The philosophy of time

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Mark Link

Discusses the evidence revealed by modern archaeological discoveries that supports the accuracy of the Old Testament in historical particulars. THESE STONES WILL SHOUT tries to present the Jewish Scriptures in a way that not only remains faithful to them, but in a way, also, that relates them to what people today are doing and thinking. More importantly, it tries to present the Jewish Scriptures in a way that leads to a prayerful reflection of them. The author, Mark Link, says that his method and approach grew out of a classroom teaching situation. (back cover) CONTENTS: Biblical Prehistory Folk History/Peoplehood Peoplehood/Nationhood Nationhood/Exile Exile/Remnant Community Remnant Community.

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Angela Esterhammer

Although the concept of the performative has influenced literary theory in numerous ways, this book represents one of the first full-length studies of performative language in literary texts. Creating States examines the visionary poetry of John Milton and William Blake, using a critical approach based on principles of speech-act theory as articulated by J. L. Austin, John Searle, and Emile Benveniste. Angela Esterhammer proposes a new way of understanding the relationship between Milton and Blake, while at the same time evaluating the role of speech-act philosophy in the reading of visionary poetry and Romantic literature. Esterhammer distinguishes between the 'socio-political performative,' the speech act which is defined by a societal context and derives power from institutional authority, and the 'phenomenological performative,' language which is invested with the power to posit or create because of the individual will and consciousness of the speaker. Analysing texts such as The Reason of Church Government, Paradise Lost, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, and Jerusalem, Esterhammer traces the parallel evolution of Milton and Blake from writers of political and anti-prelatical tracts to poets who, having failed in their attempts to alter historical circumstances through a direct address to their contemporaries, reaffirm their faith in individual visionary consciousness and the creative word - while continuing to use the forms of a socially or politically performative language.

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Mark D. Morrison-Reed

Portraits of racism in liberal religion tells the stories of two pioneering black ministers. Includes accounts of some of today's more integrated UU congregations and biographical notes on past and present black Unitarian, Universalist and UU minister.

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Leo Kofler

1947 in Halle (Saale) erstmals erschienen, hat Koflers „Zur Geschichte der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft“ als Standardwerk dogmenfreier marxistischer Geschichtsbetrachtung selbst Geschichte gemacht: in der DDR wurde es in der zweiten Auflage eingezogen, in der Bundesrepublik begleitet es schon lange vor den Einflüssen Adornos, Lukács’ und Habermas die Entwicklung der „Neuen Linken“ und hat an Aktualität nicht verloren.