＜p＞How does the Christian faith help us see into the true nature of life more clearly? Why do people suffer? Where do we come from? What does Jesus have to say to a changing world? What can we learn from great mission pioneers about seeking truth at the cutting edges of human knowledge? Faith Seeking Understanding explores such questions. Notable Christian thinkers such as Philip Yancey, Alvin Plantinga, Rodney Stark, Allan Chapman, Don Richardson, Yuan Zhiming, and more share powerful insights that, from the perspective of Christian faith, help answer people's deepest questions in the twenty-first century. Inspired by the lives and accomplishments of Paul Brand and Ralph D. Winter, this book seeks to apply the curious, open-minded, and compassionate spirit these Christian leaders exhibited to key contemporary questions in science, history, philosophy, theology, and comparative religion. The reader will gain a fresh appreciation for the intellectual challenges of the Christian faith, and some of the most fascinating and sometimes controversial ways in which those challenges are being met.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Позволить правителю принимать решения о здоровье и репродуктивных возможностях человека ? все равно, что отдать свою жизнь в его руки. Этим он обретает полномочия определять продолжительность и качество существования отдельных людей, групп и даже целых народов, что можно увидеть на примере американских индейцев.По сути, он принимает на себя роль Бога.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Как происходит резня? Как уничтожить целый этнос? Как повлиять на основные свободы? И как отменить права?Ну, самый очевидный способ - это преследования, война, мучения. Если присмотреться, эти методы чрезвычайно эффективны, но они очень непопулярны и могут вызвать бурную реакцию. В особенности если, как уже случалось в не очень далеком прошлом, хватить через край.С начала времен человеческие существа использовали войну для достижения подобных результатов. В более изобретательные эпохи религиозные власти (любой религии) поступали еще хуже. Затем наступила современная эпоха, и эти грубые и кровавые методы стали устаревшими.Некоторая злодейская часть человечества придумала более хитрые и эффективные методы для достижения тех же самых целей истребления - не давать размножаться тем народам, отдельным людям, этническим группам, которые признаны нежелательными. Это позволило не только устранить проблему на корню, но и обрушиться на права человека, присвоив себе неограниченные полномочия в сфере контроля над индивидуальными свободами и в конечном счете беспрепятственно контролировать человеческую жизнь. С одобрения тех же масс, которые питают отвращение к войнам и убийствам.Для того, чтобы добиться всего этого, насильственная стерилизация была и остается весьма эффективным и не слишком дорогостоящим методом.Позволить правителю в одностороннем порядке решать вопросы о здоровье человека и его репродуктивных возможностях равнозначно тому, чтобы отдать в его руки собственную жизнь. Это все равно, что позволить ему определять продолжительность и качество существования отдельных лиц, групп, общественных классов, этносов и целых народов. И на основании личных и сугубо произвольных представлений считать те или иные категории более или менее достойными, чтобы позволить им работать, высказывать свое мнение и жить в соответствии с фиксированными правилами поведения и мышления. В общем, это помогает ему играть роль бога, надеясь никогда не попасть в категорию ≪нежелательных≫, которых однажды вдруг заблагорассудится уничтожить, чтобы в интересах общества исправить ошибку природы.Насильственная стерилизация - это только начало. Это первый шаг на пути к уничтожению нашего чувства человечности, способности сопереживать несчастьям других, не осуждая их, а принимая такими, как они есть - к обогащению нашего существования. Если жизнь формируется в утробе, там же она и гибнет. И это не просто метафора.＜/p＞ ＜p＞PUBLISHER: TEKTIME＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Eighty percent of the world’s peopleーincluding seventy percent of Americansーare storycentric communicators; that is, they prefer to learn and are most likely to be influenced through stories, pictures, drama, and music rather than through reading and writing. Yet more than ninety percent of Christian workers communicate through a highly literacy-based approach. This disconnect overlooks a primary method of Jesus himself in the preparation of leaders and impedes the effective cultivation of leaders in the growing global church. Through engaging stories, biblical insights, leadership research, field-tested methods, and practical models of effective leadership development, Leading with Story offers unique solutions that will inspire and challenge any who want to raise up or to be raised up as Christ-centered leaders in this storycentric generation.