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The 137th New York Regiment courageously and heroically defended a
key point of the Union defense during the Battle of Gettysburg on
Culp's Hill. Matt McCabe, a young Union soldier, befriends a cat
that instantly becomes a lucky pet for his immediate group as well
as the whole regiment. The thoughts and feelings of young men in
combat are explored and the battle is accurately described. The
137th received more casualties than any other regiment in the Union
army. Matt McCabe survives the battle only to march away leaving
his new found friend, Gettysburg the Cat, behind. Or does he? You
will learn some of the daily activities of young men in war and how
they behave in battle. War is a tragic, horrible experience, yet
there is a bond of friendship that exists among the troops, and
there are moments of both tragedy and humor, such as you would find
in a Shakespeare play. This is an entertaining novel complete with
pathos, historical accuracy, a few moments of humor, and a cat.
This second, expanded edition of Arthur Peacocke's seminal work now
includes the author's Gifford Lectures, as well as a new part
three, in which he deals roundly with the central corpus of
Christian belief for a scientific age. "Distinctively theological
commitments are being rethought in light of scientific
apprehensions of nature".--Ted Peters, Zygon.
In this fascinating book Arthur Peacocke shares with his readers a
short autobiographical portrait of his life and his reflections on
Christian faith and practice, based on addresses he has given. In a
final section, he explores the implications for Christian belief of
the scientific world view. He embraces the paradox of the Christian
tradition as a simultaneous respect for what has been handed on to
us and a critical revising, enriching and amplifying of it in the
light of science under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The
Reverend Canon Arthur Peacocke, MBE, DD, DSC, sosc, for twenty-five
years, pursued an academic scientific career in the Universities of
Birmingham and Oxford in the field of physical biochemistry
(especially concerned with DNA). After ordination in 1971 as a
priest-scientist while a Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford, he
subsequently became Dean of Clare College, Cambridge, during which
time he gave the Bampton Lectures in Oxford (published in 1979 as
Creation and the World of Science). He returned to Oxford in 1984
as Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre, Oxford, until 1988, (a post
he resumed in 1995), and gave the Gifford Lectures at St Andrews in
1993, which are included in his Theology for a Scientific Age (2nd
enlarged edition, for which he received an international Templeton
prize). He started the Science and Religion Forum in 1972 and was
the first Warden of the Society of Ordained Scientists from 1987 to
1992. He is an Honorary Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
Dr Peacocke is the author of, and a contributor to, many books and
papers on theology and science.
During the last year of his life, Arthur Peacocke raced against
time to formulate a final comprehensive overview of his
"emergentist - naturalist - panentheist" perspective. A group of
ten specialists in science-and-religion then composed commentaries
and critiques of Peacocke's new "Essay in Interpretation". In the
last weeks and months of his life, Peacocke drew together a final
set of reflections on and replies to their chapters. Peacocke's
"Nunc Dimittis," his final theological reflections in the days
before his death, completes this volume. Peacocke's brief sketch of
how God and nature and humanity interrelate will prove a nascent
classic in the field and a touchstone for further reflection. Led
by editor Philip Clayton, respondents include: Nancey Murphy, Ann
Pederson, Philip Hefner, John Polkinghorne, Karl E. Peters, Donald
M. Braxton, Robert John Russell, Keith Ward, Christopher C. Knight,
and Willem B. Drees.
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