{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Instructor's guide for the Lord of parables \/ LeRoy Lawson.","author":"Lawson, E. L","isbn":"0872397068","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Standard Pub"},"datePublished":"1984","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references in Notes.\n\nPublished in: Cincinnati, Ohio\n\nPhysical description: xvi, 111 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Interpersonal psychology for criminal justice \/ L. Craig Parker, Jr., Robert D. Meier, Lynn Hunt Monahan.","author":"Parker, L. Craig.; Meier, Robert D.; Monahan, Lynn Hunt","isbn":"0314452117  \/9780314","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"West Pub. Co."},"datePublished":"1989","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: \tIntroduction -- Interpersonal theories -- Behavioral approaches in criminal justice -- Role playing -- Facilitating communication -- Crisis intervention -- Family dynamics -- Psychology and issues of police personnel -- Stress in the ciminal justice professions. \r\nOther Notes: \tRevised edition of: Interpersonal psychology for law enforcement and corrections. 1975.\r\nIncludes bibliographical references (pages 161-162).\r\nIncludes indexes.\n\nPublished in: St. Paul\n\nPhysical description: xii, 169 pages ; 25 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Interpreting John Calvin \/ Ford Lewis Battles ; edited by Robert Benedetto ; with introductory essays by I. John Hesselink and Donald K. McKim.","author":"Battles, Ford L.","isbn":"0801020972","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Books"},"datePublished":"1996","inLanguage":"English","description":"Foreword \/ Richard C. Gamble -- Introductory Essays \/ I. John Hesselink and Donald K. McKim -- pt. 1. Origin and Structure of Calvin's Theology -- 1. Calvin's Humanistic Education -- 2. Sources of Calvin's Seneca Commentary -- 3. First Edition of the Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536) -- 4. God Was Accommodating Himself to Human Capacity -- 5. Calculus Fidei: Some Ruminations on the Structure of the Theology of John Calvin -- pt. 2. Calvin's Poetry, Piety, and Morality -- 6. Theologian as Poet: Some Remarks about the \"Found\" Poetry of John Calvin -- 7. True Piety According to Calvin -- 8. Notes on John Calvin, Justitia, and the Old Testament Law -- 9. Against Luxury and License in Geneva: A Forgotten Fragment of Calvin [1546-47]. App. 1. Chief Lineaments of Calvin's Religious Experience -- App. 2. Antithetical Structure of Calvin's Institutes -- App. 3. Chief Motifs in Calvin's Institutes -- App. 4. Tabulation of Biblical Citations in the Institutes -- Ford Lewis Battles Bibliography.\n\nPublished in: Grandrapids Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Introduction to ethics : a reader \/ edited by Andrew J. Dell'Olio and Caroline J. Simon.","author":"Dell'Olio, A. J.; Simon, C.","isbn":"9780742563575","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Rowman & Littlefield"},"datePublished":"2010","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tChapter 1. Ethics: Thinking about Right Conduct -- Chapter 2. Religion and Morality -- The Bible -- The Qur'an -- The Bhagavad Gita -- \"God and the Basis of Morality\" \/ Kai Nielsen -- \"Commands for Grown-ups\" \/ Richard J. Mouw -- Parliament of the World's Religions, \"Declaration Toward a Global Ethic\" -- Study Questions -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 3. Moral Relativism -- \"Statement on Human Rights\" \/ American Anthropological Association -- \"The Case Against Ethical Relativism\" \/ Louis Pojman -- \"Moral Relativism Defended\" \/ Gilbert Harman -- \"Female Circumcision\/Genital Mutilation and Ethical Relativism\" \/ Loretta M. Kopelman -- Study Questions -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 4. Natural Law Theory -- Summa Theologica \/ St. Thomas Aquinas -- \"The Scholastic Theory of Moral Law in the Modern World\" \/ Alan Donagan -- \"Toward Understanding the Principle of Double Effect\" \/ Joseph M. Boyle Jr. -- \"The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect\" \/ Philippa Foot -- Study Questions -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 5. Utilitarianism -- Utilitarianism \/ John Stuart Mill -- \"A Critique of Utilitarianism\" \/ Bernard Williams -- \"Rule-Consequentialism\" \/ Brad Hooker -- \"The Singer Solution to World Poverty\" \/ Peter Singer -- Study Questions -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 6. Ethics of Duty -- Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals \/ Immanuel Kant -- \"Kantian Ethics\" \/ Marcia Baron -- \"What Makes Right Acts Right?\" \/ W.D. Ross -- \"Killing, Letting Die, and the Trolley Problem\" \/ Judith Jarvis Thomson -- Study Questions -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 7. Virtue Ethics -- Nicomachean Ethics \/ Aristotle -- Analects \/ Confucius -- An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals \/ David Hume -- \"The Nature of the Virtues\" \/ Aladair MacIntyre -- \"Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments\" \/ Thomas E. Hill Jr. -- Study Questions -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 8. Challenges to Traditional Moral Theory -- \"Morality, the Peculiar Institution\" \/ Bernard Williams -- \"The Natural History of Morals\" \/ Friedrich Nietzsche -- \"Feminism and Moral Theory\" \/ Virginia Held -- \"The Demands of Identity\" \/ Kwame Anthony Appiah -- \"Nihilism in Black America\" \/ Cornel West -- Study Questions -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 9. Living a Good Life -- \"Philosophy as a Way of Life\" \/ Pierre Hadot -- Phaedo \/ Plato -- Republic \/ Plato -- \"The Enchiridion, or Manual\" \/ Epictetus -- \"The Tao Te Ching\" \/ Lao-Tzu -- \"The Ethic of Compassion\" \/ Dalai Lama -- Study Questions -- For Further Reading.\r\n Abstract:\t\"\"This is a wonderful collection of essays with splendid introductions. Andrew Dell'Olio and Caroline Simon have provided a book that begs to be taught and invites reflection not just about moral theory but about our moral lives.\"--Allen Verhey, Duke Divinity School\" \"\"This is an excellent introductory ethics reader. Selections are wisely chosen with attention paid to both theoretical and applied ethics, classical and contemporary authors, Eastern and Western traditions, and religious and nonreligious perspectives. The well-written introductions to the selections and the helpful study questions will prove useful to both student and instructor.\"--Kelly Clark, Calvin College\" \"As the perfect companion to introduction to ethics courses, Dell'Olio and Simon's reader includes the most influential ethical theories without overwhelming the beginning student. It contains a variety of readings encompassing contemporary and classic philosophers, male and female perspectives of both Western and non-Western ethical traditions, and readings in both theoretical and applied ethics. Introduction to ethics comprises thirty-seven essays divided into nine chapters. The first chapter introduces the nature of moral theory with a brief account of the different moral theories that will follow in the text. Chapters 2 through 8 are each devoted to a particular moral theory with readings that represent the position and those who challenge it, accompanied by an application of the theory to a particular moral problem. Finally, chapter 9 offers readings in practical guidance on \"living a good life.\" Each chapter has a brief introduction that provides an overview of the selection with pointers on what to note as the selection is read and concludes with a series of thought-provoking study questions and a list of further readings, making it easier for students to understand and appreciate their reading.\"--Jacket.\n\nPublished in: Lanham, Md.\n\nPhysical description: xii, 465 pages ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":"Elements of philosophy","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Irregular people \/ Joyce Landorf.","author":"Heatherley, Joyce L.","isbn":"0849902916","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Word Books"},"datePublished":"1982","inLanguage":"English","description":"Do you have an \"irregular person\" in your life? Irregular people are the ones who have the knack of wounding you every time you see them. They say the wrong thing, they ruin your day, they keep your emotions in constant turmoil. And an irregular person is someone you can't escape, usually a close relative - mother, father, husband, wife, brother, sister, or in-law. Identifying that maddening person as \"irregular\" will be a relief for most people, but learning to accept life with an irregular can call on your deepest reserves of spiritual strength.\n\nPublished in: Waco, TX\n\nPhysical description: 155 pages ; 23 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Islam : an introduction for Christians \/ Paul Varo Martinson, editor ; translated by Stefanie Ormsby Cox.","author":"Martinson, Paul Varo.; Cox, Stefanie Ormsby.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Augsburg"},"datePublished":"1994","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:     \t\r\nIntroduction: Everyday Encounters between Christians and Muslims ---- Part I. Islam -- Faith and Life. 1. The Quran --- 2. Muhammad --- 3. The Five Pillars of Islam. The First Two: Testimony and Prayer --- 4. The Five Pillars of Islam. The Next Three: Fasting, Almsgiving, and Pilgrimage --- 5. Justice and Law --- 6. Woman and Family --- 7. Death and Eternal Life, Dying and Burial ---- Part II. Islam in North America. 8. How Islam Came to North America --- 9. Self-Understanding and Place in Society --- 10. Relations with the Christian Community ---- Part III. Islam -- Movements and Emphases. 