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The story of seas on Earth and other planetsOceans make up most of the surface of our blue planet. They may form just a sliver on the outside of the Earth, but they are very important, not only in hosting life, including the fish and other animals on which many humans depend, but in terms of their role in the Earth system, in regulating climate,...

Vocation as the Heart of Christian EpistemologyHow should a Christian think? If a serious Christian wants to think seriously about a serious subject-from considering how to vote in the next election to choosing a career; from deciding among scientific theories to selecting a mate; from weighing competing marketing proposals to discerning the best...

Religion, Ritual, and Rulership in the LandscapePerceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England represents an unparalleled exploration of the place of prehistoric monuments in the Anglo-Saxon psyche, and examines how Anglo-Saxon communities perceived and used these monuments during the period AD 400-1100. Sarah Semple employs archaeological,...

Meister Eckhart&'s Critique of the Medieval Concept of WillWhat does it mean to "e;live without why"e;? This was the advice of Meister Eckhart (ca. 1260-1328), both in his Latin treatises to philosophers and theologians and in his German sermons to nuns and ordinary lay persons. He seems to have meant that we should live and act out of...

Mass Civil Injury and the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims CommissionLitigating War offers an in-depth examination of the law and procedure of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission, which was tasked with deciding, through binding arbitration, claims for losses, damages, and injuries resulting from the 1998-2000 Eritrean-Ethiopian war. After providing an...

From F.C. Baur to Ernst TroeltschThis study describes the origin, development and crisis of the German nineteenth-century project of theology as science. It shows the groundbreaking historical work of the two major theological schools in nineteenth century Germany, the TAbingen School and the Ritschl School, as part of a broader theological and...