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Eureka: Biochemistry & Metabolism is an innovative book for
medical students that fully integrates core science, clinical
medicine and surgery. The book benefits from an engaging and
authoritative text, written by specialists in the field, and has
several key features to help you really understand the subject:
Chapter starter questions - to get you thinking about the topic
before you start reading Break out boxes which contain essential
key knowledge Clinical cases to help you understand the material in
a clinical context Unique graphic narratives which are especially
useful for visual learners End of chapter answers to the starter
questions A final self-assessment chapter of Single Best Answers to
really help test and reinforce your knowledge The book starts with
a First Principles chapter which clearly explains the key concepts
and mechanisms relevant to the study of medicine e.g. types of
biochemical reaction, enzymes and cofactors. This is followed by a
series of systems-based chapters which are introduced with an
engaging clinical case which helps link the subject to the practice
of medicine. Finally there is a self-assessment chapter consisting
of 80 single best answer questions to test your understanding. The
Eureka series of books are designed to be a 'one stop shop': they
contain all the key information you need to know to succeed in your
studies and pass your exams.
In recent decades, powerful telescopes have enabled astrophysicists
to uncover startling new worlds and solar systems. An epochal
moment came in 1995, when a planet – 51 Pegasi b – was located
orbiting a star other than our own sun. Since then, thousands of
new planets have followed, and the question of life beyond earth
has become one of the principal topics in discussions between
science and religion. Attention to this topic has a long history in
Christian theology, but has rarely been pursued at any depth.
Writing with both passion and precision, Andrew Davison brings his
extensive knowledge of Christian thought to bear, drawing
particularly on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, as well as his
training as a scientist. No book to date better prepares the
Christian community for responding to evidence of other life, if it
is found. And yet, we do not need to wait for that to have happened
before this book shows its worth. In thinking about planets,
creatures, and ecosystems beyond our planet, Davison already
reinvigorates our theology for the earth.
Alston Moor is a large rural parish in Cumbria which historically
both depended upon and provided important services for the
agricultural and mineral industries of the North Pennines.Much of
the area's settlement is dispersed among hamlets and single
farmsteads. Isolated from major northern cities such as Carlisle
and Newcastle by the surrounding hills and moors, the parish's wild
upland landscape provides a conditioning influence on a distinctive
tradition of vernacular building types, ranging from the bastle to
its later 18th- and 19th-century derivatives and 'mine shops'
providing lodgings for miners close to their place of work. Found
across the parish, and with urban variants present in Alston
itself, these buildings have in common first-floor living
accommodation whilst the ground floor is used for cow-byres in more
rural areas and for general storage, workshops and shops in urban
and industrial contexts. This development of the bastle, a
fortified house type found on both sides of the Anglo-Saxon border
is nationally significant yet remains under-examined at the level
of architectural and historical synthesis. This publication
presents an informed account of Alston Moor's vernacular buildings
from their earliest survival onwards, and sets them within their
regional and national context. It explores how houses of various
types combine with a rich legacy of public and industrial buildings
to create places of distinctive character. It takes a
whole-landscape view of the area, relating its buildings and
settlements to the wider patterns of landscape evolution resulting
from agricultural and industrial activity and the development of
communications.
The book provides a clear account of the sacraments of the
Christian Church and of the general idea of sacramentality. It will
reach out to a wide audience and present solid academic theology in
an accessible and popular manner. The approach is distinctively
Anglican, Thomist and on the conservative side of 'liberal
catholic'.
As recent events indicate, Iranian, Middle Eastern, and Islamic
politics more broadly have been deeply influential in world
affairs. Hamid Dabashi has been a highly visible and prominent
commentator on these affairs, explaining, interpreting, and
providing a critical perspective. This volume gathers together his
most influential and insightful writings. As one of the foremost
contemporary public intellectuals and scholars of our time,
Dabashi's interests and writings span subjects ranging from Islamic
philosophy and political ideology to Iranian art and Persian
literature, from Sufism and Orientalism to Iranian and world cinema
and contemporary Arab and Muslim visual arts; and from postcolonial
theory and globalization to imperialism and public affairs. There
is a direct connection between his theoretical innovations and the
angle of his public interventions on the urgent global issues of
the day. This book brings together some of his most important
writings, especially those that offer new ways of understanding
Islam, Iran, Islamist ideology, global art, and the condition of
global modernity. The book shows the underlying conceptual themes
that unify Dabashi's wide-ranging and brilliantly insightful
corpus. Dabashi combines deep knowledge of the subject matter about
which he writes, and highly refined sociological, hermeneutical,
and cultural interpretive skills, moving far beyond the limiting,
distorted, and intellectually stifling character of reigning
absolutist conventions. He places existing authoritative frameworks
under close scrutiny in order to produce novel and penetrating
insights. These essays reflect historical and geographical worlds
that are best viewed when Hamid Dabashi's work is read as a whole,
which this one- volume work makes possible for the first time.
