Harris J: 152 books

Book cover of Radical Responsibility

Radical Responsibility

Celebrating the Thought of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

by Harris, Michael J., Rynhold
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014

Celebrating one of the greatest Jewish scholars of our time, Radical Responsibility brings together thirteen luminaries of Jewish and Western thought to explore the intellectual legacy of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. Centred on the fundamental themes of his work, ethics, justice, religion, and...
Book cover of Exploring the Bible: A Guide to the Old and New Testaments
by R. Laird Harris, Walter M. Dunnett, Samuel J. Schultz
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2007

Studying Scripture is a fascinating experience for all whodesire to understand the workings of God. Still, there is much totake in, and from time to time we need a little help making senseof all the history, poetry, wisdom, prophecy, and various authors,let alone exactly what roles they all play in...
Book cover of The Messiah Question

The Messiah Question

The Tanakh, the Old Testament, and the Latter Scriptures

by Will J. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016

For the last two thousand years, three unanswerable questions have perplexed Jewish religious scholars:  When will Messiah appear? (Jews, in general, do not believe He has come.)Why were the Jews dispersed from their nation for two thousand years? (Israel’s statehood was only recently restored, in...
Book cover of Weber State University
by Jamie J. Weeks, Kandice N. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016

Nestled in the foothills of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, Weber State University has been serving the Greater Weber and Davis County communities for over 125 years. On January 7, 1889, Weber Stake Academy opened its doors for the first time to approximately 100 students. The academy continued to...
Book cover of Rugby Union and Globalization

Rugby Union and Globalization

An Odd-Shaped World

by J. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2010

In 1995 rugby union finally became a professional sport following more than a century as an amateur game. This book offers a critical analysis of the sport in the professional era and assesses the relationship between the local and the global in contemporary rugby union.
Book cover of Mathematical Methods for Physicists

Mathematical Methods for Physicists

A Comprehensive Guide

by George B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber, Frank E. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2011

Now in its 7th edition, Mathematical Methods for Physicists continues to provide all the mathematical methods that aspiring scientists and engineers are likely to encounter as students and beginning researchers. This bestselling text provides mathematical relations and their proofs essential to the...
Book cover of Nietzsche, Soloveitchik and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy
by Daniel Rynhold, Michael J. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018

What does one do as a Jewish philosopher if one is convinced by much of the Nietzschean critique of religion? Is there a contemporary Jewish philosophical theology that can convince in a post-metaphysical age? The argument of this book is that Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (1903–1993) - the leading...
Book cover of Peace-Building by, between, and beyond Muslims and Evangelical Christians
by Ghulam Haider Aasi, Asma Afsaruddin, Osman Bakar
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2009

This timely work addresses sensitive issues and relations between Muslims and Christians around the world. The book uniquely captures the opportunity for Christians and Muslims to come together and discuss pertinent issues such as pluralism, governance, preaching, Christian missionary efforts, and...
Book cover of Precedent in English Law
by Rupert Cross, J. W. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 1991

This fourth edition of Precedent in English Law presents a basic guide to the current doctrine of precedent in England, set in the wider context of the jurisprudential problems which any treatment of this topic involves. Such problems include the nature of _ratio_ _decidendi_ of a precedent and of its...
Book cover of Philosophic Values and World Citizenship

Philosophic Values and World Citizenship

Locke to Obama and Beyond

by Jacoby Adeshei Carter, Leonard Harris,
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010

In Philosophic Values and World Citizenship: Locke to Obama and Beyond, Alain Locke—the central promoter of the Harlem Renaissance, America's most famous African American pragmatist, the cultural referent for Renaissance movements in the Caribbean and Africa—is placed in conversation with leading...
Book cover of Carbon Nanotube Science

Carbon Nanotube Science

Synthesis, Properties and Applications

by Peter J. F. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009

Carbon nanotubes represent one of the most exciting research areas in modern science. These molecular-scale carbon tubes are the stiffest and strongest fibres known, with remarkable electronic properties, and potential applications in a wide range of fields. Carbon Nanotube Science is a concise, accessible...
Book cover of Religion, Space and Conflict in Sri Lanka

Religion, Space and Conflict in Sri Lanka

Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts

by Elizabeth J. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018

Space is dynamic, political and a cause of conflict. It bears the weight of human dreams and fears. Conflict is caused not only by spatial exclusivism but also by an inclusivism that seeks harmony through subordinating the particularity of the Other to the world view of the majority. This book...
Book cover of Let the Beatitudes Be My Attitude in You
by Marlin J. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012

The Beatitudes occupy an expansive realm in Gods Promised Land, a bountiful spiritual frontier suspended between heaven and earth. Plunge into Gods plentiful grace and goodness to explore this marvelous kingdom in his sequenced and purposeful order. The Beatitudes are a supremely challenging journey,...
Book cover of Joshua, Judges, Ruth (Understanding the Bible Commentary Series)
by J. Gordon Harris, Cheryl A. Brown, Michael S. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012

The authors of this commentary take a canonical-historical approach to the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, three books that are diverse, yet share the common historical context of the tribal settlement of Canaan. They examine Joshua, Judges, and Ruth as narratives with dynamic theological messages...
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