Stephen Scott: 83 books

Book cover of The Relevance of Higher Education

The Relevance of Higher Education

Exploring a Contested Notion

by Lee Trepanier, Stephen Clements, Michael Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013

Most statements today about higher education begin with the assumption that it should be relevant. That it should be relevant, however, does not settle the matter. The significance of relevance depends on the power of something else that is more fundamental. Relevance may be a true standard of judgment,...
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Reaching a Generation for Christ

A Comprehensive Guide to Youth Ministry

by Wesley Black, Pamela Campbell, Paul Borthwick
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 1997

Things have changed. The Truth has not. The 1950's are gone forever. The days of the Sunday school attendance award and the much-loved Sunday school picnic have faded into oblivion. Yet some youth ministries still operate as if today's kids are living in a vacuum, unaffected by the changing morals...
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Reclaiming the Center

Confronting Evangelical Accommodation in Postmodern Times

by D. A. Carson, Douglas Groothuis, J. P. Moreland
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2004

"When evangelicals confuse an improper passion for novelty witha proper pursuit of academic and pastoral relevance, the resultscan be distressing. I cannot express how grateful I am for thewell-formed wisdom with which this book points to the abiding anddecisive relevance for future route-finding...
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Fire on Earth

An Introduction

by Andrew C. Scott, David M. J. S. Bowman, William J. Bond
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013

Earth is the only planet known to have fire. The reason is both simple and profound: fire exists because Earth is the only planet to possess life as we know it. Fire is an expression of life on Earth and an index of life’s history. Few processes are as integral, unique, or ancient. Fire on...
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Designer Biology

The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems

by Immaculada de Melo Martin, Valentina Urbanek, David Frank
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013

Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems. An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems are increasingly understood and approached...
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De-signing Design

Cartographies of Theory and Practice

by Hugh J. Silverman, Scott McQuire, Mark Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016

De-Signing Design: Cartographies of Theory and Practice throws new light on the terrain between theory and practice in transdisciplinary discourses of design and art. The editors, Elizabeth Grierson, Harriet Edquist, and Hélène Frichot, bring together diverse approaches to design theory, practice,...
Book cover of The History and Theory of Environmental Scenography
by Joslin McKinney, Stephen A. Di Benedetto, Professor Arnold Aronson
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018

A classic work of theatre history and criticism when first published, Arnold Aronson's formative study surveyed the phenomenon known as environmental theatre. Now updated in this richly illustrated second edition to reflect developments and practice since the 1980s, it offers readers a comprehensive...
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The Model as Performance

Staging Space in Theatre and Architecture

by Thea Brejzek, Lawrence Wallen, Joslin McKinney
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017

The Model as Performance investigates the history and development of the scale model from the Renaissance to the present. Employing a scenographic perspective and a performative paradigm, it explores what the model can do and how it is used in theatre and architecture. The volume provides a comprehensive...
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A Nation Again

Why Independence will be Good for Scotland (and England too)

by Stephen Maxwell, Paul Henderson Scott, Betty Davies
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014

As the Scottish people prepare for their biggest ever collective decision with a proposed referendum near at hand, The Independence Book forcefully sets out the Case for Independence. The Imperative of Independence is demonstrated by varied distinguished authors, including contributions from Neil...
Book cover of The Political Science Student Writer's Manual and Reader's Guide
by Stephen M. Garrison, Professor, Gregory M. Scott
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016

The Political Science Student Writer's Manual and Reader's Guide is a practical guide to research, reading, and writing in political science. The Political Science Student Writer’s Manual and Reader’s Guide, Eighth Edition, is a set of instructions and exercises that sequentially develop...
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The New Politics of the Old South

An Introduction to Southern Politics

by Scott E. Buchanan, Patrick R. Cotter, Stephen D. Shaffer
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013

The New Politics of the Old South, Sixth Edition is available August 2017. Paperback ISBN 9781538100158 Now in its fifth edition, The New Politics of the Old South is the best and most comprehensive analysis and history of political behaviors and shifting demographics in America’s southern...
Book cover of Twelve Letters to Sarah: A Father'S Account of a Family Struggle : A Disease Called Addiction
by Scott Stephen Kirby
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013

Chemical dependency among the adult population in America has reached epidemic proportion. An estimated 30 million people abuse themselves daily with alcohol and drugs. For every chemically-dependent adult, at least five others are directly affected: children, spouses, parents, siblings, etc. America...
Book cover of The Olympics and Philosophy
by Michael W. Austin, Raymond Angelo Belliotti, Scott F. Parker
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012

It is said the champions of the ancient Olympic Games received a crown of olive leaves, symbolizing a divine blessing from Nike, the winged goddess of victory. While the mythology of the ancient games has come to exemplify the highest political, religious, community, and individual ideals of the time,...
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Christian Physicalism?

Philosophical Theological Criticisms

by Thomas Atkinson, John W. Cooper, Marc Cortez
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017

On the heels of the advance since the twentieth-century of wholly physicalist accounts of human persons, the influence of materialist ontology is increasingly evident in Christian theologizing. To date, the contemporary literature has tended to focus on anthropological issues (e.g., whether the traditional...
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