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Faith at the Frontiers of Knowledge /

Unity of knowledge is not easily achieved in today's Africa where often there is little conscious interaction between traditional beliefs, Christian faith and modern secularity. The challenge is taken up in this book as scholars from a variety of disciplines wrestle with the relation of faith a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ross, Kenneth R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Colección:Luviri reprints ; no. 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • part 1. Natural science. Stewardship of the environment and the pressures of the modern world : is there a Christian response? / Stephen Carr.
  • The new commandment and the selfish gene / John J. Moore.
  • The role of creativity in mathematics / John M. Dubbey.
  • The physical concept of time and the Christian concept of eternity / Patrick A. Whittle.
  • Accountability : living our faith? An information systems perspective / David Mundy.
  • part 2. Social science. The rights of the child in the Christian context / Garton S. Kamchedzera.
  • The AIDS crisis : a challenge to the integrity of the church in Malawi / Fulata Lusungu Moyo.
  • Singing, dancing and believing : civic education in Malawi idiom / James Tengatenga.
  • "Not war but defence of the oppressed"? Bishop Mackenzie's skirmishes with the Yao in 1861 / Jonathan Newell.
  • part 3. Humanities. What about those difficult phases in the history of black people? A Christian appraisal of the African experience / Kings M. Phiri
  • Paradigm shift in scientific advance. A model for Christian conversion in the modern world? / Kenneth R. Ross.
  • Christianity and the visual arts in Malawi / Martin Ott.
  • Christianity : liberative or oppressive to African women? / Isabel Apawo Phiri.
  • Christian missions and western colonialism : soulmates or antagonists? / Klaus Fiedler.