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The Religious Test Why We Must Question The Beliefs Of Our Leaders
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Book Synopsis The Religious Test: Why We Must Question the Beliefs of Our Leaders by : Damon Linker
Download or read book The Religious Test: Why We Must Question the Beliefs of Our Leaders written by Damon Linker and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-09-27 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A manifesto seeking to exhort both believers and atheists to behave better in the public sphere. The Constitution states that “no religious test” may keep a candidate from aspiring to political office. Yet, since John F. Kennedy used the phrase to deflect concerns about his Catholicism, the public has largely avoided probing candidates’ religious beliefs. Is it true, however, that a candidate’s religious convictions should be off-limits to public scrutiny? Damon Linker doesn’t think so, and in this book he outlines the various elements of religious belief—including radical atheism—that are simply incompatible with high office, and sometimes even active citizenship, in a democracy. In six forceful chapters he enlightens us to the complicated interrelations between churches and states, consistently applying a political litmus test to a range of theological views. Along the way, he clearly explains, among other topics, why the government in a religiously tolerant society must not promote a uniform, absolute code of ethics and behavior; why the conviction that America is worthy of divine attention is dangerous; and why the liberal position on the political deregulation of sex is our nation’s only hope for conciliation. In this provocative, hard-hitting manifesto, Linker exhorts both believers and atheists to behave better in the public sphere, and he offers a carefully charted road map for doing so.
Book Synopsis The Irony of Barack Obama by : R. Ward Holder
Download or read book The Irony of Barack Obama written by R. Ward Holder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the political theology of Reinhold Niebuhr, described by Barack Obama as 'one of my favourite philosophers', this book assesses the challenges facing the President during his first term. It evaluates his success in adhering to Niebuhr's path of 'Christian realism' when faced with the pragmatic demands of domestic and foreign affairs. In 2008 Candidate Obama used the ideas of 'Hope' and 'Change' to inspire voters and secure the presidency. Obama promised change not only regarding America's policies, but even more fundamentally in the nation's political culture. Holder and Josephson describe the foundations of President Obama's Christian faith and the extent to which it has shaped his approach to politics. Their book explores Obama's journey of faith in the context of a broadly Augustinian understanding of faith and politics, examines the tensions between Christian realism and pragmatic progressivism, explains why a Christian realist interpretation is essential to understanding Obama's presidency, and applies this model of understanding to considerations of foreign and domestic policy. By combining this theological and political analysis the book offers a special opportunity to reflect on the relationship between Christian faith and statesmanship, reflections that are missing from current popular discussions of the Obama presidency. Through consideration of Niebuhr's models of the prophet and the statesman, and the more popular alternative of the political evangelist, Holder and Josephson are better able to explain the president's successes and his failures, and to unveil the Augustinian limits of the political life.
Book Synopsis Mormonism and American Politics by : Randall Balmer
Download or read book Mormonism and American Politics written by Randall Balmer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Joseph Smith ran for president as a radical protest candidate in 1844, Mormons were a deeply distrusted group in American society, and their efforts to enter public life were met with derision. When Mitt Romney ran for president as a Republican in 2008 and 2012, the public had come to regard Mormons as consummate Americans: patriotic, family-oriented, and conservative. How did this shift occur? In this collection, prominent scholars of Mormonism, including Claudia L. Bushman, Richard Lyman Bushman, Jan Shipps, and Philip L. Barlow, follow the religion's quest for legitimacy in the United States and its intersection with American politics. From Brigham Young's skirmishes with the federal government over polygamy to the Mormon involvement in California's Proposition 8, contributors combine sociology, political science, race and gender studies, and popular culture to track Mormonism's rapid integration into American life. The book takes a broad view of the religion's history, considering its treatment of women and African Americans and its portrayal in popular culture and the media. With essays from both Mormon and non-Mormon scholars, this anthology tells a big-picture story of a small sect that became a major player in American politics.
Book Synopsis Convicting the Mormons by : Janiece Johnson
Download or read book Convicting the Mormons written by Janiece Johnson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2023-04-06 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 11, 1857, a small band of Mormons led by John D. Lee massacred an emigrant train of men, women, and children heading west at Mountain Meadows, Utah. News of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, as it became known, sent shockwaves through the western frontier of the United States, reaching the nation's capital and eventually crossing the Atlantic. In the years prior to the massacre, Americans dubbed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the "Mormon problem" as it garnered national attention for its "unusual" theocracy and practice of polygamy. In the aftermath of the massacre, many Americans viewed Mormonism as a real religious and physical threat to white civilization. Putting the Mormon Church on trial for its crimes against American purity became more important than prosecuting those responsible for the slaughter. Religious historian Janiece Johnson analyzes how sensational media attention used the story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre to enflame public sentiment and provoke legal action against Latter-day Saints. Ministers, novelists, entertainers, cartoonists, and federal officials followed suit, spreading anti-Mormon sentiment to collectively convict the Mormon religion itself. This troubling episode in American religious history sheds important light on the role of media and popular culture in provoking religious intolerance that continues to resonate in the present.
