Foolishness to the Greeks : The Gospel and Western Culture

How can biblical authority be a reality for those shaped by the modern world? This book treats the First World as a mission field, offering a unique perspective on the relationship between the gospel and current society by presenting an outsider's view of contemporary Western culture.

Kinship and Religion in Estern Indonesia

Edisi

First Published

ISBN/ISSN

91-7346-226-8

Deskripsi Fisik

viii + 132 pgs.; 23 cm.

Judul Seri

-

No. Panggil

291.1598 HIC k

Dirt Music

Luther Fox, a loner, haunted by his past, makes his living as an illegal fisherman, a shamateur. Before everyone in his family was killed in a freak rollover, he grew melons and played guitar in the family band. Robbed of all that, he has turned his back on music. There's too much emotion in it, too much memory and pain. One morning Fox is observed poaching by Georgie Jutland. Chance, or a kin…

The Rules of Sociological Method : And Selected Texts on Sociology and Its Me…

First published in 1895: Emile Durkheim’s masterful work on the nature and scope of sociology—now with a new introduction and improved translation by leading scholar Steven Lukes. The Rules of the Sociological Method is among the most important contributions to the field of sociology, still debated among scholars today. Through letters, arguments, and commentaries on significant debates, Dur…

The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone …

The Gifts of the Jews reveals the critical change that made western civilization possible. Within the matrix of ancient religions and philosophies, life was seen as part of an endless cycle of birth and death; time was like a wheel, spinning ceaselessly. Yet somehow, the ancient Jews began to see time differently. For them, time had a beginning and an end; it was a narrative, whose triumphant c…

How the Irish Saved Civilization : The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role …

Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western cultu…

Timor : A People Betrayed

Edisi

First Published

ISBN/ISSN

0-7333-0537-7

Deskripsi Fisik

xvi + 365 pgs.; 23,5 cm.

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

959.86 DUn t

Jobs of Our Own : Building a Stake-hlder SocietyAltenatives to the Market and…

Edisi

First Published

ISBN/ISSN

1-86403-064-X

Deskripsi Fisik

xiv + 308 pgs.; 21,5 cm.

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

339.2 MAT j

Beyond Poverty and Affluence: Toward an Economy of Care

Beyond Poverty and Affluence makes an urgent appeal for a bold new economic practice. In the face of distressing societal realities - poverty, pollution and environmental degradation, ongoing losses in both the quantity and the quality of work - eminent Dutch economists Bob Goudzwaard and Harry de Lange argue that the foundations of our local, national, and international economic order need ren…

How to Read a Poem

Edisi

First Published

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-4051-5140-5

Deskripsi Fisik

ix + 182 hlm.; 23 cm.

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

808.1 EAG h