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1) Media, Religion, History, Culture: Selected Essays from the 4th Elon University Media and Religio
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English
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This volume contains papers presented at the fourth Elon University Media and Religion Conference held at Elon University, April 13, 2013
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English
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“Unstable Ground” looks at the human impact of climate change and its potential to provoke some of the most troubling crimes against humanity-ethnic conflict, war, and genocide. Alex Alvarez provides an essential overview of what science has shown to be true about climate change and examines how our warming world will challenge and stress societies and heighten the risk of mass violence.
Drawing on a number of recent and historic examples, including...
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English
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Author Meacham tells the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice. At a time when our country seems divided by extremism, this book draws on the past to offer a new perspective. Meacham re-creates the history of a nation grappling with religion and politics--from John Winthrop's "city on a hill" sermon to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence;...
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Blackstone Publishing
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Unabridged
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English
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The culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Author Waldman, cofounder of Beliefnet.com, argues that the United States was not founded as a "Christian nation," nor were the Founding Fathers uniformly secular or Deist. Rather, the Founders forged a new approach to religious liberty, a revolutionary formula that promoted faith--by leaving it alone. His narrative begins with early settlers' stunningly unsuccessful...
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Blacks in the Scriputres
Pub. Date
c2007
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Widescreen
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1 videodisc (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Since the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830, there have been numerous works attempting to answer the many questions regarding Blacks in the eyes of God. This is the first of such projects in the hisotry of the LDS Church to be based primarily upon the scriptures--container.
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010
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6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 146 pages ; 19 cm.). sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Archaeologist and award-winning Professor Jodi Magness helps viewers relive and encounter life in the ancient Holy Land through the lens of archaeology. These 36 lectures are a chance to get up close and personal with ruins, artifacts, murals, documents, and other long-buried objects that will take viewers deep beneath the pages of the Bible.
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Nobody Knows
Pub. Date
2008
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1 videodisc (73 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"There has been a continuous African American presence in the LDS Church from its earliest days. Until the 1850s, some Black converts were even ordained to the Mormon priesthood. This documentary discusses that little-known legacy. It also confronts the hard issues which surfaced during the 1960s, when the Civil Rights Movement drew attention to the Church's priesthood restriction. That restriction was lifted in 1978, which opened the door for an...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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pages cm
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English
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"Winner of THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE and THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MANUSCRIPTS is a remarkable examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval period. Noted authority Christopher de Hamel invites the reader into intimate conversations with these texts to explore...
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