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In recent years the Christian faith has been challenged by
skeptics, including the New Atheists, who claim that belief in God
is simply not reasonable. Here prominent Christian philosopher C.
Stephen Evans offers a fresh, contemporary, and nuanced response.
He makes the case for belief in a personal God through an
exploration of natural "signs," which open our minds to theistic
possibilities and foster belief in the Christian revelation. Evans
then discusses why God's self-revelation is both authoritative and
authentic. This sophisticated yet accessible book provides a clear
account of the evidence for Christian faith, concluding that it
still makes sense to believe.
Kierkegaard and Christian Faith responds directly to the perennial
and problematic concern of how to read Kierkegaard. Specifically,
this volume presses the question of whether the existentialist
philosopher, who so troubled the waters of nineteenth-century
Danish Christendom, is a "Christian thinker for our time." The
chapters crisscross the disciplines of philosophy, theology,
literature, and ethics, and are as rich in argument as they are
diverse in style. Collectively the chapters demonstrate a
principled agreement that Kierkegaard continues to be relevant,
even imperative. Kierkegaard and Christian Faith reveals just how
Kierkegaard's work both defines and reconfigures what is meant by
"Christian thinker." Following an autobiographical prologue by
Kathleen Norris, this volume gathers the chapters in pairs around
crucial themes: the use of philosophy (Merold Westphal and C.
Stephen Evans), revelation and authority (Richard Bauckham and Paul
J. Griffiths), Christian character (Sylvia Walsh and Ralph C.
Wood), the relationship between the church and the world (Jennifer
A. Herdt and Paul Martens), and moral questions of forgiveness and
love (Simon D. Podmore and Cyril O'Regan). The volume underscores
the centrality of Christianity to Kierkegaard's life and thought,
and rightly positions Kierkegaard as a profound challenge to
Christianity as it is understood and practiced today.
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The Bible and the University (Paperback)
Craig Bartholomew, Anthony C. Thiselton; Edited by David Lyle Jeffrey, C. Stephen Evans
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It is well known that the Western university gradually evolved from
the monastic stadium via the cathedral schools of the twelfth
century to become the remarkably vigorous and interdisciplinary
European institutions of higher learning that transformed Christian
intellectual culture in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. It
is equally well known that subsequent disciplinary developments in
higher education, including the founding and flourishing of many of
the most prestigious of North American universities, owe equally to
the Protestant and perhaps particularly Calvinist influence. But
that the secularized modern university that descended from these
developments is now in something of an identity crisis is becoming
widely - and often awkwardly - apparent. The reason most often
given for the crisis is our general failure to produce a morally or
spiritually persuasive substitute for the authority that
undergirded the intellectual culture of our predecessors. This is
frequently also a reason for the discomfort many experience in
trying to address the problem, for it requires an acknowledgement,
at least, that the secularization hypothesis has proven inadequate
as a basis for the sustaining of coherence and general
intelligibility in the university curriculum. Nowhere is this more
apparent than in the disciplines of biblical studies and theology,
which once were the anchor or common point of reference for
theological thought, but which are now both marginalized in the
curriculum and internally divided as to meaning and purpose, even
where the Church itself is concerned. In this final volume of the
Scripture and Hermeneutic Series, a group of distinguished scholars
have sought to understand the role of the Bible in relation to the
disciplines in a fresh way. Offered in a spirit of humility and
experimentally, the essays here consider the historic role of the
Bible in the university, the status of theological reflection
regarding Scripture among the disciplines today, the special role
of Scripture in the development of law, the humanities and social
sciences, and finally, the way the Bible speaks to issues of
academic freedom, intellectual tolerance, and religious liberty.
Contributors Include: Dallas Willard William Abraham Al Wolters
Scott Hahn Glenn Olsen Robert C. Roberts Byron Johnson Robert
Cochran, Jr. David I. Smith John Sullivan Robert Lundin C. Stephen
Evans David Lyle Jeffrey
This book presents an empirically-grounded sociolinguistic history
of the English language in Hong Kong in the past 170 years. Using
substantial sets of diachronic and synchronic data, it traces the
changing status and functions of English in relation to spoken
Cantonese, Mandarin and written Chinese in the key domains of
government, education and business. The author tracks the rise of
English-knowing bilingualism in the city's Chinese community and
explores the evolutionary dynamics of Hong Kong English. He also
speculates on the future of English in the territory, particularly
after 2047 when the 'one country, two systems' framework
established by the Sino-British Joint Declaration is dismantled.
Researchers and students working in the fields of sociolinguistics,
English as a global language, world Englishes, applied linguistics
and English-language education will find this book provides
valuable information and insights about the uses and users of
English in colonial and post-colonial Hong Kong. More generally, it
makes a unique contribution to the literature on the diffusion and
diversification of English worldwide.
