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Is Christianity responsible for the Ecological Crisis? £0.80
Author(s): Bouma-Prediger Catalogue number: D.1.386
Why Care for Creation? From Prudence to Piety £1.50
Author(s): Bouma-Prediger Catalogue number: D.Ecology.487
Why should people, and Christians in particular, care for creation?

What reasons, what arguments ,are there for taking our ecological responsibilities more seriously? Boumer-Prediger presents & evaluates 10 arguments for caring for creation.

Art and Soul: Signposts for Christian Artists £12.99
Author(s): Brand & Chaplin Catalogue number: J.1.491
More Christians than ever before are studying & working in the arts. They face the challenge of working in a way that is both thoroughly Christian & thoroughly contemporary. This practical guide explores the relationship between Christianity and the arts in a postmodern world. It encourages artists & those interested in the arts to develop a Christian worldview from which they can approach art. Some of the best teaching on the subject over the last 50 years is digested and re-applied supported by a wealth of quotes from artists, critics and contemporary thinkers and a wide range of illustrations, both historical & contemporary.

Adrienne Chaplin now teaches aethetics at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto.,following Seerveld ,who has now retired. Hilary Band is a freelance photographer and chair of the Arts Centre Group in London.

A Survey of the Problems of Order and Control in Social Thought, relating to Sociology. £1.00
Author(s): Breems Catalogue number: F.1.214
(Includes Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Schutz, Talcott, Parsons and Foucault).
He made the Stars also:what the Bible says about the Stars £6.99
Author(s): Burgess, Stuart Catalogue number: D.3.567
What is the origin of the stars and their purpose? Is there life on other planets? This book addresses such questionss. Other topics:

creation vs. Big Bang theory; new explanation of starlight and time;

how the earth is uniquely designed for life; how stars and galaxies are designed for life; how the stars reveal God; current searches for extraterrestial life; Biblical teaching on extraterrestial life; critique of science fiction.

Dr. Stuart Burgess is a Reader in Engineering Design at Bristol University. He has over twenty years experience of engineering design in industry and as an academic.

Hallmarks of Design: Evidence of design in the natural world £6.99
Author(s): Burgess, Stuart

£6.99

 Catalogue number: D.4.568
The question of origins is very important because it greatly affects answers to other ultimate questions such as the purpose pf life and what happens after death. Faith in chance evolution logically leads to the belief that there is no God and no life after death. On the other hand, faith in instantaneous creation leads to the belief that there is a God who is in control of the world and our eternal destiny. Considering the implications of origins, it is very important to be aware of the evidence for a Creator rather than just blindly accepting the theory of evolution. This book describes 6 hallmarks of design that can only be produced by an intelligent designer: 1.Irreducible mechanisms 2. Complete optimum design 3. Added beauty 4. Extreme similarity 5. Extreme diversity 6. Man-centered features.
Tradition, Innovation, Wholeness and the Future of the Art of Paul Klee (Illustrated) £7.50
Author(s): Bush Catalogue number: J.1.281
God and Cosmos:a Christian veiw of Time,Space and the Universe £6.50
Author(s): Byl,John Catalogue number: D.2.562
In recent times much has been written about the relationship between science and religion. A rather small fraction of this has dealt specifically with interactions between cosmology and theology. Most books discussing this topic assume the validity of modern cosmology and, as a result propose various modifications to orthodox Christianity. The very few more theologically conservative, creationist works generally have a very narrow focus, being primarily concerned either with disproving big-bang cosmology or with promoting their own particular alternative cosmology.

The purpose of this book is to probe beneath the usual questions of origins, digging deeper into various underlying philosophecal issues and examining also a number of closely related matters. The emphasis will be on the theological presuppositions and implications of modern cosmology on the one hand, and on the other,the significance of the Bible for cosmology.

John Byl is Professor of Mathematics and Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada. He has a Ph.D.in Astronomy.

Law and Worldview: problems in the science-creation controversy. £1.00
Author(s): Caudill Catalogue number: D.2.151
A valuable analysis of the problems confronting legislators concerning educational policies on evolution and creation, especially in view of current academic controversies about the nature of science.
Vikings:Fear and Faith

 £16.99
Author(s): Cavill, Paul Catalogue number: A.1.557
Savage and disruptive, the first Viking raiders in Anglo-Saxon England were as unexpected as they were devastating. With the looting of monastaries and cathedrals, Anglo-Saxon society lost not only riches, but also much of its fragile culture. The divided nations were taken unaware by this new theat and a complacent Church was at a loss to deal with the situation.

