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Plowshares

Author : Kristen Tobey
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271078286
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Plowshares written by Kristen Tobey and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 1980, eight Catholic activists made their way into a Pennsylvania General Electric plant housing parts for nuclear missiles. Evading security guards, these activists pounded on missile nose cones with hammers and then covered the cones in their own blood. This act of nonviolent resistance was their answer to calls for prophetic witness in the Old Testament: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not take up sword against nation; they shall never again know war.” Plowshares explores the closely interwoven religious and social significance of the group’s use of performance to achieve its goals. It looks at the group’s acts of civil disobedience, such as that undertaken at the GE plant in 1980, and the Plowshares’ behavior at the legal trials that result from these protests. Interpreting the Bible as a mandate to enact God’s kingdom through political resistance, the Plowshares work toward “symbolic disarmament,” with the aim of eradicating nuclear weapons. Plowshares activists continue to carry out such “divine obediences” against facilities where equipment used in the production or deployment of nuclear weapons is manufactured or stored. Whether one agrees or disagrees with their actions, this volume helps us better understand their motivations, logic, identity, and ultimate goal.

Plowshares into Swords

Author : Arno J. Mayer
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1789604087
Total Pages : 597 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Plowshares into Swords written by Arno J. Mayer and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical history of Israel and the Arab–Israeli conflict Eminent historian Arno J. Mayer traces the thinkers, leaders, and shifting geopolitical contexts that shaped the founding and development of the Israeli state. He recovers for posterity internal critics such as the philosopher Martin Buber, who argued for peaceful coexistence with the Palestinian Arabs. “A sense of limits is the better part of valour,” Mayer insists. Plowshares into Swords explores Israel’s indefinite deferral of the “Arab Question,” the strategic thinking behind the building of settlements and border walls, and the endurance of Palestinian resistance.

Plowshares into Swords

Author : David Ekbladh
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226820505
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Plowshares into Swords written by David Ekbladh and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at how the ideas formulated by the interwar League of Nations shaped American thinking on the modern global order. In Plowshares into Swords, David Ekbladh recaptures the power of knowledge and information developed between World War I and World War II by an international society of institutions and individuals committed to liberal international order and given focus by the League of Nations in Geneva. That information and analysis revolutionized critical debates in a world in crisis. In doing so, Ekbladh transforms conventional understandings of the United States’ postwar hegemony, showing that important elements of it were profoundly influenced by ideas that emerged from international exchanges. The League’s work was one part of a larger transnational movement that included the United States and which saw the emergence of concepts like national income, gross domestic product, and other attempts to define and improve the standards of living, as well as new approaches to old questions about the role of government. Forged as tools for peace these ideas were beaten into weapons as World War II threatened. Ekbladh recounts how, though the US had never been a member of the organization, vital parts of the League were rescued after the fall of France in 1940 and given asylum at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. However, this presence in the US is just one reason its already well-regarded economic analyses and example were readily mobilized by influential American and international figures for an Allied “war of ideas,” plans for a postwar world, and even blueprints for the new United Nations. How did this body of information become so valuable? As Ekbladh makes clear, the answer is that information and analysis themselves became crucial currencies in global affairs: to sustain a modern, liberal global order, a steady stream of information about economics, politics, and society was, and remains, indispensable.

Plowshares & Pruning Hooks

Author : Brent Sandy
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830896805
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Plowshares & Pruning Hooks written by Brent Sandy and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2014-01-06 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are we to make of Isaiah's image of Mount Zion as the highest of the mountains, or Zechariah's picture of the Mount of Olives split in two, or Daniel's "beast rising out of the sea" or Revelation's "great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns"? How can Peter claim that on the day of Pentecost the prophecy of Joel was being fulfilled, with signs in heaven and wonders on earth, the sun turned to darkness and the moon to blood? The language and imagery of biblical prophecy has been the source of puzzlement for many Christians and a point of dispute for some. How ironic that is! For the prophets and seers were the wordsmiths of their time. They took pains to speak God's word clearly and effectively to their contemporaries. How should we, as citizens of the twenty-first century, understand the imagery of this ancient biblical literature? Are there any clues in the texts themselves, any principles we can apply as we read these important but puzzling biblical texts? D. Brent Sandy carefully considers the language and imagery of prophecy and apocalyptic, how it is used, how it is fulfilled within Scripture, and how we should read it against the horizon of our future. Clearly and engagingly written, Plowshares and Pruning Hooks is the kind of book that gives its readers a new vantage point from which to view the landscape of prophetic and apocalyptic language and imagery.

