David J : 1790 books
Strong Enough to Last
Building Spiritual Depth into Our Kids
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
The Barna group recently released shocking statistics: Less than half of born-again teenagers (44 percent) say they are absolutely committed to the Christian faith. Only one in every three teens (33 percent) say they are likely to continue to participate in church life once they are living on their...
A Peaceable Hope
Contesting Violent Eschatology in New Testament Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
In the New Testament texts, there is significant tension between Jesus's nonviolent mission and message and the apparent violence attributed to God and God's agents at the anticipated end. David Neville challenges the ready association between New Testament eschatology and retributive vengeance on...
Strangers at the Bedside
A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
David Rothman gives us a brilliant, finely etched study of medical practice today. Beginning in the mid-1960s, the practice of medicine in the United States underwent a most remarkable--and thoroughly controversial--transformation. The discretion that the profession once enjoyed has been increasingly...
by David J. Lonsdale
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2007
This book offers a strategic analysis of one of the most outstanding military careers in history, identifying the most pertinent strategic lessons from the campaigns of Alexander the Great.
David Lonsdale argues that since the core principles of strategy are eternal, the study and analysis...
Muslims Like Us
A Bridge to Moderate Muslims
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2005
Ever wonder if there are alternatives to hostilities between nations and cultural groups? Would you be interested in learning more about common roots and values among Muslims and Westerners? More so, would you like to learn ways the individual citizen can work for increasing understanding between...
The Nature of War in the Information Age
Clausewitzian Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
There has been a great deal of speculation recently concerning the likely impact of the 'Information Age' on warfare. In this vein, much of the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) literature subscribes to the idea that the Information Age will witness a transformation in the very nature of war. In...
by David J. Garms
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
David Garms’s With the Dragon’s Children is the first-hand account of interactions with Vietcong who responded to the South Vietnamese government’s amnesty program. The narrative, packed with information about Vietnamese attitudes, aspirations, and reactions to the war, explores their rich history...
Christ and Modernity
Christian Self-Understanding in a Technological Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
In this re–examination of the roots of the relationship between religion and science, David Hawkin focuses on the concept of autonomy as he explores the question: Is there continuity and compatibility between the autonomy that underlies Christian faith and the role of individual freedom in the technological...
by David J. Young
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Introducing English Grammar provides a basic grounding in English grammar, without going into too much detail or theory, and will lay the foundation for further grammatical studies. David Young presents English grammar in a coherent and lively way. He dispels the popular notion among students that...
by David J. Murray
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Black Hole and Other Poems, a new compilation of verse by poet David Murray, focuses on the role played by hunger for power in reducing the success of heterosexual romantic relationships. Divided into four parts, this collection explores the topic in a wide variety of styles and approaches.
The...
by David J. Chalmers
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
What is consciousness? How does the subjective character of consciousness fit into an objective world? How can there be a science of consciousness? In this sequel to his groundbreaking and controversial The Conscious Mind, David Chalmers develops a unified framework that addresses these questions...
Errant Affirmations
On the Philosophical Meaning of Kierkegaard's Religious Discourses
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Kierkegaard's religious discourses - his writings which have explicitly dealt with religion - have historically been given scant attention by philosophers. They have generally been considered to be of less philosophical interest than his 'proper' philosophy. Errant Affirmations radically questions...
by David J. Siemers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
“What did the president know and when did he know it?” takes on a whole new meaning in Presidents and Political Thought. Though political philosophy is sometimes considered to be dry and abstract, many of our presidents have found usable ideas embedded within it. In this first comparative study...
The Border
Journeys along the U.S.-Mexico Border, the World’s Most Consequential Divide
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2019
David Danelo spent three months traveling the 1,952 miles that separate the United States and Mexico--a journey that took him across four states and two countries through a world of rivers and canals, mountains and deserts, highways and dirt roads, fences and border towns. Here the border isn't just...