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Book The Joy of the Disinherited

Download or read book The Joy of the Disinherited written by Kevin Dedner and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could being Black in America make you sick?Over the last decade, Kevin Dedner has been on a mission to explore this powerful and troubling question, shining an unconventional spotlight on the impact of racism on mental health. In his debut book, The Joy of the Disinherited, Dedner articulates his call for urgent change: We must knock down the invisible barriers that make it harder for Black people to get the mental health care they need and deserve. Building on American author and civil rights leader Howard Thurman's Jesus and theDisinherited, widely considered a manual of resistance for the oppressed, Dedner uses Thurman's teachings to come to terms with the impact oppression has had on his own mental health and the mental health of Black Americans, digging into family stories as examples of the legacy of unresolved generational trauma of the disinherited. As a public health professional who has spent his career working on high-profile issues, Dedner uses his autobiographical essays to highlight the latest mental health research, while simultaneously interrogating the invisible barriers he has encountered along his own mental health journey. Dedner weaves together research, personal storytelling and a powerful sense of our shared history to drive the conversation about the future of mental health care for the Black community and other underserved groups ever forward.---"Dedner's noble endeavor to resurrect [Howard] Thurman's teachings within a poetic and articulate discourse on Black self-esteem and mental health - recurring themes in Thurman's books - will be a blessing for years to come. I know this book will not only challenge you, but put you on the path to find your own growing edge, and centering moment within the hectic and noisy world of today." -- Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois

Book The Joy of the Disinherited

Download or read book The Joy of the Disinherited written by Kevin Dedner and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could being Black in America make you sick?Over the last decade, Kevin Dedner has been on a mission to explore this powerful and troubling question, shining an unconventional spotlight on the impact of racism on mental health. In his debut book, The Joy of the Disinherited, Dedner articulates his call for urgent change: We must knock down the invisible barriers that make it harder for Black people to get the mental health care they need and deserve. Building on American author and civil rights leader Howard Thurman's Jesus and theDisinherited, widely considered a manual of resistance for the oppressed, Dedner uses Thurman's teachings to come to terms with the impact oppression has had on his own mental health and the mental health of Black Americans, digging into family stories as examples of the legacy of unresolved generational trauma of the disinherited. As a public health professional who has spent his career working on high-profile issues, Dedner uses his autobiographical essays to highlight the latest mental health research, while simultaneously interrogating the invisible barriers he has encountered along his own mental health journey. Dedner weaves together research, personal storytelling and a powerful sense of our shared history to drive the conversation about the future of mental health care for the Black community and other underserved groups ever forward.---"Dedner's noble endeavor to resurrect [Howard] Thurman's teachings within a poetic and articulate discourse on Black self-esteem and mental health - recurring themes in Thurman's books - will be a blessing for years to come. I know this book will not only challenge you, but put you on the path to find your own growing edge, and centering moment within the hectic and noisy world of today." -- Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois

Book Jesus and the Disinherited

Download or read book Jesus and the Disinherited written by Howard Thurman and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “No other publication in the twentieth century has upended antiquated theological notions, truncated political ideas, and socially constructed racial fallacies like Jesus and the Disinherited. Thurman’s work keeps showing up on the desk of anti-apartheid activists, South American human rights workers, civil rights champions, and now Black Lives Matter advocates.” –Rev. Otis Moss III, author of Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World and senior pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ A commemorative edition of the work that inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and helped shape the civil rights movement In this beautiful gift edition of the classic theological treatise, complete with a place-marker ribbon and silver gilded edges, celebrated theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman (1899–1981) revolutionizes the way we read the gospel. Thurman lifts Jesus up as a partner in the pain of the oppressed and reveals the gospel as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised. In this view, the example of Jesus’s life shows us that hatred does not empower—it decays. Only by recognizing fear, deception, contempt, and love of one another can God’s justice prevail. With a new foreword by acclaimed womanist theologian Kelly Brown Douglas, this edition of Jesus and the Disinherited is a timeless testimony of faith that demonstrates how to thrive and flourish in a world that attempts to destroy one’s humanity from the inside out. Having witnessed firsthand the depths of white supremacy and the heights of human civility, Thurman reiterates the inherent dignity of all of God’s children.

