrimony of ancient Greece, Rome, medieval Europe, and the early modern period of Western civilization, owing to the pervasive bureaucratization, mechanization, and standardization of increasing materialism.


A Re-appraisal of Kierkegaard

A Re-appraisal of Kierkegaard

Author: Howard Alexander Slaatte

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9780819199331

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A Re-Appraisal of Kierkegaard provides the reader with a critical summation of Kierkegaard's basic existential insights into the problems and meanings of time and eternity as related to existence, knowledge and faith. Slaatte accentuates Kierkegaard's philosophy of time and destiny as related to daily existence, giving meaning and purpose to human life in the present tense of existence as related to the past and the future. Contents: KIERKEGAARD'S GENERAL INFLUENCE; Kierkegaard's Biographical Sketch, an Introduction; KIERKEGAARD'S PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE; The Meaning of Existence; The Conscious Self; The Decisive Self; The Self-Transcendent Self; The Problem of Reason; Reason and the Reasoner; Reason and Human Existence; Reason and Philosophical Issues; The Basis of Ethics; The Trans-rational Perspective; The Re-motivated Person; The Re-oriented Existence; The Role of Paradox I; Backgrounds in Philosophy; Delineation of S.K.'s View; KIERKEGAARD'S RELIGIOUS IMPACT; The Role of Paradox II; Barth's View Compared; Tillich's View Compared; The Inception of Dialectical Theology; The Backdrop of Modern Thought; The Existential Implications; The Redemptive Doctrines; The Relevance to Eschatology; The Meaning of Time; The Meaning of Eternity.