11. The Shiites --- 12. Mysticism and Sufism --- 13. Religion, State, Society --- 14. Groups in Islam --- 15. Islam and the Modern Age ---- Part IV. Islam and Christianity. 16. Christian-Islamic Encounters in History --- 17. Jerusalem -- The City of Three Faiths --- 18. Marriages between Christians and Muslims --- 19. The Bible and the Quran --- 20. Jesus in Islam ---- Part V. Islam -- A Christian Appreciation. 21. The Witness of Faith --- 22. A Christian Evaluation of Islam ---- Appendices. Chronology --- Islamic and Christian Holiday Calendar --- Index and Glossary of Terms --- Index of Quran Passages --- Index of Biblical Passages --- Brief Bibliography on Islam --- Organizations.\r\n\r\nAbstract: \r\n\"These and many other questions are answered in this informative introduction to Islam. Christians of all denominations will find reliable and up-to-date information on Islam and its relationship to Christianity.\" \"The first part of the book surveys the faith and life of Islam, exploring the subjects of the Quran, Muhammad, beliefs about God, justice and the law, women and family, and death and eternal life. Part 2 tells about Islam in North America, both its early history and the current situation. Part 3 describes various groups and movements within Islam. Part 4 looks at Islam and Christianity, their encounters in history, the Bible and the Quran, and how Jesus is regarded by Muslims. Part 5 presents a Christian evaluation of Islam.\" \"Carefully researched and clearly written, Islam: An Introduction for Christians is an ideal book for both individual and group use.\"--Jacket.\r\n\r\nOther Notes: \tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and indexes.\r\n\r\nElectronic version: \tTable of contents http:\/\/www.gbv.de\/dms\/bowker\/toc\/9780806625836.pdf\n\nPublished in: Minneapolis\n\nPhysical description: 264 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Katie's canon : womanism and the soul of the Black community \/ Katie Geneva Cannon.","author":"Cannon, Katie G.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Continuum"},"datePublished":"1995","inLanguage":"English","description":"Foreword \/ Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot -- 1. Surviving the Blight -- 2. Slave Ideology and Biblical Interpretation -- 3. The Emergence of Black Feminist Consciousness -- 4. Moral Wisdom in the Black Women's Literary Tradition -- 5. Womanist Perspectival Discourse and Canon Formation -- 6. Resources for a Constructive Ethic: The Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston -- 7. Unctuousness as Virtue -- According to the Life of Zora Neale Hurston -- 8. \"The Wounds of Jesus\": Justification of Goodness in the Face of Manifold Evil -- 9. Womanist Interpretation and Preaching in the Black Church -- 10. Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: The Womanist Dilemma in the Development of a Black Liberation Ethic -- 11. Appropriation and Reciprocity in the Doing of Womanist Ethics -- 12. Metalogues and Dialogues: Teaching the Womanist Idea -- 13. Racism and Economics: The Perspective of Oliver C. Cox -- Appendix: Exposing My Home Point of View. \r\n \tAbstract\tIn 13 essays and an appendix, Cannon charts the process of her canon formation, based on an inclusive ethic. She says that in each essay she is \"conducting a three-pronged systemic analysis of race, sex and class from the perspective of African American women in the academy of religion.\" Her development begins with an historical detailing of what forged the black feminist consciousness. Cannon reveals how black women have found themselves to be moral agents in an African American tradition that combines both the \"real-lived\" texture of African American life and the oral-aural cultural tradition vital to African Americans. Cannon, the first African American woman to earn a Ph. D. from Union Theological Seminary and the first to be ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament in the United Presbyterian Church USA, a womanist philosopher and a theologian, deals mainly with canonical issues and \"canon formation\" as she calls for an inclusive rather than an exclusive frame of reference for governing life choices. Katie's Canon is both provocative\n\nPublished in: NEWYORK\n\nPhysical description: 191 pages ; 25 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Let the reader understand : a guide to interpreting and applying the Bible \/ Dan McCartney, Charles Clayton.","author":"McCartney, D.","isbn":"0875525164","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"P & R Pub."