Democracy and the Ten Commandments

Democracy and the Ten Commandments
Author: Robert Kimball Shinkoskey
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2016-07-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1498290094

For 2,000 years Western culture has leaned heavily on the Ten Commandments for guidance in religion, ethics, and morality. The author, drawing upon modern Biblical science, demonstrates that those laws were designed for an entirely different purpose--to provide alternatives to repressive policies Israel reeled under in Egypt. The Decalogue is a political document designed to limit government intrusion into private lives. Its precepts deal with matters like political parties and intellectual freedom, central banking and taxation, occupational choice, free economy, humane working conditions, local government, right to life and international relations, land possession and inheritance, equal justice and education, and citizenship and public health. The author's interpretation necessitates a wholesale repositioning of Biblical religion. The Bible is not a book about religious worship, but is rather a book about citizen-empowered local democracy. This essay suggests a way out of the woods for an American democracy that has lost its way in a headlong veer toward heavy-handed central government.

Democracy and the Ten Commandments

Democracy and the Ten Commandments
Author: Robert Kimball Shinkoskey
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2016-07-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1498290108

For 2,000 years Western culture has leaned heavily on the Ten Commandments for guidance in religion, ethics, and morality. The author, drawing upon modern Biblical science, demonstrates that those laws were designed for an entirely different purpose--to provide alternatives to repressive policies Israel reeled under in Egypt. The Decalogue is a political document designed to limit government intrusion into private lives. Its precepts deal with matters like political parties and intellectual freedom, central banking and taxation, occupational choice, free economy, humane working conditions, local government, right to life and international relations, land possession and inheritance, equal justice and education, and citizenship and public health. The author's interpretation necessitates a wholesale repositioning of Biblical religion. The Bible is not a book about religious worship, but is rather a book about citizen-empowered local democracy. This essay suggests a way out of the woods for an American democracy that has lost its way in a headlong veer toward heavy-handed central government.

Citizen Brand

Citizen Brand
Author: Marc Gobe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2006-09-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1621531937

Leading brand designer Marc Gobé builds on his highly successful Emotional Branding strategy with Citizen Brand, a powerful new concept designed to help companies earn the trust of today's consumers. Gobé argues that corporations need a new vision to survive in the present "emotional economy," challenging them to develop more passionate, human, and socially responsible brand strategies. He shows how to transform Consumers to People, Products to Experiences, Honesty to Trust, Quality to Preference, Identity to Personality, and Service to Relationship.

Citizenship in Hard Times

Citizenship in Hard Times
Author: Sara Wallace Goodman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2022-01-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1316512339

A comparative study of how citizens define their civic duty in response to current threats to advanced democracies.

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments
Author: William P. Brown
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664223236

Offering a host of classic and new essays surveying the scholarly ethical and biblical debate surrounding the Ten Commandments, William Brown organizes his volume into three parts: the history of interpretation, contemporary reflections on the Decalogue as a whole, and contemporary reflections on individual commandments. A useful addition to ethics as well as Old Testament and Hebrew Bible courses, Brown'sThe Ten Commandmentswill be a standard reference for all Decalogue research, as it facilitates a helpful balance between moral, theological, and biblical study. The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments
Author: Joseph P. Hester
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2003
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780786414192

Examines issues surrounding the place of the Ten Commandments in American society and their application in secular law, covering such issues as the separation of church and state, capital punishment, and prayer in public schools.

Bad Astronomy

Bad Astronomy
Author: Philip C. Plait
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2002-10-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780471422075

Advance praise for Philip Plait s Bad Astronomy "Bad Astronomy is just plain good! Philip Plait clears up everymisconception on astronomy and space you never knew you sufferedfrom." --Stephen Maran, Author of Astronomy for Dummies and editorof The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia "Thank the cosmos for the bundle of star stuff named Philip Plait,who is the world s leading consumer advocate for quality science inspace and on Earth. This important contribution to science willrest firmly on my reference library shelf, ready for easy accessthe next time an astrologer calls." --Dr. Michael Shermer,Publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist for ScientificAmerican, and author of The Borderlands of Science "Philip Plait has given us a readable, erudite, informative,useful, and entertaining book. Bad Astronomy is Good Science. Verygood science..." --James "The Amazing" Randi, President, JamesRandi Educational Foundation, and author of An Encyclopedia ofClaims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural "Bad Astronomy is a fun read. Plait is wonderfully witty andeducational as he debunks the myths, legends, and 'conspiraciesthat abound in our society. 'The Truth Is Out There' and it's inthis book. I loved it!" --Mike Mullane, Space Shuttle astronaut andauthor of Do Your Ears Pop in Space?

The No-nonsense Guide to Democracy

The No-nonsense Guide to Democracy
Author: Richard Swift
Publisher: Verso
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2002
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781859844700

Swift explores how democracy is constricted and deformed by economic power-brokers and a self-serving political class from Birmingham to Bangalore. Including chapter-length discussions of topics such as eco-democracy, democratizing the economy, and democracy in the southern hemisphere, the book is also a guide to the rich diversity of forms of elected government and contains practical ideas for empowering today's voters around the world.

The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell

The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell
Author: Bertrand Russell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 760
Release: 2014-04-23
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1317835042

A classic autobiography right up there with St Augustine and Rousseau New paperback backed by publicity and promotion - tied in with new edition of History of Western Philosophy and 'giveaway' of 'What I Believe' Ideal companion to Ray Monk's biography Introduction by the Right Hon Michael Foot *Publicity Title* - major coverage in national press expected!

Arabic Christian Theology

Arabic Christian Theology
Author: Zondervan,
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310555795

Theology is not done in a vacuum. Our theology is affected by the culture in which we live, and our theology can have unexpected effects on the lives of Christians who live thousands of miles away. This point emerges clearly as we listen to seven Arabic evangelical theologians address issues that are of critical importance to Christians living as minorities in the Muslim world. North American readers may find that many of their assumptions are challenged as they see how respected Christian thinkers from a very different context address issues of biblical interpretation, national and international politics, culture and gender.