Download or read book Path of a Scholar written by Vincent Solimine, Jr and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-10-30 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps, the noblest aspect of a scholar's life is the pursuit of truth and beauty. For it is often within the search for truth and beauty, that we find connections and meaning. Path of a Scholar invites you to walk along with the author, as he personally explores the various connections and meaning found amongst thought provoking and often inspirational words. What follows is an intriguing dichotomy of introspection and observation, emotion and logic, speculation and fact. All of the "Thought Vignettes" in this collection begin with a quote, some well known and others obscure, before proceeding with a probing and insightful discourse. Each vignette is a literary archeological dig site where the layers of interrelation and meaning are examined with the disciplines of philosophy, art, science, and history.

Download or read book Country Path Conversations written by Martin Heidegger and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The philosopher’s meditations on nature, technology, and evil, written in the final years of WWII, presented in “clear and highly readable translation” (Philosophy in Review). First published in German in 1995, volume 77 of Heidegger’s Complete Works consists of three imaginary conversations written as World War II was coming to an end. Composed at a crucial moment in history and in Heidegger’s own thinking, these conversations present meditations on science and technology; the devastation of nature, World War II, and the nature of evil. Heidegger also delves into the possibility of release from representational thinking into a more authentic relation with being and the world. The first conversation involves a scientist, a scholar, and a guide walking together on a country path; the second takes place between a teacher and a tower-warden, and the third features a younger man and an older man in a prisoner-of-war camp in Russia, where Heidegger’s two sons were missing in action. Unique because of their conversational style, this lucid and precise translation of these texts offers insight into the issues that engaged Heidegger’s wartime and postwar thinking.

Download or read book Path of the Prophets written by Barry L. Schwartz and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminating the ethical legacy of the biblical prophets, Path of the Prophets identifies the prophetic moment in the lives of eighteen biblical figures and demonstrates their compelling relevance to us today. While the Bible almost exclusively names men as prophets, Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz celebrates heroic, largely unknown biblical women such as Shiphrah, Tirzah, and Hannah. He also deepens readers’ interpretations of more familiar biblical figures not generally thought of as prophets, such as Joseph, Judah, and Caleb. Schwartz introduces the prophets with creative, first-person retellings of their decisive experiences, followed by key biblical narratives, context, and analysis. He weighs our heroes’ and heroines’ legacies—their obstacles and triumphs—and considers how their ethical examples live on; he guides us on how to integrate biblical-ethical values into our lives; and he challenges each of us to walk the prophetic path today.

Download or read book Becoming an Organizational Scholar written by Tomislav Hernaus and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming an Organizational Scholar: Navigating the Academic Odyssey covers reflective, personal stories of prolific, top scholars under the age of 45, with academic success gained across 17 different European and North and South American countries at 31 higher education institutions. The editors present the idea of a unique or authentic scholar, presenting an overview of academic success factors and common career development obstacles while offering possible coping mechanisms.

Download or read book The Engaged Scholar written by Andrew J. Hoffman and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society and democracy are ever threatened by the fall of fact. Rigorous analysis of facts, the hard boundary between truth and opinion, and fidelity to reputable sources of factual information are all in alarming decline. A 2018 report published by the RAND Corporation labeled this problem "truth decay" and Andrew J. Hoffman lays the challenge of fixing it at the door of the academy. But, as he points out, academia is prevented from carrying this out due to its own existential crisis—a crisis of relevance. Scholarship rarely moves very far beyond the walls of the academy and is certainly not accessing the primarily civic spaces it needs to reach in order to mitigate truth corruption. In this brief but compelling book, Hoffman draws upon existing literature and personal experience to bring attention to the problem of academic insularity—where it comes from and where, if left to grow unchecked, it will go—and argues for the emergence of a more publicly and politically engaged scholar. This book is a call to make that path toward public engagement more acceptable and legitimate for those who do it; to enlarge the tent to be inclusive of multiple ways that one enacts the role of academic scholar in today's world.

Download or read book Strange Aeon 2nd Edition written by Forever People and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""The Mist meets Silent Hill meets Lovecraft meets Doctor Who... a uniquely terrifying game."" Lovecraft's strange aeons are here. The stars were right and yes, in time even death may die. Humanity exists on the precipice, a handful of survivors teetering on the brink of extinction. The dominion of Earth is lost. The Old Ones have returned. Strange Aeon is a roleplaying game in which you, the player, take on the role of survivor and scavenger in a terrifying post-apocalypse setting. With the help of fellow players you must remain alive while battling the forces of the mythos, enduring the toxic fumes of the Morbus mist and the ever crumbling state of human civilisation. You have only one advantage over the other humans still clinging to life in the aftermath of The Event; you have in your possession a mythos relic known as The Celestial Sphere. With the sorcery contained in this artefact you can travel through time, into future and past versions of the Earth.

