Within a few years it is estimated that at least 200,000 men and women from the American Midwest, South and East, and also from Australia, China, Europe, North Africa and both Central and South America rushed for the Mother Lode. As part of this process Roman Catholic, Mormon, Jewish and Protestant communities sent vigorous leadership to the California gold mines.Nothing like this vast migration from so many nations and cultures had ever taken place in the history of the world, especially into one small geographical area. And nothing like it has happened since. At the same time the religious world was in the process of sending out missionaries to the ends of the earth. Dr. Hogue shows us that the religious communities at their best left a legacy of integrity and hope in the midst of one of the most disheartening and often crass periods of American Western history. In this thrilling story, Dr. Hogue carefully and interestingly elucidates a story full of surprises, heartaches, and failures, but also full of robust and persistent courage of both men and women of faith.

Prophets and Paupers: Religion in the California Gold Rush 1848-1869

Hogue, Harland E.

Religion & Spirituality

Intl Scholars Pubns

Public Ethics for a Pluralistic Society: Contrasting Visions of America's Religious and Moral Foundations

"In recent years a number of thinkers have argued for a religiously grounded public ethic which legitimizes American republican institutions and gives meaning to the common life of American political society. The problem is that lack of theoretical clarity has impeded this recent discussion, particularly as it relates to questions surrounding the meaning, value, and significance of pluralism in American society." "Dr. Ronald P. Hesselgrave attempts to distinguish and compare some major patterns of response to the concern of America's moral and religious foundations. Hesselgrave's study directs the discussion from the orientation of traditional Jewish and Christian appeals and a more generalized religious and moral framework which is somehow expressive of the national experience. After analyzing these theoretical arguments, the author identifies available options, noting similarities and differences between them with a critical evaluation of alternative perspectives. The study concludes with a brief proposal for a public theology based upon the results of this comparative survey."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Politics & Social Sciences

Hesselgrave, Ronald P.

Sociology

BartolomZ de COrdenas, known as 'el Bermejo' (fl 1468-1495), was the most interesting painter of his generation in a time of great artistic and cultural as well as historic change in Spain. Originally from Cordoba, Bermejo appears to have received training directly in Northern Europe in the new technique of oil glazes. During his fascinating career he sometimes drew on the local 'art scene' producing altarpieces of astounding quality. This monograph will examine Bermejo's career in the various cities in the Crown of Aragon where he worked: Valencia, Daroca, Zaragoza, and Barcelona.

Bartolome De Cardenas "El Bermejo: Pintor Errante En LA Corona De Aragon (Spanish Edition)

Berg-Sobre, Judith

Literature & Fiction

From Enemies to Allies: The Impact of the Korean War on U.S.-Japan Relations

"A major study of the crucial relations between Japan and America during and just after the Korean War. Establishing the significance of the Korean War provides the key for the evaluation of postwar Japanese history. This conflict speeded up Japanese rearmament and assured a peace treaty that Japan could live with. Professor Kim demonstrates that the onset of a shooting war changed the perception of Japan as a former enemy to a needed ally and valuable trading partner."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Kim, Nam G.

Politics & Government

The Myth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Is His Theology Evangelical?

In this arresting new study of Bonhoeffer as a theologian and as an activist, Weikart carefully and persuasively argues that Bonhoeffer's postwar reputation as an anti-Nazi martyr has subsumed aspects of his religious and cultural beliefs and praxis to the detriment of both. Dietrich Bonhoeffer suffered for his moral courage and his anti-Nazis activities. Professor Richard Weikart argues that Bonhoeffer's theology has also suffered a terrible fate: misunderstanding. Rather than being a largely conservative affair as argued by Huntemann and others, Bonhoeffer was informed and radicalized by existentialism and the political currents of his time. In no other work is Dietrich Bonhoeffer's soterilogy examined in such depth and his evangelism reaffirmed.

The Myth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Is His Theology Evangelical

Weikart, Richard

Christian Books & Bibles

In this arresting new study of Bonhoeffer as a theologian and as an activist, Weikart carefully and persuasively argues that Bonhoeffer's postwar reputation as an anti-Nazi martyr has subsumed aspects of his religious and cultural beliefs and praxis to the detriment of both. Dietrich Bonhoeffer suffered for his moral courage and his anti-Nazis activities. Professor Richard Weikart argues that Bonhoeffer's theology has also suffered a terrible fate: misunderstanding. Rather than being a largely conservative affair as argued by Huntemann and others, Bonhoeffer was informed and radicalized by existentialism and the political currents of his time. In no other work is Dietrich Bonhoeffer's soterilogy examined in such depth and his evangelism reaffirmed.

Priscilla's Letter: Finding the Author of the Epistle to the Hebrews

Hoppin, Ruth

Leopards in the Temple: Studies in American Popular Culture

Leopards in the Temple explores the ways in which exposure to electronic environments influences cultural interpretations of self and otherness in contemporary American life. Philosophers of technology such as Jacques Ellul, Martin Heidegger, Herbert Marcuse, Hans Jonas, and Hubert Dreyfus have taken various approaches to interpreting the consequences of technological revolutions. With the exception of Jonas and Heidegger, critiques of technology's influence at the ontological level are relatively rare. Addressing this issue, Steven Carter investigates the ways in which technology, media entertainment, and advertising are in the process of recycling metaphysical values in postmodern society. In this revised edition, he focuses specifically on marginality as a world wide literary phenomenon. Thought provoking and original, Leopards in the Temple represents a timely contribution to the study of technology, popular culture, and postmodern studies.

Carter, Steven

Social Sciences

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Prophets and Paupers: Religion in the California Gold Rush 1848-1869

Public Ethics for a Pluralistic Society: Contrasting Visions of America's Religious and Moral Foundations

Bartolome De Cardenas "El Bermejo: Pintor Errante En LA Corona De Aragon (Spanish Edition)

From Enemies to Allies: The Impact of the Korean War on U.S.-Japan Relations

From Enemies to Allies: The Impact of the Korean War on U.S.-Japan Relations

The Myth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Is His Theology Evangelical

The Myth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Is His Theology Evangelical?

Priscilla's Letter: Finding the Author of the Epistle to the Hebrews

Leopards in the Temple: Studies in American Popular Culture

Leopards in the Temple: Studies in American Popular Culture