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  • Meaning, Mattering, Transcendence

    Essays on Meaning, Morality, and God

    by Vernon White ...
    This book examines the meaning of some of the most basic terms we use in both confessional and secular discussion about morality and religion. Is there any credible and distinctive meaning in what we refer to as “right and wrong” and “God”? What do we even mean by meaning itself? Outside specialist academic discourse these terms are rarely examined in depth. Here they are probed with as much rigor ... Read more

    $13.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Truth in Public Life

    by Vernon White, Stephen Lamport, Claire Foster-Gilbert ...
    Series series Haus Curiosities
    In Truth in Public Life, three public servants—a theologian, an economist, and an ethicist—contend for both the existence and moral imperatives of absolute truth. Each argues that society, built on ethical leadership and communal accountability, cannot be sustained without a widespread commitment to objectivity. This commitment begins at the top: policymakers must resist political expediency, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Devil's Done Come Back

    New Ghost Tales from North Carolina

    by Heather Bell Adams, Michele Tracy Berger, Wiley Cash, Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, Synora Cummings, Tyree Daye, Heather Frese, Julie Funderburk, Jeremy B. Jones, Mark Powell, Amy Rowland, Julia Ridley Smith, Zackary Vernon, Ross White ...
    Fifteen of North Carolina’s finest writers reimagine and reclaim the stories of the ghosts who have haunted all corners of the state.North Carolina ain’t what it once was: forests and fields have given way to suburbs and vacation homes, textile mills to high tech, tobacco farms to tourism. That doesn’t mean, though, that the ghosts of the Old North State have gone away.In this anthology, readers ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Integrity in Public Life

    by Vernon White, Claire Foster-Gilbert, Jane Sinclair ...
    Series series Haus Curiosities
    Good governance is a fundamental value in the United Kingdom, and its citizens are entitled to expect that public officials, both elected and non-elected, behave according to the highest standards of ethical behavior. Of course, these aspirations alone are not enough to root out corruption in government. In order for integrity in public life to be maintained, the core principles underlying these ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • C. S. Lewis at Poets' Corner

    Edited by Michael Ward, Peter S. Williams ...
    On the fiftieth anniversary of his death, C. S. Lewis was memorialized in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, taking his place beside the greatest names in English literature. Oxford and Cambridge Universities, where Lewis taught, also held commemorations. This volume gathers together addresses from those events.Rowan Williams and Alister McGrath assess Lewis's legacy in theology, Malcolm Guite ... Read more

    $25.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • God’s Song and Music’s Meanings

    Theology, Liturgy, and Musicology in Dialogue

    Edited by James Hawkey, Ben Quash, Vernon White ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts
    Taking seriously the practice and not just the theory of music, this ground-breaking collection of essays establishes a new standard for the interdisciplinary conversation between theology, musicology, and liturgical studies. The public making of music in our society happens more often in the context of chapels, churches, and cathedrals than anywhere else. The command to sing and make music to God ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Case Studies in System of Systems, Enterprise Systems, and Complex Systems Engineering

    Edited by Alex Gorod, Brian E. White, Vernon Ireland, S. Jimmy Gandhi, Brian Sauser ...
    Series series Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering
    Suitable as a reference for industry practitioners and as a textbook for classroom use, Case Studies in System of Systems, Enterprise Systems, and Complex Systems Engineering provides a clear understanding of the principles and practice of system of systems engineering (SoSE), enterprise systems engineering (ESE), and complex systems engineering (C ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • The Moral Heart of Public Service

    by William Hague, Mary McAleese, John Hall, Vernon White, Rowan Williams, Andrew Tremlett, Peter Hennessy, Stephen Lamport ...
    Now more than ever, public servants must consider and reassess how to keep moral courage in public life alive. With ethical expectations and needs changing and government policies under increasing moral scrutiny, Claire Foster-Gilbert of Westminster Abbey Institute gathers a series of essays and lectures by herself and others, exploring the meaning of 'moral code' in today's public service, and ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Purpose and Providence

    Taking Soundings in Western Thought, Literature and Theology

    by Revd Canon Vernon White ...
    Do our lives have purpose? Despite the rise of secularism, we are still confronted by a sense of meaning and direction in the events of history and our own lives - something which is beyond us and not our own creation/imagination. Using the novels of Thomas Hardy and Julian Barnes, Vernon White tracks this belief in intellectual history and tests its resilience in modern literature. Both novelists ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

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  • Man for Himself

    An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

    by Erich Fromm ...
    The New York Times –bestselling author and social philosopher explores the function of ethics and morality in the human psyche: "A fascinating volume . . . magnificent in its implications" ( Saturday Review ).Are we primarily determined by nature or nurture? What are the best ways that people can live productively? In Man for Himself, renowned social philosopher Erich Fr... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Looking In the Distance

    The Human Search for Meaning

    by Richard Holloway ...
    Series series Canons
    Spirituality, like morality, has historically been tied to religion – and yet it is possible for one to exist without the other. In this meditative and highly personal account, Richard Holloway considers the nature of the spiritual, and what it means to live with the inevitability of death.Both celebration of the possibilities that life affords and an examination of how doubts and fears too often ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • A Murder of Crows: Seventeen Tales of Monsters and the Macabre

    by DeAnna Knippling ...
    Seventeen tales of monsters, memory, and the hunger that outlasts winter.The crows are watching.They’ve seen the girl. Thin. Unloved. Left outside as her home turns strange and cruel—twisting under the weight of her mother’s madness. The walls no longer hold warmth. The family’s love has rotted through. And the monsters are starting to slip in.But crows understand stories. And they’re willing to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus