Unfinished Journey

Author : William Henry Chafe
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 019515049X

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This popular classic text chronicles America's roller-coaster journey through the decades since World War II. Considering both the paradoxes and the possibilities of post-war America, Chafe portrays the significant cultural and political themes that have colored our country's past and present, including issues of race, class, gender, foreign policy, and economic and social reform. He examines such subjects as the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights movement, the origins and the end of the Cold War, the culture of the 1970s, the Reagan years, the Clinton presidency, and the events of September 11th and their aftermath. In this edition, Chafe provides an insightful assessment of Clinton's legacy as president, particularly in light of his impeachment, and an entirely new chapter that examines the impact of two of America's most pivotal events of the twenty-first century: the 2000 presidential election turmoil and the September 11th terrorist attacks. Chafe puts forth an excellent account of George W. Bush's first year as president and also covers his subsequent role as a world leader following his administration's declared war on terrorism. The completely revised epilogue and updated bibliographic essay offer a compelling and controversial final commentary on America's past and its future. Brilliantly written by a prize-winning historian, the fifth edition of The Unfinished Journey is an essential text for all students of recent American history.

Author : Friday Ganda
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781609573447

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The Unfinished Journey with My Lord by Friday Ganda Pdf

In this compelling narrative, veteran missionary Friday Ganda finds himself in a dilemma, whether to continue pursuing his beloved teaching career, or answer the call and save souls for Christ. At a young age, having started a magnificent teaching career, found a wonderful wife, and settled in a small town, his local church turns to him so that he might become their pastor. He flees. He ends up in another church, which takes even a shorter time to ask him to be their pastor and believe it or not, he flees again and the next church he joins asks the same. Eventually, Friday realizes that when the Lord sets you on fire for Him, you can do nothing but burn, and people will come and watch you. He realizes you cannot win against the Lord's call and therefore he pursues it. Friday's journey with the Lord takes him from rural Kenya to the deserts of Sudan, from the highlands of Ethiopia to the dusty terrains of Mali and Burkina Faso. His journeys lead him to discover that when the Lord is with you, there is nothing that can stop you. Rev. Friday Ganda served as a Pastor with the Church of the Nazarene in Kenya for four years. Served as District Superintendent for six years, and then as Mission Coordinator for the Country of Kenya for two years, and also as Jesus Film Coordinator for Africa East Field and French Field for two years. Now he is a Missionary with the Church of the Nazarene, having served in Ethiopia, and the Sudan in the Horn of Africa Field, and currently serving in Burkina Faso, West Africa Field. He currently holds a Dip Th. and a BA (Biblical Studies) degree.

Author : William E. Gibson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791485576

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Eco-Justice--The Unfinished Journey by William E. Gibson Pdf

Articles linking ecological sustainability and social justice.

Author : Simon Glustrom
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781499042191

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UNFINISHED JOURNEY by Simon Glustrom Pdf

Unfinished Journey: A Rabbi's Bout With Doubt represents a collection of personal observations of the diverse groups affiliated with his congregation where he served as rabbi in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. The author also delves into the thorny issues of religious faith that trouble the laity, but also members of the clergy of all faiths who are reluctant to ask themselves whether they honestly believe what they publicly preach. Since his retirement from the active rabbinate, the author began to re-examine the provocative views of his mentors who taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary in his student years. Rabbis, educators and laymen looked to the intellectual "giants" for clarity and religious guidance. Two of these great teachers, Rabbis Mordecai M. Kaplan and Abraham Joshua Heschel, were both eloquent and courageous interpreters of Jewish thought although they represented sharply divergent views on questions such as the meaning of God, the efficacy of prayer, or the concept of the Chosen People. As he reviewed many of the sacred texts, the author began to question and even to doubt what he was taught to accept as irrevocable truths. In recent years, however, he has begun to define what he can comfortably believe in while still maintaining his personally integrity as a teacher of religious values and traditions. . He maintains that his "bout with doubt" has helped him find a more mature understanding of what faith can and cannot achieve for the modern generation.

