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by Carl Olson
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
In the early 21st century, Buddhism has become ubiquitous in America and other western nations, moving beyond the original bodhi tree in India to become a major global religion. During its journey westward, it has changed, adapted to new cultures, and offered spiritual help to many people looking...
Faith Seeking Action
Mission, Social Movements, and the Church in Motion
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
In Faith Seeking Action, author Gregory Leffel links a description of the church as a global movement with a description of contemporary social movements that are actively challenging today's societies, such as the environmental, global justice, and identity movements. Not surprisingly, Christian...
by James H. Laster
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 1996
This second edition of Laster's Catalog combines in one volume the listings from the first catalog with the voluminous material that has appeared since 1973, more than doubling the number of citations. It is designed as an aid for the church musician and/or pastor seeking to plan unified worship services....
by Hugh C. Adamson
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2006
Growing out of the teachings of the B_b, who introduced the idea of the coming of a great prophet (the one promised in the scriptures of all the world's major religions), the Bah_'' Faith was founded by Bah_'u'll_h, when in 1866 he publicly declared that he was the One the B_b prophesized. The 2nd...
by Kristi L. Wiley
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2004
Jain is the term used for a person who has faith in the teachings of the Jinas ('Spiritual Victors'). Jinas are human beings who have overcome all passions (kasayas) and have attained enlightenment or omniscience (kevala-jnana), who teach the truths they realized to others, and who attain liberation...
by Corliss K. Slack
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
The crusades were among the longest and most bitter wars in human history and consisted of no less than seven major expeditions from Western Europe from the late 11th to the early 14th centuries for the purpose of wresting Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the control of the Muslims. In the end, it...
by Burton I. Kaufman, Diane Kaufman
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2008
U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower first entered into the public eye during World War II as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. In 1952, he was elected as the 34th President of the United States and served two terms. During those terms he oversaw the cease-fire of the Korean...
Emigration from the United Kingdom to America
Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, July 1872 - December 1872
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2008
Approximately three fifths of the emigration from the United Kingdom to America arrived in the 19th century. The remainder came through Ellis Island between 1900 and 1924. Arrivals from the U.K. began to increase in the mid-1840's with the Irish Famine that led to very high mortality rates, rising...
Ruth Etting
America's Forgotten Sweetheart
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2009
Ruth Etting (1897-1978) was among the most important performers of the early 20th century. Her influence extends from the Broadway stage to radio and film, and her successes included more than 60 popular recordings, such as her 1928 rendition of 'Love Me or Leave Me,' which was inducted in the Grammy...
Tragedy in the Age of Oprah
Essays on Five Great Plays
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
In an era of Twitter and televised therapy, it may seem that classic theatre has little place in contemporary society. Accustomed to the indulgences of a celebrity-driven culture, how can modern audiences understand and interpret classic works of drama?
In Tragedy in the Age of Oprah: Essays...
The Geography of South America
A Scholarly Guide and Bibliography
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
The Geography of South America: A Scholarly Guide and Bibliography. Every South American nation is included: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Beginning with an overview of the region as a whole, successive...
by Lyle Spatz
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Dating back to 1869 as an organized professional sport, the game of baseball is not only the oldest professional sport in North America, but also symbolizes much more. Walt Whitman described it as “our game, the American game,” and George Will compared calling baseball “just a game” to the...
The Forgotten Marlins
A Tribute to the 1956-1960 Original Miami Marlins
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
On April 4, 2012, the former Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball played their first official game under their new name—the Miami Marlins. Many in attendance were unaware, however, that the original Miami Marlins had played in their city more than 50 years earlier. As part of the AAA International...
The Committed Reader
Reading for Utility, Pleasure, and Fulfillment in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Committed utilitarian reading is either dominantly practical or more or less equally practical and fulfilling. Pleasurable reading is conceptualized as an important kind of casual leisure, experienced primarily as relaxation, active entertainment, and sexual stimulation (racy, pornographic stories)....