History of technology . Volume twenty-nine, 2009 / / edited by Ian Inkster

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781677503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [London] : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2009
• ISBN: 1-350-01911-9; 1-350-01912-7; 1-283-24587-6; 9786613245878; 1-4411-7708-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Collana: History of technology
• Disciplina: 609
• Soggetti: Technology - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 'Introduction to volume 29' / Ian Inkster. Special Issue: Kent Deng and Jerry Liu ed., Chinese Technological History: The Great Divergence -- 'Editorial Introduction' / Deng and Liu -- 'The Needham Question Updated: a Historiographical Survey and Elaboration' / Patrick K. O'Brien -- 'Cultural Logics for the Regime of Useful Knowledge during the Ming and early Qing China c. 1400-1700' / Jerry C.Y. Liu -- 'China and Science on the Eve of the 'Great Divergence' 1600-1800: A review of recent revisionist scholarship in Western languages' / Harriet T. Zurndorfer -- 'Movers and Shakers of Knowledge in China during the Ming-Qing Period' / Kent Deng.; Special Issue : Lissa Roberts and Ian Inkster ed., Mindful Hand. 'Introduction' / Lissa Roberts -- 'From darkness into light: The transformation of rock crystal into an object of adornment and revelation' / Alette Fleischer -- 'The Mindful Hands of Peasants: Construction of an Eight-Lock Staircase at Fonseranes, 1678-1679' / Chandra Mukerji -- 'Enlightenment in Russian Hands: Instruments, Inventions, and Ivan Petrovich Kulibin in Eighteenth-Century St. Petersburg' / Simon Werrett -- 'The mindful hand goes to Japan. Dutch-Japanese trade in the second half of the eighteenth century' / ; Lissa Roberts -- 'Conclusions' / Ian Inkster.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The common question from the western point of view is of the sort; why did China lose its early leadership of productive technologies to Europe during the early modern period? Answers to this seemingly clear enquiry vary from general cultural inwardness to the interferences of imperial governance. This collection surveys such theories but alters the issue by raising the notion that Chinese technologies did not so much fail as move along a path different from that of Europe. Our second collection on the Mindful Hand, also shifts common ground by querying and modifying common views of the links between knowledge and technique in early-modern European development. Scientific or related knowledge was not brought to technique as a socio-cultural gift from an educated elite to the working man. Rather, educated gents, practitioners, instrument makers, craftsfolk and technicians of all kinds intermingled both socially and in terms of the recognition of technical problems as well as in the assemblage of the mental, commercial and cognitive resources required to pursue innovative production projects."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

The believing scientist : essays on science and religion / / Stephen M. Barr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910164924603321
• Autore: Barr Stephen M. <1953->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Grand Rapids, Michigan : , : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-4674-4596-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 226 pages)
• Collana: Gale eBooks
• Disciplina: 201/.65
• Soggetti: Religion and science
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Science versus religion? -- Evolution -- Mind and soul -- The Big Bang and creation -- Reductionism -- Science as a substitute for religion -- Finding God through science -- Mischievous myths about scientific ; revolutionaries.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book addresses a wide range of questions about the relationship between science and religion, providing a beautiful picture of how they can coexist in harmony. The author challenges the widely held idea that there is an inherent conflict between science and religion and analyzes pressing questions that often vex religious believers who wish to engage with the world of science.

Church mergers : a guidebook for missional change / / Thomas G. Bandy and Page M. Brooks

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910817677403321
• Autore: Bandy Thomas G. <1950->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-56699-796-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 280/.042
• Soggetti: Christian union
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "An Alban Institute Book" -- title page.; Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Ch01. Why Merge?; Ch02. Unexpected Visions; Ch03. Get Moving!; Ch04. Steps on the Journey; Ch05. The True Cost of Discipleship; Ch06. Trust; Ch07. Vision Team; Ch08. Facing Reality; Ch09. Breaking Control; Ch10. Hope; Ch11. Compatibility; Ch12. Setting Priorities; Ch13. Stress Management; Ch14. The New Board; Ch15. The New Identity; Ch16. Asset Management; Ch17. Building a Core Team; Ch18. Strategic Planning; Ch19. A New Beginning; Ch20. Basics for a Successful Merger; Ch21. Critical Momentum; Ch22. Critical Mass; Ch23. How to Get Traction; Ch24. How to Steer in the Right Direction; Ch25. Why Some Mergers Succeed . . . but Others FailNotes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Church Mergers offers churches of all sizes and denominations ; practical advice on how to merge successfully. The authors draw on decades of experience to illustrate why successful mergers are always missional mergers and how these mergers happen. The book features the stories of four churches and outlines the steps of the missional merger process.