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Kepler's Witch
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99Set against the backdrop of the witchcraft trial of his mother, this lively biography of Johannes Kepler ? 'the Protestant Galileo' and 16th century mathematician and astronomer ? reveals the surprisingly spiritual nature of the quest of early modern science. In the style of Dava Sobel's Galileo's Daughter , Connor's book brings to life the tidal... more...
The Sociology of Loyalty
Springer 2007; US$ 79.99Addresses the concept of loyalty and place it in the sociology of emotions field. By drawing on theorists, and examples this book establishes the components of loyalty and its place with in the theories of emotion. It develops the theoretical understanding of emotions by taking a theoretical perspective. more...
Pascal's Wager
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 19.99In a major biography of Blaise Pascal, James Connor explores both the intellectual giant whose theory of probability paved the way for modernity and the devout religious mystic who dared apply probability to faith. more...
The Last Judgment
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 15.99Painted on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, 28 years after Michelangelo completed the glorious and hopeful ceiling, The Last Judgment is full of stark images depicting the End of Days. James Connor uses the famous fresco as the lens by which to view the end of the Renaissance, arguing that Michelangelo's imagery and composition reflect the... more...
Kepler's Witch
HarperCollins 2009; Not AvailableSet against the backdrop of the witchcraft trial of his mother, this lively biography of Johannes Kepler ? 'the Protestant Galileo' and 16th century mathematician and astronomer ? reveals the surprisingly spiritual nature of the quest of early modern science. In the style of Dava Sobel's Galileo's Daughter , Connor's book brings to life the tidal... more...
Pascal's Wager
HarperCollins 2009; Not AvailableIn a major biography of Blaise Pascal, James Connor explores both the intellectual giant whose theory of probability paved the way for modernity and the devout religious mystic who dared apply probability to faith. more...
Clinical Pastoral Supervision and the Theology of Charles Gerkin
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006; US$ 42.95In the last twenty years, the number of texts written on clinical pastoral supervision has accelerated. Thomas St. James O'Connor analyzes these texts, nearly 300 of them, in light of three fundamental questions about the praxis of clinical pastoral supervision: (1)what is distinctive about the praxis? (2)what is an appropriate theological method... more...
What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?
Penguin Group US 2013; US$ 5.99"Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North? With black-and-illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, this turning... more...
Spirituality and Health
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006; US$ 42.95Spirituality and Health: Multidisciplinary Explorations examines the relationship between health/well-being and spirituality. Chap-lains and pastoral counsellors offer evidence-based research on the importance of spirituality in holistic health care, and practitioners in the fields of occupational therapy, clinical psychology, nursing, and oncology... more...
Beyond Subsistence
University of Alabama Press 2010; US$ 34.95This volume presents a series of essays, written by Plains scholars of diverse research interests and backgrounds, that apply postprocessual approaches to the solution of current problems in Plains archaeology. Postprocessual archaeology is seen as a potential vehicle for integrating culture-historical, processual, and postmodernist approaches to... more...
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