Faith and Slavery in the Presbyterian Diaspora considers how, in areas as diverse as the New Hebrides, Scotland, the United States, and East Central Africa, men’s and women’s shared Presbyterian faith conditioned their interpretations of and interactions with the institution of chattel slavery. The chapters highlight how Presbyterians’ reactions to slavery –which ranged from abolitionism, to indifference, to support—reflected their considered application of the principles of the Reformed T...

Explore and implement deep learning to solve various real-world problems using modern R libraries such as TensorFlow, MXNet, H2O, and DeepnetKey FeaturesUnderstand deep learning algorithms and architectures using R and determine which algorithm is best suited for a specific problemImprove models using parameter tuning, feature engineering, and ensemblingApply advanced neural network models such as deep autoencoders and generative adversarial ne...