In this book‚ Wesley Granberg-Michaelson invites “North American” Christians to explore both informative and transformative dialogues concerning the post-Christian West through the lens of 20th C. global Christianity. The general overtones‚ particularly in the first half of this book‚ are more informative as Granberg-Michaelson provides a brief history of 20th C. ecumenical movement‚ highlighting the major “spiritual” shifts taking place from the global North to the South‚ and from the Christian
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CHAPTER FOUR • In this chapter‚ animals are described as being part of the family; animals can belong with humans just as much as other humans can. • Raimond describes all of the animals they had at Frogmore‚ their roles and small anecdotes about them. • They decide to buy a poultry farm; Romulus built an egg-washing machine. • Christine and Mitru come to Frogmore in winter‚ but they argue so Mitru leaves to Castlemaine station to catch a train to Melbourne. Romulus drives him there‚ and on the
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In the book Number The Stars‚ the story begins with a girl named Annemarie‚ and her friend Ellen. Annemarie and Ellen raced to the corner of Ostenborg‚ with Annemarie’s little sister‚ Kirsti‚ pouting behind them. Until‚ they were suddenly interrupted by two German soldiers. One soldier asked why she and Ellen were running‚ and the other asked them if they were good students. Kirsti‚ being her usual obstinate self‚ resisted when the soldier‚ who had a long neck‚ tried to touch her hair. After being
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In chapter one this short chapter lays the foundation for Machiavelli’s book. All kinds of authority‚ he says‚ can be divided into two large categories the republics and the principalities. Principalities can be either hereditary passed down from father to son or they can be new states acquired through military force or political fortune. Machiavelli continues by admitting that hereditary principalities are much easier to govern than those that are newly developed since the prince who rules by
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Now that the plausibility of the Resurrection has been established‚ critics begin introducing opposition. The next section of the book‚ chapters 5-8‚ addresses some of the opposing theories against the Resurrection. Chapter 5 deals specifically with “legend theories.” There are three types of these theories: (1) embellishments‚ (2) non historical literary style‚ and (3) myths in other religions. First of all‚ legend theorists might assume that the disciples and New Testament writers used embellishments
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Pulitzer Prize-winning debut novel by Edward P. Jones. The book was praised by critics for its provocative depiction of the complexities of slavery in the United States and helped establish Jones’s reputation as an author of note. Jones was inspired while attending College of the Holy Cross when he learned that a few free blacks owned slaves in pre-Civil War America. The author spent about ten years developing the story idea and reading books about slavery before writing the novel in late 2001 and early
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In Robert A. Gross’ novel‚ The Minutemen and Their World he takes his readers through what life was like in Concord‚ Massachusetts in the years of the late 1700’s. He starts his book off with a short prologue called “Winter Soldiers and Springtime Farmers”. This short seven page introduction could easily be a survival guide to any new settler that wants to call Concord home. The reader is given a map with all the main roads‚ neighboring cities‚ and boundary lines. One is also reassured that all daily
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At the outset of chapter 1‚ just as the book begins Amir writes these words. His mention of the twenty- six years draws our attention and we realize the importance of this moment. As the story unfolds‚ we realize that the deserted alley refers to where Hassan was raped‚ and that event has largely defined the course of Amir’s life. This story revolves around the pangs of redemption and guilt. Amir endeavors to make up for himself in Baba’s eyes‚ fundamentally in light of the fact that his mom kicked
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Chapter 1 - Christmas Eve • When the book opens‚ Arthur Kipps is sharing some fascinating thoughts about how he’s always been affected by the weather. • He describes how he came to live at Monk’s Piece and stumbled across it while out on a ride with his employer‚ Mr. Bentley. • Arthur is a solicitor and has worked with Mr. Bentley for many years. • Now he’s married to a woman named Esmé and lives in Monk’s Piece with her four children from a previous marriage; they have been happily settled for
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How is chapter 5 significant to the novel as a whole? The significance of chapter 5 to the novel as a whole can be observed through the relevance of the writer’s use of language to describe the setting‚ character and what it shows about social and historical influence of ‘Frankenstein’. Mary Shelley wrote and conceived of Frankenstein while she and her husband Percy Shelley were visiting Lord Byron in Switzerland in June 1816. They had spent an evening around the fire telling horror stories. By
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