Author: Thich Nhat Hanh File Type: pdf Love in Action offers essays on nonviolence, peace, and reconciliation. Thich Nhat Hanh writes eloquently in the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. on the need for mindfulness and altruistic love as the basis for political action.About the AuthorThich Nhat Hanh has played a central role both in the development of a socially-engaged Buddhism, and in the continued ecumenical religious witness for peace and justice in the face of the tremendous suffering of todayis world. During the war in Vietnam, he founded the School of Youth for Social Service, a movement of over 10,000 young people in support of peace in his homeland, and served as chair of the Buddhist Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks. His words and actions greatly impacted such figures as Martin Luther King, Jr., who in 1967 spoke out against the war, and nominated Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Author: Margaret Cormack Associate Professor Of Religious Studies The College Of Charleston File Type: pdf Acts of martyrdom have been found in nearly all the worlds major religious traditions. Though considered by devotees to be perhaps the most potent expression of religious faith, dying for ones god is also one of the most difficult concepts for modern observers of religion to understand. This is especially true in the West, where martyrdom has all but disappeared and martyrs in other cultures are often viewed skeptically and dismissed as fanatics. This book seeks to foster a greater understanding of these acts of religious devotion by explaining how martyrdom has historically been viewed in the worlds major religions. It provides the first sustained, cross-cultural examination of this fascinating aspect of religious life. Margaret Cormack begins with an introduction that sets out a definition of martyrdom that serves as the point of departure for the rest of the volume. Then, scholars of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam examine martyrdom in specific religious cultures. Spanning 4000 years of history and ranging from Saul in the Hebrew Bible to Sati immolations in present-day India, this book provides a wealth of insight into an often noted but rarely understood cultural phenomenon.

Author: Anni Albers File Type: pdf The classic book on the art and history of weavingnow expanded and in full colorWritten by one of the twentieth centurys leading textile artists, this splendidly illustrated book is a luminous meditation on the art of weaving, its history, its tools and techniques, and its implications for modern design. First published in 1965, On Weaving bridges the transition between handcraft and the machine-made, highlighting the essential importance of material awareness and the creative leaps that can occur when design problems are tackled by hand.With her focus on materials and handlooms, Anni Albers discusses how technology and mass production place limits on creativity and problem solving, and makes the case for a renewed embrace of human ingenuity that is particularly important today. Her lucid and engaging prose is illustrated with a wealth of rare and extraordinary images showing the history of the medium, from hand-drawn diagrams and close-ups of pre-Columbian textiles to material studies with corn, paper, and the typewriter, as well as illuminating examples of her own work.Now available for a new generation of readers, this expanded edition of On Weaving updates the books original black-and-white illustrations with full-color photos, and features an afterword by Nicholas Fox Weber and essays by Manuel Cirauqui and Tai Smith that shed critical light on Albers and her career.

Author: Carrie James File Type: pdf Fresh from a party, a teen posts a photo on Facebook of a friend drinking a beer. A college student repurposes an article from Wikipedia for a paper. A group of players in a multiplayer online game routinely cheat new players by selling them worthless virtual accessories for high prices. In Disconnected, Carrie James examines how young people and the adults in their lives think about these sorts of online dilemmas, describing ethical blind spots and disconnects. Drawing on extensive interviews with young people between the ages of 10 and 25, James describes the nature of their thinking about privacy, property, and participation online. She identifies three ways that young people approach online activities. A teen might practice self-focused thinking, concerned mostly about consequences for herself moral thinking, concerned about the consequences for people he knows or ethical thinking, concerned about unknown individuals and larger communities. James finds, among other things, that youth are often blind to moral or ethical concerns about privacy that attitudes toward property range from whats theirs is theirs to free for all that hostile speech can be met with a belief that online content is just a joke and that adults who are consulted about such dilemmas often emphasize personal safety issues over online ethics and citizenship. Considering ways to address the digital ethics gap, James offers a vision of conscientious connectivity, which involves ethical thinking skills but, perhaps more important, is marked by sensitivity to the dilemmas posed by online life, a motivation to wrestle with them, and a sense of moral agency that supports socially positive online actions. **Review Carrie Jamess thought-provoking book offers a nuanced and sobering account of how youth think about, and at times ignore, moral and ethical issues related to online privacy, property, and participation. Whether or not one agrees with her diagnosis of a moral and ethical gap, the book demonstrates uniquely the challenges of aligning fluid youth perspectives and practices with adult-normative views on ethical problems in the evolving digital environment. (Urs Gasser, Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School Executive Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society coauthor of Born Digital and Interop) This book is a wakeup call for anyone with a stake in the health of online culture and society. James focuses on ethical breakdowns, disconnects, and blind-spots in young peoples view of online life, while noting that the real responsibility lies in the adult worlds failure to provide positive examples and meaningful guidance. She argues for the need to move beyond simple scare tactics about negative consequences to a deeper engagement with and reflection on what it means to be part of collective life in a networked era. (Mizuko Ito, Professor in Residence, University of California Humanities Research Institute author of Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out Kids Living and Learning with New Media) In this timely and fascinating book, Carrie James presents a revealing look at how todays young respond to ethical dilemmas in an online world. It should be essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the effect of the new media on young peoples social and moral development. James offers wise guidance for developing sound ethical footing in the digital age. (William Damon, Professor of Education, Stanford University) American university presses have filled their lists exposing the threat of new media. But what renders this short book superior to the usual young people are out of our control diatribe is its focus on the ethics of online participation. (Times Higher Education) Disconnected Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap is an enlightening read, not only for its analysis of online decision making but also for its revelation of what youth have (and havent) learned from the adults in their lives prior to making those decisions. Jamess work is relevant for any parent, teacher, graduate student, and professor who has ever wondered, in response to a young persons ethically questionable decision online, What were they thinking? Upon reading Disconnected, however, well-meaning adults will realize that the question they should ask What are we teaching? After all, the so-called digital natives were born into a participatory culture. Their predecessors should be willing to inform them of and guide them with principles of ethical participation. (Nancy Clare Morgan Journal of Digital and Media Literacy) About the Author Carrie James is a sociologist and Principal Investigator at Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She was codirector (with Howard Gardner) of the Good Play Project, which collected the data that inform Disconnected.