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The ancient Israelite authors of the Hebrew Bible were not
philosophers, so what they could not say about God in logical
terms, they expressed through metaphor and imagery. To present God
in His most impenetrable otherness, the image they chose was the
desert. The desert was Ancient Israels southern frontier, an
unknown region that was always elsewhere: from that elsewhere, God
has come -- God came from the South (Hab 3:3); God, when you
marched from the desert (Ps 68:8); from his southland mountain
slopes (Deut 33:2). Robert Miller explores this imagery, shedding
light on what the biblical authors meant by associating God with
deserts to the south of Israel and Judah. Biblical authors knew of
its climate, flora, and fauna, and understood this magnificent
desert landscape as a fascinating place of literary paradox. This
divine desert was far from lifeless, its plants and animals were
tenacious, bizarre, fierce, even supernatural. The spiritual
importance of the desert in a biblical context begins with the
physical elements whose impact cognitive science can elucidate.
Travellers and naturalists of the past two millennia have
experienced this and other wildernesses, and their testimonies
provide a window into Israels experience of the desert. A prime
focus is the existential experience encountered. Confronting the
deserts enigmatic wildness, its melding of the known and unknown,
leads naturally to spiritual experience. The books panoramic view
of biblical spirituality of the desert is illustrated by the ways
spiritual writers -- from Biblical Times to the Desert Fathers to
German Mysticism -- have employed the images therefrom. Revelation
and renewal are just two of many themes. Folklore of the Ancient
Near East, and indeed elsewhere, that deals with the desert /
wilderness archetype has been explored via Jungian psychology,
Goethean Science, enunciative linguistics, and Hebrew philology.
These philosophies contribute to this exploration of the Hebrew
Bibles desert metaphor for God.
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A Hero Walked Here (Paperback)
Joseph Apuzzio; Edited by Enrico Pucci; Cover design or artwork by Robert Miller
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Discovery Miles 4 190
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A developer's knowledge of a computing system's requirements is
necessarily imperfect because organizations change. Many
requirements lie in the future and are unknowable at the time the
system is designed and built. To avoid burdensome maintenance costs
developers must therefore rely on a system's ability to change
gracefully-its flexibility. Flexible Software Design: Systems
Development for Changing Requirements demonstrates the design
principles and techniques that enable the design of software that
empowers business staff to make functional changes to their systems
with little or no professional IT intervention. The book
concentrates on the design aspects of system development, the area
with the most flexibility leverage. Divided into four parts, the
text begins by introducing the fundamental concepts of flexibility,
explaining the reality of imperfect knowledge and how development
participants must change their thinking to implement flexible
software. The second part covers design guidelines, stable
identifiers, stable information structures, the Generic Entity
Cloud concept, and regulatory mechanisms that give business staff
control over system modifications. Part three relates strategic
information systems planning to flexible systems. It examines the
elicitation of requirements and the relevance of agile methods in a
flexible systems environment. It also discusses practical aspects
of stable identifier design and compares the testing of traditional
and flexible software. In part four, the book concludes with
details of the flexible UniverSIS system and an explanation of the
applications and extensions of the Generic Entity Cloud tools. The
combination of smart design and smart work offered in Flexible
Software Design can materially benefit your organization by
radically reducing the systems maintenance burden.
Institutional foundation stories have a tendency to change and
develop with the passage of time and much repetition. Maritime
social historian R.W.H. Miller here explores the life of The Rev.
John Ashley and his association with the foundation story of the
Mission to Seafarers, the work of which society is much admired by
its present Patron, HRH the Princess Royal. The traditional story
is that Ashley's son, out walking by the Bristol Channel with his
father, in the early 1830s, asked how the islanders could go to
church. Ashley went to see, and from the islands of Flat Holm and
Steep Holm seeing large fleets of wind bound ships, asked himself
the same question. He used his own money (deriving mainly from the
trade of sugar and slaves) to build a schooner, which he sailed in
all weathers to provide an answer, in the process creating for
himself a place in the ancestry of several Anglican and Catholic
societies, of which the Mission to Seafarers, the Royal National
Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, and the Apostleship of the Sea,
continue to provide seafarers with a valued and often heroic
service.
One Firm Anchor uncovers nineteen centuries of contact between the
churches and the seafarer. This extensive introductory history goes
beyond anything previously written on the subject in scope and
detail. Until now, much has been written of the sea, but little
about the relationship of the seafarer to Christianity. R.W.H
Miller adeptly sets out the origins of seafaring mission in the
Early Church and the medieval era. The early modern period is also
considered, leading to a detailed exploration of the developments
in the nineteenth century that saw the foundation of The Missions
to Seamen, the British Sailors' Society, the Apostleship of the Sea
and the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen. Particular attention is
given to the work of the Catholic Church during the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. These developments are set against the
backdrop of the economic, technical, and cultural developments of
each period and society. Miller reveals the role of key figures,
such as G.C. Smith, John Ashley, Francis Goldie SJ and Peter Anson,
whose determination and vision instigated real change. One Firm
Anchor is both a triumph of scholarship and a lively narrative of
heroic ministry and (occasionally) erring clergy, and will appeal
to historian, academic, and student alike.
