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"This book is a thoughtful and thorough exploration."-Jewish Book Council

NOW in its fifth Printing which includes the events of September 11, 2001. Selected by the American Association of University Presses as one of "The Best of the Best from the University Presses." (2000)

Based on papers delivered at a conference, this volume probes different issues confronting Christian philosophy at the brink of the 21st century. Together with excerpts from the question and answer session, each paper and the concluding round table discussion are presented in distinct sections.

Stemming from two conferences, held in 1994, and 1996, Prophecy and Diplomacy: The Moral Doctrine of John Paul II explores the general orientations and the specific applications of the moral teaching of Pope John Paul II.

This volume brings together essays by 14 accomplished Lincoln scholars. They provide an insight into how Lincoln's administration dealt with the issues of war and slavery. The work covers facets of three general themes, the problems of emancipation, presidential politics, and the Lincoln legacy.

This text looks at the life of John Emory Bryant, a veteran of the Civil War who became a Carpetbagger in Georgia during the reconstruction era. It looks at his life in the army, and his work with the Freedman's Bureau, an organization designed to protect and assist newly freed slaves.

Circulating Being centers on the later works of Camus, Marcel, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty to study the development of existential thinking about language, communicative life, ethics, and politics.

This text is a survey of existing judicial retirement laws in all 51 states. It looks at provisions for mandatory retirement on account of age and disability, as well as further judicial service after retirement. The book also suggests how these laws could be improved.

Originally published in Germany in 1997, Lotte Strauss's Over the Green Hill: Personal Memoir, Germany 1913-43, was begun in 1975 as a letter to her daughter. It took twenty years to write the complete story, and by then, was no longer a letter, but a book.

Powell addresses the role that the Northern Planters had on the post-Reconstruction system. He deals with a variety of issues, including race relations, the planters' motivations, work habits, capital investment patterns and their gradual disillusionment as problems mounted and profits declined.

In 1581, after four days of debating six leading Anglican divines at the Tower of London, Jesuit Edmund Campion (1540-1581) was put to death because he would not deny his faith. This volume contains Catholic manuscripts of those debates.

In this piece of comparative philosophy, the author attempts to reconcile pragmatism and a classical spiritual and religious perspective. He maintains that pragmatists themselves have not been radical enough in developing the full implications of their own tradition.

This collection of essays examine the norms and social practices in epistemology and in moral and social philosophy. The contributors examine the issue across a range of subjects, including logic, education, foundations of morality, philosophy of law, and the pragmatic character of reason.

Reflection Revisited examines Habermas's own development of the theory of emancipative reflection and analyzes how he applies reflection to the problems of ethics and personal identity development.

Providing a picture of life along the Hudson River, this book includes facts and fables, legends and living realities. From revolutionary battles to the Hudson River School of Painting, it is the story of sloops and steamers, shad fishing and ice cutting, and the splendour of the Palisades.

A guide for small and large businesses to surviving a public crisis by the utilization of smart public relations. The book addresses changes in American corporations in the 1980s and 1990s and uses many of them as examples of how to and how not to weather a crisis.

This work suggests that there is a triune of consciousness formed by the heart and mind, composed of a partnership between reason, will and affection. The author proves the existence of affectivity as a kind of consciousness inseparable from cognition and volition, and shows how affection works.

"An introduction to philosophy for undergraduates through Socratic/Platonic eyes... one of the best short introductions to Plato available."-First Things

"Here is comfort for the faithful and rewarding reading for almost anyone, religiously inclined or not, interested in the examined life."-The Washington Times

William James' celebrated lecture on "The Will to Believe" has kindled spirited controversy since the day it was delivered. In this title, the author contributes some fresh contentions: that James' argument should be viewed against his indebtedness to Pascal and Renouvier; that it works primarily to validate our over-beliefs.

Westervelt's words, not intended for the history books but for the education of his young son, present an authentic and humble vision of military life and of the North's struggle in the civil war. It offers a "truer, if not beautiful" picture of war.

The Man Who Rode the Tiger is the dramatic story of the biggest investigation of political corruption in American municipal history.

From the late 1960s until the mid-1980s, the influence of Marxist ideas expanded in sub-Saharan Africa. The Catholic Church saw this influence as likely to affect the accomplishment of its mission, and its pastoral efforts accordingly sought to deal with the Marxist thrust.

This work sets out to introduce Duessel's thought to an English-speaking audience. The essence of Duessel's thought is presented through the concept of "ethical hermeneutics" which seeks to interpret reality from the viewpoint of what Emmanuel Levinas presents as the "other".

The phenomenal rise of Yiddish language and culture is one of the most interesting and colorful sagas of modern Jewish history.

Unitas is an outreach therapeutic program serving Hispanic and African American children in the South Bronx. It is a complex institutional structure based upon philosophical, psychological, and sociological views of how interpersonal relations can be shaped in the interest of a child's healthy social and emotional life.

"A courageous and brilliant book [showing] that it is not only sensible but possible to perfect establishments instead of destroying them."-Mark Van Doren

This work provides a chronicle of the constitutional history of New York state. It uses as its organizational frame the nine constitutional conventions in New York history and the constitutions each produced. Each convention is placed in its political, legal and economic context.

In this study of Martin Buber's life and work, Donald Moore focuses in on Buber's central message about what it means to be a human being and a person of faith.

Described as Tasso's most ambitious project, this epic poem, part history, part fiction, is based on the events of the First Crusade, and was composed upon his release from a seven year confinement in Ferrara. This translation into English also contains the original Italian text.