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Receiving Pope Francis's Condemnation of Nuclear Weapons

by Drew Christiansen, Carole Sargent, William Werpehowski, Tobias Winright, Gregory M. Reichberg, William A. Barbieri Jr., Daniel Cortright, Daniel Hall, James E. Goodby0, David A. Koplow1, Pierce S. Corden2, Richard A. Love3, Lawrence J. Korb4, Gerard F. Powers5, Maryann C. Love6, Daniel Philpott7, Bernard G. Prusak8, Margaret R. Pfeil9, Joseph J. Fahey0, Lisa Sowle Cahill1, Kelsey Davenport2, David Holloway3, Theodore G. Dedon4, John Paul Lederach5, Susi Snyder6, David Lammy7, Ramon Luzarraga8, James P. O'Sullivan9, Kevin Ahern0 ...

Moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict scholars, and nuclear experts imagine a world free from nuclear weaponsAt a 2017 Vatican conference, Pope Francis condemned nuclear weapons. This volume, issued after the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, presents essays from moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict transformation scholars, and nuclear arms control experts, with ... Read more

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Moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict scholars, and nuclear experts imagine a world free from nuclear weaponsAt a 2017 Vatican conference, Pope Francis condemned nuclear weapons. This volume, issued after the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, presents essays from moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict transformation scholars, and nuclear arms control experts, with
... Read more
Revolutions in Sovereignty

How Ideas Shaped Modern International Relations

by Daniel Philpott ...

Series series Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
How did the world come to be organized into sovereign states? Daniel Philpott argues that two historical revolutions in ideas are responsible. First, the Protestant Reformation ended medieval Christendom and brought a system of sovereign states in Europe, culminating at the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Second, ideas of equality and colonial nationalism brought a sweeping end to colonial empires ... Read more

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How did the world come to be organized into sovereign states? Daniel Philpott argues that two historical revolutions in ideas are responsible. First, the Protestant Reformation ended medieval Christendom and brought a system of sovereign states in Europe, culminating at the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Second, ideas of equality and colonial nationalism brought a sweeping end to colonial empires
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In a Glass Darkly

by Sheridan Le Fanu, Jonathan Keeble, Daniel Philpott, Sean Barrett, David Horovitch, Nicholas Boulton0, Alison Pettitt2 ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble, Daniel Philpott, Sean Barrett, David Horovitch, Nicholas Boulton, Alison Pettitt1 ...

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12 hours 15 min

Demons, vengeful spirits, insanity, premature burials and lesbian vampires, In a Glass Darkly contains five diabolical tales of horror and mystery that will get the heart racing. Each story, including the famous Green Tea and Carmilla, is presented as a case from the posthumous papers of Dr Martin Hesselius, a metaphysical physician who has no doubt as to the existence of supernatural phenomena ... Read more

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Demons, vengeful spirits, insanity, premature burials and lesbian vampires, In a Glass Darkly contains five diabolical tales of horror and mystery that will get the heart racing. Each story, including the famous Green Tea and Carmilla, is presented as a case from the posthumous papers of Dr Martin Hesselius, a metaphysical physician who has no doubt as to the existence of supernatural phenomena
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God's Century: Resurgent Religion and Global Politics

by Monica Duffy Toft,Daniel Philpott,Timothy Samuel Shah ...

A fresh and illuminating perspective on the surge in religion"s political influence across the globe. Is religion a force for good or evil in world politics? How much influence does it have? Despite predictions of its decline, religion has resurged in political influence across the globe, helped by the very forces that were supposed to bury it: democracy, globalization, and technology. And despite ... Read more

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A fresh and illuminating perspective on the surge in religion"s political influence across the globe. Is religion a force for good or evil in world politics? How much influence does it have? Despite predictions of its decline, religion has resurged in political influence across the globe, helped by the very forces that were supposed to bury it: democracy, globalization, and technology. And despite
... Read more
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Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley, Daniel Philpott, Roger May, Jonathan Oliver ...

