[PDF] Peace Blood And Understanding eBook

Author : Molly Harper
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 34,48 MB
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 150115138X

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The “enchanting” (Publishers Weekly) Jane Jameson series returns with this fun and witty paranormal romance following a vampire consultant who has nefarious plans to oust Jane from her role as the head of Half-Moon Hollow’s vampire council. Ever since Jane Jameson took over running the Vampire Council for Half-Moon Hollow, things have been a little unorthodox and that doesn’t sit well with the head office. Who would have thought vampires were so into bureaucracy and tradition? Enter a vamp from corporate who’s determined to unseat Jane and get the council back on track—which means no more of this Kentucky neighborliness and mixing with humans, werewolves, witches, or anything else. But Jane’s not interested in going back to the bad old days when the council was mired in corruption and tended to “accidentally” eat people now and again, but she might be in over her head this time. Good thing there’s a pretty new face in town who just might be the perfect distraction and help save Jane’s career.

Author : George Grant
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 21,45 MB
Release : 2008-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1418529664

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"Allah has bought from the Umma-the true believers of Islam-their selves and their substance in return for Paradise; they fight in the way of Allah, killing and being killed. Their promise is written in the blood of the moon." -From the Koran, chap. 9, v. 112 The conflict between Islam and the West existed long before the destruction of the World Trade Center and the other events that recently touched America. It goes back hundreds, even thousands, of years. Yet the struggle is upon us now as never before. In this well-reasoned, accessible book, Middle East expert George Grant answers the troubling questions on many believers' minds. Who are the followers of Islam, and what do they believe? What could have motivated those who carried out the acts of terror on September 11? Why has there been tension between Islam and the West for centuries? What are the true meanings of terms such as Ji'had, Intifada, and Dhimma? And is there any hope for peace? The call upon believers now-as always-is to prepare and equip ourselves so that we may stand fast. The Blood of the Moon will help readers better understand the history of Islam and its struggle with the Western world, as well as how Christians can share the message of salvation through Jesus Christ with the followers of Allah.

Author : John Paul Lederach
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 13,82 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Music
ISBN : 0199837104

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Explores the processes of social healing and reconciliation in traumatised communities such as Sierra Leone, Somalia, Liberia, Colombia; Foreword by Judy Atkinson.

Author : John Paul Lederach
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 15,3 MB
Release : 2011-10-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 019991222X

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Around the world communities that have suffered the trauma of unspeakable violence--in Liberia, Somalia, West Africa, Columbia, and elsewhere--are struggling to recover and reconcile, searching for ways not just to survive but to heal. In When Blood and Bones Cry Out, John Paul Lederach, a pioneer of peace-building, and his daughter, Angela Jill Lederach, show how communities can recover and reconnect through the power of making music, creating metaphors, and telling their extraordinary stories of suffering and survival. Instead of relying on more common linear explanations of healing and reconciliation, the Lederachs demonstrate how healing is circular, dynamic, and continuing, even in the midst of ongoing violence. They explore the concept of "social healing," a profoundly important intermediary step between active warfare and reconciliation. Social healing focuses on the lived experience of those who have suffered protracted violence and their need to give voice to that experience, both individually and collectively. Giving voice, speaking the unspeakable, in words and sounds that echo throughout traumatized communities, can have enormous healing power. Indeed, the Lederachs stress the remarkable effects of sound and vibration through tales of Tibetan singing bowls, Van Morrison's transcendent lyrics, the voices of mothers in West Africa, and their own personal journeys. And they include inspiring stories of transformation: a mass women's protest movement in Liberia that forces leaders to keep negotiating until a peace agreement is signed; elders in Somalia who walk between warring clans year after year to encourage dialogue; former child soldiers who run drum workshops and grow gardens in refugee camps; and rape victims in Sierra Leone who express their pain in poetry. With equal measures of insight and compassion, When Blood and Bones Cry Out offers a promising new approach to healing traumatized communities.

Author : Karen Armstrong
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 11,9 MB
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0385353103

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A sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence—from the New York Times bestselling author of The History of God • “Elegant and powerful.... Both erudite and accurate, dazzling in its breadth of knowledge and historical detail.” —The Washington Post In these times of rising geopolitical chaos, the need for mutual understanding between cultures has never been more urgent. Religious differences are seen as fuel for violence and warfare. In these pages, one of our greatest writers on religion, Karen Armstrong, amasses a sweeping history of humankind to explore the perceived connection between war and the world’s great creeds—and to issue a passionate defense of the peaceful nature of faith. With unprecedented scope, Armstrong looks at the whole history of each tradition—not only Christianity and Islam, but also Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Judaism. Religions, in their earliest days, endowed every aspect of life with meaning, and warfare became bound up with observances of the sacred. Modernity has ushered in an epoch of spectacular violence, although, as Armstrong shows, little of it can be ascribed directly to religion. Nevertheless, she shows us how and in what measure religions came to absorb modern belligerence—and what hope there might be for peace among believers of different faiths in our time.

Author : Herman George Scheffauer
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 25,19 MB
Release : 2014-01-13
Category :
ISBN : 9781293516072

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author : Charlette Mikulka
Publisher : Kittacanoe Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,29 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0984490302

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Provides a clear and thorough explanation of the dynamics that overwhelm the average person, couple and family and then offers abundant, explicit advice and a wide array of effective skills, resources and methods for managing emotions, healing trauma, cultivating awareness and fostering effective and fulfilling relationships.

Author : Matthias Erzberger
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781230249476

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS CHAPTER I DEMAND FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS It was a decisive moment in the history of the world when the Imperial Chancellor, von Bethmann-Hollweg, in November, 1916, gave expression, in the Reichstag, to his profound understanding of human nature, in his speech on the "cry for peaceful adjustment and understanding," which after the war will go up from the whole human race: a cry for a settlement which shall prevent any repetition of such a world-war as the present. Since then two further years of war have elapsed; years filled to the brim with suffering, tears and blood. The demand has evoked a million-fold echo from all the nations of the earth. All are demanding guarantees that the world shall never again be turned into a human slaughter-house. In all countries those, above all, who took part in the war, who have seen its horror with their own eyes, and experienced it in their own flesh, in whom the perception of the senselessness of the fact that whole nations furiously fall upon one another, with the flower of their male populations, in order to obtain a decision in cases of international dispute, has grown to be a mighty impulse of will, will combine with those whom the devastation of property and the loss of near relations have hit particularly hard, in order to strive that humanity shall be liberated from the talons of the brutal law of might, and shall agree to employ, in the intercourse of State with State, the means of legal settlement, as in the intercourse of man with man. This movement will come. It is already here. The idea of the League of Nations is occupying men's minds, even those which are hidebound in the narrowest jingoism; it is hovering, in a more or less impressive form, over the thunder of...