Plantinga makes a case that their arguments are not only inconclusive but that the supposed conflicts themselves are superficial, due to the methodological naturalism used by science. Plantinga examines where this conflict is supposed to exist - evolution, evolutionary psychology, analysis of scripture, scientific study of religion - as well as claims by Dan Dennett, Richard Dawkins, and Philip Kitcher that evolution and theistic belief cannot co-exist. His theme in this short book is that the conflict between science and theistic religion is actually superficial, and that at a deeper level they are in concord. Plantinga, as a top philosopher but also a proponent of the rationality of religious belief, has a unique contribution to make. The last twenty years has seen a cottage industry of books on this divide, but with little consensus emerging. This audiobook is a long-awaited major statement by a pre-eminent analytic philosopher, Alvin Plantinga, on one of our biggest debates - the compatibility of science and religion.
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Which was twice a year if she was feeling like an overachiever. Logan? Her brother texted about as often she trimmed her hair. She let out a breath and pulled her phone free from her purse. She stood, Hailey’s name on the tip of her tongue, but the chirping of a text message cut her off. What if the guy back in the kitchen was nice? Maybe she should tell Hailey to let him stay. Kate pulled herself up, torn between guilt and relief. I’ll be back.” Her laughter lingered as she disappeared down the hallway. I don’t just set up dates for you-I break them when necessary. “It’s so nice to have such an encouraging friend.” Kate groaned and flopped back on the stairs. You’d look like you ran through a cloud of chalk dust next to him.” If we all put our heads together, we can come up with something.” Then, over dinner, you and Marcus and I will come up with a way to get you some money. I’m going to go back to the kitchen and let your date off gently. And I haven’t sold a script in over a year.” “I spent almost all my savings buying my house. “You can’t let money be what holds you back.” She’d have to give up her job at the Willis Tower, too. And a mortgage and car payment and health insurance that wouldn’t stop just because she’d left the country. They’d cover my lodging, but that’s it.” No income for three months. Techniques: Intertextuality, symbolism, metaphor.There you have it: the ninth prison is the play itself.” Prospero is a prisoner inside the play he himself has created. #9: “You don’t say ‘set me free’ unless you’re not free. What’s the quote? Nature versus nurture, something like that.” #8: “Prisons are for incarceration and punishment, not for spurious attempts to educate those who cannot, by their very natures, be educated. Techniques: Rhetorical question, anaphora.#7: “What kind of prisons are they? Who’s been put in each of them? And who’s the jailer - who’s put them in, who’s keeping them there?”
Will victory be enough to topple the Silver kingdoms? Or will the little lightning girl be forever silenced? War is coming, and all Mare has fought for hangs in the balance. But Maven is driven by an obsession so deep, he will stop at nothing to have Mare as his own again, even if it means demolishing everything – and everyone – in his path. Cal’s powerful Silver allies, alongside Mare and the Scarlet Guard, prove a formidable force. starting with the crown on Maven’s head.īut no battle is won alone, and before the Reds may rise as one, Mare must side with the boy who broke her heart in order to defeat the boy who almost broke her. Now determined to protect her heart-and secure freedom for Reds and newbloods like her-Mare resolves to overthrow the kingdom of Norta once and for all. Mare Barrow learned this all too well when Cal’s betrayal nearly destroyed her. Since it’s all about books that I want to re-read, I’m going to rule out books that I’ve already revisited with my own kids… making my brain work a bit harder to remember my childhood favorites!īooks I loved as a kid/tween/teen - and which I should surely revisit one of these days:ġ) Tall and Proud by Vian Smith: A girl, a horse, polio, bad guys, a dramatic rescue… is this book really as amazing as I remember it? Or did it just perfectly suit 11-year-old me at the time?Ģ) Light a Single Candle by Beverly Butler: Anyone else remember this book about a 14-year-old girl losing her eyesight, learning Braille, and getting a seeing eye dog? In my tween mind, this was the best thing ever.ģ) Merry Rose and Christmas-Tree June by Doris Orgel: It took me years as an adult to track down a copy of this childhood favorite about a girl separated from her beloved dolls. Putting together this list is a little bit harder than I’d first thought. This week’s topic is Top 10 Books From My Childhood (or Teen Years) That I Would Love To Revisit. Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This is a book about belonging and not belonging, place and displacement – questions of identity that Lahiri has explored throughout her fiction, whether set in New England, Calcutta or now (we guess) Rome. The novel asks: “How does a city become a relationship in and of itself for the female protagonist?” she says now. The chapters relate different relationships or connections: a visit to her mother a daily chat with a barista a fleeting encounter. In the second chapter, “On the Street”, the narrator bumps into a man, the husband of a friend, whom she “might have been involved with, maybe shared a life with”: they go into a lingerie shop because she needs to buy a pair of tights, leading the reader to think we have begun a particular kind of story. The story follows an unnamed woman around an unnamed city over the course of a year, each chapter an espresso shot of regret and loneliness. Now she has translated it into English under the title Whereabouts. Published in Italy in 2018 as Dove mi trovo – “Where I find myself” or “Where am I?” – it is her first novel written in Italian. She renounced all reading in English and began to write only Italian. Jhumpa Lahiri’s third novel is the triumphant culmination of her 20-year love affair with Italian, an obsession that led her to move to Rome with her family almost 10 years ago. In between we meet familiar characters from our culture at large like Teddy Roosevelt, Billy Graham, Ronald Reagan, John Wayne (obviously), and Barack Obama. An Overviewĭu Mez offers a sweeping and fast-paced narrative starting from the end of the Victorian era in American and ending with the COVID era. However, if you were, like me, raised in the conservative evangelical movement and have had to personally reckon with your experiences, then this books sheds a lot of light and connects a lot of dots. Do not come to this book expecting a way forward to be presented. As an historian she is primarily presenting facts, not theology. Kristen Kobes Du Mez is a professor of history at Calvin University and as such the book she has written does not offer solutions on the problems she brings to light. As someone who grew up both in the Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) movement and the homeschool movement, this book told the story of my life. Since Aza is friend with Davis (his son), Aza’s best friend wants to take advantage of that relationship and find out what happened to David’s Dad so they can win the money. The police asked for a reward of 100,000$ to find the fugitive. It also happens that one of her friends, Davis Pickett, has a dad who is a multibillionaire business shady man just disappeared. But as we read the book, we learn that Aza suffers from an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. John Green wants to incorporate a detective story in there with the main character Aza as the lead “detective” and her best friend as her sidekick. I like to start with the bad things first, so what didn’t work : THE WHOLE PLOT. I’m going to jump right in and tell you what worked and what didn’t work for me. It’s no one’s fault ( I love y’all recommendations), this is purely my VERY personal opinion. With all the HYPE surrounding it, I was very excited. I know this book is very popular in my blogosphere and a lot of readers recommended this book. Another John Green novel and another disappointment for me. When more family history comes to light and Marisol finds herself attracted to a man with secrets of his own, she’ll need the lessons of her grandmother’s past to help her understand the true meaning of courage.Ītmospheric, absorbing, and incredibly heartfelt! Elisa’s last wish was for Marisol to scatter her ashes in the country of her birth.Īrriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cuba’s tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother Elisa, who was forced to flee with her family during the revolution. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba’s high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country’s growing political unrest–until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary… After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity–and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution… As the struggle over the control of jade grows ever larger and more deadly, the Kaul family, and the ancient ways of the Kekonese Green Bones, will never be the same. Everyone wants access to the supernatural abilities it provides. Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is now coveted throughout the world. Jade, Kekon's most prized resource, could make them rich - or give them the edge they'd need to topple their rivals. Powerful foreign governments and mercenary criminal kingpins alike turn their eyes on the island nation. On the island of Kekon, the Kaul family is locked in a violent feud for control of the capital city and the supply of magical jade that endows trained Green Bone warriors with supernatural powers they alone have possessed for hundreds of years. Ancient tradition has little place in this rapidly changing nation. They care about nothing but protecting their own, cornering the jade market, and defending the districts under their protection. Now, the war is over and a new generation of Kauls vies for control of Kekon's bustling capital city. It has been mined, traded, stolen, and killed for - and for centuries, honourable Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family have used it to enhance their magical abilities and defend the island from foreign invasion. Jade is the lifeblood of the island of Kekon. |