The Seafarer
Author: Ida L. Gordon
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9780719007781
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Dostoyevsky's Critique of the West
Author: Bruce K. Ward
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Published: 1986-11-19
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 0889201900
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNot much attention has been given to Dostoyevsky's concern with the crisis of the modern West, although allusions to almost every aspect of Western civilization--including the political, economic, and social dimensions--are present in his literary works and abound in his secondary writings. This book points the way to a better understanding of the apparent contradiction between Dostoyevsky's concern with the highest reaches of human spirituality and at the same time with the most detailed developments in domestic and international politics. Ward argues that the apparent polarization of "religious" thought and "political" analysis of the West are held together for Dostoyevsky in his search for the best human order. He demonstrates not only that Dostoyevsky's observations about the West constitute a coherent critique intimately related to the deepest aspects of his though, but also that these can be rendered more systematic and explicit. What results is an incisve account of both the religious and the political thought of Dostoyevsky, which helps clarify what Dostoyevsky, which helps clarify what Dostoyevsky can teach us about the modern situation of the Western world and about the problem of human order in general, for, as the author states, "it was Dostoyevsky's great virtue as a thinker always to see the pressing issues of his particular time and place in the light of the 'everlasting problems.'"
The Gnostic Bible
Author: Willis Barnstone
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 874
ISBN-13: 1590301994
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe most comprehensive collection of gnostic literature ever published, this volume is the result of a unique collaboration between a renowned poet-translator and a leading scholar of early Christian texts.
The Historical Jesus
Author: James K. Beilby
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2010-01-04
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 083087853X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Historical Jesus: Five Views provides a venue for readers to sit in on a virtual seminar on the historical Jesus. Beginning with a scene-setting historical introduction by the editors, prominent figures in the Jesus quest set forth their views and respond to their fellow scholars. For both the classroom and personal study, this is a book that fascinates, probes and engages.
The Historical Jesus
Author: Gerd Theissen
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published:
Total Pages: 680
ISBN-13: 9781451408638
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComprehensively detailing the sources for our knowledge of Jesus, Theissen and Merz fully explore the historical and social context of Jesus and his activity. They then unfold what we can know about Jesus' characteristics as a charismatic teacher, a Jewish prophet, a healer, a teller of parables and an ethical teacher. Finally, they examine closely the historical question surrounding Jesus' last supper, his violent death, the accounts of Easter, and the beginnings of Christology.
The Quest for Truth
Author: F. Leroy Forlines
Publisher: Randall House Publications
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780892659623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis invaluable tool seriously discusses profound truths that apply to every facet of life. Biblical truth should be made applicable to the total personality. The "inescapable questions of life" are answered from the standard of God's authoritative Word.
The Quest for Epic
Author: Sergio Zatti
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 0802093736
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn original and challenging work, The Quest for Epic documents the development of Italian narrative from the chivalric romance at the end of the fifteenth century to the genre of epic in the sixteenth century.
The Canadian Novel
Author: John Moss
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 1983-02
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780920053041
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of essays about contemporary Canadian novels by Margaret Atwood, Robertson Davies, Margaret Laurence, Alice Munro, Mordechai Richler, Rudy Weibe, as edited by professor of English at the University of Ottawa John Moss.
The New World of Politics
Author: Neal Riemer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780939693412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this fourth edition Neal Riemer and Douglas W. Simon again seek to introduce students to the challenging discipline of political science by highliting six cardinal features. The editors strongly believe that their unique and comprehensive approach, employing those six features, can best equip students of political science to stay abreast of the ever-changing, and ever-challenging, world of politics. First and most important Riemer and Simon affirm the importance of addressing the three main concerns of political science: political and philosophy and ethics, empirical/behavioral political science, and public policy. Second, the authors reaffirm their normative preference for politics as a civilizing enterprise, one that enables people in the political community live better, to grow robustly in mind and spirit, and to find creative fulfillment. The fourth cardinal feature requires to recognize realistically the ever-chaning nature of politics and the tasks of assessing and responding to changing values. The sixth cardinal feature of The New World of Politics is understanding the importance of keeping the future in mind--not only the immediate future, but the long-range future. This book seeks to introduce students to political science as a discipline intimately involved with ethics, emprical social scientific inquiry, and public policy. Neal Riemer and Douglas W. Simon are endeavoring to help students respond to those future problems with understanding and wisdom. A Collegiate Press book