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞This is a complete and practical introduction to storying, especially for people who want to learn about using biblical storytelling in cross-cultural contexts and who want to train others to become storytellers. It includes many fascinating accounts of the responses of tribal people to the first proclamation of the gospel through storytelling. The result of years of research and field testing, Telling God's Stories with Power is a product of the author's own journey as he confronted the challenges of teaching the Bible in parts of the world where people are unaccustomed to a Western style of learning. Full of innovative and groundbreaking insights, this study is packed with ideas, explanations, and constructive suggestions stated in clear and simple language. Throughout the book there are extensive examples from the storytellers' own experiences. Tracing the movement of the biblical stories across multiple generations of tellers and listeners, storytelling is found to be superior for knowledge transfer and for bypassing resistance to the gospel in oral contexts, thus presenting clear evidence of the effectiveness of biblical narrative among oral learners.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Quali sono le ragioni tecnico-politiche per le quali ? necessaria l’esistenza di un ≪vero≫ Ministero del Mare? Ripercorrendo brevemente gli aspetti storici del Ministero della marina mercantile e della portualit? italiana, il testo formula proposte su come organizzare il nuovo ministero accogliendo competenze oggi frammentate in diversi dicasteri. Si propone cos? un assetto del sistema portuale italiano che tenga conto delle grandi sfide che ci attendono: l’innalzamento del Mediterraneo, l’erosione delle coste, una nuova strategia geopolitica verso l’Africa, la cybersecurity e le grandi opportunit? dell’energia prodotta dal mare.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞＜strong＞Women Surviving the Great Commission＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Missionary women have high expectations when they respond to God’s call; of themselves, their mission agencies, host cultures, churches, co-workers, and even of God. These expectations are often times impossible to fulfill and can lead to mental and physical exhaustion. Eighty percent of missionary women feel they have come close to burnout, whether they were married or single, traditional or tent making, new or experienced.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞Expectations and Burnout: Women Surviving the Great Commission＜/em＞, Sue provides research and surveys from the field while Robynn lends her own personal experiences to demonstrate how burnout can happen and how God can bring life from ashes. Join them as they explore how to develop realistic expectations and yet maintain faith in our sovereign God who continues to accomplish the impossible.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞In the years since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, or, colloquially, Obamacare), most of the discussion about it has been political. But as the politics fade and the law's many complex provisions take effect, a much more interesting question begins to emerge: How will the law affect the American health care regime in the coming years and decades?＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book brings together fourteen leading scholars from the fields of law, economics, medicine, and public health to answer that question. Taking discipline-specific views, they offer their analyses and predictions for the future of health care reform. By turns thought-provoking, counterintuitive, and even contradictory, the essays together cover the landscape of positions on the PPACA's prospects. Some see efficiency growth and moderating prices; others fear a strangling bureaucracy and spiraling costs. The result is a deeply informed, richly substantive discussion that will trouble settled positions and lay the groundwork for analysis and assessment as the law's effects begin to become clear.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Polarization is at an all-time high in the United States. But contrary to popular belief, Americans are polarized not so much in their policy preferences as in their feelings toward their political opponents: To an unprecedented degree, Republicans and Democrats simply do not like one another. No surprise that these deeply held negative feelings are central to the recent (also unprecedented) plunge in congressional productivity. The past three Congresses have gotten less done than any since scholars began measuring congressional productivity.