Swords And Plowshares

Author : General Maxwell D. Taylor
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780306804076
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Swords And Plowshares written by General Maxwell D. Taylor and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1990-08-22 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Maxwell D. Taylor was one of the great military heroes of recent American history. During World War II, Taylor fought in Sicily and Italy before parachuting into France as head of the 101st Airborne Division on Dday, 1944. Later he commanded the Division in the Arnhem drop in Holland and in the defense of Basting in the Bulge. After the war, Taylor served as superintendent of West Point, U.S. Commander in Berlin, Commander of the Eighth Army in Korea, and Army Chief of Staff under President Eisenhower. John F. Kennedy named him chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and sent him to Vietnam in 1961; he returned to that country as Ambassador in 1965, and served as a key advisor to President Johnson until 1969. In Swords and Plowshares, Taylor tells the firsthand story of a life of action, courage, strategy, and dedication. Offering candid and controversial views of such central figures as Dwight Eisenhower, John Dulles, the Kennedy's, and General Westmoreland, Taylor contrasts their varying views of the role of air power in modern warfare, and presents his own approach to the problems of winning wars and making peace. These memoirs ably illustrate why General Maxwell Taylor deserves to rank among Marshall, Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Patton as one of the great American military geniuses of our time.

Proving Grounds

Author : Scott Kirsch
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813536668
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Proving Grounds written by Scott Kirsch and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Proving Grounds, Scott Kirsch traces the rise and fall of this astonishing cold war initiative. He examines the work that went into making "geographical engineering" or "earthmoving" an imminent possibility as well as the public controversy, scientific uncertainty, and political opposition that kept it--with the exception of several massive craters in the Nevada desert--out of the landscape.

Swords Into Plowshares

Author : Ron Paul
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996426527
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Swords Into Plowshares written by Ron Paul and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-term US Congressman and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul reveals an intensely personal side as he reflects on growing up during World War II. He provides a powerful critique of a 20th century full of war. Paul finishes with a stirring view of the future we may choose if we turn from war and violence toward peace and prosperity.

People, Parasites, and Plowshares

Author : Dickson D. Despommier
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231535260
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book People, Parasites, and Plowshares written by Dickson D. Despommier and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dickson D. Despommier's vivid, visceral account of the biology, behavior, and history of parasites follows the interplay between these fascinating life forms and human society over thousands of years. Despommier focuses on long-term host-parasite associations, which have evolved to avoid or even subvert the human immune system. Some parasites do great damage to their hosts, while others have signed a kind of "peace treaty" in exchange for their long lives within them. Many parasites also practice clever survival strategies that medical scientists hope to mimic as they search for treatments for Crohn's disease, food allergies, type 1 diabetes, organ transplantation, and other medical challenges. Despommier concentrates on particularly remarkable and often highly pathogenic organisms, describing their lifecycles and the mechanisms they use to avoid elimination. He details their attack and survival plans and the nature of the illnesses they cause in general terms, enabling readers of all backgrounds to steal a glimpse into the secret work of such effective invaders. He also points to the cultural contexts in which these parasites thrive and reviews the current treatments available to defeat them. Encouraging scientists to continue to study these organisms even if their threat is largely contained, Despommier shows how closer dissection of the substances parasites produce to alter our response to them could help unravel some of our most complex medical conundrums.

Swords Into Plowshares

Author : Roger Burggraeve
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789068313727
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Swords Into Plowshares written by Roger Burggraeve and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roger Burggraeve is professor-in-ordinary at the Catholic University of Leuven, where he teaches moral theology and is chairperson of the Center for the Study of the Theology of Peace. Marc Vervenne lectures at the Catholic University of Leuven in the field of Old Testament studies and serves as Academic Secretary for the University's Faculty of Theology.

Swords Into Plowshares

Author : Dean B. Simmons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780966900101
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Swords Into Plowshares written by Dean B. Simmons and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, several prisoner of war camps for German and Italian prisoners were established in Minnesota. The camps in Princeton, Moorhead, Hollandale, Ada, Crookston and Warren were farm-labor camps. Camps were established for canneries in Ortonville, Howard Lake, Olivia, Bird Island, Wells, Montgomery and Faibault. Multiple industry camps were at New Ulm, Fairmont, Owatonna and St. Charles. There were logging camps at Remer, Bena, Deer River and Grand Rapids.

Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement

Author : Sharon Erickson Nepstad
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521717671
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement written by Sharon Erickson Nepstad and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nepstad documents the trajectories of various Plowshares movement groups, revealing how activist decisions affect longevity.

Project Plowshare

Author : Scott Kaufman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801465834
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Project Plowshare written by Scott Kaufman and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by President Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" speech, scientists at the Atomic Energy Commission and the University of California's Radiation Laboratory began in 1957 a program they called Plowshare. Joined by like-minded government officials, scientists, and business leaders, champions of "peaceful nuclear explosions" maintained that they could create new elements and isotopes for general use, build storage facilities for water or fuel, mine ores, increase oil and natural gas production, generate heat for power production, and construct roads, harbors, and canals. By harnessing the power of the atom for nonmilitary purposes, Plowshare backers expected to protect American security, defend U.S. legitimacy and prestige, and ensure access to energy resources. Scott Kaufman's extensive research in nearly two dozen archives in three nations shows how science, politics, and environmentalism converged to shape the lasting conflict over the use of nuclear technology. Indeed, despite technological and strategic promise, Plowshare's early champions soon found themselves facing a vocal and powerful coalition of federal and state officials, scientists, industrialists, environmentalists, and average citizens. Skeptical politicians, domestic and international pressure to stop nuclear testing, and a lack of government funding severely restricted the program. By the mid-1970s, Plowshare was, in the words of one government official, "dead as a doornail." However, the thought of using the atom for peaceful purposes remains alive.

