Author: Joseph Clair File Type: pdf Reading Augustine presents concise, personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religion scholars. The looming crisis in higher education appears to be a matter of soaring costs and crushing student debt, but the problem is actually much deeper. It is a crisis of soul a question of the very purpose of learning and the type of people that our educational system produces. Today, in the age of academic hyper-specialization and professional knowledge, the moral and spiritual purposes of learning have been eclipsed by a shallow view of career and success. On Education, Formation, Citizenship, and the Lost Purpose of Learning turns to the influential figure Augustine of Hippo to explore how he saved the liberal arts at the end of the Roman Empire and how his inspiring vision can do the same for higher education today. It offers a roadmap for reviving the soul of education presenting concrete ways that the intellectual practices and economic enterprise of learning can lead once more to a fulfilled life of knowing God and loving others. **

Author: Kathryn Bard File Type: pdf An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt is a comprehensive overview of Egyptian archaeology skillfully organized to guide the reader from Egypts prehistoric past through the pharaonic dynasties and the Greco-Roman Period. ullProvides an unprecedented introduction to the archaeology of ancient Egypt and its culture, monuments, and civilization llBeautifully illustrated with over 120 color and black and white illustrations, including artifacts, maps, and site and building plans llIncludes special sections on such topics of perennial interest as building the pyramids at Giza, mummification, and deciphering hieroglyphs llOrganized into 11 chapters, covering the history of Egyptology and Egyptian archaeology prehistoric and pharaonic chronology and the ancient Egyptian language geography, resources, and environment and seven chapters organized chronologically and devoted to specific archaeological sites and evidence llIncludes discussion of new excavations in Egypt, connecting recent work with the results of projects spanning the late nineteenth and twentieth centurieslulReviewA detailed and impressive volume ... Very readable and well illustrated, this book contains much information that will not be found elsewhere.Ancient Egypt MagazineThis book will be ideal for enthusiasts, especially for students and more so for anyone who teaches the subject at any level. As such it is likely to be well used and is highly recommended.Ancient Egypt The History, People and Culture of the Nile ValleyThere has never been a scholarly introduction to the archaeology of ancient Egypt that also works as a course text. Kathryn Bards new book fills that gap. I am particularly impressed by its even coverage of all historical periods and types of evidence. John Baines, University of OxfordKathryn Bard has authored the first history of ancient Egypt based primarily on archaeological data. She is well qualified to do this as a result of her major contributions as an archaeologist to understanding the development of the state in prehistoric Egypt and of Egyptian trading relations with sub-Saharan Africa, as well as her editing of the highly successful Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. This is a broadly accessible work. Bruce G. Trigger, McGill UniversityReviewThere has never been a scholarly introduction to the archaeology of ancient Egypt that also works as a course text. Kathryn Bards new book fills that gap. I am particularly impressed by its even coverage of all historical periods and types of evidence.John Baines, University of OxfordKathryn Bard has authored the first history of ancient Egypt based primarily on archaeological data. She is well qualified to do this as a result of her major contributions as an archaeologist to understanding the development of the state in prehistoric Egypt and of Egyptian trading relations with sub-Saharan Africa, as well as her editing of the highly successful Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. This is a broadly accessible work.Bruce G. Trigger, McGill University

Author: Shui Chuen Lee File Type: pdf East Asian medicine, biomedical research, and health care policy are framed by their own set of moral and cultural commitments. Chief among these is the influence of Confucian ideas. A rich portrayal is offered of the implications of Confucian moral and ontological understandings for medical decision-making, human embryonic stem cell research, and health care financing. What is offered is a multifaceted insight into what distinguishes East Asian bioethical reflections. This volume opens with an exploration of the Confucian recognition of the family as an entity existing in its own right and which is not reducible to its members or their interests. As the essays in this volume show, this recognition of the family supports a notion of family autonomy that contrasts with Western individualistic accounts of proper medical decision-making. There are analyses of basic concepts as well as explorations of their implications for actual medical practice. The conflicts in East Asian countries between traditional Confucian and Western bioethics are explored as well as the tension between the new reproductive technologies and traditional understandings of the family. The studies of East Asian reflections concerning the moral status of human embryos and the morality of human embryo stem cell research disclose a set of concerns quite different from those anchored in Christian and Muslim cultural perspectives. The volume closes with an exploration of how Confucian cultural resources can be drawn upon to meet the contemporary challenges of health care financing.

Author: Tariq Ali File Type: pdf