74 Results for : enshrined
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Devotion to the Divine Heart of God the Father: 3rd Edition , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 283min
The third, revised edition of the new Devotion to the Divine Heart of God the Father Encompassing All Hearts provides the vital Consecration (Seal) Prayer to the Father for our present and forthcoming times. Complete details about the Seal of the Father, its importance for our times, and its meaning for the salvation of souls are given, as in the Book of Revelation. The desires of the Father's Divine Heart, the seven aims of the devotion, and the formal prayer format for cenacles to the Almighty Father are presented. Full details and the meaning of the diptych, ecumenical, revealed icon of the Divine Heart are provided, which icon the Almighty Father requested be made and enshrined in His honor. Selected messages from God the Father, given from 2010 through 2012 that, together with Scriptural evidence, are the basis for this devotion are included, as well as messages from Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael. Previously unpublished and new messages, a thorough elaboration of the aims of the devotion and meaning of the icon components, a reproduction of the actual icon, and the complete prayers of the Holy Rosary are now available in this audiobook. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dennis McAtee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108442/bk_acx0_108442_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Okinoshima: The Universal Value of Japan's Sacred Heritage
When Okinoshima was placed on Japan's tentative list for World Heritage designation in 2009, an unprecedented amount of new research into the archaeological and historical materials associated with this exceptional complex of sites was generated. This book provides an overview and sample of this research, and explores the significance and impact that such a targeted program of research can have on understanding a potential World Heritage Site both archaeologically as well as in management terms. The tiny island of Okinoshima, which lies in the Genkai Sea off the coast of northern Kyushu in western Japan, is an extraordinary place that deserves wider recognition in both global archaeology and international heritage management. It is believed to have controlled the important shipping lanes between the Japanese archipelago and the Korean peninsula from the 4th to 10th centuries AD.The island is also notable for being surrounded by secrecy and taboo for it was the sacred home and embodiment of the three jealous Munakata deities (three sisters mentioned in ancient texts, latterly enshrined in the Munakata Grand Shrine and on Okinoshima). Most of the more than 80,000 objects known from archaeological investigations originally had been deposited as offerings to the Munakata deities between the 4th and 10thcenturies AD. All of these objects are now designated as National Treasures by the Japanese government.- Shop: buecher
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A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 447min
Democracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of peoples, sexual and racial equality - these values have firmly entered the mainstream in the decades since they were enshrined in the 1948 U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. But if these ideals no longer seem radical today, their origin was very radical indeed - far more so than most historians have been willing to recognize. In A Revolution of the Mind, Jonathan Israel, one of the world's leading historians of the Enlightenment, traces the philosophical roots of these ideas to what were the least respectable strata of Enlightenment thought - what he calls the Radical Enlightenment. During the revolutionary decades of the 1770s, 1780s, and 1790s, the Radical Enlightenment burst into the open, only to provoke a long and bitter backlash. A Revolution of the Mind shows that this vigorous opposition was mainly due to the powerful impulses in society to defend the principles of monarchy, aristocracy, empire, and racial hierarchy - principles linked to the upholding of censorship, church authority, social inequality, racial segregation, religious discrimination, and far-reaching privilage for ruling groups. In telling this fascinating history, A Revolution of the Mind reveals the surprising origin of our most cherished values - and helps explain why in certain circles they are frequently disapproved of and attacked even today. The book is published by Princeton University Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Adams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redw/000050/bk_redw_000050_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America, Hörbuch, Digital, 450min
