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No Tolerance for Tyrants

Author : Robert Gnuse
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814680070
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book No Tolerance for Tyrants written by Robert Gnuse and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the modern era, monarchs were understood to be supported by the power of God; they were, in fact, in some cases thought to be gods themselves. The Bible has often been misinterpreted to encourage such oppressive values. Robert Gnuse, however, argues that the Bible is not a tyrannical text. Rather than displaying the lofty, divine status of kings, the Bible portrays them as human and thus serves as a powerful text for liberation from tyranny and equality for all people. By considering the passages about kings and kingship, Gnuse highlights the liberating message of the Bible and applies that message to today's world. If we attend to these stories of freedom, we will work toward ending political abuses and foster liberation and equality.

Servants and Fools

Author : Arthur Boers
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426799799
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Servants and Fools written by Arthur Boers and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership is a much-discussed topic. What does it actually mean for us as Christians? Does Christian leadership have its own distinctive shape and character? In Servants and Fools, A Biblical Theology of Leadership, Arthur Boers examines Jesus’s pattern of leadership. Boers shows how this pattern is rooted in service and sacrifice, is cautious about power and hierarchies, and prioritizes the vulnerable. In other words, it often reverses what we expect of leadership, and is different from what we read in most leadership literature. Servants and Fools is a unique resource for students and practitioners across denominations. It offers a foundational perspective on leadership and guidance for practical application in the reader’s daily life and ministry. Arthur Boers has at last written the book we have sorely needed, a book that is destined to become the main text in my seminary courses in church leadership, a book that is sure to be enthusiastically received by thousands of contemporary Christian leaders. Boers energetically underscores the joyful peculiarity of specifically Christian leadership. His book is unique: a biblically based, Christologically grounded defense of leadership in the name of Christ. --Will Willimon, Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry, Duke Divinity School, United Methodist Bishop, retired, and author of Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Leadership Servants and Fools is a brilliant and essential contribution to any serious study of leadership: Robust, faithful, insightful biblical teaching. A judicious, knowledgeable harvest of the best contributions from leadership theorists and practitioners. Plus humor, in-the-trenches experiences, and practical applications. I cannot imagine ever teaching another class on leadership without assigning and discussing Arthur Boers’s book! --David W. Gill, Mockler-Phillips Professor of Workplace Theology & Ethics, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary In Servants and Fools: A Biblical Theology of Leadership, Arthur Boers deconstructs the contemporary cult of “leadership” and serves up a refreshingly Biblical alternative. It is a great cautionary tale for today’s churches, seminaries, and Christian non-profits. At the same time, it offers great insight for secular organizations and leaders as well. --John Suk, author, former editor of The Banner, and pastor of Lawrence Park Community Church, Toronto, Canada. One of Hearts & Minds Bookstore's BEST BOOKS OF 2015!

The Tyranny of Silence

Author : Flemming Rose
Publisher : Cato Institute
ISBN 13 : 1944424237
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book The Tyranny of Silence written by Flemming Rose and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalists face constant intimidation. Whether it takes the extreme form of beheadings, death threats, government censorship or simply political correctness—it casts a shadow over their ability to tell a story. When the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published the cartoons of the prophet Muhammad nine years ago, Denmark found itself at the center of a global battle about the freedom of speech. The paper's culture editor, Flemming Rose, defended the decision to print the 12 drawings, and he quickly came to play a central part in the debate about the limitations to freedom of speech in the 21st century. In The Tyranny of Silence, Flemming Rose writes about the people and experiences that have influenced his understanding of the crisis, including meetings with dissidents from the former Soviet Union and ex-Muslims living in Europe. He provides a personal account of an event that has shaped the debate about what it means to be a citizen in a democracy and how to coexist in a world that is increasingly multicultural, multireligious, and multiethnic.

Tyrants

Author : Waller R. Newell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107083052
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Tyrants written by Waller R. Newell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of tyranny from Achilles to today's jihadists, this volume shows why tyrannical temptation is a permanent danger.

The United States and the Rise of Tyrants

Author : Lawrence E. Gelfand
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786476923
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The United States and the Rise of Tyrants written by Lawrence E. Gelfand and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationalist dictatorships proliferated around the world during the interwar years of the 1920s and 1930s. Policymakers in Washington, D.C., reasoning that non-Communist regimes were not necessarily a threat to democracy or national interests, found it expedient to support them. People living under these governments associated the United States with their oppressors, with long-term negative consequences for U.S. policy. American policymakers were primarily concerned with fostering stability in these countries. The dictatorships, eager to maintain political order and create economic growth, looked to American corporations and bankers, whose heavy investments cemented the need to support the regimes. Through an examination of consular records in nine countries, the author describes the logistics and consequences of these relationships.

