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Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict
From Partition to Brexit is the first book to chart the political
and ideological evolution of Irish government policy towards
Northern Ireland from the partition of the country in 1921 to the
present day. Based on extensive original research, this
groundbreaking and timely study challenges the idea that Irish
governments have pursued a consistent set of objectives and
policies towards Northern Ireland to reveal a dynamic story of
changing priorities. The book demonstrates how in its relations
with the British Government, Dublin has been transformed from
spurned supplicant to vital partner in determining Northern
Ireland's future, a partnership jeopardised by Britain's decision
to leave the European Union. Informed, robust and innovative, From
Partition to Brexit is essential reading for anyone interested in
Irish or British history and politics, and will appeal to students
of diplomacy, international relations and conflict studies. -- .
It seems that people often have trouble getting along together.
Families argue, neighbors come to blows, countries lob weapons at
each other. Is this the way it has to be? Anthropologists,
sociologists, psychologists and others say it is. Having observed a
long history of man's quarrelsome behavior, they claim that man has
animal instincts, or that he is antisocial and violent by his very
nature. In truth, man is rather peaceful. But he can be driven,
individually and collectively, to hatred and violence. In
researching the causes of violence, L. Ron Hubbard unearthed a
fundamental and natural law of human relations which explains why
conflicts between people are so often difficult to remedy. And he
provided an immensely valuable tool that enables one to resolve any
conflict, be it between neighbors, co-workers or even countries. In
this chapter, you will discover how to help others resolve their
differences and restore peaceable relations. Peace and harmony
between men can be more than just a dream. Widespread application
of this law will make it a reality.
Born into a Jewish family in Lvov, Poland in the early 1930s, Nelly
Ben-Or was to experience, at a very young age, the trauma of the
Holocaust. This narrative of her life's journey describes the
survival of Nelly, her mother and her older sister. With help from
family and friends, Nelly and her mother were smuggled out of the
Ghetto in Lvov and escaped to Warsaw with false identity papers
where they were under constant threat of discovery. Miraculously,
they survived being taken on a train to Auschwitz, deported not, in
fact, because they were Jews, but as citizens of Warsaw following
the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis. After the end of the war,
Nelly's musical talent was free to flourish, at first in Poland and
then in the recently-created State of Israel, where Nelly completed
her musical studies as a scholarship student at the Music Academy
in Jerusalem. Following her move to England she carried out a full
concert career and also discovered the Alexander Technique for
piano playing, which had a profound influence on her. Today Nelly
Ben-Or is internationally regarded as the leading exponent of the
application of principles of the Alexander Technique - she teaches
in the keyboard department of London's Guildhall School of Music
and Drama, runs Alexander Technique masterclasses and regularly
gives talks about her Holocaust experience. This unique memoir is
testimony to an extraordinary life and illustrates the strength of
the human condition when faced with adversity.
Currently, the nation's attention is concentrated on the
long-standing sexual misdeeds conducted by prominent political,
sports, and entertainment figures, which has been succinctly
captured by the "#Me Too" movement. This movement has spread to
call into question the actions of leaders in religious institutions
and organizations, providing the context for research that examines
the experiences of individuals and groups as they engage in their
daily activities within these establishments. #MeToo Issues in
Religious-Based Institutions and Organizations is an essential
research book that provides comprehensive research into the effects
of the #MeToo movement on institutions and organizations with a
significant religious basis and reveals challenges and issues of
welcoming gender and diversity. Readers will gain insights and
tools for improving social conditions in their personal lives, in
places of worship, in organizations, and in academic or other
institutional environments. Highlighting a range of topics
including diversity, gender equality, and Abrahamic religions, this
book is ideal for religious officials, church leaders,
psychologists, sociologists, professionals, researchers,
academicians, and students.
One of the most traumatic experiences of Late Antique Christians
was the Great Persecution, begun by Emperor Diocletian and his
Tetrarchic colleagues in 303 CE. Here Aaltje Hidding unites
research of traditional memory studies with work done by cognitive
scientists to examine how they remembered the Persecution. The
resulting methodological framework, the 'cognitive ecology',
systemically studies all what can be covered by this term - social
surroundings, cognitive artefacts and the physical environment -
and bridges the gap between individual and collective memory. The
author analyses the remembrance of the Persecution in three
different regions along the Nile river. In Oxyrhynchus, the
thousands of papyrus fragments found at the city's rubbish dump
give a vivid image of the martyrs in the daily lives of the
Oxyrhynchites. In Antinoopolis, known for the cult of the physician
saint Colluthus, she zooms in on the rituals and practices at a
martyr's sanctuary. Finally, in Dandara, the rich hagiographical
dossier of the anchorite Paphnutius shows how old memories of the
Persecution became mixed with new monastic experiences. The
Bohairic and Greek Passion of Paphnutius appear in their first
complete English translations.
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