Author: Chloe T. Sun
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830854894
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
In the biblical canon, two books lack any explicit reference to the name of God: Song of Songs and Esther. What is the nature of God as revealed in texts that don't use his name? Exploring the often overlooked theological connections between these two Old Testament books, Chloe T. Sun takes on the challenges of God's absence and explores how we think of God when he is perceived to be silent.
Conspicuous in His Absence
Author: Chloe T. Sun
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830854894
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
In the biblical canon, two books lack any explicit reference to the name of God: Song of Songs and Esther. What is the nature of God as revealed in texts that don't use his name? Exploring the often overlooked theological connections between these two Old Testament books, Chloe T. Sun takes on the challenges of God's absence and explores how we think of God when he is perceived to be silent.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830854894
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
In the biblical canon, two books lack any explicit reference to the name of God: Song of Songs and Esther. What is the nature of God as revealed in texts that don't use his name? Exploring the often overlooked theological connections between these two Old Testament books, Chloe T. Sun takes on the challenges of God's absence and explores how we think of God when he is perceived to be silent.
God Behind the Scenes
Author: Wayne K. Barkhuizen
Publisher: Lexham Press
ISBN: 1577997123
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Although the book of Esther contains no direct references to God, his fingerprints can be found all over it. In God Behind the Scenes, Wayne K. Barkhuizen helps us trace the unseen hand of God throughout the Esther narrative, while pointing out how the book is still relevant today. As we walk through the book, we’ll see how God was indeed active in preserving the people through whom the Messiah, Jesus Christ, would one day come.
Publisher: Lexham Press
ISBN: 1577997123
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Although the book of Esther contains no direct references to God, his fingerprints can be found all over it. In God Behind the Scenes, Wayne K. Barkhuizen helps us trace the unseen hand of God throughout the Esther narrative, while pointing out how the book is still relevant today. As we walk through the book, we’ll see how God was indeed active in preserving the people through whom the Messiah, Jesus Christ, would one day come.
The Quarterly Review
Author: William Gifford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
The Price of Prestige
Author: Lilach Gilady
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022643334X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
If wars are costly and risky to both sides, why do they occur? Why engage in an arms race when it’s clear that increasing one’s own defense expenditures will only trigger a similar reaction by the other side, leaving both countries just as insecure—and considerably poorer? Just as people buy expensive things precisely because they are more expensive, because they offer the possibility of improved social status or prestige, so too do countries, argues Lilach Gilady. In The Price of Prestige, Gilady shows how many seemingly wasteful government expenditures that appear to contradict the laws of demand actually follow the pattern for what are known as Veblen goods, or positional goods for which demand increases alongside price, even when cheaper substitutes are readily available. From flashy space programs to costly weapons systems a country does not need and cannot maintain to foreign aid programs that offer little benefit to recipients, these conspicuous and strategically timed expenditures are intended to instill awe in the observer through their wasteful might. And underestimating the important social role of excess has serious policy implications. Increasing the cost of war, for example, may not always be an effective tool for preventing it, Gilady argues, nor does decreasing the cost of weapons and other technologies of war necessarily increase the potential for conflict, as shown by the case of a cheap fighter plane whose price tag drove consumers away. In today’s changing world, where there are high levels of uncertainty about the distribution of power, Gilady also offers a valuable way to predict which countries are most likely to be concerned about their position and therefore adopt costly, excessive policies.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022643334X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
If wars are costly and risky to both sides, why do they occur? Why engage in an arms race when it’s clear that increasing one’s own defense expenditures will only trigger a similar reaction by the other side, leaving both countries just as insecure—and considerably poorer? Just as people buy expensive things precisely because they are more expensive, because they offer the possibility of improved social status or prestige, so too do countries, argues Lilach Gilady. In The Price of Prestige, Gilady shows how many seemingly wasteful government expenditures that appear to contradict the laws of demand actually follow the pattern for what are known as Veblen goods, or positional goods for which demand increases alongside price, even when cheaper substitutes are readily available. From flashy space programs to costly weapons systems a country does not need and cannot maintain to foreign aid programs that offer little benefit to recipients, these conspicuous and strategically timed expenditures are intended to instill awe in the observer through their wasteful might. And underestimating the important social role of excess has serious policy implications. Increasing the cost of war, for example, may not always be an effective tool for preventing it, Gilady argues, nor does decreasing the cost of weapons and other technologies of war necessarily increase the potential for conflict, as shown by the case of a cheap fighter plane whose price tag drove consumers away. In today’s changing world, where there are high levels of uncertainty about the distribution of power, Gilady also offers a valuable way to predict which countries are most likely to be concerned about their position and therefore adopt costly, excessive policies.
The Popular Science Review
Author: James Samuelson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men
Author: Samuel Arthur Bent
Publisher:
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Category : Anecdotes
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anecdotes
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
The Practical Photographer
Author: Frederick Charles Lambert
Publisher:
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Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Industry
Author:
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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, Art, and Finance
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary and political reviews
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary and political reviews
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
The Life and Letters of Edward A. Freeman, D.C.L., LL. D.
Author: William Richard Wood Stephens
Publisher:
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Category : Historians
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historians
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description