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From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism
From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism: The Search for Meaning and the Presence of God in Modern Literature employs a new theoretical approach to critical analysis: Victor Frankl’s logotherapy (from the Greek “logos” for word or reason and often related to divine wisdom), a unique form of existentialism. On the basis of his observations of the power of human endurance and transcendence – the discovery of meaning even in the midst of harrowing circumstances – Frankl diagnoses the malaise of the current age as an “existential vacuum,” a sense of meaninglessness. He suggests that a panacea for this malaise may be found in creativity, love, and moral choice – even when f...
The Quaker Presence in America
Engage age-old questions from the Christian Quaker perspective, addressing issues of genuine religious experience, the search for faith and meaning, and the interplay of a living faith with the larger social context.
The Beacon Controversy and Challenges to British Quaker Tradition in the Early Nineteenth Century
This work poses the question: why did evangelism become so important to certain leading Quakers in the early nineteenth century? The work is set against the background of fear of revolution spreading to Britain, the industrial boom and population explosion in manufacturing towns, and religious revival among a cross-section of.
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Abolition and Antislavery
The clearly and concisely written entries in this reference work chronicle the campaign to end human slavery in the United States, bringing to life the key events, leading figures, and socioeconomic forces in the history of American antislavery, abolition, and emancipation. The struggle to abolish human slavery is one of the most important reform campaigns in history. The eventual success of this decades-long struggle serves as an inspiring example that even the most deeply rooted social wrongs can be corrected. This valuable reference work details the history of antislavery, abolition, and emancipation to illustrate the various forms of these forces and the courses they followed in the bitt...
Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers)
The modern reputation of Friends in the United States and Europe is grounded in the relief work they have conducted in the presence and aftermath of war. Friends (also known as Quakers) have coordinated the feeding and evacuation of children from war zones around the world. They have helped displaced persons without regard to politics. They have engaged in the relief of suffering in places as far-flung as Ireland, France, Germany, Ethiopia, Egypt, China, and India. Their work was acknowledged with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947 to the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Friends Service Council of Great Britain. More often, however, Quakers live, worship, and work qu...
The Southern Friend
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The Politics of Service
Das Buch ist die erste umfassende Geschichte des American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), der zentralen Hilfsorganisation der amerikanischen Quäker während der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Mit Hilfe eines transnationalen Ansatzes wirft die Studie Licht auf eine bedeutende und bislang wenig beachtete Episode in der Geschichte internationaler humanitärer Hilfe. Durch die Perspektive der amerikanischen Hilfe werden dabei Spannungen deutlich, die den humanitären Sektor im breiteren Sinn kennzeichnen. Vor dem Hintergrund der großen Hilfsaktionen des AFSC vom Ersten Weltkrieg über Deutschland und die Sowjetunion bis hin zum Spanischen Bürgerkrieg behandelt die Studie das AFSC zwis...
Encyclopedia of American Folklife
American folklife is steeped in world cultures, or invented as new culture, always evolving, yet often practiced as it was created many years or even centuries ago. This fascinating encyclopedia explores the rich and varied cultural traditions of folklife in America - from barn raisings to the Internet, tattoos, and Zydeco - through expressions that include ritual, custom, crafts, architecture, food, clothing, and art. Featuring more than 350 A-Z entries, "Encyclopedia of American Folklife" is wide-ranging and inclusive. Entries cover major cities and urban centers; new and established immigrant groups as well as native Americans; American territories, such as Guam and Samoa; major issues, s...
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