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The Ten Commandments and Human Rights

Author : Walter J. Harrelson
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865545427
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book The Ten Commandments and Human Rights written by Walter J. Harrelson and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ten Commandments and Human Rights sets out to evaluate the importance of the Ten Commandments for the life of faith today. The general thesis is that the commandments are immensely important not only for Jews and Christians, but for all persons seeking to find or to reaffirm a moral foundation for their life and for the life of their children, their religious community, and their society.The fact that the commandments are put negatively is immensely important, for it means that the community that claims these commandments and builds on them has to work out for itself the positive import of not having other gods, not worshipping idols, not profaning the sabbath, not killing and stealing, and committing adultery. Put negatively, these commitments become the groundwork for a humanly free and responsible search for the will of God for individual, family, and corporate life today and in any day.It is true that the commandments originate in ancient Israel, are central to the faith of prophets, priests, and sages, and are claimed and made foundational by Jesus for the Christian community. But these commandments also share much with, for example, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which has been presented by the United Nations for adoption by all the nations of earth.The Ten Commandments and Human Rights seeks to show how to avoid moralistic use of the Ten Commandments in religious life today while still affirming that there are absolutely foundational prohibitions that can and must guide the moral life of all peoples. The Ten Commandments need very little revision in order to become such a foundation for a free and responsible life today.

The Ten Commandments and Civil Rights

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Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (881 download)

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The Ten Commandments & Their Influence on American Law

Author : William J. Federer
Publisher : Amerisearch, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780965355728
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book The Ten Commandments & Their Influence on American Law written by William J. Federer and published by Amerisearch, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth study of how each of the Ten Commandments had a historical impact on the development of laws in America and affected the legal philosophy of our government framers. For example, the 4th Commandment-"Keep Holy the Sabbath" PENNSYLVANIA FRAME OF GOVERNMENT, April 25, 1682, Article XXII: "That as often as any day of the month...shall fall upon the first day of the week, commonly called the Lord's Day, the business appointed for that day shall be deferred till the next day, unless in the case of emergency." U.S. CONSTITUTION, 1787, Article I, Section 7, Paragraph 2 "If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law" Read how the Ten Commandments affected the views of America's leaders: "The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount contain my religion" - John Adams, Nov. 4, 1816, letter to Thomas Jefferson. "The fundamental basis of this nation's laws was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul. I don't think we emphasize that enough these days." - Harry S Truman, Feb. 15, 1950, Attorney General's Conference. See references to the Ten Commandments in court cases: "The Ten Commandments have had an immeasurable effect on Anglo-American legal development" - U.S. District Court, Crockett v. Sorenson, W.D. Va. (1983) "It is equally undeniable ...that the Ten Commandments have had a significant impact on the development of secular legal codes of the Western World." - U.S. Supreme Court, Stone v. Graham, (1980) (Rehnquist, J., dissenting) An ideal book for students, teachers, journalists, writers and those interested in researching the foundations of American law!

America Versus the Ten Commandments

Author : Michael K. Abel
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1643001221
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book America Versus the Ten Commandments written by Michael K. Abel and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-11-11 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ongoing debates about gay marriage, abortion, religious freedom, and many other issues remind us that a culture war is now being waged over what it means to be moral in America, calling into question biblical ideals that have shaped American society for hundreds of years. Some claim that the moral traditions of the past are oppressive and outdated while others believe they are the only hope to save a morally declining nation. It is in this context that the question motivating this book emerged: To what extent do Americans keep the Ten Commandments, sometimes called the Decalogue? How prevalent in America are adultery, dishonesty, theft, murder, coveting, and other behaviors prohibited in Judeo-Christian tradition? How much do Americans really focus on God, honor their parents, and keep the Sabbath Day holy? This book explores the historical context and meaning of each commandment in order to compare ancient understandings of right and wrong to those of modern America and then examines its compliance. Analysis of adherence to each of the Ten Commandments, using data collected from tens of thousands of Americans, paints an engaging picture of their commitment to the morals of the Decalogue. In contrast to most books exploring moral issues, this one does not tell readers what to think about the evidence. Rather, it encourages them to carefully consider the information and come to their own conclusions about the moral virtue or depravity of US society. Readers may use the evidence found in this book to satisfy curiosity, settle bets, shape public policy, create sermons, stimulate conversation, or, even better, to understand human nature. They will come away equipped with knowledge that will encourage self-reflection and increased understanding of twenty-first century American morality.

