Damning Words

Author : Hart, D. G.
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802873448
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Damning Words written by Hart, D. G. and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts a famously outspoken agnostic's surprising relationship with Christianity H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) was a reporter, literary critic, editor, author--and a famous American agnostic. From his role in the Scopes Trial to his advocacy of science and reason in public life, Mencken is generally regarded as one of the fiercest critics of Christianity in his day. In this biography D. G. Hart presents a provocative, iconoclastic perspective on Mencken's life. Even as Mencken vividly debunked American religious ideals, says Hart, it was Christianity that largely framed his ideas, career, and fame. Mencken's relationship to the Christian faith was at once antagonistic and symbiotic. Using plenty of Mencken's own words, Damning Words superbly portrays an influential figure in twentieth-century America and, at the same time, casts telling new light on his era.

Author : Linsay Knight
Publisher : Ginn
ISBN 13 : 9780602309442
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Junior School Dictionary written by Linsay Knight and published by Ginn. This book was released on 2002 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Junior School Dictionary is the most comprehensive dictionary designed for the primary classroom.

Author : Martin Manser
Publisher : Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780435104245
Total Pages : 1234 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heinemann English Dictionary written by Martin Manser and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is aimed at students of all levels and provides straightforward definitions and help with pronunciation.

Author : Frank H. Vizetelly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 954 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Desk-book of Twenty-five Thousand Words Frequently Mispronounced written by Frank H. Vizetelly and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lewis Arrington
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1524625248
Total Pages : 1090 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Storm written by Lewis Arrington and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Power is one of the most addictive drugs in the world. Those who want it will do anything to get it, including using and abusing their own family members to achieve their aims. Then once they have the power, they will not give it up willingly. Instead, they will go to any lengths to hold on to their power no matter how many people they hurt, believing it is their right to do so!

Author : Michael Novak
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351314181
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belief and Unbelief written by Michael Novak and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is perhaps the most widely read of Michael Novak's books. Belief and Unbelief attempts to push intelligence and articulation as far as possible into the stuff of what so many philosophers set aside as subjectivity. It is an impassioned critique of the idea of an unbridgeable gap between the emotive and the cognitive ? and in its own way, represents a major thrust at positivist analysis. Written in a context of personal tragedy as well as intellectual search, the book is grounded in the belief that human experience is enclosed within a person to person relationship with the source of all things ? sometimes in darkness, other tunes in aridity, but always in deep encounter with community and courage. It is written with a deep fidelity to classical Catholic thought as well as a sense of the writings of sociology, anthropology, and political theory?from Harold Lasswell to Friedrich von Hayek. This third edition includes Novak's brilliant 1961 article "God in the Colleges" from Harper's ? a critique of the technification of university life that rules issues of love, death, and personal destiny out of bounds, and hence leaves aside the mysteries of contingency and risk, in favor of the certainties of research, production, and consumption. For such a "lost generation" Belief and Unbelief will remain of tremendous interest and impact. When the book first appeared thirty years ago, it was praised by naturalists and religious thinkers alike. Sidney Hook called it "a remarkable book, written with verve and distinction." James Collins termed it "a lively and valuable essay from which a reflective, religiously concerned reader can draw immense profit." And The Washington Post reviewer claimed that "Novak has written a rich, relentlessly honest introduction to the problem of belief. It is a deeply personal book, rigorous in argument and open ended in conclusions."

Author : Joseph Traver
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456846604
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I’M Just a Fork-Lift Operator. After All, What Do I Know ? written by Joseph Traver and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the key teachings in all of the Bible is that of Matthew Chapter 7 verse 14. The Son of God, Jesus Christ, spoke about a/the way to eternal life (heaven) as being one of great difficulty. In other words, Jesus was saying that if someone wants eternal life it won't be easy and there must be a searching and an uncovering in finding the way. In this book God uses the life and words of an ordinary man's changed life as a compass in/to helping you/people find that/the narrow path to eternal life.

Author : Owen Jones
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612194885
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Establishment written by Owen Jones and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major bestseller in the UK and a six-time Best Book of 2014, The Establishment is a sweeping look at how power and money have made British politics hugely undemocratic. Power, money, and undemocratic politics—wait, does that sound familiar? Who wields power in politics? It is a question that's asked all too often—and never really answered. But that's exactly what Owen Jones has done in The Establishment, which has already taken Great Britain by storm. To expose the shadowy and unaccountable network of people who dominate British political life—the people who influence major decisions and reap huge profits in the process—Owen Jones sets out on a journey into the very heart of the elite. From the lobbies of the Houses of Parliament to Rupert Murdoch's newsrooms to the conference rooms of some of the world's biggest banks, Jones systematically explores the revolving doors that link the worlds of politics, media, and finance—and shows how this corrupt and incestuous world came to be. Funny, sharp, and rich with brilliant descriptions of the men and women at the heart of the elite, The Establishment is a joy to read, but its diagnosis is deadly serious: the establishment is the biggest threat to democracy today. And it's time, writes Jones, for it to be challenged.

Author : Martin Kessler
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1575065568
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the Book of Jeremiah written by Martin Kessler and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2004-06-23 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ferment is the correct word by which to characterize current Jeremiah studies, a deep and broad stirring that relies on previous scholarship but that seeks to move beyond that scholarship in bold and new ways. This collection of fine essays not only reflects that ferment but in important ways contributes to it and advances the discussion. Most broadly, the current discussion seeks to move beyond the historical-critical categories of Sigmund Mowinckel and Bernhard Duhm and the classic formulation of three sources, A, B, and C. In Jeremiah as in other parts of biblical scholarship, the new questions concern the inadequacy of historical-critical readings of a positivistic kind and the prospect of synchronic readings, either through ideological analysis that seeks to show that ideology shapes the book, or through canonical readings that find a large theological intentionality to the whole of the book. It turns out, perforce, that ideological and canonical readings are closely twinned in their judgment about the literature. This present collection, which includes both new voices and some of the established major players in the discussion, merits important attention.” From the preface, by Walter Brueggemann

Author : Ted Gup
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307472914
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nation of Secrets written by Ted Gup and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award winning journalist Ted Gup exposes how and why our most important institutions increasingly keep secrets from the very people they are supposed to serve.Drawing on his decades as an investigative reporter, Ted Gup argues that a preoccupation with secrets has undermined the very values--security, patriotism, and privacy--in whose name secrecy is so often invoked. He explores the blatant exploitation of privacy and confidentiality in academia, business, and the courts, and concludes that in case after case, these principles have been twisted to allow the emergence of a shadow system of justice, unaccountable to the public. Nation of Secrets not only sounds the alarm to warn against an unethical way of life, but calls for the preservation of our democracy as we know it.