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  • On the Intrinsic Value of Everything

    by Professor Scott A. Davison ...
    On the Intrinsic Value of Everything is an illuminating introduction to fundamental questions in ethics.How-and to what-we assign value, whether it is to events or experiences or objects or people, is central to ethics. Something is intrinsically valuable only if it would be valued for its own sake by all fully informed, properly functioning persons. Davison defends the controversial view that ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Protests of Job

    An Interfaith Dialogue

    by Scott A. Davison, Shira Weiss, Sajjad Rizvi ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book explores the protests of Job from the perspectives of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religious and philosophical traditions. Shira Weiss examines how challenges to divine justice are understood from a Jewish theological perspective, including the pro-protest and anti-protest traditions within rabbinic literature, in an effort to explicate the ambiguous biblical text and Judaism’s ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • God and Prayer

    by Scott A. Davison ...
    Series series Elements in the Philosophy of Religion
    Are there good reasons for offering petitionary prayers to God, if God exists? Could such prayers make a difference in the world? Could we ever have good reason to think that such prayers had been answered? In this Element, the author will carefully explore these questions with special attention to recent philosophical discussions. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Petitionary Prayer

    A Philosophical Investigation

    by Scott A. Davison ...
    This volume explores the philosophical issues involved in the idea of petitionary prayer, where this is conceived as an activity designed to influence the action of the all-knowing, all-powerful, perfectly good God of traditional theism. Theists have always recognized various logical and moral limits to divine action in the world, but do these limits leave any space among God's reasons for ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

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    Belief in an Age of Skepticism

    by Timothy Keller ...
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  • Understanding Essay Writing: A Guide To Writing Essays By Someone Who Grades Them

    by Hercules Bantas ...
    A concise guide on how to write a good essay, written by someone who has graded a heck of a lot of them. It contains essay writing strategies, helpful tips, and a step-by-step process guide. The second edition has a sample essay and extensive examples of pragraph structure and paraphrasing. Learn how to get the highest grade possible for your work and avoid the mistakes that so many students make. ... Read more

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  • When God Goes to Starbucks

    A Guide to Everyday Apologetics

    by Paul Copan ...
    More than ever, Christians are bombarded with tough faith questions from their pluralistic friends and neighbors. Many of these emerge as "anti-truth claims" and slogans we are all familiar with:• Why not just look out for yourself?• Do what you want--just as long as you don't hurt anyone• Miracles violate the laws of nature• Aren't people born gay?Paul Copan has been answering questions like ... Read more

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  • Philosophy

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    This guide outlines concepts and principles of philosophy in an easy to understand format. Topics covered in this guide include: metaphysics, mind body problems, language games and much more. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Language Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language

    A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language

    by Donna Jo Napoli, Vera Lee-Schoenfeld ...
    Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day. Most of us have very definite opinions on these questions one way or another. Yet as linguists Donna Jo Napoli and Vera Lee-Schoenfeld point out ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Knowing Christ Today

    Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge

    by Dallas Willard ...
    At a time when popular atheism books are talking about the irrationality of believing in God, Willard makes a rigorous intellectual case for why it makes sense to believe in God and in Jesus, the Son. ... Read more

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  • Culture and Communication

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    by James M. Wilce ...
    James M. Wilce's new textbook introduces students to the study of language as a tool in anthropology. Solidly positioned in linguistic anthropology, it is the first textbook to combine clear explanations of language and linguistic structure with current anthropological theory. It features a range of study aids, including chapter summaries, learning objectives, figures, exercises, key terms and ... Read more

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  • Causal Theories of Reference for Proper Names

    by Nicolae Sfetcu ...
    Presentation and comparison of the main causal theories of reference for proper names, and a proposal of a new approach based on the analogy of the causal chain of reference with the block chain from blockchain technology and Paul Ricœur's narrative theory. After a brief Introduction in which the types of sentences from the concept of possible worlds are reviewed, and an overview of the theory in ... Read more

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