The figure of Satan has for centuries embodied or incarnated absolute evil. Existing alongside more intellectualist interpretations of evil, Satan has figured largely in Christian practices, devotions, popular notions of the afterlife, and fears of retribution in the beyond. Satan remains an influential reality today in many Christian traditions ......
An anthology of studies of Muhammad and early Islam since the beginnings of Islamic Studies in the nineteenth century. It calls into question the Koran as the basis for objective historical knowledge of Muhammad. It also questions the reliability of other Arabic documents that supposedly attest to events in the life of Muhammad and his followers.
The principles of Zen philosophy have been applied to professions as varied as motorcycle maintenance and baseball. In The Quest for Self author Takeshi Iizuka shows how he has himself applied Zen principles in business. Iizuka starts from the realization that life is but a single existence, and this leads to his reflections about how best we ......
Promising Innovations for Early Childhood Programs
Brings together the biggest ideas and the best thinking from more than a dozen top researchers in the early childhood education (ECE) quality movement. It clearly lays out what we know about quality today, which areas need focused improvement efforts, and what kind of innovative program-level changes will strengthen outcomes for children.
An introduction to the field of ethics that offers a systematic study of the foundations of moral responsibility. It guides the reader on an examination of a range of ethical positions, including relativism, emotivism, egoism, utilitarianism, Kantian formalism, and natural law.
Bridging Theoretical Reasoning with Economic Practice
It is an inspiring, interdisciplinary study in the field of social sciences that analyses the most important challenges facing the world economy and modern civilization. Grzegorz W. Kolodko explains in a comprehensible way the contradictions of ideas and interests and practical ways of solving them and its implications for our future.
A collection of essays, which argue against the claim that religious experience and metaphysical insight alone can discover truths about existence and reality that rest outside the domain of scientific method or inquiry.
Bringing together scholars and makers of queer theater into direct dialogue, this volume explores such subjects as same-sex desire in Restoration comedy, the racialized impact of colonial Shakespeare, the cuerpo politizado of a performance artist in contemporary Los Angeles, and the nitty-gritty of getting a queer show presented in Peoria.
Bringing together scholars and makers of queer theater into direct dialogue, this volume explores such subjects as same-sex desire in Restoration comedy, the racialized impact of colonial Shakespeare, the cuerpo politizado of a performance artist in contemporary Los Angeles, and the nitty-gritty of getting a queer show presented in Peoria.
