Theory For The World To Come

Author : Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781452961590

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Theory for the World to Come by Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer Pdf

Can social theories forge new paths into an uncertain future? The future has become increasingly difficult to imagine. We might be able to predict a few events, but imagining how looming disasters will coincide is simultaneously necessary and impossible. Drawing on speculative fiction and social theory, Theory for the World to Come is the beginning of a conversation about theories that move beyond nihilistic conceptions of the capitalism-caused Anthropocene and toward generative bodies of thought that provoke creative ways of thinking about the world ahead. Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer draws on such authors as Kim Stanley Robinson and Octavia Butler, and engages with afrofuturism, indigenous speculative fiction, and films from the 1970s and ’80s to help think differently about the future and its possibilities. Forerunners: Ideas First Short books of thought-in-process scholarship, where intense analysis, questioning, and speculation take the lead

Author : Dan Cluchey
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466889019

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The Life of the World to Come by Dan Cluchey Pdf

Leo Brice is dead, in a sense (not the traditional one). When the neurotic law student meets his cosmic match in Fiona Haeberle, an impulsive spirit and burgeoning soap star, all seems well—the two fall fast in love, and spend three years navigating their twenties in wide-eyed wonder. But once the fantastical woman who had defined his future bolts to pursue a fantasy life of her own, Leo is forced to come to terms with a reality that more closely resembles an epilogue than the story he’d hoped it might be. Now a junior death row advocate, Leo immerses himself in the esoteric world of his condemned client, a born-again Georgia inmate named Michael Tiegs. As both men become consumed by the question of an afterlife—and as Leo becomes increasingly confused by his own future and past—Tiegs’ fate hangs in the balance. Leaning on his friends and grappling with his memories, Leo must try to save a client who may not want to be saved after all, even as he struggles to confront the prospect of his own mortality. At once obsessively readable, philosophically probing, and verbally acrobatic, The Life of the World to Come announces Dan Cluchey as a fresh new voice in fiction.

Author : Daniel M. Gurtner
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567028389

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This World and the World to Come by Daniel M. Gurtner Pdf

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Author : Norman Cohn,Professor Norman Cohn
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0300090889

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Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come by Norman Cohn,Professor Norman Cohn Pdf

All over the world people look forward to a perfect future, when the forces of good will be finally victorious over the forces of evil. Once this was a radically new way of imagining the destiny of the world and of mankind. How did it originate, and what kind of world-view preceded it? In this engrossing book, the author of the classic work The Pursuit of the Millennium takes us on a journey of exploration, through the world-views of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India, through the innovations of Iranian and Jewish prophets and sages, to the earliest Christian imaginings of heaven on earth. Until around 1500 B.C., it was generally believed that once the world had been set in order by the gods, it was in essence immutable. However, it was always a troubled world. By means of flood and drought, famine and plague, defeat in war, and death itself, demonic forces threatened and impaired it. Various combat myths told how a divine warrior kept the forces of chaos at bay and enabled the world to survive. Sometime between 1500 and 1200 B.C., the Iranian prophet Zoroaster broke from that static yet anxious world-view, reinterpreting the Iranian version of the combat myth. For Zoroaster, the world was moving, through incessant conflict, toward a conflictless state--"cosmos without chaos." The time would come when, in a prodigious battle, the supreme god would utterly defeat the forces of chaos and their human allies and eliminate them forever, and so bring an absolutely good world into being. Cohn reveals how this vision of the future was taken over by certain Jewish groups, notably the Jesus sect, with incalculable consequences. Deeply informed yet highly readable, this magisterial book illumines a major turning-point in the history of human consciousness. It will be mandatory reading for all who appreciated The Pursuit of the Millennium.

Author : Christopher Ralph Muston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Future life
ISBN : BL:A0020243183

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Recognition in the World to Come, Or, Christian Friendship on Earth Perpetuated in Heaven by Christopher Ralph Muston Pdf

Author : James COCHRANE (One of the Ministers of Cupar-Fife.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017170347

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The World to Come; Or, the Kingdom of God ... Second Edition, with Appendix, and Notes Critical and Illustrative by James COCHRANE (One of the Ministers of Cupar-Fife.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1684
Category : Electronic
ISBN : DMM:057003557663

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The Theory Of The Earth by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Jackson,Georg Sørensen,Jørgen Møller
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780198803577

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Introduction to International Relations by Richard Jackson,Georg Sørensen,Jørgen Møller Pdf

