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The Benefits of Providence: A New Look at Divine Sovereignty 5 reviews
James S. Spiegel
Crossway Books, 2005
How Providence Matters
Dozens of books have been published in recent years debating the extent of God's sovereignty and knowledge of future events. Few of these works, however, examine the far-reaching implications of the views they propose. In The Benefits of Providence philosopher James Spiegel fills in this gap by applying the Augustinian view of providence to several important areas of philosophical and practical ...
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The Queen of My Self: Stepping Into Sovereignty in Midlife13 reviews
Donna Henes
Monarch Press (NY), 2004
We rule!
If I were to recommend three books to a friend in need of some reassurance that is - truly - great to be a woman, and even finer to be a woman pushing fifty or beyond, this triad would be "The Queen of My Self" by Donna Henes, along withThe Woman in the Shaman's Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicineand The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. Well, I'd have to add The ...
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Evangelism and the sovereignty of God (Christian books for the modern world)29 reviews
J. I Packer
Inter-Varsity Press, 1963
Pressing Into God
This is a remarkable and thought-provoking volume. Prof. Packer develops the view that there is an antinomy between human responsibility and the sovereignty of God. These understandings do not contradict each other and in fact exist alongside each other. We need to hold both ideas in our minds as we consider Holy Scripture and reflect on the truths of God's reality.
The work also discusses ...
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The Politics of Hallowed Ground: Wounded Knee and the Struggle for Indian Sovereignty9 reviews
Mario Gonzalez, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
University of Illinois Press, 1999
important model for rewriting Indian and U.S. history
What first strikes this reader is the very frank and engrossing personal narrative, as well as the description of the on-going political struggle of the Sioux in their battle for the return of the Black Hills in South Dakota. The diary entries of lawyer Mario Gonzales and the commentaries of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn gave me an opportunity to re-think important events in Sioux and American history ...
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Belonging: Self and Social Discovery for Children and Adolescents : A Guide for Group Facilitators3 reviews
Jayne Devencenzi, Susan Pendergast, ...
Sovereignty Pr, 1999
A real gem.
This newly revised edition of a classic in group facilitation will help the novice in launching a group, sequencing exercises, and creating visual aids. Group processes are organized around a variety of key issues, such as anger management, people skills, and saying "no." The processes are developmentally sequenced so that many group-facilitated activities can be shaped to work well with ...
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Ramtha6 reviews
Sovereignty Pr, 1994
A must for every individual seeking self-enlightenment
As a seeker of Spiritual Truth and a Medium/Teacher who conducts workshops on Sp. Enlightenment; I have found RAMTHA closest to my heart. When given a copy a few years ago, it 'shook me to my roots'. It was as though I had experienced a look into my own life and yes, 'I tingled from head to toe'. RAMTHA has been a constant companion on our (my wife Beatrice and I) travels. I have quoted ...
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El sufrimiento y la soberania de Dios: Suffering and the Sovereignty of God10 reviews
John Piper
Editorial Portavoz, 2008
Humbling Essays
This book has some great essays. It provides a great mix of theology, and personal testimony, and narratives of how God uses suffering to progress the gospel. The question of suffering is very complex so having a variety of writers from diverse backgrounds attacking the issue from slightly different perspectives helps the reader to understand how God uses suffering to glorify Himself, to mature ...
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The Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong5 reviews
Jonathan Dimbleby
Little Brown & Co (P), 1998
This is definitely a good book.
This book is one of the best books about the history and political development of HK. It not only gives a brief but interesting historical outline at the beginning of the book, it also traces the development of HK politics. What the governors before Chris Patten did and what have been changed since the arrival of Patten. It also outlines lots of power struggles between the governor and the ...
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The Accursed Share, Vols. 2 and 3: The History of Eroticism and Sovereignty4 reviews
Georges Bataille
Zone Books, 1992
A thought provoking work connecting religion and economics.
In this book, Georges Bataille explores the connection between man's religious and economic pursuits. By focusing in on such divergent practices as human sacrifice and ritualized warfare in Aztec society, the practice of "potlach" in native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest, Tibetan Lamaism, and the conflagrations of our most recent World Wars, the author seeks to overturn classical ...
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Seamus Heaney and the Emblems of Hope4 reviews
Karen Marguerite Moloney
University of Missouri Press, 2007
Says Something New and Different
This is the fourth book of literary criticism on Seamus Heaney I've read so far. Moloney manages to say something new about Heaney's mythologem and places it within its context of Irish literature. I would recommend Moloney's work over the others I've read so far.
