Matthew Stanley: 15 books
Huxley's Church and Maxwell's Demon
From Theistic Science to Naturalistic Science
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
During the Victorian period, the practice of science shifted from a religious context to a naturalistic one. It is generally assumed that this shift occurred because naturalistic science was distinct from and superior to theistic science. Yet as Huxley’s Church and Maxwell’s Demon reveals, most...
Einstein's War
How Relativity Triumphed Amid the Vicious Nationalism of World War I
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
**"Stanley is a storyteller par excellence."--The Washington Post
KIRKUS starred review; PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY starred review; BOOKLIST starred review
The birth of a world-changing idea in the middle of a bloodbath**
Einstein’s War is a riveting exploration of both the beauty of scientific creativity...
by Virginia Jackson, Daniel Rosenberg, Travis D. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Episodes in the history of data, from early modern math problems to today's inescapable “dataveillance,” that demonstrate the dependence of data on culture.
We live in the era of Big Data, with storage and transmission capacity measured not just in terabytes but in petabytes (where peta-...
Writing History with Lightning
Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Films possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indelible images like the plight of Davy Crockett and the defenders of the Alamo, Pickett’s doomed charge...
by Matthew Stanley
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Lost World, is a political thriller with a twist: the protagonist is a strong, female pacifist. Tessa Thurston is enjoying a pre-wedding vacation with her fiancé Corbin Carswell at a five-star resort, when a series of simultaneous terrorist attacks occur across the US. Tessa is touring the underground...
The Loyal West
Civil War and Reunion in Middle America
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2016
A free region deeply influenced by southern mores, the Lower Middle West represented a true cultural and political median in Civil War-era America. Here grew a Unionism steeped in the mythology of the Loyal West--a myth rooted in regional and racial animosities and the belief that westerners had won...
The Future of Biblical Interpretation
Responsible Plurality in Biblical Hermeneutics
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
How should we expect multiple interpretations of the Bible to be kept in check? Each of the contributors, experts in the field, considers one parameter of responsibility, which may act as a constraint on the validity of competing biblical interpretations. Stanley E. Porter considers theological resposibility;...
by Terry L. CSCMP, Stanley E. Fawcett, Amydee M. Fawcett
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Complete best practices for running high-value supply chains and earning elite CSCMP certification… 8 authoritative books, in convenient e-format, at a great price! 8 authoritative books help you plan, manage, and optimize any supply chain -- and systematically prepare for CSCMP's industry-leading...
by Michael Horton, Fred Sanders, Matthew Levering
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
For whom did Christ die? Who may be saved? are questions of perennial interest and importance for the Christian faith. In a familiar Counterpoints format, this book explores the question of the extent of Christ's atonement, going beyond simple Reformed vs. non-Reformed understandings. This volume...
by Denis Lamoureux, John H. Walton, C. John Collins
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
As a part of the Counterpoints series, Four Views on the Historical Adam clearly outlines four primary views on Adam held by evangelicals, featuring top-notch proponents of each view presenting their positions in their own words and critiquing the positions with which they disagree. You will come...
The Still Divided Academy
How Competing Visions of Power, Politics, and Diversity Complicate the Mission of Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
The Still Divided Academy is a wonderful examination of the academic community that shows their inner workings by addressing a broad range of issues including: academic politics, tenure, perceived and real political imbalance, academic freedom, and diversity. Administrators, professors, and students...
Retrofitting Sprawl
Addressing Seventy Years of Failed Urban Form
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
These twelve previously unpublished essays present innovative and practical ideas for addressing the harmful effects of sprawl. Sprawl is not only an ongoing focus of specialized magazines like Dwell; indeed, Time magazine has cited “recycling the suburbs” as the second of “Ten Ideas Changing...
by Stanley N. Gundry, J. Matthew Pinson, Zondervan
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
Does the Bible support the concept of "once saved, always saved," or can a person lose his or her salvation? How do the Scriptures portray the complex interplay between grace and free will? These and related questions are explored from different angles in this thought-provoking Counterpoints...
Buffy, Ballads, and Bad Guys Who Sing
Music in the Worlds of Joss Whedon
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
When writer and director Joss Whedon created the character Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he could hardly have expected the resulting academic interest in his work. Yet almost six years after the end of Buffy on television, Buffy studies—and academic work on Whedon's expanding oeuvre—continue to grow....
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