On the heels of the advance since the twentieth-century of wholly physicalist accounts of human persons, the influence of materialist ontology is increasingly evident in Christian theologizing. To date, the contemporary literature has tended to focus on anthropological issues (e.g., whether the traditional soul / body distinction is viable), with occasional articles treating physicalist accounts of such doctrines as the Incarnation and Resurrection of Jesus cropping up, as well. Interestin...

Despite its name, “naturalism” as a world-view turns out to be rather unnatural in its strict and more consistent form of materialism and determinism. This is why a number of naturalists opt for a broadened version that includes objective moral values, intrinsic human dignity, consciousness, beauty, personal agency, and the like. But in doing so, broad naturalism begins to look more like theism. As many strict naturalists recognize, broad naturalism must borrow from the metaphysical resour...

Face it, whether your company has 10 employees or 10,000, you must grapple with people you can't stand in the office. Luckily Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon have written I Hate People!, a smart, counter-intuitive, and irreverent turn on the classic workplace self-help book that will show you how to identify the Ten Least Wanted -- the people you hate -- while revealing the strategies to neutralize them.Learn to fly right by the "Stop Sign" (nay-sayer) and rise above the...

This provocative work offers an anthropological analysis of the phenomenon of political correctness, both as a general phenomenon of communication, in which associations in space and time take precedence over the content of what is communicated, and at specific critical historical conjunctures at which new elites attempt to redefine social reality. Focusing on the crises over the last thirty years of immigration and multiculturalist politics in Sweden, the book examines cases, some in whic...

The Refuge of Trees: Loose PoeticsMeditative ecotheological poetry aimed to sink into a state of mind at peace with nature, while wrestling with spiritual questions in the face of traditional religion. These reflections take both a humorous and playful tone at times, alongside others with a sorrowful recognition and hope for renewal in our connection to trees and all of flora and fauna as places of refuge and belonging.

Title: Let LooseAuthor: Mary CholmondeleyNarrator: Jonathan DunneOriginal Publication: 1890Public Domain: YesSeries Placement: Number 39 in the Timeless Terrors seriesDescription:Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley is a tale of forbidden curiosity and ancestral dread — a Gothic masterpiece that fuses the ...

THE BLACKWELL COMPANION TO SUBSTANCE DUALISM“This is a terrific volume … by a long way, the best currently available anthology on dualism, and a worthy addition to Blackwell’s distinguished series of Companions.”Tim Crane, Central European University“A major contribution to an ongoing transformation of analytic philosophy of mind.”Howard Robinson, Central European University“This high quality...

Face it, whether your company has 10 employees or 10,000, you must grapple with people you can't stand in the office. Luckily Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon have written I HATE PEOPLE!, a smart, counter-intuitive, andirreverentturn on the classic workplace self-help book that will show you how to identify theTen Least Wanted--the people you hate--whilerevealing the strategies to neutralize them. Learn to fly right by the "Stop Sign" (nay-sayer) and rise above the pronouncements of the "...