Author: Jack A. Ottoson M. Div.
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2016-01-29
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1512722871
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Just Plain Sense is a book filled with gems of truth picked up by Jack along lifes roads. His gems, like all gems, can often be found in the most unlikely of places and among the most unlikely characters. This is what makes them just plain sense. His stories invite the reader to search for and ponder the gems they have found along their own lifes road. So travel the gem-strewn path of axioms in Jacks book. Along that reading path, imagine how many gems you hold in your very own hands.
Author: James C. Edwards
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2010-11-01
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780271041490
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Edwards (philosophy, Furman U.) describes a religious way of living that relies on neither religion's traditional power nor the current enthusiasm for values. He first provides an historical introduction, paying special attention to Kierkegaard and the early work of Heidegger. He then analyzes Heidegger's notion of "poetic dwelling on the earth as a mortal," and shows how this notion is exemplified in Thoreau's Walden, Norman Maclean's Young Men and Fire, and Wallace Stevens' poem "The Plain Sense of Things." Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: James Longenbach
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1991-10-31
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0198023316
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Wallace Stevens the poet and Wallace Stevens the insurance executive: for more than one critical generation it has seemed as if these two men were unacquainted--that Stevens was a poet who existed only in the rarefied world of language. However, the idea that Stevens lived a double life, the author maintains, is misleading. This compelling book uncovers what Stevens liked to think of as his "ordinary" life, a life in which the demands of politics, economics, poetry, and everyday distractions coexisted, sometimes peacefully and sometimes not. Examining the full scope of Stevens's career (from the student-poet of the nineteenth century to the award-winning poet of the Cold War years), Longenbach reveals that Stevens was not only aware of events taking place around him, but often inspired by those events. The major achievements of Stevens's career are shown to coalesce around the major historical events of his lifetime (the Great Depression and two World Wars); but Longenbach also dwells on Stevens's two extended periods of poetic silence, exploring the crucial aspects of Steven's life that were not exclusively poetic. Longenbach demonstrates that through Stevens's work in surety law he was far more intimately acquainted with legal and economic concerns than most poets, and he consequently thought deeply about the strengths--and, equally important, the limitations--of poetry as a social product and force.
Author: John Barton
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2016-06-07
Total Pages: 627
ISBN-13: 1400880580
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive and accessible guide to the Hebrew Bible This book brings together some of the world's most exciting scholars from across a variety of disciplines to provide a concise and accessible guide to the Hebrew Bible. It covers every major genre of book in the Old Testament together with in-depth discussions of major themes such as human nature, covenant, creation, ethics, ritual and purity, sacred space, and monotheism. This authoritative overview sets each book within its historical and cultural context in the ancient Near East, paying special attention to its sociological setting. It provides new insights into the reception of the books and the different ways they have been studied, from historical-critical enquiry to modern advocacy approaches such as feminism and liberation theology. It also includes a guide to biblical translations and textual criticism and helpful suggestions for further reading. Featuring contributions from experts with backgrounds in the Jewish and Christian faith traditions as well as secular scholars in the humanities and social sciences, The Hebrew Bible is the perfect starting place for anyone seeking a user-friendly introduction to the Old Testament, and an invaluable reference book for students and teachers.
Author: Joseph Mangina, Associate Professor of Theology & Director of Advanced Degree Studies, Wycliffe College, Toronto
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015-03-09
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 1442247789
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Pro Ecclesia is a quarterly journal of theology published by the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology.
Author: Pamela Carter Joern
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2008-12-01
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0803218575
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In prose as clean and beautiful as the stark prairie setting, The Plain Sense of Things tells the stories of three generations of a western Nebraska family. These tales of sorrow and hope are connected by the sinews of need and flawed love that keep families together. A farm wife struggles to support her children after the death of her second husband; a young woman grapples with the shift from girlhood to motherhood; World War II wreaks havoc on those left behind; and a failing farmstead breaks a family's heart. Amid hardship and change, these interwoven stories illuminate the resilience and d.
Author: Hanna Liss
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2011-01-11
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9004194568
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Drawing on the literary and narrative patterns in Rashbam’s Torah Commentary this book offers a comprehensive rereading of one of the first Northern French pesha?-commentaries and shows Rashbam’s fascinating struggle to compete with the nascent vernacular literature.
Author: Charles L. Campbell
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780802841568
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The postliberal, cultural-linguistic theology of the "Vale School" has been one of the most important theological developments in the United States during the latter Twentieth century. In this unique book, which combines theological analysis and homiletical reflection, Charles Campbell examines postliberal theology as it is embodied in the work of Hans Frei and develops the implications of this theological position for the theory and practice of preaching. Arguing that the trouble with homiletics today is fundamentally theological, Campbell offers Frei's theological position as a means for enriching the Christian pulpit and renewing the church.