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Book Synopsis The Saintly Scoundrel by : Andrew F. Smith
Download or read book The Saintly Scoundrel written by Andrew F. Smith and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first biography of one of this nation's most outrageous individuals, a man who was president of the medical departments of two universities and chancellor of two others, a member and officer of at least twenty different agricultural, medical, or social organizations, an itinerant minister in three different denominations, and a lobbyist who successfully ushered bills through legislatures in Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, and Illinois. Bennett's roles ranged from mayor of Nauvoo, confidant of Joseph Smith, and chicken breeder to surgeon, quartermaster general of Illinois, promoter of the tomato, and diploma salesman. His story is brilliantly told by an author who spent nine years uncovering and piecing together the facts. The Saintly Scoundrel reveals Bennett as one of the nineteenth century's most enterprising and entertaining humbugs, truly a man who excelled at promoting beliefs, places, things, and himself, whose ability to abruptly shift positions on people and faiths would dazzle even the most formidable propagandist of the twentieth century.
Book Synopsis Saintly Scoundrels by : L. Kay Gillespie
Download or read book Saintly Scoundrels written by L. Kay Gillespie and published by . This book was released on 1970* with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Saints vs. Scoundrels by : Dr. Benjamin Wiker
Download or read book Saints vs. Scoundrels written by Dr. Benjamin Wiker and published by EWTN Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Saints vs. Scoundrels Dr. Benjamin Wiker invites you to interact not just with the ideas that have shaped history, but with the people who created and spread those ideas. In this collection of lively and imaginative conversations between the great truth-tellers and the great error-peddlers of history, you will come to appreciate the personalities behind the “Great Conversation” that has shaped western civilization. Jean-Jacques Rousseau vs. St. Augustine. Machiavelli vs. St. Francis. Ayn Rand vs. Flannery O’Connor. These people may have never met in real life, but the ideas they represent and the movements they started have interacted throughout history and shaped our present. And so how fascinating would it be if they had ever shared a living room? This is the question Dr. Wiker answers with deep research and dynamic storytelling. Enjoy this unique opportunity to join the conversation!
Book Synopsis A Book of Scoundrels by : Charles Whibley
Download or read book A Book of Scoundrels written by Charles Whibley and published by 1st World Publishing. This book was released on 2004-05-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are other manifestations of greatness than to relieve suffering or to wreck an empire. Julius Caesar and John Howard are not the only heroes who have smiled upon the world. In the supreme adaptation of means to an end there is a constant nobility, for neither ambition nor virtue is the essential of a perfect action. How shall you contemplate with indifference the career of an artist whom genius or good guidance has compelled to exercise his peculiar skill, to indulge his finer aptitudes? A masterly theft rises in its claim to respect high above the reprobation of the moralist. The scoundrel, when once justice is quit of him, has a right to be appraised by his actions, not by their effect; and he dies secure in the knowledge that he is commonly more distinguished, if he be less loved, than his virtuous contemporaries. While murder is wellnigh as old as life, property and the pocket invented theft, late-born among the arts. It was not until avarice had devised many a cunning trick for the protection of wealth, until civilisation had multiplied the forms of portable property, that thieving became a liberal and an elegant profession. True, in pastoral society, the lawless man was eager to lift cattle, to break down the barrier between robbery and warfare. But the contrast is as sharp between the savagery of the ancient reiver and the polished performance of Captain Hind as between the daub of the pavement and the perfection of Velasquez.
Book Synopsis Saints, Scoundrels and Storytellers by : Kirin Narayan
Download or read book Saints, Scoundrels and Storytellers written by Kirin Narayan and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Book of Scoundrels by : Charles Whibley
Download or read book A Book of Scoundrels written by Charles Whibley and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Book Synopsis The Authority of the Saints by : Pauline Dimech
Download or read book The Authority of the Saints written by Pauline Dimech and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pauline Dimech explores whether and to what extent we may attribute authority to the saints, but also how we may ensure that it is the saints, and not the scoundrels, whose influence persists and whose memory endures. The thing that drives her research is the thought that history is full of examples of individuals who held positions of official authority that they did not deserve. Dimech is convinced that Hans Urs von Balthasar can help us clarify the issues surrounding the authority of the saints. Besides establishing Balthasar's involvement with the enterprise, this book tries to establish the theological foundations upon which the authority of the saints would have to be based in theory, and, possibly, already, however implicitly, based in practice.
