Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction / Maurizio Gotti -- Constraint vs Creativity: Identity and Disciplinarity in Academic Writing / Ken Hyland -- Shared Disciplinary Norms and Individual Traits in the Writing of British Undergraduates / Paul Thompson -- A hard act to follow: conference debate and student argument / Keith Richards -- Manifesting identity in situated academic writing: institutional factors and individual orientations in writing by post-graduate students in an English as a lingua franca context / Laurie Anderson, Nicki Hargreaves, Nicky Owtram -- Collective and individual identities in business studies lectures / Belinda Crawford Camiciottoli -- Writing Economic History: The Narrator and the Arguer / Marina Bondi -- Shifting Identities, Textual Responses and Conflicting Demands in Knowledge Construction Processes / Carmen Pérez-Llantada -- How Stable is the Construction of an Author's Professional Identity? …”

“…"The year 2007 marked the bicentenary of the Act abolishing British participation in the slave trade. …”

“…The new edition of this important book brings the picture completely up to date and now includes discussion on: the controversy over fox hunting, the Gambling Act and 24-hour drinking laws; 11th September 2001, the Iraq war and after; the election of Ian Duncan Smith and Michael Howard as leaders of the Conservative party; immigration, asylum and identity; the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles; the 2005 election and Blair's standing as prime minister; and the importance of China on the British stage. …”
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“…Many previous defences of realism have attempted to model Christian belief on scientific theory but Moore argues that this comparison is misleading and inadequate on both theological and philosophical grounds. Using Speech Act theory and the work of non-realists and Wittgensteinians, he offers a new account of the meaningfulness of Christian language; and uses this to develop a regulative conception of realism according to which God's independent reality is shown principally in Christ and, on this basis, through Christian practices and the lives of Christians…”
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“…Contemporary physical theory brings directly into the overall causal structure certain psychologically described choices made by human agents about how they will act. This key development in basic physical theory is applicable to neuroscience. …”

“…The purpose of this book is to explore the changing meanings attributed to the act of reading. Although it has an historical perspective, the book`s focus is very much on the culture of reading that prevails in the 21st Century. …”

“…Britain is in the middle of the largest expansion of healthcare buildings since the inception of the National Health Service Act in 1947. From 1980 to 1997, 89 major hospital projects were completed, costing some £3.7 billion. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: quite close excuse meto Schleiermacher -- Barth on election -- Barth on Schleiermacher -- Barth and Schleiermacher -- Probing the tradition : Schleiermacher's revision of the doctrine in his essay on election -- Unconditional grace and predestination -- Election and general redemption through Christ -- One divine decree -- God, sin, and eternal damnation -- A universal predestination to salvation in Christ : the doctrine of election in the Christian faith -- Theology, the church, and Christianity -- The fundamental difference between God and the world -- Sin, grace, and redemption through Jesus -- Summary and critical evaluation -- From reprobation to election : Barth's revision of the doctrine of election in his commentary on Romans -- Predestination as an act of God -- Reprobation and election -- Jesus Christ and God's universal faithfulness -- To believe or not to believe : the doctrine of election in the Gottingen dogmatics -- The function of the doctrine -- God's revelation in hiddenness -- The teleology of God -- Summary : Barth's earlier doctrine of election -- Barth's christological revolution -- Lectures on the big theme of election in 1936 and 1937 -- The revision of the doctrine in church dogmatics II -- The changes in Barth's doctrine of election…”
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“…It aims to put fun back into teaching, provide a framework for creativity in the twenty first century and act as a book of hope for the new curriculum proposals…”

“…The capacity to exercise authority is therefore a social and cultural act, one that is shaped by social identities such as gender and by social practices that include emotions. …”

Conectar con la versión electrónica

“…All natural phenomena have God as their direct and immediate cause, with natural things and their states serving only as "occasions" for God to act. Rather than being merely an ad hoc, deus ex machina response to the mind-body problem bequeathed by Descartes to his followers, as it has often been portrayed in the past, occasionalism is in fact a full-blooded, complex and philosophically interesting account of causal relations. …”