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Broken Churches, Broken Nation

Author : C. C. Goen
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : 0865541876

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In the first comprehensive treatment of the role of churches in the processes that led to the American Civil War, C.C. Goen suggests that when Presbyterian, Methodist, and Baptist churches divided along lines of North and South in the antebellum controversy over slavery, they severed an important bond of national union. The forebodings of church leaders and other contemporary observers about the probability of disastrous political consequences were well-founded. The denominational schisms, as irreversible steps along the nation's tortuous course to violence, were both portent and catalyst to the imminent national tragedy. Caught in a quagmire of conflicting purposes, church leadership failed and Christian community broke down, presaging in a scenario of secession and conflict the impending crisis of the Union. As the churches chose sides over the supremely transcendent moral issue of slavery, so did the nation. Professor Goen, an eminent historian of American religion, does not seek in these pages the "causes" of the Civil War. Rather, he establishes evangelical Christianity as "a major bond of national unity" in antebellum America. His careful analysis and critical interpretation demonstrate that antebellum American churches -- committed to institutional growth, swayed by sectional interests, and silent about racial prejudice -- could neither contain nor redirect the awesome forces of national dissension. Their failure sealed the nation's fate. - Publisher.

Haiti: The Tumultuous History - From Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation

Author : Philippe Girard
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230112900

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Why has Haiti been plagued by so many woes? Why have multiple U.S. efforts to create a stable democracy in Haiti failed so spectacularly? Philippe Girard answers these and other questions, examining how colonialism and slavery have left a legacy of racial tension, both within Haiti and internationally; Haitians remain deeply suspicious of white foriegners' motives, many of whom doubt Hatians' ability to govern themselves. He also examines how Haiti's current political instability is merely a continuation of political strife that began during the War of Independence (1791-1804). Finally, Haiti: The Tumultuous History, Girard explores poverty's devastating impact on contemporary Haiti and argues that Haitians--particularly home-grown dictators--bear a big share of the responsibility for their nation's troubles.

Broken Nation

Author : Joan Beaumont
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781741751383

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The Great War was, for the majority of Australians, one that was fought at home. As casualties of this monstrous war mounted, they triggered a political crisis of unprecedented ferocity in Australian history. The fault-lines that emerged in 1916-18 around

The Broken Country

Author : Paisley Rekdal
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820351179

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The Broken County explores the cultural and psychological effects of Vietnam on both Southeast Asian refugees and returning U.S. veterans. Rekdal examines the complicated ways in which we struggle to comprehend and memorialize the war.

My Apologies

Author : Tiffany Simar
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781105649493

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My Apologies is a lyric/poetry book that showcases the authors darker side. Six years in the making, this book brings forth older pieces that few have read. This book is not suitable for those who aren't willing to step into the dark side of life for a while. From love songs to those pieces that somehow manage to stand alone, there is something in this book for everyone.

Broken Churches, Broken Nation

Author : C. C. Goen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015011553248

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Broken Churches, Broken Nation by C. C. Goen Pdf

In the first comprehensive treatment of the role of churches in the processes that led to the American Civil War, C.C. Goen suggests that when Presbyterian, Methodist, and Baptist churches divided along lines of North and South in the antebellum controversy over slavery, they severed an important bond of national union. The forebodings of church leaders and other contemporary observers about the probability of disastrous political consequences were well-founded. The denominational schisms, as irreversible steps along the nation's tortuous course to violence, were both portent and catalyst to the imminent national tragedy. Caught in a quagmire of conflicting purposes, church leadership failed and Christian community broke down, presaging in a scenario of secession and conflict the impending crisis of the Union. As the churches chose sides over the supremely transcendent moral issue of slavery, so did the nation. Professor Goen, an eminent historian of American religion, does not seek in these pages the "causes" of the Civil War. Rather, he establishes evangelical Christianity as "a major bond of national unity" in antebellum America. His careful analysis and critical interpretation demonstrate that antebellum American churches -- committed to institutional growth, swayed by sectional interests, and silent about racial prejudice -- could neither contain nor redirect the awesome forces of national dissension. Their failure sealed the nation's fate. - Publisher.

