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Eusebius of Caesarea (d. 339) is our major witness to the triumph of Christianity in the early fourth century. His commentary on the book of Isaiah has only been available to modern scholars since 1975. This first comprehensive commentary examines how Eusebius interpreted Isaiah in the context of Constantine's conversion. ... Read more

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Chapters: Bishop of Aston, Michael Humphrey Dickens Whinney, Andrew J. Watson, Colin Ogilvie Buchanan, Clement George St Michael Parker, Mark Green, John Austin, David Brownfield Porter. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Bishop of Aston is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Birmingham, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Aston, an area of the City of Birmingham. On 28th October 2008 the Revd Andrew J Watson was consecrated as the new Bishop of Aston in St Paul's Cathedral, and subsequently he and his family were installed in Bishop's Lodge, Sutton Coldfield. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=17142428 ... Read more

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In 1792 the Catholic bishops of the United States began issuing joint pastoral letters at periodic intervals, intending the letters to be missives directed to validating patriotism and gathering the support of the faithful. Today the U.S. bishops continue to issue letters, which, along with the letters that preceded them, explain the historic conditions confronting American Catholics.

Public Witness: The Pastoral Letters of the American Catholic Bishops allows readers to learn of the highlights and obscure portions of the letters without reading through several volumes of Victorian prose. While viewing the letters as a stable genre that evolves to accommodate change in form and purpose, Kari provides historical background, summaries, and rhetorical analyses of the pastoral letters. The origin of the practice, production, and reception of the letters by the public and press are explained. Well-documented and accessible, Public Witness is suited for the scholar and the general audience.

Chapters are: "Frontiers and Foreigners: 1792-1884," "The Twentieth Century: 1919-1980," "The Challenge of Peace," "Economic Justice for All," "The Pastoral That Wasn’t," and "Contributions to Public Discourse." ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Philadelphia : [s.n.]; Publication date: 1893; Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.); History / General; History / United States / State ... Read more

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Whenever a homily about justice and charity is preached, whenever a union leader or politician inspired by papal pronouncements about just wages stands up to help poorly paid workers, whenever a diocesan newspaper publishes an article advocating creative ways to battle injustices of any sort—these are the ways Catholic social teachings are realized in the everyday world.

"Catholic social teaching" is usually applied to approximately a dozen documents from Vatican sources—popes, councils, and synods of bishops. These "social" documents deal primarily with issues of life in modern society, including economic and political realities facing all people.

A more expansive understanding of "Catholic social teaching" would extend the conventional definition of the phrase in three ways: first, to consider how Church leaders and theologians addressed social realities in eras prior to the advent of modern social teaching; second, to include developments on the local level, including statements by individual bishops in their dioceses and regional groupings of bishops such as national episcopal conferences; third, to include various types of "applied Catholic social teaching."

In American Catholic Social Teaching, a CD-ROM and book, Massaro and Shannon focus on the second definition listed above—efforts at the local level—and address the role of the laity and the concrete application of social teachings on the part of the laity.

The documents and resources in American Catholic Social Teaching present the core of the social teaching of the American Catholic Church. Volume I: The Documents, is a CD-ROM containing twenty-three documents of social teaching from bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States written between 1829 and 1999. Volume II: Analysis of the Tradition, is a book containing twenty essays on the same social issues addressed by the bishops' statements in Volume I.Volume I: The Documents contains the following documents on CD-ROM: "Pastoral Letter: John Carroll, 28 May 1792," "Pastoral Letter: First Provincial Council of Baltimore, 17 October 1829," "Pastoral Letter: Second Plenary Council of Baltimore, 21 October 1866," "Pastoral Letter: Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, 7 December 1884," "Program of Social Reconstruction, National Catholic War Council, 12 February 1919," "Present Crisis, Bishops' Conference, 25 April 1933," "Statement on Church and Social Order, National Catholic Welfare Conference, 7 February 1940," "God's Law: The Measure of Man's Conduct, National Catholic Welfare Conference, 18 November 1951," "Discrimination and Christian Conscience, National Catholic Welfare Conference, 14 November 1958," "Human Life in Our Day, National Conference of Catholic Bishops,15 November 1968," "This Land Is Home to Me, Catholic Bishops of Appalachia, 1975," "The Economy: Human Dimensions, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 20! November 1975," "Brothers and Sisters to Us, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 14 November 1979," "The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1983," "'What We Have Seen and Heard,' U.S. Black Catholic Bishops, 1984," "Economic Justice for All, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1986," "One in Christ Jesus: Toward a Pastoral Response to the Concerns of Women for Church and Society, National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee, 1992," "Putting Children and Families First, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1992," "Moral Principles and Policy Priorities on Welfare Reform, United States Catholic Conference, 19 March 1995," "A Decade After Economic Justice for All: Continuing Principles, Changing Context, New Challenges, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1996," "An Economy of Paradoxes, Labor Day Statement by Bishop William Skylsatad, 1996," "Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions, USCC Task Force on Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Education, 1998," "Faithful Citizenship: Civic Responsibility for a New Millennium, United States Catholic Conference Administrative Board, 1999."

