This book dialogues with deconstruction’s “religion without religion” and its implications for theology. In the view of many, deconstruction is a purely nihilistic force bent on the wanton destruction of long-held philosophical, religious, and moral traditions. However, this perspective ignores the fact that deconstruction—in the hands of its standard bearers like Jacques Derrida, John Caputo, and others—has all along been a religious exercise in demythologization. Furnishing a Christian rejoinder to deconstruction’s claims about and objections to orthodox religion (and particularly to Christianity), the book addresses the following questions: How can deconstruction open a space for an affirmative faith to occur and be professed? Can deconstruction ever be hospitable toward Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah for which it waits?

Discover Jesus in the Old Testament Celebrate the hope of Christmas as you witness how God has written the promise of Immanuel, “God with us,” into human history! Awaiting the Manger journeys with you through the Advent season, illuminating how God used the lives of ordinary people to foreshadow Christ’s coming during the centuries and even millennia before his birth. Through daily readings, you’ll dive into Old Testament stories brought to life with vibrant cultural and historical insights. You’ll explore each account first through the perspective of those who lived it, and then by uncovering how it fits into the sweeping arc of our redemption. Each reading is followed by a devotional prompt, including a reflection question to encourage journaling or discussion prayer to spark heartfelt conversation with God Scripture passage for further study Christmas hymn to inspire individual or family worship Awaiting the Manger will enrich your experience of Advent and your understanding of the Old Testament as you rejoice in the tenderness and compassion God has shown his people from the very beginning.

Modern scholars often find it difficult to account for the profound eccentricities in the work of William Blake, dismissing them as either ahistorical or simply meaningless. But with this pioneering study, Saree Makdisi develops a reliable and comprehensive framework for understanding these peculiarities. According to Makdisi, Blake's poetry and drawings should compel us to reconsider the history of the 1790s. Tracing for the first time the many links among economics, politics, and religion in his work, Makdisi shows how Blake questioned and even subverted the commercial, consumerist, and political liberties that his contemporaries championed, all while developing his own radical aesthetic.

An unexpected inheritance… Leonora wanted him to leave: Having been reduced to working as a governess, she was left her uncle's fortune and fine town house in Bath. But she also inherited the most infuriating—and most handsome— resident, Blaise, Earl of Kelsey! Blaise refused to go: He had a lease and, by George, he was staying to run his popular gentlemen's club! Especially since Lady Leonora was such a captivating woman…. Leonora's hopes for a respectable life in Society and the possibility of marriage would come to ruin without a compromise, particularly when the Earl was so clearly not a candidate for marriage…or was he?

This book brings together a world-renowned collection of philosophers and theologians to explore the ways in which the resurgence of eschatological thought in contemporary theology and the continued relevance of phenomenology in philosophy can illuminate each other. Through a series of phenomenological analyses of key eschatological concepts and detailed readings in some of the key figures of both disciplines, this text reveals that phenomenology and eschatology cannot be fully understood without each other: without eschatology, phenomenology would not have developed the ethical and futural aspects that characterize it today; without phenomenology, eschatology would remain relegated to the sidelines of serious theological discourse. Along the way, such diverse themes as time, death, parousia, and the call are re-examined and redefined. Containing new contributions from Jean-Yves Lacoste, Claude Romano, Richard Kearney, Kevin Hart and others, this book is necessary reading for anyone interested in the intersection of contemporary philosophy and theology.

Three very smart, strong women. Three very dangerously sexy men. Three books you won’t want to put down, now available in one convenient bundle! Mission: Impossible to Resist / Book 1 She’s beauty, brains, and trouble. He’s in the wrong place at the right time. Smart, savvy Seattle socialite Jordan Dean must learn to let go of her tightly controlled world and accept help from the one man who poses a huge risk to her well-guarded heart—her Special Ops bodyguard, Aiden Foster. Mission: Impossible to Surrender / Book 2 She’s not a party girl anymore. He's fought his feelings for too long. Sophie Dean has worked long and hard to shed the bad girl reputation she earned at college. Now she runs an humanitarian aid program. When danger threatens Sophie’s latest international undertaking and she needs protection, fate steps in and delivers a second chance with the one man she can’t forget, Navy SEAL Finn Jenkins. Mission: Impossible to Love / Book 3 She’s in over her brilliant head. He’s not buying her innocent act. Elizabeth “Izzy” Benson has the brains to rival some of the best IT minds out there. Unfortunately the Artificial Intelligence drone she’s developed is drawing all the wrong kind of interest. Now running for her life , she’ll have to trust a stranger, Sten Jenkins, a very angry Marine who makes it obvious he doesn’t believe her or want her around. ***** This box set features the first three books in USA Today bestselling author Jacki Delecki’s heart-racing, pulse-pounding Impossible Mission military romantic suspense series featuring Special Forces operatives and the strong women who love them. Don’t miss a single exhilarating adventure into danger and passion. Mission: Impossible to Resist Mission: Impossible to Surrender Mission: Impossible to Love Mission: Impossible to Forget Mission: Impossible to Wed Mission: Impossible to Protect

