Presents an interdisciplinary approach to the question of how observer-participant perspectives are generated, what constrains them & how they may be modified. The book focuses on the cognitive sciences, as constraints to observer perspectives arise primarily from this field. ...

Retired homicide detective Eddie Burns (Ving Rhames) finds himself back on the job when he discovers that his sister has gone missing. On the trail of a sadistic monster (Gary Oldman), Burns soon realises that he has a lot in common with this monster as he is pulled into the underworld of pornography & drugs. ...

Drama starring Raquel Welch & Richard Johnson. Orestes (Richard Johnson) returns to the Greek island where he grew up for his father's funeral, having spent several years in London. Everything remains as he left it: the ancient traditions & superstitious religious practices that drove him away
- & the seductive beauty of his first love, Elena (Welch), who is now married to one of his childhood friends. However, the desire between the two has not dimmed & they embark on a pssionate affair, angering the villagers & ultimately leading to their ostracism from their own community.
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Christianity concerns itself with salvation. But salvation implies something from which one must be saved, as reconciliation implies an estrangement & redemption a loss. The classical theological symbol naming the problem to which salvation is the solution is sin. This work introduces the doctrine & understanding of sin in modern theology. ...

Ancient Christians invoked sin to account for an astonishing range of things, from the death of God's son to the politics of the Roman Empire that worshipped him. This book tells the story of early Christian concepts of sin, exploring the ways that sin came to shape ideas about God no less than about humanity. ...