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Author Lev Raphael reads from his work at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textInternationally acclaimed author and Greater Lansing resident, Lev Raphael, reads from his memoir "My Germany". He recounts his travels to the NAZI labor camp where his mother was held during World War II and coming to terms with his mother's traumatic past. Introduced by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez at an event held at the MSU Main Library. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Review of Deliberation, Democracy, and Civic Forums: Improving Equality and Publicity by Christopher F. Karpowitz and Chad Raphael (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2014).
No full textReview of Deliberation, Democracy, and Civic Forums: Improving Equality and Publicity by Christopher F. Karpowitz and Chad Raphael (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2014)
Review of Deliberation, Democracy, and Civic Forums: Improving Equality and Publicity by Christopher F. Karpowitz and Chad Raphael (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2014)
No full textReview of Deliberation, Democracy, and Civic Forums: Improving Equality and Publicity by Christopher F. Karpowitz and Chad Raphael (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2014)
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Tycho Brahe, De mundi aetherei recentioribus phaenomenis (Uraniborg: Christophorus Weida, 1588), chapter 6 (selections)
No full textTranslations of Tycho Brahe, De mundi aetherei recentioribus phaenomenis (Uraniborg: Christophorus Weida, 1588), chapter 6 (selections) carried out in collaborative translation sessions that took place beginning in the spring of 2010 at the University of Cambridge as part of the AHRC-funded project, “Diagrams, Images, and the Transformation of Astronomy, 1450-1650.” Participants in the sessions included Nick Jardine, Sachiko Kusukawa, Christopher Lewis, Isabelle Pantin, and Renée Raphael.
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Brahe, Tycho De mundi aetherei recentioribus phaenomenis (Uraniborg: Christophorus Weida, 1588), chapter 6 (selections). Translated by Nick Jardine, Sachiko Kusukawa, Christopher Lewis, Isabelle Pantin, and Renée Raphael. eScholarship: University of California, 2013
Judaism’s Critique of Idolatry and the Beginning of Liberative Religion
No full textAround the globe religion is under attack. Humanists, secularists and atheists depict believers as deluded and dangerous. The aim of this book is to challenge this perception. Sensible Religion defends the validity and emphasises the excitement of the religious quest across the faiths. It demonstrates that the practice of sensible religion is often a courageous path pitted against religious extremism and secularism. Written by committed believers from the major world's faiths, the book endorses the term 'sensible' as expressing religious reasonableness as well as sensitivity to criticism and new insights. Followers of the different traditions live ordinary lives in the mainstream of the world. This volume therefore addresses beliefs and the manner in which these convictions relate to social, political and ethical action. Countering the argument that religion is at root extremist and irrational, Sensible Religion brings together thoughtful and critical reflections by leading thinkers about humanity's spiritual quest.Contents: Foreword, Peter Vardy; Preface, Dan Cohn-Sherbok and Christopher Lewis; The religious quest, Christopher Lewis; A sensible Judaism of love, Michael Lerner; Judaism’s critique of idolatry and the beginning of liberative religion, Melissa Raphael; Islam, Tim Winter; Retrieving the equilibrium and restoring justice: using Islam’s egalitarian teachings to reclaim women’s rights, Sara Khan; Reclaiming jihad, Dawoud el-Alami; The reasonableness of Christianity, Keith Ward; Christianity and sensible religion: a feminist approach, Mary Grey; The ecosystem of religions: a Hindu perspective, Rita D. Sherma; Hinduism: true (satyam), good (shivam) and beautiful (sundaram), Anantanand Rambachan; Is Buddhism sensible?, Dharmachari Subhuti; Buddhism: sense and sensibility, Hozan Alan Senauke; Sikhi(sm) and the 21st century Sikh diaspora, Opinderjit Kaur Takhar; African Traditional Religion, Nokuzola Mndende; Conclusion: sensible religion matters, Dan Cohn-Sherbok; Index
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Brahe, Tycho De mundi aetherei recentioribus phaenomenis (Uraniborg: Christophorus Weida, 1588), chapter 6 (selections)
No full textTranslations of Tycho Brahe, De mundi aetherei recentioribus phaenomenis (Uraniborg: Christophorus Weida, 1588), chapter 6 (selections) carried out in collaborative translation sessions that took place beginning in the spring of 2010 at the University of Cambridge as part of the AHRC-funded project, “Diagrams, Images, and the Transformation of Astronomy, 1450-1650.” Participants in the sessions included Nick Jardine, Sachiko Kusukawa, Christopher Lewis, Isabelle Pantin, and Renée Raphael
Ombres, illusions et réalités dans l’histoire de la Mandchourie moderne
No full textHowe Christopher, Jacquet Raphael. Ombres, illusions et réalités dans l’histoire de la Mandchourie moderne. In: Perspectives chinoises, n°101, 2007. pp. 32-39
A post-structural theological critique of the perspectives of Christopher Hitchens on vicarious redemption.
No full textThesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2013.The guarded mind-set with which this study was initially constructed , was influenced by the notion that all that could have been said on the subject of vicarious redemption within the Judeo-Christian belief system, has been produced through scholarly research on the theories, doctrinal positions, and systems of belief, around the constructs of redemption and vicarious redemption within the Judeo-Christian worldview. However this study is premised on the view that there is a noticeable gap in the body of scholarship around the critique of the Christian belief system, and in particular, one of its doctrinal pillars, that of vicarious redemption. This thesis argues that this gap is being confronted by the resurgence of new challenges to the proposition of redemption, as raised from within the New Atheist movement, in which the late British-American author and public figure, Christopher Hitchens became the central and leading figure.
A theological critique of the construct and doctrine of vicarious redemption, as undertaken by Christopher Hitchens, forms the core academic focus of this study; which is conducted within a post-structural theoretical framework. The study, whilst examining the archaeology and architecture of the idea of vicarious redemption within the theological superstructure of Christendom and its founding doctrinal formations and theories, does represents an intentional step outside of the conventional trajectory of theological scholarship and analysis. In this latter regard, and alongside conventional literary resources on the subject, this study, has been inspired and informed by the convergence of, online New Media as a rich set of resource platforms for new research on this important subject. Given these new opportunities for research, alongside conventional research methods, this study captures the outright rejection, by Christopher Hitchens, of the doctrine of vicarious redemption; in what could be argued to represent a Kairos moment in biblical interpretation and criticism on the idea of redemption; a crucial and opportune moment in scholarly theological reflection, to which the special insights, hermeneutics and life and work of Christopher Hitchens has made an indelible contribution
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