Sophiology in Russian Orthodoxy: Solov'ev, Bulgakov, Losskii and Berdiaev

Religion & Spirituality

Sergeev, Mikhail

Judaism

Edwin Mellen Pr

A GUIDE TO THE FUNDAMENTAL THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATION Fiber Optic and Atmospheric Optical Communication offers a much needed guide to characterizing and overcoming the drawbacks associated with optical communication links that suffer from various types of fading when optical signals with information traverse these wireless (atmospheric) or wired (fiber optic) channels. The authors―noted experts on the topic―present material that aids in predicting the capacity, data rate, spectral efficiency, and bit-error-rate associated with a channel that experiences fading. They review modulation techniques and methods of coding and decoding that are useful when implementing communications systems. The book also discusses how to model the channels, including treating distortion due to the various fading phenomena. Light waves and their similarity to radio waves are explored, and the way light propagates through the atmosphere, through materials, and through the boundary between two materials is explained. This important book: <ul>
<li>Characterizes principal optical sources and detectors, including descriptions of their advantages and disadvantages, to show how to design systems from start to finish</li> <li>Provides a new method of predicting and dealing with the dispersive properties of fiber optic cables and other optical guiding structures in order to increase data stream capacity</li> <li>Highlights effects of material and multimode (multi-ray) dispersion during propagation of optical signals with data through fiber optic channels</li> <li>Presents modulation techniques and methods of coding and decoding that are useful when implementing communications systems </li> </ul>
Written for professionals dealing with optical and electro-optical communications, Fiber Optic and Atmospheric Optical Communication explores the theory and practice of optical communication both when the optical signal is propagating through the atmosphere and when it is propagating through an optical fiber.

Fiber Optic and Atmospheric Optical Communication (IEEE Press)

Science & Math

Blaunstein, Nathan

Krouk, Evgenii

Engelberg, Shlomo

Physics

Wiley-IEEE Press

The book introduces the basic foundations of high mathematics and vector algebra. Then, it explains the basic aspects of classical electrodynamics and electromagnetism. Based on such knowledge readers investigate various radio propagation problems related to guiding structures connecting electronic devices with antenna terminals placed at the different radar systems. It explains the role of antennas in process of transmission of radio signals between the terminals. Finally, it shows the relation between the main operational charactistics of each kind of radar and the corresponding knowledge obtained from the previous chapters.

Introduction to Radio Engineering (English Labouring-Class Poets, 1700 1900)

Christodoulou, Christos

Computers & Technology

CRC-Press

The book opens with an introductory essay on humor and religion in which the author discusses jokes and anecdotes that are collected in the book in the context of the Judeo-Christian tradition and culture. The jokes themselves are divided into several sections: Paradise Lost (Biblical themes); The Word and the Sword (religion and politics); The 11th Commandment (Jewish jokes); Born Again and Again (Catholic &amp; Protestant jokes); New (Russian) Testament (Soviet &amp; Orthodox Christian jokes); Priest, Swami and Rabbi (inter-religious humor); Sinning is Believing (self-explanatory); It will Only Look Like Eternity (jokes about the afterlife); and finally Fun Ever After (miscellaneous jokes). The article by Peter Crimmins from WHYY public radio and the list of the sources concludes the book.

Smile From Heaven: An Anthology of Religious Humor

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

M-Graphics

Depending upon their epistemological foundations philosophical systems can be divided into five types: empiricist (Locke), rationalist (Descartes), intuitivist (Bergson), traditionalist (Confucius), and scriptural (Aquinas). In the history of philosophy there were five major waves of scriptural reasoning—Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim. In this context Bahá’í philosophy represents the sixth wave, and it finds itself in a fruitful dialogue not only with the traditional forms of religious philosophy but also with modern Western thought which is based solely on reason and empirical observation. In this collection the reader will find articles on various aspects of Bahá’í philosophy—philosophical anthropology, philosophy of science, philosophy of culture, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion, comparative and political philosophy, and, finally, history of philosophy. The authors of those articles—Bahá’í and non-Bahá’í scholars—reflect global aspirations of this religion by representing diverse countries of the world—USA, Canada, France, Italy, and Sweden. This collection of articles also introduces a Global Faith Book Series which publishes works on various aspects of the Bahá’í Faith and globalization.

Studies in Baha'i Philosophy: Selected Articles (Global Faith Book Series)

History

Rosen, Harold

Terry, Peter

World

In Modern times and, more specifically, since the appearance in 1781 of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, epistemological issues acquired a special significance in philosophical studies. With the rise of Biblical criticism, Christian scriptural philosophy had lost its momentum, and nineteenth and twentieth-century thinkers focused on sense perception and reason as the two primary sources of human cognition.A recently conceived and developed religious movement, the Bahá'í faith reintroduces the scriptural mode of thinking into philosophical inquiries. Its scriptural texts are well preserved and authenticated. Many of the writings by the founding figures of the faith explicitly address critical philosophical problems. They also employ the Aristotelian technical vocabulary with occasional addition of neo-Platonic terms.In the West, epistemological studies from a Bahá'í perspective started in 1978 with the publication of Jack McLean's essay "The Knowledge of God: An Essay on Bahá'í Epistemology." Since then, Bahá'í thinkers have addressed different aspects of epistemological research. They discussed the independent search for truth, the standards of knowledge, the problems of certainty and relativity, infallibility, and interpretation, as well as mystical experience. All those topics are explored in-depth in corresponding chapters of the book.

Studies in Bahá'í Epistemology: Essays and Commentaries (Global Faith Book Series)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

M. Graphics Publishing

Collection of work and essays on the relation between religion and science in Bahai's faith

Religion and Science in the Globalized World (Global Faith Book Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

There have been several approaches to painting the Crucifixion during the past two Christian millennia. Byzantine Orthodoxy emphasized the divine glory of the Son of God, while Roman Catholicism focused more on the Savior’s humanity and his redemptive sufferings. The stress on Christ’s human nature and vulnerability has remained the most characteristic feature of Western Christian art, starting with the Renaissance. The image of the Crucifixion — the central event in Christian history — also remained widespread in the apparently secular and frequently atheistic modernist art scene.\nTwentieth-century Crucifixions exhibited great novelty, variety, and complexity. Contemporary painters used the body on the cross to explore a wide range of social and spiritual concerns, including their distinct iconoclastic causes. What is the common denominator behind the incredible diversity of the avant-garde depictions of the crucified Jesus? According to the author, it consists of the transformation that the perception of the Crucifixion underwent in the twentieth century — from a religious event with crucial dogmatic and theological implications to a primary cultural archetype that symbolizes righteous suffering. As such, it has become the ideal vehicle for rendering the existential and social realities of the century’s history.\nThe book is illustrated with 55 color images of the Crucifixion—from ancient Byzantine frescoes to paintings by our contemporary artist of the 20th century. Foreword to the book written by Rev. Michael Meerson, Ph.D.

The Crucifixion in Painting: From the Middle Ages to Post-Modernism

Arts & Photography

Religious

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