},"datePublished":"2002","inLanguage":"English","description":"Introduction: God's Word and human understanding: What is the problem? -- Part One: The foundation of understanding: Presuppositions -- 1. Truth, language, and sin -- The pillar of understanding: Truth -- The vehicle of understanding: Language -- The spoiler of understanding: Sin -- Summary -- 2. Knowing God: Presuppositions about the Bible and creation -- Is the Bible the Word of God? -- Is the Bible true? -- Is the Bible coherent? -- The Bible and the world -- 3. The foundation and the frame: Presuppositions and interpretation -- Presuppositions and method -- Tradition and the church -- The Holy Spirit: The ultimate interpreter -- Part Two: Interpretation in theory -- 4. The church and biblical interpretation -- The early church: Justin Martyr and Irenaeus -- The developing church: Origen and Theodore -- The Middle Ages: Aquinas -- The Reformation: Luther and Calvin -- The modern church: From Schleirmacher to Bultmann -- The literary turn: From literary criticism to postmodernism -- Summary -- 5. The grammatical-historical method: Knowing what it meant -- Meaning and understanding semantics -- Culture and understanding -- Context and understanding -- Genre and understanding -- 6. Removing the veil: From what it meant to what it means -- History and beyond -- Typology and \"fuller meaning\" -- The Bible interprets itself -- Redemptive history and present application -- Conclusion. \r\nPart Three: Interpretation in practice -- 7. Studying God's Word -- Spiritual preparation -- Analyzing passages -- Understanding the Bible on its own terms -- Priorities of interpretation -- Two examples -- 8. Biblical genres -- Theological history -- Law -- Poetry -- Prophecy -- Parables -- Epistles -- Apocalyptic -- 9. The Bible in worship and witness -- Scripture and worship -- Scripture and witness -- 10. Scripture and guidance -- Guidance needs to be in context -- What is \"God's will\"? -- Submission to God -- Understanding God and His ways -- Understanding God's sovereignty -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Where is meaning? -- Authorial intent -- Autonomous texts -- Reader response -- Conclusion -- Appendix B: The historical-critical method -- General description and evaluation -- \"Scholarly\" methods.\n\nPublished in: Phillipsburg, N.J.\n\nPhysical description: ix, 378 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm","bookEdition":"2nd edtion","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Mere Christianity : a revised and enlarged edition, with a new introduction, of the three books, the case for Christianity, Christian behaviour, and Beyond personality \/ C.S. Lewis.","author":"Lewis, C. S.","isbn":"0020868308","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Macmillan Pub. Co."},"datePublished":"1960","inLanguage":"English","description":"Content\r\n[Book I.] Right and wrong as a clue to the meaning of the universe -- The law of human nature -- Some objections -- The reality of the law -- What lies behind the law -- We have cause to be uneasy -- [Book II.] What Christians believe -- The rival conceptions of God -- The invasion -- The shocking alternative -- The perfect penitent -- The practical conclusion -- [Book III.]Christian behaviour -- The three parts of morality -- The \"cardinal virtues\" -- Social morality -- Morality and psychoanalysis -- Sexual morality -- Christian marriage -- Forgiveness -- The great sin -- Charity -- Hope -- Faith -- Faith (cont.) -- [Book IV.] Beyond personality: or first steps in the doctrine of the trinity -- Making and begetting -- The three-personal God -- Time and beyond time -- Good infection -- The obstinate toy soldiers -- Two notes -- Let's pretend -- Is Christianity hard or easy? -- Counting the cost -- Nice people or new men -- The new men. \r\nAbstruct:\r\nFirst broadcast as informal radio \"talks\" and later published as three separate books, The Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality are presented together in Mere Christianity. In his remarkably direct and accessible style, the renowned Christian apologist shows how the power of Christianity manifests itself -- not in any single denomination but as \"mere\" Christianity, a total force. For Lewis sets out to prove only that \"in the center of each there is something, or a Someone, who against all divergencies of belief, all differences of temperament, all memories of mutual persecution, speaks with the same voice.\"--Back cover.\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 190 pages ; 18 cm","bookEdition":"Macmillan paperbacks  ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Mina miyi Vornudrorfe\/ Victor B. K. Akude","author":"Akude Victor B. K.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Bureau of Ghana Languages"},"datePublished":"1993","inLanguage":"English","description":"Crime Fiction in Ewe Language; it describes and gives some practical demonstrations of trial of criminals by Ghanaian law courts. The book is not just interesting but very exciting to read.\n\nPublished in: Accra, Ghana\n\nPhysical description: 122pages: ill. 21cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}