The Broken Country

Author : Paisley Rekdal
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780820369617

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The Broken Country by Paisley Rekdal Pdf

The Broken Country uses a violent incident that took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2012 as a springboard for examining the long-term cultural and psychological effects of the Vietnam War. To make sense of the shocking and baffling incident—in which a young homeless man born in Vietnam stabbed a number of white men purportedly in retribution for the war—Paisley Rekdal draws on a remarkable range of material and fashions it into a compelling account of the dislocations suffered by the Vietnamese and also by American-born veterans over the past decades. She interweaves a narrative about the crime with information collected in interviews, historical examination of the arrival of Vietnamese immigrants in the 1970s, a critique of portrayals of Vietnam in American popular culture, and discussions of the psychological consequences of trauma. This work allows us to better understand transgenerational and cultural trauma and advances our still complicated struggle to comprehend the war.

Shame and the Anti-Feminist Backlash

Author : Sharon Crozier-De Rosa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136200731

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Shame and the Anti-Feminist Backlash examines how women opposed to the feminist campaign for the vote in early twentieth-century Britain, Ireland, and Australia used shame as a political tool. It demonstrates just how proficient women were in employing a diverse vocabulary of emotions – drawing on concepts like embarrassment, humiliation, honour, courage, and chivalry – in the attempt to achieve their political goals. It looks at how far nationalist contexts informed each gendered emotional community at a time when British imperial networks were under extreme duress. The book presents a unique history of gender and shame which demonstrates just how versatile and ever-present this social emotion was in the feminist politics of the British Empire in the early decades of the twentieth century. It employs a fascinating new thematic lens to histories of anti-feminist/feminist entanglements by tracing national and transnational uses of emotions by women to police their own political communities. It also challenges the common notion that shame had little place in a modernizing world by revealing how far groups of patriotic womanhood, globally, deployed shame to combat the effects of feminist activism.

Christian Thought in America

Author : Daniel Ott,Hannah Schell
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506400334

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Christian Thought in America by Daniel Ott,Hannah Schell Pdf

Christian Thought in America: A Brief History is a short, accessible overview of the history of Christian thought in America, from the Puritans and other colonials to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Moving chronologically, each chapter addresses a historical segment, focusing on key movements and figures and tracing general trends and developments. The book conveys a sense of the liveliness and creativity of the ongoing theological debates. Each chapter concludes with a short bibliography of recent scholarship for further reading.

No Peace for the Wicked

Author : David Rolfs
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781572336629

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The first comprehensive work of its kind, David Rolfs' No Peace for the Wicked sheds new light on the Northern Protestant soldiers' religious worldview and the various ways they used it to justify and interpret their wartime experiences. Drawing extensively from the letters, diaries and published collections of hundreds of religious soldiers, Rolfs effectively resurrects both these soldiers' religious ideals and their most profound spiritual doubts and conflicts. No Peace for the Wicked also explores the importance of "just war" theory in the formulation of Union military strategy and tactics, and examines why the most religious generation in U.S. history fought America's bloodiest war. --from publisher description.

The 100 Most Important Bible Verses

Author : W Publishing Group
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9780849900273

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This inviting new series of uniquely packaged books promises to help readers learn the key verses in the Bible that can change their lives forever, bringing peace, joy, and meaning. The series' foundational book, The 100 Most Important Bible Verses, lays out the most essential 100 Bible verses that everyone--young and old, men and women--should know and incorporate into their lives. Christians and those who are not yet familiar with the Bible will love the positive, conversational style of these books. They'll learn of the joy God has in store for us as they study His words on such topics as: Acceptance Patience Purpose Vision Contentment Passion Each verse is laid out in an attractive, 4-color, 2-page spread, featuring the verse, a meditation on the verse, and a life application. Readers will love the simple wisdom of The 100 Most Important Bible Verses.

