Upa: 654 books
The Fall and the Ascent of Man
How Genesis Supports Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
In this groundbreaking work, Joseph Fitzpatrick challenges the traditional interpretation of chapter three of Genesis: the story of Adam and Eve in Eden. This narrative was imposed on the Christian West, but not the East, through the genius of Augustine of Hippo and came to dominate Catholic and Protestant...
by Samia Touati
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Literacy, Information, and Development in Morocco during the 1990s offers readers a two-level investigation of the culture of literacy. A handful of researchers approach literacy either through theory or through practice in general; however, this is the first study in the African context that tries...
Moral Desert
A Critique
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
In Moral Desert, Howard Simmons notes that the idea that we deserve to be praised or rewarded for good behavior and blamed or punished when we act badly seems central to everyone's moral deliberation and practices. Simmons subjects this assumption to critical scrutiny. He argues that in a wide range...
Crippled at the Starting Gate
The Graduate Schools Created and Perpetuate the Gender Gap in Science and Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
In Crippled at the Starting Gate, Robert Leslie Fisher argues that the United States needs an education bill, much like the G.I. Bill passed after World War II, to send more Americans to graduate school in the sciences and engineering. Equally important, the graduate schools need to change their culture...
by Adrian M. Dupuis, Robin L. Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
Education students are continually asked to reflect upon their own philosophy of education and how it relates to their teaching practice. Philosophy of Education in Historical Perspective: Third Edition focuses on major educational philosophies that have had an impact on Western education and helps...
Translating Totality in Parts
Chengguan’s Commentaries and Subcommentaries to the Avatamska Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Translating Totality in Parts offers an annotated translation of two of preeminent Chinese Tang dynasty monk Chengguan’s most revered masterpieces. With this book, Chengguan’s Commentaries to the Avatamsaka Sutra and The Meanings Proclaimed in the Subcommentaries Accompanying the Commentaries...
The Merging of Theology and Spirituality
An Examination of the Life and Work of Alister E. McGrath
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2006
While acknowledging the inherent tension between evangelicals who emphasize theological propositions and those who emphasize personal experience, Alister McGrath believes that spirituality represents the interface between ideas and life, between Christian theology and human existence. The book explores...
Transmitting the Ideal of Enlightenment
Chinese Universities Since the Late Nineteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
Transmitting the Ideal of Enlightenment is a collection of articles that shed light on different aspects of university education in China since the late nineteenth century and address how far the ideal of modern university education, which has gradually been developed in the West since the age of...
by Jack Child
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Introduction to Spanish Translation is designed for a third or fourth year college Spanish course. It presents the history, theory and practice of Spanish-to-English translation (with some consideration of English-to-Spanish translation). The very successful first edition of the text evolved from...
by Paiman Hama Salih Sabir
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
The Syntax and Semantics of English Auxiliaries by Kurd Learners at College Level is concerned with the syntactic and semantic aspects of English auxiliary verbs (which comprise the primary and the modals) as a problematic area for English foreign language learners.
The study aims at investigating...
The New Orleans Sniper
A Phenomenological Case Study of Constituting the Other
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
On January 7, 1973, shots were fired from Howard Johnson's Motel in New Orleans, LA. Six were killed, ten wounded. After the first sniper was killed, the search continued for others. A thorough police investigation, however, concluded that there had been only one —- whose body was found on the motel...
Passages Beyond the Gate
A Jungian Approach to Understanding American Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Examining American psychology's development from a Jungian perspective, Jennings argues that the discipline is at a point where a deeper and broader exploration of spirituality is essential in order to realize the goal of creating a complete psychology of human beings. Having already developed an...
Traditional Islamic Environmentalism
The Vision of Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
This work examines the relevance of traditional Islamic thought and practices for a lasting solution to the current environmental crisis. Quadir describes how Seyyed Hossein Nasr challenges Muslims to reclaim their traditional intellectual and Sufi heritage as powerful means toward a most thoughtful...
by Resurrección Espinosa
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 4, 2012
This revised edition incorporates plays accessible to students at high novice and intermediate levels, while retaining dramas that challenge and heighten the proficiency of the most advanced students. The new plays also extend the emotional range of the volume by providing simple, light comedies that...