The Background to the Institute The NATO Advanced Study Institute
(ASI) 'People and Computers - Applying an Anthropocentric Approach
to Integrated Production Systems and Organisations' came about
after the distribution of a NATO fact sheet to BruneI University,
which described the funding of ASls. The 'embryonic' director of
the ASI brought this opportunity to the attention of the group of
people, (some at BruneI and some from outside), who were together
responsible for the teaching and management of the course in
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) in BruneI's Department of
Manufacturing and Engineering Systems. This course had been
conceived in 1986 and was envisaged as a vehicle for teaching
manufacturing engineering students the technology of information
integration through project work. While the original idea of the
course had also included the organisational aspects of CIM, the
human factors questions were not considered. This shortcoming was
recognised and the trial run of the course in 1988 contained some
lectures on 'people' issues. The course team were therefore well
prepared and keen to explore the People, Organisation and
Technology (POT) aspects of computer integration, as applied to
industrial production. A context was proposed which would allow the
inclusion of people from many different backgrounds and which would
open up time and space for reflection. The proposal to organise a
NATO ASI was therefore welcomed by all concerned.
The Background to the Institute The NATO Advanced Study Institute
(ASI) 'People and Computers - Applying an Anthropocentric Approach
to Integrated Production Systems and Organisations' came about
after the distribution of a NATO fact sheet to BruneI University,
which described the funding of ASls. The 'embryonic' director of
the ASI brought this opportunity to the attention of the group of
people, (some at BruneI and some from outside), who were together
responsible for the teaching and management of the course in
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) in BruneI's Department of
Manufacturing and Engineering Systems. This course had been
conceived in 1986 and was envisaged as a vehicle for teaching
manufacturing engineering students the technology of information
integration through project work. While the original idea of the
course had also included the organisational aspects of CIM, the
human factors questions were not considered. This shortcoming was
recognised and the trial run of the course in 1988 contained some
lectures on 'people' issues. The course team were therefore well
prepared and keen to explore the People, Organisation and
Technology (POT) aspects of computer integration, as applied to
industrial production. A context was proposed which would allow the
inclusion of people from many different backgrounds and which would
open up time and space for reflection. The proposal to organise a
NATO ASI was therefore welcomed by all concerned.
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Seve (Spanish, DVD)
Alvar Gordejuela, Nil Cardoner, Maria Molins, Quim Àvila Conde, José Navar, …
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Dramatic retelling of the life and career of Spanish professional
golfer Severiano 'Seve' Ballesteros directed by documentary
film-maker John-Paul Davidson. The film shows how Seve grew from a
young boy (José Luis Gutiérrez) playing golf on the beaches of his
native Spain with a broken 3-iron to a world number one and leading
figure in the sport. Told through dramatic re-enactments and
archive footage, the story follows Seve as he overcomes every
hurdle in his journey towards success.
In this volume, Steven Evans reports on a quarter century of
work-work that resulted in a commercial product known as the PACE
System. An advanced clinical management system, PACE links all care
delivery set tings and reaches across multiple episodes. It offers
capabilities critical to managed care, including care planning and
clinical pathways, the critical pathway analyzer and clinical
repository central to outcomes-based care, and more. The pages that
follow describe the PACE project, focusing on its knowl edge base
and semantic network. They offer insights into system implemen
tation and address the synthesis of principles within the PACE
System. From this project in nursing informatics, Steven Evans
relates both suc cesses and failures, sharing the strategies and
techniques to adopt and pitfalls to avoid in a project that
followed five years of preliminary theo retical work. With clarity
and candor, he gives us the benefit of two decades of project
development, first in academia and then in the commercial sector.
Over the course of the project, many tens of millions of dollars
and close to 500 person-years of effort were invested. Building on
the strong conceptual base developed at Creigton University's
School of Nursing, the project has seen exponential growth in its
clinical capabilities since entering the commercial sector in 1989.
If you want to be the best, you have to have the right skillset.
From effective time management and efficient speed reading to
managing yourself and stopping stress from slowing you down, THE
ULTIMATE PRODUCTIVITY BOOK is a dynamic collection of tools,
techniques, and strategies for success. Short, punchy chapters mean
you can read up quickly and start applying what you've learned
immediately. Discover the main themes, key ideas and tools you need
and bring it all together with practical exercises. This is your
complete course in being more productive. ABOUT THE SERIES ULTIMATE
books are for managers, leaders, and business executives who want
to succeed at work. From marketing and sales to management and
finance, each title gives comprehensive coverage of the essential
business skills you need to get ahead in your career. Written in
straightforward English, each book is designed to help you quickly
master the subject, with fun quizzes embedded so that you can check
how you're doing.
C. Sephen Evans has written a pointed and personal book directed to
those who want to have faith but whose thinking has been obscured
by the static of prevailing philosophies, illuminating the
attraction and reasonableness of Christianity.
Kierkegaard on Faith and the Self represents a rich collection of
studies that allow Soren Kierkegaard to speak directly to the
questions of contemporary readers. Evans analyzes Kierkegaard as a
philosopher, his perspectives on faith, reason, and epistemology,
ethics, and his view of the self. Evans makes a strong case that
Kierkegaard has something crucial to say to the Christian church as
a philosopher and something equally crucial to say to the
philosophical world as a Christian believer.
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