Washington was born and raised among blacks and mixed-race people; he and his wife had blood ties to the slave community. Yet as a young man he bought and sold slaves without scruple, even raffled off children to collect debts (an incident ignored by earlier biographers). Then, on the Revolutionary battlefields where he commanded both black and white troops, Washington's attitudes began to change. He and the other framers enshrined slavery in the Constitution, but, Henry Wiencek shows, even before he became president Washington had begun to see the system's evil, and he understood that the problem of this "peculiar institution" would be central to the American experience. Wiencek's revelatory narrative, based on a meticulous examination of private papers, court records, and the voluminous Washington archives, documents for the first time the moral transformation culminating in Washington's determination to emancipate his slaves. He acted too late to keep the new republic from perpetuating slavery, but his repentance was genuine. And it was perhaps related to the possibility, as the oral history of Mount Vernon's slave descendants has long asserted, that a slave named West Ford was the son of George and a woman named Venus. In this superb, nuanced portrait we see George Washington hi full both as a man of his time and a man ahead of his time. Language: English. Narrator: Rick Adamson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/000337/bk_aren_000337_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 757min
From the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth. Yet, as best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals in his spellbinding new book, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the well-known tale of piety and sacrifice; it is a 55-year epic that is at once tragic, heroic, exhilarating, and profound. The Mayflower's religious refugees arrived in Plymouth Harbor during a period of crisis for Native Americans as disease spread by European fishermen devastated their populations. Initially the two groups, the Wampanoags, under the charismatic and calculating chief Massasoit, and the Pilgrims, whose pugnacious military officer Miles Standish was barely five feet tall, maintained a fragile working relationship. But within decades, New England would erupt into King Philip's War, a savagely bloody conflict that nearly wiped out English colonists and natives alike and forever altered the face of the fledgling colonies and the country that would grow from them. With towering figures like William Bradford and the distinctly American hero Benjamin Church at the center of his narrative, Philbrick has fashioned a fresh and compelling portrait of the dawn of American history, a history dominated right from the start by issues of race, violence, and religion. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Guidall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/000492/bk_peng_000492_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Freedom of Speech: Understanding the First Amendment, Hörbuch, Digital, 301min
Free speech lies at the heart of our American identity. The Founding Fathers enshrined this right in the first 45 words of the Bill of Rights.But what does the First Amendment really mean? How have views of its provisions evolved since 1791?The First Amendment grants us freedom of religion and the press, as well as the rights to petition and peaceful assembly. But perhaps no doctrine is as important to liberty as the freedom of speech. In this 12-lecture audio course, First Amendment expert Professor David L. Hudson, Jr., leads you on a gripping tour of free speech law in the United States. Holding it up as a blueprint for personal liberty, you will examine the history of the First Amendment as well as the terminology and theories that undergird it.Freedom of speech encompasses all manner of expression, both verbal and non-verbal. Through a close reading of the Free Speech Clause and a recap of the Founding Fathers’ historical moment, you'll see why it was and continues to be a cornerstone of American culture.In five hours, this succinct and brilliantly taught course gives you the opportunity to comprehend the historical, legal, and philosophical basis for one of your most vital rights. You will better understand current free speech debates and gain valuable insight into the First Amendment's future. Language: English. Narrator: David L. Hudson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/nykm/000883/bk_nykm_000883_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 765min
The harrowing but triumphant story of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women's movement, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first democratically elected female president in African history. When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won the 2005 Liberian presidential election, she demolished a barrier few thought possible, obliterating centuries of patriarchal rule to become the first female elected head of state in Africa's history. Madame President is the inspiring, often heartbreaking story of Sirleaf's evolution from an ordinary Liberian mother of four boys to an international banking executive, from a victim of domestic violence to a political icon, from a postwar president to a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Helene Cooper deftly weaves Sirleaf's personal story into the larger narrative of the coming of age of Liberian women. The highs and lows of Sirleaf's life are filled with indelible images, from imprisonment in a jail cell for standing up to Liberia's military government to addressing the United States Congress, from reeling under the onslaught of the Ebola pandemic to signing a deal with Hillary Clinton when she was still Secretary of State that enshrined American support for Liberia's future. Sirleaf's personality shines throughout this riveting biography. Ultimately, Madame President is the story of Liberia's greatest daughter and the universal lessons we can all learn from this "Oracle" of African women. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marlene Cooper Vasilic. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007806/bk_sans_007806_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Safety of the Kingdom: Government Responses to Subversive Threats , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 499min
