Author: Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen File Type: pdf Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen tackles all the major questions concerning luck egalitarianism, providing deep, penetrating and original discussion of recent academic discourses on distributive justice as well as responses to some of the main objections in the literature. It offers a new answer to the Why equality?? and Equality of what?? questions, and provides a robust luck egalitarian response to the recent criticisms of luck egalitarianism by social relations egalitarians. This systematic, theoretical introduction illustrates the broader picture of distributive justice and enables the reader to understand the core intuitions underlying, or conflicting with, luck egalitarianism.**
Author: Étienne Vayssière
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Father Etienne Vayssiere, OP, at the time provincial of Toulouse, ... was inviting his religious to rediscover what he called the patriarchal gift of St. Dominic. To know St. Dominic better, to fill oneself with his spirit, to develop a filial confidence in his intercession, this is the genuine devotion to St. Dominic he recommendedhe whom, we are told [by Marie-Joseph Nicolas], enjoyed the blessing of a filial union with St. Dominic. According to the fitting motto of Blessed Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier, Father Vayssiere wished to restore everything in St. Dominic. -from the Foreword by Friar Serge-Thomas Bonino, OP **
Author: Rocco Rubini
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A natural heir of the Renaissance and once tightly conjoined to its study, continental philosophy broke from Renaissance studies around the time of World War II. In The Other Renaissance, Rocco Rubini achieves what many have attempted to do since bring them back together. Telling the story of modern Italian philosophy through the lens of Renaissance scholarship, he recovers a strand of philosophic history that sought to reactivate the humanist ideals of the Renaissance, even as philosophy elsewhere progressed toward decidedly antihumanist sentiments.br br Bookended by Giambattista Vico and Antonio Gramsci, this strand of Renaissance-influenced philosophy rose in reaction to the major revolutions of the time in Italy, such as national unity, fascism, and democracy. Exploring the ways its thinkers critically assimilated the thought of their northern counterparts, Rubini uncovers new possibilities in our intellectual history that antihumanism could have been forestalled, and that our postmodern condition could have been entirely different. In doing so, he offers an important new way of thinking about the origins of modernity, one that renews a trust in human dignity and the Western legacy as a whole. **
Author: Chris Kanthan
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Five years ago, Monsanto and GMO were tiny blips on the radar of social conscience, with the discussion relegated to a few people on the fringes. Today, dozens of bills on GMO labeling are being considered across the country from Vermont to Oregon. Last year, Proposition 37 in California almost passed. People have suddenly become more aware of GMOs, and the demand for organic food is rising fast. People are rallying against Monsanto and other biotech companies to stop them from privatizing and monopolizing our food supply. Those are all the good news. The bad news is that most people are not quite sure about the pros and cons of GMOs. They feel ambivalent about this new technology that seems so exciting and promising. Activists, who are passionate and well-informed, are unable to change the hearts and minds of those sitting on the fence. The failure of Prop 37 shows how easy it is for Monsanto and their allies to confuse and scare people. This book is the result of my own journey in seeking to comprehend the relationship between food and health. What I found was quite shocking?our food supply and the entire ecosystem are, potentially, at a point of no return. It is imperative that we understand the GMO technology and its implications, educate people, and talk about the issues using facts and conviction. This article is in the form of a conversation between two people in reality, it is a representation of numerous conversations I have had with friends and strangers. Hopefully, this will be an informative e-book and a reference tool for those who seek to understand GMOs better passionate advocates will also find effective strategies for changing hearts and minds of friends and strangers.