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞Why Washington Won’t Work,＜/em＞ Marc J. Hetherington and Thomas J. Rudolph argue that a contemporary crisis of trustーpeople whose party is out of power have almost no trust in a government run by the other sideーhas deadlocked Congress. On most issues, party leaders can convince their own party to support their positions. In order to pass legislation, however, they must also create consensus by persuading some portion of the opposing party to trust in their vision for the future. Without trust, consensus fails to develop and compromise does not occur. Up until recently, such trust could still usually be found among the opposition, but not anymore. Political trust, the authors show, is far from a stable characteristic. It’s actually highly variable and contingent on a variety of factors, including whether one’s party is in control, which part of the government one is dealing with, and which policies or events are most salient at the moment.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Political trust increases, for example, when the public is concerned with foreign policyーas in times of warーand it decreases in periods of weak economic performance. Hetherington and Rudolph do offer some suggestions about steps politicians and the public might take to increase political trust. Ultimately, however, they conclude that it is unlikely levels of political trust will significantly increase unless foreign concerns come to dominate and the economy is consistently strong.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞What happens when an expatriate missionary is thrust into a context where the standard of living is so divergent that perceived or actual wealth suddenly becomes the strongest draw of attraction? What actual message is communicated through the wordless witness of the Western Christian missionary lifestyle? Is attention to so-called good news now so financially focused that other foundational issues become overshadowed? This issue becomes even more complicated when the missionary arrives clueless about personal privilege, ignorant of the envy of others, and carries the mistaken attitude that others think similarly. SEANET proudly presents Complexities of Money and Missions in Asia for all who are asking such questions. From seven different indigenous and expatriate perspectives this volume deals with the perceptions of money specifically from those seeking to serve obediently in the Buddhist contexts of Asia. SEANET serves as a networking forum wherein groups and individuals can meet to reflect and strategize together on topics particular to their collective mission. SEANET does not promote one particular strategy or one particular theology but seeks to learn from models of hope that show what God is doing around the world. Each year the annual SEANET conference brings together over one hundred and fifty practitioners who are privileged to live and serve throughout the Buddhist world. The chapters of this volume represent seven of those voices from the network.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞?ταν ορθ? η επιλογ? τη? τ?τε ηγεσ?α? τη? χ?ρα? να ρ?ξει το β?ρο? τη? προσπ?θεια? στη Μικρ? Ασ?α αντ? στη Θρ?κη; Η Συνθ?κη των Σεβρ?ν (Α?γουστο? 1920) επεδ?κασε κατ? πλ?ρη κυριαρχ?α τη Θρ?κη στην Ελλ?δα, εν? ω? προ? τη Σμ?ρνη και την ενδοχ?ρα τη?, ζ?νη εκτ?σεω? 15.000 τ.χλμ., αν?θεσε μ?νο πενταετο?? δι?ρκεια? διο?κηση, με το π?ρα? τη? οπο?α? θα διεξαγ?ταν δημοψ?φισμα για την οριστικ? τ?χη αυτ??.＜br /＞ Δεν μπορ?σαμε να διαβ?σουμε σωστ? τη γεωγραφ?α, δηλαδ? το επισφαλ?? τη? ενσφην?σεω? στη μικρασιατικ? υπο?πειρο, ?ναντι τη? ?νταξη? του συν?λου τη? ν?τια? Θρ?κη? στον εθνικ? κορμ?, στα ?ρια τη? Τσατ?λτζα?, με εξ?στη στον Ε?ξεινο.＜br /＞ [απ? το Προο?μιο του βιβλ?ου]＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Come sarebbe stata la politica liberale italiana se fosse nato un partito organizzato prima dell’ottobre 1922? Avrebbe potuto contrastare l’ascesa del fascismo? L’atto fondativo del Partito Liberale Italiano svoltosi l’8 ottobre a Bologna avviene infatti alla vigilia, soltanto 20 giorni prima, della marcia su Roma di Mussolini che ne decreter? quasi immediatamente lo scioglimento. Il libro ? la prima e unica pubblicazione dedicata alla nascita del Partito Liberale Italiano, ≪angolo≫ dimenticato della storia politica del nostro Paese che risente immediatamente dell’avvento del fascismo. Tanto da trasformare il tentativo di radunare le diverse voci dei liberali in un partito organizzato in un’occasione perduta. Con contributi di autorevoli studiosi, il testo si pone come opera inedita a un anno dal centenario della fondazione del partito.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Selon la perspective divine, le Pape est per?u comme quelqu’un usurpant une identit? spirituelle, propageant une vision raciste des r?alit?s spirituelles. Cette repr?sentation, non seulement empreinte de racisme, s’av?re ?galement erron?e, ali?nante, et asservissante. ＜strong＞C?cile Manya＜/strong＞, gr?ce ? sa pens?e libre et exploratrice, livre enfin la v?rit? bienfaisante contre le mensonge pernicieux qui a souill? le monde et perp?tue un syst?me injuste.