Narrated by Daniel Philpott, Roger May, Jonathan Oliver ...

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9 hours 8 min

Mary Shelley’s poignant exploration of the true depths of human ambition has had a profound effect on readers since its conception in 1816. When scientist Victor Frankenstein forms a creature from the body parts of corpses, thus shattering the perceived limits of scientific understanding, the consequences are devastating. As Frankenstein becomes disgusted with his experiment, he thwarts the ... Read more

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Mary Shelley’s poignant exploration of the true depths of human ambition has had a profound effect on readers since its conception in 1816. When scientist Victor Frankenstein forms a creature from the body parts of corpses, thus shattering the perceived limits of scientific understanding, the consequences are devastating. As Frankenstein becomes disgusted with his experiment, he thwarts the
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Vulnerable

The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19

by Jane Philpott, Katherine Fierlbeck, Lorian Hardcastle, Aimée Craft, Deborah McGregor, Jeffery Hewitt0, Michelle Giroux1, David Robitaille2, Amir Attaran3, Adam R. Houston4, Bryan Thomas5, Carissima Mathen6, Alexandra Flynn7, Mel Cappe8, Grégoire Webber9, Tim Caulfield0, Jeffrey Simpson1, Paul Daly2, Marie-France Fortin3, Jennifer A. Quaid4, Teresa Scassa, Full Professor; Canada Research Chair5, Kelly Bronson6, Jason Millar7, Vardit Ravitsky8, Daniel Weinstock9, Terry Skolnik0, Professor Martha Jackman1, Delphine Nakache2, Yves Le Bouthillier3, Martine Lagacé4, Linda Garcia5, Leilani Farha6, Kaitlin Schwan7, Adelina Iftene8, Jamie Chai Yun Liew9, Y. Y. Brandon Chen0, Anne Levesque1, Kwame McKenzie2, Jennifer A. Chandler3, Mona Gupta4, Yasmin Khaliq5, Simon Hatcher6, Olivia Lee7, Tess Sheldon8, Ravi Malhotra9, Pat Armstrong0, Hugh Armstrong1, Ivy Bourgeault2, Katherine Lippel3, Louise Bélanger-Hardy4, Professor Vanessa Gruben, Associate Professor; Vice-Dean (Academic)5, Sarah Berger Richardson6, Anis Chowdhury7, Jomo Kwame Sundaram8, Professor Sam Halabi, Professor; Director Centre for Transformational Health Law9, Kumanan Wilson0, Chidi Oguamanam1, Steven J. Hoffman2, Patrick Fafard3, Céline Castets-Renard4, Eleonore Fournier-Tombs5, E. Richard Gold6, Jeremy de Beer7, Matthew Herder8, Jason W. Nickerson9 ...

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, has infected people in 212 countries so far and on every continent except Antarctica.Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world in a few months and are difficult to hold in one’s mind at one time. That is why a collaborative effort such ... Read more

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The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, has infected people in 212 countries so far and on every continent except Antarctica.Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world in a few months and are difficult to hold in one’s mind at one time. That is why a collaborative effort such
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Religious Freedom in Islam

The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today

by Daniel Philpott ...

Since at least the attacks of September 11, 2001, one of the most pressing political questions of the age has been whether Islam is hostile to religious freedom. Daniel Philpott examines conditions on the ground in forty-seven Muslim-majority countries today and offers an honest, clear-eyed answer to this urgent question. It is not, however, a simple answer. From a satellite view, the Muslim world ... Read more

$28.79 USD

Since at least the attacks of September 11, 2001, one of the most pressing political questions of the age has been whether Islam is hostile to religious freedom. Daniel Philpott examines conditions on the ground in forty-seven Muslim-majority countries today and offers an honest, clear-eyed answer to this urgent question. It is not, however, a simple answer. From a satellite view, the Muslim world
... Read more
God's Century

Resurgent Religion and Global Politics

by Monica Duffy Toft, Daniel Philpott, Timothy Samuel Shah ...

