Christianity, Climate Change and Sustainable Living

Religion & Spirituality

SPENCER, Nick

Christian Books & Bibles

SPCK Publishing

A very helpful discussion of a neglected and important subject' Mary Midgley. Nick Spencer draws on Darwin's autobiography, manuscripts, notebooks and letters - as well as his world-famous publications - in exploring Darwin's view of design, purpose, morality, the universe and the human mind. The author argues that, although Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection did undermine his Christian faith, it was the age-old problem of suffering - first in theory, then through the dreadful loss of his favourite child - that caused it to break down. Darwin and God is the first full-length account of Darwin's religious beliefs to be published in the UK. Meticulously-researched, it presents a moving, compelling and tumultuous story of one of the world's greatest scientists.

Darwin and God

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Playing God: Science, Religion and the Future of Humanity

Computers & Technology

Waite, Hannah

Computer Science

Could science one day 'defeat death'?What would alien contact mean for humanity?Has medicine finally found a cure for sadness?Will AI replace us?For too long, the 'science and religion' debate has fixated on creation, evolution, cosmology, miracles and quantum theory. But this, argue Nick Spencer and Hannah Waite, is a mistake. Religious belief has survived, and thrived, under many different models of the universe. It was never intended to be a competing explanation for the science of any age. Where science and religion really do come together - sometimes furiously, sometimes fruitfully - is over the status and nature of the human. And that has never been more important than today.Whether it's the quest for immortality or the search for alien life, the treatment of pandemics or 'animal personhood', AI or mental health, abortion or genetic editing, science is making advances that are posing huge questions about what it means to be human, whether we should change ourselves, and how far we should 'play God'.These developments are only going to grow in significance. Playing God brings readers up to date with the latest developments but also draws out their moral and religious dimensions. In so doing, it shows how the future of science and religion is inextricably tied up with the future of humanity.

The Bible's influence on British politics has been as immense as it has been ignored, and this book uses the unique opportunity of the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James' Bible to outline and celebrate that influence. 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James' Bible and will see a great deal of celebration and comment about the impact of the Bible on British culture. Much of the story is well-known, such as the Bible's seminal influence on British language and literature, but one aspect—the influence of the Bible on English politics—is largely unknown or ignored. Freedom and Order seeks to inform people of the Bible's critical and positive influence on politics in Britain throughout modern history.

Freedom and Order: The Bible and British Politics

History

Europe

Hodder&Stoughton

2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James' Bible and will see a great deal of celebration and comment about the impact of the Bible on British culture. Much of the story is well-known, such as the Bible's seminal influence on British language and literature, but one aspect—the influence of the Bible on English politics—is largely unknown or ignored. Moreover, when it is not ignored, the Bible's influence on politics is treated as that from which we have escaped, in order that we may enjoy our current freedoms, rather than something that contributed positively to political thought or history. This is misleading. Freedom and Order seeks to inform people of the Bible's critical and positive influence on politics in Britain throughout modern history.

Progress in Community Child Health is a new series reviewing important developments of interest to community health professionals. The series aims to focus on community-based approaches to child health and will provide up-to-date key points for clinical practice. Topics to be covered include: social paediatrics, health promotion, disability, service management, child protection, public health, adoption and fostering, audiology and visual impairment, pre-school surveillance, health/education medicine, special education needs, epidemiology and the interface between the community and general paediatrics (infectious diseases, genetics, neurology, psychiatry etc.). In this way the series should give a valuable theoretical backdrop for those professionals working to improve and develop community child health.

Progress in Community Child Health

Health, Fitness & Dieting

W.B.Saunders Co.

What has Christianity ever done for us? A lot more than you might think, as Nick Spencer reveals in this fresh exploration of our cultural origins.
 Looking at the big ideas that characterize the West, such as human dignity, the rule of law, human rights, science, and even, paradoxically, atheism and secularism,he traces the varied ways in which many of our present values grew up and flourished in distinctively Christian soil.
 Always alert to the tensions and mess of history, and careful not to overstate or misstate the Christian role in shaping our present values, Spencer shows us how a better awareness of what we owe to Christianity can help us as we face new cultural challenges.

The Evolution of the West: How Christianity Has Shaped Our Values

World

Westminster/John Knox Press

Based on extensive research, Evangelism in a Spiritual Age takes a detailed look at the spirituality of people beyond the fringe of the Church and offers insightful responses to how the Church might address the issue of evangelism in the twenty-first century. Topics include: Big questions people are asking; How people view Christians and the Church; Listening âe" its vital importance; Achievable ideas for the local church; General trends in spirituality and creative evangelism; and The community as a key to contemporary evangelism This timely and practical book enables all those interested in evangelism to understand the spirituality of people who donâe(tm)t go to Church and to communicate the gospel more effectively.

Evangelism in a Spiritual Age: Communicating Faith in a Changing Culture (Explorations)

Richards, Anne

Croft, Steven

Ireland, Mark

Frost, Rob

Richmond, Yvonne

Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd

The biggest mutant cover-up has gone public as the true history of the X-Gene is revealed. the United States government has been outed as the X-Gene's creator and mutants have been branded terrorists. as an identity crisis rocks the mutant world, the mistrust between man and x-man gets deeper ... and it is in this insanity that the X-Men emerge. Who are the X-Men? and how will they fare in a world where they are criminals? Will these outlaw mutants be willing to defend mankind, when all of humanity cries out for their imprisonment? COLLECTING: ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN 1-6

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Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

Marvel Enterprises

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