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A comprehensive and engaging oral history of the decade that defined the feminist movement, including interviews with living icons and unsung heroes—from former Newsweek reporter and author of the “powerful and moving” (New York Times) Witness to the Revolution. For lovers of both Barbie and Gloria Steinem, The Movement is the first oral history of the decade that built the modern feminist movement. Through the captivating individual voices of the people who lived it, The Movement tells the intimate inside story of what it felt like to be at the forefront of the modern feminist crusade, when women rejected thousands of years of custom and demanded the freedom to be who they wanted and ...
Following the Second Vatican Council, when each Religious Institute was encouraged to research its charism, some Institutes experienced a tension between their charism and their mission, or even difficulty identifying what their charism was. This book is a study of the theological understanding of charism and of mission in relation to Religious Life within the Catholic Church. While this topic has featured in much Roman Catholic theological literature since Vatican II, there appears to be a dearth of in-depth studies. This book addresses this apparent lacuna. It draws particularly on the work of two major theologians, Jean-Marie Roger Tillard OP and Sandra Marie Schneiders IHM, who have refl...
In an industry where it costs a billion dollars to bring a new pharmaceutical drug to market the pressure to cut corners and manipulate information is always present. Adding to this is the inherent human weakness of greed when large amounts of money are at stake. Tommy Lee Jessup has over the years developed a successful Phase I drug testing program and he now sees the opportunity to benefi t fi nancially when he is given the chance to conduct a clinical trial for a new anti-psychotic drug, Serfanatin. As early trial results begin to go awry, Jessup takes action to cover up the negative testing results. Each such move leads to increasingly deadly results. As the pressure mounts, Jessup turns...
Includes calendars, catalogues and indexes of records, issued as appendices.
Buried Confederate treasure, a suspicious death and the fate of a little girl's birthright conspire to lure a drifting cowhand on an unwanted journey through post-Civil War Texas. It is a journey marked by danger, death, and mystery. At the terminus awaits an old foe, a new love, and unimaginable riches.
In this new edition of the acclaimed 1971 original, George Anastaplo provides us with a detailed legal, historical, and dialectical analysis of the First Amendment with special attention to the reasoning of the Founding Fathers. Supplementing the original text are thorough appendices, including an in-depth record of Anastaplo's own remarkable bar admission case, and extensive notes exploring a range of topics from important political events to the nature of American institutions, as well as a wealth of discriminating references and commentary pulling from anthropology, sociology, psychology, and literature.
The Deacon is a fictional mystery thriller, which involves twin brothers growing up in the church, dating in their youth and fighting in Vietnam. One brother becomes a priest while the other is missing in action. The one day they are reunited. The returning brother becomes a deacon at the same church as his brother, only both are to face new trials in their lives. An illegitimate child, guilt, blame, nightmares, hostility and frustration are plaguing their family. Years later a murder in the church enflames rumors and accusations until the murderer is revealed.
The downfall of Jean Vanier due to the history of sexual abuse that came to light in 2020 has shocked everyone familiar with his life and work as the founder and leader of L'Arche. The authors in this book raise significant questions regarding his influential legacy and its relevance for theology and disability and for L'Arche in particular. Without any attempt to whitewash or downplay the seriousness of his transgressions, the question cannot be avoided to sort out the good and the bad in Vanier. It requires soul-searching on the part of his theological heirs and those who have been influenced by him. Finally, his work with and influence upon L'Arche raises the question of sustainability and how its communities might--or might not--be shaped by his tarnished legacy.
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