After the War

Author : Leigh S. L. Straw
Publisher : Apollo Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1742589499

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"In Collie in 1929, a murder-suicide took place. The killer was identified as Andrew Straw. Dressed in war uniform and a slouch hat, a hauntingly familiar face stared out at me from the front page of Truth. Andrew Straw bore a striking resemblance to my husband. I had unearthed an unexpected family story." Of the 330,000 Australian men who enlisted and served in World War I, close to 60,000 never returned home. As much as it is important to commemorate the war dead, it is also imperative that we remember the survivors as they moved into peacetime. Of the 32,000 Western Australian men who enlisted, 23,700 returned from the war. These men tried to create a semblance of a civilian life following the traumas of war. War receded from immediate view as these men readjusted to civilian life, but its impacts endured. Many returned with disabilities, mental health problems and a lowered sense of self-worth that led some to take their own lives. This book charts the emergence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a diagnosable condition in an Australian context. In this deeply personal account, historian and writer Leigh Straw seeks a better understanding of what soldiers experienced once the fighting stopped. After the War uses the personal struggles of soldiers and their families to increase public understanding of the legacies of World War I in Western Australia and across the nation. The scars of war-mental and physical-can be lifelong for soldiers who serve their country. This is a story of surviving life after war. [Subject: Military History, History, PTSD, Psychology, WWI, Australian Studies]

Broken Nation

Author : Joan Beaumont
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781741761559

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Winner of the 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History; winner of the History Prize in the 2014 NSW Premier’s History Award; winner of the History Award in the 2014 Queensland Literary Awards. The Great War is, for many Australians, the event that defined our nation. The larrikin diggers, trench warfare, and the landing at Gallipoli have become the stuff of the Anzac 'legend'. But it was also a war fought by the families at home. Their resilience in the face of hardship, their stoic acceptance of enormous casualty lists and their belief that their cause was just, made the war effort possible. Broken Nation is the first book to bring together all the dimensions of World War I. Combining deep scholarship with powerful storytelling, Joan Beaumont brings the war years to life: from the well-known battles at Gallipoli, Pozieres, Fromelles and Villers-Bretonneux, to the lesser known battles in Europe and the Middle East; from the ferocious debates over conscription to the disillusioning Paris peace conference and the devastating 'Spanish' flu the soldiers brought home. We witness the fear and courage of tens of thousands of soldiers, grapple with the strategic nightmares confronting the commanders, and come to understand the impact on Australians at home and at the front of death on an unprecedented scale. A century after the Great War, Broken Nation brings lucid insight into the dramatic events, mass grief and political turmoil that makes the memory of this terrible war central to Australia's history. 'A deeply researched, judicious and multi-faceted account of the war that became Australia's greatest tragedy - highly readable for a modern audience.' - David Horner, Professor of Australian Defence History, Australian National University

Religion and the Antebellum Debate Over Slavery

Author : John R. McKivigan,Mitchell Snay
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0820320765

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Religion and the Antebellum Debate Over Slavery by John R. McKivigan,Mitchell Snay Pdf

Essays discuss proslavery arguments in the churches, the urge toward compromise and unity, the coming of schisms in the various denominations, and the role of local conditions in determining policies

Religion and the American Civil War

Author : Randall M. Miller,Harry S. Stout,Charles Reagan Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1998-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198028345

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Religion and the American Civil War by Randall M. Miller,Harry S. Stout,Charles Reagan Wilson Pdf

The sixteen essays in this volume, all previously unpublished, address the little considered question of the role played by religion in the American Civil War. The authors show that religion, understood in its broadest context as a culture and community of faith, was found wherever the war was found. Comprising essays by such scholars as Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Drew Gilpin Faust, Mark Noll, Reid Mitchell, Harry Stout, and Bertram Wyatt-Brown, and featuring an afterword by James McPherson, this collection marks the first step towards uncovering this crucial yet neglected aspect of American history.