Author : Searetha Smith-Collins
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-08
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781644163047

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The Unfinished Journey by Searetha Smith-Collins Pdf

Without clear direction, without understanding of one's past, without heroes (including women) and positive role models, without family, without connections to neighbors and a viable community, without social tranquility or firm rootedness, without at least one parent who can be at home to parent, without community control, power, and influence, without a reference group with whom to identify, without stability of one's personal world, without clearly designated leaders, without hope and a clear vision of life's expectancies and survival prospects, without a spiritual and moral centeredness, there is chaos. Where there is chaos and lack of vision, the people perish. Without economic opportunity and outlets to release despair and anger, without a feeling of safety and security, without an unlimited future, without controls on the use of drugs, violence (including gun violence), and sexual promiscuity, without responsibility and consequences for inappropriate behavior, without responsibility as well as rights, without commonly agreed upon expectations for structure and discipline, without religious, family, and personal values to help connect people, without concern for the collective as well as the individual, without nurture, without a circle of support from a responsible, caring parent, coach, teacher, grandparent, minister, neighbor, or community member, without someone who will take the time to reach out to make one feel special and valued, the children suffer and the people are dysfunctional. Where there is dysfunction, the people are a threat to themselves and the institution of family and society. How do you promote ways to shape success out of circumstances, so as, to empower future generations to come? The expression of music, especially in African American spiritual and gospel tradition provides insight into how trials, threats, and traditions have sustained us over the generations. Whether we are talking about our personal storms, or our family, societal, or global threats, the first stanza of an old gospel hymn, written fifty years ago by Ruth Caye Jones, entitled, "In Times Like These" rings true, inspires, and calls out to each generation still today: "In times like these, we need a Savior, We need an anchor; In times like these We need a friend; Be very sure, be very sure, Your anchor holds and grips a Solid Rock."

Author : Robin Feuer Miller,Professor Robin Feuer Miller
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780300120158

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Dostoevsky's Unfinished Journey by Robin Feuer Miller,Professor Robin Feuer Miller Pdf

How does Dostoevsky’s fiction illuminate questions that are important to us today? What does the author have to say about memory and invention, the nature of evidence, and why we read? How did his readings of such writers as Rousseau, Maturin, and Dickens filter into his own novelistic consciousness? And what happens to a novel like Crime and Punishment when it is the subject of a classroom discussion or a conversation? In this original and wide-ranging book, Dostoevsky scholar Robin Feuer Miller approaches the author’s major works from a variety of angles and offers a new set of keys to understanding Dostoevsky’s world. Taking Dostoevsky’s own conversion as her point of departure, Miller explores themes of conversion and healing in his fiction, where spiritual and artistic transfigurations abound. She also addresses questions of literary influence, intertextuality, and the potency of what the author termed "ideas in the air.” For readers new to Dostoevsky’s writings as well as those deeply familiar with them, Miller offers lucid insights into his works and into their continuing power to engage readers in our own times.

Author : Austen Ivereigh
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826484383

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Unfinished Journey: The Church 40 Years After Vatican 2 by Austen Ivereigh Pdf

The Second Vatican Council, which ended thirty-five years ago, promised so much: a new vision of a reformed Church aware of its social, theological and ecumenical responsibilities; a truly conciliar Church with collegial structures. However, this vision seems to have evaporated and many of the promised reforms have been truncated or have not happened at all. The Vatican remains intensely bureaucratic. Theologians are silenced and the effect of clerical scandal seems to have led Church leaders to dig in and see the deposit of faith as something static. Once again the Church believes it has a monopoly on the truth and millions of people feel marginalized and excluded. Britain's long-established Catholic weekly, The Tablet , has fought for the spirit and values of Vatican II in a way that no other journal has done. It has criticised the Church (Humanae Vitae) and has condemned corruption, but has also supported the Church where it has been right to do so.These essays come from a truly international cast of contributors who cover the Church of Vatican II but above all give us prophesy of where this vision may still lead the Church and the people of God. This is a Church semper reformanda.