Between 1914 and 1922, millions of Europeans left their homes as a result of war, postwar settlements, and revolution. After 1918, the immense movement of people across Germany's eastern border posed a sharp challenge to the new Weimar Republic. Ethnic Germans flooded over the border from the new Polish state, Russian émigrés poured into the German capital, and East European Jews sought protection in Germany from the upheaval in their homelands. Nor was the movement in one direction only: German Freikorps sought to found a soldiers' colony in Latvia, and a group of German socialists planned to settle in a Soviet factory town. In The Impossible Border, Annemarie H. Sammartino explores these waves of migration and their consequences for Germany. Migration became a flashpoint for such controversies as the relative importance of ethnic and cultural belonging, the interaction of nationalism and political ideologies, and whether or not Germany could serve as a place of refuge for those seeking asylum. Sammartino shows the significance of migration for understanding the difficulties confronting the Weimar Republic and the growing appeal of political extremism. Sammartino demonstrates that the moderation of the state in confronting migration was not merely by default, but also by design. However, the ability of a republican nation-state to control its borders became a barometer for its overall success or failure. Meanwhile, debates about migration were a forum for political extremists to develop increasingly radical understandings of the relationship between the state, its citizens, and its frontiers. The widespread conviction that the democratic republic could not control its "impossible" Eastern borders fostered the ideologies of those on the radical right who sought to resolve the issue by force and for all time.

Extreme athlete Don Schwartz has achieved, overcome, and somehow survived the impossible...repeatedly. A pioneer in the snowboarding world, Schwartz was horrifically burned in a tragic helicopter crash at the age of twenty which left him permanently disfigured. In the years following the accident, Schwartz goes on to become a world-level champion in various extreme sports and outdoor survival competitions. From winning and losing the legendary Death Race to standing on the podium of the World’s Toughest Mudder, to winning Gold at the Barefoot Waterskiing World Championships, Schwartz distills his inspirational perspective to provide insight into any sort of obstacle that life might erect. Despite a dizzying series of triumphs and calamities, Schwartz remains motivated throughout, all the while suffering debilitating PTSD that he didn’t even recognize he had. With an infectious positivity, this riveting and honest first-person account, gives readers intimate access to a life that has been a million miles from ordinary.

Malcolm Fox returns in the stunning second novel in Ian Rankin's series... 'Criminally good' WOMAN & HOME From the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES. 'Excitingly gripping storytelling' THE TIMES Malcolm Fox and his team are back, investigating whether fellow cops covered up for Detective Paul Carter. Carter has been found guilty of misconduct, but what should be a simple job is soon complicated by a brutal murder and a weapon that should not even exist. A trail of revelations leads Fox back to 1985, a year of desperate unrest when letter-bombs and poisonous spores were sent to government offices, and kidnappings and murders were plotted. But while the body count rises the clock starts ticking, and a dramatic turn of events sees Fox in mortal danger.

Can Auna find the faith and the courage to hold on to her dreams and to see them as God's guidance? The story of a girl's love for horses and her love for God; she struggles to hold onto God's promises for her life. This is an adventure in faith, hope and love. Auna's love for a horse drives her to face death. Her faith in God must see her through when her whole world collapses. Hope is all that those who love her have to fall back on when death seems imminent. Faith that God's will and timing is of utmost importance, hope that God will see them through the most difficult times and love, as God loves, for all those around them keeps them dependent on God's plan and timing. Lives are changed, love is resurrected and hope is renewed as God leads them through each day. Born in Dothan, Alabama, May 9, 1958, the daughter and forth child of James A. Carpenter, Jr. and Elmina Jane Haselton Carpenter, Lila Windus grew up with a love for animals, particularly horses. She gave her heart to Christ at the age of nine and was baptized in Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Dale County Alabama. She acquired her horse and long time friend, Apache, November 2, 1974. She graduated from Auburn University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1983. Married to Peter John Windus October 6, 1984, they have two children, daughters; Charlotte, the oldest and a photographer and Danielle, the youngest who is studying to be an animation artist and write Christian Manga books. She owns and operates Currahee Veterinary Clinic in Toccoa, Georgia; which she opened July 13, 1987. They are members of Glad Tidings Assembly of God in Toccoa, Georgia.