A fresh and illuminating perspective on the surge in religion’s political influence across the globe.Is religion a force for good or evil in world politics? How much influence does it have? Despite predictions of its decline, religion has resurged in political influence across the globe, helped by the very forces that were supposed to bury it: democracy, globalization, and technology. And despite ... Read more

$17.79 USD

A fresh and illuminating perspective on the surge in religion’s political influence across the globe.Is religion a force for good or evil in world politics? How much influence does it have? Despite predictions of its decline, religion has resurged in political influence across the globe, helped by the very forces that were supposed to bury it: democracy, globalization, and technology. And despite
... Read more
FISMA and the Risk Management Framework

The New Practice of Federal Cyber Security

by Stephen D. Gantz, Daniel R. Philpott ...

FISMA and the Risk Management Framework: The New Practice of Federal Cyber Security deals with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), a law that provides the framework for securing information systems and managing risk associated with information resources in federal government agencies. Comprised of 17 chapters, the book explains the FISMA legislation and its provisions, ... Read more

$62.09 USD

FISMA and the Risk Management Framework: The New Practice of Federal Cyber Security deals with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), a law that provides the framework for securing information systems and managing risk associated with information resources in federal government agencies. Comprised of 17 chapters, the book explains the FISMA legislation and its provisions,
... Read more
Just and Unjust Peace

An Ethic of Political Reconciliation

by Daniel Philpott ...

Series series Studies in Strategic Peacebuilding
Winner of the 2013 Christianity Today Book Award in Missions / Global Affairs Winner of the Aldersgate Prize Honorable Mention Winner of the 2014 International Studies Association International Ethics Section Book Award In the wake of massive injustice, how can justice be achieved and peace restored? Is it possible to find a universal standard that will work for people of diverse and often ... Read more

$34.19 USD

Winner of the 2013 Christianity Today Book Award in Missions / Global Affairs Winner of the Aldersgate Prize Honorable Mention Winner of the 2014 International Studies Association International Ethics Section Book Award In the wake of massive injustice, how can justice be achieved and peace restored? Is it possible to find a universal standard that will work for people of diverse and often
... Read more
Walk Amongst the Stars

Walk Amongst the Stars, #1

by Daniel Seven ...

Series Book 1 - Walk Amongst the Stars
Maeve McKinnon, a computer nerd from the Prosperia system, is wrongfully accused of a capital crime. She avoids the death penalty, commuting the sentence by signing on to a hit intergalactic reality show. Contestants compete in weekly challenges, winning means a ratings boost. The contestant with the lowest ratings is voted off the show each week, never to be heard from again.Now Maeve is trapped ... Read more

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Maeve McKinnon, a computer nerd from the Prosperia system, is wrongfully accused of a capital crime. She avoids the death penalty, commuting the sentence by signing on to a hit intergalactic reality show. Contestants compete in weekly challenges, winning means a ratings boost. The contestant with the lowest ratings is voted off the show each week, never to be heard from again.Now Maeve is trapped
... Read more
Strategies of Peace

by Daniel Philpott, Gerard Powers ...

Series series Studies in Strategic Peacebuilding
How can a just peace be built in sites of genocide, massive civil war, dictatorship, terrorism, and poverty? In Strategies of Peace, the first volume in the Studies in Strategic Peacebuilding series, fifteen leading scholars propose an imaginative and provocative approach to peacebuilding. Today the dominant thinking is the "liberal peace," which stresses cease fires, elections, and short run ... Read more

$39.59 USD

How can a just peace be built in sites of genocide, massive civil war, dictatorship, terrorism, and poverty? In Strategies of Peace, the first volume in the Studies in Strategic Peacebuilding series, fifteen leading scholars propose an imaginative and provocative approach to peacebuilding. Today the dominant thinking is the "liberal peace," which stresses cease fires, elections, and short run
... Read more

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