Holy Runaways

Author : Matthias Roberts
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506485669

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Holy Runaways by Matthias Roberts Pdf

Holy Runaways speaks to people who are feeling ignored, oppressed, or rejected by their religious community and church, offering a path forward built on speaking truth, deep listening, and acting with compassion. In the past decade, church attendance among US adults has decreased by more than 25 percent. Americans report leaving religious communities because of the institutions' hypocrisy and resistance to change or because of trauma they have experienced in those spaces. Instead of safe havens for people of faith, many churches have become sites of harm--places people feel the need to escape at all costs. In Holy Runaways, psychotherapist Matthias Roberts reaches out to those who, like him, want to understand the religion they've run from and erect a new faith on firmer foundations. He concludes that the best blueprint for a new spiritual home requires reimagining ourselves, God, and our very definition of faith. Roberts blends deeply personal stories, new interpretations of familiar Christian parables, and recent scholarship about the dynamics of trauma to offer a way forward--and a warm, helpful companion--for readers on their own journeys. He calls out people who perpetuate systems of violence and oppression and suggests ways we can all contribute to a new system built on love--and a new home we can inhabit together.

Author : Kevin Miguel Garcia
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Meditation
ISBN : 9781506493589

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What Makes You Bloom by Kevin Miguel Garcia Pdf

With wit and practical guidance, spiritual coach Kevin Miguel Garcia helps us create a new spiritual practice after our faith has fallen apart. Garcia shows us how we can connect with the Divine already inside us and cultivate meaningful spiritual practices that help us heal from the past, tap into the present, and imagine a delicious future.

Author : Holly Webb
Publisher : Scholastic UK
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781407194851

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The Runaways by Holly Webb Pdf

It's London in the late 1930s, and the Second World War is imminent. Molly's beloved dog Bertie is now considered "surplus to requirement". Molly runs away and when she comes across two other runaways that she starts to feel safe again. Maybe, just maybe, with each other's help, they have a chance of overcoming the trials put in front of them.

Author : Gabino La Rosa Corzo
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807861738

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Runaway Slave Settlements in Cuba by Gabino La Rosa Corzo Pdf

Combining archaeological and historical methods, Gabino La Rosa Corzo provides the most detailed and accurate available account of the runaway slave settlements (palenques) that formed in the inaccessible mountain chains of eastern Cuba from 1737 to 1850, decades before the end of slavery on the island. The traces that remain of these communities provide important clues to historical processes such as slave resistance and emancipation, anticolonial insurgency, and the emergence of a free peasantry. Some of the communities developed into thriving towns that still exist today. La Rosa challenges the claims of previous scholars and demonstrates how romanticized the communities have become in historical memory. In part by using detailed maps drawn on site, La Rosa shows that palenques were smaller and fewer in number than previously thought and they contained mostly local, rather than long-distance, fugitives. In addition, the residents were less aggressive and violent than myth holds, often preferring to flee rather than fight a system of oppression that was even more effective and organized than generally supposed. La Rosa's study illuminates many social and economic issues related to the African diaspora in the Caribbean, with particular focus on slavery, resistance, and independence. This translation makes the book available in English for the first time.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : COLUMBIA:0037101455

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The Holy Bible, in the Authorized Version by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christopher Wordsworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Bible
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU17927765

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The Holy Bible in the Authorized Version by Christopher Wordsworth Pdf

Author : Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 910 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Indian boarding schools
ISBN : 9780773546523

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Canada's Residential Schools by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Pdf

This is the McGill-Queen's University Press edition of the six volumes of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. The product of over six years of research, the Commission's final report outlines the history and legacy of Canada's residential schools, and charts a pathway towards reconciliation.

Author : Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 910 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773598195

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Canada's Residential Schools: The History, Part 2, 1939 to 2000 by Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada Pdf

Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to “civilize and Christianize” Aboriginal children, it was necessary to separate them from their parents and their home communities. For children, life in these schools was lonely and alien. Discipline was harsh, and daily life was highly regimented. Aboriginal languages and cultures were denigrated and suppressed. Education and technical training too often gave way to the drudgery of doing the chores necessary to make the schools self-sustaining. Child neglect was institutionalized, and the lack of supervision created situations where students were prey to sexual and physical abusers. Legal action by the schools’ former students led to the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada in 2008. The product of over six years of research, the Commission’s final report outlines the history and legacy of the schools, and charts a pathway towards reconciliation. Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 2, 1939 to 2000 carries the story of the residential school system from the end of the Great Depression to the closing of the last remaining schools in the late 1990s. It demonstrates that the underfunding and unsafe living conditions that characterized the early history of the schools continued into an era of unprecedented growth and prosperity for most Canadians. A miserly funding formula meant that into the late 1950s school meals fell short of the Canada Food Rules. Overcrowding, poor sanitation, and a failure to adhere to fire safety rules were common problems throughout this period. While government officials had come to view the schools as costly and inefficient, the churches were reluctant to countenance their closure. It was not until the late 1960s that the federal government finally wrested control of the system away from the churches. Government plans to turn First Nations education over to the provinces met with opposition from Aboriginal organizations that were seeking “Indian Control of Indian Education.” Following parent-led occupation of a school in Alberta, many of the remaining schools came under Aboriginal administration. The closing of the schools coincided with a growing number of convictions of former staff members on charges of sexually abusing students. These trials revealed the degree to which sexual abuse at the schools had been covered up in the past. Former students, who came to refer to themselves as Survivors, established regional and national organizations and provided much of the leadership for the campaign that led to the federal government issuing in 2008 an apology to the former students and their families.

