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For the Good of the Farmer

A Biography of John Harrison Skinner, Dean of Purdue Agriculture

By: Frederick Whitford

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For the Good of the Farmer

A Biography of John Harrison Skinner, Dean of Purdue Agriculture

By: Frederick Whitford

The key role that farming plays in the economy of Indiana today owes much to the work of John Harrison Skinner (1874-1942). Skinner was a pioneering educator and administrator who transformed the study of agriculture at Purdue University during the first decades of the twentieth century. From humble origins, occupying one building and 150 acres at the start of his career, the agriculture program grew to spread over ten buildings and 1,000 acres by the end of his tenure as its first dean. A focused, single-minded man, Skinner understood from his own background as a grain and stock farmer that growers could no longer rely on traditional methods in adapting to a rapidly changing technological and economic environment, in which tractors were replacing horses and new crops such as alfalfa and soy were transforming the arable landscape. Farmers needed education, and only by hiring the best and brightest faculty could Purdue give them the competitive edge that they needed. While he excelled as a manager and advocate for Indiana agriculture, Skinner never lost touch with his own farming roots, taking especial interest in animal husbandry. During the course of his career as dean (1907-1939), the number of livestock on Purdue farms increased fourfold, and Skinner showed his knowledge of breeding by winning many times at the International Livestock Exposition. Today, the scale of Purdue's College of Agriculture has increased to offer almost fifty programs to hundreds of students from all over the globe. However, at its base, the agricultural program in place today remains largely as John Harrison Skinner built it, responsive to Indiana but with its focus always on scientific innovation in the larger world.

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Purdue University Press

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1612492665

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9781612492667

Frederick E. Brenk on Plutarch, Religious Thinker and Biographer

“The Religious Spirit of Plutarch of Chaironeia” and “The Life of Mark Antony”

By: Frederick E Brenk

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Frederick E. Brenk on Plutarch, Religious Thinker and Biographer

“The Religious Spirit of Plutarch of Chaironeia” and “The Life of Mark Antony”

By: Frederick E Brenk

The present book Frederick E. Brenk: Plutarch, Religious Thinker and Biographer, “The Religious Spirit of Plutarch of Chaironeia” and “The Life of Mark Antony” includes the updated and revised version of two seminal articles on Plutarch by F. E. Brenk published thirty years ago in ANRW. Edited by Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, both articles cover the two sides of Plutarch’s corpus, the Lives and Moralia.

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352

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BRILL

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9004348778

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9789004348776

An Introduction to Jesus and the Gospels

By: Frederick James Murphy

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An Introduction to Jesus and the Gospels

By: Frederick James Murphy

Jesus and the Gospels" is one of the most popular religion courses at colleges, and it is required at many seminaries and divinity schools. This textbook, written by an award-winning educator, is designed for a semester-long course in both these settings. Moreover, it could be used as a supplementary text in courses on christology, the historical Jesus, New Testament literature, and the Bible. Murphy will provide an introduction to the gospels that does justice to the full range of modern critical methods and insights. He will discuss the implications of these methods for how we understand the nature of the gospels and how we can read them today. The chapters will sketch the portrait of Jesus that emerges from each gospel, and then examine the "canonical" view of Jesus by comparing and contrasting these pictures, as well as the ones that emerge from the non-canonical gospels and from the modern quest for the historical Jesus. Chapter list: Introduction, Theological and Historical Backgrounds; Chapter 1, What is a Gospel? Chapter 2, History of Critical Methods for Gospel Study; Chapter 3, The Gospel of Mark; Chapter 4, Q; Chapter 5, Matthew; Chapter 6, Luke; Chapter 7, John; Chapter 8, Other Gospels (Gospel of Thomas, Infancy Gospels, other Apocryphal Gospels); Chapter 8, Christian Interpretations of Jesus; Chapter 9, The Historical Jesus; Chapter 10, Conclusion; Glossary; Further Reading; Notes; Subject Index. (Charts, sidebars, illustrations, and maps.)

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Abingdon Press

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0687496926

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9780687496921

Can We Believe It?

Evidence for Christianity

By: George Arthur Frederick Seber

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Can We Believe It?

Evidence for Christianity

By: George Arthur Frederick Seber

Many people today believe that Christianity will not stand up to a scientific or intellectual investigation, and that science has all the answers. Such an attitude shows an ignorance of the wealth of available philosophical arguments and scientific information that Dr. Seber taps into in this book. Initially, he shows that mathematics and science are limited in what they can prove in spite of modern advances. He then summarizes his material using basic questions as ten chapter headings: Does God exist, is there a spiritual dimension, do we have free will, is the Bible reliable, who is Jesus, do miracles occur, why does God allow suffering and evil, is Christianity a blessing or a curse to society, what about evolution, and how can we get to know God? The reader may have other questions and a number are considered within each chapter, such as problems with philosophical materialism and atheism. He draws his material from many sources including statistics, physics, cosmology, genetics, philosophy, history, biochemistry, theology, psychology, archaeology, and biology. Comparatively, new subjects like epigenetics, chaos theory, and quantum mechanics, that many people are not aware of, are brought into the picture. These topics change our thinking about reality.

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407

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498289193

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The Crucifixion of Jesus

A Forensic Inquiry

By: Frederick T. Zugibe

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The Crucifixion of Jesus

A Forensic Inquiry

By: Frederick T. Zugibe

A detailed analysis on Christ's death by a forensic pathologist and medical examiner, from the crown of thorns to the burial tomb, incorporates the latest scientific discoveries regarding the Shroud of Turin and its authenticity.

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397

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1590770706

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9781590770702

Christian Faith - Two Realities

A Collage of Impressions

By: Frederick Kile

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Christian Faith - Two Realities

A Collage of Impressions

By: Frederick Kile

How many people live on the edge of their faith-not only Christians, but people who call themselves by other names? Too many, it seems! If you want to reach real meaning in life, not just the glittering life we see in glossy magazines with cover photos of places one the other side of the world, read this book. Think about yourself somewhere in a public place, a mall or an airport. There might be a person who seems to see something beyond ordinary life. You wish you knew what that person knows about life, but just then, you have to leave, or that other interesting person walks away, and you wonder, "What did she (or he) see? I wish I knew." And then you wonder more-"Do I really see anyone the way I would like to see another person? Do I really see God?" This book is written to help you look inside-at what really counts in life.

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iUniverse

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0595525547

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For the Good of the Farmer

For the Good of the Farmer

Frederick E. Brenk on Plutarch, Religious Thinker and Biographer

Frederick E. Brenk on Plutarch, Religious Thinker and Biographer

An Introduction to Jesus and the Gospels

An Introduction to Jesus and the Gospels

Can We Believe It?

Can We Believe It?

The Crucifixion of Jesus

The Crucifixion of Jesus

Christian Faith - Two Realities

Christian Faith - Two Realities

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