Book Howard Thurman and the Disinherited

Download or read book Howard Thurman and the Disinherited written by Paul Harvey and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The faith journeys of a major mentor to the civil rights movement Teacher. Minister. Theologian. Writer. Mystic. Activist. No single label can capture the multiplicity of Howard Thurman’s life, but his influence is evident in the most significant aspects of the civil rights movement. In 1936, he visited Mahatma Gandhi in India and subsequently brought Gandhi’s concept of nonviolent resistance across the globe to the United States. Later, through his book Jesus and the Disinherited, he foresaw a theology of American liberation based on the life of Jesus as a dispossessed Jew under Roman rule. Paul Harvey’s biography of Thurman speaks to the manifold ways this mystic theologian and social activist sought to transform the world to better reflect “that which is God in us,” despite growing up in the South during the ugliest years of Jim Crow. After founding one of the first intentionally interracial churches in the country—the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco—he shifted into a mentorship role with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders. He advised them to incorporate more inward seeking and rest into their activism, while also recasting their struggle for racial equality in a more cosmopolitan, universalist manner. As racial justice once again comes to the forefront of American consciousness, Howard Thurman’s faith and life have much to say to a new generation of the disinherited and all those who march alongside them.

Book Truth Matters

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  • Author : John G. Trapani
  • Publisher : CUA Press
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780966922660
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book Truth Matters written by John G. Trapani and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon the richness and breadth of Jacques Maritain's thought, the contributors to this volume engage readers with philosophical essays about the search for truth in human life and civic engagement. The essays examine a broad range of topics, from those that are more properly theoretical, such as God, science, natural law, practical reason, education, and democracy, to those that are more practical, such as capital punishment, eugenics, friendship, love, and art. In each essay, the author implicitly challenges the claims of relativism and postmodernism, specifically the idea that there is no "real" truth and that what matters is merely the perspective of one's own frame of reference. The essays argue instead that theoretical truth-claims have practical consequences, that truth matters to those who are affected by it. In addition to the editor, the contributors are: Gavin T. Colvert, John A. D. Cuddeback, Raymond Dennehy, Bernard E. Doering, Desmond J. FitzGerald, Sarah J. Fodor, William J. Fossati, W. Matthews Grant, James G. Hanink, Katie Hollenberg, Gregory Kerr, James P. Mesa, Peter Pagan, Matthew S. Pugh, James V. Schall, S.J., Michael D. Torre, John R. Traffas, Cornelia A. Tsakiridou, Timothy S. Valentine, S.J., A. Leo White, Anne M. Wiles, and Henk E. S. Woldring. John G. Trapani, Jr., is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Humanities Division at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio.

Book The Cousins

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  • Author : Karen M. McManus
  • Publisher : Delacorte Press
  • Release : 2020-12-01
  • ISBN : 0525708006
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book The Cousins written by Karen M. McManus and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying comes your next obsession. You'll never feel the same about family again. Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each another, and they've never even met their grandmother. Rich and reclusive, she disinherited their parents before they were born. So when they each receive a letter inviting them to work at her island resort for the summer, they're surprised . . . and curious. Their parents are all clear on one point--not going is not an option. This could be the opportunity to get back into Grandmother's good graces. But when the cousins arrive on the island, it's immediately clear that she has different plans for them. And the longer they stay, the more they realize how mysterious--and dark--their family's past is. The entire Story family has secrets. Whatever pulled them apart years ago isn't over--and this summer, the cousins will learn everything. Fans of the hit thriller that started it all can watch the secrets of the Bayview Four be revealed in the One of Us is Lying TV series now streaming on NBC's Peacock!

Book Cain  a Mystery

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  • Author : George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1830
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 460 pages

Download or read book Cain a Mystery written by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lord Byron s Cain

Download or read book Lord Byron s Cain written by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Disinherited

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  • Author : Robert Sackville-West
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2015-03-03
  • ISBN : 1632860449
  • Pages : 439 pages

