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Author : Stephen Mansfield
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 23,22 MB
Release : 2007-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 141857788X

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In the steamy summer of 1787, as America's founding fathers fashioned their Constitution, they told the most powerful institution in their new nation what it must not do: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." Few Americans understand the miracle in world history these ten words represent. For the first time in human experience, the legislative power of a nation was forbidden from legislating the conscience of man. And for over one hundred and fifty years, religion flourished, institutions of faith multiplied, and revivals transformed whole communities. Th elected representatives of the people often called for days of prayer, recognizing that religion is essential to national character. So what happened? Why is it that today a cross-shaped memorial or a religious symbol in a city seal is considered a violation of the Constitution? Why are pastors threatened if they speak out about politics and children kept from even asking about religion in the public schools? Ten Tortured Words separates historical fact from fiction, illuminating the events and personalities that shaped the writing of the Establishment Clause. In his straightforward, award-winning style, cultural historian Stephen Mansfield interprets the societal shifts that have led to the current rift between religion and politics, and takes a surprising look at what lies ahead for freedom of religion in America.

Author : Lisa Thompson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 38,93 MB
Release : 2006-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781411677678

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This book tells a story in a poetic form of a girls struggles, suicidal thoughts. How she copes with life. Knowing the scars on her wrists will let everyone know just how well she has coped with the daily problems in her life.

Author : Christina Phillips
Publisher : Christina Phillips
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 43,7 MB
Release : 2022-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0645158410

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Enjoy this steamy Scottish Medieval romance series A warrior rumored to have no heart... Sent into Pictland to discover the identity of a desperate assassin, Ewan MacKinnon fights his fascination with the aloof princess, Briana. Although he wants nothing more than to take her into his arms, he won't taint her with the curse that has blighted him all his life. An ice princess, who has vowed never to love again... After her first disastrous marriage, Briana is determined to dedicate her life in service to Pictland and her beloved goddess. But her goddess is elusive, sending only visions of a splintered future--a future that is tied irrevocably to the one man she fears could shatter her heart forever. The enemy of her people, Scots warrior Ewan MacKinnon. A forced marriage that could break them both... As Briana and Ewan battle both duty and desire, political intrigue tightens its noose around them. But with the assassin edging ever closer they must forsake the shackles of their past and risk their fragile love for a chance of surviving an ultimate betrayal. Her Wicked Scot is the fourth novel in The Highland Warrior Chronicles romance series, although all books in the Highland Warrior world can be read as standalones. This is a HOT enemies to lovers/forced proximity romantic story with a guaranteed happily ever after. It does have some strong language and sexy times. Enjoy!

Author : April M. Barbosa
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 39,68 MB
Release : 2007-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781604417326

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These poems you are about to read are not made up. These are my life and my pain. I have lived a life full of violence and alcoholism. These words come straight from my heart and are not for the weak. Iave led a crazy life for being so young. Read my poetry, but be warned, itas graphic. If you get offended easily then this isnat for you, acause I donat candy-coat my life. Iam as real as they come, and if you canat handle it, then you canat handle my reality.

Author : Cat Tyrson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 32,37 MB
Release : 2003-06-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0595280994

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These words have a very strange effect, the deeper you go, the more you feel the pain creeping into your soul. Cat Tyrson knows what bothers you, and he isn't afraid to let you know. He says the things that all of us want to say, but just can't seem to spit out. Warning: This collection is not for the meek. It is real horror. It is a journey through one person's Hell, yet all of us go with him. You will never look in a mirror the same way again. For that matter, you may not view your own life the same either. Read it. Then read it slowly. Then read it again. The horror will come straight to the surface. Literally amazing.

Author : Mark de Valk
Publisher : Springer
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 29,53 MB
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 113739918X

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Inspired by Michel Foucault’s examination of state subjugation and control, this book considers post-structuralist notions of the ‘political technology of the body’ and 'the spectacle of the scaffold' as a means to analyse cinematic representations of politically-motivated persecution and bodily repression. Through a critique of sovereign power and its application of punishment ‘for transgressions against the state’, the collected works, herein, assess the polticised-body via a range of cinematic perspectives. Imagery, character construction and narrative devices are examined in their account of hegemonic-sanctioned torture and suppression as a means to a political outcome. Screening The Tortured Body: The Cinema as Scaffold elicits philosophical and cultural accounts of the ‘retrained’ body to deliberate on a range of politicised films and filmmakers whose narratives and mise-en-scène techniques critique corporeal subjugation by authoritarian factions.

Author : Åsne Seierstad
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 20,84 MB
Release : 2009-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0786736828

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From January until April 2003 -- for one hundred and one days -- Ã?ne Seierstad worked as a reporter in Bagdad for Scandinavian, German, and Dutch media. Through her articles and live television coverage she reported on the events in Iraq before, during, and after the attacks by the American and British forces. But Seierstad was after a story far less obvious than the military invasion. From the moment she arrived in Baghdad Seierstad was determined to understand the modern secrets of an ancient place and to find out how the Iraqi people really live. In A Hundred and One Days , she introduces us to daily life under the constant threat of attack -- first from the Iraqi government and later from American bombs. Moving from the deafening silence of life under Hussein to the explosions that destroyed the power supply, the water supply, and security, Seierstad sets out to discover: What happens to people when the dam bursts? What do they choose to say when they can suddenly say what they like? What do they miss most when their world changes overnight? Displaying the novelist's eye and lyrical storytelling that have won her awards around the world, Seierstad here brings to life an unforgettable cast of characters to tell the stories we never see on the evening news. The only woman in the world to cover both the fall of Kabul in 2001 and the bombings of Baghdad in 2003, Ã?ne Seierstad has redefined war reporting with her mesmerizing book.