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Book The Drama of Our Past

Download or read book The Drama of Our Past written by Leonard E. Doucette and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains five full-length and five shorter plays written in 19th- century Quebec, with essays introducing each play and placing it in the context of the history of Canadian drama in French during the period. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book The Black Church

    Book Details:
  • Author : Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2021-02-16
  • ISBN : 1984880349
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book The Black Church written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant New York Times bestseller and companion book to the PBS series. “Absolutely brilliant . . . A necessary and moving work.” —Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., author of Begin Again “Engaging. . . . In Gates’s telling, the Black church shines bright even as the nation itself moves uncertainly through the gloaming, seeking justice on earth—as it is in heaven.” —Jon Meacham, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of Stony the Road and one of our most important voices on the African American experience comes a powerful new history of the Black church as a foundation of Black life and a driving force in the larger freedom struggle in America. For the young Henry Louis Gates, Jr., growing up in a small, residentially segregated West Virginia town, the church was a center of gravity—an intimate place where voices rose up in song and neighbors gathered to celebrate life's blessings and offer comfort amid its trials and tribulations. In this tender and expansive reckoning with the meaning of the Black Church in America, Gates takes us on a journey spanning more than five centuries, from the intersection of Christianity and the transatlantic slave trade to today’s political landscape. At road’s end, and after Gates’s distinctive meditation on the churches of his childhood, we emerge with a new understanding of the importance of African American religion to the larger national narrative—as a center of resistance to slavery and white supremacy, as a magnet for political mobilization, as an incubator of musical and oratorical talent that would transform the culture, and as a crucible for working through the Black community’s most critical personal and social issues. In a country that has historically afforded its citizens from the African diaspora tragically few safe spaces, the Black Church has always been more than a sanctuary. This fact was never lost on white supremacists: from the earliest days of slavery, when enslaved people were allowed to worship at all, their meetinghouses were subject to surveillance and destruction. Long after slavery’s formal eradication, church burnings and bombings by anti-Black racists continued, a hallmark of the violent effort to suppress the African American struggle for equality. The past often isn’t even past—Dylann Roof committed his slaughter in the Mother Emanuel AME Church 193 years after it was first burned down by white citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, following a thwarted slave rebellion. But as Gates brilliantly shows, the Black church has never been only one thing. Its story lies at the heart of the Black political struggle, and it has produced many of the Black community’s most notable leaders. At the same time, some churches and denominations have eschewed political engagement and exemplified practices of exclusion and intolerance that have caused polarization and pain. Those tensions remain today, as a rising generation demands freedom and dignity for all within and beyond their communities, regardless of race, sex, or gender. Still, as a source of faith and refuge, spiritual sustenance and struggle against society’s darkest forces, the Black Church has been central, as this enthralling history makes vividly clear.

Book The Drama  Its History  Literature and Influence on Civilization  American drama  Indexes  Books for reference and extra reading   p  327 344

Download or read book The Drama Its History Literature and Influence on Civilization American drama Indexes Books for reference and extra reading p 327 344 written by Alfred Bates and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Deep History

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  • Author : Andrew Shryock
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2011-11-07
  • ISBN : 0520270282
  • Pages : 360 pages

Download or read book Deep History written by Andrew Shryock and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-11-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This breakthrough book brings science into history to offer a dazzling new vision of humanity across time. Team-written by leading experts in a variety of fields, it maps events, cultures, and eras across millions of years to present a new scale for understanding the human body, energy and ecosystems, language, food, kinship, migration, and more.

Book Lies My Teacher Told Me

Download or read book Lies My Teacher Told Me written by James W. Loewen and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.