Swords Into Plowshares

Author : Roy S.K. Lee
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004150013
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Swords Into Plowshares written by Roy S.K. Lee and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together contributions analyzing some pressing issues in the world, and suggests ways and methods to manage these problems. This book covers topics such as the decision-making in the UN Security Council; the position of the United States vis-a-vis the United Nations; human rights and economic and social development; and others.

Hammer of Justice

Author : Liane Ellison Norman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532607644
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Hammer of Justice written by Liane Ellison Norman and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""As a study of the nature and sources of personal heroism in pursuit of moral vision, this book is remarkable."" --Ramsey Clark ""Molly Rush is one of the pioneers and heroes of our modern age."" --Helen Caldicott, founding president of Physicians for Social Responsibility; founder of Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament ""We are not exactly the world we were when Molly struck her blow for peace. One reason we are not is that Molly Rush defied popular wisdom. 'If it would do any good, ' people said, 'we'd do it too.' Molly did it without a warranty. She had no assurance it would do good, but she did it all the same. Her story is truly, beautifully, soundly, responsibly, and reliably told by Liane Norman."" --Mark Harris, author of The Southpaw and Bang the Drum Slowly ""Praising Molly Rush seems to me a redundant exercise; somewhat like praising the Grand Canyon or a Mojave sunset. She is, like them, a natural wonder. Spouse and parent, conscious and joyous spirit, friend and arduous worker, she seems to me above all a teacher of what the human might be. She lives her ideals."" --Father Daniel Berrigan, poet and member of the Plowshares Eight ""Molly Rush's story is a testament to the extraordinary strengths of 'ordinary' people. With warm sympathy and lyric grace, Liane Norman illumines Molly's discovery of strength and freedom, and with it the possibility of finding our own."" --Mark Sommer, author of Beyond the Bomb and The Conquest of War ""Liane Norman brilliantly tells the story of Molly Rush, a true hero of our time, resisting nonviolently the onslaught of nuclearism, accepting prison as an expression of love for her children and her country. Norman's faithful narrative ensures a deeply moving and edifying experience for any serious reader."" --Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law, Princeton University; author (with Robert Jay Lifton) of Indefensible Weapons

Transform Now Plowshares

Author : Carole Sargent
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814637221
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Transform Now Plowshares written by Carole Sargent and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 2012, a Holy Child sister and two Catholic Workers committed the largest breach in US nuclear security history. They entered an enriched uranium facility armed with candles, bread, Bibles, and roses, to pray and paint peace slogans. As Transform Now Plowshares, they hoped to put nuclear weapons—which target civilians in violation of the Geneva Conventions and UN treaties—on trial, making international news. This book shares their discernments of conscience and the civil resistance legacy of Plowshares with its background of Dorothy Day's Catholic Worker, while also engaging the work of the Berrigan brothers, the Catonsville nine, and the recent Kings Bay Plowshares seven. Learn their stories and see the principles of Catholic Social Teaching in action.

Swords into Plowshares, Volume One

Author : Arthur J. Laffin
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1608990591
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Swords into Plowshares, Volume One written by Arthur J. Laffin and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is nonviolent civil disobedience (divine disobedience) an imperative for bringing about disarmament? What is the connection between faith, nonviolence, and resistance? How does one prepare for nonviolent acts of resistance? How does one respond to the charges brought in court? How does one view and cope with the consequences of imprisonment? How have some people nonviolently responded to U.S. intervention in Iraq and Central America and in war-torn countries like Bosnia? What are the main tenets of U.S. nuclear and foreign policy in the post-Cold War era? What is the human cost of weapons production? What does it mean to live in a national security state? What are some of the challenges faced by people in the U.S. who are concerned about justice and peace? The primary goal of this revised edition of Swords into Plowshares is to provide some initial answers to these and related questions. Contributors to this edition include: Bob Aldridge, Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Samuel H. Day Jr., Jim and Shelly Douglass, Elizabeth McAlister, Molly Rush, and a host of other activists.

Swords Into Plowshares, Volume Two

Author : Arthur J. Laffin
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725226863
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Swords Into Plowshares, Volume Two written by Arthur J. Laffin and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 9, 1980, the Plowshares Eight entered a General Electric plant in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and enacted the biblical command to "beat swords into plowshares" by hammering on the nose cones of two nuclear warheads and pouring blood on documents. Since that time, other small groups and individuals have entered manufacturing plants and military bases throughout the U.S., as well as in Australia, Germany, England, Ireland, Sweden, and Holland, to disarm components of nuclear and conventional weapons systems. As of Spring 2003 there have been over 150 people who, using hammers and other symbols, have carried out over 75 plowshares and related disarmament actions. This book recounts each of the actions that have occurred over the last twenty-three years and includes information about the trials and sentences plowshares activists have received. Photos of some of the actions and participants are also included in this chronology as well as other resources for peace and justice.