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Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. The Conflict between Religion and Materialism -- 1. The Materialist Creed -- 2. Materialism as an Anti-Religious Mythology -- 3. Scientific Materialism and Nature -- The Scientific Materialist's View of Nature -- Five Plot Twists -- A New Story and a New Moral -- Part II. In the Beginning -- 4. The Expectations -- 5. How Things Looked One Hundred Years Ago -- 6. The Big Bang -- The Discovery of the Big Bang -- Attempts to Avoid the Big Bang -- The Big Bang Confirmed -- 7. Was the Big Bang Really the Beginning?

In this New York Times bestseller, David Limbaugh exposes the liberal hypocrisy of promoting political correctness while discriminating against Christianity. From the elimination of school prayer to the eradication of the story of Christianity from history textbooks, this persuasive book shows that our social engineers inculcate hostility toward this religion and its values in the name of ""diversity,"" ""tolerance,"" and ""multiculturalism."" Through court cases, case studies, and true stories, Limbaugh details the widespread assault on the religious liberties of Christians in America today a

The New Atlantis has fired the imaginations of its readers since its original appearance in 1627. Often regarded as the apotheosis of Bacon's ideas through its depiction of an advanced 'scientific' society, it is also read as a seminal work of science fiction. Standing at the threshold of early modern culture, this key text incorporates the practical and visionary, utility and utopia. This volume of eight new essays by leading scholars provides a stimulating dialogue between a range of critical perspectives. Encompassing the fields of cultural history, history of science, literature and politics, the collection explores The New Atlantis' complex location within Bacon's oeuvre and its negotiations with cultural debates of the past and present. Contributors consider the book's use of rhetoric, its narrative contexts, its political and ethical implications, its relation to the natural knowledge of the period, and the function of miracles in New Atlantan society. The politics of colonialism and Jewish toleration, its complex representation of gender, and the role and politics of censorship are also explored. This volume will be the ideal companion to Bacon's The New Atlantis and for all students of literature, politics, history, cultural history and history of science

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- ARTICLES AND STUDIES -- De la paix de Dieu à la croisade? Un réexamen -- Memoria e memorie di un cavaliere: Caffaro di Genova -- Regards croisés sur l'épopée française et le destân turc -- Sclavorum expugnator: Conquest, Crusade, and Danish Royal Ideology in the Twelfth Century -- Frontier Activities: the Transformation of a Muslim Sacred Site into the Frankish Castle of Vadum Iacob -- Papal Policy and the Albigensian Crusades: Continuity or Change?

Financing trends and future options for rural Illinois and America / Raymond Lenzi -- Key practices in creating a learning community / John J. Gruidl and Ronald J. Hustedde -- Looking forward by looking back: state approaches to rural development / Tom Bonnett

Removed from abstract political principle and observed in the policies of historical educational regimes, changing ideas of community, equality, and liberty not only reveal the likeness and diversity of Anglo-American democracy over time but also constitute criteria for making judgements about its extent and quality

Based on a survey of 150 women entrepreneurs from a variety of sectors in Islamabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi. Examines the attitudes and commitments of the women to expanding their enterprises. Describes some of the challenges and barriers they face as well as some of the opportunities