Tyrants

Author : Waller R. Newell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108713912
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Tyrants written by Waller R. Newell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-26 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of tyranny from Achilles to today's Jihadists, this volume shows why tyrannical temptation is a permanent danger.

Tyrant's Throne

Author : Sebastien de Castell
Publisher : Jo Fletcher Books
ISBN 13 : 1681441934
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Tyrant's Throne written by Sebastien de Castell and published by Jo Fletcher Books. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years of struggle and sacrifice, Falcio val Mond, First Cantor of the Greatcoats, is on the brink of fulfilling his dead king's dream: Aline, the king's daughter, is about to take the throne and restore the rule of law once and for all. But for the Greatcoats, nothing is ever that simple. In the neighboring country of Avares, an enigmatic new warlord is uniting the barbarian armies that have long plagued Tristia's borders--and even worse, he is rumored to have a new ally: Trin, who's twice tried to kill Aline to claim the throne of Tristia for herself. With the armies of Avares at her back, led by a bloodthirsty warrior, she'll be unstoppable. Falcio, Kest, and Brasti race north to stop her, but in those cold and treacherous climes they discover something altogether different, and far more dangerous: a new player is planning to take the throne of Tristia, and with a sense of dread the three friends realize that the Greatcoats, for all their skill, may not be able to stop him. As the nobles of Tristia and even the Greatcoats themselves fight over who should rule, the Warlord of Avares threatens to invade. With so many powerful contenders vying for power, it will fall to Falcio to render the one verdict he cannot bring himself to utter, much less enforce. Should he help crown the young woman he vowed to put on the throne, or uphold the laws he swore to serve?

Esther in Diaspora

Author : Tsaurayi Kudakwashe Mapfeka
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004406565
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Esther in Diaspora written by Tsaurayi Kudakwashe Mapfeka and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Esther in Diaspora, Tsaurayi Kudakwashe Mapfeka utilises a theory-nuanced concept of diaspora to offer a new way of reading Esther, in the process, critiquing the traditional view that has relied on its close association with Purim.

Dictators and Dictatorships

Author : Natasha M. Ezrow
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 144117396X
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Dictators and Dictatorships written by Natasha M. Ezrow and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: >

What do you say to Schopenhauer ?

Author : Leonardo Galligani
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291623833
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (916 download)

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Book Synopsis What do you say to Schopenhauer ? by : Leonardo Galligani

Download or read book What do you say to Schopenhauer ? written by Leonardo Galligani and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin has organised a reunion dinner with seven special guests. During dinner, they discover that, under his usual gentleness and kindness, Benjamin hides a malaise and convince him to discuss it with them. The discussion turns to the subject of the tragedy of life and everyone expresses his/her view on how best to deal with boredom and pain which, according to Arthur Schopenhauer, undermine the pursuit of happiness. Benjamin enjoys the discussion and wakes up from his apathy, and presents to his guests an idea for a new life arrangement.

A Defence of Liberty Against Tyrants

Author : Hubert Languet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Defence of Liberty Against Tyrants written by Hubert Languet and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Trajectories of Justice

Author : Robert Karl Gnuse
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 0718844564
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Trajectories of Justice written by Robert Karl Gnuse and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible proclaims a message of liberation. Though the Bible arose in an age when slavery and patriarchalism permeated society, the biblical authors sought to elevate the rights of slaves, the poor, and women. Their attempts to elevate the oppressed setin motion a trajectory of evolution, which we should still be advancing today. Critics of the Bible declare that it accepts slavery and the subordination of women, but they fail to understand the biblical texts in their historical context. For their age the biblical authors were advanced in their understanding of human rights, and the democratic values we hold today actually resulted from their early attempts to affirm the dignity and rights of slaves and women. It is equally important that we critique those spokespersons of the church who quote the Bible literally but have lost sight of its historical context so that they might still subordinate women today. Such spokespersons also declare that the Bible condemns homosexuality. But a closer reading of the text discerns that those few passages that address same-sex relations actually condemn rape, ritual prostitution, and master-slave relations. To use the Bible to condemn people is to misuse the Bible.