Few ideas have excited greater interest among theologians in recent
decades than the idea of 'participation'. In thinking about
creation, it is the notion that everything comes from, and depends
upon, God, inviting the language of sharing, or of an exemplar and
its images; in thinking about redemption, it points to the
restoration of that image, and is expressed in the language of
communion with God and with the redeemed community. In this volume,
Andrew Davison considers these themes in unprecedented breadth,
investigating the fundamental character of participation as it can
be applied to a wide range of theological topics. Exploring what it
means to know, to love, to do good, and to live together well, he
shows how these ideas animate a particular understanding of human
life and how we relate to the world around us. His book offers the
most comprehensive survey of participation to date, contributing to
detailed discussions of these themes among academic theologians.
Drawing on scholarly and life experience on, and over, the
historically posited borders between "West" and "East," the work
identifies, interrogates, and challenges a particular, enduring,
violent inheritance - what it means to cross over a border - from
the classical origins of Western political thought. The study has
two parts. The first is an effort to work within the Western
tradition to demonstrate its foundational and enduring, violent
conception of crossing over borders. The second is a creative
effort to explore and encourage a fundamentally different outlook
towards borders and what it means to be on, at, or over them. The
underlying social theoretical disposition of the work is a form of
post-Orientalist hermeneutics; the textual subject matter of the
two parts of the study is linked using Walter Benjamin's concept of
the storyteller. The underlying premise of the work is that the
sense of violent possibility on the borders between "West" and
"East" existed well before the more recent "age of imperialism" and
even before there was a "West" or an "East" to speak of. That sense
is constitutive of a political imagination about borders developed
deep within the revered sources of Western culture. On the other
hand, confronting the influence of such violent imaginaries
requires truly novel modes of hermeneutical openness, hospitality
and solidarity. Seeking to offer a new understanding and opening in
the study of borders, this work will provide a significant
contribution to several areas including international relations
theory, border studies and political theory.
Drawing on scholarly and life experience on, and over, the
historically posited borders between "West" and "East," the work
identifies, interrogates, and challenges a particular, enduring,
violent inheritance - what it means to cross over a border - from
the classical origins of Western political thought. The study has
two parts. The first is an effort to work within the Western
tradition to demonstrate its foundational and enduring, violent
conception of crossing over borders. The second is a creative
effort to explore and encourage a fundamentally different outlook
towards borders and what it means to be on, at, or over them. The
underlying social theoretical disposition of the work is a form of
post-Orientalist hermeneutics; the textual subject matter of the
two parts of the study is linked using Walter Benjamin's concept of
the storyteller. The underlying premise of the work is that the
sense of violent possibility on the borders between "West" and
"East" existed well before the more recent "age of imperialism" and
even before there was a "West" or an "East" to speak of. That sense
is constitutive of a political imagination about borders developed
deep within the revered sources of Western culture. On the other
hand, confronting the influence of such violent imaginaries
requires truly novel modes of hermeneutical openness, hospitality
and solidarity. Seeking to offer a new understanding and opening in
the study of borders, this work will provide a significant
contribution to several areas including international relations
theory, border studies and political theory.
As recent events indicate, Iranian, Middle Eastern, and Islamic
politics more broadly have been deeply influential in world
affairs. Hamid Dabashi has been a highly visible and prominent
commentator on these affairs, explaining, interpreting, and
providing a critical perspective. This volume gathers together his
most influential and insightful writings.
As one of the foremost contemporary public intellectuals and
scholars of our time, Dabashi's interests and writings span
subjects ranging from Islamic philosophy and political ideology to
Iranian art and Persian literature, from Sufism and Orientalism to
Iranian and world cinema and contemporary Arab and Muslim visual
arts; and from postcolonial theory and globalization to imperialism
and public affairs. There is a direct connection between his
theoretical innovations and the angle of his public interventions
on the urgent global issues of the day. This book brings together
some of his most important writings, especially those that offer
new ways of understanding Islam, Iran, Islamist ideology, global
art, and the condition of global modernity. The book shows the
underlying conceptual themes that unify Dabashi's wide-ranging and
brilliantly insightful corpus.
