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Book In the Name of

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  • Author : Charlie-Camille Thomas
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-11-17
  • ISBN : 9789493148369
  • Pages : 152 pages

Download or read book In the Name of written by Charlie-Camille Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The politics of a pictogram: technology, gender, race and class in the history of the heart symbol The ubiquitous, benign and seemingly innocuous heart symbol hides a much more complex story than its appearance suggests. The heart is often described as a universal symbol for love, yet its history suggests otherwise; it is closer to a corporate and political medium, embedded with all of the familiar imbalances of class, gender and race. The symbol developed in the 15th century and became popular in Europe during the 16th century. Until then, the heart shape was not associated with love or any of its current implications: in other words, this apparently eternal image has a history. In the Name of lays bare this fascinatingly fraught and complex history, revealing the intricacies and problems surrounding the heart symbol. In text and images, the book explores how technological, political and historical dominance has impacted the development of communication and our access to (online) information today.

Book In the Name of History

Download or read book In the Name of History written by Joan Wallach Scott and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Joan Wallach Scott discusses the role history has played as an arbiter of right and wrong and of those who claim to act in its name—"in the name of history." Scott investigates three different instances in which repudiation of the past was conceived as a way to a better future: the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg in 1946, the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1996, and the ongoing movement for reparations for slavery in the United States. Scott shows how in these cases history was not only used to explain the past but to produce a particular future. Yet both past and future were subject to the political realities of their time and defined in terms of moral absolutes, often leading to deep contradictions. These three instances demonstrate that history is not an impartial truth, rather its very meaning is constructed by those who act in its name.

Book In the Name of God

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  • Author : Edmondo F. Lupieri
  • Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
  • Release : 2011-12-20
  • ISBN : 0802840175
  • Pages : 292 pages

Download or read book In the Name of God written by Edmondo F. Lupieri and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the conquistadores in Central and South America to the Jesuits in China, Edmondo Lupieri traces the consequences of European war and conquest for global cultural identities from the age of exploration to the present. In the Name of God exposes the economic, political, and religious justifications and motivations behind the European conquests and uncovers some of the historical roots of genocide, racism, and "just war." Lupieri's animated and comprehensive historical-sociological study masterfully weaves together a tapestry of ideas, individuals, and people groups, linking them throughout to present-day realities in often surprising ways. Unflinchingly critical, Lupieri describes how European-indigenous encounters have shaped Christianity -- and the world -- irrevocably.

Book In the Name of Osama Bin Laden

Download or read book In the Name of Osama Bin Laden written by Roland Jacquard and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A must read for all who continue to grapple with the twin legacy of hatred and hope from September 11. . . "* International terrorism expert Roland Jacquard's In the Name of Osama bin Laden presents a dramatic portrait of the world's most wanted terrorist and his extensive brotherhood--the network of people who operate "in his name." Published originally in France the very week of September 11, as events in the United States shook the world, the book has become an international bestseller. Jacquard details how bin Laden became an international emblem of fundamentalist, pan-Islamic, anti-U.S. fervor and the leader of a brotherhood so passionate that devotees who have never met him will act autonomously in his name. The author explains the global character of bin Laden's organization, elaborating the extent of his sphere of influence in Europe and Asia. Jacquard reveals the construction of bin Laden's networks--including a profile of his inner circle--and their collaboration with overlapping webs of banking, drug trafficking, religious, and terrorist organizations. He considers the brotherhood's access to biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons and warns that, with or without bin Laden, this global terrorist force will remain a threat. Now in English, this edition has been substantially updated in light of recent world events and expanded to include previously unpublished materials, featuring a new introduction and afterword. New documents include an April 2001 interview by the author with bin Laden; a September 24 proclamation by bin Laden to Muslims in Pakistan; and a key page from Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's book justifying eternal jihad, which was smuggled out of Afghanistan in October 2001.

Book Rage and Carnage in the Name of God

Download or read book Rage and Carnage in the Name of God written by Abiodun Alao and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-11 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Rage and Carnage in the Name of God, Abiodun Alao examines the emergence of a culture of religious violence in postindependence Nigeria, where Christianity, Islam, and traditional religions have all been associated with violence. He investigates the root causes and historical evolution of Nigeria’s religious violence, locating it in the forced coming together of disparate ethnic groups under colonial rule, which planted the seeds of discord that religion, elites, and domestic politics exploit. Alao discusses the histories of Christianity, Islam, and traditional religions in the territory that became Nigeria, the effects of colonization on the role of religion, the development of Islamic radicalization and its relation to Christian violence, the activities of Boko Haram, and how religious violence intermixes with politics and governance. In so doing, he uses religious violence as a way to more fully understand intergroup relations in contemporary Nigeria.