Book Synopsis The Case against Democracy by : Steven Michels
Download or read book The Case against Democracy written by Steven Michels and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The case for democracy is an intrinsic part of our political culture. This non-partisan book provides the other side of the story via well-researched history and current events that illuminate the theory and practice of democracy. Are the politics of the United States to blame for its current unsteady footing in the 21st century? This book aims to answer this uncomfortable but relevant question by examining the strengths and weaknesses of democracy, addressing complex topics such as the history of liberalism, the relationship between democracy and capitalism, the nature of representation, and the difference between government and politics. Each of the book's chapters focuses on a recognized shortcoming of popular government, such as inefficiency, self-interestedness, and non-participation. Each section begins by focusing on current events and tracing issues back through history—through to the American founding, and in many instances, to antiquity. In the conclusion, the author proposes a series of thought-provoking fixes.
Book Synopsis Friends of the Emir by : Luke B. Yarbrough
Download or read book Friends of the Emir written by Luke B. Yarbrough and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals how early Muslims devised and elaborated normative views concerning non-Muslim state officials at moments of intense competition.
Book Synopsis Test of Faith, Leader's Guide by : Ruth Bancewicz
Download or read book Test of Faith, Leader's Guide written by Ruth Bancewicz and published by Test of FAITH. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This visually stunning, award-winning, three part documentary uses interviews with ten top scientists and theologians to introduce some big questions and address the many challenging issues raised by the sciences. It shows that science is compatible with genuine faith in God. The Test of faith course comes with accompanying resources developed by the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion ideally tailored to unpack the issues raised in the documentary. The book tells the stories of the scientists featured in the video materials as they share their life, stories and reflections on science and faith. The study guide allows small groups to explore science-faith issues by choosing topics and discussing them at a level and pace that suits the group. The Leader's guide supplements the study guide with suggested responses to questions, critical background information and opportunities to go deeper while encouraging an open discussion of a range of views.
Book Synopsis Affective Computing by : Rosalind W. Picard
Download or read book Affective Computing written by Rosalind W. Picard and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000-07-24 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Rosalind Picard, if we want computers to be genuinely intelligent and to interact naturally with us, we must give computers the ability to recognize, understand, even to have and express emotions. The latest scientific findings indicate that emotions play an essential role in decision making, perception, learning, and more—that is, they influence the very mechanisms of rational thinking. Not only too much, but too little emotion can impair decision making. According to Rosalind Picard, if we want computers to be genuinely intelligent and to interact naturally with us, we must give computers the ability to recognize, understand, even to have and express emotions. Part 1 of this book provides the intellectual framework for affective computing. It includes background on human emotions, requirements for emotionally intelligent computers, applications of affective computing, and moral and social questions raised by the technology. Part 2 discusses the design and construction of affective computers. Although this material is more technical than that in Part 1, the author has kept it less technical than typical scientific publications in order to make it accessible to newcomers. Topics in Part 2 include signal-based representations of emotions, human affect recognition as a pattern recognition and learning problem, recent and ongoing efforts to build models of emotion for synthesizing emotions in computers, and the new application area of affective wearable computers.
Book Synopsis Religion, Truths or Fiction by : Morgan Levy
Download or read book Religion, Truths or Fiction written by Morgan Levy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-03-18 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morgan Levy provides and insightful non-fiction manuscript that takes a profound look into religions of the world and the affect they have on people. While placing the blame for most of the killing that has taken place in recorded history directly on religion, he offers a challenge to religions to save Planet Earth from the loss of peace and harmony among the people and the destruction of Planet Earth that is already beginning. The author offers solutions today that may sounds as impossible to achieve as landing a man in the moon was thought to be several hundred years ago.
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Book Synopsis The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion by : Arthur Schopenhauer
Download or read book The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion written by Arthur Schopenhauer and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-08-27 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating examination of ethics, religion and psychology, this selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay on ethics that ranges from the American slavery debate to the vices of Buddhism. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
Book Synopsis Incarnate Leadership by : Bill Robinson
Download or read book Incarnate Leadership written by Bill Robinson and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Robinson helps Christian leaders understand how to provide effective leadership by highlighting five qualities that characterized the leadership style of Jesus. He presents convincing arguments that when leaders emulate these qualities, they will inspire and empower the people they have been called to lead. Reflection and discussion questions and assessment questions make this ideal for group use.Conversational in tone and seasoned with real-life stories from his own successes and failures as a leader, Robinson helps Christian leaders wrestle with four questions that emerge from John’s introduction of Jesus, “and the word became flesh and dwelt among us....” • Jesus dwelt with those he led, how can I be closer to those I lead? • Jesus disciples beheld him, how can I be more transparent with those I lead? • The glory of Jesus was a reflection of his father, am I seeking my own glory? • Jesus led with grace and truth, how can I lead with grace and truth? The Incarnate Leader is indispensable reading for anyone in a position of leadership – whether in a church setting, corporation, school board, or home. The book is packaged as a short one-evening read, similar to other popular business books.
Download or read book The Universalist Leader written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Congregationalist and Christian World written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sabbath Recorder written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Abcs of Faith by : Dorothy L. Immel
Download or read book The Abcs of Faith written by Dorothy L. Immel and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ABCs of faith is a step by step guide to walking the Christian walk and living your life in a manner that demonstrates your faith through joy, compassion, and service. This study provides examples, both Biblical and real life, of how each attribute looks and asks meaningful questions to help you consider how they apply to you.