Yet three hundred years later, the Anglo-Saxons were thriving. Under pressure from the invaders, they united under King Alfred and became stronger, converting many of the viking marauders to their ways. New books replaced the old and learning flourished. Even when fully conquered, they found themselvses protected as part of a Christian empire. King Cnut set about restoring the land savaged by himself and his Viking forefathers, building churches and supporting the life and laws his people had disrupted. How did the English achieve the taming of their barbarian overlords?

Paul Cavill tells the enthralling story of how King Alfred and his successors integrated the newcomers into a settled way of life.

Anglo-Saxon Christianity

 £7.99
Author(s): Cavill,Paul Catalogue number: A.1.555
Complete with newly translated texts from the dawn of Anglo-Saxon Christianity. Celtic Christianity was not the only form of early Christianity in the British Isles. In fact, a larger number of original texts from the Anglo-Saxon remain today. This rich vein of simple but moving prose and poetry is explored in Anglo-Saxon Christianity. The key figures of Bede, Cuthbert and others are introduced alongside new translations of classic texts taken from Beowulf and Old English poetry..

For all who appreciate Celtic spirituality, here is a fresh and alternative source of nourishment and inspiration. For those looking for an authentic Christian faith, Anglo-Saxon Christianity reaches back into the very birth of the English people.

Dr. Paul Cavill is a former UCCF staff worker and now lectures in Old English at the University of Nottingham, England.

How much cultural and religious pluralism can liberalism tolerate? £0.50
Author(s): Chaplin Catalogue number: G.1.219
Subsidiarity and Sphere Sovereignty: Catholic and Reformed Conceptions of the Role of the State. £0.75
Author(s): Chaplin Catalogue number: G.1.220
Silencing the Silencers: Reclaiming a Public Voice for the Christian Faith.
Author(s): Chaplin J. Catalogue number: G.1.543
Reclaiming the public role of religious arguments in relation to matters of public policy through a critical analysis of the grounds for opposing this.
Dooyeweerd's Notion of Societal Structural Principles £1.50
Author(s): Chaplin J. Catalogue number: G.1.542
Christian Theories of Democracy £1.00
Author(s): Chaplin J. Catalogue number: G.1.545
Political Theory and Christian Vision £19.99
Author(s): Chaplin J. and Marshall P. (Ed) Catalogue number: G.1.356
Chapters 1)Normative Foundations: The Primacy of the Will and the Problem of Law in the Thought of George Grant (O'Donovan), The Development of Herman Dooyeweerd's Concept of Rights (Witte), Toward a Comprehensive Science of Politics (Skillen). Chapter 2)The Nature of the State:Subsidiarity as a Political Norm (Chaplin), Arendt on Polis, nation-State and Federation (Koyzis), David Mitrany's Functionalist World Order (Cooper). Chapter 3)The State in a Plural Society: Liberalism, Pluralism and Christianity (Marshall), Public Philosophy and Religious Pluralism (Griffioen), Trudeau and the French Canadians (Hiemstra), Two Critiques of Legal Ideology (Caudill). Chapter 4)Political Economy: Von Mises' Economic Reductionism (Clemenger), Reconceptualizing Economics: the Contributions of Karl Polanyi (Woods), 'Is Not This Kind of Fasting I Have Chosen?' Simone Weil's Life and Labour (Selles-Roney).
Politics and the Parties £7.95
Author(s): Chaplin (Ed) Catalogue number: G.1.248
Presentation and Response to three major questions 1)Is a Christian political standpoint possible? 2)Christianity and the major political parties 3)Views from the outside:independent assessment of the main parties. Edited by Jon Chaplin with contributions by Paul Marshall, Donald Shell, Pete Broadbent, Francis Bridger, Fred Cathewood, Brian Griffiths, Philip Giddings and Alan Storkey. A feast of argument and insight.
Beyond Liberal Restraint:Defending Religiously -based Arguments in Law & Public Policy £1.50
Author(s): Chaplin J. Catalogue number: G.1.544
British Democracy - A Critical Christian Perspective £1.00
Author(s): Chaplin J. Catalogue number: G.1.541
An illuminating & disturbing mirror in which to see ourselves beyond the usual obfuscating cliches.
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