Dabashi combines deep knowledge of the subject matter about
which he writes, and highly refined sociological, hermeneutical,
and cultural interpretive skills, moving far beyond the limiting,
distorted, and intellectually stifling character of reigning
absolutist conventions. He places existing authoritative frameworks
under close scrutiny in order to produce novel and penetrating
insights. These essays reflect historical and geographical worlds
that are best viewed when Hamid Dabashi's work is read as a whole,
which this one- volume work makes possible for the first time.
Reflections for Daily Prayer continues to be one of the most
popular and highly valued daily Bible reading companions.
Continuing its tradition of excellence, regular favourites and new
contributors offer insightful, informed and inspiring reflections
on the scripture readings of the day, based on the Common Worship
lectionary for Morning Prayer. Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of
York, is the guest contributor for Holy Week. New voices this year
include Gregory Cameron, the Bishop of St Asaph and author of the
popular An Advent Book of Days and An Easter Book of Days; Chine
MacDonald, author, broadcaster and Director of the religious think
tank Theos; and Emma Parker, Deputy Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham.
For every day (excluding Sundays) of the 2023-24 church year, there
are full references and a quotation from the day’s set of
Scripture readings, concise and challenging commentary, and a
collect. Also included is a simple order for Morning and Night
Rrayer, and additional helps for nurturing a habit of regular daily
prayer.
Few ideas have excited greater interest among theologians in recent
decades than the idea of 'participation'. In thinking about
creation, it is the notion that everything comes from, and depends
upon, God, inviting the language of sharing, or of an exemplar and
its images; in thinking about redemption, it points to the
restoration of that image, and is expressed in the language of
communion with God and with the redeemed community. In this volume,
Andrew Davison considers these themes in unprecedented breadth,
investigating the fundamental character of participation as it can
be applied to a wide range of theological topics. Exploring what it
means to know, to love, to do good, and to live together well, he
shows how these ideas animate a particular understanding of human
life and how we relate to the world around us. His book offers the
most comprehensive survey of participation to date, contributing to
detailed discussions of these themes among academic theologians.
Imaginative Apologetics draws on much that is most vibrant in
contemporary theology to develop Christian apologetics for the
present day. The contributors are leaders in their fields. They
represent a confident approach to theology, grounded in a deep
respect for the theological tradition of the Church. They display a
perceptive interest in philosophy, and unlike many works of
apologetics their interest is in the philosophy of the present day,
not only that of previous centuries. Drawing on the theology of the
imagination they show the centrality of the imagination to
apologetics; from the significant of virtue in Christian ethics
they show that Christian ethics is part of the Good News; from
developments in the theology of knowledge they show that
apologetics must be communal and must learn to tell stories.
Dealing with history, the arts and the nature of atheism, with the
natural sciences and social theory, Imaginative Apologetics
presents a theological account of apologetics for the twenty-first
century.
From the dawn of Western thought to the present day, The Love of
Wisdom tells the story of philosophy as something intensely
theological, both in its insights and its wrong turns. The book
will be invaluable for any student of theology or intellectual
history, and for anyone who wants to see the intellectual cogency
of the Christian faith at its best. The intellectual tradition of
the Church emerges clearly from this book as one of the glories of
the Christian inheritance. Andrew Davison argues that Christian
thinkers will be more faithful to Christian teaching, not less, if
they pay attention to philosophy. Our thinking is always
philosophical, since we cannot think without categories or
assumption. Our philosophy may as well, therefore, be good
philosophy. By bringing our philosophy out into the open we can
bring them under theological judgement. Clear and articulate, this
book provides the philosophical background to Christian theology
down the ages, and examines the intellectual climate of our own
times.
This is a new edition of English Heritage's widely acclaimed study
of that great British institution, the public house. First
published in 2004, this was described as the best history of the
pub available. Now updated and corrected, it offers a scholarly,
yet accessible history of the origins of the pub and its
development since medieval times. Alcoholic beverages have long
formed a part of British culture and over the centuries the
authorities have made strenuous efforts to control the form and
operation of public drinking establishments (with varying degrees
of success!). The Golden Age of pub-building was at the end of the
nineteenth century and many of the finest examples are illustrated
here. It was brought about by a combination of forces which are all
explored - the influence of the Temperance Movement, competition
from rival forms of entertainment, and efforts on the part of
magistrates and government to improve the pub stock. The book
contains a stunning photographic survey of our pub heritage and
lists most of the finest and interesting surviving examples. This
new edition also explains the changes that have affected pubs,
their culture and appearance during the past seven years.
