On August 8, 1588, the waters of the English Channel churned with the gyrations of hundreds of warships. The great Spanish Armada had arrived to carry out an invasion of Elizabethan England and was met head-on by the English fleet under the command of Sir Francis Drake. The Spanish ships were large and heavy; they were packed with soldiers and carried formidable cannons that fired 50 lb round …
Buku ini terpilih sebagai salah satu dari tiga buku terbaik di bidang ilmu-ilmu sosial dalam International Convention of Asian Scholars, Kuala Lumpur, 2007.
"Allah tidak mendatangkan kesulitan hidup, tetapi Dia menggunakannya untuk menguatkan kita dalam menaklukkan perkara yang lebih besar. Dia tidak pernah menuntun kita ke dalam badai tanpa Dia mengaruniakan kepada kita kekuatan untuk mengatasinya." Anda sudah memiliki apa yang diperlukan untuk menyelesaikan pertandingan dengan baik! Orang Kristen tidak pernah ditetapkan untuk "hidup seadanya". …
Coaching is mainly an art and, like the artist, the coach must have two attributes. The first is creative flair, that marriage of aptitude and passion which enables him to draw an athlete’s dream towards realisation. The athlete, moved to express himself within a social mosaic, chooses to do so in pursuit of competitive excellence in sport. The coach creates order and direction for that expre…
The Encyclopedia of Volcanoes is a complete reference guide, providing a comprehensive view of volcanism on the Earth and on the other planets of the Solar System that have exhibited volcanic activity. It is the first attempt to gather in one place such a vast store of knowledge on volcanic phenomena. The volume addresses all aspects of volcanism, ranging from the generation of magma, its trans…
As my writing has unfolded over the years it was not until recently that I was able to see the connections between my seemingly varied interests. In retrospect I have always been writing about religion and science, or at least religion and knowledge, but in recent years I became involved with the “religion and science debate.” This is an interdisciplinary group of scholars who examin…
Sejarah umat manusia adalah catatan besar tentang aneka paradoks. Bagaimana kita bisa sangat welas asih dan sekaligus sangat kejam. Kita begitu pantang menyerah dan sekaligus cepat putus asa. Sedemikian digdaya kita menjelajah ruang angkasa, tapi tak kuasa menyelamatkan sesama dari kelaparan dan peperangan. Dan kenyataan itu dipertajam dan diperluas oleh teknologi digital ketika semua hal parad…
This open access book presents a systematic investigation into internationally comparable data gathered in ICILS 2013. It identifies differences in female and male students’ use of, perceptions about, and proficiency in using computer technologies. Teachers’ use of computers, and their perceptions regarding the benefits of computer use in education, are also analyzed by gender. When compute…
Within a few decades the Society of Jesus will observe the five hundredth anniversary of its founding in 1540. During the course of almost five centuries, it has had a rich, complex, and often tumultuous history. Much admired and much reviled, it has from the beginning eluded facile categorization. On the most basic level, the Society is simply a Roman Catholic religious order, whose members …