Book Synopsis Christianity Triumphant by : John Philip Newman
Download or read book Christianity Triumphant written by John Philip Newman and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Book of Scoundrels by : Charles Whibley
Download or read book A Book of Scoundrels written by Charles Whibley and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-17 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decline of the Scoundrel, in fact, has been followed by the disappearance of chap-book and broadside. The Education Act, which made the cheap novel a necessity, destroyed at a blow the literature of the street. Since the highwayman wandered, fur-coated, into the City, the patterer has lost his occupation. Robbery and murder have degenerated into Chinese puzzles, whose solution is a pleasant irritant to the idle brain.
Book Synopsis Why Be Catholic? by : Patrick Madrid
Download or read book Why Be Catholic? written by Patrick Madrid and published by Image. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular blogger and publisher of Envoy magazine offers 10 key reasons why he loves being Catholic (and you should too). Drawing heavily on poignant anecdotes from his own experience as a life-long Catholic born in 1960s, Madrid offers readers a way of looking at the Church--its members, teachings, customs, and history--from perspectives many may have never considered. Growing up Catholic during a time of great social and theological upheaval and transition, a time in which countless Catholics abandoned their religion in search of something else, Patrick Madrid learned a great deal about why people leave Catholicism and why others stay. This experience helped him gain many insights into what it is about the Catholic Church that some people reject, as well as those things that others treasure. Drawing upon Madrid's personal experiences, Why Be Catholic? offers a deeply personal, fact-based, rationale for why everyone should be Catholic or at least consider the Catholic Church in a new light.
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Download or read book The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scoundrels written by Robert Firth and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lesson of Scoundrels is one of crime and punishment. The author tells the story of a number of men, some of them probably were great men, most were well educated and all had driving ambition far above that of most. The book focuses on elected scoundrels, as it is those placed in high office by the people who then betray that trust whom we most abhor. The individuals described can all be characterized by a monumental and unrealistic sense of self-worth, outrageous hubris and a mile-wide streak of pure greed so powerful that they risked all to grab the golden ring whenever it came into their reach- that the proverbial ring belonged to the people meant absolutely nothing! Greed drives the elected white collar criminal who learns to steal, lie and defraud the people he serves, believing that because he is who he is, he can act with impunity. In almost every case, the characters described in this book were not entirely bad men- each and every one of them did some good or tried to and were loyal to their friends and family. After all, even Hitler loved his dog! What exactly led them to throw it all away for money you will have to decide for yourselves. Scoundrels tells you who they were, what they did and what it eventually cost them at the bar of justice. In most cases, the law finally did catch up with them- mostly by the opposing party dropping a dime. A few have so far remained free from the clutches of the law but, with reputations so tarnished that, in most cases, they are beyond salvage. For you students of the law, give some serious thought to how these bad guys were caught, the laws they broke and how the courts dealt with them. Most of them were lawyers themselves but likely forgot their lessons in ethics. None of these mendacious rascals cared a whit about morals or ethics when they might get in the way of some easy money. All of the men in this book were and are successful politicians, outgoing, gregarious and, when in top from, bursting with a magnetic enthusiasm (charisma) that draws voters to them like flies to honey. Their powerful personalities and determined energy brought them to high office- many were state governors and all were in positions to get their sticky fingers into the people's cookie jar. The book presents only a small sampling of the vast number of crooked public servants. It's highly likely that the percentage of elected officials, in any capacity, who have not misappropriated public funds, in one way or another, is very small- I would venture to guess the percentage of truly honest politicians (oxymoron) is well under twenty percent. The only difference between the vast majority of elected public servants and those identified in this book is that the former haven't yet been caught. There is a discernible and tragic flaw in many, if not most, of those we choose to represent us. Perhaps, it is because honest, reasonable and intelligent men do not care to run for public office, preferring to retain the peace and happiness of private life. Given the unscrupulous nature of the modern media, I don't blame anyone for avoiding public office. Whatever the reasons, we, the people, are the losers.
