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Early Christian Attitudes Toward Images

By: Steven Bigham,Stéphane Bigham

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Early Christian Attitudes Toward Images

By: Steven Bigham,Stéphane Bigham

For all iconophiles, that is, those who accept the dogma of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, but especially the Orthodox who claim that the icon has a sacramental and mystical character, it is naturally disquieting to hear the claim that the early Christians were aniconic and iconophobic. If this claim is true, the theology and the veneration of the icon are seriously undermined. It is, therefore, natural for iconophiles to attempt to disprove the thesis according to which the early Christians had no images whatsoever (aniconic) because they believed them to be idols (iconophobic). It is equally natural for iconophiles to want to substantiate, as much as this is possible, their deep intuition that the roots of Christian iconography go back to the apostolic age. This study weakens the notion and credibility of the alleged hostility of the early Christians to non-idolatrous images, providing a more balanced evaluation of this question.

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097456186X

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Off the Grid

By: Steven W. W. Smidesang

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Off the Grid

By: Steven W. W. Smidesang

In this stand-alone tale, Chicagoland Stories exposes the plight of Brady Witek, a divorced father living in Chicago pushed to the limit by his job and family. Meanwhile in Kentucky, a man named Kacey Farrell finds his stable life crumbling. Both men choose the same solution: to leave their troubles behind by going off the grid. Brady Witek hits the open road, and Kacey Farrell takes the money and runs. Just when both men believe they've found new lives, the past reaches out. The Chicago outfit intervenes, and a powerful man seeks revenge. Brady Witek finds himself caught in a web of depravity, desperate to escape, unaware of his best ally. When the two men cross paths, gunfire erupts, leading to a handshake in the cemetery. Who gets to live after going off the grid?

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Page Publishing Inc

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1645448533

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9781645448532

Living in the Eighth Day

The Christian Week and the Paschal Mystery

By: Steven Underdown

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Living in the Eighth Day

The Christian Week and the Paschal Mystery

By: Steven Underdown

“I came that you may have life and have it in all its fullness” (John 10:10). In this book, Revd Dr. Steven Underdown presents the paschal mystery—the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus—as the means by which the Son first realized that utter fullness of life which God had always intended for humankind. He also argues that it is only in and though the paschal mystery that human beings find their fulfillment. Only insofar as someone is open to be given in love is that person open to receive fullness of new life. The book explores some of the ways by which, under God’s grace, the church can establish patterns of life and worship which will enable growth into the paschal mystery. It focuses in particular on a weekly pattern of life established in various parish and monastic communities in which every week is celebrated as a kind of “Holy Week in miniature.” This pattern—termed the Pattern of the Week—is seen as providing a context for life-giving response to the divine initiative.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1625641869

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9781625641861

Strange Chemistry

The Stories Your Chemistry Teacher Wouldn't Tell You

By: Steven Farmer

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Strange Chemistry

The Stories Your Chemistry Teacher Wouldn't Tell You

By: Steven Farmer

This book opens the audience’s eyes to the extraordinary scientific secrets hiding in everyday objects. Helping readers increase chemistry knowledge in a fun and entertaining way, the book is perfect as a supplementary textbook or gift to curious professionals and novices. • Appeals to a modern audience of science lovers by discussing multiple examples of chemistry in everyday life • Addresses compounds that affect everyone in one way or another: poisons, pharmaceuticals, foods, and illicit drugs; thereby evoking a powerful emotional response which increases interest in the topic at hand • Focuses on edgy types of stories that chemists generally tend to avoid so as not to paint chemistry in a bad light; however, these are the stories that people find interesting • Provides detailed and sophisticated stories that increase the reader’s fundamental scientific knowledge • Discusses complex topics in an engaging and accessible manner, providing the “how” and “why” that takes readers deeper into the stories

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366

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119265266

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Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion in Election Campaigns Around the World and Through History

By: Steven A. Seidman

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Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion in Election Campaigns Around the World and Through History

By: Steven A. Seidman

How effective are election campaign posters? Providing a unique political history, this book traces the impact that these posters - as well as broadsides, banners, and billboards - have had around the world over the last two centuries. It focuses on the use of this campaign material in the United States, as well as in France, Great Britain, Germany, South Africa, Japan, Mexico, and many other countries. The book examines how posters evolved and discusses their changing role in the twentieth century and thereafter; how technology, education, legislation, artistic movements, advertising, and political systems effected changes in election posters and other campaign media, and how they were employed around the world. This comprehensive and original overview of this campaign material includes the first extensive review of the research literature on the topic. Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion will be useful to scholars and students interested in communications, politics, history, advertising and marketing, art history, and graphic design.

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Peter Lang

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0820486167

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9780820486161

The Political Worlds of Slavery and Freedom

By: Steven Hahn,Roy F and Jeannette P Nichols Professor of History Steven Hahn

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The Political Worlds of Slavery and Freedom

By: Steven Hahn,Roy F and Jeannette P Nichols Professor of History Steven Hahn

Steven Hahn opens our eyes to the scope of African American contributions to American political life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He explores the slave emancipation process in the U.S., slave rebelliousness during the Civil War, and popular forms of black nationalism in the 20th century beginning with Garveyism.

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Harvard University Press

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0674032969

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9780674032965

Renewing Christian Worldview

A Holistic Approach for Spirit-Filled Christians

By: Steven Félix-Jäger,Yoon Shin

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Renewing Christian Worldview

A Holistic Approach for Spirit-Filled Christians

By: Steven Félix-Jäger,Yoon Shin

This brief but comprehensive introduction to Christian worldview helps readers understand the Christian faith as the substance of Spirit-filled living and as a knowledge tradition stemming from the global Pentecostal movement. Using beauty, truth, and goodness as organizing principles, the authors delineate a Christian worldview by tracing each category historically, comparing and contrasting each with alternative Christian expressions, and constructing fresh takes on each as read through the lived Pentecostal experience. Unlike other worldview books, the authors' approach emphasizes beauty (relating to experience) rather than truth (involving knowledge acquisition); that difference in emphasis flows naturally from the Pentecostal perspective, which has traditionally centered the experience of the Spirit. Pentecostal Christians will find this volume indispensable for thinking lucidly about their worldview from a renewal perspective.

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Baker Books

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1493442732

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Neuropsychological Aspects of Substance Use Disorders

Evidence-Based Perspectives

By: Daniel N. Allen,Steven Paul Woods

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Neuropsychological Aspects of Substance Use Disorders

Evidence-Based Perspectives

By: Daniel N. Allen,Steven Paul Woods

In Neuropsychological Aspects of Substance Use Disorders, internationally recognized experts provide clinicians with the most up to date information on the neuropsychology of substance use disorders based on the empirical literature. Substance use disorders continue to be a major health concern in the United States and worldwide, although their causes and effective treatments remain elusive. Research in this area has expanded dramatically over the past two decades and provided insights into psychobiological, behavioral, and genetic factors that contribute to the onset and maintenance of substance use disorders and associated neuropsychological abnormalities. This research has provided a strong empirical foundation that has direct implications for clinical neuropsychological practice and created a need to provide the practitioner with a cogent and up-to-date summary of current developments, which is the goal of this volume. Chapters in this volume are organized into three sections that are designed to provide a translational overview of basic research and treatment findings regarding addictions, neuropsychological and neurological sequalae of the most common substances of abuse, and consideration of special issues that might confound interpretation of neuropsychological test results. Section I provides an overview of addictions, including diagnoses based on the DSM-IV, as well as the most current conceptualizations of addiction from psychobiological, genetic, and behavioral and no economics perspectives, providing the reader with a broad evidence-based conceptual framework. Section II reviews the most common substances of abuse including coverage of structural and functional neuroimaging findings, epidemiological evidence, and neuropsychological sequelae. Substances included in this section represent the most commonly encountered drugs of abuse. Section III includes coverage of the number of special topics, including specific issues related to psychiatric, medical, and neurological comorbidities. Topics included in this section represent areas of common concerns faced by clinical neuropsychologists in the interpretation and application of neuropsychological test results.

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475

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Oxford University Press

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0190845767

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9780190845766

Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2012)

By: Nathan Clarke,Steven Furnell

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Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2012)

By: Nathan Clarke,Steven Furnell

The Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance (HAISA) symposium specifically addresses information security issues that relate to people. It concerns the methods that inform and guide users' understanding of security, and the technologies that can benefit and support them in achieving protection. This book represents the proceedings from the 2012 event, which was held in Crete, Greece. A total of 19 reviewed papers are included, spanning a range of topics including the communication of risks to end-users, user-centred security in system development, and technology impacts upon personal privacy. All of the papers were subject to double-blind peer review, with each being reviewed by at least two members of the international programme committee.

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Lulu.com

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1841023175

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9781841023175

A.R. Ammons and the Poetics of Widening Scope

By: Steven P. Schneider

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A.R. Ammons and the Poetics of Widening Scope

By: Steven P. Schneider

Schneider presents new and penetrating readings of Ammons's central poems, such as "Corsons Inlet," Sphere, and "Easter Morning.".

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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0838635075

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9780838635070

The Microsoft Foundation Class Library Programming

By: Steven Holzner

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The Microsoft Foundation Class Library Programming

By: Steven Holzner

A thorough introduction and reference to the Microsoft Foundation Class Libraries. Provides complete coverage of the Windows API as well as guidelines for using the MFC2 framework and pre-built components included with MFC2. Includes a review of C++ standard techniques--including inheritance, polymorphism, and encapsulation--and time saving hints, tips, and ideas.

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Financial Times/Prentice Hall

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1566861020

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9781566861021

Epiphanius of Salamis, Doctor of Iconoclasm?

Deconstruction of a Myth

By: Steven Bigham

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Epiphanius of Salamis, Doctor of Iconoclasm?

Deconstruction of a Myth

By: Steven Bigham

Epiphanius of Salamis, Doctor of Iconoclasm? Deconstruction of a Myth represents a thorough examination of the dispute over the authenticity of five relevant texts of St. Epiphanius between iconoclasts and iconophiles in the 8th/9th century and between modern scholars in the 20th century: i) The postscript of a Letter of Epiphanius to John of Jerusalem; ii) The treatise of Epiphanius ... against those who make images of Christ, the Mother of God, the Angels and the Prophets; iii) The Dogmatic Letter; iv) The Letter to Epiphanius to the Emperor Theodosius; and v) The Will of Epiphanius addressed to the members of his Church. Following a brief introduction to Epiphanius' history, literary works, theology and the dispute over the alleged iconoclastic texts (ch.1), the author provides: an English translation of the above five documents (ch. 2); an analysis of the "Byzantine Controversy," which focuses on the arguments (against authenticity) of St. John Damascene, of the Seventh Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (787), of St. Nicephorus of Constantinople and of St. Theodore the Studite (ch.3); an analysis of the modern controversy focusing especially on the debate between Karl Holl (for authenticity) and George Ostrogorsky (against authenticity), including the reactions of several scholars (ch. 4); and, finally, a critical evaluation of the arguments for authenticity, which concludes that such arguments "are sufficient to justify their rejection." Fr. Bigham has convincingly argued that Epiphanius's so-called iconophobia, a notion that is present in the popular imagination and in scholarly works for nearly a century, is only a myth ... and, therefore, "the Christian tradition has been and remains fundamentally and essentially iconophile." This reexamination and reevaluation of the critical studies of the recent past is an excellent example of a post-modern criticism of criticism.

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Early Christian Attitudes Toward Images

Early Christian Attitudes Toward Images

Off the Grid

Off the Grid

Living in the Eighth Day

Living in the Eighth Day

Strange Chemistry

Strange Chemistry

Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion in Election Campaigns Around the World and Through History

Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion in Election Campaigns Around the World and Through History

The Political Worlds of Slavery and Freedom

The Political Worlds of Slavery and Freedom

Renewing Christian Worldview

Renewing Christian Worldview

Neuropsychological Aspects of Substance Use Disorders

Neuropsychological Aspects of Substance Use Disorders

Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2012)

Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2012)

A.R. Ammons and the Poetics of Widening Scope

A.R. Ammons and the Poetics of Widening Scope

The Microsoft Foundation Class Library Programming

The Microsoft Foundation Class Library Programming

Epiphanius of Salamis, Doctor of Iconoclasm?

Epiphanius of Salamis, Doctor of Iconoclasm?

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