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Earth's political powers are ensnared in a spiralling descent towards destruction. It is an unavoidable Catch 22 dilemma. The world is environmentally exhausted, and time has run out for mankind. Humanity's only hope is to establish a viable colony on the moon. It must encompass an environment of miniature ecosystems, which are totally removed from the devastation that has become Earth's inescapable future. The success of the Lunar Colony angers many power brokers on earth. Resentment, jealousy, and fear become the key motivators that ultimately threaten the survival of the colony. Simon and...

The Book of Ruth is a classic story of disobedience, consequence and restoration. It is revered by both the Jewish and Christian faiths as a part of the canon of Scripture. The Book of Ruth took place sometime during the period of the judges. It is one of the shortest books in the Bible, but it is full of historical, biblical and prophetic truths. This book was written to (1) Interpret and analyze the story of Ruth as written by a holy scribe verse by verse (Authorized King James Version) and (2) Attempt to fully explain and present the prophetic structure of the book. Don T. Phillips is a...

C. Stephen Evans provides a clear, readable introduction to Soren Kierkegaard (1813 55) as a philosopher and thinker. His book is organised around Kierkegaard's concept of the three 'stages' or 'spheres' of human existence, which provide both a developmental account of the human self and an understanding of three rival views of human life and its meaning. Evans also discusses such important Kierkegaardian concepts as 'indirect communication', 'truth as subjectivity', and the Incarnation understood as 'the Absolute Paradox'. Although his discussion emphasises the importance of Christianity for...

This handbook brings together a distinguished team of scholars from philosophy, theology, and religious studies to provide the first in-depth discussion of Vedanta and the many different systems of thought that make up this tradition of Indian philosophy. Emphasizing the historical development of Vedantic thought, it includes chapters on numerous classical Vedantic philosophies as well as the modern Vedantic views of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Aurobindo, and Romain Rolland. The volume offers careful hermeneutic analyses of how Vedantic texts have been interpreted, and it addresses key issues...