Book Synopsis Early Saints and Other Saintly Stories for Children by : Austin Mardon
Download or read book Early Saints and Other Saintly Stories for Children written by Austin Mardon and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-27 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Saint Francis of Assisi protect a village from wolves, and what did Saint Osmund have to do with the infamous "Doomsday Book"? This reference is a collection of clear and straightforward entries on the lives of early and more recent saints and other important contributors to the Catholic faith. It is an introductory study into those who have faced insurmountable difficulties with the bare strength of their faith. The biographies are designed for the young researcher or any youth with a burgeoning curiosity. Though the entries offer only a glimpse into the lives of these exceptional individuals, they are sure to provide a basic understanding and serve as a gateway for further investigation.
Book Synopsis The Blackshirts’ Dictatorship by : Matteo Millan
Download or read book The Blackshirts’ Dictatorship written by Matteo Millan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-20 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 1922 Mussolini became head of the Italian government, a situation that would last for twenty years. That power was obtained was largely due to the widespread violence perpetrated by blackshirts throughout Italy (squadristi). Violence however did not end. Old and new blackshirts played a major role in making Italy a fascist country. Contrary to the claims of many scholars that have depicted blackshirts after the March on Rome only as troublemakers for Mussolini, the book shows that they played a crucial role in establishing a full and totalitarian dictatorship. Squadristi carried out processes of fascistisation, crushed opponents and convinced bystanders and dubious people, consolidating fascist power in many aspects of social, political and even intimate life. By resorting to new archives, a long chronology and a focus on individual perspectives, this book gives voice to the perpetrators of fascist violence and offers new insights into the lives of squadristi throughout the dictatorship, outlining their beliefs, outlooks and expectations. The book shows that post-1922 squadrismo was not a side effect of Fascism's twenty-year history. On the contrary, violence represents one of the essential components of any definition of Italian Fascism.
Book Synopsis Beautiful Sin of the Last Bride by : Emely Batin-Orillos
Download or read book Beautiful Sin of the Last Bride written by Emely Batin-Orillos and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deeply human,brutally bruising, shockingly uncompromising yet the collection of short stories in the book is unified by the universal theme of divine love and mercy upon the most grave and wicked of mortal sinners.Each story depicts how people live their lives in the dictates of reason or emotion but always with the sweet seduction of original sin. The biblical myth of the last daughter of Eve resurfaces in the Book of Prologue to reconcile faith and science situating human redemption in causality and the negation of this principle, God being a constant power with no origin. This spiritual argument takes off from the seduction of recent radical scientific discovery of the Neutrinos particles travelling much faster than the speed of light. The Seven Beautiful Sins are told by a speaker biblically destined to help save the world from eternal damnation yet born with her twin, the serpent of creation which makes her the first and original mortal sinner. And this raises the excitement of the grand story of salvation as the Second Coming is inevitable and its signs appearing in more ways than one.
Book Synopsis Sharing God's Good Company by : David Matzko McCarthy
Download or read book Sharing God's Good Company written by David Matzko McCarthy and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the role and significance of the saints in Christians' lives today. While examining the lives of specific saints like Martin de Porres, Therese de Lisieux, and Mother Teresa, McCarthy especially focuses on such topics as the veneration of martyrs, realism and hagiography, science and miracles, images and pilgrimage, and why the saints continue to captivate Christians and inspire devotion.
Book Synopsis Mother of Bliss by : Lisa Lassell Hallstrom
Download or read book Mother of Bliss written by Lisa Lassell Hallstrom and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-07-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the life of =Anandamay=i M=a, one of the most renowned Hindu holy women of modern times. Lisa Hallstrom paints a vivid portrait of this extraordinary woman, her ideas, and her continuing influence. In the process, the author sheds new light on important themes of Hindu religious life, including the centrality of the guru, the influence of living saints, and the apparent paradox of the worship of the divine feminine and the status of Hindu women.