＜/p＞ ＜p＞? PROPOS DE L'AUTRICE＜/p＞ ＜p＞Auteure de quatorze ouvrages remarquables o? elle relate des v?rit?s essentielles, ＜strong＞C?cile Manya＜/strong＞ est passionn?e par son art. Elle ne cesse d’?crire des livres enrichissants au profit des lecteurs du monde entier.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Roland Allen was one of the most influential mission thinkers of the twentieth century. As a High Church Anglican, he had great respect and value for Church tradition, but was quick to confront cultural preferences when they appeared to contradict biblical prescriptions.The Ministry of Expansion: The Priesthood of the Laity reflects his thoughts that dealt with Communion-related activities in the Majority World where the Anglican Church did not have well-developed church structures and priests. In this work, Allen argues that there are times and circumstances when non-clergy must take the lead in the administration of Holy Communion. Written around 1938, The Ministry of Expansion: The Priesthood of the Laity has remained unpublished until now. The work you hold represents one of the last book-length manuscripts written by Allen and includes a collection of articles by contemporary Allen scholars. Though nearly eighty years since he first put pen to paper, Allen’s principles and convictions still speak to the Church with great gravitas. What should be the response when the Church’s cultural preferences are unable to keep up with the work of the Spirit on the mission field? This was a not only a question in Allen’s day, but one for every generation of believers.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Evolutionary science has long viewed language as, basically, a fortunate accidentーa crossing of wires that happened to be extraordinarily useful, setting humans apart from other animals and onto a trajectory that would see their brains (and the products of those brains) become increasingly complex.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But as Michael C. Corballis shows in ＜em＞The Truth about Language＜/em＞, it’s time to reconsider those assumptions. Language, he argues, is not the product of some “big bang” 60,000 years ago, but rather the result of a typically slow process of evolution with roots in elements of grammatical language found much farther back in our evolutionary history. Language, Corballis explains, evolved as a way to share thoughtsーand, crucially for human development, to connect our own “mental time travel,” our imagining of events and people that are not right in front of us, to that of other people. We share that ability with other animals, but it was the development of language that made it powerful: it led to our ability to imagine other perspectives, to imagine ourselves in the minds of others, a development that, by easing social interaction, proved to be an extraordinary evolutionary advantage.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Even as his thesis challenges such giants as Chomsky and Stephen Jay Gould, Corballis writes accessibly and wittily, filling his account with unforgettable anecdotes and fascinating historical examples. The result is a book that’s perfect both for deep engagement and as brilliant fodder for that lightest of all forms of language, cocktail party chatter.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Missiology permeated with theological reflection. This volume is the culmination of Van Engen’s teachings, but takes us to an even deeper level. Since mission is first and foremost God’s mission, theological reflection must be permeated by missiological understanding and our missiology must be permeated with theological reflection. Mission theology is an activity of the Church of Jesus Christ seeking to understand more deeply why, how, when, where, and wherefore the followers of Jesus may participate in God’s mission, in God’s world.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Worship and Mission for the Global Church offers theological reflection, case studies, practical tools, and audiovisual resources to help the global church appreciate and generate culturally appropriate arts in worship and witness. Drawing on the expertise and experience of over one hundred writers from twenty countries, the volume integrates insights from the fields of ethnomusicology, biblical research, worship studies, missiology, and the arts. This book is the first in a two-volume set on the principles and practices of ethnodoxology. The second volume, entitled Creating Local Arts Together, guides the practitioner through a detailed seven-step process of assisting a local community’s efforts at integrating its arts with the values and purposes of God’s kingdom.