King of the Mountain

Author : Arnold M. Ludwig
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813143306
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book King of the Mountain written by Arnold M. Ludwig and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People may choose to ignore their animal heritage by interpreting their behavior as divinely inspired, socially purposeful, or even self-serving, all of which they attribute to being human, but they masticate, fornicate, and procreate, much as chimps and apes do, so they should have little cause to get upset if they learn that they act like other primates when they politically agitate, debate, abdicate, placate, and administrate, too." -- from the book King of the Mountain presents the startling findings of Arnold M. Ludwig's eighteen-year investigation into why people want to rule. The answer may seem obvious -- power, privilege, and perks -- but any adequate answer also needs to explain why so many rulers cling to power even when they are miserable, trust nobody, feel besieged, and face almost certain death. Ludwig's results suggest that leaders of nations tend to act remarkably like monkeys and apes in the way they come to power, govern, and rule. Profiling every ruler of a recognized country in the twentieth century -- over 1,900 people in all, Ludwig establishes how rulers came to power, how they lost power, the dangers they faced, and the odds of their being assassinated, committing suicide, or dying a natural death. Then, concentrating on a smaller sub-set of 377 rulers for whom more extensive personal information was available, he compares six different kinds of leaders, examining their characteristics, their childhoods, and their mental stability or instability to identify the main predictors of later political success. Ludwig's penetrating observations, though presented in a lighthearted and entertaining way, offer important insight into why humans have engaged in war throughout recorded history as well as suggesting how they might live together in peace.

Friendly Tyrants

Author : Adam Garfinkle
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349216763
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Friendly Tyrants written by Adam Garfinkle and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-10-31 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do the South Vietnamese government, the Shah and Ferdinand Marcos have in common? All were allied to the United States; all defied democratic and liberal norms; and all three fell in a blaze, creating problems for the United States. These three cases - and another eighteen more - are the subject of Friendly Tyrants, the first study ever to survey the contentious, persistent problem of U.S. government relations with pro-American authoritarian rulers.

Companions Without Vows

Author : Betty Rizzo
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820332186
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Companions Without Vows written by Betty Rizzo and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companions Without Vows is the first detailed study of the companionate relationship among women in eighteenth-century England--a type of relationship so prevalent that it was nearly institutionalized. Drawing extensively upon primary documents and fictional narratives, Betty Rizzo describes the socioeconomic conditions that forced women to take on or to become companions and examines a number of actual companionate relationships. Several factors fostered such relationships. Husbands and wives of the period lived largely separate social lives, yet decorum prohibited genteel women from attending engagements unaccompanied. Also, women of position insisted on having social consultants and confidantes. Filling this need were the many well-born young women without sufficient funds to live independently. Because family money and property were concentrated in the hands of eldest sons, these women frequently had to seek the protection of female benefactors for whom they performed unpaid, nonmenial tasks, such as providing a hand at cards or simply offering pleasant company. The companionate relationship between women could assume many forms, Rizzo notes. It was often analogous to marriage, with one partner dominant and the other subservient, while some women experimented in establishing partnerships that were truly egalitarian. Rizzo explores these various types of relationships both in real life and in fiction, noting that much of the period's discourse about women's relationships can be seen as a tacit commentary on marriage. Provocative and engagingly written, this authoritative work casts new light on women's attempts to deal with a patriarchal power structure and offers new insight into eighteenth-century social history.

The Tyranny of Tolerance

Author : Robert H. Dierker
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Tyranny of Tolerance written by Robert H. Dierker and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sitting judge blows the whistle on America's out-of-control courts and the liberal assault on the nation.

Modern Tyrants

Author : Daniel Chirot
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 143910591X
Total Pages : 838 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Modern Tyrants written by Daniel Chirot and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994-02-07 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with its much vaunted progress in scientific and economic realms, our century has witnessed the rise of the most brutal and oppressive regimes in the history of mankind. Even with the collapse of Marxism, current references to “ethnic cleansing” remind us that tyranny persists in our own age and shows no sign of abating. Daniel Chirot offers an important and timely study of modern tyrants, both revealing the forces which allow them to come to power and helping us to predict where they may arise in the future. Tyrannical rule typically begins in an economically depressed and unstable society with no real tradition of democratic government. Under such circumstances, a self-pitying nationalism often arises along with a widespread popular perception among the citizenry that grave injustices have been committed against them. When a charismatic leader is able to exploit this situation, he may sanction unspeakable atrocities while claiming to uphold cherished national myths. Chriot analyzes the careers and characters of notorious dictators such as Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Saddam, as well as lesser known tyrants such as Kim II Sung of North Korea, Ne Win of Burma, Argentina’s Peron, the Dominican Republic’s Trujillo, Pol Pot, Duvalier, and others. He demonstrates how they can survive the rise and fall of particular ideologies and reveals the frightening new marriages between nationalism and a host of local concerns. The lesson drawn is stark and disturbing: the age of modern tyranny is upon us, and unlikely to fade soon.