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God And Nature: Historical Essays On The Encounter Between Christianity And Science (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma Dec 1990

God And Nature: Historical Essays On The Encounter Between Christianity And Science (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Title: God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter Between Christianity and Science, edited by David C. Lindberg and Ronald L. Numbers (Berkeley: University of California Press) 1986. xi + 516 pp.


Cornerstones, Cannons, And Covenants: The Puritan Clergy As Cultural Guardians, Helen Petter Westra Sep 1990

Cornerstones, Cannons, And Covenants: The Puritan Clergy As Cultural Guardians, Helen Petter Westra

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Love: The Foundation Of Hope: The Theology Of Jurgen Moltmann And Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel (Book Review), John B. Hulst Sep 1990

Love: The Foundation Of Hope: The Theology Of Jurgen Moltmann And Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel (Book Review), John B. Hulst

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Reviewed Title: Love: The Foundation of Hope: The Theology of Jurgen Moltmann and Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel. (San Francisco: Harper and Row) 1988. 160 pp.


Philosophical Assumptions In North American Presbyterian Theology, John C. Vander Stelt Jun 1990

Philosophical Assumptions In North American Presbyterian Theology, John C. Vander Stelt

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The Humanistic Aspects Of Mathematics And Their Importance, Philip J. Davis May 1990

The Humanistic Aspects Of Mathematics And Their Importance, Philip J. Davis

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Providing Access To Power: The Role Of Higher Education In Empowering Women Students, Margaret A. Mckenna Mar 1990

Providing Access To Power: The Role Of Higher Education In Empowering Women Students, Margaret A. Mckenna

New England Journal of Public Policy

Access to education opens the doors to future economic power — but are opportunities for women limited by the very way that institutions of higher education think about women students? Women comprise the majority of college students today, but the institutions they attend may not be serving their educational needs. This article explains that women's needs are different from those of men and illustrates how educators can respond to that difference, offering a "feminist environment" in which female students can meet their own educational goals.


Why Not A Fifty-Fifty Goal? Increasing Female Leadership In Higher Education, Sherry H. Penney, Nancy Kelly Mar 1990

Why Not A Fifty-Fifty Goal? Increasing Female Leadership In Higher Education, Sherry H. Penney, Nancy Kelly

New England Journal of Public Policy

One of the key factors determining the economic status and success of women is their level of education. Women have been turning to education in ever increasing numbers, and they now comprise the majority of students in our institutions of higher education. Yet women hold only 10 percent of the most senior positions — college and university presidencies. Clearly if institutions are to be responsive to the needs of all students, that percentage must change. Those who make up the ranks of this elite achieved their professional standing by overcoming inequities that linger in the academy even as we enter …


Concise Encyclopedia Of Islam (Book Review), Anne C. Kwantes Mar 1990

Concise Encyclopedia Of Islam (Book Review), Anne C. Kwantes

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Reviewed Title: The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam. Cyril Glasse. (San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., March 1989). Introduction by Huston Smith. 472 pp.


Literacy In Perspective., Ken Willis Jan 1990

Literacy In Perspective., Ken Willis

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

One aim of this Joint National Conference of the Australian Reading Association and the Australian Association of Teachers of English is to develop a National Literacy Policy. An essential pre-requisite to developing a policy on literacy is a definition of the term ''literacy''. This paper argues that if this definition is stated in general terms it will be of questionable value, as it will be open to multiple interpretations dependent on the context.