Download or read book Free Agent written by Rohan M. Vider and published by Myelad Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-03 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The start of an epic fantasy adventure... Of a game played between gods where the playing field is the world itself and the pieces, living beings. A young man is caught unwittingly between, in a strange world, without allies or help, and must battle for survival using his wits and magic alone. Pawn or Player...his fate is his to decide...which will he prove to be? Accidentally summoned from Earth to the world of Myelad, Kyran becomes embroiled in an eons-old war between the gods. Earning their ire, he is sentenced to die. To escape the gods' trap, Kyran must become a player in their game that even the gods would learn to fear... For those who enjoy epic tales of fantasy, this is a coming of age story of Kyran Seversan, a young man from Earth, stranded in another world where magic not only exists, but is part of an elaborate game between immortals. Please note this is an adaptation of the original works, the Gods' Game. Enter the world of Myelad and join Kyran on his epic journey!

Download or read book Be a More Productive Scholar written by Kenneth A. Kiewra and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some scholars are highly productive. They break new ground and do it again and again. Their names and ideas are ubiquitous in scientific journals and scholarly books. They scoff at 'publish or perish.' To them, it's 'publish and flourish.' But how are they so productive, publishing hundreds of powerful works over their careers? Most graduate students, junior faculty, and even senior faculty have no idea. The methods of the productive are rarely taught and remain a hidden-curriculum. Kenneth A. Kiewra interviewed dozens of productive scholars to uncover the hidden curriculum of scholarly success. Be a More Productive Scholar now reveals those productivity stories and methods by dispensing more than 100 pointers for enhancing professional development and boosting scholarly productivity. Graduate students to seasoned scholars can benefit from this career-guiding advice.

Download or read book The Homiletic Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Homiletic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Religion in Late Modernity written by Robert Cummings Neville and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion in Late Modernity runs against the grain of common suppositions of contemporary theology and philosophy of religion. Against the common supposition that basic religious terms have no real reference but are mere functions of human need, the book presents a pragmatic theory of religious symbolism in terms of which the cognitive engagement of the Ultimate is of a piece with the cognitive engagement of nature and persons. Throughout this discussion, Neville develops a late-modern conception of God that is defensible in a global theological public. Against the common supposition that religion is on the retreat in late modernity except in fundamentalist forms, the author argues that religion in our time is a stimulus to religiously oriented scholarship, a civilizing force among world societies, a foundation for obligation in politics, a source for healthy social experimentation, and the most important mover of soul. Against the common supposition that religious thinking or theology is confessional and inevitably biased in favor of the thinker's community, Neville argues for the public character of theology, the need for history and phenomenology of religion in philosophy of religion, and the possibility of objectivity through the contextualization of philosophy, contrary to the fashionable claims of neo-pragmatism. This vigorous analysis and program for religious thinking is straightforwardly pro-late-modern and anti-postmodern, a rousing gallop along the high road around modernism.

Download or read book Scholar Warrior written by Ming-Dao Deng and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautifully illustrated offering of ancient wisdom, Deng Ming-Dao shares the secrets of the spiritual path handed down to him by Kwan Saihung, his Taoist master, as well as by herbalists, martial artists, and other practitioners of the ancient arts. Deng shows how Taoist philosophy and practice may be integrated into contemporary Western lifestyles for complete physical, mental, and spiritual health. He provides an abundance of philosophical and practical information about hygiene, diet, sexuality, physical exercise, meditation, medicine, finding one's purpose in life, finding the right teacher, death, and transcendence.

Download or read book The Preacher and Homiletic Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The individuality of a scholar and advancement of social science the scholarship of Antoni Kukli ski written by Anna Gąsior-Niemiec and published by Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". This book was released on 2008 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Hasidic Tales written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-04-23 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tales of the Hasidic Masters Can Become a Companion for Your Own Spiritual Journey. "The wisdom of the Hasidim is earthy, realistic, rooted in the simplicity of the heart. It is alive with the awareness of the holiness of Creation and the boundlessness of God’s mercy, and is utterly honest about the necessity of living such awareness in loving service to all beings. It is a wisdom that fuses the highest mystical initiations with the most down-home celebration of life and a rugged commitment to social and political justice in all its forms. In other words, it is a wisdom that is never, as my old prep school headmaster would put it, "too divine to be of any earthly use." —from the Foreword by Andrew Harvey Martin Buber, author of Tales of Hasidim, was the first to bring the Hasidic tales to life for modern readers in the middle of the twentieth century. His groundbreaking work was the first time that most readers had ever encountered the lives and teachings of these profound and enigmatic spiritual masters from Eastern Europe. In Hasidic Tales: Annotated & Explained, Rabbi Rami Shapiro breathes new life into these classic stories of people who so marvelously combined the mystical and the ordinary. Each demonstrates the spiritual power of unabashed joy, offers lessons for leading a holy life, and reminds you that the Divine can be found in the everyday. Without an expert guide, the allegorical quality of Hasidic Tales can be perplexing. But Shapiro presents them as stories rather than parables, making them accessible and meaningful. Now you can experience the wisdom of Hasidism firsthand even if you have no previous knowledge of Jewish spirituality. This SkyLight Illuminations edition offers insightful yet unobtrusive commentary that explains theological concepts, introduces major characters, offers clarifying references unfamiliar to most readers, and reveals how you can use the Hasidic tales to further your own spiritual awakening.

Download or read book Record of Fellows and Scholars and Catalogues of Publications by Fellows Scholars and Recipients of Grants Under the Research Scheme of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland During the Period 1903 to 1923 written by Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: