In his wide-ranging and ever-fascinating examination of chess, Shenk gleefully unearths the hidden history of a game that seems so simple yet contains infinity. From its invention somewhere in India around 500 A.D., to use as a teaching tool in inner-city America, chess has been a remarkably omnipresent factor in the development of civilization.
With an arsenal of facts to back him, Shenk covers the Alzheimer's story--historical accounts of the disease as found in literature and art, the alarming statistics thrown out by demographers, and the scientific race to find a cure to this personality-destroying disease.
A media scholar examines the effects of data overload on our lives, our relationships, and our culture, and offers strikingly down-to-earth insights for coping with our information infatuation.
An insider's guide to the nearly self-contained world of the Grateful Dead: a definitive dictionary of over 1,000 terms coined during the life of the band.
Millions of Muslims and Christians are neighbors and worship the same God. Yet they seldom witness to each other, and the issues they deal with are profound. Rather than an antagonistic interaction, Badru D. Kateregga and David W. Shenk pioneer another way--that of authentic dialogue between friends.
"David Shenk looks at the new face of our world with a curiosity and connection-making responsiveness that make him exhilarating to read. These are bits, takes, provisional sweeps at issues still coming into focus, but taken together they give us a startling glimpse of where we are. Shenk is so close to the present that most readers will mistake ...
To provide helpful approaches to church growth, David W. Shenk and Ervin R. Stutzman went to the book of Acts to see how the apostles started new churches. They weave into the biblical commentary practical applications gleaned from contemporary theology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and communication theory. Each chapter concludes with ...
David W. Shenk covers the major current human options for making meaning out of life. Shenk identifies more local religious options and four truly global options -- Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Marxism. Global Gods is a fresh approach to comparative religions. It is a substantial contribution to the developing literature and widespread ...
A literary and scientific examination of Alzheimer's disease and the race to find a cure. In 1906, Alois Alzheimer dissected and examined the cerebral cortex of Auguste D's brain and became the first scientist in medical history to link a specific brain pathology to behavioural changes. The disease named after him, turns otherwise active and ...
Exploring the mission of two communities. David W. Shenk examines Islam and Christianity at their deepest spiritual, cultural, and communal levels. Shenk explores the similarities and differences found in Isaac and Ishmael, Jesus and Muhammad, the Bible and the Qur'an, Jersusalem and Medina, and the Eucharist and the Hajj. 284 pages.
After 2,000 years, the gospel continues to surprise if only we let it. David W. Shenk's goal in Surprises of the Christian Way is to do precisely that: to enable, not only long-time Christians, but also seekers wondering why the gospel matters, to be surprised anew by the fresh and amazing power of Christian faith to transform lives. Written in ...
DATA SMOG begins with the author's own personal awakening from years of computer worship to the unwelcome side-effects from information mania. After confronting his own information anxieties and deflating his mislaid faith in the virtue of technology, he begins to see the entire world in a new light. Where before he viewed computers in the way ...
This book reveals a rich diversity of Anabaptist engagement with Muslims around the world. Here are essays and reports from missionaries in the field, administrators at mission agencies, professors and scholars, of mission, and theologicals. Among these voices is a spirit of dialogue, questioning, agreeing, amazement, and sometimes dissent. ...
Running through Practicing Truth, as 14 noted authors address issues of pluralism and truth, is a bold humility. The biblical story, history, theology, and philosophy come together to make a case for confident proclamation and practice of Christian faith within the context of pluralism. Confronted are overconfident Christians who dismiss ...
A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a profound effect on societies the world over. Why has one game, alone among the thousands of games invented and played throughout human history, not only survived but thrived within every culture it has touched? What is it about its thirty-two ...
Mission in our way, says David W. Shenk, oppresses people and destroys cultures. Mission in Christ's way is good news to oppressed people everywhere. Our Creator is the good missionary who seeks us and invites us into a joyful relationship with him, with others, and with creation. Jesus gathers those who say yes to his call into a community of ...
People around the world are intrigued by Jesus Christ, and he is popular with most North Americans. But do we honor the Jesus of the Scriptures? This book commends the Jesus of the Bible. Each author works with a young adult to consider the various ways Jesus encounters people today. Topics include Jesus and creation, Jesus and the cross, Jesus ...
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