The Blessings Of Disaster

Author : Michel Bruneau
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781633888241

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The Blessings of Disaster by Michel Bruneau Pdf

Are we doomed? As individuals, certainly, eventually, inevitably. But as a species? As a civilization? Leading catastrophe engineer Michel Bruneau thinks perhaps not. The Blessings of Disaster draws on knowledge from multiple disciplines to illustrate how our civilization’s future successes and failures in dealing with societal threats—be they pandemics, climate change, overpopulation, monetary collapse, and nuclear holocaust—can be predicted by observing how we currently cope with and react to natural and technological disasters. Maybe most importantly, this entertaining and often counter-intuitive book shows how we can think in better ways about disasters, to strengthen and extend our existence as both individuals and as a species. When it comes to rare extreme events, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornados, volcanic eruptions, technological accidents, terrorist attacks, pandemics, and even existential threats, it is in our nature to set ourselves up for disasters because the gamble may be worth it. But only maybe. The Blessing of Disaster is the very real story of the relationship between humans and disasters – and it’s not a simple one. Bringing together his decades-long career spanning the globe as an earthquake and disaster engineer, detailed catastrophe case studies from extreme events like Japan’s Kobe earthquake and category 5 hurricanes in the American South, along with thoughtful and practical solutions, Bruneau provides a thorough examination of the structural challenges that face today’s (and tomorrow’s) world. How we cope with today’s threats is indicative of what the future holds. Contrary to popular forecasts, it is not all gloom and doom – but some of it definitely is.

Author : Erwin W. Lutzer
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781414331003

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Where Was God? by Erwin W. Lutzer Pdf

When natural disaster strikes, survivors and onlookers alike face questions about whether God is in control or how he could allow such tragedy to occur. Respected Bible teacher Erwin Lutzer offers answers about God's purposes, his goodness, and his ultimate plan. Without pretending to know the mind of God, Lutzer's answers assure the reader that God is still sovereign, and his plan is still best.

Author : Gordan Peerman
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781594734199

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Blessed Relief by Gordan Peerman Pdf

A thoughtful, down-to-earth look at helpful ways to lessen human suffering. This book takes you on a lively, sometimes light-hearted, journey through nine Buddhist practices that can bring "blessed relief" to a wide range of human suffering—and teaches you skills to reduce suffering in the long term for yourself and others. The practices help you: Loosen the grip of suffering Engage and question limiting views, thoughts and opinions Deconstruct ten common assumptions Be present in each moment Survive emotional storms Develop peaceful communication skills Deepen communication with your partner Appreciate mortality and the preciousness of life Cultivate compassion As you read the chapters and engage in each practice, you will work with your own stories of suffering—stories in which you have felt abandoned, deprived, subjugated, defective, excluded or vulnerable—and you will learn how to release yourself from suffering by investigating it with curiosity and kindness.

Author : Christof Mauch,Christian Pfister
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780739134610

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Natural Disasters, Cultural Responses by Christof Mauch,Christian Pfister Pdf

Catastrophes, it seems, are becoming more frequent in the twenty-first century. According to UN statistics, every year approximately two hundred million people are directly affected by natural disasters_seven times the number of people who are affected by war. Discussions about global warming and fatal disasters such as Katrina and the Tsunami of 2004 have heightened our awareness of natural disasters and of their impact on both local and global communities. Hollywood has also produced numerous disaster movies in recent years, some of which have become blockbusters. This volume demonstrates that natural catastrophes_earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, etc._have exercised a vast impact on humans throughout history and in almost every part of the world. It argues that human attitudes toward catastrophes have changed over time. Surprisingly, this has not necessarily led to a reduction of exposure or risk. The organization of the book resembles a journey around the globe_from Europe to North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, and from the Pacific through South America and Mexico to the United States. While natural disasters appear everywhere on the globe, different cultures, societies, and nations have adopted specific styles for coping with disaster. Indeed, how humans deal with catastrophes depends largely on social and cultural patterns, values, religious belief systems, political institutions, and economic structures. The roles that catastrophes play in society and the meanings they are given vary from one region to the next; they differ_and this is one of the principal arguments of this book_from one cultural, political, and geographic space to the next. The essays collected here help us to understand not only how people in different times throughout history have learned to cope with disaster but also how humans in different parts of the world have developed specific cultural, social, and technological strategies for doing so.

Author : Erwin W. Lutzer
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781414364940

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An Act of God? by Erwin W. Lutzer Pdf

How can we begin to understand or explain the tough questions about world disasters? Should we question if God is in control of major disasters, or even ask if he caused them? How do we answer the probing questions of non-Christians? How can God be considered good and just in light of the tsunamis, hurricanes, fires, earthquakes, and floods that are visited on his creation and his children? An updated, timely, and even more accessible edition of Where Was God? by Erwin Lutzer, bestselling author and senior pastor of The Moody Church, An Act of God? is a faith journey discussion about these and other life dilemmas.

