David Hay

Dr Hay is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen. A zoologist by profession, his research has been guided by the hypothesis that religious or spiritual awareness is biologically natural to the human species and has been selected for in the process of organic evolution because it has survival value. Although naturalistic, this hypothesis is not intended to be reductionist with regard to religion. Nevertheless it does imply that all people, including those who have no religious belief, have a spiritual life. His research has included a number of national and in-depth surveys of reports of religious or spiritual experience in the United Kingdom.

Why Spirituality is Difficult for Westeners

'Have you ever been aware of, or influenced by a presence or a power, whether you call it God or not, that is different from your everyday self?' Alister Hardy was the Head of the Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in Oxford University from 1946 to 1961 and arguably the best known marine biologist in the world. Yet he was a man who lived an extraordinary double life. At one level, as a zoologist and steadfast Darwinian he was an eminent representative of the scientific revolution that transformed European thought following the Enlightenment. At another deeper level - which for much of the time he felt it necessary to conceal from his colleagues and even his own children - the course of Hardy's life was determined by his intense religious commitment. His entire scientific career was dramatically shaped by his conviction that he was fulfilling a religious vocation he had taken up when he was a young man of eighteen. His integrity would not permit him to discard either science or religion, and the outcome was the creation of a revolutionary approach to the resolution of that celebrated conflict. In this remarkable biography, David Hay shows how Hardy struggled towards, and successfully created, his novel response to the inevitable tensions between the scientific and religious dimensions of his life. As the founder of the Religious Experience Research Unit, he created a huge bank of personal testimony, drawn from the answers of ordinary people to the question posed above. These thoughts of a highly gifted scientist on the nature and importance of the spiritual dimension of human experience are of the greatest relevance to current debates about the validity of religion in a secular age.

A Life of Alister Hardy

God's Biologist

Joan Frances Doulton Hay

Ullswater Through the Centuries

Words and Phrases enables the practitioner to have at all times the precise meaning of a particular word or phrase. Definitions are taken from the Acts of Parliament, Halsbury's Laws of England, leading textbooks and verbatim judgments from all over the Commonwealth. This annual cumulative supplement ensures that the work is always up to date and includes not only full coverage of English cases and statutes but also extracts from Australian, Canadian and New Zealand cases.

Words and Phrases Legally Defined

Florence Levy

This book focuses on the application of behaviour genetic approaches to twin studies, and reviews diagnostic to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the relationships between reading, spelling and ADHD, and family and genetic influences on speech and speech and language.

Attention, Genes and ADHD

The Amazon Best Selling Fantasy Series! And so it came to pass in the waning days of our century that a curious deal was struck between Heaven and Hell, or more specifically between Lucifer Morning Star and the Presence. The Book of Life, that book that holds the names of those souls deemed for salvation has been stolen from the Silver City. Without the Book there can be no Judgement as foretold in the Revelation. Two renegade angels are suspect and are believed to be on Earth. For reasons known only to himself, Lucifer accepts the deal with Heaven to recover the Book of Life. But jealousy and pride are not an exclusive domain. A small band of angels lead by Mika'il, the Angel of Vengeance seeks to stop him. Accompanying the Morning Star on the most important quest in Creation are Maggie McCreedy, a recently widowed romance writer now witness to Lucifer's Testament; Duma, a misfit angel who almost joined in the Fall; Andrew Honeybone, a not quite yet dead, but rotting lawyer, and Mr. Pouge, an enigmatic gorilla of a man. Together their journey takes them from the Silver City of Heaven to the Ninth Circle of Hell to the now desert wasteland of an earthly Eden. It is a mythical mystery tale of redemption, deceit, salvation, betrayal and faith. The Fallen Chronicles: Book One.

The Fallen Chronicles

FALL: the Last Testament of Lucifer Morningstar

Does this spell the end of the UK as a world power? Suleiman Al Dossari devises the plan to prevent the UK from ever attacking a Moslem country again. Imran Iqbal procures and arms fourteen bunker buster bombs. Naveed Nazir builds a fleet of attack vehicles. Faisal Khan, an Intelligence Officer, is alerted to the imminent attack by an informer. Josephine Pullen, an MI5 Manager, is hampered by inter-departmental rivalry. Can Thames House stop the attacks that will devastate the UK?

Jambiya

Rebecca Nye

David Hay argues for the inclusion of spiritual awareness as a cross-curricular element in the school syllabus to promote the development of morality and social cohesion. This stimulating book will encourage educators, parents and others involved in teaching children to consider new approaches to foster children's natural spiritual development.

The Spirit of the Child

The Little Black Book of Gastroenterology, Third Edition is a convenient resource offering quick access to vital information at the point of care. Completely revised and updated, the Third Edition of this compact handbook provides comprehensive, practical, evidence-based information on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in gastroenterology and hepatology. The introductory section addresses common problems in gastroenterology and cross references specific disease states. This essential reference presents the information in a easy-to-understand and conversational style that is perfect for Primary Care Physicians, Residents and Students.

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