Recent CUW Faculty Publications
Dr. Donna Reimer-Becker is Jaye Fairchild, author of Queen Elizabeth I: A Vision Transcending Time.
Throughout history, Eve's daughters have endured and protested the harsh conditions of gender-prescribed roles in society. Despite a society sated with superstitions, despite an aristocratic marriage market, despite the victimizing social norms, and despite a denigrating male mindset toward its women, Elizabeth would grow to become the most educated woman in Tudor time. Elizabeth would grow to transcend her gender - to be heard, to be acknowledged, and to be obeyed. Stubbornly and defiantly, she refused to live as a victim of a patriarchal society. For after all, she was Eve’s daughter.
As a queen, Elizabeth threw shoes! Elizabeth lost her temper! Elizabeth swore. And Elizabeth loved and lost! My work continues to explore the Tudor tales in an effort to uncover the person and persona of an elusive monarch who transcended the gender issues of Elizabethan times.
Order from http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/index.htm. Readers may also order Queen Elizabeth I: A Vision Transcending Time from http://www.biblio.com. View my web pages.
Dr. Roland "Cap" Ehlke (Adult Education/Theology) has published Speaking the Truth in Love to Muslims (Northwestern Publishing House, 2004). The days are long gone when American Christians could think of Muslims only as people who live in faraway lands. Decades of Middle Eastern conflict have brought many Muslims to North America in search of a better life. The result is that Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in America. Here we are free to reach out to them with the gospel.
Muslims can be our neighbors, coworkers, storeowners, or friends. So how do we approach them with the gospel? How do Muslims view the Bible and Jesus? These are just some of the crucial issues that Speaking the Truth in Love to Muslims discusses. Click here to see the accompanying web site.
Angus Menuge is author of Agents Under Fire: Materialism and the Rationality of Science. In the first study of its kind, Agents Under Fire defends a robust notion of agency and intentionality against eliminative and naturalistic alternatives, showing the interconnections between the philosophy of mind, theology, and Intelligent Design. Menuge argues that Behe's irreducible complexity is a challenge to reductionism not only in biology, but also in psychology, and shows the inability of the Darwinian psychology proposed by Dawkins, Dennett, and Steven Pinker to explain the integration, unity, direction, and reliability of rational thought.
This fascinating defense against scientific materialism is the only book-length study relating Intelligent Design to contemporary issues in the philosophy of mind. Drawing on his experience as both a philosopher and a computer scientist, Menuge deftly shows the reader that the materialist's attempts to rid science of all commitment to teleology can only result in incoherence, and presents instead his own unique argument for the legitimacy of Intelligent Design.”
More information on the book is available below at Rowman and Littlefield, which offers a 15% discount: Order from Rowman & Littlefield. You may also order "Agents" from Amazon.com
Also by Angus Menuge is Science and the Savior. Click here to order.
Edited by Angus Menuge:
1) C. S. Lewis: Lightbearer in the Shadowlands.
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2) Christ and Culture and Dialogue
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3) Reading God’s World: The Vocation of Scientist.
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Dr. Thomas Wilmeth (English) and Dr. G. Edward Veith (Cranach Institute) co-authored a new book giving an innovative, Christian perspective on a major American cultural phenomenon: Honky-Tonk Gospel: The Story of Sin and Salvation in Country Music (Baker, 2001). One review says: "If you are a music fan, there's a lot in Honky-Tonk Gospel for you...from the Gospel singing groups of the early 20th century all the way to the commercialism and the superstars...at the eve of the 21st...you'll find the unvarnished story of the American people. Country music bluntly depicts real life-life that includes backbreaking work and joyous good times, strong family values and unrestrained carousing, heartfelt piety and spectacular moral failures; in short, the power of sin as well as the greater power of grace. Honky-Tonk Gospel will give you a fresh and fascinating view of the music-and the culture-around us." Available from Amazon.com.
Dr. Lynne Rompelman authored Affective Teaching (University Press of America). In this publication, Dr. Rompelman extends the research of the affective domain by incorporating students' and teachers' voices regarding the nature of caring of teachers within an academic setting. Knowledge of the teachers about the affective domain is extended to affective techniques necessary to promote optimum student involvement.
Dr. John Behnke (Music) recently published instructional texts for two areas of music, The Concordia Organ Method (Concordia Publishing House, 2000) and Successful Ringing: Step by Step, with accompanying videotape (Concordia Publishing House, 1999). Available from CPH at 1.800.325.3040.
