Bøger af Alex Fenton

Christianity has a strong history of disciplined, brilliant, scholarly, well meaning, authorities speaking to us throughout the centuries. Then why are so many Christians floundering between Big Bang Theory, Creationism, Evolution, Young Earth, Old Earth and every other idea presented in the world today? This book is an easy read and allows you to see that the Bible is not so difficult to understand. All of your questions concerning Creation may not be answered, but the few questions that remain, you will be able to find the answers to yourself. This book is designed to enable you the reader to trust your 'faith' as a Christian, your 'knowledge' as an educated citizen of the world, and your 'facts' as a scientist.

From populations to pandemics, official statistics are indispensable to thinking about modern society. Alex Fenton sets out a sociological approach to analysing how these powerful numbers are produced by government agencies and their fight over them. He shows how statistics extend the capacities of the state and represent social problems. Using archives, interviews, and official publications, he presents a detailed case study of the development of poverty and income statistics in Britain and West Germany. With this, the book demonstrates the importance of historical analysis and underlines the ambivalent position of official statistics between politics, government, and science.