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Not by the sword : how the love of a cantor and his family transformed a klansman / by Watterson, Kathryn,1942-(CARDINAL)520349;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-340) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Weisser, Michael, Cantor.; Trapp, Larry.; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Antisemitism; Reconciliation.; Jewish converts; Proselytizing; Conversion;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Converts to Judaism : stories from biblical times to today / by Epstein, Lawrence J.(Lawrence Jeffrey),author.(CARDINAL)518914;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index.Introduction: welcoming the stranger: the place of converts in Jewish life -- Your people shall be my people: converts in the biblical era -- Over land and sea: the rise of proselytism in the Hellenistic and early Roman period -- A fence around the Torah: converts in the Talmudic era -- The time of religious struggle: converts in the Medieval era -- Leaving the ghetto: converts from the Jewish enlightenment to the present -- The golden land: converts in the United States -- The call of Zion: converts in Israel -- Lessons from the history of conversion to Judaism."From the biblical story of Ruth to the star conversion of Elizabeth Taylor, Converts to Judaism tells the stories of people who have converted to Judaism throughout history. The book introduces readers to origins of Judaism and shares the first conversion stories of the people who helped the early Jewish faith grow. Subsequent chapters trace the trajectory of Judaism through the ages while highlighting the stories of converts--both well-known and lesser-known--and how they shaped the tradition. The book includes not only the story of Warder Cresson, who was put on trial for insanity after converting to Judaism, but also famous celebrities who became Jewish such as Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis, Jr."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Conversion; Jewish converts;
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The power worshippers : inside the dangerous rise of religious nationalism / by Stewart, Katherine,author.(CARDINAL)467402;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-326) and index.Introduction -- Church and party in Unionville -- Minister in to power -- Inventing abortion -- The mind of a warrior -- Up from slavery : the ideological origins of Christian nationalism -- The uses and abuses of history -- The blitz : turning the states into laboratories of theocracy -- Converting the flock to data -- Proselytizers and privatizers -- Theocracy from the bench, or how to establish religion in the name of "religious liberty" -- Controlling bodies : what "religious liberty" looks like from the stretcher -- The global holy war comes of age -- Epilogue.For too long the Religious Right has masqueraded as a social movement preoccupied with a number of cultural issues, such as abortion and same-sex marriage. In her deeply reported investigation, Katherine Stewart reveals a disturbing truth: this is a political movement that seeks to gain power and to impose its vision on all of society. America's religious nationalists aren't just fighting a culture war, they are waging a political war on the norms and institutions of American democracy. Stewart pulls back the curtain on the inner workings and leading personalities of a movement that has turned religion into a tool for domination. She exposes a dense network of think tanks, advocacy groups, and pastoral organizations embedded in a rapidly expanding community of international alliances and united not by any central command but by a shared, anti-democratic vision and a common will to power. She follows the money that fuels this movement, tracing much of it to a cadre of super-wealthy, ultraconservative donors and family foundations. She shows that today's Christian nationalism is the fruit of a longstanding antidemocratic, reactionary strain of American thought that draws on some of the most troubling episodes in America's past. It forms common cause with a globe-spanning movement that seeks to destroy liberal democracy and replace it with nationalist, theocratic and autocratic forms of government around the world. Religious nationalism is far more organized and better funded than most people realize. It seeks to control all aspects of government and society. Its successes have been stunning, and its influence now extends to every aspect of American life, from the White House to state capitols, from our schools to our hospitals.