The horrendous events of September 11, 2001, heightened awareness of terrorism unlike all but a handful of major catastrophes in American history. Like the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and President Kennedy’s assassination on November 22, 1963, 9/11 is a date forever enshrined in our national memory. But 9/11 once again raised the question: What should government do to eliminate or reduce the likelihood of a future attack? How should national leadership balance its responsibility to protect the civil liberties of US citizens with its sworn duty to protect their lives? In The Safety of the Kingdom, J. Michael Martinez takes up the question of how the United States government has responded to terrorist attacks and, in the absence of an attack, the fear of foreign and subversive elements that may harm the nation. In some cases the government “overreaction” led to a series of abuses that amplified the severity of the original threat. Rather than selecting every instance of government reaction to threats, Martinez examines representative cases, from the alien and sedition acts in the 18th century to the post-9/11 “war on terror". Edward Snowden’s disclosure of classified information related to the NSA’s surveillance program brought to the fore an important debate about government scrutiny of its citizens. As J. Michael Martinez makes clear in this book, it is a debate that has been ongoing for centuries. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joel Richards. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022868/bk_adbl_022868_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Christmas Truce: Myth, Memory, and the First World War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 577min
In late December 1914, German and British soldiers on the Western Front initiated a series of impromptu, unofficial ceasefires. Enlisted men across No Man's Land abandoned their trenches and crossed enemy lines to sing carols, share food and cigarettes, and even play a little soccer. Collectively known as the Christmas Truce, these fleeting moments of peace occupy a mythical place in remembrances of World War I. Yet new accounts suggest that the heartwarming tale ingrained in the popular imagination bears little resemblance to the truth.In this detailed study, Terri Blom Crocker provides the first comprehensive analysis of both scholarly and popular portrayals of the Christmas Truce from 1914 to present. This new examination shows how a variety of works have both explored and enshrined this outbreak of peace amid overwhelming violence. The vast majority of these accounts depict the soldiers as acting in defiance of their superiors. Crocker, however, analyzes official accounts as well as private letters that reveal widespread support among officers for the détentes. Furthermore, she finds that truce participants describe the temporary ceasefires not as rebellions by disaffected troops but as acts of humanity and survival by professional soldiers deeply committed to their respective causes.The Christmas Truce studies these ceasefires within the wider war, demonstrating how generations of scholars have promoted interpretations that ignored the nuanced perspectives of the many soldiers who fought.The book is published by the University Press of Kentucky. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Byrwec Ellison. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/162740/bk_acx0_162740_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 461min
Top Jesus scholars Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join together to reveal a radical and little-known Jesus. As both authors reacted to and responded to questions about Mel Gibson's blockbuster The Passion of the Christ, they discovered that many Christians are unclear on the details of events during the week leading up to Jesus's crucifixion. Using the gospel of Mark as their guide, Borg and Crossan present a day-by-day account of Jesus's final week of life. They begin their story on Palm Sunday with two triumphal entries into Jerusalem. The first entry, that of Roman governor Pontius Pilate leading Roman soldiers into the city, symbolized military strength. The second heralded a new kind of moral hero who was praised by the people as he rode in on a humble donkey. The Jesus introduced by Borg and Crossan is this new moral hero, a more dangerous Jesus than the one enshrined in the church's traditional teachings. The Last Week depicts Jesus giving up his life to protest power without justice and to condemn the rich who lack concern for the poor. In this vein, at the end of the week Jesus marches up Calvary, offering himself as a model for others to do the same when they are confronted by similar issues. Informed, challenged, and inspired, we not only meet the historical Jesus, but meet a new Jesus who engages us and invites us to follow him. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Pruden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/002477/bk_harp_002477_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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