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Unmasking Islamic State
Revealing Their Motivation, Theology and End Time Predictions
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
The modern world struggles to make sense of the savage violence and terror perpetrated by Islamic State. In this timely publication Dr Patrick Sookhdeo analyses its ideology, theology, eschatology and strategy and scrutinizes key IS publications explaining the motivating beliefs of the leadership. He...
Farewell to Christendom
The Future of Church and State in America
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2001
Thomas Curry argues that discussion and interpretation of the First Amendment have reached a point of deep crisis. Historical scholarship dealing with the background and interpretation of the Amendment are at an impasse, and judicial interpretation is in a state of disarray. Here, Curry provides a...
Dinosaur Highway
A History of Dinosaur Valley State Park
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Where the Paluxy River now winds through the North Texas Hill Country, the great lizards of prehistory once roamed, leaving their impressive footprints deep in the limy sludge of what would become the earth’s Cretaceous layer. It wouldn’t be until a summer day in1909, however, when young George...
The Clash of Ideas in World Politics
Transnational Networks, States, and Regime Change, 1510-2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
Some blame the violence and unrest in the Muslim world on Islam itself, arguing that the religion and its history is inherently bloody. Others blame the United States, arguing that American attempts to spread democracy by force have destabilized the region, and that these efforts are somehow radical...
Physics of Heavy Fermions
Heavy Fermions and Strongly Correlated Electrons Systems
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
A large variety of materials prove to be fascinating in solid state and condensed matter physics. New materials create new physics, which is spearheaded by the international experimental expert, Prof Yoshichika Onuki. Among them, the f electrons of rare earth and actinide compounds typically exhibit...
Protestantism and Politics in Eastern Europe and Russia
The Communist and Post-Communist Eras
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Coming at a time of enormous transformations in the one-time Communist bloc, this volume provides a much-needed perspective on the significance of church-state relations in the renaissance of civil society in the region. The essays collected here accentuate the peculiarly political character of Protestantism...
Viva Cristo Rey!
The Cristero Rebellion and the Church-State Conflict in Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Between 1926 and 1929, thousands of Mexicans fought and died in an attempt to overthrow the government of their country. They were the Cristeros, so called because of their battle cry, Viva Cristo Rey!—Long Live Christ the King! The Cristero rebellion and the church-state conflict remain one of the...
Economics as Religion
From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Robert Nelson’s Reaching for Heaven on Earth, Economics as Religion, and The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion Versus Environmental Religion in Contemporary America read almost like a trilogy, exploring and charting the boundaries of theology and economics from the Western foundations of ancient...
Homeland Mythology
Biblical Narratives in American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2007
Since 9/11, America has presented itself to the world as a Christianist culture, no less antimodern and nostalgic for an idealized past than its Islamist foes. The master-narrative both sides share might sound like this: Once upon a time, the values of the righteous community coincided with those...
by Mladen Božanić, Saurabh Sinha
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This book is the first standalone book that combines research into low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) with research into millimeter-wave circuits. In compiling this book, the authors have set two research objectives. The first is to bring together the research context behind millimeter-wave circuit operation...
All Politics Is Religious
Speaking Faith to the Media, Policy Makers and Community
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Faith grows when we uphold its vision for a better world and speak of it in the public square—while keeping church and state separate.
"Dealing with a splintered media, with its new opportunities and challenges requires being able to mix the facts with the feelings in appropriate measures...
The Teller Review of Books: Vol. I Christianity, Culture & the State
The Teller Review of Books
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
The Teller Review of Books™ (Editor-in-Chief: Nadine L. Jackson) provides succinct overviews and critical reviews of the seminal books shaping contemporary culture in the areas of law, faith, society and public policy. Milestones in political, cultural and religious thought, whether contemporary...
by Angsuman Sarkar, Chandan Kumar Sarkar
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This book is concerned with the physics of electronic devices, processes of device operation and techniques for modelling devices. Developed to serve as a textbook on solid state devices, microelectronics and optoelectronics, it provides an integrated approach to the subject by including modern developments...
Theory of Simple Liquids
with Applications to Soft Matter
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
Comprehensive coverage of topics in the theory of classical liquids
Widely regarded as the standard text in its field, Theory of Simple Liquids gives an advanced but self-contained account of liquid state theory within the unifying framework provided by classical statistical mechanics. The...