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On the Existence and Relevance of God

By: Clement Dore

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On the Existence and Relevance of God

By: Clement Dore

The main aims of this book are to establish that it is rational to believe that God exists; to show how God relates to morality; and to show how God is causally connected to his creation. Dore defends a version of the ontological argument and refutes the atheistic argument from suffering. He argues that only God can account for the overridingness of morality. He also treats ethical supernaturalism as a type of ethical attitude theory, showing how it is related to secular theories which base valid judgments of moral goodness and evil on pro and con attitudes. He illlustrates precisely how, given scientific explanation, theistic explanation of the empirical universe can get a foothold. His method is to adopt and defend a version of theistic (Berkeley-like) phenomenalism and, in that connection, a pragmatic-instrumentalist interpretation of scientific theories.

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Springer

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134924340X

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9781349243402

Memories of the Enslaved

Voices from the Slave Narratives

By: Spencer R. Crew,Lonnie G. Bunch III,Clement A. Price

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Memories of the Enslaved

Voices from the Slave Narratives

By: Spencer R. Crew,Lonnie G. Bunch III,Clement A. Price

This book offers a first-person perspective on the institution of slavery in America, providing powerful, engaging interviews from the WPA slave narrative collection that enable readers to gain a true sense of the experience of enslavement. Today's students understandably have a hard time imagining what life for slaves more than 150 years ago was like. The best way to communicate what slaves experienced is to hear their words directly. The material in this concise single-volume work illuminates the lives of the last living generation of enslaved people in the United States—former slaves who were interviewed about their experiences in the 1930s. Based on more than 2,000 interviews, the transcriptions of these priceless interviews offer primary sources that tell a diverse and powerful picture of life under slavery. The book explores seven key topics—childhood, marriage, women, work, emancipation, runaways, and family. Through the examination of these subject areas, the interviews reveal the harsh realities of being a slave, such as how slave women were at the complete mercy of the men who operated the places where they lived, how nearly every enslaved person suffered a beating at some point in their lives, how enslaved families commonly lost relatives through sale, and how enslaved children were taken from their parents to care for the children of slaveholders. The thematic organizational format allows readers to easily access numerous excerpts about a specific topic quickly and enables comparisons between individuals in different locations or with different slaveholders to identify the commonalities and unique characteristics within the system of slavery.

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361

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440837791

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9781440837791

Terra Incognita

An Annotated Bibliography of the Great Smoky Mountains, 1544-1934

By: Anne Bridges,Russell Clement

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Terra Incognita

An Annotated Bibliography of the Great Smoky Mountains, 1544-1934

By: Anne Bridges,Russell Clement

Terra Incognita is the most comprehensive bibliography of sources related to the Great Smoky Mountains ever created. Compiled and edited by three librarians, this authoritative and meticulously researched work is an indispensable reference for scholars and students studying any aspect of the region’s past. Starting with the de Soto map of 1544, the earliest document that purports to describe anything about the Great Smoky Mountains, and continuing through 1934 with the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park—today the most visited national park in the United States—this volume catalogs books, periodical and journal articles, selected newspaper reports, government publications, dissertations, and theses published during that period. This bibliography treats the Great Smoky Mountain Region in western North Carolina and east Tennessee systematically and extensively in its full historic and social context. Prefatory material includes a timeline of the Great Smoky Mountains and a list of suggested readings on the era covered. The book is divided into thirteen thematic chapters, each featuring an introductory essay that discusses the nature and value of the materials in that section. Following each overview is an annotated bibliography that includes full citation information and a bibliographic description of each entry. Chapters cover the history of the area; the Cherokee in the Great Smoky Mountains; the national forest movement and the formation of the national park; life in the locality; Horace Kephart, perhaps the most important chronicler to document the mountains and their inhabitants; natural resources; early travel; music; literature; early exploration and science; maps; and recreation and tourism. Sure to become a standard resource on this rich and vital region, Terra Incognita is an essential acquisition for all academic and public libraries and a boundless resource for researchers and students of the region.

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471

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572334789

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9781572334786

semigroup theory and applications

By: Phillipe Clement

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semigroup theory and applications

By: Phillipe Clement

This book contains articles on maximal regulatory problems, interpolation spaces, multiplicative perturbations of generators, linear and nonlinear evolution equations, integrodifferential equations, dual semigroups, positive semigroups, applications to control theory, and boundary value problems.

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473

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CRC Press

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1000111121

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9781000111125

Christmas Customs and Traditions, Their History and Significance

By: Clement A. Miles

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Christmas Customs and Traditions, Their History and Significance

By: Clement A. Miles

Reprints the 1912 study of the origins, evolution, and meaning of Christmas rituals and practices of many nations, including caroling, Christmas drama, the manger, the Christmas tree, the Yule log, and the twelve days.

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434

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Courier Corporation

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0486233545

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9780486233543

You are Peter

An Orthodox Theologian's Reflection on the Exercise of Papal Primacy

By: Olivier Clement,Olivier Clément

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You are Peter

An Orthodox Theologian's Reflection on the Exercise of Papal Primacy

By: Olivier Clement,Olivier Clément

The papacy is clearly the greatest difficulty facing ecumenical dialogue today, and particularly the dialogue between Catholicism and Orthodoxy. Yet there is a doorway of hope. In his encyclical, Ut unum sint, John Paul II expressed a desire for common reflection on the exercise of papal primacy. In You Are Peter the great Orthodox theologian Olivier Clement brilliantly responds to this request. He emphasizes the history and experience of the undivided Church, before recalling the contrasting developments of eastern and western Christianity and concluding with the tasks that call us to unity. Professor Clements response to John Paul II [is] solidly rooted in the Orthodox tradition, [and] represents the cordial and open mentality characteristic of the theologians of Saint Sergius. I would judge that it is almost exactly the kind of response for which Pope John Paul II was hoping. It is a pleasure to be able to present to English-speaking readers this concise, learned, and articulate presentation.... Professor Clements contribution ... is a sign of the progress [in ecumenism] thus far made and a beacon of hope for the future. From the Foreword by Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. Laurence J. McGinley Professor Fordham University, New York

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New City Press

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1565481895

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9781565481893

The impact of government policies on land use in Northern Vietnam: An institutional approach for understanding farmer decisions

By: Clement, Floriane, Amezaga, Jaime M., Orange, Didier, Toan, Tran Duc

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The impact of government policies on land use in Northern Vietnam: An institutional approach for understanding farmer decisions

By: Clement, Floriane, Amezaga, Jaime M., Orange, Didier, Toan, Tran Duc

This report identifies the driving forces for reforestation in three villages of Northern Vietnam. Using an institutional analysis focused on the rules governing upland access and use, the authors assess the relative impact of state policies (reforestation programs and forestland allocation) on land use change. Findings show that the latter are indirectly responsible for reforestation, but not because of the incentives they provided. Instead, they disrupted the local rules governing annual crop cultivation and grazing activities leading to the end of annual cropping. Tree plantation was chosen by farmers as a last resort option. Lessons learned highlight the importance of local level studies and collective rules for land management.

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IWMI

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9290906642

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On the Existence and Relevance of God

On the Existence and Relevance of God

Memories of the Enslaved

Memories of the Enslaved

Terra Incognita

Terra Incognita

semigroup theory and applications

semigroup theory and applications

Christmas Customs and Traditions, Their History and Significance

Christmas Customs and Traditions, Their History and Significance

You are Peter

You are Peter

The impact of government policies on land use in Northern Vietnam: An institutional approach for understanding farmer decisions

The impact of government policies on land use in Northern Vietnam: An institutional approach for understanding farmer decisions

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