Book In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

Download or read book In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit written by Tomás A. Belmar and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: YHWH GOD SELF-REVELATION BY HIS NAME ______________________________________________________________________________ There is no doubt that the subjects that have caused the most confusion, divisions, and disagreements among all religions and/or denominations are the subjects of God, the Trinity, and water baptism. But rest assure that, after reading this book, you will have no more doubts or confusion disturbing you, because in this book, its all explained step by step by the Word of God and not by the invented and assumed traditions of men, that have changed the true Gospel of Christ. Only the wise shall understand! Daniel 12:10 ______________________________________________________________________________ God said to Moses: I AM YAHWEH! Exodus 3:14 In other words He said: I AM ETERNAL, THE EVER-PRESENT ONE!

Book In the Name of Elijah Muhammad

Download or read book In the Name of Elijah Muhammad written by Mattias Gardell and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1996-10-07 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Name of Elijah Muhammad tells the story of the Nation of Islam—its rise in northern inner-city ghettos during the Great Depression through its decline following the death of Elijah Muhammad in 1975 to its rejuvenation under the leadership of Louis Farrakhan. Mattias Gardell sets this story within the context of African American social history, the legacy of black nationalism, and the long but hidden Islamic presence in North America. He presents with insight and balance a detailed view of one of the most controversial yet least explored organizations in the United States—and its current leader. Beginning with Master Farad Muhammad, believed to be God in Person, Gardell examines the origins of the Nation. His research on the period of Elijah Muhammad’s long leadership draws on previously unreleased FBI files that reveal a clear picture of the bureau’s attempts to neutralize the Nation of Islam. In addition, they shed new light on the circumstances surrounding the murder of Malcolm X. With the main part of the book focused on the fortunes of the Nation after Elijah Muhammad’s death, Gardell then turns to the figure of Minister Farrakhan. From his emergence as the dominant voice of the radical black Islamic community to his leadership of the Million Man March, Farrakhan has often been portrayed as a demagogue, bigot, racist, and anti-Semite. Gardell balances the media’s view of the Nation and Farrakhan with the Nation’s own views and with the perspectives of the black community in which the organization actively works. His investigation, based on field research, taped lectures, and interviews, leads to the fullest account yet of the Nation of Islam’s ideology and theology, and its complicated relations with mainstream Islam, the black church, the Jewish community, extremist white nationalists, and the urban culture of black American youth, particularly the hip-hop movement and gangs.

Book What s in a Name

Download or read book What s in a Name written by Linda Francis and published by Living Books. This book was released on 1982-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating name dictionary that features the literal meaning of people's first names, the character quality implied by the name, and an applicable Scripture verse for each name listed.

Book At the Name of Jesus

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  • Author : Michael O'Neill-Mcgrath
  • Publisher : World Library Publications
  • Release : 2007-09
  • ISBN : 9781584593522
  • Pages : 102 pages

Download or read book At the Name of Jesus written by Michael O'Neill-Mcgrath and published by World Library Publications. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are 21 inspiring and emotional images of Christ, in visual and written form. Encounter a fresh array of images of Christ reflecting many times and cultures and come away with new ways to pray and to know Jesus: The Way, The Truth, The Life.

Book Praise the Name of the Lord

Download or read book Praise the Name of the Lord written by Michael Louis Fitzgerald and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2017-01-13 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians and Muslims both have an abundance of names for God. The Bible provides Christians with a rich array of names for God, and the ninety-nine Names that Islam gives traditionally to God are drawn from the Qur’an. Praise the Name of the Lord is an offering of texts, from the Qur’an and Bible, meant to lead to meditation and prayer. To pray starting from the texts of another religion can help us to acquire a better appreciation of that religion. It is possible that we will find different echoes that can capture our attention and may nourish our prayer, encouraging dialogue with the persons among whom we are living.