Author: Michael Lienesch
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The current controversy over teaching evolution in the public schools has grabbed front-page headlines and topped news broadcasts all across the United States. In the Beginning investigates the movement that has ignited debate in state legislatures and at school board meetings. Reaching back to the origins of antievolutionism in the 1920s, and continuing to the promotion of intelligent design today, Michael Lienesch skillfully analyzes one of the most formidable political movements of the twentieth century. Applying extensive original sources and social movement theory, Lienesch begins with fundamentalism, describing how early twentieth-century fundamentalists worked to form a collective identity, to develop their own institutions, and to turn evolution from an idea into an issue. He traces the emerging antievolution movement through the 1920s, examining debates over Darwinism that took place on college campuses and in state legislatures throughout the country. With fresh insights and analysis, Lienesch retells the story of the 1925 Scopes monkey trial and reinterprets its meaning. In tracking the movement from that time to today, he explores the rise of creation science in the 1960s, the alliance with the New Christian Right in the 1980s, and the development of the theory of intelligent design in our own time. He concludes by speculating on its place in the politics of the twenty-first century. In the Beginning is essential for understanding the past, present, and future debates over the teaching of evolution. H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series
Author: Edward Larkin
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Thomas Paine has been celebrated for his role in persuading the American colonists to revolt against Britain and declare their independence. At the same time, however, scholars have generally dismissed his writings as propaganda. This book demonstrates that Paine was a skilled and sophisticated writer and thinker who transformed political literature in the late eighteenth century by creating a new literature of politics that bridged political philosophy and the everyday, common-sensical knowledge of ordinary people. The impact of this new political language would be remarkable as it energized a mass public to participate in the arena of politics, an arena from which they had been excluded.ReviewEdward Larkins impressive study of Paines literary achievement takes such moments of rhetorical complexity seriously. This book is really the first to assess Paines place in eighteenth-century print culture by analyzing a broad range of his writings...Larkin offers historical context and careful rhetorical analysis of well-known writings such as Common Sense, The Rights of Man (1791), and The Age of Reason (1794-95), as well as the less canonical Letter to the Abbe Raynal (1782) and The Letter to George Washington (1796)....The most impressive features of this book are Larkins willingness to creatively reconceptualize genre and his ability to find important figurative and thematic relations within the Paine canon. -William and Mary Quarterlythe analysis of Paines writings is illuminating. If there are some who still doubt the sophistication of Paines thought and the seriousness of purpose with which he challenged hierarchy, Larkins cogent book should convince them otherwise. -Matthew Rainbow Hale, Goucher CollegeLarkins study should strengthen Paines reputation, and this study should become an important s tarting point for students and teachers of teh Revolutionary period. Larkin has done Paine, and us, a great service. - Scott Slawinksi, Western Michigan UniversityOnly in htel ast few decades have scholars begun to take a balanced view of Paine, and a recent spate of books and articles on his tempestuous career and powerful pen bode well for a fuller understanding of this itnriguing individual. Among the best of these recent works, Edward Larkins literary study of Paines prose is a much needed complement of the political, historical, and philosophical emphases of other books and articles. Larkin reconstructs the significance of Paines editorship of the Pennsylvania Magazine as a touchstone for the idea of an inclusive American public. - Ben Ponder, Northwestern University The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Book DescriptionThomas Paine has been celebrated for his role in persuading the American colonists to revolt against Britain and declare their independence. At the same time, however, scholars have generally dismissed his writings as propaganda. This book demonstrates that Paine was a skilled and sophisticated writer and thinker who transformed political literature in the late eighteenth century by creating a new literature of politics that bridged political philosophy and the everyday, knowledge of ordinary people. The impact of this new political language would be remarkable as it energized a mass public to participate in an arena of politics, from which they had been excluded.
Author: Adam M Howard
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Long a bastion of Jewish labor power, garment unions provided financial and political aid essential to founding and building the nation of Israel. Throughout the project, Jewish labor often operated outside of official channels as non-governmental organizations. Adam Howard explores the untold story of how three influential garment unions worked alone and with other Jewish labor organizations in support of a new Jewish state. Sewing the Fabric of Statehood reveals a coalition at work on multiple fronts. Sustained efforts convinced the AFL and CIO to support Jewish development in Palestine through land purchases for Jewish workers and encouraged the construction of trade schools and cultural centers. Other activists, meanwhile, directed massive economic aid to Histadrut, the General Federation of Jewish Workers in Palestine, or pressured the British and American governments to recognize Israels independence. What emerges is a powerful account of the motivations and ideals that led American labor to forge its own foreign policy and reshape both the postwar world and Jewish history.**ReviewGroundbreaking. Adam Howard brings together new information and penetrating analysis of labor, ideology, and international relations that changes the paradigm for how we understand the U.S. role in Israels creation and, more generally, the impact of non-state actors in international affairs.--Robert Anthony Waters, coeditor of American Labors Global Ambassadors The International History of the AFL-CIO during the Cold War Book Description Tailoring a movement dedicated to the idea of a Jewish homeland
