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Thick and Thin
In Thick and Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad, Michael Walzer revises and extends the arguments in his influential Spheres of Justice, framing his ideas about justice, social criticism, and national identity in light of the new political world that has arisen in the past three decades. Walzer focuses on two different but interrelated kinds of moral argument: maximalist and minimalist, thick and thin, local and universal. This new edition has a new preface and afterword, written by the author, describing how the reasoning of the book connects with arguments he made in Just and Unjust Wars about the morality of warfare. Walzer's highly literate and fascinating blend of philosophy and historical analysis will appeal not only to those interested in the polemics surrounding Spheres of Justice and Just and Unjust Wars but also to intelligent readers who are more concerned with getting the arguments right.
A Gentle Strength
Michael Jansen grew up in a strong, Christian home. He was a happy, well-adjusted teen-until a dark secret from the past shattered his world. In one instant, everything that the boy thought he knew and could count on wavered and vanished. The world had shifted on its axis, and nothing fit anymore. This teen's journey of discovery reveals the power of Christ-as our personal Savior, who wants to be involved in our daily choices. Michael has a lot to learn-about himself, about the nature of truth, about the importance of titles, and about the power of love. Michael learns that, sometimes, what we view as weakness is actually a gift from God-a gentle strength. Janella Henry lives in Sadler Texas, where she is relishing the recently rediscovered freedom that comes with having new wheels. She enjoys teaching and reading, and she has also had a hand in writing a book of Christian poetry entitled Walking in The Shadow of the Cross.
Reconstructing Human Rights
We live in a human-rights world. The language of human-rights claims and numerous human-rights institutions shape almost all aspects of our political lives, yet we struggle to know how to judge this development. Scholars give us good reason to be both supportive and sceptical of the universal claims that human rights enable, alternatively suggesting that they are pillars of cross-cultural understanding of justice or the ideological justification of a violent and exclusionary global order. All too often, however, our evaluations of our human-rights world are not based on sustained consideration of their complex, ambiguous and often contradictory consequences. Reconstructing Human Rights argue...
Wild Hearts Omega
Shiloh wasn’t a typical omega… He liked his boots tall, his shirts short and his Alpha’s big and bad. He gives just as good as he takes, and he could ride a cowboy like a devil. Working at the pleasure house in Wolf’s Canyon, Shiloh was content with his life in the town of Westminster that’s until he finally met his match. Michael Cox was a stone-cold killer. A ruthless bounty hunter with a wiry grin, smoking hot body, and legs that would make even a bull shudder. Shiloh knew he was in for the ride of his life when Michael came to his bed. It ends just as quickly as it starts and Michael Cox disappears like doused smoke from a fire. Good riddance. Even though Shiloh’s heart had b...
Morality and War
With the ending of the strategic certainties of the Cold War, the need for moral clarity over when, where and how to start, conduct and conclude war has never been greater. There has been a recent revival of interest in the just war tradition. But can a medieval theory help us answer twenty-first century security concerns? David Fisher explores how just war thinking can and should be developed to provide such guidance. His in-depth study examines philosophical challenges to just war thinking, including those posed by moral scepticism and relativism. It explores the nature and grounds of moral reasoning; the relation between public and private morality; and how just war teaching needs to be r...
The Port of New Destiny
Life is good. And Michael Howard believes he has been uniquely chosen by fate for there is a singular brightness about the world he uniquely enjoys. All he has to do is continue choosing correctly. Part anti-war novel, part love story, part coming of age adventure, this novel is yet another exploration of the "American dream."
Law, Love and Freedom
Moving from monasticism to constitutionalism, and from antinomianism to anarchism, this book reveals law's connection with love and freedom.
This Road I Walk
Amber White is on the perfect path in life. She knows exactly what she wants and how she plans to get it...but then the unthinkable happens. Suffering through the aftermath of tragedy, Amber spirals into a world of corruption, of sex and drugs and violence. Entrenched in a new life so different from her family's, she loses touch with her parents, her friends, herself, and her God. As she looks in the mirror, she sees something so different from who she used to bea "a wayward daughter, an addict, and now, a murderer. From the streets to the prison system, Amber is on a path of self-destruction, searching desperately for her next fix. In God's perfect timing, she is introduced to Jake Liddel, who is desperate to reintroduce her to her Savior. Is Amber too far gone to accept his help and ask for forgiveness? Can she survive her prison sentence and, most importantly, herself? This Road I Walk, by Twyla Rempel, is a heartbreaking journey of a prodigal daughter looking for meaning in a dirty, dangerous world."
Tensions within and between Religions and Human Rights
This volume contains theoretical and empirical articles on tensions within and between religion and human rights. There are conflicts in the past histories of Christianity and Islam in regard to human rights, but also in contemporary history. There are also tensions in the sphere of human rights, like the relation between natural law and human rights, morality and law, liberty and equality, civil rights and socio-economic rights, and more specific ones, like the rights of humans and citizens, religious freedom and the separation of church and state, religious freedom and freedom of speech, and the state and religion on social welfare provisions. The volume aims at theoretical clarification and empirical exploration on data from 14 countries. Contributors include: Jean-Pierre Wils, Piet Hein van Kempen, Mathias Rohe, Johannes (Hans) van der Ven, Anders Sjöborg, Raymond J. Webb, Jack Curran, Marion Reindl, Leo W.J.M. van der Tuin, Clement D. Fumbo, and Hans-Georg Ziebertz.
A Soul Returns
Two ancient civilizations and two ancient religions collide once again. For generations, Sayyid Rashid, the wealthiest man in the world, has been manipulating the policies of both the Middle East and the United States to achieve his ultimate goal: the destruction of Israel. The owner of the world's largest pharmaceutical corporation, he uses his vast wealth and modern medical technology to create a leader like the world has not seen since ancient times. However, he does not anticipate the evil that will be brought in to the world. Could this be the fulfillment of two ancient prophecies? The Templar Knights is an ancient organization whose modern-day reason for existence is to protect the nat...
