Demons, Evil, and Liminality in Cappadocian Theology

A Green Theology? Theology and Ecology

A would adopt a new fashion, j u m p on a new bandwagon. At best it would endorse somewhat bela tedly--abst ract policies of resource management . At worst, it would blunder into grossly Selfish ecological programmes which effectively serve the interest of the rich and the powerful. There are m a n y shades of green! Some ecological policies are unacceptable in that they overlook disadvantaged ...

Tangier and Kerouac's Oriental Experience in Liminality

In her article "Tangier and Kerouac's Oriental Experience in Liminality" Peggy Pacini discusses Kerouac's production derived from his Tangerian experience. Since the Tangier narratives have no existence of their own in the Duluoz Legend and are included in larger volumes about traveling and passing through, Pacini examines how this production cohered within the entire Legend and the terminology...

On Demons and Oracles

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

INTRODUCTION “[D]eath is different.” When used to punish, death taps society’s most primal urges. It is meant to be a deterrent for potential offenders, triggering in them the innate reflex for self-preservation. For society, it is meant to feed the primal desire for retribution. For these very reasons, it is often claimed that death is only reserved for the worst of the worst. However, in tryi...

Implementing Demons and Ratchets

Experimental results show that ratchets may be implemented in semiconductor and chemical systems, bypassing the second law and opening up huge gains in energy production. This paper summarizes or describes experiments and results on systems that effect demons and ratchets operating in chemical or electrical domains. One creates temperature differences that can be harvested by a heat engine. A s...