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Confessions of a free speech lawyer : Charlottesville and the politics of hate / by Smolla, Rodney A.,author.(CARDINAL)183364;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-330) and index.A Call from the Task Force -- The Charleston Massacre -- Becoming Richard Spencer -- Reverend Edwards -- The Charlottesville Monuments -- Blut und Boden -- Mr. Jefferson's University -- Kessler v. Bellamy -- The Monuments Debate -- Competing Conceptions of Free Speech -- May Days -- Cue the Klan Stage Right -- The Rise of the Marketplace -- Cue the Counter-Protestors Stage Left -- A Rolling Stone Gathers No Facts -- The Marketplace Doubles Down -- The Day of the Klan -- When Speech Advances Civil Rights -- Duke and the Disciples -- The Russian Connection -- A Call to Conscience -- Preparations -- The Day of the Cross -- The Idea of the University -- Heckler's Veto -- Channels of Communication -- Rednecks and Saint Paul -- The Lawn and the Rotunda -- Bloodshed -- Aftermath."Confessions of a Free Speech Lawyer is a personal and scholarly examination of the violent confrontations in Charlottesville and the University of Virginia campus in the summer of 2017, focusing on the clash between free speech and protection of civil rights and human dignity"--
Subjects: Unite the Right Rally (2017 : Charlottesville (Va.)); Demonstrations; Freedom of speech; Hate speech; Right-wing extremists; Racism; White supremacy movements; White nationalism; Hate groups; Hate speech.; Racism.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Between light and storm : how we live with other species / by Woolfson, Esther,author.(CARDINAL)426287;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-344) and index.Beginning with the very origins of life on Earth, Woolfson considers prehistoric human-animal interaction and traces the millennia-long evolution of conceptions of the soul and conscience in relation to the animal kingdom, and the consequences of our belief in human superiority. She explores our representation of animals in art, our consumption of them for food, our experiments on them for science, and our willingness to slaughter them for sport and fashion, as well as examining concepts of love and ownership. Drawing on philosophy and theology, art and history, as well as her own experience of living with animals and coming to know, love, and respect them as individuals, Woolfson examines some of the most complex ethical issues surrounding our treatment of animals and argues passionately and persuasively for a more humble, more humane, relationship with the creatures who share our world.
Subjects: Human-animal relationships.; Animal rights.; Animals in art.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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Stonewall Jackson : the Black man's friend / by Williams, Richard G.,1958-(CARDINAL)476513;
""Stonewall Jackson: The Black Man's Friend"" explores an aspect of his life that is both intriguing and enlightening: his conversion to Christianity and how it affected his relationship with Southern Blacks. Covering the origin of Jackson's awakening to faith, the book challenges some widely held beliefs, including the assumption that this spiritual journey did not begin until his adulthood. Furthermore, Richard G. Williams Jr. examines a paradox of Jackson's life: his conversion to Christianity was encouraged by Southern slaves, many of whom he would in turn minister to one day. The book examines Jackson's documented youthful pangs of conscience regarding the illiteracy of American slaves?and how Providence ultimately came to use him to have a lasting and positive impact on Southern slaves."
Subjects: Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863; Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863; Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863; African Americans; Enslaved persons; Free African Americans; Sunday school teachers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Taking a stand : the evolution of human rights / by Méndez, Juan E.(CARDINAL)728463; Wentworth, Marjory(Marjory Heath),1958-(CARDINAL)460456;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Juan Méndez has experienced human rights abuse first hand. As a result of his work with political prisoners in the late 1970s, the Argentinean military dictatorship arrested, tortured, and held him for more than a year. During that time, Amnesty International adopted him as a "Prisoner of Conscience." After his release, he moved to the United States and continued his lifelong fight for the rights of others, and the lessons he has gleaned over the decades can help us with our current struggles. Here, he sets forth an authoritative and incisive examination of torture, detention, exile, armed conflict, and genocide, whose urgency is even greater in the wake of America's recent disastrous policies. Méndez offers a new strategy for holding governments accountable for their actions, providing an essential blueprint for different human rights groups to be able to work together to effect change"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Méndez, Juan E.; Human rights workers; Political prisoners;
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The democratization of American Christianity / by Hatch, Nathan O.(CARDINAL)161708;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-303).I. Context. Introduction: Democracy and Christianity. The church in an age of democratic revolution; A passion for equality; Populist leaders and democratic movements -- The crisis of authority in popular culture. Ferment over who should rule at home; Revolt against the professions; Backcountry dissent; Blurring of worlds; Individualization of conscience; Inversion of authority. II. Mass movements. Storming heaven by the back door. Wreckers, architects, and builders; The withering of establishments; "A sea of sectarian rivalries". Thundering legions. The Christian movement; The Spartan mission of Francis Asbury; The independent conscience of John Leland; Black preachers and the flowering of Afro-American Christianity; The populist vision of Joseph Smith. III. Audience. The Sovereign audience. The triumph of Vernacular preaching; Creating a mass religious culture in print; Inventing American gospel music. The right to think for oneself. The quest for the ancient order; The crusade against Calvinist orthodoxy and control; Sola scriptura; America, democracy, and the millennium. IV. Legacy. Upward aspiration and democratic dissent. The leaven of democratic persuasions; The allure of respectability; Firebrands of democracy. Epilogue: The recurring populist impulse in American Christianity. Redefining the second great awakening: A note on the study of Christianity in the early republic. Appendix: A sampling of anticlerical and anti-Calvinist Christian verse."In this prize-winning book Nathan O. Hatch offers a provocative reassessment of religion and culture in the early days of the American republic, arguing that during this period American Christianity was democratized and common people became powerful actors on the religious scene. Hatch examines five distinct traditions or mass movements that emerged early in the nineteenth century - the Christian movement, Methodism, the Baptist movement, the black churches, and the Mormons - showing how all offered compelling visions of individual potential and collective aspiration to the unschooled and unsophisticated"--Publisher description.
