A ORAÇÃO PODE MUDAR A AÇÃO DE DEUS? Por que oramos? A oração de súplica faz sentido? Tendo em vista o que sabemos sobre Deus, livre-arbítrio, sobre bem e mal, orar pode mudar a ação de Deus? É disso que trata o sexto volume da série Filosofia e Fé Cristã. "Oração de petição — Uma investigação filosófica" explora as questões filosóficas envolvidas na ideia de oração de súplica, de petição, concebida como uma atividade destinada a influenciar a ação do Deus. Aqueles que creem na existência d...

Are there good reasons for offering petitionary prayers to God, if God exists? Could such prayers make a difference in the world? Could we ever have good reason to think that such prayers had been answered? In this Element, the author will carefully explore these questions with special attention to recent philosophical discussions.

This volume explores the philosophical issues involved in the idea of petitionary prayer, where this is conceived as an activity designed to influence the action of the all-knowing, all-powerful, perfectly good God of traditional theism. Theists have always recognized various logical and moral limits to divine action in the world, but do these limits leave any space among God's reasons for petitionary prayer to make a difference? Petitionary Prayer: A Philosophical Investigation d...

On the Intrinsic Value of Everything is an illuminating introduction to fundamental questions in ethics.How-and to what-we assign value, whether it is to events or experiences or objects or people, is central to ethics. Something is intrinsically valuable only if it would be valued for its own sake by all fully informed, properly functioning persons. Davison defends the controversial view that everything that exists is intrinsically valuable to some degree.

This book explores the protests of Job from the perspectives of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religious and philosophical traditions. Shira Weiss examines how challenges to divine justice are understood from a Jewish theological perspective, including the pro-protest and anti-protest traditions within rabbinic literature, in an effort to explicate the ambiguous biblical text and Judaism’s attitude towards the suffering of the righteous. Scott Davison surveys Christian interpretations of t...

The specific—and varied—ways in which assessment and evaluation can impact learning and teaching have become an important language education research concern, particularly as educators are increasingly called on to implement these processes for improvement, accountability, or curricular development purposes. Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education showcases contemporary research that explores innovative uses of assessment and evaluation in a variety of educational contexts.

Grabbing his flashlight, Detective Mike Smith notices a woman slumped over. He shines the light into her eyes and notices that she has no pupils. Looking a little closer, he notices that an "X" is carved in her forehead with a knife....

On July 21, 2020, Thomas Yeoman leaves a cushy office job as a forest service worker and decides to take on the challenge of becoming a demon hunter. Using a special ring, he travels into a small town outside of Las Vegas Nevada, bringing all the tools that his great grandfather used decades before him...

Lizzie Borden and her daughter Marge are back to wreak revenge on Colton and Sheri Phillips who tried to destroy them years ago..this time, they don't intend to failﾅ

Aileen found herself deep in a forest. She looked around trying to get her bearing. Where was she? What made her come to this forest? Being very cautious, she pulled out a small flashlight to see in the dark. Looking over to her right, she noticed two glowing eyes that were staring right at her....