Author: Stuart Dischell
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There is a gentleness in the midst of savagery in Stuart Dischells fifth full-length collection of poetry. These poems are ever aware of the momentary grace of the present and the fleeting histories that precede the instants of time. Part elegist, part fabulist, part absurdist, Dischell writes at the edges of imagination, memory, and experience. By turns socially outward and inwardly reflective, comic and remorseful, the beautifully crafted poems of Children with Enemies transfigure dread with a reluctant wisdom and come alive to the confusions and implications of what it means to be human. **
Author: Helen Varney
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Encompassing the entire scope of the practice of midwifery, Varneys Midwifery covers the provision of primary care to women from puberty through senescence, including the maternity cycle and primary care of the well newborn. This new edition has been extensively revised to reflect current midwifery practice. It contains ten new chapters, including Basics of Management of Care, Health Care Issues for Women, Safe Motherhood, Health Maintenance, Nutrition, Primary Health Care, Pharmacology, and Common Diagnoses in Womens Health. Four new skills chapters have also been added, including endometri
Author: N. T. Wright
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In The Kingdom New Testament, author N.T. Wright, whom Newsweek calls the worlds leading New Testament scholar provides a fresh, vivid translation of the New Testament. This is The Message for a new generation. Not for a long time has such a powerful and authoritative new translation of the Scriptures arisen for Christians everywhere, changing the way we read the books of the New Testament. In The Kingdom New Testament, Wright achieves a closer match to the Scriptures original Greek provides a more natural, readable tone to the readingseven while magnifying the vibrancy and urgency of the original works. For Christians worldwide, this stunning new translation of the New Testament from the author of Simply Christian and Scripture and the Authority of God is a crucial way to re-claim the message of the Bible.**ReviewWrights Kingdom New Testament is both faithful and fresh, both lucid and enlightening, both careful and creative. Bringing to bear his wealth of scholarship and a lifetime of study, it will serve us well for many years to come. Enthusiastically recommended. (Dr. Ben Witherington, III, Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary) Wright, the worlds most influential New Testament interpreter, gives us in The Kingdom New Testament, a readable and dynamic translation marked by precision, personality, and power. The Kingdom New Testament will be unsurpassed-- this is the one translation Id want everyone to read. (Scot McKnight, Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies, North Park University) [The] Kingdom New Testament a comforting voice for struggling newcomers, a fresh voice for translation-tired veterans. I know of no one more qualified to take the message of the New Testament and put it into words that the modern person can fully understand. (Nicholas Perrin, Franklin S. Dyrness Professor of Biblical Studies, Wheaton College) Translations often are either too popular or too formal. This fresh translation of the New Testament strikes a fine balance between the two as it ably rescues truth from familiarity. I recommend it highly to all who love the New Testament. (Kenneth E. Bailey, Professor of New Testament (Emeritus) The Ecumenical Institute, (Tantur) Jerusalem) [The Kingdom New Testament] will confirm Professor Wrights position as the J.K.Rowling of Christian Publishing. (Church Times) I hope everyone gets a copy. . . . Translation is brisk and energetic, gender neutral, and has some real surprises. . . . There is something quite distinct about [Wrights] translation he wants the reader to feel the 1st Century, to hear a Jew call Jesus Messiahor King. (Scot McKnight, Jesus Creed, Patheos) The Kingdom New Testament sparkles with many gems of spirited English. (Books&Culture) Reading Wrights volume feels like sitting in on a Greek Bible class with a great teacher. (Christian Century) Wrights readable text serves as a refreshing, helpful way to re-hear familiar narratives. (Religious Herald) From the Back CoverThe New Testament for the Twenty-First Century.Most readers of the New Testament have grown overly familiar with the biblical text, losing sight of the wonder and breadth of its innovative ideas and world-changing teachings about the life and role of Jesus of Nazareth. N. T. Wright invigorates these sacred texts with an all-new English translation that allows contemporary readers to encounter these historic works afresh. With the insight and expertise of the worlds leading New Testament scholar (Newsweek), this approachable, engaging translation features accessible, modern prose that stays true to the character of the ancient Greek text by maintaining the vibrancy and vigor of the original works while also conveying the most accurate rendering possible. The Kingdom New Testament will help the next generation of Christians acquire a firsthand understanding of what the New Testament had to say in its own world, and what it urgently has to say in ours.