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Create space in an English class for reconciliation. How can an English class become a transformative space for both teachers and learners? When the teacher intentionally uses strategies and builds skills for peacebuilding and reconciliation, the classroom can be a place where relationships and communication transform people. This text encourages those engaged in the teaching of English as a second or foreign language to first consider why we might strive to teach English for reconciliation, and then addresses the contexts, individuals, and resources which are involved.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞This volume deals with the contexts of violence. In an age of increasing concern for this type of missionary work, the missions community needs to hear from those that have reflected on the multifaceted elements involved in understanding the phenomenon of martyrdom-persecution violence as it relates to telling the age-old Gospel story. The place to begin is with Biblical and theological analysis followed by the grounding provided by constructing consequent lifestyles, strategies and practices in physically risky settings. Finally, insights from the live settings of violence are warranted.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞In this book, three missiologists (Priest, Campbell, and Mullen) wrestle with the issue of spiritual power. The first two chapters deal with spiritual warfare while the third chapter affirms the role of prayer and the Holy Spirit in missions.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Che cosa significa tenere di nascosto un diario in un campo di lavoro dove tutti i giorni vieni perquisito e vivi sotto la costante minaccia di ricatti e punizioni esemplari? Quale incoercibile determinazione pu? spingerti a registrare nella scrittura questa esperienza e a cercare di diffondere la tua testimonianza al di l? del filo spinato? ? quanto si chiede Eduard Kuznecov in questi diari fatti uscire clandestinamente dal Lager speciale n. 10 in Mordovia e miracolosamente giunti nelle mani di Sacharov.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Una coraggiosa prova di resistenza morale e una potente testimonianza sulle degradanti e inumane condizioni di vita dei prigionieri e insieme una lucida denuncia dei mali che minano il sistema giudiziario sovietico e dei meccanismi che regolano uno Stato totalitario; uno Stato ≪il cui passato, presente e futuro si reggono sul sangue, la menzogna e l’insensibilit? e di fronte al cui volto da incubo l’uomo non ? nulla≫. Pagine scritte tra il 1970 e il 1971, ma di drammatica attualit? che ci ricordano come il potere anche nella Russia di oggi continui a ricorrere agli stessi metodi manipolativi e a servirsi degli stessi strumenti coercitivi nei confronti dei suoi nuovi oppositori.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Sol?enicyn mi ha travolto come nessun altro aveva fatto, a eccezione dei diari di prigionia di Eduard Kuznecov.＜br /＞ Leonard Schapiro, The Sunday Times＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Insider Movements = Church-planting Movements? In the last few decades, the Church has witnessed a growing harvest of Muslim-background believers coming to Christ. However, a divide remains over whether the “insider” paradigm contributes to the flourishing and multiplication of healthy, biblical churches among Muslims. S. T. Antonio advances this conversation beyond the old arguments through a fresh analysis of the insider paradigm by asking the question, What is church? Starting with the identity-shaping narrative of the people of God, Antonio digs deep into the nature of biblical ekklesia from multiple anglesーlocal and universal, visible and invisible, the classical "marks" of the church, and missional identity. Combining a robust, biblical vision with a nuanced contextualization framework, and informed by firsthand ministry among Muslims, Antonio uncovers the roots and contours of the ecclesial vision of the insider paradigm. Insider Church provides an innovative diagnosis of a paradigm that has been surrounded by controversy, challenging it with constructive analysis for multiplying biblical churches among Muslims. This integrative study draws together biblical, theological, and missiological scholarship in service of Christ’s mission. Insider Church helps guide mission practitioners, leaders, and students toward a wise assessment of insider movements and a vision for church multiplication that is both fruitful and faithful to the Lord of the harvest.