This title was first published in 2003. The transition from
socialism experienced by the countries of Eastern and Central
Europe during the last decade has been recognised as a profound
historical watershed. It is only now, however, that the meanings
and dimensions of 'post-socialism' are becoming apparent. The use
of the 'biographical perspective' in research provides a unique
avenue for studying these changes. Biographical Research in Eastern
Europe is the only edited volume that brings the work of many of
the most advanced and active biographical researchers working on
Eastern Europe together in one volume. The book is organized into
four parts. 'The Potential of Biographical Research,' explores the
methodological issues. Arguments for the appropriateness of the
biographical approach as a humanistic perspective are put forward
and emphasis is laid on its fruitfulness for research into everyday
lives and for the study of identity construction with particular
reference to transition. 'Communists, Informers and Dissidents,'
deals with the structural features of Soviet regimes, with a
particular focus on the problematic divisions between public and
private spheres of life. 'The Impact of Social Change,'
demonstrates the value of the biographical approach as an
instrument for the study of social and cultural change. 'Exile,
Migration and Ethnicity,' centres on the problem of constructing
and maintaining ethnic identities under repression; a context that
can be seen as disturbing life-trajectories and framing the life
story. Covering a wide range of 'post-socialist' countries, the
chapters are unified by a common research perspective and an
informative introduction that identifies common themes across the
selections.
Charles Plomer Hopkins (1861-1922), born in America and educated in
Falmouth, England, became a seamen's chaplain in Burma, and then
India, where he founded a seamen's union and used the Merchant
Shipping Acts to pursue erring captains and ship owners through the
Courts. Against a backdrop of the British Empire, the Raj, and the
Church of England's Catholic revival, accusations of sexual
impropriety, murder, and fi nancial malpractice followed him to
England, where he began to build Alton Abbey in Hampshire, and to
throw in his lot with the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union. As
Secretary of the International Committee of Seamen's Union he
announced in 1911 the start of the fi rst and, to date, only
international strike of merchant seamen, conducting most of the
negotiations to effect its conclusion, before being appointed a
Trustee of the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union and then Joint
Secretary of the National Maritime Board. This gripping story will
be of interest not only to readers concerned with maritime or
Church history, but to those who fight for human rights, morality
or freedom. R.W.H. Miller, a Roman Catholic priest in the West of
England and a long-time student of maritime social history, has
worked for both the Missions to Seamen and the Apostleship of the
Sea. He is a member of the Society for Nautical Research and the
International Maritime Economic History Association.
This title was first published in 2003. The transition from
socialism experienced by the countries of Eastern and Central
Europe during the last decade has been recognised as a profound
historical watershed. It is only now, however, that the meanings
and dimensions of 'post-socialism' are becoming apparent. The use
of the 'biographical perspective' in research provides a unique
avenue for studying these changes. Biographical Research in Eastern
Europe is the only edited volume that brings the work of many of
the most advanced and active biographical researchers working on
Eastern Europe together in one volume. The book is organized into
four parts. 'The Potential of Biographical Research,' explores the
methodological issues. Arguments for the appropriateness of the
biographical approach as a humanistic perspective are put forward
and emphasis is laid on its fruitfulness for research into everyday
lives and for the study of identity construction with particular
reference to transition. 'Communists, Informers and Dissidents,'
deals with the structural features of Soviet regimes, with a
particular focus on the problematic divisions between public and
private spheres of life. 'The Impact of Social Change,'
demonstrates the value of the biographical approach as an
instrument for the study of social and cultural change. 'Exile,
Migration and Ethnicity,' centres on the problem of constructing
and maintaining ethnic identities under repression; a context that
can be seen as disturbing life-trajectories and framing the life
story. Covering a wide range of 'post-socialist' countries, the
chapters are unified by a common research perspective and an
informative introduction that identifies common themes across the
selections.
In March 2011, people in a coastal Japanese city stood atop a
seawall watching the approach of the tsunami that would kill them.
They believed—naively—that the huge concrete barrier would save
them. Instead, they perished, betrayed by the very thing built to
protect them. Erratic weather, blistering drought, rising seas, and
ecosystem collapse now affect every inch of the globe.
Increasingly, we no longer look to stop climate change, choosing
instead to adapt to it. Never have so many undertaken such a
widespread, hurried attempt to remake the world. Predictably, our
hubris has led to unintended—and sometimes
disastrous—consequences. Academics call it maladaptation; in
simple terms, it’s about solutions that backfire. Over the
Seawall tells us the stories behind these unintended consequences
and about the fixes that can do more harm than good. From seawalls
in coastal Japan, to the re-engineered waters in the Ganges River
Delta, to the artificial ribbon of water supporting both farms and
urban centres in parched Arizona, Stephen Robert Miller traces the
histories of engineering marvels that were once deemed too smart
and too big to fail. In each he takes us into the land and culture,
seeking out locals and experts to better understand how
complicated, grandiose schemes led instead to failure, and to find
answers to the technologic holes we’ve dug ourselves into. Over
the Seawall urges us to take a hard look at the fortifications we
build and how they’ve fared in the past. It embraces humanity’s
penchant for problem-solving, but argues that if we are to adapt
successfully to climate change, we must recognize that working with
nature is not surrender but the only way to assure a secure future.
A clear-eyed guide to demagoguery--and how we can defeat it What is
demagoguery? Some demagogues are easy to spot: They rise to power
through pandering, charisma, and prejudice. But, as professor
Patricia Roberts-Miller explains, a demagogue is anyone who reduces
all questions to us vs. them. Why is it dangerous? Demagoguery is
democracy's greatest threat. It erodes rational debate, so that
intelligent policymaking grinds to a halt. The idea that we never
fall for it--that all the blame lies with them--is equally
dangerous. How can we stop it? Demagogues follow predictable
patterns in what they say and do to gain power. The key to
resisting demagoguery is to name it when you see it--and to know
where it leads.
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