Subjects: Christianity and politics; Nationalism; Nationalism; Christianity and culture; Christianity;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 15
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The Punisher. by Cloonan, Becky,author.; Horak, Matt,(Comic book artist)artist.illustrator.; Anka, Kris,artist.illustrator.; Wilson, Matthew,1981-artist.coloristillustrator.; Loughridge, Lee,artist.coloristillustrator.; Petit, Cory,illustrator.;
The Punisher is back in the Big Apple: Start spreading the bullets! He's coming today! He wants to destroy the crime of it...New York, New York! And when a blackout hits the big city, the dark brings out some of the worst that its mean streets have to offer. The NY subway can be full of horrible people on a good day, but for Frank Castle...this won't be a good day. Manspreaders, proselytizers and mariachi bands are all in a day's commute - but a gang of murderous criminals? And they aren't the only scary things lurking underground. Frank has them in his sights.Parental advisory.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Superhero comic books.; Graphic novels.; Punisher (Fictitious character); Vigilantes; Crime;
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Fit nation : the gains and pains of America's exercise obsession / by Petrzela, Natalia Mehlman,author.(CARDINAL)859853;
Includes bibliographical references and index.When sweating was strange -- Slimming the soft American -- From margins to mainstream -- Movement culture, redefined -- Feel the burn -- Hard bodies and soulful selves -- It's not working out."Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, a leading scholar and proselytizer for physical well-being, elucidates the political and social implications of America's exercise cult(ure). Delving into the paradox of why so many Americans are physically unfit, despite the power of the exercise industry, Petrzela shows fitness to be both a product and a marker of education, social class, wealth, power, and more. Like much in postwar American life, fitness has been privatized, and the resulting dominant ideology of exercise is a product of neoliberal political and culture choices. Petrzela reveals a story that puts Charles Atlas, Jane Fonda, the Chippendales, and so many lesser-known people at the center of American culture, media, and politics"--
Subjects: Exercise; Physical fitness centers; Physical fitness; Well-being;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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American Indians at the margins : racist stereotypes and their impacts on native peoples / by Kaplan, H. Royauthor.(CARDINAL)899675; Harjo, Suzan Shownwriter of foreword.(CARDINAL)528332;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword / by Suzan Shown Harjo -- Introduction: The forgotten minority : how stereotypes marginalized the Indians -- Race and reality -- Why race matters -- The origin of race and racism -- In the beginning -- Conquistadors and cannibals -- The lasting testament of The last of the Mohicans -- Native Americans and atrocities : scalping, raping, and pillaging -- Barbarians, savages, braves, warriors, statesmen, and heroes -- Cooper's enduring influence -- Compulsory assimilation : Indian boarding schools -- The drunken Indian stereotype -- Indian casinos : winners and losers in the game of life -- Making stereotypes stick : Indians as cultural artifacts -- The contemporary Western novel and Native Americans -- Television, cowboys, and Indians -- Buffalo Bill, art, and Indians -- Native Americans in the modern media -- Proselytizers, do-gooders, voyeurs, and exploiters -- The final fight?"Since the earliest days of American colonization, racist imagery has been used to create harmful and enduring stereotypes of the indigenous people. In this book, the conflict between invading European white settlers and the indigenous groups who occupied the land that became the United States is described through the context of race and racism. Using depictions from art, literature, radio, cinema and television, the origin and persistence of stereotypes about Indians are explained, and their debilitating effects on the well-being of Native Americans are presented. This text also explores contemporary cultural accomplishments by Native Americans in their attempt to maintain their sovereignty, dignity and respect"--
Subjects: Indians in popular culture; Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Marginality, Social; Racism; Stereotypes (Social psychology); Racism.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present / by Madrick, Jeff,1947-(CARDINAL)163822;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Revolution -- Prologue Lewis Uhler believer -- Walter Wriston regulatory revoltá -- Milton Friedman proselytizer -- Richard Nixon and Arthur Burns political expediencyá -- Joe Flom the hostile takeover -- Ivan Boesky wanting it all -- Walter Wriston II bailing out citibank -- Ronald Reagan the making of an ideology -- Ted Turner, Sam Walton, and Steveáross size becomes strategy -- Jimmy Carter and Charles Schultze capitulation -- Howard Jarvis tapping the anger -- Paul Volcker, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan revolution completed -- The new guard -- Tom Peters and Jack Welch promises broken -- Michael Milken "the magnificent" -- Alan Greenspan ideologue -- George Soros and John Meriwether fabulous wealth and controversial power -- Sandy Weill king of the world -- Sandy Weill, Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, and Ken Lay decade of deceit -- Angelo Mozilo, the American tragedy -- Jimmy Cayne, Richard Fuld, Stan O'Neal, Chuck Prince collapse.
Subjects: Financial crises; Wealth;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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The crisis of Islam : holy war and unholy terror / by Lewis, Bernard,1916-2018.(CARDINAL)146870;
Traces the history of conflict between Islam and the West, exploring the meaning of the Islamic doctrine of jihad, the rise of militant Islam, and the impact of Saudi proselytizing and oil money on the rest of the Islamic world.
Subjects: Islam and world politics.; Islam; Islamic fundamentalism.; Jihad;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 15
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Greater Than You Think : a theologian answers the atheists about God / by Williams, Thomas D.,DST.(CARDINAL)489168;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-172).Religion or religions? : are all religions the same? -- Isn't religion just wishful thinking? -- Does God answer our prayers? -- Can a person be morally good without religion? -- Isn't faith in God a cop-out for those who cannot handle mortality? -- Are religious people less intelligent than nonbelievers? -- Does religion do more harm than good? -- Doesn't religion cause war and violence? -- Are religious people irresponsible citizens? -- Are believers trying to hasten the end of the world? -- Is religious education a form of child abuse? -- Should believers be allowed to proselytize? -- Hasn't science disproved god's existence? -- Doesn't the Bible wholly misrepresent the origins of man and the cosmos? -- Is Christianity against science? -- Aren't all scientists and thinking people atheists, or at least agnostics? -- Is religious faith irrational? -- Is the God of the Bible a jealous sadist? -- Are the Gospels reliable historical documents? -- Did the historical Jesus really exist? -- Did Jesus found the church, or was he co-opted by his followers? -- Do Christians hate sex? : does faith encourage sexual repression? -- Are atheists more tolerant than believers? -- Are atheists better citizens than religious folk? -- Are atheists more ethical than religious believers? -- Are atheists happier than believers? -- Are atheists more generous and philanthropic than their religious counterparts?The recent runaway bestsellers God Is Not Great and The God Delusion have left Christians feeling defensive but not necessarily equipped to refute the accusations of nonbelievers. The bestsellers have also provoked those who are the fence about whether God exists, and if so, whether He's good. In his trademark elegant prose, Father Williams provides accessible but intellectually rich answers for both groups. Questions include "Isn't religion just another name for superstition (or magic or myth)?""If God is all-good and all-powerful, how can evil exist in the world?" and "Hasn't science disproved God's existence?" For believers and those searching for something to believe in, Father Williams offers an easy-to-use resource for building up one's own faith and igniting others'.
Subjects: Apologetics;
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One nation undecided : clear thinking about five hard issues that divide us / by Schuck, Peter H.(CARDINAL)167585;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Poverty -- Immigration -- Campaign finance -- Affirmative action -- Accommodating religious freedom and secular public policies." Let's be honest, we've all expressed opinions about difficult hot-button issues without always thinking them through. With so much media spin, political polarization, and mistrust of institutions, it's hard to know how to think about these tough challenges, much less what to do about them. One Nation Undecided takes on some of today's thorniest issues and walks you through each one step-by-step, explaining what makes it so difficult to grapple with and enabling you to think smartly about it. In this unique what-to-do book, Peter Schuck tackles poverty, immigration, affirmative action, campaign finance, and religious objections to gay marriage and transgender rights. For each issue, he provides essential context; defines key concepts and values; presents the relevant empirical evidence; describes and assesses the programs that now seek to address it; and considers many plausible solutions. Schuck looks at all sides with scrupulous fairness while analyzing them rigorously and factually. Each chapter is self-contained so that readers may pick and choose among the issues that interest and concern them most. His objective is to educate rather than proselytize you--the very nature of these five issues is that they resist clear answers; reasonable people can differ about where they come out on them. No other book provides such a comprehensive, balanced, and accessible analysis of these urgent social controversies. One Nation Undecided gives you the facts and competing values, makes your thinking about them more sophisticated, and encourages you to draw your own conclusions. "--
Subjects: Political culture; Poverty; Campaign funds; Affirmative action programs; Religion and politics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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