Volume II: Analysis of the Tradition contains the following discussions: "The Church—The Strong Safeguard of the Republic," by Archbishop William H. O'Connell; "Is Catholic Education a Waste of Time and Money?" by Bishop John G. Gunn; "Catholicism and Americanism," by Bishop John Ireland; "The Needy Family and Institutions," by Richard H. Tierney, S.J.; "The Eight-Hour Day," by Joseph Husslein, S.J.; "A Living Wage," by John A. Ryan; "What Is Social Justice?" by George Higgins; "Catholic Union Theory," by George Higgins; "This Matter of Religious Freedom," by John Courtney Murray, S.J.; "The Encyclicals and Social Action: Is John A. Ryan Typical?" by Francis L. Broderick; "Episcopal Teaching Authority on Matters of War and Economics," by James Heft; "Aims and Means of the Catholic Worker," by The Catholic Worker; "Lay Movements in the United States Before Vatican II," by Gary MacEoin; "Feminism and Sharing the Faith: A Catholic Dilemma," by Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.; "Under the Cross and the Flag: Reflections on Discipleship and Citizenship in America," by John A. Coleman, S.J.; "The Public Life and Witness of the Church," by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin; "'Economic Justice for All': Ten Years Later," by Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland; "Racism: A Tarnished Reflection of Ourselves," by Bishop James Griffin; "Ten Building Blocks of Catholic Social Teaching," by William J. Byron, S.J.; "The Crisis of American Democracy: A Catholic Perspective," by Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M.System requirements:* WINDOWS 95/98/NT i486 or Pentium processor-based personal computer* Microsoft Windows 95 or 98 or NT (with Service pack 3 or later)* 8MB of RAM on Windows 95 and Windows 98 (16MB recommended)MACINTOSH * Apple Power Macintosh Computer* Apple System Software version 8 or later* 4.5 MB of RAM available to Acrobat Reader (6.5 MB recommended)* 8 MB of available hard disk space This application is designed to be completely self-contained. Nothing will be loaded onto your computer system; everything needed to run the application software is on the CD-ROM. The CD is an “autoload” CD. Insert the CD into your CD reader and Adobe Acrobat Reader will start and display a catalog of images. ... Read more

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At the heart of the current surge of interest in religion among contemporary Continental philosophers stands Augustine's Confessions. With Derrida's Circumfession constantly in the background, this volume takes up the provocative readings of Augustine by Heidegger, Lyotard, Arendt, and Ricoeur. Derrida himself presides over and comments on essays by major Continental philosophers and internationally recognized Augustine scholars. While studies on and about Augustine as a philosopher abound, none approach his work from such a uniquely postmodern point of view, showing both the continuing relevance of Augustine and the religious resonances within postmodernism. Posed at the intersection of philosophy, theology, and religious studies, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of Augustine as well as those interested in the invigorating discussion between philosophy, religion, and postmodernism.

Contributors include Geoffrey Bennington, Philippe Capelle, John D. Caputo, Elizabeth A. Clark, Hent de Vries, Jacques Derrida, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Richard Kearney, Catherine Malabou, James O'Donnell, Michael J. Scanlon, and Mark Vessey.

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Chapters: Warren Moon, J. C. Watts, Ricky Williams, Damon Allen, Casey Printers, Michael Bishop, Johnny Bright, Pinball Clemons, Turner Gill, Milt Stegall, Mike Pringle, John Avery, Avon Cobourne, Chris Leak, Raghib Ismail, Geroy Simon, Derrick Strait, Jonathan Brown, Andre Rison, Henry Burris, Johnny Rodgers, Arland Bruce Iii, Otis Amey, Jarrett Payton, Akili Smith, Jarious Jackson, Jerome Mathis, Chris Brazzell, Bryan Randall, Mervyn Fernandez, George Dixon, Kevin Glenn, Jason Armstead, Chuck Ealey, Byron Parker, Damian Sims, Malik Jackson, Fred Reid, Danny Barrett, Adrian Mcpherson, Adarius Bowman, Corey Holmes, David Green, Cory Rodgers, Tumbo Abanikanda, Karon Riley, Spergon Wynn, Nealon Greene, Dwaine Carpenter, Dovonte Edwards, George Reed, Dominique Dorsey, Chad Lucas, Tracy Ham, Herb Trawick, Kerry Joseph, Barron Miles, Wes Cates, Jim Pace, Joe Smith, Robert Baker, Derrick Ballard, Jeremaine Copeland, Robert Edwards, Deandra' Cobb, Jamel Richardson, Charles Roberts, Condredge Holloway, Terrence Edwards, Tim Johnson, Jamal Robertson, Bashir Levingston, Ken-Yon Rambo, Gizmo Williams, Jabari Arthur, Mike Imoh, Jojuan Armour, Marcus Crandell, Trevis Smith, Kwame Cavil, Roosevelt Kiser, Troy Davis, Nik Lewis, Eric England, Jordan Younger, Mark Estelle, Jamall Johnson, Craig Yeast, Shalon Baker, Emmanuel Arceneaux, Margene Adkins, Emery Barnes, Martell Mallett, Willie Middlebrooks, Korey Banks, Chip Cox, Less Browne, Kerry Watkins, Blue Adams, Jerald Brown, Devone Claybrooks, Khari Long, Walter Curry, Rahim Abdullah, Andre Maddox, Bernard Williams, Reggie Slack, Reggie Barnes, Uzooma Okeke, Johnny Baldwin, Kelvin Anderson, Khalid Abdullah, Roy Dewalt, Kelly Malveaux, Rodney Allen, Romby Bryant, Tom Casey, Khalil Carter, Skip Hicks, Fred Stamps, Thomas Haskins, Michael Fletcher, Otis Floyd, Jamall Broussard, Archie Amerson, Terrence Wilkins, Keon Raymond, Demonte' Bolden, Anwar Stewart, Matthew Reed, D. J. Flick, Tim Terry...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=512956 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Presidential Studies Quarterly, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 847 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Illusion of Public Opinion: Fact and Artifact in American Public Opinion Polls.(Book Review)
Author: Michael J. Towle
Publication: Presidential Studies Quarterly (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2005
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Volume: 35Issue: 3Page: 615(2)

