Upa: 654 books
The Courage to Think for Yourself
The Search for Truth and the Meaning of Human Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
This book was written with the purpose of proclaiming the duty of each individual to search for truth and the meaning of existence. The twentieth century produced such monsters as Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot who revealed the deadly drive of people who blindly followed these tyrants. Ignorance, passivity,...
Reading, Writing, and Discussing at the Graduate Level
A Guidebook for International Students
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
This book will help international students navigate the academic, professional, and social issues they will encounter while attending graduate school in the United States. This book is an invaluable tool for international graduate students and for their instructors and mentors.
The Missing Link
A Symposium on Darwin's Creation-Evolution Solution
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
The Missing Link blazes a unique trail through the conundrums and controversies generated by evolutionary theory and religious thought. To date, these debates have centered on the origin of species. This book, however, turns the spotlight on the origins of consciousness, thought, and the self while...
by Stanley Vodraska
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
In Philosophical Essays concerning Human Families, Stanley Vodraska describes a principle of moral practice that he calls “the principle of familial preference.” In ordinary circumstances, a moral agent should persistently provide preferential treatment to members of his or her family and should...
International Conflict Analysis in South Asia
A Study of Sectarian Violence in Pakistan
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
International Conflict Analysis in South Asia: A Study of Sectarian Violence in Pakistan analyzes the ideological relationship of the Muslim identity to its perceived practice of Islam among the Shia and Deobandi sects. A Muslim identity, defined as the parameters of who is and who isn’t a Muslim...
Dancing with the Gods
Essays in Ga Ritual
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Dancing with the Gods: Essays in Ga Ritual explores cosmological concepts and ritual actions of the Ga people of southeastern Ghana through case studies of calendrical agricultural rites, social status transition rites, and redressive rites. Based on fieldwork in the 1960s, the essays present descriptive...
Desperate for Authenticity
A Critical Analysis of the Feminist Theology of Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
Virginia Ramey Mollenkott is a pioneer in the endeavors to integrate feminism with Christian theology, specifically evangelical theology. Desperate for Authenticity considers her personal development alongside her theological development to provide insight into her contributions in the scholarly arena....
Catholic Theological Ethics
Ancient Questions, Contemporary Responses
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
This book has two objectives, one explicit and one implicit. The explicit objective is to explore the normative implications for both general and sexual ethics of the methodological and anthropological developments in Catholic tradition. The implicit objective is to stimulate dialogue in the Church...
by Aaron Rabinowitz
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Judaic Spiritual Psychotherapy is in the contemporary mode of utilizing the profound insights present in spiritual literature for psychotherapeutic use. Jewish spiritual writings are a rich source that encompasses three thousand years of scholarship and experience dealing with emotional problems....
Christian Footings
Creation, World Religions, Personalism, Revelation, and Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Christian Footings is an examination of presuppositions for Catholic thought, as well as an introduction to the most important Catholic thinkers of our time. The book begins with a grounding in the earth's movement toward higher consciousness and the pointers toward God in creation via the thought...
Black Vanguards and Black Gangsters
From Seeds of Discontent to a Declaration of War
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Black Vanguards and Black Gangsters: From Seeds of Discontent to a Declaration of War examines the extent to which black gangsterism is a product of civil rights gains, community transition, black flight, social activism, and failed grassroots social movement groups. Unfortunately, the voice of the...
by B. N. Kumar
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Basic Physics for All focuses on the fundamental concepts of physics. Suitable for eleventh and twelfth grade students, as well as first year college students at two-year and four-year institutions, this book is a valuable tool for non-science and science majors alike. The text can be used extensively...
The Mythology of Venus
Ancient Calendars and Archaeoastronomy
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
The Mythology of Venus is a collection of essays that summarizes the archaeoastronomy, calendar associations, religious and cultural icons, and myths identified with the planet Venus. The book concentrates on Western Europe, the Mediterranean, the Near East, and the East from the Paleolithic Age to...
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Identity, Media, and Democracy in Chile
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
The election of Michelle Bachelet, the first female president of Chile, brought to the public sphere topics such as gender, inequality, and the legacy of seventeen years of military rule. Former dictator Augusto Pinochet instructed Chileans to “for-get” and move on, but this is complicated because...