Author : Leo Strauss
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 21,88 MB
Release : 1978-11-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0226777014
Originally published in 1964 by The University Press of Virginia.
Author : Michael Gerson
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 13,10 MB
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1575679280
An era has ended. The political expression that most galvanized evangelicals during the past quarter-century, the Religious Right, is fading. What's ahead is unclear. Millions of faith-based voters still exist, and they continue to care deeply about hot-button issues like abortion and gay marriage, but the shape of their future political engagement remains to be formed. Into this uncertainty, former White House insiders Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner seek to call evangelicals toward a new kind of political engagement -- a kind that is better both for the church and the country, a kind that cannot be co-opted by either political party, a kind that avoids the historic mistakes of both the Religious Left and the Religious Right. Incisive, bold, and marked equally by pragmatism and idealism, Gerson and Wehner's new book has the potential to chart a new political future not just for values voters, but for the nation as a whole.
Author : Gerald D. Suttles
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 39,53 MB
Release : 1990-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226781938
With its extraordinary uniform street grid, its magnificent lake-side park, and innovative architecture and public sculpture, Chicago is one of the most planned cities of the modern era. Yet over the past few decades Chicago has come to epitomize some of the worst evils of urban decay: widespread graft and corruption, political stalemates, troubled race relations, and economic decline. Broad-shouldered boosterism can no longer disguise the city's failure to keep pace with others, its failure to attract new "sunrise" industries and world-class events. For Chicago, as for other rust-belt cities, new ways of planning and managing the urban environment are now much more than civic beautification; they are the means to survival. Gerald D. Suttles here offers an irreverent, highly critical guide to both the realities and myths of land-use planning and development in Chicago from 1976 through 1987.
Author : Peter J. Leithart
Publisher : Canon Press & Book Service
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 46,10 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1885767552
"[Analyzes specific ancient epics and Greek dramas in the light of Christian beliefs. Ancient poets and playwrights discussed: Hesiod, Homer, Virgil, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes.]"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Raghavan Iyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 37,51 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
Author : Howard Akler
Publisher : Coach House Books
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 39,11 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781552451588
"It's 1934, and Toronto is stalled in the Great Depression. Pickpocket Mona Kantor is scraping by on small change, while Eli Morenz, city reporter for the Daily Star, struggles to wring news stories out of the subdued metropolis. When a chance photo drives Eli into the Jewish underworld Mona inhabits, he finds he's stumbled onto the story of his life." - From the publisher.
Author : Paolo Soleri
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,71 MB
Release : 2006
Category : City planning
ISBN : 9781883340018
Author : Louis Markos
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,86 MB
Release : 2009-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830875298
"The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact." --C. S. Lewis In From Achilles to Christ, Louis Markos introduces readers to the great narratives of classical mythology from a Christian perspective. From the battles of Achilles and the adventures of Odysseus to the feats of Hercules and the trials of Aeneas, Markos shows how the characters, themes and symbols within these myths both foreshadow and find their fulfillment in the story of Jesus Christ--the "myth made fact." Along the way, he dispels misplaced fears about the dangers of reading classical literature, and offers a Christian approach to the interpretation and appropriation of these great literary works. This engaging and eminently readable book is an excellent resource for Christian students, teachers and readers of classical literature.
Author : Paolo Soleri
Publisher :
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 21,99 MB
Release : 1999
Category : City planning
ISBN : 9780927015165
Author : By Plato
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 38,10 MB
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 3736801467
The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BCE, concerning the definition of justice, the order and character of the just city-state and the just man. The dramatic date of the dialogue has been much debated and though it must take place some time during the Peloponnesian War, "there would be jarring anachronisms if any of the candidate specific dates between 432 and 404 were assigned". It is Plato's best-known work and has proven to be one of the most intellectually and historically influential works of philosophy and political theory. In it, Socrates along with various Athenians and foreigners discuss the meaning of justice and examine whether or not the just man is happier than the unjust man by considering a series of different cities coming into existence "in speech", culminating in a city (Kallipolis) ruled by philosopher-kings; and by examining the nature of existing regimes. The participants also discuss the theory of forms, the immortality of the soul, and the roles of the philosopher and of poetry in society.