Author : William H. Chafe
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : United States
ISBN : 0190084766

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"A higher education text on the history of the United States since World War II"--

Author : Yehudi Menuhin
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Musicians
ISBN : 0712668098

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Unfinished Journey by Yehudi Menuhin Pdf

Yehudi Menuhin was a legend in his own time. Born in April 1916 in New York of Russian-Jewish parents, he made his extraordinary debut at the age of seven, playing Lalo' s notoriously difficult Symphonie espagnole with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. By the time he was eleven he had made historic debuts in Paris and New York, at twelve in Berlin and at thirteen in London, thus launching himself on a career that was to take him all over the world in the ensuing decades, playing with leading conductors and orchestras. Alongside his renown as a great musician, he is equally remembered for his committed humanitarianism, exemplified by his championship of young musicians and his work for international understanding and the many causes close to his synoptic mind and generous spirit. Yehudi Menuhin was made a life peer in 1993 after having received the Order of Merit from H.M. the Queen. Other honours include the Grand Cross of Merit from both Germany and Spain, the Grand Officier de la Legion d'Honneur from France and the Ordre de la Couronne from Belgium. He was an Honorary Doctor of thirty universities in different countries, including Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews and the Sorbonne. First published in 1976, Lord Menuhin's autobiography was updated by him and reissued in 1996. This is the first paperback publication of that edition, now supplemented by a preface by Christopher Hope and a concluding chapter by Michael Binyon. Unfinished Journey tells the full story and reflects the many and varied interests of one of the most gifted musicians and original intellects of the twentieth century.

Author : Thomas G. Weiss,Ramesh Thakur
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780253004154

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Global Governance and the UN by Thomas G. Weiss,Ramesh Thakur Pdf

In the 21st century, the world is faced with threats of global scale that cannot be confronted without collective action. Although global government as such does not exist, formal and informal institutions, practices, and initiatives—together forming "global governance"—bring a greater measure of predictability, stability, and order to trans-border issues than might be expected. Yet, there are significant gaps between many current global problems and available solutions. Thomas G. Weiss and Ramesh Thakur analyze the UN's role in addressing such knowledge, normative, policy, institutional, and compliance lapses. The UN's relationship to these five global governance gaps is explored through case studies of some of the most burning problems of our age, including terrorism, nuclear proliferation, humanitarian crises, development aid, climate change, human rights, and HIV/AIDS.

Author : Jeanne Allen
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781796076073

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An Unfinished Journey: Education & the American Dream by Jeanne Allen Pdf

Inspired by love of country, her Italian heritage, and this nation’s ongoing quest to raise its children to aspire and achieve their greatest dreams, Jeanne Allen wrote An Unfinished Journey, which uniquely challenges us to think big about the education of our youth. The author—a well-known pioneer and veteran of education policy, politics, and culture—provides a compendium of powerful yet brief essays that will have parents, policy makers, and the general public both laughing and crying at the way the nation’s education institutions have developed or mishandled all that it takes to help children achieve their greatest potential. From musings on Columbus Day to how kids behave in school and from the role of parents to politicians, this book is a uniquely informative and instructive firsthand account of the people, policies, and players that have shaped American education and why it matters. Combining a fascinating personal story with political acumen from more than thirty years in the arena, Allen paves the road to finishing the journey to the American dream.

Author : Nancy Rosenfeld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015033107122

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NOTE Special Title: Memoirs of 1985

Author : William H. Chafe
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0195036395

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The Unfinished Journey by William H. Chafe Pdf

A prize-winning historian chronicles the outstanding progress and profound failures of postwar American life--from the economic boom of the 1950s, to current conservative trends--and offers alternate possibilities.

Author : Shiva Naipaul
Publisher : London, England : Penguin Books ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking Penguin
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0140109250

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An Unfinished Journey by Shiva Naipaul Pdf

Contains articles about the Third World, the India of the Nehrus, the aborigines of Australia, Sri Lanka, and the author's relationship with his brother, V.S. Naipaul

Author : Theresa Oakes,Morton Jerry Weiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCAL:$B119579

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