Setting The People Free

Author : John Dunn
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691183916

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Setting the People Free by John Dunn Pdf

Why does democracy—as a word and as an idea—loom so large in the political imagination, though it has so often been misused and misunderstood? Setting the People Free starts by tracing the roots of democracy from an improvised remedy for a local Greek difficulty 2,500 years ago, through its near extinction, to its rebirth amid the struggles of the French Revolution. Celebrated political theorist John Dunn then charts the slow but insistent metamorphosis of democracy over the next 150 years and its apparently overwhelming triumph since 1945. He examines the differences and the extraordinary continuities that modern democratic states share with their Greek antecedents and explains why democracy evokes intellectual and moral scorn for some, and vital allegiance from others. Now with a new preface and conclusion that ground this landmark work firmly in the present, Setting the People Free is a unique and brilliant account of an extraordinary idea.

Author : John Dunn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015062593168

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Setting the People Free by John Dunn Pdf

Why does democracy, both as a word and an idea, linger so large in the political imagination today? John Dunn charts its slow but insistent metamorphosis from its roots in Ancient Greece to its overwhelming triumph in the years since 1945. Setting the People Free is an account of this extraordinary idea and its evolution.

Author : Barry Quirk
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230364288

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Re-imagining Government by Barry Quirk Pdf

In an age of austerity, public leaders and managers face a range of external challenges - fiscal, social and political. Combining theoretical insight, empirical commentary and practical experience, this book examines how democratic political systems work and how public decisions are made - and how they could be made better.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Building trades
ISBN : CORNELL:31924054120914

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Bulletin of the International Federation of Building and Woodworkers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tyndale
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 2409 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781496445445

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NLT Study Bible Large Print by Tyndale Pdf

Make Your Study Personal and Your Devotions Serious. You study the Bible to connect with God's heart. The NLT Study Bible gives you the tools you need to enter the world of the Bible so you can do just that. Including over 25,000 study notes plus profiles, charts, maps, timelines, book and section introductions, and approximately 300 theme notes, the NLT Study Bible will make your study personal and your devotions serious. This new large print edition features a generous 10-point font. The New Living Translation breathes life into even the most difficult-to-understand Bible passages, changing lives as the words speak directly to their hearts.

Author : Pa Yaw
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978716698

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Martin Luther's Theology of Two Kingdoms in Buddhist and Christian Communities by Pa Yaw Pdf

Socially engaged religion teaches that people of faith have a responsibility to address and reduce suffering in all its forms, both physical and spiritual, including suffering resulting from social injustice, exploitation, oppression, false faith, and so forth. True religion engages with society to alleviate suffering and bring transformation. In other words, religious violence is an obscenity, a deviation from the true character of religion. Martin Luther's Theology of Two Kingdoms in Buddhist and Christian Communities examines the principle of separation between religion and politics in the context of both Buddhist and Christian communities. In predominantly Buddhist contexts such as Myanmar, where a reciprocal relationship between religion and politics is expected, separation is not effective. Attempts by Christians to separate religion and politics cause the church to run away from tyranny and follow the state with blind obedience. Martin Luther’s model of two distinct but interconnected systems for religion and politics creates space for each institution to give constructive advice and criticism to the other for the health of all human beings.

Author : Arthur Isak Applbaum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674983465

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Legitimacy Without Illusions by Arthur Isak Applbaum Pdf

What makes a government legitimate? Arthur Isak Applbaum rigorously argues that the greatest threat to democracies today is not loss of basic rights or despotism. It is the tyranny of unreason: domination of citizens by incoherent, inconstant, incontinent rulers. A government that cannot govern itself cannot legitimately govern others.

Author : Os Guinness
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830895656

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The Global Public Square by Os Guinness Pdf

Logos Bookstores' Best Book in Christianity and Culture How do we live with our deepest differences? In a world torn by religious conflict, the threats to human dignity are terrifyingly real. Some societies face harsh government repression and brutal sectarian violence, while others are divided by bitter conflicts over religion's place in public life. Is there any hope for living together peacefully? Os Guinness argues that the way forward for the world lies in promoting freedom of religion and belief for people of all faiths and none. He sets out a vision of a civil and cosmopolitan global public square, and how it can be established by championing the freedom of the soul—the inviolable freedom of thought, conscience and religion. In particular he calls for leadership that has the courage to act on behalf of the common good. Far from utopian, this constructive vision charts a course for the future of the world. Soul freedom is not only a shining ideal but a dire necessity and an eminently practical solution to the predicaments of our time. We can indeed maximize freedom and justice and learn to negotiate deep differences in public life. For a world desperate for hope at a critical juncture of human history, here is a way forward, for the good of all.

Author : Lisa Chaneyfield
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781984547415

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The Life and Testimony of Lisa Chaneyfield Volume 2 by Lisa Chaneyfield Pdf

The Life and Testimony of Lisa Chaneyfield Volume 2: All Things Are Possible with God is the story with struggles and triumphs of a young lady who grew up in Queens, New York. It reveals the testimonial of drugs, homelessness, abuse, and what it takes to overcome these obstacles. The author, Lisa Chaneyfield, spares no details as she explains each graphic part of her life as a drug addict, a prostitute, and a prisoner. She also tells of her story how she overcame betrayal, a broken heart, and unforgiveness. She came to the knowledge that there is a balm in Gilead and a light at the end of the tunnel. When Lisa thought that she would not make it and felt like giving up, she experienced a love like no otherthe love of Jesus Christ. She goes into details of her process of life transformation and healing. As she reflects on each situation, you can easily see how the hand of God was on her, guiding and protecting her. As you read these pages, dont regret the process; all things are possible with God. You will discover that lifes struggles are only there to make you stronger and wiser. Accept Jesus into your life, and your heartaches will become a testimony and a source of encouragement to help someone else. Just remember, all that we go through is not for us. What the devil meant for evil God turns it around for your good. Amen.

