A Sample Meditation: Loss on the Way to Enlightenment Avoidance, rationalization, religion, reality, projection, distraction Acknowledging that we often grow tired of the painful truth about poverty, illness, racism, discrimination, environmental ruin, and warfare, we confess that we have escaped through distraction using food, entertainment, alcohol, and personal isolation. We regret most deeply that we have fashioned religions to mask reality, often blaming our cruel indifference on a di...

After a generation of being a leading progressive voice both in the pulpit and in the print media of Springfield, Missouri, Roger Ray has collected one hundred of his essays on topics of social justice, religion, sex, economics, warfare, and race as a collection for use in college classrooms, in adult discussion groups, and as an enjoyable collection of thought provoking articles that once appeared on the opinion page of the Springfield NewsLeader.

Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel has said that there is a new commandment: "Thou shalt not stand idly by." This book articulates a progressive faith that represents a true marriage of the academic work of the modern biblical critical movement and the historical Jesus work of the Jesus Seminar applied within the life of an active parish. Setting aside the magic and superstition found in much of traditional religious life and affirming an evidence-based approach to faith...

Great inspirational reading for men and women dealing with real life issues every day.No fear? No anxiety? No heartache? No way! George Roger Lee is well aware that these are part of life—even for believers in Jesus Christ. In the author's no-nonsense manner Lee invites readers to grab a coffee and look at biblical characters as they are, real men who faced real challenges.Take Job, for instance. Family—wiped out. Health and vitality—gone. Friends, if you can call them that...

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the early modern military history of Portugal and its possessions in Africa, the Americas, and Asia from the perspective of the military revolution historiographical debate. The existence of a military revolution in the early modern period has been much debated in international historiography, and this volume fills a significant gap in its relation to the history of Portugal and its overseas empire. It examines different forms of military change...

The book reports state-of-the-art results in Software Engineering Research, Management & Applications in both printed and electronic form. Studies in Computation Intelligence (SCI) has grown into the most comprehensive computational intelligence research forum available in the world.This book published original papers on both theory and practice that address foundations, state-of-the-art problems and solutions, and crucial challenges.

This book reports state-of-the-art results in Computer Information Science and Engineering in both printed and electronic form. Studies in Computation Intelligence (SCI) has grown into the most comprehensive computational intelligence research forum available in the world.

This book reports state-of-the art results in Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing in both printed and electronic form. Studies in Computation Intelligence (SCI) has grown into the most comprehensive computational intelligence research forum available in the world.This book published original papers on both theory and practice that address foundations, state-of-the art problems and solutions, and crucial challenges.

This book reports state-of-the-art results in big data and data science engineering in both printed and electronic forms. Studies in computation intelligence (SCI) has grown into the most comprehensive computational intelligence research forum available in the world.This book publishes original papers on both theory and practice that address foundations, state-of-the-art problems and solutions, and crucial challenges.

The book reports the state-of-the-art results in Artificial Intelligence and Metaverse in both printed and electronic form. Studies in Computation Intelligence (SCI) has grown into the most comprehensive computational intelligence research forum available in the world.This book publishes original papers on both theory and practice that address foundations, state-of-the-art problems and solutions, and crucial challenges.

This book reports state-of-the-art results in Software Engineering Research, Management & Applications in both printed and electronic form. Studies in Computation Intelligence (SCI) has grown into the most comprehensive computational intelligence research forum available in the world.This book published original papers on both theory and practice that address foundations, state-of-the-art problems and solutions, and crucial challenges.

This book reports state-of-the-art results in Big Data and Data Science Engineering in both printed and electronic form. Studies in Computation Intelligence (SCI) has grown into the most comprehensive computational intelligence research forum available in the world.This book publishes original papers on both theory and practice that address foundations, state-of-the-art problems and solutions, and crucial challenges.