Author : John Canning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Disasters
ISBN : 0831739878

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Great Disasters by John Canning Pdf

Author : James Cornell
Publisher : New York : Pocket Books ; Markham, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Disasters
ISBN : 0671819518

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The Great International Disaster Book by James Cornell Pdf

Author : Eveleaner Grant
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781609577391

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Pass the Blessings! by Eveleaner Grant Pdf

Wouldn't it be nice if each kid came with their own instruction book? They did not but God did leave us with many instructions that are to be applied to our lives and theirs. Often, they follow us as we follow Christ or not!

Author : Kevin Rozario
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226230214

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The Culture of Calamity by Kevin Rozario Pdf

Turn on the news and it looks as if we live in a time and place unusually consumed by the specter of disaster. The events of 9/11 and the promise of future attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the destruction of New Orleans, and the inevitable consequences of environmental devastation all contribute to an atmosphere of imminent doom. But reading an account of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, with its vivid evocation of buildings “crumbling as one might crush a biscuit,” we see that calamities—whether natural or man-made—have long had an impact on the American consciousness. Uncovering the history of Americans’ responses to disaster from their colonial past up to the present, Kevin Rozario reveals the vital role that calamity—and our abiding fascination with it—has played in the development of this nation. Beginning with the Puritan view of disaster as God’s instrument of correction, Rozario explores how catastrophic events frequently inspired positive reactions. He argues that they have shaped American life by providing an opportunity to take stock of our values and social institutions. Destruction leads naturally to rebuilding, and here we learn that disasters have been a boon to capitalism, and, paradoxically, indispensable to the construction of dominant American ideas of progress. As Rozario turns to the present, he finds that the impulse to respond creatively to disasters is mitigated by a mania for security. Terror alerts and duct tape represent the cynical politician’s attitude about 9/11, but Rozario focuses on how the attacks registered in the popular imagination—how responses to genuine calamity were mediated by the hyperreal thrills of movies; how apocalyptic literature, like the best-selling Left Behind series, recycles Puritan religious outlooks while adopting Hollywood’s style; and how the convergence of these two ways of imagining disaster points to a new postmodern culture of calamity. The Culture of Calamity will stand as the definitive diagnosis of the peculiarly American addiction to the spectacle of destruction.

Author : Koichi Shiwaku,Aiko Sakurai,Rajib Shaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9784431559825

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Disaster Resilience of Education Systems by Koichi Shiwaku,Aiko Sakurai,Rajib Shaw Pdf

Education is regarded as a cross-cutting issue for disaster risk reduction (DRR) through reviewing the Sendai Framework for DRR (SFDRR) 2015–2030. Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the education sector is one of the important efforts to enhance resilience in a community. DRR in the education sector not only focuses on provision of disaster education, but also includes securing a safe school environment, developing school disaster management plans, and building the capacity of school teachers and local educational officers. Japan, with its wealth of experience in DRR, has developed a good resilient system in its education sector, which has been tested and revised through experiences of past disasters. This book reviews the evolution of DRR in the education sector in Japan, including some of the recent developments after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, focusing on DRR governance and practices in national policies, curriculum development and teacher training, community linkage, and international cooperation, to enhance resilience in the education sector. The primary target groups for this book are students and researchers in the fields of disaster management and DRR studies. Another target group comprises practitioners and policy makers, who will be able to apply the collective knowledge from this work to policy and decision making. The book provides an overview of the current research trends and furnishes basic knowledge on this important topic.

Author : Simon Simonse
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789970259465

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Kings of Disaster by Simon Simonse Pdf

This is the long awaited, revised and illustrated edition of Kings of Disaster, the study of the Rainmakers of the Nilotic Sudan that is in many ways a breakthrough in anthropological thinking on African political systems. Taking his inspiration from René Girard’s theory of consensual scapegoating, the author shows that the longstanding distinction of states and stateless societies as two fundamentally different political types does not hold. Centralized and segmentary systems only differ in the relative emphasis put on the victim role of the king as compared with that of enemy. Kings of Disaster thus proposes an uninvolved solution to the vexed problem of regicide.

Author : Rev. Panton Okon, PhD
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781465399656

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The Blessings Of Sacrifice And The Joy Of Service by Rev. Panton Okon, PhD Pdf

The book "The Blessings of Sacrifice and the Joy of Service" focuses on two traits of the true disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ who came to the world, served and paid for the sins and redemption of mankind with His life. Jesus "... made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men..." (Philippians 2:7, NIV). He also, in His own words, "...came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (Matthew 20:28, NIV). Jesus is our perfect example and if Christians are going to be true witnesses of Jesus, they must experience the blessings of sacrifice and the joy of service.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Disasters
ISBN : 0670875384

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Disaster! by Anonim Pdf

A look at disasters, natural and man-made, that shook the world. Disasters such as, the dirigible Hindenburg that crashed in flames, the Great Fire of London in 1666, the sinking of the Titanic and many others. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary.

Author : Ope Banwo
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781438906652

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The Blessings of Adversity by Ope Banwo Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Williams Printing Company
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1604160438

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Portrait of a Disaster by Anonim Pdf