Author : Francis J. Beckwith
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 10,88 MB
Release : 1998-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0801058066
A critique of moral relativism, the belief that there exists no objective moral standards that apply to every place, person, and time.
Author : Gregory Koukl
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310282926
Tired of finding yourself flat-footed and intimidated in conversations? Want to increase your confidence and skill in discussions with family, friends, and coworkers? Gregory Koukl offers practical strategies to help you stay in the driver's seat as you maneuver comfortably and graciously in any conversation about your Christian convictions.
Author : Paul Boghossian
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,25 MB
Release : 2007-10-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0191622753
The academic world has been plagued in recent years by scepticism about truth and knowledge. Paul Boghossian, in his long-awaited first book, sweeps away relativist claims that there is no such thing as objective truth or knowledge, but only truth or knowledge from a particular perspective. He demonstrates clearly that such claims don't even make sense. Boghossian focuses on three different ways of reading the claim that knowledge is socially constructed - one as a thesis about truth and two about justification. And he rejects all three. The intuitive, common-sense view is that there is a way things are that is independent of human opinion, and that we are capable of arriving at belief about how things are that is objectively reasonable, binding on anyone capable of appreciating the relevant evidence regardless of their social or cultural perspective. Difficult as these notions may be, it is a mistake to think that recent philosophy has uncovered powerful reasons for rejecting them. This short, lucid, witty book shows that philosophy provides rock-solid support for common sense against the relativists; it will prove provocative reading throughout the discipline and beyond.
Author : Arthur C. Brooks
Publisher : Soft Skull Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 31,31 MB
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 046502940X
Argues that the Obama administration has used the economic crises to move away from free enterprise and offers a way back via sound public policy.
Author : Peter Kreeft
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 26,82 MB
Release : 2009-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 168149051X
Atheistic and agnostic writers are aggressively attacking traditional religious beliefs. Philosopher and prolific writer Peter Kreeft is up to the challenge in this work of popular apologetics aimed at both teens and adults. The masterful Kreeft tackles sixteen crucial issues about the deeper meaning of life. The questions that Kreeft explores range from, "Is faith reasonable?," Can you prove there is a God?", and "Why is Jesus different?," to "Why is sex so confusing?," "Why is there evil?", and "Why must we die?" Kreeft provides thoughtful, lucid, and persuasive answers for believers, unbelievers, and seekers to consider. As always, Kreeft is insightful, inspiring, and entertaining. This book is ideal for those exploring faith for the first time, as well as for confirmation and religious education classes. It's an intellectual and spiritual feast! This is vintage Kreeft. "The good news of the Gospel is as exciting as a murder mystery. For at its heart there is a murder: the murder of God two thousand years ago in Jerusalem. And this God is the greatest of mysteries: who He is and why He put us here, and why He came here and what His plans are for us. The story is literally a matter of life or death – eternal life or death." — Peter Kreeft "Be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in you." — 1 Peter 3:15
Author : Robert H. Stein
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 48,82 MB
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441235558
In this accessible guide to interpreting the Bible, senior New Testament scholar Robert Stein helps readers identify various biblical genres, understand the meaning of biblical texts, and apply that meaning to contemporary life. This edition has been completely revised throughout to reflect Stein's current thinking and changes to the discipline over the past decade. Students of the Bible will find the book effective in group settings. Praise for the first edition "Stein's work is both a fine introduction to the task of biblical hermeneutics for the novice and an innovative refresher for the veteran teacher or pastor."--Faith & Mission
Author : John J. McNeill
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 15,68 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780664258085
Details the life of the former Jesuit priest who was expelled from the Soceity of Jesus for his views on gay and lesbian sexuality
Author : Christina Hoff Sommers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 11,89 MB
Release : 1995-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0684801566
Reviewers of this book have praised Christina Hoff Sommer's well-reasoned argument against many feminists' reliance on misleading, politically motivated 'facts' about how women are victimised.
Author : John J. McNeill
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,18 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Homosexuality
ISBN : 9781590210420
Noted biblical scholar McNeill offers further insight into the role of sex in the Bible and how the original viewpoints have been twisted by the Catholic Church over the years.
Author : Donald N. Michael
Publisher : Triarchy Press Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,48 MB
Release : 2010-04-21
Category : Social action
ISBN : 9780956263186
What personal qualities are required to acknowledge and confront the deep uncertainty and 'the inevitable fact of our ignorance' in a complex, fast-changing world? With this collection of five extraordinary and challenging essays, Graham Leicester introduces us to the astonishing intellect of Don Michael (1923 - 2000) whose wisdom, humanity, integrity, and commitment to confronting the most vexing and complex problems continue to inspire everyone who encounters his work. The touchstone of Don Michael's work is a commitment to individual, organisational and social learning. He writes in these essays with prophetic insight about the psychological temptations of denial in the face of such deep uncertainty, the consequential resistance to learning, and the resulting dangers of collapse, conflict and despair. The subject of the last essay, and the title of the book, concerns the Sufi story of blind people reaching a different conclusion about the 'elephant'. Don Michael proposes that, in the context of society today, the story-teller is blind and does not know what he is talking about, and that there is no elephant - because the human race, for the most part, is 'too complex, too interconnected, and too dynamic to comprehend... that there is no agreed-on interpretation that provides an enduring basis for coherent action based on an understanding of the enfolding context'.
