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How did the Bible survive the Enlightenment? In this book, Jonathan Sheehan shows how Protestant translators and scholars in the eighteenth century transformed the Bible from a book justified by theology to one justified by culture. In doing so, the Bible was made into the cornerstone of Western heritage and invested with meaning, authority, and significance even for a secular age.

The Enlightenment Bible offers a new history of the Bible in the century of its greatest crisis and, in turn, a new vision of this century and its effects on religion. Although the...

Pairing simple truths with charming, whimsical illustrations, Be Happy gently encourages readers to rediscover life's simple pleasures that add up to a happy life -- to show up, stay inspired, live in the moment, dance, unplug...and just get a good night's sleep. This deluxe package makes for an irresistible keepsake sure to please for years to come, and a meaningful gift for grads, new parents, newlyweds, or anyone...

What kind of maniacal deviant preys on young teenage girls and viciously terrorizes a small town in upstate New York? Roman Wolfe, a.k.a. Wolfman, is a Vietnam combat veteran who had specialized in the stealthy, nighttime-stalking and killing of the enemy. After the war Roman gets a college education and becomes an elementary school teacher who is still haunted by his violent war experiences on the "killing fields" and in the jungles of Vietnam. Roman feels the need to end his teaching career when his school's community is informed about his specialized actions in Vietnam and many parents...

This book is a survey of the principal aspects of the economics of education, such as the demand for education as consumption and as an investment, good education and economic growth, education and manpower needs, and the finance of education. In some cases in recent years, economic theory has been applied to educational problems in order to gain an insight into the workings of the educational system. The result has been a certain amount of confusion and distrust among teachers and educationists: confusion because some theoretical aspects are not easily understood and distrust of the...