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Is God Invisible?

An Essay on Religion and Aesthetics

By: Charles Taliaferro,Jil Evans

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Is God Invisible?

An Essay on Religion and Aesthetics

By: Charles Taliaferro,Jil Evans

An essay on the religious significance of the person in philosophy of beauty, aesthetic experience, and the philosophy of art.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108470742

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The Image in Mind

Theism, Naturalism, and the Imagination

By: Charles Taliaferro,Jil Evans

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The Image in Mind

Theism, Naturalism, and the Imagination

By: Charles Taliaferro,Jil Evans

A philosophical inquiry into the strengths and weaknesses of theism and naturalism in accounting for the emergence of consciousness, the visual imagination and aesthetic values. The authors begin by offering an account of modern scientific practice which gives a central place to the visual imagination and aesthetic values. They then move to test the explanatory power of naturalism and theism in accounting for consciousness and the very visual imagination and aesthetic values that lie behind and define modern science. Taliaferro and Evans argue that evolutionary biology alone is insufficient to account for consciousness, the visual imagination and aesthetic values. Insofar as naturalism is compelled to go beyond evolutionary biology, it does not fare as well as theism in terms of explanatory power.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441148825

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National and Religious Ideologies in the Construction of Educational Historiography

The Case of Felbiger and the Normal Method in Nineteenth Century Teacher Education

By: Jil Winandy

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National and Religious Ideologies in the Construction of Educational Historiography

The Case of Felbiger and the Normal Method in Nineteenth Century Teacher Education

By: Jil Winandy

Documenting the reception of the pre-eminent Austrian school reformer Johann Ignaz Felbiger and his pedagogical thought in European histories of education in the nineteenth century, this volume demonstrates how national and religious ideological preferences have propelled the construction of fundamental biases in educational historiography. Covering more than 200 years and multiple national contexts, this book’s case studies of France and Switzerland, as well as close analysis of historical documents and textbooks, reveal how a canon of glorified historical "heroes" have been promoted over and above other educational actors, with the aim of morally instructing future teachers according to national and religious values. Based on a strong array of historical sources, the author demonstrates how biased educational historiographies are utilized in gaining support for certain pedagogical and curricula models. Through the deep examination of textbooks used in teacher training and the explication of the work and actual influence of Felbiger’s method in Catholic parts of Europe, this book captures how these narratives impact our understanding of early national histories. Offering new knowledge in the history of curriculum studies, this volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers with an interest in the history of education, as well as comparative teacher education.

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381

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Routledge

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1000572625

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9781000572629

Skirts of Navy Blue

A Memoir of World War Ii

By: JIL CARLSON

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Skirts of Navy Blue

A Memoir of World War Ii

By: JIL CARLSON

As far as I was concerned, World War II was a snap despite blackouts, rationing, and no nylonsjust tan leg makeupGuaranteed not to come off ...the hem of your dress, the chair you sat on, or your dates trouser legs when dancing. In a burst of patriotism, I joined the WAVESthe Navys version of the WAACs (only with cuter uniforms), and met some great new friends including Candy, a movie starlet, and Howard Hughes who I thought was a radio repairman (I didnt catch his last name.) The trip from Los Angeles to Hunter College in New York was a revelation; troop trains do not have dining carsyou march to various mess halls from wherever the train halts. I also discovered that the subway does not run from Chicago to NYC.! Candy made boot camp a pleasure. We got to read her fan mail, and her familys chauffeur delivered weekly goodies from Schrafts and Bergdorf Goodmans (her three roommates were the best dressedlingerie-wiserecruits in the Navyand the only ones to gain weight inspite of all that marching.) . She also gave me the opportunity of turning down her invitation to have lunch at the Stork club with little Gloria Vanderbilt, and see Carmen Jones, a big Broadway hit. I chose instead to lead a gaggle of misguided recuits in an almost futile attempt to find the Empire State building. Finally, the Navy, overlooking my southern accent and a tendency to address pilots as honey (Take a wave- off, honey), gave me one of their coveted billets as a Control Tower Operator and sent me to Atlanta, Georgia, for further training, There, I learned to drive a jeep, fly a plane (courtesy of the Link trainer) and to be careful where I sat on public streetcars Jim Crow was alive and well!. Assigned to a small control tower in Corpus Christi, Texas, I met a tall, lanky radio repairman who laughed at almost anything I said, and was my good buddy during some dramatic changes in my life. His visits ended when I suddenly marred the Best pilot on the base. It was several years before I discovered that my buddy had been the elusive Howard Hughes. During the 80s I wrote a weekly column for Roll Call, the Washington, DC newspaper. (Casandras Corner by Jil Carlson), and loved being with Fords Theatre promoting shows, during the 70s.The 60s were spent doing my own TV show. Skirts Of Navy Blue is pure escapist reading for anyone who has only seen The War through John Waynes eyes.

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iUniverse

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146206891X

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9781462068913

Ethics and Narrative in the English Novel, 1880–1914

By: Jil Larson

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Ethics and Narrative in the English Novel, 1880–1914

By: Jil Larson

Drawing on interdisciplinary work in the field of ethics and literature by a diverse range of thinkers, including Martha Nussbaum, Emmanuel Levinas and Paul Ricoeur, Jil Larson offers new readings of late Victorian and turn-of-the-century British fiction, she shows how ethical concepts can transform our understanding of narratives, just as narratives make possible a valuable, contextualised moral deliberation. Focusing on novels by Thomas Hardy, Sarah Grand, Olive Schreiner, Oscar Wilde, and Henry James, Larson explores the conjunction of ethics and fin-de-siècle history and culture through a consideration of what narratives from this period tell us about emotion, reason, and gender, aestheticism, and such speech acts as promising and lying. This book will be of interest to scholars of nineteenth century and modernism, and all interested in the conjunction between narrative, ethics and literary theory.

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190

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Cambridge University Press

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1139430335

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9781139430333

The Transcontinental Railroad

Tracks Across America

By: Jil Fine

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The Transcontinental Railroad

Tracks Across America

By: Jil Fine

From gunslingers to gold diggers, this series explores the stories and history of the American West.

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Children's Press(CT)

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0516250981

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9780516250984

Is God Invisible?

An Essay on Religion and Aesthetics

By: Charles Taliaferro,Jil Evans

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Is God Invisible?

An Essay on Religion and Aesthetics

By: Charles Taliaferro,Jil Evans

An essay on the religious significance of the person in philosophy of beauty, aesthetic experience, and the philosophy of art.

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The Image in Mind

Theism, Naturalism, and the Imagination

By: Charles Taliaferro,Jil Evans

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Theism, Naturalism, and the Imagination

By: Charles Taliaferro,Jil Evans

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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Is God Invisible?

Is God Invisible?

The Image in Mind

The Image in Mind

National and Religious Ideologies in the Construction of Educational Historiography

National and Religious Ideologies in the Construction of Educational Historiography

Skirts of Navy Blue

Skirts of Navy Blue

Ethics and Narrative in the English Novel, 1880–1914

Ethics and Narrative in the English Novel, 1880–1914

The Transcontinental Railroad

The Transcontinental Railroad

Is God Invisible?

Is God Invisible?

The Image in Mind

The Image in Mind

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