For the politically-inclined American, Aaron Simmons' newest release delves into the somber truths of the history and atrocities of the world that threaten our rights as humans.For generations, humans have sought to create a better life for themselves and their children. However, history is doomed to repeat itself if we can't learn from our many mistakes.In Aaron Simmons Jr.'s new nonfiction novel The Haters, he takes a sobering look at the history...

For the politically-inclined American, Aaron Simmons' newest release delves into the somber truths of the history and atrocities of the world that threaten our rights as humans.For generations, humans have sought to create a better life for themselves and their children. However, history is doomed to repeat itself if we can't learn from our many mistakes.In Aaron Simmons Jr.'s new nonfiction novel The Haters, he takes a sobering look at the history...

In this book, Aaron Simmons takes us on a trip to the mountains to reflect on themeaning of life. In a world too often defined by a quest for "success" that leaves usempty, alone, and anxious, Simmons seeks "faithfulness" outdoors with thinkersand artists from Aristotle to Kierkegaard, Sartre to Anne Lamott, and KendrickLamar to Donovan Woods. Simmons invites us to rethink what it means to makechoices, take risks, be alone and silent while cultivatin...

About the BookThe Alternative Truth is about the struggle to obtain the promises outlined in the United States Constitution. It depicts the lengths people go through to deny those promises. Misinformation abounds in the course of the story as well as heartbreaking acts of cruelty. The message reflects the climate of today’s political environment. But derives its uniqueness from its authenticity. The reader may feel compassion or the reader could be satisfied that The Alternative Tru...

The New Phenomenology: A Philosophical Introduction is the first available introduction to the group of philosophers sometimes associated with the so-called 'theological turn' in contemporary French thought. This book argues that there has not been a 'turn' to theology in recent French phenomenology, but instead a decidedly philosophical reconsideration of phenomenology itself. Engaging the foundational works of Emmanuel Levinas and Michel Henry, as well as later works by...

Citadel of the StarsBy: Aaron SimonsIn the spring of 1994, Jim and Tina are nonconformists with the strongest relationship imaginable. They turn eighteen, are about to graduate, go onto college, and have their lives ahead of them. But the next day, Tina goes missing…Five years later, Jim’s life has almost completely fallen apart. Tina’s parents have moved, he lost his family in a car accident, and he feels his life’s about to lose everything. He’s with the dog Tina ...

Point of View takes on a classic fairytale and presents it in a way you've never seen before! New backstory, new suspense, new characters, and many other new elements are added to a beloved story, making it an excellent read.  Point of View remixes the well-known story of The Little Mermaid, and offers a retelling from the villainous Ursula's perspective. Discover where Ursula came from, and what the true tale of Ariel might have been.  Humor, drama, and new perspecti...

One of the marks of being a philosopher is participating in debates about what counts as "philosophy." Of particular note in such debates is the question of how to distinguish philosophy from theology. Although a variety of answers to this question have been offered in the history of philosophy, in recent decades, the prominence of Christian philosophy has been heralded by many as a genuine triumph over the problematic narrowness of strong foundationalism, positivism, and scientism. For ot...

In Pentecostalism, Postmodernism, and Reformed Epistemology, Yoon Shin critically builds on James K. A. Smith's postmodern Pentecostal epistemology with the aid of Reformed epistemology. It takes the reader through an interdisciplinary journey that exposits and illumines the relationship among Pentecostal spirituality, continental and analytic philosophy, postliberalism, moral psychology, and philosophy of emotion. This work clarifies misunderstandings of Smith, in Smith, and betw...

In this volume, scholars draw deeply on negative theology in order to consider some of the oldest questions in the philosophy of religion that stand as persistent challenges to inquiry, comprehension, and expression. The chapters engage different philosophical methodologies, cross disciplinary boundaries, and draw on varied cultural traditions in the effort to demonstrate that apophaticism can be a positive resource for contemporary philosophy of religion.

Bourgeois Christians: Worldly Evangelicals and the Paradoxes of Paganism is a historical, philosophical, sociological, and theological critique of Evangelicalism. It combines biblical texts with ideas from existentialism and phenomenology, philosophers like Alasdair MacIntyre and Charles Taylor, and theologians like John Calvin and J. I. Packer. It shows how pagan cultural forces divert Evangelicals from serving God in the name of God. This is a paradox. It also deals with Christian ethics...

Mainstream philosophy of religion has primarily focused on the truth and justification of religious beliefs even though belief is only one small facet of religious life. This collection remedies this by taking practice and embodied action seriously as fundamental elements of any philosophy of religion.Emerging and established voices across different philosophical traditions come together to consider religious actions, including public worship, from perspectives such as trauma and s...