Overview: This collection of provocative essays by one of the world's most distinguished theologians deals with topic as diverse as the right to work, nuclear war, the Olympic Games, Lutheran and Reformed political thought, and the "common hope" of Judaism and Christianity - all within the framework of human rights. The author believes that the dignity of the human being is the source for all …
Overview: Written in the intense political and intellectual tumult of the early years of the Weimar Republic, this book develops the distinctive theory of sovereignty that made the author one of the most significant and controversial political theoritsts of the twentieth century. Focusing on the relationships among political leadership, the norms of the legal order, and the state of exception, …
Overview: Dalam buku ini, penulis menunjukkan bagaimana pembaca dapat mengenali pola komunikasi yang salah, yang selama ini mungkin telah pembaca warisi dari orangtua pembaca. Pembaca juga akan ditolong untuk mempelajari cara-cara komunikasi yang baru, benar dan efektif yang dapat pembaca gunakan untuk mengasuh, mendidik, mendisiplinkan anak-anak pembaca menuju kedewasaan. Melalui buku ini, …
Overview: Lewat buku ini, penulis mengajak pembaca untuk memahami sisi-sisi kesepian dan cara membangkitkan kembali antusiasme hidup berdasarkan Alkitab. Selain itu, terdapat pula beberapa tokoh Alkitab yang diangkat sebagai cerminan orang-orang kesepian: Kain : Kesepian akibat dosa Musa : Kesepian akibat pelayanan Elisa: Kesepian akibat mengasihani diri sendiri Maria dan Marta : Kesepian …
Overview: This book is a captivating account of the person at the heart of the world's most widely held faith: Jesus. Written in the author's trademark authoritative yet inviting style, this book invites the reader to consider the significance of Jesus' life in their own.
Overview: What makes good people do bad things? The author, renowned social psychologist has an answer, and in this book, the author explains how - and why - we are all susceptible to the lure of "the dark side". Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, the author, the creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment, details how situational forces and group dynamics…
Overview : Penulis menunjukkan bahwa di balik keterbatasan yang ada, kaum lansia masih dapat mengejar impian mereka. Bahkan berkarya bagi kemuliaan Tuhan. Dengan mengangkat 43 tokoh dalam buku ini, penulis menunjukka bahwa hidup ini bisa bermakna dan bertujuan pada usia berapa saja. Dari mantan presiden seminari yang terus mengembangkan minatnya, sampai penyandang polio yang tetap melakukan …
Overview: In this classic work, internationally known Viennese psychiatrist the author, fouder of the school of logotherapy, set forth the principles of existential psychiatry. The author holds that man's search for a meaning in existence is a primary facet of his being; if the search is unrequited, it leads to neurosis. The role of the therapist, then, is to help the patient discover a purp…
Overview: The author is known to millions of readers as a psychoterapist who has transcended his field in his search for answers to the ultimate questions of life, death, and suffering. This book explores the sometimes unconscious basic human desire for inspiration or revelation, and illustrates how life can offer profound meaning at every turn.
Overview: It is the very problem of our time that people are caught by a pervasive feeling of meaninglessness, which is the most conspicuous symptom of the collective neurosis of our time. It is accompanied by a feeling of emptiness. The "existential vacuum" has increased and spread literally all over the world. Our industrialized society is out to satisfy all needs, and our consumer society…
Overview: Holocaust survivor the author converted the horrors he experienced in a German concentration camp into the pioneering philosophy he called logotherapy. Unlike Freud's "will to pleasure" and Adler's "will to power," the author based logotherapy on three things: the freedom of will, the will to meaning, and the meaning of life. By presenting three metodological concepts, the author s…
Overview: As internationally renowned psychiatrist, the author endured years of unspeakable horror in Nazi death camps. During, and partly because of his suffering, the author developed a revolutionary approach to psychotherapy known as logotherapy. At the core of his theory is the belief that man's primary motivational force is his search of meaning.
Overview: The third volume in this book, explores the specific roles of metaphysical and religious beliefs in explanation and theory construction in the natural sciences. The contributors present numerous case studies culled from the fields of astronomy, biology, cosmology, and physics to make their arguments. This volume is essential for anyone interested in the history of science and the th…
Overview: The second volume in the Pascal Centre's series of faith and science examines if and how the content of science and mathematics has been affected by religious and metaphysical beliefs. Many of the essays present ideas in the context of the revival of the historic Reformation in the Netherlands, and background studies on the philosophy and theology of the Reformation's makor represent…
Overview: What role do religious beliefs play in the construction of scientific theories and how do religion and science interact? The first volume of this book explores these and other questions and addresses the specific roles of metaphysical and religious beliefs in explanation and theory construction in the natural scienes. The contributors survey modes of interaction between religion and…
Overview : This book of the author's collected papers, brings together the author essays in epistemology from 1983 to 2008. It includes not only the essays which first presented "Reformed epistemology" to the philosophical world, but also the author's latest work on the topic of entitled (or responsible) belief and its intersection with religious belief. The volume presents five new essays a…
Overview: The last decade saw the arrival of a new player in the creation/evolution debate - the intelligent design creationism (IDC) movement, whose strategy is to act as "the wedge" to overturn Darwinism and scientific naturalism. This anthology of writings by prominent creationists and their critics focuses on what is novel about the new movement. It serves as a companion to the author's …
Overview: This book provides an accessible and engaging introduction to some of the most important ideas, topics, and figures in contemporary philosophy of religion through 74 historical and contemporary articles. You will explore such topics as: - The Concept of God - Traditional Arguments - Religious Experience - The Problem of Evil - Miracles, Death, and Immortality - Faith and…
Overview: Penulis yang pernah mendapat penghargaan ini, menghadirkan suatu pedoman penting mengenai mengkhotbahkan Kristus dari Perjanjian Lama. Ketika menganjurkan perlunya mengkhotbahkan Kristus dalam setiap khotbah dan berkhotbah secara teratur dari Perjanjian Lama, Penulis mengembangkan suatu metode kristosentris (metode yang berpusatkan Kristus) yang akan menolong para penkhotbah melakuk…
Overview: In this timely book, award-winning author challenges each of us - the skeptic and the seeker, the certain and the confused - to take a humble look at God's Word regarding the issue of homosexuality. After examining key biblical passages in both the Old and New Testament and the Bible overarching teaching regarding sexuality, the author responds to popular objections raised by Christi…
Overview: Prophets prophised about Him. Angels and shepherds rejoiced at his birth. Friends cried for joy at his resurrection. And we still celebrate him today. He is Jesus, the Messiah. Perfect for Advent or Lent, this guide leads you through Scripture passages used in Handel's Messiah that highlight who Jesus is and what he came to do. It might change the way the reader listen to Handel…
Overview: This book gathers the author's responses to the most often-asked questions. They're vintage the author. Simple without being simplistic. Knowledgeable without being know-it-all. Direct but compassionate, honest and authoritative, and always deeply practical. Full of challenge and comfort. Bite-sized essays. Practical, inspirational, and Bible-based. Topical and scriptual index…
Overview : This remarkable book explores Manet's portraiture, a significant yet often neglected aspect of his work, including examples from throughout his career. Leading authorities provide a thorough review of the artist's stylistic evolution, considering the influence of seventeenth-century Dutch painters, parallels with the work of Renoir and links with early photography. Lavishly illustr…
Overview: This concise and comprehensive guide is designed to meet the needs of today's opera-lover. It contains synopses of eighty-three major operas by forty-one composers from Monteverdi, and Purcell, through Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Debussy and Janacek, to Alban Berg, Tippett and Britten. As the authors remark in the introduction, opera is a strange, complex and fascinating art, and its in…
Overview: In this major revision and expansion of the classic 20th-Century Theology (1992), coauthored with Stanly J. Grenz, the author guides us on the epic journey of modern theology. With an irenic and ecumenical spirit, the author uncovers the origins of modern theological movements, explores key ideas and texts, and reflects on their ongoing relevance for the church. Beginning with the l…
Overview: An all-new-series of harmony textbooks, with a simple, concise approach for teachers and students. Perfect for a systematic study of harmony for the general musician, as well as for requirements of the ABRSM, AMEB and other examining bodies. The supertonic seventh chord and other secondary sevenths, the diminished seventh chords, Neapolitan sixth and other chromatic chords. Hints o…
Overview: We are taken from as far back as medieval church music right through to the present and shown how the essential characteristics of each period provided a relevant contribution to the mainstream of influence shaping Anglican church music as we know it today. The author's assessment of key works is both informative and perceptive. It enables the author in his final chapters to bring t…