Tag: Impulses

Free Download Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, "Reconciliation and Just Peace: Impulses of the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer for the European and African Context (9) "
English | ISBN: 3643905572 | 2016 | 242 pages | PDF | 1469 KB
The book marks the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. The churches play a central role in the process of reconciliation in Rwanda. The theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer offers fresh impulses, generating intensive discussions in Rwanda, especially in view of the many parallels to his context in the Nazi period. Moreover, the underlying conflict ultimately remains unresolved, especially in Eastern Congo in the region of Lake Kivu, where fighting continues between former Hutu units, other militia groups and government troops. In such a context, the search for a "just peace" is central, and Bonhoeffer’s peace ethics offer important orientational points of reference. The volume documents the Bonhoeffer conference "Reconciliation and a just peace – impulses for the African and European contexts", held in Kibuye, Rwanda, in February 2014. Some contributions are in French. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm is the head of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria. Pasal Bataringaya is Vice President of the Presbyterian Church in Rwanda. Traugott Jahnichen is Professor for Christian social ethics at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum. (Series: Theology in the Public Square / Theologie in der Offentlichkeit, Vol. 9) [Subject: Peace Studies, Religious Studies, African Studies]

Free Download Celestial Aspirations: Classical Impulses in British Poetry and Art (E. H. Gombrich Lecture Series) by Philip Hardie
English | March 1, 2022 | ISBN: 0691197865 | 400 pages | MOBI | 65 Mb
A unique look at how classical notions of ascent and flight preoccupied early modern British writers and artists

Free Download Gwen Tarbox, "The Clubwomen’s Daughters: Collectivist Impulses in Progressive-era Girl’s Fiction, 1890-1940"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0815335377, 1138883433 | EPUB | pages: 174 | 2.4 mb
The author provides an interdisciplinary cultural study of the evolution of Progressive-era girls’ peer groups, their representation in popular girls’ fiction, and the influence of these communities, both real and fictional, upon young women’s lives during the years leading up to the Second World War. The writers featured in this volume were the first generation of New Women, whose ability to enter traditionally male spaces such as the college campus, the playing field, the wilderness, and the office was facilitated by their membership in women’s clubs, political and religious organizations, and athletic teams. Eager to promote the idea that same-sex group activities would lead to female empowerment, these clubwomen targeted young girls as their intended audience and developed an idealized fictional portrait of female cooperation that girls could replicate in their own lives. By adding to our knowledge of girls’ cultural history, the author gives voice to a segment of the population that was, and still is, at the center of society’s debates concerning the appropriate roles for girls and women. Authors discussed include Louisa May Alcott, Emma Dunham Kelley, Laura Lee Hope (psuedonym for Lilian Garis), Carolyn Keene (pseudonym for Mildred Wirt Benson), and Margaret Sutton.