A God Or a Bench

2008 Art

Author : Anne Betty Weinshenker
Release : 2008
Genre : Art
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Download or read book A God Or a Bench written by Anne Betty Weinshenker. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a new approach to consideration of the sculpture created in France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this book is concerned with its societal roles and the ways in which it was received. The author draws on an extensive range of texts by artists, critics, art theoreticians and other writers as well as on images, setting contemporary conceptions of the nature and purposes of sculpture and individual works into the contexts of the elite and popular cultures of the time. Among topics included are investigations of the employment of statuary for political and religious communication, pictorial representations of sculpture, the comparative roles of painting and sculpture, and the social status of various kinds of sculptors. Previous treatments have dealt with these productions primarily in terms of stylistic developments or of the accomplishments of individual sculptors. This study however approaches its subject thematically rather than chronologically or biographically, while nevertheless acknowledging developments and variations that occurred during the period.

God’s Law and Order

2020-11-10 History

Author : Aaron Griffith
Release : 2020-11-10
Genre : History
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Download or read book God’s Law and Order written by Aaron Griffith. This book was released on 2020-11-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incisive look at how evangelical Christians shaped—and were shaped by—the American criminal justice system. America incarcerates on a massive scale. Despite recent reforms, the United States locks up large numbers of people—disproportionately poor and nonwhite—for long periods and offers little opportunity for restoration. Aaron Griffith reveals a key component in the origins of American mass incarceration: evangelical Christianity. Evangelicals in the postwar era made crime concern a major religious issue and found new platforms for shaping public life through punitive politics. Religious leaders like Billy Graham and David Wilkerson mobilized fears of lawbreaking and concern for offenders to sharpen appeals for Christian conversion, setting the stage for evangelicals who began advocating tough-on-crime politics in the 1960s. Building on religious campaigns for public safety earlier in the twentieth century, some preachers and politicians pushed for “law and order,” urging support for harsh sentences and expanded policing. Other evangelicals saw crime as a missionary opportunity, launching innovative ministries that reshaped the practice of religion in prisons. From the 1980s on, evangelicals were instrumental in popularizing criminal justice reform, making it a central cause in the compassionate conservative movement. At every stage in their work, evangelicals framed their efforts as colorblind, which only masked racial inequality in incarceration and delayed real change. Today evangelicals play an ambiguous role in reform, pressing for reduced imprisonment while backing law-and-order politicians. God’s Law and Order shows that we cannot understand the criminal justice system without accounting for evangelicalism’s impact on its historical development.

Benched

2019-12-09

Author : Rebecca Lynn Fussell
Release : 2019-12-09
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Download or read book Benched written by Rebecca Lynn Fussell. This book was released on 2019-12-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our stories are all different. True. But hang around long enough and you'll discover our stories may be more alike than you realize. One minute you're enjoying a refreshing afternoon, sipping lemonade on the front porch. With a blink of an eye or perhaps something you've seen brewing in the distance, a catastrophic storm cloud has swept through your being, leaving you ravaged and stunned with the aftermath. The life-as-you-know-it has changed forever, despite your best efforts to avoid it. Unexpected and destructive circumstances launched Rebecca into a crisis of faith that didn't fit the neat package of life she unwittingly believed was her right. Suddenly, the faith she'd clung to as a little girl experienced a head-on collision with reality. She absolutely didn't know what to do.That's when God benched her . . . right next to Himself.Journey with Rebecca to the bench and discover all the treasures awaiting you. Uncover what you can gain when you've lost it all.

The Bench

2015-10-21 Self-Help

Author : Joel Elston
Release : 2015-10-21
Genre : Self-Help
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Book Rating : 402/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Bench written by Joel Elston. This book was released on 2015-10-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bench chronicles the life of a compulsive gambler that takes his addiction to depths most cannot imagine, only to discover that the horrors of addiction would be necessary for the amazing transformation that happened in his recovery. Author Joel Elston recounts his journey through addiction, depression, and eventual recovery and how an old bench on a beach plays a pivotal role over a twenty year span. This brutally honest account of his life is a roller coaster of emotion with an unforeseen twist that even the Author didnt see coming, will leave you speechless.

The Greatest Works of French Literature (English Edition)

2020-12-17 Fiction

Author : Charles Baudelaire
Release : 2020-12-17
Genre : Fiction
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Download or read book The Greatest Works of French Literature (English Edition) written by Charles Baudelaire. This book was released on 2020-12-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of the greatest French classics books has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards: A History of French Literature François Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel Molière: Tartuffe or the Hypocrite The Misanthrope The Miser The Imaginary Invalid The Impostures of Scapin… Jean Racine: Phaedra Pierre Corneille: The Cid Voltaire: Candide Zadig Micromegas The Huron A Philosophical Dictionary… Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Confessions Emile The Social Contract De Laclos: Dangerous Liaisons Stendhal

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