This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of
scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related
disciplines. The target audience for this book includes Ph.D. and graduate students, junior researchers, and professors teaching courses on research methods, although senior researchers can also use this book as a
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From the University of Florida College of Fine Arts, Charlie Mitchell and distinguished colleagues from across America present an introductory text for theatre and theoretical production. This book seeks to give insight into the people and processes that create theater. It does not strip away the feeling of magic but to add wonder for the artistry that make a production work well.

Religions of the World in Philosophical Perspective

Short Description:
The book explores the world's major religions using a philosophical context that best represents the nature of the religion

Long Description:
TAKEN AS ORGANIZED ENTITIES, the world’s religions are an amazing lot, to say the least. Yet, books about religion often emphasize the factual and visual details, and narrative expression of a religion without necessarily providing a narrative philosophical framework for exploring the tradition. Transcendent Realities: Religions of the World in Philosophical Perspective attempts to provide just such a context for assessing a given religious tradition: a philosophical concept reflecting the religion as a cognitive or intellectual whole. As such, this book welcomes readers to explore religion from a more philosophically informed and enlightened perspective.

Although the book features twelve of the world’s foremost religions as its primary emphasis, it also provides a brief philosophical foundation for each religion as the primary basis for contextualizing the tradition. Consequently, the religions are explored with attention to a primary philosophical structure or context that attempts to capture the essence of, or, at least, the philosophical superstructure that perhaps guides the tradition. Relevant to the religions chosen for exploration, the book is organized according to a primarily geographical order, although its emphasis on an east to west approach as its geographic development may also suggest an historical or chronological progression. The book focuses first on representative Indigenous African and North American religions, then Far Eastern religions, Eastern Indian religions, and finally the Western religions. The book does not go into an exploration of new religions as these are typically in the pre-developmental stage relevant to their philosophical conceptualizations.

Among the key features of the book is use of visuals placed within the reading content in a way designed to enhance the more philosophically reflective inquiries the study of religion naturally inspires. Combining the visual with the literary is of itself a philosophical enterprise, and doing so when engaged with religious phenomena can make for a more uniquely interesting and engaging reading experience. The author’s primary intent with the visuals is to stimulate philosophical reflection during the reading experience, and yet without the visuals taking away from the reading content.

Finally, the book does not include assessment supplements such as a test bank, video, or companion website study materials. Instead, the requested approach to assessment stemming from the book for those using the book in an academic setting is to stimulate construction of uniquely applied testing or other materials that reflect the phenomenon of engagement with the book and its ideas and approaches to the content. Each instructor may choose to emphasize their own key points of interest, and for this reason the making of a one-type-fits-all approach to assessment materials seemed restrictive at best. Sixteenth-century French theologian John Calvin once stated that one’s “immediate intuition” with a text is the finest and most exemplary essence of its assessment; perhaps instructors should craft their own assessment materials based on student’s recent engagement with the materials.

This book has been a long time in the making, and reflects not only a variety of classroom experiences, but a lifetime of religious interest and involvement. In many respects, if it may be true that people are the sum total of their thoughts and experiences, as the Buddhist might say, this book reflects the sum total perspective on what I’ve discovered in attempting to understand my own religious views, traditions, and the views of others over the years.

The author wishes to thank the 4,000+ students who have taken my course in World Religions over the past 12 years, and especially to the University of West Florida for the grant necessary for the writing of this book. I’m also further indebted to Dr. Amy Cook and Dr. Erin Stone for their excellent current leadership of the Department of History & Philosophy at UWF, and to Dr. Sally Ferguson and Dr. Brian Hood for their past leadership when the department of Philosophy was a stand-alone entity.

In a world of radically increasing cultural complexity, and with this the difficulties involved when religion is introduced and engaged, it is my hope that this book can help contribute to a more truthful, peaceful, enlightened, and perhaps more accepting or empathetic world. If religion exists as the great ennobling force for an increasing civilized and refined humanity that many of its proponents espouse, then a keen exploration of the religions of the world is no doubt a necessary venture. This book will hopefully help to provide this adventure to those who seek it.

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A map from 1912 of the United States, subtitled "Distribution of Population and Railways in 1900" showing the increase in population and expansion of the railroad network since 1850. The map is color–coded to show population densities ranging from areas with fewer than 2 inhabitants per square mile to areas of 90 or more inhabitants per square mile. Cities with populations over 8,000 are shown with circles proportionate to their populations at the time. The map shows the westward progression of the mean centers of population from 1790 to 1900.

University Physics Volume 2 is the second of a three book series that (together) covers a two- or three-semester calculus-based physics course. This text has been developed to meet the scope and sequence of most university physics courses (in terms of what Volume 2 is designed to deliver) and provides a foundation for a career in mathematics, science, or engineering. The book provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of physics and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and to the world around them.

This portal, published by the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Science (IFAS) Extension, offers a selection of links to information about water management issues. There is a 'Beginner's Guide to Water Management', which provides a basic introduction to the terminology and concepts used in water management. Other links access information on management in coastal waters, the impact of climate change on water resources, the use of stormwater as an alternative supply, wastewater management, and many others.

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