Subjects: Democracy;
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American reckoning : the Vietnam War and our national identity / by Appy, Christian G.(CARDINAL)275434;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-384) and index.Part I. Why are we in Vietnam? -- Saving Vietnam -- Aggression -- Paper tigers -- Vietnam, inc -- Part II. America at war -- Our boys -- The American way of war -- The war at home -- Part III. What have we become? -- Victim nation -- "The pride is back" -- No more Vietnams -- Who we are.How did the Vietnam War change the way we think of ourselves as a people and a nation? Christian G. Appy, author of the widely praised oral history of the Vietnam War Patriots, now examines the relationship between the war's realities and myths and its impact on our national identity, conscience, pride, shame, popular culture, and postwar foreign policy.1220L
Subjects: National characteristics, American.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
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In God's image : how Western civilization was shaped by a revolutionary idea / by Persico, Tomer,author.; Levy, Eylon,translator.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: The big question -- Selfhood -- Freedom -- Conscience -- Equality -- Meaning -- Aferword."This book examines the central role that the biblical idea the "image of God" has played in the development of Western civilization. Focusing on five themes--selfhood, freedom, conscience, equality, and meaning--it presents a cultural history of the Judeo-Christian tradition, from biblical times through modernity, suggesting also an answer for the troublesome question: Why the West?"--
Subjects: Philosophical anthropology.; Human beings; Individualism; Image of God.;
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Gifford Pinchot and the making of modern environmentalism / by Miller, Char,1951-(CARDINAL)268268;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Family Tree -- The World of His Father -- Relative Power -- Rising Son -- A Young Stand -- An American in Nancy -- The Damaged Fabric -- A Political Two-Step -- Mature Grounds -- Keeper of His Conscience? -- Family Affairs -- A Political Natural -- Old Growth -- Governing Ambitions -- Chiefly Politics -- The Widening View -- Crosscut -- Climax.Chronicles and examines the life of pioneering American conservationist and Progressive politician Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, whose beliefs about conservation and social issues came to be directly related.
Subjects: Biographies.; Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946.; Conservationists; Politicians; Conservation of natural resources;
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A last serenade for Billy Bonney / Mark Warren. by Warren, Mark.;
"In this deeply researched novel of America's most celebrated outlaw, Mark Warren sheds light on the human side of Billy the Kid and reveals the intimate stories of the lesser-known players in his legendary life of crime. Warren's fictional composer and Santa Fe journalist, John Blessing, is assigned to report on a jailed prisoner who calls himself "William H. Bonney," but what begins as a formal interview evolves into an unexpected relationship and a self-examination of Blessing's own cultured, city values. After the Kid's death, Blessing embarks on a journey to find Billy's comrades and acquaintances-those who loved the Kid . . . and others who despised him. Through the reporter's interviews, the reader is exposed to the historical events and the influential people who helped to shape the Kid's life. Was Billy Bonney a cold-blooded killer without a conscience, or was he a victim of the machinations of corrupt politicians in "the Santa Fe Ring"? Ride along with John Blessing as he unravels one of Western history's most fascinating enigmas"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Fiction.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A last serenade for Billy Bonney [large print] / by Warren, Mark,1947-author.(CARDINAL)399494;
"In this deeply researched novel of Americas most celebrated outlaw, Mark Warren sheds light on the human side of Billy the Kid and reveals the intimate stories of the lesser-known players in his legendary life of crime. Warrens fictional composer and Santa Fe journalist, John Blessing, is assigned to report on a jailed prisoner who calls himself "William H. Bonney," but what begins as a formal interview evolves into an unexpected relationship and a self-examination of Blessings own cultured, city values. After the Kids death, Blessing embarks on a journey to find Billys comrades and acquaintances-those who loved the Kid . . . and others who despised him. Through the reporters interviews, the reader is exposed to the historical events and the influential people who helped to shape the Kids life. Was Billy Bonney a cold-blooded killer without a conscience, or was he a victim of the machinations of corrupt politicians in "the Santa Fe Ring"? Ride along with John Blessing as he unravels one of Western historys most fascinating enigmas."--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Western fiction.; Large print books.; Billy, the Kid;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 12
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