Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a King who was above the law: in the end the man they briefed was the radical barrister, John Cooke. Cooke was a plebeian, son of a poor farmer, but he had the courage to bring the King's trial to its dramatic conclusion: the Engl…
In this cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study, John Hick draws upon major world religions, as well as biology, psychology, parapsychology, anthropology, and philosophy, to explore the mystery of death. He argues that scientific and philosophical objections to the idea of survival after death can be challenged, and he claims that human inadequacy in facing suffering supports the basic religiou…
A burgeoning new city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. It is also built upon a landscape that has been stretching, sliding and breaking apart for millennia. In 1906 the dreams of this city came crashing down beneath the wave of a horrifying earthquake that turned roads into great rippling rivers, that set buildings ablaze for days on end, that made homes collapse upon themselve…
Dalam buku kebudayaan dan agama, Clifford Geertz menjelaskan bahwa simbol-simbol keramat tertentu memuat makna dari hakikat dunia dan nilai-nilai yang diperlukan seseorang untuk hidup dimasyarakatnya. Simbol-simbol keagamaan semacam itu mampu untuk menggiring bagaimana seseorang merasa cocok untuk melihat, merasa, berfikir, dan bertindak. Betul bahwa orang tidak hanya mempercayai apa yang dapa…
Buku ini membahas tentang : Perspektif baru dalam komunikasi dan pembangunan, Premis-premis, obyek-obyek dan metode-metode asing dalam penelitian komunikasi di amerika latin, Komunikasi inovasi pertanian di Amerika Latin