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An overview of chapter 7 from the book The Creature From Jekyll Island https://lnkd.in/gyuAhDXM

Beloved Annapolis tutor Zena Hitz recently presented this lecture "What's Wrong With History?" on the Annapolis campus. Ms Hitz notes that, "in a St. John's seminar, we do not approach the readings historically, that is, "in a context." Instead, we ask them questions, as we might ask living people questions, and engage them in conversation and shared inquiry. Is this simply the way we prefer to read? Or is something wrong with a historical approach to a great book? If so, what?" https://lnkd.in/gmtJ6-jA

Book chapter on the Sylvia Likens case.

Life Insight No 5. In the rat race most of us are living, it is of strategic importance to be aware of what's happening outside the race track! Such awareness reshapes our perspectives of time, planning and of life... https://lnkd.in/d-SbJQ5u (By the way this author inspired me to write my own book...to be published soon)!

23 April is a symbolic date in world literature. It is the date on which several prominent authors died, including William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. This annual event recognizes the profound impact of books as a link between the past and the future and a bridge across generations and cultures. 📚 In this occasion, here is a book that contributes to raising awareness and fostering understanding about homelessness in the light of the Church Social Teahcing : ** Street Homelessness and Catholic Theological Ethics, ** Edited by James F. Keenan sj., and Mark McGreevy ** Published by Orbis books in 2020) And now why don't you share with us what books are on your reading list?

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I just published a short essay about Peter Eisenstadt's remarkable book, Against the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman. If you don't know Howard Thurman, or even if you do, this short piece provides a succinct overview of his critical importance. Three main points - ✅ He was a leading religious figure in the 20th century ✅ He was the intellectual architect of African American religious nonviolence ✅ His teachings are an ethical compass for navigating our complex lives today Thanks to the journal Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Research for the opportunity to write about Thurman. https://lnkd.in/ebZCk2Jj

Have fun with this book, “Interesting Facts in History,” and learn more about American trivia. https://lnkd.in/gy5SN9sB

Recommended!! Examine the power of stories in shaping humanity's success, discuss the tension between power and justice, and reconsider the true purpose of studying history

Liberty and American Experience in the Eighteenth Century - OA PDF: https://lnkd.in/gG2FVGvm Liberty and American Experience in the Eighteenth Century presents ten new essays on central themes of the American Founding period by some of today’s preeminent scholars of American history. The writers explore various aspects of the zeitgeist, among them Burke’s theories on property rights and government, the relations between religious and legal understandings of liberty, the significance of Protestant beliefs on the founding, the economic background to the Founders’ thought on governance, moral sense theory contrasted with natural rights, and divisions of thought on the nature of liberty and how it was to be preserved. The articles provide a rich basis for discussion of the American Founding, its background, and its development over the first few decades of the United States’ existence. David Womersley is Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. His most recent book is Divinity and State.