Scott Smith: 94 books
Truth and the New Kind of Christian
The Emerging Effects of Postmodernism in the Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
The latest clarion call in the never-ending cavalcade of "what's new" in the evangelical world is the confident assertion from some quarters that the church needs to embrace "postmodernism" if it is going to engage postmoderns effectively. Pastors trying to break down the often...
by Scott Smith
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2017
In August 1999, Scott Smith enrolled in Bible College with aspirations to become a minister for Jesus . . . Wait! That’s not actually true. He only attended for the girls.A few years later, after engaging in a string of criminal activities, Scott found himself in a much different institution...
Seize the Night
New Tales of Vampiric Terror
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
A blockbuster anthology of original, blood-curdling vampire fiction from New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors, including Charlaine Harris, whose novels were adapted into HBO’s hit show True Blood, and Scott Smith, publishing his first work since The Ruins.
Before being transformed...
Religion in the Oval Office
The Religious Lives of American Presidents
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2015
In his highly praised book Faith and the Presidency, Gary Scott Smith cast a revealing light on the role religion has played in presidential politics throughout our nation's history, offering comprehensive, even-handed examinations of the role of religion in the lives, politics, and policies of eleven...
by Gary Scott Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2006
In the wake of the 2004 election, pundits were shocked at exit polling that showed that 22% of voters thought 'moral values' was the most important issue at stake. People on both sides of the political divide believed this was the key to victory for George W. Bush, who professes a deep and abiding...
by Gary Scott Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Does heaven exist? If so, what is it like? And how does one get in? Throughout history, painters, poets, philosophers, pastors, and many ordinary people have pondered these questions. Perhaps no other topic captures the popular imagination quite like heaven. Gary Scott Smith examines how Americans...
by Scott Smith, Raven Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
For many centuries, religious men have purposely suppressed the Holy Spirit’s superhero-like power because it threatened their personal kingdoms—a power that gives every believer purpose and provides lasting victory over sin. This is the same power that was evident in the Apostle’s lives in...
by Scott Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
In this coming of age story of a man who never really comes of age, musician Sam Greene loses his best friend and mentor, Jazz great, Ben Webster (the piano player, not the saxophonist) and his life spins out of control. He gets himself into a love triangle (which is mainly in his head,) develops...
by Scott Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Whether you're an adventure junkie, road-tripper, or card shark, Nevada has something for you. Pull off the perfect trip to the Silver State with Moon Nevada. Inside you'll find:
Strategic itineraries for road-trippers, campers, skiers, and more
The best road trips through Nevada, from three...
In Search of Moral Knowledge
Overcoming the Fact-Value Dichotomy
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
For most of the church's history, people have seen Christian ethics as normative and universally applicable. Recently, however, this view has been lost, thanks to naturalism and relativism. R. Scott Smith argues that Christians need to overcome Kant's fact-value dichotomy and recover the possibility of genuine moral and theological knowledge.
Naturalism and Our Knowledge of Reality
Testing Religious Truth-claims
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Philosophical naturalism is taken to be the preferred and reigning epistemology and metaphysics that underwrites many ideas and knowledge claims. But what if we cannot know reality on that basis? What if the institution of science is threatened by its reliance on naturalism? R. Scott Smith argues...
The Politics of Apolitical Culture
The Congress for Cultural Freedom and the Political Economy of American Hegemony 1945-1955
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2003
This book analyses a key episode in the cultural Cold War - the formation of the Congress for Cultural Freedom. Whilst the Congress was established to defend cultural values and freedom of expression in the Cold War Struggle, its close association with the CIA later undermined its claims to intellectual...
Virtue Ethics and Moral Knowledge
Philosophy of Language after MacIntyre and Hauerwas
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
We live in a time of moral confusion: many believe there are no overarching moral norms, and we have lost an accepted body of moral knowledge. Alasdair MacIntyre addresses this problem in his much-heralded restatement of Aristotelian and Thomistic virtue ethics; Stanley Hauerwas does so through his...
The People's Victory
Stories from the Front Lines in the Fight for Marriage Equality
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
"“The People’s Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world.” – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California
In 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create...