The Black Ten Commandments

Author : Tony Caligula Mre
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781478727057
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book The Black Ten Commandments written by Tony Caligula Mre and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After conducting over 20 years of research, Army Captain Tony Caligula applies military principles to reducing pathology in the Black community and to facilitate Black Americans "Crossing the Jordan" into the "Promised Land" Dr. King alluded to. However, there are 10 reasons why Tony Caligula's military-oriented approach is superior to the traditional civil rights movement: 10. There is no "Whites versus blacks" outlook. Whites are neither the enemies nor saviors. 9. The Economic Independence movement Caligula advocates for the 21st century is based on a fresh, new approach based on the philosophies of Booker T. Washington instead of the petitionary doctrines of Frederick Douglass employed during the obsolete civil rights movement of yesteryear. 8. Caligula's national warning order is not grievance-based. 7. Caligula's national warning order is not based on victimization. 6. Caligula's national warning order focuses on the dissemination of a national plan, not the ranting of some charismatic autocrat (This feature is what makes my national warning order plan "assassination-proof"). 5. Caligula's national warning order advocates self-help for low income black Americans, but has universal application (can be adapted to any culture). 4. Unlike others in this genre, the national warning order places the onus on the black community where it belongs, not some ambiguous outside forces (a tendency that is called "self-serving bias"). 3. Unlike all civil rights movement strategies, Caligula's plan is based on the Warning Order format used to achieve objectives in military operations. 2. Caligula's based his national warning order on battle-tested, proven military principles. 1. The entire plan is concise, easy-to-remember ten steps. Tony Caligula is an African American conventionalist, Independent, and social capitalist. A Distinguished Graduated of the Officer Candidate School, with over 19 years of Army service and five overseas

Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties [4 volumes]

Author : Kara E. Stooksbury
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440841101
Total Pages : 1454 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties [4 volumes] written by Kara E. Stooksbury and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 1454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly updated and featuring 75 new entries, this monumental four-volume work illuminates past and present events associated with civil rights and civil liberties in the United States. This revised and expanded four-volume encyclopedia is unequaled for both the depth and breadth of its coverage. Some 650 entries address the full range of civil rights and liberties in America from the Colonial Era to the present. In addition to many updates of material from the first edition, the work offers 75 new entries about recent issues and events; among them, dozens of topics that are the subject of close scrutiny and heated debate in America today. There is coverage of controversial issues such as voter ID laws, the use of drones, transgender issues, immigration, human rights, and government surveillance. There is also expanded coverage of women's rights, gay rights/gay marriage, and Native American rights. Entries are enhanced by 42 primary documents that have shaped modern understanding of the extent and limitations of civil liberties in the United States, including landmark statutes, speeches, essays, court decisions, and founding documents of influential civil rights organizations. Designed as an up-to-date reference for students, scholars, and others interested in the expansive array of topics covered, the work will broaden readers' understanding of—and appreciation for—the people and events that secured civil rights guarantees and concepts in this country. At the same time, it will help readers better grasp the reasoning behind and ramifications of 21st-century developments like changing applications of Miranda Rights and government access to private Internet data. Maintaining an impartial stance throughout, the entries objectively explain the varied perspectives on these hot-button issues, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions.

Routledge Revivals: Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (2006)

Author : Paul Finkelman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351269909
Total Pages : 1308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Revivals: Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (2006) written by Paul Finkelman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 1308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 2006, the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, is a comprehensive 3 volume set covering a broad range of topics in the subject of American Civil Liberties. The book covers the topic from numerous different areas including freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition. The Encyclopedia also addresses areas such as the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, slavery, censorship, crime and war. The book’s multidisciplinary approach will make it an ideal library reference resource for lawyers, scholars and students.

