Josiah: 97 books
by Josiah Edward Spurr
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Through the Yukon Gold Diggings is considered one of the greatest gold rush accounts in Alaska and the Yukon.
Migration, Mining, and the African Diaspora
Guyana in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
From the late 1800s, African workers migrated to the mineral-rich hinterland areas of Guyana, mined gold, diamonds, and bauxite; diversified the country's economy; and contributed to national development. Utilizing real estate, financial, and death records, as well as oral accounts of the labor migrants...
Refugee Economies
Forced Displacement and Development
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Refugees have rarely been studied by economists. Despite some pioneering research on the economic lives of refugees, there remains a lack of theory and empirical data through which to understand, and build upon, refugees' own engagement with markets. Yet, understanding these economic systems may hold...
by Josiah Royce
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Published in 1912, this collection of seven essays sets out Royce's own religious views on such topics as "The Religious Problem and the Human Individual," "Individual and Social Experience as Sources of Religious Insight," "The World and the Will," and "The Religious Mission of Sorrow." The New York Times called it "vital and intelligible."
Celebrating Planet Narnia: 10 Years in Orbit
Volume 1, #4
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
When Michael Ward's Planet Narnia emerged a decade ago, myriad things were pulled into its orbit: The immense gravitational force altered the field of C.S. Lewis studies, to be sure, but the discovery's scope stretched far into the worlds of literary criticism, Christian apologetics, and the arts.
Only...
by Josiah Gibbs
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.
The Mountain Meadows Massacre is a history of the raid on emigrants by Mormons and local natives.
by Josiah Royce
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Written during the last year of Royce's life, and published posthumously in 1916, this volume of essays was directly concerned with World War I. Here Royce seeks to give his philosophy a concrete role to play in ending the Great War and bringing a lasting peace to the world.
The World and the Individual (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
The Four Historical Conceptions of Being
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Published in 1899, this first volume of what many consider Royce's masterwork expands upon his Gifford Lectures, delivered at Aberdeen University in January and February of that year. Grouped under the topic title “The Four Historical Conceptions of Being,” these ten essays include "The Religious...
Luther, Bonhoeffer, and Public Ethics
Re-Forming the Church of the Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Prompted by the 2017 commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, this book examines the legacy of Martin Luther in the life, work, and reception of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the most widely read modern Lutheran theologian. Framing the commemoration of the Reformation in conversation...
by Josiah Royce
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
This collection of essays, posthumously published in 1918 sets forth Royce's philosophy of idealism and traces its development from Kant through Schelling and finally to Hegel.
The Problem of Christianity, Volume 2 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
The Real World and the Christian Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
Published in 1913 and based on Royce's Hibbert Lectures delivered at Oxford, this second of a two-volume series is subtitled "The Real World and the Christian Ideas." Focusing on the metaphysical basis of Christianity and the issues therein—the book covers such topics as the will to interpret, conception and perception, the doctrine of signs, and more.
Religion, Politics, and Polarization
How Religiopolitical Conflict Is Changing Congress and American Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
In Religion, Politics, and Polarization: How Religiopolitical Conflict are Changing Congress and American Democracy, three esteemed scholars trace the confluence of religion and party in the U.S. Congress over time. Drawing on forty years of congressional roll call votes as well as public opinion...
The Conception of God (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
A Philosophical Discussion Concerning the Nature of the Divine Idea as a Demonstrable Reality
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
This 1897 volume constitutes a rigorous debate between Royce and three other scholars: Professor Joseph Le Conte, Professor G. H. Howison, and Professor Sidney Edward Mezes. Royce's title essay is followed by criticisms from each professor. Royce then responds to his critics, defending his original thesis, which derives from his idealist philosophy.