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As Americans grow increasingly weary with the emptiness and aridity of materialistic culture, they have shown a growing interest in books on spirituality. Best-Selling Spirituality examines the new style of American religious belief through the stories of three best-selling books: The Celestine Prophecy, Embraced by the Light, and Conversations with God. This two-hour program includes interviews with people who have been guided by such books, as well as with various critics. Among the guests featured are Betty Eadie, Robert Wuthnow, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Gene Edward Veith, Peter Jones, and many others. On two cassettes or in downloadable MP3 format (burnable to 2 standard CDs). ** Note: MP3 downloads may be burned to a conventional CD, and come with burning instructions as well as templates for printing labels and jewel case tray labels.
Though largely ignored, the work of research chemist-turned-philosopher Michael Polanyi (1891-1976) offers rich insight into the methods of science, the role of belief in all human knowing, and the important connections between knowledge and responsibility. Tacit Knowing, Truthful Knowing explores Michael Polanyi's criticisms of both objectivism and subjectivism, and his attempts to develop a more truthful understanding of how we know the world. His ideas are based on the belief that all knowledge is either tacit (silent and unspoken) or rooted in tacit knowledge. This two and one-half hour program features interviews with leading interpreters of Polanyi's thought, including Marjorie Grene, Richard Gelwick, Thomas Torrance, and Martin Moleski. Interviews with Nobel Prize-winning chemist Dudley Herschbach, educator Steven Garber, and master violin makers Peter and Wendy Moes, along with readings from Michael Polanyi's books and correspondence, further illuminate his ideas. On two cassettes, MP3 CD, or MP3 download. HRA-2-T Cassette $15.00 [Add to cart] * Note: MP3-CDs will not play on all home or car CD players; please make sure your player is compatible with MP3 before purchasing this item. ** Note: MP3 downloads may be burned to a conventional CD, and come with burning instructions as well as templates for printing labels and jewel case tray labels. Read a review of Tacit Knowing, Truthful Knowing
When casinos first arrived in dirt-poor Tunica, Mississippi in the early 1990s, no one imagined that the county would quickly become one of the largest and most lucrative gambling markets in the United States. Uncharted Waters explores the benefits as well as the social, economic and moral costs of Tunica's remarkable transformation, offering a revealing glimpse into the world of casino gambling and the changing fabric of life in the Mississippi River Delta. In considering Tunica's experience with legalized gambling, the report raises questions relevant for communities across the country. This two-hour program (on two audio cassettes) includes a special reading of "The Numbers Game," a critical look at state lotteries previously published in The New Republic. On two cassettes.
Much public attention is given to the decline of marriage and the family in America, but few have thought to relate this decline to the changing ways in which Americans understand and practice courtship. The cultural wisdom and conventions that once guided young men and women in their efforts to find and win suitable partners for marriage are vanishing. Modesty and sexual restraint are ridiculed, while previously stigmatized behaviors such as casual sexual "hook-ups" and premarital cohabitation have become commonplace.
Wandering Toward the Altar explores the broader cultural changes behind the end of traditional American courtship, including the rise of youth culture and dating, the demise of the productive family household, careerism and the later age of first marriage, the replacement of romantic imagination with youthful cynicism about love and marriage, and the exclusion of home and family from the practices of courting. This four and one-half hour program (on three audio cassettes) features studio interviews with Leon and Amy Kass, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Wendy Shalit, Allan Carlson, Beth Bailey, Steven Nock, Kay Hymowitz, and Douglas Wilson, as well as extensive field reporting. On three cassettes, one MP3 CD, or in downloadable MP3 format (burnable to 4 standard CDs). * Note: MP3-CDs will not play on all home or car CD players; please make sure your player is compatible with MP3 before purchasing this item. ** Note: MP3 downloads may be burned to a conventional CD, and come with burning instructions as well as templates for printing labels and jewel case tray labels. |
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Best-Selling Spirituality: American Cultural Change and the New Shape of Faith
Tacit Knowing, Truthful Knowing: The Life and Thought of Michael Polanyi
Uncharted Waters:
Wandering Toward the Altar: