Brain, Mind and Soul in the Theological Psychology of Donald Mackay, 1922-1987
The Intellectual Legacy of a Brain Physicist
This work seeks to present a Post-Cartesian metaphysical anthropology that is consistent with both contemporary philosophy and Reformed Evangelical Christian Theology. It does so by examining the intellectual legacy of Donald M. MacKay, arguing that his concept of complementary descriptions leads us to a deeper understanding of both modern neurophysiology and the Christian hope for personal life beyond the grave. Covering a wide range of topics from the history of philosophy and theology to logic, the philosophy of language, information theory, freedom and determinism, and the philosophy of mind, this work attempts to present an updated form of the school of thought Donald MacKay founded and ambitiously named ‘Comprehensive Realism’. 352 pages, hardcover.By David Norman
(Edwin Mellen Press, 2008)
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The Case for Civility
And Why Our Future Depends on It
By Os Guinness
(HarperOne, 2008)
A proposal for restoring civility in America as a way to foster civility around the world.
In a world torn apart by religious extremism on the one side and a strident secularism on the other, no question is more urgent than how we live with our deepest differences—especially our religious and ideological differences. Guinness makes a passionate plea to end the polarization of American politics and culture that threatens to reverse the principles our founders set into motion and that have long preserved liberty, diversity, and unity in this country.
Guinness takes on the contemporary threat of the excesses of the Religious Right and the secular Left, arguing that we must find a middle ground between privileging one religion over another and attempting to make all public expression of faith illegal. Guinness puts forth a vision of a new, practical “civil and cosmopolitan public square” that speaks not only to America’s immediate concerns but to the long-term interests of the republic and the world.
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Prayers for People under Pressure
By Jonathan Aitken
(Crossway, 2008)
A practical spiritual handbook.
224 pages, paperback.
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The Delusion of Disbelief
Why the New Atheism is a Threat to Your Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
By David Aikman
(SaltRiver/Tyndale, 2008)
Aikman offers a reasoned response to four writers at the forefront of today’s anti-faith movement: Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens.
250 pages.
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The Rise of Global Civil Society
Building Communities and Nations from the Bottom Up
By Don Eberly
(Encounter Books, 2008)
A sweeping and hopeful overview of the extraordinary new forces that are prying open closed societies and cultivating democratic norms across the globe.
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The Oracle of the Dog
By G. K. Chesterton
Foreword by P. Douglas Wilson
(2008)Discussion Guide Included
A Father Brown mystery story that addresses themes of character, listening, and false assumptions.
This entertaining short story is among the best of G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown mysteries. In this case, by helping an eyewitness see his own evidence in a different light, the priest-detective solves the murder of Colonel Druce without leaving his desk. Common sense, Chesterton shows us, is not so common as we wish, and the story prompts us to take a fresh look at the assumptions that can cloud our vision.
The Reading features a Foreword by Senior Fellow Doug Wilson, whose career has focused on developing senior executive talent. Doug looks at lessons we can draw from the story, and particularly Father Brown’s method of questioning, for developing our own character, and fostering character in others, by learning truly to hear what others have to say.
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Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce
Many are aware of Wilberforce's role in bringing an end to slavery in Great Britain, but few have taken the time to examine the beliefs and motivations that spurred him on for decades. In this concise volume, John Piper tells the story of how Wilberforce was transformed from an unbelieving, young politician into a radically God-centered Christian, and how his deep spirituality helped to change the moral outlook of a nation. As world leaders debate over how to deal with a host of social justice and humanitarian crises, a closer look at Wilberforce's life and faith serves as an encouragement and example to all believers.By John Piper
Foreword by Jonathan Aitken
(Crossway Books, 2007)
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The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought
By Roger Scruton
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)
A profound and incisive guide to political ideas. Third Revised Edition.
This new edition takes stock of the revolutionary political changes that have taken place since the dictionary was first published in 1982, bringing the dictionary right up to date. Some 1790 entries cover every aspect of political thought, defining concepts and ideologies, surveying the arguments on issues, giving capsule histories of political institutions, and summarizing (with newly expanded treatment) the thought of major political theorists. The dictionary provides a readable and impartial survey of political thought, of immense value to students of political science, government, philosophy and jurisprudence as well as to the general reader with an interest in ideas.
paper: 760 pages, Third Edition
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Upon the Altar of the Nation
A Moral History of the Civil War
Harry S. Stout examines the conflict of ideas wrapped up in the Civil War, exploring the lethal mix of propaganda and ideology that came to justify slaughter on and off the battlefield.By Harry S. Stout
(Penguin, 2007)
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Culture Counts
Faith and Feeling in a World Besieged
In this book renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends Western culture against its internal critics and external enemies, and argues that rumors of its death are seriously exaggerated, describing it as a continuing source of moral knowledge.By Roger Scuton
(Encounter Books, 2007)
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God’s Undertaker
Has Science Buried God?
A world-renowned scholar of profound intellect refutes the strident accusations from polemic scientists who assert the indisputable proof of God's final demise.By John Lennox
(Lion Hudson, 2007)
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Figures in the Carpet
Finding the Human Person in the American Past
By Wilfred M. McClay
(Eerdmans, 2007)
Essays.
Paperback: 506 pages. McClay is the editor of this collection.
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John Newton
From Disgrace to Amazing Grace
By Jonathan Aitken
(Crossway, 2007)
A new biography based on previously unpublished papers.
400 pages, hardcover.
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Billy Graham
His Life and Influence
By David Aikman
(Thomas Nelson, 2007)
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A Spiritual Pilgrimage
By Malcolm Muggeridge
Foreword by Alonzo L. McDonald
(2007)Discussion Guide Included.
A life in perspective, offering questions to consider and a path worth exploring.
This reading by Malcolm Muggeridge features two chapters from Conversion: The Spiritual Journey of a Twentieth-Century Pilgrim—his final autobiography—introduced by Alonzo L. McDonald, Senior Fellow and Founding Chairman of The Trinity Forum.
Muggeridge (1903–1990) was, at various points in his life, a teacher, journalist, soldier-spy, foreign correspondent, television personality, pilgrim, and public voice for Jesus. McDonald summarizes the story of a full life—often excessive, generally unconventional, with adventures on every continent—and presents Muggeridge to us as a twentieth-century “everyman” following a path as old as Solomon’s in Ecclesiastes.
Muggeridge’s Conversion is an autobiography written largely in the third person and in a style that evokes Augustine’s Confessions. In it, he looks back on his life from the perspective of a late convert to the Christian faith, retelling his journey and some of the lessons learned. Our selections focus on his conversion as well as on his deeply moving and provocative meditations on the prospect of death. This brief Reading offers an opportunity to step back and see one life in full perspective, which may offer us not only questions to consider but a glimpse of a path we might want to explore.
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