Theological English: An Advanced ESL Text for Students of Theology

Theological English: An Advanced ESL Text for Students of Theology
Author: Pierce Taylor Hibbs
Publisher: P & R Publishing
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2018-07-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781629956022

Prepares non-native English speakers to study theology in English at an advanced level. Lessons cover the major theological genres and practical exercises develop reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills.

Exploring Theological English: Student Textbook

Exploring Theological English: Student Textbook
Author: Cheri L. Pierson
Publisher: Langham Global Library
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2012-03-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781907713347

A textbook designed for high-intermediate to advanced learners of English, whether studying at an academic institution or independently. It is written from a traditional orthodox, or evangelical, view of Christianity and the selection of theological topics is similar to that found in traditional books on Christian doctrine.

God, Time, Infinity

God, Time, Infinity
Author: Mirosław Szatkowski
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2018-05-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3110594161

The issues of the nature and existence of God, time and infinity, respectively, and how they relate to each other, are some of the most complicated problems of metaphysics.This volume presents contributions of thirteen internationally renowned scholars who deal with various aspects of these complex issues. The contributions were presented and discussed during the international conference: God, Time, Infinity held in Warsaw, September 22—24, 2015.

Finding God in the Ordinary

Finding God in the Ordinary
Author: Pierce Taylor Hibbs
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 91
Release: 2018-09-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532657684

We tend to look for God in the grand and spectacular, but most of our lives are filled with ordinary moments and routines: drinking coffee, reading a book, driving to work. Can we find God in the banalities of everyday life? In Finding God in the Ordinary, the author shows that we can, and that we must. Our world is not an ordinary world. Because it was spoken into being and maintained by the word of God’s power (Heb 1:3), everything around us is always revealing the nature and character of the triune God. Our world is extraordinarily ordinary, always calling our attention to the God of glory and his work in the commonplace.

The Speaking Trinity and His Worded World

The Speaking Trinity and His Worded World
Author: Pierce Taylor Hibbs
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2018-11-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532656491

The Trinity is a speaking God: three divine persons who share the same essence and commune with each other in love and glory. How does this truth shape the way we view the world and our place in it? The Speaking Trinity and His Worded World explores these questions by presenting all of life through the lens of language. Understood as communion behavior, language has its roots in God himself. What's more, God has used language not only to create our world, but to sustain and direct it. Because of this biblical fact, we live in a place that always and everywhere reveals the trinitarian God whose speech upholds it. All things "speak" of God by revealing aspects of his character (Romans 1). We live in a worded world, a world that was spoken and speaks of God. Thus, language is far more than a means of human communication; it is at the center of who God is, who we are, and what our world is like. Join the author as he walks through redemptive history and points out not only how all things can be perceived through the lens of language, but what this means for us practically in our use of language.

An Introduction to English Morphology. A Textbook for Advanced University Students of Linguistics

An Introduction to English Morphology. A Textbook for Advanced University Students of Linguistics
Author: Ali Alhaj
Publisher: Anchor Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2016-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3954898950

The experience of having taught English language and morphology – syntax in particular – for more than seven years convinced the author that students of linguistics and translation mostly need a solid grounding in the course of morphology and syntax. Once they have a basic understanding of these two important areas, they have little trouble mastering English language as a whole. Hence, both morphology and syntax are important parts of linguistic knowledge and constitute a component of student's mental grammar. Of Course, the more courses are required of students within their discipline, the more they can benefit from the fields inside their major. Such factors often help students develop a positive attitude towards linguistics to be sensitized to the morphological and syntactic system of the language while being exposed to both morphology and syntax, and especially in an unfamiliar area. Obviously, an introductory book such as this has several limitations. First, there are entire subbranches of morphology and syntax that are not included. In terms of content, this book delimits both its scope and audience by shedding new light on a subject the problems and obscurities of which look inexhaustible. Therefore, a book of this kind is an attempt to, on the one hand, to make morphology and syntax – which usually appear to be incredible complicated at first glance – easier and, on the other hand, keep the standard high so that even postgraduate students can benefit from it; because the author strongly believes that students learn best by “doing” exercises, and, to this end,he has added dozens of practice exercises. In general, these require more research or analysis beyond what can be accomplished within a single classroom period. These exploratory exercises can also form the basis for short papers. Therefore, the book can be of immense help not only to students of linguistics and translation, but also to professors of linguistics and translation and research supervisors as well as advisors around the globe and in the Arab world in particular.

Asking the Law Question

Asking the Law Question
Author: Margaret Jane Davies
Publisher: Law Book Company for New South Wales Bar Association
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2002
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Essential reading for all those who wish to understand why legal theory is important to legal education, and for those who wish to extend their understanding of this dynamic academic discipline. A variety of perspectives are drawn together including social, literary, feminist and postmodernist theories.

Definition in Theory and Practice

Definition in Theory and Practice
Author: Roy Harris
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2007-05-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1441176152

The problem of definition has a long history and has engaged the minds of some of the most eminent thinkers in the Western tradition, from Plato and Aristotle onwards. But it is also an everyday problem constantly confronting all who have to draft or interpret the countless texts on which modern society depends. Definition in Theory and Practice focuses on two areas where difficulties arise in a particularly acute form: lexicography and the law. Examining a wide range of approaches and definitional techniques, backed up by detailed analyses of dictionary entries and court cases, the authors provide a comprehensive survey of their subject. They argue that what underlies the problem of definition are conflicting assumptions about the way language functions. This in-depth study of definition will be of interest to academics researching lexicography, semantics and the intersection of linguistics and jurisprudence.

Legal Interpretation: Perspectives from Other Disciplines and Private Texts

Legal Interpretation: Perspectives from Other Disciplines and Private Texts
Author: Kent Greenawalt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2010-10-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199842434

In Legal Interpretation, Kent Greenawalt focuses on the complex and multi-faceted topic of textual interpretation of the law. All law needs to be interpreted, and there are many ways to do it. But what sorts of questions must one seek to answer in interpreting law and what approach should one take in each case? Whose interpretations should be prioritized? Why would one be drawn to one strategy over another? And should legal interpretation seek to satisfy specific aims or general objectives? In order to provide the answers to these questions, Greenawalt explores the ways in which interpretive strategies from other disciplines--the philosophy of language, literary and musical interpretation, religious interpretation, and general interpretive theory--can augment and enrich methods of legal interpretation. Over the course of the book, he suggests how such forms of interpretation are analogous to legal interpretation--and points to those cases in which interpretation must rest on the distinctive aspects of legal theory, such as is the case with private documents. Furthermore, Greenawalts meditation suggests that interpretive strategies from other disciplines can shed light on the essential nature of legal interpretation and provide roads by which to account for dissonance between various methods of interpretation. Legal Interpretation is a thought-provoking reflection on the ways that insights from a range of intellectual traditions can deepen our understanding of law, particularly with regard to constitutional law.