Rev. Dr. Timothy Maschke (Theology) co-edited, with Franz Posset and Joan Skocir, the Festschrift Ad Fontes Lutheri: Toward the Recovery of the Real Luther, Essay in Honor of Kenneth Hagen's Sixty-Fifth Birthday (Marquette University Press, 2001) with essays by leading international Luther scholars. Available from Marquette University Press at 1.800.247.6553.
Dr. Michael Besch (Vice President Adult and Continuing Education) tells the amazing story of the training of more than 400,000 men and women in World War I within the brief span of nineteen months in his newly published book A Navy Second to None: The History of U.S. Naval Training in World War I (Greenwood Press, 2001). Available from Amazon.com.
Dr. Mark J. P. Wolf (Communication) is editor, and author of many portions of, the groundbreaking work
from Greenwood Press, The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond is the first academic history of video games, and it traces the growth of a global phenomenon that has become an integral part of popular culture today. All aspects of video games and gaming culture are covered inside this engaging reference, including the leading video game innovators, the technological advances that made the games of the late 1970s and those of today possible, the corporations that won and lost billions of dollars pursing this lucrative market, arcade culture, as well as the demise of free-standing video consoles and the rise of home-based and handheld gaming devices.
The Medium of the Video Game (University of Texas Press, 2002), an examination of the video game as an artistic medium which has developed quickly in a short span of time. In Abstracting Reality: Art, Communication, and Cognition in the Digital Age (University Press of America, 2000), he explores how digital technology and related concepts have subtly altered the fabric of society and culture in areas ranging from the practical to the philosophical. One review comments, "This book promises to provoke thoughtful discussions for years to come." Both are available from Amazon.com.
The Video Game Theory Reader, anthology co-editor (with Bernard Perron) and essay contributor (Abstraction in the Video Game), New York: Routledge Press, 2003. (Also designed the background image on the book's front cover.)
Virtual Morality: Morals, Ethics, and New Media, anthology editor and essay contributor (From Simulation to Emulation: Ethics, Worldviews, and Video Games), New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2003. The book is Vol. 3 in the Digital Formations series edited by Steve Jones.
The World of the D'ni: Myst and Riven (Italian translation, Costa Nolan, 2006)
The Video Game Theory Reader (Routledge, 2003)
Virtual Morality: Morals, Ethics, and New Media (Peter Lang Publishing, 2002)
Abstracting Reality: Art, Communication, and Cognition in the Digital Age (University Press of America, 2001)
Dr. Mark J. P. Wolf CV
In Gathered Guests, Rev. Timothy H. Maschke, D.Min., Ph.D., provides a practically oriented, ecumenically aware, and theologically grounded resource for college students and interested lay people on worship in the Lutheran Church. Reviewers have said it “fills a crucial void for public worship among Lutherans.” This 542 page book is available from CPH at 1.800.325.3040 (ISBN 0-570-04276-3) or from Concordia’s Bookstore.
Dr. Albert Garcia
Theology of the Cross for the 21st Century: Signposts for a Multicultural Witness. Co-author with Victor Raj (CPH, 2002).
Diccionario Ilustrado de Interpretes de la Fe: Veinte Siglos de Pensamiento Cristiano Justo L. González, Editor. Editorial DILEC, Barcelona, Spain, 2004.
I contributed the following entries: Albigenses, Alexander Allen, etc….
Concordia Publishing House has published the new book Christ Jesus: Center and Praxis of the People of God by Dr. Alberto L. García, Professor of Theology and Director of the Lay Ministry Program. This book is a study in Christology. It treats the New Testament teachings on Jesus, the classical historical treatment of Christ Jesus throughout church history, and a contemporary application of Christology in the context of Latin America and U.S. Hispanic missionary work.
Introduccion a la Vida Teologia de Lutero (Introduction to Luther's Life and Theology) (ABINGDON, 2008) is the most recent book co-authored by Dr. Alberto L. Garcia (theology/ lay ministry) with Professor Ruben Dominguez. Reviewer comments concerning the book: "This book is a profound analysis of the life and theology of the Reformer. Their work provides many innovative perspectives in their analysis of the life of Martin Luther and as to his relevance for today's Christian community- in particular to the Hispanic world."
Cheryl M. Petersen, PT, MS co-authored a book with Russell A. Foley, PT, MS ; Active and Passive Movement Testing. The book was prepared to provide the student and practicing physical therapist with clear and consistent techniques to examine active (physiologic) and passive (physiologic and accessory) movement techniques of the upper extremity, lower extremity, pelvis, spine and temporomandibular joints, and of neurodynamic base tests. It is limited to basic passive examination and treatment intervention principles, so that it can be used in entry-level physical therapy curricula.