Book Futuring Our Past

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  • Author : Espin, Orlando
  • Publisher : Orbis Books
  • Release : 2014-04-10
  • ISBN : 1608333493
  • Pages : 430 pages

Download or read book Futuring Our Past written by Espin, Orlando and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Catholic understanding of Tradition is not just about the preservation of ancient practices or customs; it is the process by which the faith is handed on (""traditioned"") from one generation to another. The essays in this volume, by scholars from a wide range of disciplines, center on two questions: How is the Christian tradition ""traditioned"" among Latino/as? And what impact does this ""traditioning"" have on the Tradition?
Futuring our Past is the first volume in a new Orbis series, published in cooperation with the Center for the Study of Latino/a Catholicism at the University of San Diego.
Aside from the editors, contributors include Bernard Cooke, Miguel H. Díaz, Michelle González, José R. Irizzary, Francisco Lozada, Jr., Daisy L. Machado, Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Gary Riebe-Estrella, Jean-Pierre Ruiz, and Theresa Torres.

Book Framing Our Past

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  • Author : Lorna R McLean
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 2001-05-14
  • ISBN : 0773569111
  • Pages : 526 pages

Download or read book Framing Our Past written by Lorna R McLean and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2001-05-14 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With introductory essays by historians, Framing Our Past emphasizes the lived experiences of women: their participation in many areas of social life, such as social rituals with other women; organized sporting clubs; philanthropic, spiritual and aesthetic activities; study and reading groups. The authors then focus on women's roles as nurturers and keepers of the hearth B their experiences with family management, child care, and health concerns. They consider women's varied contributions within formal and informal educational systems as well as their instrumental political role in consumer activism, social work, peace movements, and royal commissions. Canadian women's shaping of health care and science through nursing, physiotherapy and research are discussed, as is women's work, from domestic labour to dressmaking to broadcasting to banking. Using diary accounts, oral history, letters, organizational records, paintings, quilts, dressmaking patterns, milliners' records, posters, Framing our Past offers a unique opportunity to share what is rarely if ever seen, offering insights into the preservation and interpretation of historical sources.

Book The Drama  Its History  Literature and Influence on Civilization

Download or read book The Drama Its History Literature and Influence on Civilization written by Alfred Bates and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson

Download or read book The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson written by Harry Justin Elam and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2004-01-06 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable guide to the dramatic work of one of America's most important contemporary playwrights

Book Without Our Past

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  • Author : Ann Falkner
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 1977-12-15
  • ISBN : 1487596820
  • Pages : 252 pages

Download or read book Without Our Past written by Ann Falkner and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1977-12-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their growing awareness of the need to keep alive Canada's heritage, individuals, community groups, and small historical societies have long felt the need for a basic guide to the preservation of buildings, particularly buildings which, though they may not warrant provincial or federal protection, are nevertheless important to the history and values of their communities. Using the knowledge gained from many years of experience in various government departments and her familiarity with several successful building conversation projects, Ann Falkner has written this practical handbook for those concerned about preserving heritage structures. She covers clearly and in detail the various problems to be faced and actions to be taken, and analyses the assistance available through legislation at all three levels of government. Without Our Past? deals with inventories and how they are conducted, and, through a series of concrete examples, with the evaluation and selection of worthwhile buildings. It explains acquisition procedures for all types of properties, municipal powers under provincial planning acts, and control through specific zoning. It offers suggestions on how to re-use an outdated structure and how to create a compatible environment around a building, and it points out the value of publicity and local interest in gaining general support and cooperation. In a separate chapter expenses and finances are covered, including fund raising and the increasing monetary benefits of conservation.

Book The Drama  Its History  Literature and Influence on Civilization  American drama  Indexes  Books for reference and extra reading   p  327 344

Download or read book The Drama Its History Literature and Influence on Civilization American drama Indexes Books for reference and extra reading p 327 344 written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Drama of Ephesians

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  • Author : Timothy G. Gombis
  • Publisher : InterVarsity Press
  • Release : 2010-10-04
  • ISBN : 083082720X
  • Pages : 189 pages

Download or read book The Drama of Ephesians written by Timothy G. Gombis and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Timothy Gombis's dramatic reading of Ephesians we are drawn into a theological and cultural engagement with this epochal story of redemption. The Drama of Ephesians stands in the space between commentaries and specialized studies in Ephesians. Here you will renew your excitement for studying, preaching and teaching this great letter of Paul.