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞From its inception in Greek antiquity, the science of optics was aimed primarily at explaining sight and accounting for why things look as they do. By the end of the seventeenth century, however, the analytic focus of optics had shifted to light: its fundamental properties and such physical behaviors as reflection, refraction, and diffraction. This dramatic shiftーwhich A. Mark Smith characterizes as the “Keplerian turn”ーlies at the heart of this fascinating and pioneering study.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Breaking from previous scholarship that sees Johannes Kepler as the culmination of a long-evolving optical tradition that traced back to Greek antiquity via the Muslim Middle Ages, Smith presents Kepler instead as marking a rupture with this tradition, arguing that his theory of retinal imaging, which was published in 1604, was instrumental in prompting the turn from sight to light. Kepler’s new theory of sight, Smith reveals, thus takes on true historical significance: by treating the eye as a mere light-focusing device rather than an image-producing instrumentーas traditionally understoodーKepler’s account of retinal imaging helped spur the shift in analytic focus that eventually led to modern optics.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A sweeping survey, ＜em＞From Sight to Light＜/em＞ is poised to become the standard reference for historians of optics as well as those interested more broadly in the history of science, the history of art, and cultural and intellectual history.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞With increased globalization and modernization reaching into the furthest corners of the earth also comes the influence of secularization. These three tides of influence impact traditional religious beliefs, practices, and institutions in significant ways. Some modernizing societies see religion on the decline, while others find it thriving in surprising ways. This collection of essays presents the opportunities and the challenges of secularization for the mission of the Church, with hopeful signs and reassurance that God is still at work in a secularizing world. Readers will find both analysis and guidance that will assist the Church in an informed, missional engagement with secularization in a variety of contextsーstarting with North America, then Europe, Asia, and Africa. Each local church and mission organization must discern the appropriate missional response for evangelism, discipleship, congregational life, and social involvement. To be Against the Tide means regaining your voice, as a church on mission, informed by your context and inspired by the responses of others in theirs.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞＜strong＞What makes a true crime fan worthy of the title? Is it a degree, or simply a vested interest? Trial Watchers seeks to explain the "why" behind true crime fans' incredible dedication to their passion.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In the age of the internet, digital footprints are everywhere. And some people have the patience, talent, and interest to follow them into shadowed corners of the world where cold cases can be reborn: true crime content.＜/p＞ ＜p＞True crime fans travel to trials, read books, watch court shows, listen to podcasts, and passionately involve themselves in Facebook groups and true crime chat rooms. Why? ＜em＞Trial Watchers＜/em＞ is here to explain.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Trial Watchers＜/em＞ is an anthology-style narrative that takes stories from real true crime fans that explains why they embroil themselves in the world of true crime. For some, it's about justice, solving a puzzle, or fascination with the legal process as a whole. For others, it's an empathetic act in service of the accused or victimized.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Written by trial watchers for trial watchers and other true crime fans, ＜em＞Trial Watchers＜/em＞ is a deeply-resonating and interesting read for fans of crime, mystery, true stories, and social psychology. It's most suitable for adults, given the nature of some cases discussed.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Trial Watchers＜/em＞ tells the real, heartfelt, and compelling stories behind those who put their lives on hold to follow criminal trials in many different ways. Neil R. Gordon, Melissa Gordon, and Mike Petchenik seek to detail the reasons why trial watchers across the nation feel so strongly about following and involving themselves in these cases.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞E-mail＜/em＞ ＜em＞mike@trialwatchers.com＜/em＞ ＜em＞to receive a FREE month of exclusive true crime content with each book or e-book purchase. 10% of the royalties will go to organizations that help crime victims and their families.＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞＜em＞On the Happiness of the Philosophic Life＜/em＞ presents Heinrich Meier’s confrontation with Rousseau’s ＜em＞R?veries,＜/em＞ the philosopher’s most beautiful and daring work, as well as his last and least understood. Bringing to bear more than thirty years of study of Rousseau, Meier unfolds his stunningly original interpretation in two parts.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The first part of ＜em＞On the Happiness of the Philosophic Life＜/em＞ approaches the ＜em＞R?veries＜/em＞ not as another autobiographical text in the tradition of the ＜em＞Confessions＜/em＞ and the ＜em＞Dialogues,＜/em＞ but as a reflection on the philosophic life and the distinctive happiness it provides. The second turns to a detailed analysis of a work referred to in the ＜em＞R?veries,＜/em＞ the “Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar,” which triggered Rousseau’s political persecution when it was originally published as part of ＜em＞?mile.＜/em＞ In his examination of this most controversial of Rousseau’s writings, which aims to lay the foundations for a successful nonphilosophic life, Meier brings to light the differences between natural religion as expressed by the Vicar and Rousseau’s natural theology. Together, the two reciprocally illuminating parts of this study provide an indispensable guide to Rousseau and to the understanding of the nature of the philosophic life.＜/p＞ ＜p＞“[A] dense but precise and enthralling analysis.”ー＜em＞New Yorker＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Dr. Hale’s practical wisdom is here freely offered to the missionary-to-be and others interested in missions?wisdom hard-earned in Nepal on everything from calling to raising a missionary family to cross-cultural communication. Now revised to include perspectives on the realities of the changing missionary force and the challenges of bonding with a new culture in an increasingly globalized and technologically connected world, this edition of On Being a Missionary addresses current issues while maintaining the wit and warmth of the man who first challenged us with his perspectives on being a missionary.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞I ricchi pagano meno tasse di un operaio e sono sempre pi? ricchi. Parlano di meritocrazia ma sono i primi a non volerla e a non applicarla, per giustificare oscene diseguaglianze e sfruttamenti. Hanno professato un credo neoliberista concepito per accrescere la ricchezza di pochissimi a danno di tutti gli altri. Un credo che ha spinto il pianeta dentro una crisi climatica dagli esiti imprevedibili. Hanno fatto credere che fosse la soluzione migliore per tutti, disponendo di risorse e strumenti per orientare l’opinione pubblica mai visti in passato. Occorre scrollarsi di dosso queste incrostazioni culturali, ritrovare una capacit? di pensare ≪altro≫ e un linguaggio per esprimerlo, attingendo al passato e anticipando dal futuro. Il libro ? un grido di aiuto e di incitamento. Ed ? un ≪Basta!≫ detto con decisione.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Ci sono sempre motivi di speranza.＜br /＞ Ma servono idee nuove che salvino il buono＜br /＞ ed eliminino i difetti di quelle passate.＜br /＞ Si tende a sottovalutare la forza delle idee＜br /＞ e la loro capacit? di diffondersi rapidamente.＜br /＞ Di certo decisioni che riguardano il futuro＜br /＞ di tutti non possono pi? essere prese nell’interesse di un ristrettissimo gruppo＜br /＞ di persone ricche e potenti.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞＜strong＞Joy and Perseverance for Women in Cross-Cultural Ministry＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞More Screams, Different Deserts＜/em＞ is another invitation to join Sue on her adventures in cross-cultural living and biblical studies that have helped her along the way. With twenty-seven years of experience in cross cultural ministry, Sue realizes that joy and perseverance are essential for thriving in life and ministry. Her stories and insights encourage women to look to Jesus, our only hope wherever we live.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Stories, ranging from one corner of the world to another, include discovering a forgotten museum, protecting her children from chocolate, visiting a camel market, and meeting wild pigs on a nighttime walk. God has been her refuge, and his Word held her steady when all she really wanted to do was run away and hide. Questions and resources at the end of each chapter will help readers think through personal application and find additional help.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞＜strong＞Overcoming Cultural Baggage One Generation at a Time.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞This uncommon resource targets a little discussed, but highly prevalent challenge that first-generation churches face. Specifically, The Burden of Baggage explores how cultural upbringing can be both a strength and a weakness as it impacts expressions of church life as seen in the personal, interpersonal, family, leadership styles, and spiritual walk.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Every person coming to Christ has baggage, but a first-generation believer, especially one coming from a background with little or no connection to Christianity, has an uncommon amount of cultural baggage that they bring with them. This book tackles common issues and sees specific examples played out in the Iranian church as a prime example of these challenges. While the book focuses on Muslim-background believers from Iran, it has transferable insight for Other-background believers from any oppressive regime and therefore is highly encouraging in the universality of the struggle that new believers face as they draw near to Christ.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Readers will walk away knowing they are not alone in their struggles as they deal with gut-wrenching issues that often aren’t able to be solved in one generation, and yet gain hope from the redemptive stories within.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞As television emerged as a major cultural and economic force, many imagined that the medium would enhance civic education for topics like science. And, indeed, television soon offered a breathtaking banquet of scientific images and ideasーboth factual and fictional. Mr. Wizard performed experiments with milk bottles. Viewers watched live coverage of solar eclipses and atomic bomb blasts. Television cameras followed astronauts to the moon, Carl Sagan through the ＜em＞Cosmos＜/em＞, and Jane Goodall into the jungle. Via electrons and embryos, blood testing and blasting caps, fictional Frankensteins and chatty Nobel laureates, television opened windows onto the world of science.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But what promised to be a wonderful way of presenting science to huge audiences turned out to be a disappointment, argues historian Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette in ＜em＞Science on American Television＜/em＞. LaFollette narrates the history of science on television, from the 1940s to the turn of the twenty-first century, to demonstrate how disagreements between scientists and television executives inhibited the medium’s potential to engage in meaningful science education. In addition to examining the content of shows, she also explores audience and advertiser responses, the role of news in engaging the public in science, and the making of scientific celebrities.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Lively and provocative, ＜em＞Science on American Television＜/em＞ establishes a new approach to grappling with the popularization of science in the television age, when the medium’s ubiquity and influence shaped how science was presented and the scientific community had increasingly less control over what appeared on the air.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞As television emerged as a major cultural and economic force, many imagined that the medium would enhance civic education for topics like science. And, indeed, television soon offered a breathtaking banquet of scientific images and ideasーboth factual and fictional. Mr. Wizard performed experiments with milk bottles. Viewers watched live coverage of solar eclipses and atomic bomb blasts. Television cameras followed astronauts to the moon, Carl Sagan through the ＜em＞Cosmos＜/em＞, and Jane Goodall into the jungle. Via electrons and embryos, blood testing and blasting caps, fictional Frankensteins and chatty Nobel laureates, television opened windows onto the world of science.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But what promised to be a wonderful way of presenting science to huge audiences turned out to be a disappointment, argues historian Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette in ＜em＞Science on American Television＜/em＞. LaFollette narrates the history of science on television, from the 1940s to the turn of the twenty-first century, to demonstrate how disagreements between scientists and television executives inhibited the medium’s potential to engage in meaningful science education. In addition to examining the content of shows, she also explores audience and advertiser responses, the role of news in engaging the public in science, and the making of scientific celebrities.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Lively and provocative, ＜em＞Science on American Television＜/em＞ establishes a new approach to grappling with the popularization of science in the television age, when the medium’s ubiquity and influence shaped how science was presented and the scientific community had increasingly less control over what appeared on the air.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。