1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465136803321

Autore

Fergusson David

Titolo

Faith and its critics [[electronic resource] ] : a conversation / / David Fergusson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-958568-7

0-19-157138-5

1-282-34648-2

9786612346484

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

261.2/1

Soggetti

Christianity and atheism

Faith

Apologetics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Comprises the Gifford lectures delivered in Apr. 2008 at the University of Glasgow.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Atheism in historical perspective -- The credibility of religious belief : claims and counter-claims -- Darwinism : how much does it explain? -- Morality, art, and religion : invention or discovery? -- Is religion bad for our health? : saints, martyrs, and terrorists -- Sacred texts : how should we read them?

Sommario/riassunto

Heralded as the exponents of a 'new atheism', critics of religion are highly visible in today's media, and include the household names of Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and Sam Harris. David Fergusson explains their work in its historical perspective, drawing comparisons with earlier forms of atheism. Responding to the critics through conversations on the credibility of religious belief, Darwinism, morality, fundamentalism, and our approach to reading sacred texts, he establishes a compelling case for the practical and theoretical validity of faith in the contemporary world. An invitation to



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458221903321

Titolo

Geographies of sexualities : theory, practices and politics / / edited by Kath Browne, Jason Lim, Gavin Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Burlington, VT : , : Ashgate, , 2009

ISBN

1-351-93415-5

1-315-25447-6

1-351-93416-3

1-281-10361-6

9786611103613

0-7546-8478-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownGavin

BrowneKath

LimJason (Jason Kian Yiap)

Disciplina

306.76/601

Soggetti

Homosexuality - Philosophy

Homosexuality

Homosexuality - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by Ashgate.

First published in paperback 2009. Hardback edition reprinted 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction, or why have a book on geographies of sexualities? / Gavin Brown, Jason Lim and Kath Browne -- Theories -- From lesbian and gay to queer geographies : pasts, prospects and possibilities / Larry Knopp -- Sexuality, the erotic and geography : epistemology, methodology and pedagogy / Jon Binnie -- Health/sexuality/geography / Vincent J. Del Casino Jr -- Queer critique and the politics of affect / Jason Lim -- Developmental desire and/or transnational jouissance : re-formulating sexual subjectivities in transcultural contact zones / Hanna Hacker -- Fucking geography, again / David Bell --   Practices -- Playing with restraints : space, citizenship and BDSM / RDK Herman -- Queer mixed race? : interrogating homonormativity through thai interraciality /



Jinthana Haritaworn -- Drag queens and drab dykes : deploying and deploring femininities / Kath Browne -- The queer unwanted and their undesirable "otherness" / Mark Casey -- Straights in a gay bar : negotiating boundaries through time-spaces / Tatiana Matejskova -- Between transgression and complicity (or: can the straight guy have a queer eye?) / Phil Hubbard -- Politics -- Pussies declawed : unpacking the politics of a queer womens bathhouse raid / Catherine Nash and Alison Bain -- Religion, identity and activism : queer Muslim diasporic identities / Farhang Rouhani -- HIV+ bodyspace : aids and the queer politics of future negation in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Matthew Sothern -- Autonomy, affinity and play in the spaces of radical queer activism / Gavin Brown -- Counting on queer geography / Michael Brown -- Conclusions and future directions, or our hopes for geographies of sexualities (and queer geographies) / Kath Browne, Gavin Brown and Jason Lim.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910711239303321

Autore

LaFleur Philip D

Titolo

Activation analysis section : summary of activities, July 1969 to June 1970 / / Philip D. LaFleur, Donald A. Becker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gaithersburg, MD : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, , 1970

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

NBS technical note ; ; 548

Altri autori (Persone)

BeckerDonald A

LaFleurPhilip D

Soggetti

Nuclear activation analysis

Nuclear reactions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

1970.

Contributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.

Title from PDF title page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.