God's Church in the World: The Gift of Catholic Mission presents a
confident and joyful assertion of the Catholic character of
Christian mission and its sacramental nature, exploring the
transforming role the Catholic tradition can play in evangelism. A
range of outstanding contributors explore the gifts that the
Catholic tradition - formed by a conviction that the presence of
Christ in the Eucharist intensifies and motivates an awareness of
the sacramental presence of Christ in the world - can bring to the
church's engagement with the world. Chapters include: * Mission and
the Life of Prayer * Mission and the Sacraments * Catholic Mission
in Practice * The Virgin Mary and Mission * Vocation and Mission *
The Sacraments as Converting Ordinances * Social Justice and Growth
in Anglo-Catholic Churches * Reflections on Scripture and Catholic
Mission * Catholic Mission: Historical Perspectives The
contributors represent the breadth of Catholic traditions and
identities in the Church of England today.
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De Sortibus (Hardcover)
Thomas Aquinas; Translated by Peter Carey; Foreword by Andrew Davison
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De Sortibus (Paperback)
Thomas Aquinas; Translated by Peter Carey; Foreword by Andrew Davison
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The God We Proclaim (Paperback)
John Hughes, Andrew Davison; Foreword by Graham Ward
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This book provides an informed analysis of the ideological content
of Kemalism - the name given to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's party's
political thought and practice - and the persistently official and
semi-official, hegemonic ideology of the Turkish Republic, formally
founded in 1923. Through a textual and contextual analysis of
Kemalism in Atarurk's speeches and the official documents of the
ruling Republican People's Party, Taha Parla and Andrew Davison
offer fresh interpretations of the political, economic, social, and
cultural goals of the Kemalist version of Turkish nationalism. They
also provide an astute analysis of the power and authority that
Araturk and his collegues believed were necessary to achieve their
implementation, and of the institutions created in that process.
Kemalism as a democratizing and secularizing framework for modern
governance is debated by illuminating Kemalism's emphatic and
self-conscious, corporatist ideological core. The authors show how
Kemalism's conceptions of society, national identity, the
relationship between the state and Islam, and other fundamental
political dynamics require a rethinking of its democratic, secular,
and modernist reputation, and its prospects for, and barriers to, a
more democratic Turkey within the Kemalist legacy.
Reflections for Daily Prayer has nourished thousands of Christians
for a decade with its inspiring and informed weekday Bible
reflections. Now, in response to demand, Reflections for Sundays
combines material from over the years with new writing to provide
high-quality reflections on the Principal Readings for Sundays and
major Holy Days. Contributors include some of the very best writers
from across the Anglican tradition who have helped to establish it
as one of the leading daily devotional volumes today. For each
Sunday and major Holy Day in Year A, Reflections for Sundays
offers: * full lectionary details for the Principle Service * a
reflection on the Old Testament reading * a reflection on the
Epistle * a reflection on the Gospel It also contains a substantial
introduction to the Gospel of Matthew, written by renowned Bible
teacher Paula Gooder.
This book looks at the two most popular ways of using Java SE 6 to
write 3D games on PCs: Java 3D (a high-level scene graph API) and
JOGL (a Java layer over OpenGL). Written by Java gaming expert,
Andrew Davison, this book uses the new Java (SE) 6 platform and its
features including splash screens, scripting, and the desktop tray
interface. This book is also unique in that it covers Java game
development using the Java 3D API and Java for OpenGL--both
critical components and libraries for Java-based 3D game
application development
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Blessing is one of the most used but least understood of Christian
terms. We want to be blessed, and to be a blessing, but do not
think a great deal about what that implies. This engaging
introduction unpacks the rich, many-layered concept of blessing
from a variety of angles, looking at the place of blessing in the
scriptures, in theology and in daily life. It explores: * What it
means to `Bless the Lord' * Blessing in terms of thanksgiving,
praise, and recognition of who God is * Jesus as the Son of the
Blessed One * Overcoming the opposite of blessing * Who and what is
blessed * How and when we bless today With sections on vocation and
the `prosperity gospel' movement, this guide will not only help the
reader to think differently and more deeply about blessing, but
also about the places, people and situations that we bless.
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