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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 1060
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Author: Royal Commonwealth Society. Library
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 758
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andrew Mark Eason
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Published: 2009-10-22
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 1554586763
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe early Salvation Army professed its commitment to sexual equality in ministry and leadership. In fact, its founding constitution proclaimed women had the right to preach and hold any office in the organization. But did they? Women in God’s Army is the first study of its kind devoted to the critical analysis of this central claim. It traces the extent to which this egalitarian ideal was realized in the private and public lives of first- and second-generation female Salvationists in Britain and argues that the Salvation Army was found wanting in its overall commitment to women’s equality with men. Bold pronouncements were not matched by actual practice in the home or in public ministry. Andrew Mark Eason traces the nature of these discrepancies, as well as the Victorian and evangelical factors that lay behind them. He demonstrates how Salvationists often assigned roles and responsibilities on the basis of gender rather than equality, and the ways in which these discriminatory practices were supported by a male-defined theology and authority. He views this story from a number of angles, including historical, gender and feminist theology, ensuring it will be of interest to a wide spectrum of readers. Salvationists themselves will appreciate the light it sheds on recent debates. Ultimately, however, anyone who wants to learn more about the human struggle for equality will find this book enlightening.
Author: General William Booth
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2019-09-25
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 3734081750
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproduction of the original: In Darkest England and the Way out by General William Booth
Author: Eric John Abrahamson
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Published: 2013-01-15
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780979638923
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 112
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhotographs of destitute people in London and the provinces and of the work of the Salvation Army amongst them, taken as part of the Army's centennial fund-raising campaign. With comments by eminent persons.
Author: Pamela J. Walker
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2001-04-02
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780520925854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThose people in uniforms who ring bells and raise money for the poor during the holiday season belong to a religious movement that in 1865 combined early feminism, street preaching, holiness theology, and intentionally outrageous singing into what soon became the Salvation Army. In Pulling the Devil's Kingdom Down, Pamela Walker emphasizes how thoroughly the Army entered into nineteenth-century urban life. She follows the movement from its Methodist roots and East London origins through its struggles with the established denominations of England, problems with the law and the media, and public manifestations that included street brawls with working-class toughs. The Salvation Army was a neighborhood religion, with a "battle plan" especially suited to urban working-class geography and cultural life. The ability to use popular leisure activities as inspiration was a major factor in the Army's success, since pubs, music halls, sports, and betting were regarded as its principal rivals. Salvationist women claimed the "right to preach" and enjoyed spiritual authority and public visibility more extensively than in virtually any other religious or secular organization. Opposition to the new movement was equally energetic and took many forms, but even as contemporary music hall performers ridiculed the "Hallelujah Lasses," the Salvation Army was spreading across Great Britain and the Continent, and on to North America. The Army offered a distinctive response to the dilemmas facing Victorian Christians, in particular the relationship between what Salvationists believed and the work they did. Walker fills in the social, cultural, and religious contexts that make that relationship come to life.
Author: Eduardo Galeano
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 0853459916
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe. Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably. This classic is now further honored by Isabel Allende's inspiring introduction. Universally recognized as one of the most important writers of our time, Allende once again contributes her talents to literature, to political principles, and to enlightenment.
Author: Shirley Knight
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Published: 2018
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9781730792748
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book shares the stories of 39 African American men whose skills and leadership has benefited Calvert County and beyond.