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A disastrous fire in 1846 destroyed most of the capital city of St. Johns and, with it, much of Bishop Fleming's hopes. ... Read more

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A loving tribute to the legendary Hollywood actor by his longtime friend and publicist, Harry Flynn. Michael Landon was a great storyteller as well as a creative practical joker. One of Landon's favorite straight men, Flynn recounts many of the gags he experienced and witnessed at the hands of one of America's most beloved stars. 35 photographs. ... Read more

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Life changing.
After ordering the entire 2nd season of LHOTP impulsively late one night while watching infomercials and eating onion rings from Fudruckers I absolutely fell in love with Michael Landon.He's everything I wish I could be.I mean, here I am; forty-four years old, unemployed, pretty overweight, recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and not doing a great job controlling it, rarely cleanly shaven, divorced, childless (as far as I know), and without so much as a decent american made car that runs reliably.But Michael, now there's a quality guy, a real role model.

I heard from a friend in my favorite gaming chat room that there was a great book about Michael.I don't really care to read much, aside from an article every once in a while about Dale Earnhardt that my mom will send me.But I picked up this book and read it cover to cover in only a month.

If you have any self respect, you'll probably be disappointed by this book.Hopefully you'll at least be embarrassed to admit that you considered buying it.But, if you're like me, without many other quality sources of entertainment, it might be just the thing.

A Thrown-Together Mish-Mash of Memories
I picked up this book thinking that it would provide information about Michael Landon from the people who knew him best. And to a certain degree at least, it did. The book contains some great photographs of Landon behind the scenes in his many television projects and with his family and friends. But the book is essentially a disconnected group of stories told to the authors by friends and former coworkers of Landon's, with a very thin thread tying them together. What you walk away from after reading this book is a sense that Landon was a good man, a great father, and a perfectionist in his work -- with wonderful stories to back that up. But what the book is missing is depth. I would have preferred to see lengthy interviews with a fraction of the people this book quotes, because those would have been more illuminating about Landon as a person. Instead, the reader is left to piece together the half-page anecdotes of dozens and dozens of people, some of whom knew Landon for years and others of whom knew him only briefly. Maybe this was the intention of the authors and of Landon's family. Any fan of Landon's work will certainly enjoy what's here. But I think a man like Michael Landon is deserving of a more substantial treatment, and I was left wishing the authors had taken some more time and done a better job (the kind of job Landon himself apparently would have done if the job had been given to him). ... Read more

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Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Summer 1977, Vol. 1, No. 2; Editor: George H. Scithers. Contents: Editorial, essay by Isaac Asimov; Low Grade Ore, by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; Lost on Capra, by Martin Gardner; Hero, by J. P. Boyd; About Nothing, by Isaac Asimov; Sure Thing, by Isaac Asimov; Two Strangers, by John Shirley; Cabinet Meeting, by Michael Bishop; To Bell the Cat, by Joan D. Vinge; The Astronomical Hazards of the Tobacco Habit, by Dean McLaughlin; I Dream of a Fish, I Dream of a Bird, by Elizabeth A. Lynn; Author Find, essay by Susan Casper; Louisville Slugger, by Jack C. Haldeman, II; The Steel Works, by Chet Gottfried; The SF Conventional Calendar, essay by Erwin S. Strauss; On Books, essay by Charles N. Brown; Across the River, by Gordon R. Dickson; and Letters. ... Read more

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Second Issue
This is the 2nd issue of Asimov's long-running magazine, and they were still packing in some great authors to get the magazine off to a good start, including Gordong R. Dickson, Michael Bishop, Joan D. Vinge, Asimov himself, Jack C. Haldeman II, and Martin Gardner.I like this one because in the editorial Asimov mentions two of my favorite authors, Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Church History, published by American Society of Church History on March 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1072 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Black Bishop: Edward T. Demby and the Struggle for Racial Equality in the Episcopal Church.(Book Review)
Author: Ralph E. Luker
Publication: Church History (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2003
Publisher: American Society of Church History
Volume: 72Issue: 1Page: 222(3)

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