Download or read book The Disinherited written by Robert Sackville-West and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the small hours of the morning of June 3, 1914, a woman and her husband were found dead in a sparsely furnished apartment in Paris. Only when the identity of the couple was revealed in the English press a fortnight later did the full story emerge. The man, Henry Sackville-West, had shot himself minutes after the death of his wife; but Henry's suicidal despair had been driven equally by the failure of his claim to be the legitimate heir to Knole, one of the largest and stateliest houses in England. Henry's father, Lord Sackville, had been introduced to Pepita de Oliva, a beautiful Spanish dancer born in the backstreets of Malaga, in 1852. Their affair lasted until Pepita's death in 1871, and produced five children, of whom Henry was the youngest. One of his older sisters, Victoria, would eventually become mistress of Knole through a judicious marriage. But Henry and the other illegitimate members of the family, Max, Flora, and Amalia, were gradually eased from the historical record. The Disinherited rescues them from the shadows to which they had been consigned, revealing the secrets and lies that lay at the heart of an English dynasty. It is an absorbing and moving tale of sibling rivalry as the brothers and sisters struggle for their father's love and against the stain of illegitimacy that had condemned them to lives of poverty and disappointment.

Book The Joy of Living

Download or read book The Joy of Living written by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller! For millennia, Buddhists have enjoyed the limitless benefits of meditation. But how does it work? And why? The principles behind this ancient practice have long eluded some of the best minds in modern science. Until now. In this groundbreaking work, world-renowned Buddhist teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche invites us to join him in unlocking the secrets behind the practice of meditation. Working with neuroscientists at the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, Yongey Mingyur provides clear insights into modern research indicating that systematic training in meditation can enhance activity in areas of the brain associated with happiness and compassion. He has also worked with physicists across the country to develop a fresh, scientifically based interpretation of the Buddhist understanding of the nature of reality. With an infectious joy and insatiable curiosity, Yongey Mingyur weaves together the principles of Tibetan Buddhism, neuroscience, and quantum physics in a way that will forever change the way we understand the human experience. Using the basic meditation practices he provides, we can discover paths through everyday problems, transforming obstacles into opportunities to recognize the unlimited potential of our own minds. With a foreword by bestselling author Daniel Goleman, The Joy of Living is a stunning breakthrough, an illuminating vision of the science of Buddhism and a handbook for transforming our minds, bodies, and lives.

Book The Joy of Youth

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  • Author : Eden Phillpotts
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1913
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book The Joy of Youth written by Eden Phillpotts and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Living With The End In View

Download or read book Living With The End In View written by Daniel Klender and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wise man once said, aEURoeWe don't lack ability we lack incentive.aEUR Living with the End in View supplies a treasure trove of incentive for daily living while empowering the reader to escape the tyranny of the here and now. As the Bible concludes, Jesus's final admonition to the church in Revelation 22:12 instructed, aEURoeBehold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me to give to everyone according to his work.aEUR This book identifies what this reward will entail for the faithful Christ-follower. By employing the carrot rather than the stick, the author blazes a clear path for every Christ-follower to receiving a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of the Lord Jesus.

Book Baxter s Explore the Book

Download or read book Baxter s Explore the Book written by J. Sidlow Baxter and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 1846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Book is not a commentary with verse-by-verse annotations. Neither is it just a series of analyses and outlines. Rather, it is a complete Bible survey course. No one can finish this series of studies and remain unchanged. The reader will receive lifelong benefit and be enriched by these practical and understandable studies. Exposition, commentary, and practical application of the meaning and message of the Bible will be found throughout this giant volume. Bible students without any background in Bible study will find this book of immense help as will those who have spent much time studying the Scriptures, including pastors and teachers. Explore the Book is the result and culmination of a lifetime of dedicated Bible study and exposition on the part of Dr. Baxter. It shows throughout a deep awareness and appreciation of the grand themes of the gospel, as found from the opening book of the Bible through Revelation.

Book The Red Cap on the Cross

Download or read book The Red Cap on the Cross written by Richard Roberts and published by London : Headley. This book was released on 1918 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Starved for Affection

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  • Author : Randy Carlson
  • Publisher : NavPress
  • Release : 2015-08-07
  • ISBN : 1414359454
  • Pages : 172 pages

Download or read book Starved for Affection written by Randy Carlson and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2015-08-07 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love is the main component that binds a marriage together, but it doesn't end there. Sharing affection allows a couple to perceive that love. In Starved for Affection, Dr. Randy Carlson teaches why affection is so important and how to develop that essential, active ingredient in marriage: the affection that demonstrates love for each other and makes a marriage the rich experience every couple craves.

Book The Disinherited

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  • Author : Matt Cohen
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1974
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book The Disinherited written by Matt Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Disinherited and the Ensnared

Download or read book The Disinherited and the Ensnared written by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: