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by Elihu Abrahams
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
In his groundbreaking paper “Absence of diffusion in certain random lattices (1958)”, Philip W Anderson originated, described and developed the physical principles underlying the phenomenon of the localization of quantum objects due to disorder. Anderson's 1977 Nobel Prize citation featured that...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Written by scientists from leading institutes in Germany, USA and Spain who use these techniques as the core of their scientific work and who have a precise idea of what is relevant for photovoltaic devices, this text contains concise and comprehensive lecture-like chapters on specific research methods.
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On Becoming a Bostonian
With an Exclusive Interview with Boston's Post Master of Macabre Edgar Allan Poe
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2006
This short story book is divided into two parts: the first and longer part of which is about growing up in the baby-boomer generation and coming of age in the City of Boston; whilst the second part is about the city itself-its history, character, personality and nuances. Other than this division-chronological...
Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies
Authentic History of the World Renowned Vendettas of the Dark and Bloody Ground
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
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A brief review of the history of Kentuckians may assist the reader to understand why they, a kind, hospitable people to the stranger, have so long borne the reputation of ready fighters who often kill upon the slightest provocation, and deserve that reputation...
by Ralph Drollinger
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Citizenship is one of our Godgiven Christian responsibilities. Drollinger has given us a clear blueprint to effective American citizenship when he urges us to prioritize sharing Christ with leaders in government, not because their souls are more precious than others, but rather because they have...
God on Trial
Landmark Cases from America's Religious Battlefields
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2007
An insightful and dramatic account of religious conflicts that keep America divided, from the acclaimed author of A People's History of the Supreme Court
As the United States has become increasingly conservative, both politically and socially, in recent years, the fight between the religious...
Religion and the Constitution, Volume 1
Free Exercise and Fairness
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
Balancing respect for religious conviction and the values of liberal democracy is a daunting challenge for judges and lawmakers, particularly when religious groups seek exemption from laws that govern others. Should members of religious sects be able to use peyote in worship? Should pacifists be forced...
Teach Me to Be Generous
The First Century of Regis High School in New York City
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Teach Me to Be Generous tells the remarkable story of Regis High School, the Jesuit school on New York’s Upper East Side that was founded in 1914 by an anonymous donor as a school for Catholic boys whose families could not otherwise afford a Catholic education. Enabled by the philanthropy of the...
Catholicism and American Political Ideologies
Catholic Social Teaching, Liberalism, and Conservatism
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
This book examines the perspectives of American liberalism and conservatism in the new millennium—their general political and social philosophy and their positions in leading public issue areas—and evaluates them in light of Catholic social teaching. Before making that evaluation, it sets out...
One Nation Under God
The Rise or Fall of a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
Bob Yandian discusses the Bible's answer to how crime and immorality can be stopped and what can be done to save our nation. Included in the topics he considers are: • Authority in the home • Crime and immorality • Capital punishment • Separation of church and state • Freedom and war. God has provided answers as to what causes a nation to be blessed and what brings prosperity.
Believers, Thinkers, and Founders
How We Came to Be One Nation Under God
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
In Believers, Thinkers and Founders: How We Came to be One Nation Under God, Kevin Seamus Hasson—founder and president emeritus of the Becket Fund for Religious liberty—offers a refreshing resolution to the age-old dispute surrounding the relationship of religion and state: a return to first principles.
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The Moot Papers
Faith, Freedom and Society 1938-1944
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
The Moot was the study and discussion group set by J.H. Oldham (1874-1969) following the 1937 Oxford conference on "Church, Community and State". Its purpose was to continue, in an informal but serious way, exploration of the relation between church and society and the realization of Christian...
by John L. Esposito, Tamara Sonn, John O. Voll
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The landscape of the Middle East has changed dramatically since 2011, as have the political arena and the discourse around democracy. In Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring, John L. Esposito, John Voll, and Tamara Sonn examine the state of democracy in Muslim-majority societies today. Applying...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2018
Islam has become a potent political force around the world since it reemerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a religio-political alternative to failed nationalist ideologies. In countries throughout the world, individuals and movements have attempted to reconstruct the political, economic, and social...