William J Meyer: 4 books

Book cover of Darwin in a New Key

Darwin in a New Key

Evolution and the Question of Value

by William J. Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015

Can one coherently integrate Darwin's view of evolution with an affirmation of the value of existence? In this fresh, lean, and substantive volume, William Meyer addresses this important question. By carefully analyzing Darwin's own writings and by drawing on the philosophical perspectives of William...
Book cover of Metaphysics and the Future of Theology

Metaphysics and the Future of Theology

The Voice of Theology in Public Life

by William J. Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

William J. Meyer engages in critical and illuminating conversation with major figures in contemporary philosophy and theology in order to explain why theology has been marginalized in modern culture and why modernity has had such difficulty integrating religion and public life. Wrestling with notable...
Book cover of Child's Play

Child's Play

Sport in Kids' Worlds

by Don Sabo, Phil Veliz, Alex Manning
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016

Is sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health, whether condemning contact sports for their concussion risk or prescribing athletics as a cure for the childhood obesity epidemic. Child’s Play presents a more nuanced...
Book cover of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
by Virginia H. Dale, Catherine L. Kling, Judith L. Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010

Since 1985, scientists have been documenting a hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico each year. The hypoxic zone, an area of low dissolved oxygen that cannot s- port marine life, generally manifests itself in the spring. Since marine species either die or ee the hypoxic zone, the spread of hypoxia reduces...
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