Book The Name of God in Jewish Thought

Download or read book The Name of God in Jewish Thought written by Michael T Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-16 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most powerful traditions of the Jewish fascination with language is that of the Name. Indeed, the Jewish mystical tradition would seem a two millennia long meditation on the nature of name in relation to object, and how name mediates between subject and object. Even within the tide of the 20th century’s linguistic turn, the aspect most notable in – the almost entirely secular - Jewish philosophers is that of the personal name, here given pivotal importance in the articulation of human relationships and dialogue. The Name of God in Jewish Thought examines the texts of Judaism pertaining to the Name of God, offering a philosophical analysis of these as a means of understanding the metaphysical role of the name generally, in terms of its relationship with identity. The book begins with the formation of rabbinic Judaism in Late Antiquity, travelling through the development of the motif into the Medieval Kabbalah, where the Name reaches its grandest and most systematic statement – and the one which has most helped to form the ideas of Jewish philosophers in the 20th and 21st Century. This investigation will highlight certain metaphysical ideas which have developed within Judaism from the Biblical sources, and which present a direct challenge to the paradigms of western philosophy. Thus a grander subtext is a criticism of the Greek metaphysics of being which the west has inherited, and which Jewish philosophers often subject to challenges of varying subtlety; it is these philosophers who often place a peculiar emphasis on the personal name, and this emphasis depends on the historical influence of the Jewish metaphysical tradition of the Name of God. Providing a comprehensive description of historical aspects of Jewish Name-Theology, this book also offers new ways of thinking about subjectivity and ontology through its original approach to the nature of the name, combining philosophy with text-critical analysis. As such, it is an essential resource for students and scholars of Jewish Studies, Philosophy and Religion.

Book The Name of the Rose

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  • Author : Umberto Eco
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 2014
  • ISBN : 0544176561
  • Pages : 595 pages

Download or read book The Name of the Rose written by Umberto Eco and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1327, finding his sensitive mission at an Italian abbey further complicated by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William of Baskerville turns detective.

Book Calling on the Name of the Lord

Download or read book Calling on the Name of the Lord written by Gary Millar and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defining prayer simply as "calling on the name of the Lord," Millar follows the contours of the Bible's teaching on prayer. In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, he shows how prayer is intimately linked with the gospel and how it is primarily to be understood as asking God to deliver on his promises.

Book Record of the Families in New England  of the Name of Hodges  Etc

Download or read book Record of the Families in New England of the Name of Hodges Etc written by Rufus HODGES and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Name of God Y eH oW aH Which is pronounced as it is Written I Eh oU Ah

Download or read book The Name of God Y eH oW aH Which is pronounced as it is Written I Eh oU Ah written by Gerard Gertoux and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-10 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The understanding of God's name YHWH is so controversial that it is eventually the controversy of controversies, or the ultimate controversy. Indeed, why most of competent Hebrew scholars propagate patently false explanations about God's name? Why do the Jews refuse to read God's name as it is written and read Adonay "my Lord" (a plural of majesty) instead of it? Why God's name is usually punctuated e, â (shewa, qamats) by the Masoretes what makes its reading impossible, because the 4 consonants of the name YHWH must have at least 3 vowels (long or short) to be read, like the words 'aDoNâY and 'eLoHîM "God" (a plural of majesty), which have 4 consonants and 3 vowels? At last, why the obvious reading "Yehowah", according to theophoric names, which all begin by Yehô-, without exception, is so despised, and why the simple biblical meaning, "He will be" from Exodus 3:14, is rejected.

Book In the Name of Honor

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  • Author : Dayton Ward
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2002-01-01
  • ISBN : 0743448138
  • Pages : 353 pages

Download or read book In the Name of Honor written by Dayton Ward and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delicate peace talks between the Federation and the Klingon Empire become complicated when Captain Kirk discovers that Starfleet prisoners of war are being held captive on a remote jungle planet. Now, with the unexpected assistance of an old adversary, Kirk embarks on a daring rescue mission, knowing that if he fails, the Federation will deny all knowledge of his intentions. But powerful forces within the Klingon government are determined to keep the shameful secret of the hostages' existence, even if it means obliterating every last trace of the prisoners -- and anyone who comes to save them!

Book In the Name of Science

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  • Author : Andrew Goliszek
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2003-11-15
  • ISBN : 0312303564
  • Pages : 466 pages

Download or read book In the Name of Science written by Andrew Goliszek and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-11-15 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Goliszek demonstrates in this chilling book, science has been called upon to kill people as often as it has to cure them. The grim catalogue of inhumanities committed culminated with the Nazi experiments, but in recent history the U.S. government has sponsored experiments on human subjects without their full knowledge.