Bøger af Richard Bentley

The advent of the World Wide Web has changed the perspectives of groupware systems. The interest and deployment of Internet and intranet groupware solutions is growing rapidly, not just in academic circles but also in the commercial arena. The first generation of Web-based groupware tools has already started to emerge, and leading groupware vendors are urgently adapting their products for compatibility and integration with Web technologies. The focus of Groupware and the World Wide Web is to explore the potential for Web-based groupware. This book includes an analysis of the key characteristics of the Web, presenting reasons for its success, and describes developments of a diverse range of Web-based groupware systems. An emphasis on the technical obstacles and challenges is implemented by more analytical discussions and perspectives, including that of Information Technology managers looking to deploy groupware solutions within their organizations. Written by experts from different backgrounds - academic and commercial, technical and organizational - this book provides a unique overview of and insight into current issues and future possibilities concerning extension of the World Wide Web for group working.

When Peter Calvert gathered a small group of meditators and set them the task of opening their minds to whoever arrived, he didn't anticipate the astonishing encounters that would result. Two situation rapidly emerged.The first was that the meditators discovered a small percentage of people become confused after death. Lost in a transitional zone, they need guidance to move on to the next phase of their existence. This book offers a selection from the many rescues the meditators performed.The second situation was profoundly troubling. In a series of vexed visits, nature spirits pleaded with the meditators to share an urgent message with humanity regarding the dire state of the planet's ecosystems, which have reached a point of crisis.Spirits have long been viewed as meddling or dangerous. People of the Earth shows this assumption is incorrect. The book offers a new perspective on spirits, indicating their diversity, their differing functions and perspectives, and suggests how they may be categorised. Through a sequence of intriguing dialogues between the meditators and visiting non-embodied beings, People of the Earth provides sobering insights to those who seek to understand what is required of us spiritually to sustain the health of the planet's ecosystems.

A special reprint of Alexander Dyce's edition of the Epistola (1691), the work which first brought Bentley fame, and which has long been out of print.

The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism: Demonstrated from the Advantage and Pleasure of a Religious Life is a book written by Richard Bentley in 1699. The book is a defense of religious belief and an attack on atheism. Bentley argues that atheism is foolish and unreasonable because it denies the existence of God and the benefits of a religious life. He maintains that belief in God is necessary for moral behavior and that atheists are more likely to engage in immoral behavior. Bentley also argues that a religious life brings happiness and fulfillment, while atheism leads to despair and emptiness. The book is written in a persuasive and argumentative style and draws on philosophical and theological arguments to support its claims. It is a valuable historical document that sheds light on the intellectual and religious debates of the late 17th century.The Faculties Of Humane Souls, The Structure Of Animate Bodies, And The Origin And Frame Of The World, In Eight Sermons.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

The celebrated classicist Richard Bentley (1662-1742) corresponded with scholars from all over Europe. These two volumes of his correspondence, published in 1842, provide fascinating insights into his intellectual world. Volume 2 contains letters written and received between 1712 and 1740, many relating to his controversial mastership of Trinity College, Cambridge.