The Ten Commandments

Author : Joseph P. Hester
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147660861X
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Ten Commandments written by Joseph P. Hester and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The founders of the United States were well aware of religious differences in the new nation. Oppression had forced varied European religious groups to seek homes elsewhere, some in the new world of America. Governmental pressures toward conformity in religion had in the past led to corruption and civil strife. Thus, Congress made a dual assertion in its First Amendment to the Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." However, the ethical foundations of American society--and therefore its laws--intermingle with the moral codes of religions, including the Judeo-Christian Ten Commandments. This handbook helps bring understanding and meaning to the controversies that have arisen in present day society over the application of the Ten Commandments to public law and moral problems. Applications can be logical and legal, or can violate the separation of church and state called for in the First Amendment. Part One provides background on the Ten Commandments. It gives the various versions found in the Old Testament, and explains the non-Israelite influences on those versions (the Hammurabi Code, for example). The moral thinking of the ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Hebrew cultures is examined. The modern Jewish tradition is detailed, as well as the different interpretations placed on the Ten Commandments by Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans and other Protestants. Part Two focuses on the modern controversies, assessing the differing sides of each. Among the many controversies covered are government funding of faith-based charities, posting the Ten Commandments in public buildings, science versus religion in schools, prayer in public places, blue laws, stem cell research, cloning, euthanasia, capital punishment, abortion and war, racial profiling and covenant marriages.

The Ten Commandments

Author : David Hazony
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416562516
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Ten Commandments written by David Hazony and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part memoir, part scholarship, part manifesto for a vital approach to life, David Hazony’s book tackles some of the most painful human questions that stand at the heart of who we are as modern, thinking people and offers answers that are sure to start a new discussion about the meaning of one of our most enduring, yet least understood, traditions. Across the Western World, the Ten Commandments have become a source of both inspiration and controversy, whether in Supreme Court rulings, in film and literature, or as a religious icon gracing houses of worship of every Christian and Jewish denomination. But what do the commandments really stand for? According to polls, less than half of all Americans can even name more than four of them. Fewer still can name all ten or have a clear idea of the ideals they were meant to promote. For most of us, agnostics and faithful alike, they have been relegated to the level of a symbol, and the teachings they contain are all but forgotten. In Western life today, the Ten Commandments are everywhere— except where we need them most. In The Ten Commandments, David Hazony offers a powerful new look at our most venerable moral text. Combining a fresh reading of the Old Testament’s most riveting stories and ancient rabbinic legends with a fearless exploration of what ails society today, Hazony shows that the Ten Commandments are not just a set of obscure laws but encapsulate a deeply valuable approach to life—one that is as relevant now as it was when they first appeared more than two millennia ago.

Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties

Author : Paul Finkelman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351269631
Total Pages : 2570 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties written by Paul Finkelman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 2570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 2006, the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, is a comprehensive 3 volume set covering a broad range of topics in the subject of American Civil Liberties. The book covers the topic from numerous different areas including freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition. The Encyclopedia also addresses areas such as the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, slavery, censorship, crime and war. The book’s multidisciplinary approach will make it an ideal library reference resource for lawyers, scholars and students.

Christianity and Freedom: Volume 1, Historical Perspectives

Author : Timothy Samuel Shah
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107124585
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book Christianity and Freedom: Volume 1, Historical Perspectives written by Timothy Samuel Shah and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Volume 1 of Christianity and Freedom, leading historians uncover the unappreciated role of Christianity in the development of basic human rights and freedoms from antiquity through today. These include radical notions of dignity and equality, religious freedom, liberty of conscience, limited government, consent of the governed, economic liberty, autonomous civil society, and church-state separation, as well as more recent advances in democracy, human rights, and human development. Acknowledging that the record is mixed, scholars document how the seeds of freedom in Christianity antedate and ultimately undermine later Christian justifications and practices of persecution. Drawing from history, political science, and sociology, this volume will become a standard reference work for historians, political scientists, theologians, students, journalists, business leaders, opinion shapers, and policymakers.

