 | | David Haddorff
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Theology and
Religious Studies
Christian Ethics as
Witness: Barth’s Ethics for a World at Risk
2011
Christian ethics is less a system of principles, rules or even
virtues, and more of a free and open-ended responsible witness to
God's gracious action to be with and for others and the world. Post
modernity has left us with the risky uncertainty of knowing and
doing the good. It also leaves us with the global risks of
political violence and terrorism, economic globalization and
financial crisis, and environmental destruction and global climate
change. How should Christians respond to these problems? This book
creatively explores how Christian ethics is best understood a
witness to God's action, thereby providing the ethical framework
for addressing the various problematic social issues that put our
world at risk. Haddorff develops the notion of witness through a
detailed study of Karl Barth's theological ethics. Barth, he
argues, provides a language enabling us to know what a Christian
ethics of witness actually looks like in both theory and in
practice. |
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 | | Dipak Haldar, Ed.
with Salil K. Das, Ed.
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Biological
Sciences
LIPIDS: Sphingomyelin Synthesizing Enzymes
2005
This book is the second volume in the LIPIDS series published by
Research Signpost. The book has eight review articles written by
well-established scientists from different countries. |
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 | | Richard P. Harmond and Thomas J.
Curran
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
History
A History of Memorial Day
2005
A History of Memorial Day is a study of how Memorial Day
was viewed by many Americans as a vehicle of both national and
international unity. However, this study also examines the
surprising amount of controversy elicited by the celebration of
Memorial Day, finding that a substantial number of Americans value
Memorial Day more as a holiday from work and an occasion for
recreation and relaxation than as a time to honor the country’s
fallen heroes. |
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 | | Environmentalism and the
Government
2005
Environmentalism and the Government,
1844-1989, traces the advancing control of local and state agencies
and more especially federal authorities over the American
environment. What is
striking about the theme of this volume was the expansion of
federal control over the environment, and the incremental and at
times ad hoc, yet steady nature of this development, at least
before the 1960s. In retrospect one thing seems eminently clear,
those Americans concerned about safeguarding the environment saw no
viable alternative to entrusting the responsibility to Uncle
Sam.
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 | | Nicholas M. Healy
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Theology and
Religious Studies Thomas Aquinas: Theologian of the
Christian Life
2004
Reading Thomas as a pre-modern Dominican theologian rather than a
philosopher brings to light the richness and complexity, yet
profound simplicity, of the Christian way of life as Thomas
describes it. Thereby, too, is revealed the ecumenical significance
of his theology and its fruitfulness for contemporary theological
inquiry. |
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 | | Lucy T. Heckman
University Library, Queens Campus Damascus
2004
Part of a series of books about the top 100 thoroughbred champions
of the 20th century, Damascus is the story of the 1967 United
States Horse of the Year who won the Preakness, Belmont Stakes,
American Derby, Brooklyn Handicap, Woodward Stakes and Travers
Stakes among his 21 victories. |
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 | | How to Find Business Information:
A Guide for Businesspeople, Investors, and Researchers
2011
An introductory handbook for the business researcher. Covers how to
find business information in areas of: economics, finance,
management, insurance, real estate, accounting, taxation, and
marketing. Features annotations of major business sources (in
digital and print format) |
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 | | Fred Herron
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, Theology and Religious Studies
Combing the Tradition:
Catholic Schools in the Era of Baptismal Consciousness
2008
This is a sketchbook of the twin realities of Catholic faith and
Catholic schools. A theological vision of the Catholic religious
imagination provides the framework for viewing these realities from
different angles. Taking Pope Benedict XVI’s remark that “truth is
in the Whole,” this book looks at Catholic faith and education from
the rich perspective of the sacramental or Catholic imagination.
Historian John Tracy Ellis’ conviction that this age will be known
as “the era of baptismal consciousness,” reflects a growing
awareness in the entire Christian community that it must take its
responsibilities in evangelization seriously. |
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 | | John Hogan
St John’s College of Liberal Arts &
Sciences, Psychology
Co-Authors: Dennis N. Thompson and Philip M.
Clark
Developmental Psychology in
Historical Perspective
2012
This is a history of the mergence of the field of
developmental psychology from its roots in philosophy and biology
to its current status as a major research and applied field in
psychology. It is the first book to provide a comprehensive
overview of the history of developmental psychology, and
examines the evolution of the field from the pre-scientific era to
the present day. |
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 | | Rachel Hollander
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, English
Narrative Hospitality in Late
Victorian Fiction: Novel Ethics
2012
Bringing together poststructuralist ethical theory with late
Victorian debates about the morality of literature, this book
reconsiders the ways in which novels engender an ethical
orientation or response in their readers, explaining how the
intersections of nation, family, and form in the late realist
English novel produce a new ethics of hospitality. |
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 | | Michael Hostetler
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, Department of Rhetoric, Communication and
Theatre
Advanced Public Speaking: A
Leader's Guide
2012
Advanced Public Speaking: A Leader’s Guide is a comprehensive
textbook designed to teach, model, and serve as a reference for
upper division undergraduate students. This advanced,
student-engagement focused, and flexible text offers students
opportunities to increase their speaking abilities across a variety
of more specific and complex contexts. |
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