Traditional stories, attractively illustrated.

The Ugly Duckling (Oxford Graded Readers, 500 Headwords, Junior Level)

Children's Books

L. A. Hill

douglas-hall

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Oxford University Press España, S.A.

The deterioration of our natural environment under the impact of a rampant technological society is one of the major crises of our time. For many analysts, a primary cause of this crisis is the influence on Western culture of the Judaeo-Christian concept of the human being as having dominion over the rest of creation. In this book, Douglas John Hall does not attempt to exonerate historical Christianity from that charge. But, he argues, confession alone is not enough. The crisis of nature forces us to rethink our whole understanding of the relation between humanity and nature - an understanding that is based on the concept that human beings are created in the image of God ('imago Dei'). Hall carefully examines the biblical, historical, and theological meanings of this term, which, more than any other biblical expression, became Christianity's symbolic way of designating the essence of the human. Hall argues that the image of God is not an endowment - it is not something that human beings have; rather, it is a quality that pertains to our relationship with God. We should think of 'imago' as a verb, not a noun, he says. The human vocation within the created order is to image the Creator. When this is applied in a consistent and serious way, the idea of human dominion over all of nature must be radically reinterpreted. Taking the Lordship of Jesus as an authentic model for understanding our human relation to the natural order means that dominion is expressed not as mastery but as service - sacrificial service of the others with and for whom one is responsible. Thus the concept of dominion as stewardship eschews any idea of ownership or superiority in relation to nature, yet assumes a special accountability for its welfare. A provocative and original work, Hall's book retains the biblical centrality of 'homo sapiens' while at the same time raising both nature and God to a new kind of prominence in the dialogue that is li

Imaging God

Wm. B. Eerdmans

Douglas Hall's Animal Nursery Rhymes

Hamlyn

ANIMAL NURSERY RHYMES

Viscount

An adventure for Hannah Hippo

Dean

Klee

Reference

Catalogs & Directories

Phaidon

An Adventure for Teddy Bear

GALLERY BOOKS

Careers in organizations (The Goodyear series in management and organizations)

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Goodyear Pub. Co

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