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After the Trail of Tears: The Cherokees' Struggle for Sovereignty, 1839-18802 reviews
William G. McLoughlin
University of North Carolina Press, 1993
Definitive history
The continuing story of the Cherokees after their arrival in present day Oklahoma. A story of the conflicts both within and outside of the Cherokee Nation. The story of how the Cherokees battled to maintain their sovereignty and ultimately failed. Meticulously researched by McLoughlin through primary sources, an excellent history for anyone interested in Native American or Cherokee history. ...
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Breaking the Ice: From Land Claims to Tribal Sovereignty in the Arctic2 reviews
Barry Zellen
Lexington Books, 2008
Arctic Lessons
This book is the rarest of combinations: a thoroughly-researched scholarly masterpiece cum edge-of-the-seat political non-fiction thriller. It describes how the tribes (Peoples) of the North American Arctic deployed a variety of tactics, posturing, negotiating, and bargaining their way into reclaiming the rights for their ancient lands from a reluctant and truculent State.
This permafrost ...
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Divine sovereignty and human freedom2 reviews
Samuel Fisk
Loizeaux Bros, 1973
The Best Book On The Subject
I have read several books relating to predestination, election, free will..etc. In my opinion, this book is the best on this subject. It offers references from many different commentators and scholars not just the author's own bias. The first half of the book deals with an overview of the topic. It is very helpful in getting up to speed on the history, views, terms and issues involved. The ...
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Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty3 reviews
Carl Schmitt
University Of Chicago Press, 2006
Taking Exception
This book was becoming too influential to remain out of print for long, and its first sentence alone --"sovereign is he who decides on the exception"-- has likely been cited by more scholars than have ever actually read the second sentence. Still, though influenced by second-hand readings of Schmitt, most scholars manage to get quite a bit right about Schmitt's thesis, if only because it is ...
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Cooperative Sovereignty:From Independence to Interdependence in the Structure of International Environmental ...2 reviews
Franz Perrez
Springer, 2000
Environmental Interdependence and Cooperative Sovereignty
The traditional concept of sovereignty as independence and freedom constitutes an iron curtain between states and is rather an impediment than a useful concept in today's interdependent world. By turning the traditional understanding of sovereignty as unlimited freedom and independence upside-down and arguing that the responsibility to co-operate is an integral part of sovereignty, Franz Xaver ...
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Dealing With the Dragon: A Year in the New Hong Kong2 reviews
Jonathan Fenby
Little Brown & Co (P), 2000
Both Easily Readable and Completely Fascinating...
Since the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese government in 1997, the former British colony seems to be slowly slipping out of the world's attention. In Mr. Fenby's look at the year 1999 as Hong Kong lived it, we see not only why we need to watch Hong Kong closely, but we realize what stakes China is playing with as it slowly comes to terms with theis quasi-democratic city and its place in the ...
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The Fall of Hong Kong: Britain, China, and the Japanese Occupation3 reviews
Philip Snow
Yale University Press, 2003
Lessons beyond the history of the colony
In this well-researched and well-written book, Phillip Snow traces the history of the British Colony of Hong Kong, with the intent to show why Britain ultimately returned the colony to China. His thesis is that the Japanese occupation, a brief period of 3 years 8 months, out of the more than 100 years that the colony was in British hands, was the critical watershed which made British ...
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He Gives and He Takes Away: Embracing the sovereignty of God when grieving the death of a child3 reviews
Sandy Dufrin
AuthorHouse, 2005
He Gives and He Takes Away
This is an excellent book that tells the story of one family's walk down the hard road of losing a child and also the wonderful sovereignty of a loving God who is worthy of praise through the hardship. The author has done a wonderful job explaining her family's journey through the death of her child. You can clearly see their strong commitment to trusting God even when He doesn't make sense. The ...
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Maharishi's Absolute Theory of Defence-Sovereignty in Invincibility3 reviews
His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi Vedic University Press, 1995
Stop Terrorism Now! Make a Practical Contribution Today!
There is not a shred of scientific evidence that the military strategies presently being used to stop terrorism will do anything but make the problem worse. So, why are so many governments on the warpath? The simple answer is: because they can't think of anything else to do. At the same time, anti-war protesters are ridiculed for offering no alternative. Here's the alternative. The message for ...
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Native American Sovereignty on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents3 reviews
ABC-CLIO, 2003
An A-Z list of crucial individuals, laws, and ideas
The latest in the "On Trial" series from ABC-CLIO, Native American Sovereignty On Trial examines the history of court litigation and important legal controversies involving Native American treaty rights, especially concerning the historical background and modern-day implications of Native American sovereignty. Painstakingly compiled by Bryan H. Wildenthal (Associate Professor and Director of the ...
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