Offering unrivaled coverage of classical theories, contemporary approaches, and current issues, together with an exceptionally clear writing style, Introduction to International Relations, Seventh Edition, provides a genuinely accessible and engaging introduction to the subject. With an emphasis on theoretical approaches and their application to the real world, the authors encourage readers to consider the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments presented, and the major points of contention between them. In this way, the text helps the reader to build a clear understanding of how key debates in the discipline are connected with each other and with our perceptions of developments in the contemporary world. In addition to helpful learning features within the book, the text is accompanied by online resources designed to help students to take their learning further. These include: For students: - Reinforce your understanding of each chapter's key themes with short case studies - Test your understanding and revise for exams with review questions - Explore different theoretical debates through a series of annotated web links to reliable content - Test your knowledge of key terminology using the flashcard glossary For registered lecturers: - Encourage debate and critical thinking in class with seminar resources - Download figures from the text for use in your own teaching materials

Author : James SCOTT (Preacher of the Gospel.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019517816

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The Reformation Problem Solved: Or, “the Gospel of the Kingdom Vindicated” from the Tradition, Misbelief, and Sectarianism of the Apostate Churches of Christendom by James SCOTT (Preacher of the Gospel.) Pdf

Author : David Novak
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691144375

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Covenantal Rights by David Novak Pdf

Covenantal Rights is a groundbreaking work of political theory: a comprehensive, philosophically sophisticated attempt to bring insights from the Jewish political tradition into current political and legal debates about rights and to bring rights discourse more fully into Jewish thought. David Novak pursues these aims by presenting a theory of rights founded on the covenant between God and the Jewish people as that covenant is constituted by Scripture and the rabbinic tradition. In doing so, he presents a powerful challenge to prevailing liberal and conservative positions on rights and duties and opens a new chapter in contemporary Jewish political thinking. For Novak, "covenantal rights" are rooted in God's primary rights as creator of the universe and as the elector of a particular community whose members relate to this God as their sovereign. The subsequent rights of individuals and communities flow from God's covenantal promises, which function as irrevocable entitlements. This presents a sharp contrast to the liberal tradition, in which rights flow above all from individuals. It also challenges the conservative idea that duties can take precedence over rights, since Novak argues that there are no covenantal duties that are not backed by correlative rights. Novak explains carefully and clearly how this theory of covenantal rights fits into Jewish tradition and applies to the relationships among God, the covenanted community, and individuals. This work is a profound and provocative contribution to contemporary religious and political theory.

Author : Robert H. Jackson,Georg Sørensen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : International relations
ISBN : 9780198707554

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Introduction to International Relations by Robert H. Jackson,Georg Sørensen Pdf

A succinct introduction to the principal international relations theories with an emphasis on how theory can be used to analyse key global issues.

Author : Frank Landy,Sheldon Zedeck,Jeanette Cleveland
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351814201

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Performance Measurement and Theory by Frank Landy,Sheldon Zedeck,Jeanette Cleveland Pdf

In this volume, first published in 1983, the editors aim to achieve an understanding of performance from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The papers in this volume will not only spur further research, but will also provide an opportunity for some careful considerations of how performance is measured in various applied settings. The book is divided into four major areas; intraindividual issues, interdividual/organizational dynamics, methodology, and philosophies. This title will be of interest to students of business studies, psychology and human resource management.

Author : Ajay Singh Chaudhary
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781915672124

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The Exhausted of the Earth by Ajay Singh Chaudhary Pdf

Climate change is not only about the exhaustion of the planet, it's about the exhaustion of so many of us, our lives, our worlds, even our minds. So, what is to be done? To answer this question, Ajay Singh Chaudhary brings together both the science and the politics of climate change. He shows how a new politics particular to the climate catastrophe demands a bitter struggle between those attached to the power, wealth, and security of "business-as-usual" and all of us, those exhausted, in every sense of the word, by the status quo. Replacing Promethean, romantic, and apocalyptic fairytales with a new story for every exhausted inhabitant of this exhausted world, The Exhausted of the Earth outlines the politics and the power needed to alter the course of our burning world far beyond, far better than, mere survival.

Author : Antii Laato,Johannes de Moor
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047402626

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Theodicy in the World of the Bible by Antii Laato,Johannes de Moor Pdf

Is it justice when deities allow righteous human beings to suffer? This question has occupied the minds of theologians and philosophers for many centuries and is still hotly disputed. All kinds of argument have been developed to exonerate the 'good God' of any guilt in this respect. Since Leibniz it has become customary to describe such attempts as 'theodicy', the justification of God. In modern philosophical debate this use of 'theodicy' has been questioned. However, this volume shows that it is still a workable term for a concept that originated much earlier than is commonly realised. Experts from many disciplines follow the emergence of the theodicy problem from ancient Near Eastern texts of the second millennium BCE through biblical literature, from both Old and New Testament, intertestamental writings including Qumran, Philo Judaeus and rabbinic Judaism.

Author : H. Russell Bernard,Harvey Russell Bernard
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 825 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412978545

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Social Research Methods by H. Russell Bernard,Harvey Russell Bernard Pdf

Bernard does an excellent job of not only showing how to practice research, but also provides a detailed discussion of broader historical and philosophical contexts that are important for understanding research.