Author : Daniel Steinhart
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520298644

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Runaway Hollywood by Daniel Steinhart Pdf

After World War II, as cultural and industry changes were reshaping Hollywood, movie studios shifted some production activities overseas, capitalizing on frozen foreign earnings, cheap labor, and appealing locations. Hollywood unions called the phenomenon “runaway” production to underscore the outsourcing of employment opportunities. Examining this period of transition from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, Runaway Hollywood shows how film companies exported production around the world and the effect this conversion had on industry practices and visual style. In this fascinating account, Daniel Steinhart uses an array of historical materials to trace the industry’s creation of a more international production operation that merged filmmaking practices from Hollywood and abroad to produce movies with a greater global scope.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011809337

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (July - December)

Author : William Bernard MacCabe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600068685

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Florine, Princess of Burgundy: a Tale of the First Crusade by William Bernard MacCabe Pdf

Author : Barbara Hargrove
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015003533893

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Reformation of the Holy by Barbara Hargrove Pdf

Author : Sunjeev Sahota
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345810182

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The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota Pdf

Nominated for the Man Booker Prize. One of Granta's Best Young British Novelists in 2013 gives us a sweeping, urgent, contemporary epic about a year in the life of a group of young illegal immigrants living and working together in the north of England. Three young men from very different backgrounds come together in a journey from India to England, where they hope to begin something new. To support their families; where they can, to build their future; to show their worth; to escape the past. They have almost no idea of what awaits them. In a dilapidated shared house in Sheffield, Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his life in Bihar. Avtar has a secret that binds him to the unpredictable Randeep. Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town, whose cupboards are full of her husband's clothes in case the immigration men surprise her with a visit. She is Narinder, and her story is the most surprising of all. Utterly absorbing and beautiful, sweeping in scope, The Year of the Runaways is written with compassion touched by grace. As Tochi, Avtar, Randeep and Narinder negotiate their dreams, desires and shocking realities, as their histories continue to pull at them, as the seasons pass, what emerges is a novel of overwhelming humanity: one which asks how far we can decide our own course in life, and what we should do for love, for faith, and for family.

Author : Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773598256

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Canada's Residential Schools: Missing Children and Unmarked Burials by Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada Pdf

Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to “civilize and Christianize” Aboriginal children, it was necessary to separate them from their parents and their home communities. For children, life in these schools was lonely and alien. Discipline was harsh, and daily life was highly regimented. Aboriginal languages and cultures were denigrated and suppressed. Education and technical training too often gave way to the drudgery of doing the chores necessary to make the schools self-sustaining. Child neglect was institutionalized, and the lack of supervision created situations where students were prey to sexual and physical abusers. Legal action by the schools’ former students led to the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada in 2008. The product of over six years of research, the Commission’s final report outlines the history and legacy of the schools, and charts a pathway towards reconciliation. Canada’s Residential Schools: Missing Children and Unmarked Burials is the first systematic effort to record and analyze deaths at the schools, and the presence and condition of student cemeteries, within the regulatory context in which the schools were intended to operate. As part of its work the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada established a National Residential School Student Death Register. Due to gaps in the available data, the register is far from complete. Although the actual number of deaths is believed to be far higher, 3,200 residential school victims have been identified. The analysis also demonstrates that residential school death rates were significantly higher than those for the general Canadian school-aged population. The failure to establish and enforce adequate standards of care, coupled with the failure to adequately fund the schools, resulted in unnecessarily high death rates at residential schools. Senior government and church officials were well aware of the schools’ ongoing failure to provide adequate levels of custodial care. Children who died at the schools were rarely sent back to their home community. They were usually buried in school or nearby mission cemeteries. As the schools and missions closed, these cemeteries were abandoned. While in a number of instances Aboriginal communities, churches, and former staff have taken steps to rehabilitate cemeteries and commemorate the individuals buried there, most of these cemeteries are now disused and vulnerable to accidental disturbance. In the face of this abandonment, the TRC is proposing the development of a national strategy for the documentation, maintenance, commemoration, and protection of residential school cemeteries.

Author : Karen M. Staller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015064946034

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Runaways by Karen M. Staller Pdf

During the 1960s and 1970s, the issue of runaways became a source of national concern. This text examines the programmes and policies that took shape during this period and the ways in which the ideas of the alternative services movement continue to guide our responses to at-risk youth.