Author : Jonny Baker,Cathy Ross
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334059509

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Imagining Mission with John V. Taylor by Jonny Baker,Cathy Ross Pdf

The impact that John V. Taylor had on our contemporary understanding of mission is vast – his determination that mission should mean engagement across cultural boundaries has deep resonance today. In 'Imagining Mission with John V. Taylor', leading missional thinkers Jonny Baker and Cathy Ross invite us into a vision of church, mission and society which takes John Taylor’s ideas seriously, seeking to imagine what Taylor’s insights might mean for these three areas in our contemporary context. The result is a clarion call to the church to take bigger risks and dream bigger dreams.

Author : Judson L. Jeffries
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820351995

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The Black Panther Party in a City near You by Judson L. Jeffries Pdf

This is the third volume in Judson L. Jeffries’s long-range effort to paint a more complete portrait of the most widely known organization to emerge from the 1960s Black Power Movement. Like its predecessors (Comrades: A Local History of the Black Panther Party [2007] and On the Ground: The Black Panther Party in Communities across America [2010]), this volume looks at Black Panther Party (BPP) activity in sites outside Oakland, the most studied BPP locale and the one long associated with oversimplified and underdeveloped narratives about, and distorted images of, the organization. The cities covered in this volume are Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, and Washington, D.C. The contributors examine official BPP branches and chapters as well as offices of the National Committee to Combat Fascism that evolved into full-fledged BPP chapters and branches. They have mined BPP archives and interviewed members to convey the daily ups-and-downs related to BPP’s social-justice activities and to reveal the diversity of rank-and-file BPP members’ personal backgrounds and the legal, political, and social skills, or baggage, that they brought to the BPP. The BPP reportedly had a presence in some forty places across the country. During this time, no other Black Power Movement organization fed as many children, provided healthcare to as many residents, educated as many adults, assisted as many senior citizens, and clothed as many people. In point of fact, no other organization of the Black Power era had as great an impact on American lives as did the BPP. Nonetheless, when Jeffries undertook this project, chapter-level scholarly investigations of the BPP were few and far between. This third book, The Black Panther Party in a City Near You, raises the number of BPP branches that Jeffries and his contributors have examined to seventeen. Contributors: Curtis Austin, Judson L. Jeffries, Charles E. Jones, Ava Kinsey, Duncan MacLaury, Sarah Nicklas, John Preusser.

Author : Paul Feider
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666702675

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Healing Miracles in Acts of the Apostles by Paul Feider Pdf

Life has many challenges and some illnesses, but none of these can withstand the miraculous and healing power of the Holy Spirit. This unique book takes a person into the incredible healing power of the Spirit seen in the early Christian community and then shares stories of that healing love changing lives today. The author has both a keen understanding of these dynamic biblical accounts and personal experience to draw people into a life lived in the power of the Holy Spirit. The compelling texts, teachings, stories, questions, and practical applications awaken the human heart to the holy love of God, who desires the fullness of life for each person. The book leaves one wanting that much more of life, the full outpouring of the Holy Spirit. It is a book of hope, filled with stories of miracles.

Author : Donald E. Pitzer
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807898970

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America's Communal Utopias by Donald E. Pitzer Pdf

From the Shakers to the Branch Davidians, America's communal utopians have captured the popular imagination. Seventeen original essays here demonstrate the relevance of such groups to the mainstream of American social, religious, and economic life. The contributors examine the beliefs and practices of the most prominent utopian communities founded before 1965, including the long-overlooked Catholic monastic communities and Jewish agricultural colonies. Also featured are the Ephrata Baptists, Moravians, Shakers, Harmonists, Hutterites, Inspirationists of Amana, Mormons, Owenites, Fourierists, Icarians, Janssonists, Theosophists, Cyrus Teed's Koreshans, and Father Divine's Peace Mission. Based on a new conceptual framework known as developmental communalism, the book examines these utopian movements throughout the course of their development--before, during, and after their communal period. Each chapter includes a brief chronology, giving basic information about the group discussed. An appendix presents the most complete list of American utopian communities ever published. The contributors are Jonathan G. Andelson, Karl J. R. Arndt, Pearl W. Bartelt, Priscilla J. Brewer, Donald F. Durnbaugh, Lawrence Foster, Carl J. Guarneri, Robert V. Hine, Gertrude E. Huntington, James E. Landing, Dean L. May, Lawrence J. McCrank, J. Gordon Melton, Donald E. Pitzer, Robert P. Sutton, Jon Wagner, and Robert S. Weisbrot.

Author : Pope Francis
Publisher : Image
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780804185851

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Lumen Fidei: The Light of Faith by Pope Francis Pdf

The encyclical letter Lumen Fidei is the great monument of the Year of Faith declared by Pope Benedict XVI and brought to completion by Pope Francis. It is a capstone of the year, but at the same time a milestone of a long road, a road we have only begun to travel: the road of the New Evangelization.” –from the Foreword by Scott Hahn On June 29, 2013 Pope Francis issued his first papal letter reflecting on the nature of belief and the need to renew our faith for a bright future of charity and love for all. "The light of Faith: this is how the Church's tradition speaks of the great gift brought by Jesus," Pope Francis writes. "In John's Gospel, Christ says of himself: 'I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.'" Here is an illuminating work inviting all to lead a more spiritual and faith-based, a reminder that with faith comes service, and with service to others and to God comes heaven on earth.

Author : Anna Sargeant
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433686443

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The Big Picture Interactive 52-Week Bible Story Devotional by Anna Sargeant Pdf

Interactive devotional for children to read and access Bible story videos by scanning the QR code. Also includes access to a free app for additional content.