Illustrative Notes

Author : Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Illustrative Notes written by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Culture of Disbelief

Author : Stephen L. Carter
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385474989
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book The Culture of Disbelief written by Stephen L. Carter and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1994-09-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Culture Of Disbelief has been the subject of an enormous amount of media attention from the first moment it was published. Hugely successful in hardcover, the Anchor paperback is sure to find a large audience as the ever-increasing, enduring debate about the relationship of church and state in America continues. In The Culture Of Disbelief, Stephen Carter explains how we can preserve the vital separation of church and state while embracing rather than trivializing the faith of millions of citizens or treating religious believers with disdain. What makes Carter's work so intriguing is that he uses liberal means to arrive at what are often considered conservative ends. Explaining how preserving a special role for religious communities can strengthen our democracy, The Culture Of Disbelief recovers the long tradition of liberal religious witness (for example, the antislavery, antisegregation, and Vietnam-era antiwar movements). Carter argues that the problem with the 1992 Republican convention was not the fact of open religious advocacy, but the political positions being advocated.

The Ten Commandments

Author : William P. Brown
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664223236
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book The Ten Commandments written by William P. Brown and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a host of classic and new essays surveying the scholarly ethical and biblical debate surrounding the Ten Commandments, William Brown organizes his volume into three parts: the history of interpretation, contemporary reflections on the Decalogue as a whole, and contemporary reflections on individual commandments. A useful addition to ethics as well as Old Testament and Hebrew Bible courses, Brown'sThe Ten Commandmentswill be a standard reference for all Decalogue research, as it facilitates a helpful balance between moral, theological, and biblical study. The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.

A Simple Way to Pray

Author : Martin Luther
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664222734
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book A Simple Way to Pray written by Martin Luther and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When asked by his barber and good friend, Peter Beskendorf, for some practical guidance on how to prepare oneself for prayer, Luther responded by writing this brief treatise, first published in the spring of 1535. After 500 years, his instruction continues to offer words of spiritual nurture for us today.

Democracy and the Ten Commandments

Author : Robert Kimball Shinkoskey
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498290094
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Democracy and the Ten Commandments written by Robert Kimball Shinkoskey and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 2,000 years Western culture has leaned heavily on the Ten Commandments for guidance in religion, ethics, and morality. The author, drawing upon modern Biblical science, demonstrates that those laws were designed for an entirely different purpose--to provide alternatives to repressive policies Israel reeled under in Egypt. The Decalogue is a political document designed to limit government intrusion into private lives. Its precepts deal with matters like political parties and intellectual freedom, central banking and taxation, occupational choice, free economy, humane working conditions, local government, right to life and international relations, land possession and inheritance, equal justice and education, and citizenship and public health. The author's interpretation necessitates a wholesale repositioning of Biblical religion. The Bible is not a book about religious worship, but is rather a book about citizen-empowered local democracy. This essay suggests a way out of the woods for an American democracy that has lost its way in a headlong veer toward heavy-handed central government.

Rhetoric, Religion and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965

Author : Davis W. Houck
Publisher : Baylor University Press
ISBN 13 : 1932792546
Total Pages : 1013 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Rhetoric, Religion and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 written by Davis W. Houck and published by Baylor University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1013 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V.2: Building upon their critically acclaimed first volume, Davis W. Houck and David E. Dixon's new Rhetoric, Religion, and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 is a recovery project of enormous proportions. Houck and Dixon have again combed church archives, government documents, university libraries, and private collections in pursuit of the civil rights movement's long-buried eloquence. Their new work presents fifty new speeches and sermons delivered by both famed leaders and little-known civil rights activists on national stages and in quiet shacks. The speeches carry novel insights into the ways in which individuals and communities utilized religious rhetoric to upset the racial status quo in divided America during the civil rights era. Houck and Dixon's work illustrates again how a movement so prominent in historical scholarship still has much to teach us. (Publisher).