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Architectural and historical surveys of many of the most important
buildings in Lincoln. This volume illuminates the development of
different building styles in timber, stone and brick over a period
of 750 years, in one of the oldest areas of Lincoln. High quality
and detailed architectural drawings are accompanied by documentary
accounts which explain the historical context, and tell some of the
fascinating and tragic stories of the people who lived and worked
there from the mid-twelfth century until the First World War,
including the medieval Jewish community. Steep Hill is already
internationally regarded for the quality of its cultural
environment as well as its picturesque architecture, and the Strait
and the upper part of the long High Street have a wide range of
different architectural styles in their buildings, of considerable
interest. Steep, Strait and High forms the final volume in a series
of architectural and historical surveys of the historic buildings
of Lincoln, based on forty-five years of research, originally
undertaken by the Survey of Ancient Houses, sponsored by the
Lincoln Civic Trust, and now continued in the work of the Survey of
Lincoln. Christopher Johnson, Chair of theSurvey of Lincoln, was an
archivist and latterly service manager at Lincolnshire Archives
prior to becoming Information and Records Manager at Lincolnshire
County Council; Stanley Jones was a lecturer at Sheffield College
of Art,and has been deeply involved in the Survey of Ancient Houses
in Lincoln.
In this wide-ranging book Paul C Johnson explores the changing, hidden face of the Afro-Brazilian indigenous religion of Candomble. Despite its importance in Brazilian Society, Candomble has received far less attention than its sister religions Vodou and Santeria. Johnson seeks to fill this void by offering a comprehensive look at the development, beliefs, and practices of Candomble and exploring its transformation from a secret society of slaves - hidden, persecuted, and marginalized - to a public religion that is very much part of Brazilian culture. Johnson traces this historical shift and locates the turning point in the creation of a Brazilian public sphere and national identity in the first half of the twentieth century. His major focus is on the ritual practice of secrecy in Candomble. Offering many first-hand accounts of the rites and rituals of contemporary Candomble, Gossip and Gods provides insight into this influential but little studied group, while at the same time making a valuable contribution to our understanding of the relationship between religion and society.
A great philosopher said that "Anger is the fluid that love bleeds
when it is cut." From that quote and my personal studies of
relationships, this book was birthed. I wrote this book to help
mend the wound that is caused whenever a person is forced to deal
with an emotionally traumatic event such as a break-up. Whether a
relationship ends with a goodbye or ends in a violent abrupt way,
you have to heal from it. We all, as human beings, go through times
in our lives where we get injured by life, may it be emotionally,
physically, or mentally. More times than I would like to mention, I
too have been injured. What I have come to understand is that an
injury from a broken relationship is one that can affect your
everyday life. That is why I have learned that the faster you get
over being hurt or knocked down, the better you will be. It does
not matter what your relationship status was; causally dating,
cohabitation, courtship, domestic partnership, or marriage. This
book can help you get over and headed in the right direction
towards new and more fulfilling relationships in 30 days In this
book, I share with you methods that encourage and inspire you to do
what is needed, in order to move on from a relationship that has
reached its ending point. Take the journey with me as we enter the
world of healing
Coproduction is dedicated specifically to the study of an emerging
field in music production musicology. It explores the limits of
what this field might be, from the workings of a few individuals
producing music together in the studio, to vast contributions of
whole societies producing popular music. Taking a wide-ranging
approach to examining the field, Coproduction looks through
multiple formats including essays, interviews, and case studies,
with analysis and commentary of coproduction experiences at Abbey
Road studios. It does so by examining multiple disciplines from
social science and coproduction in mental health, to philosophy and
mathematics. At its extremes (which is the extreme middle and not
the blunt 'cutting edge') the authors attempt to produce every song
in their development of an all-encompassing pop music concept,
peculiarly called Toast theory. In attempting to unite the
pragmatic collaborative patterns of Vera John-Steiner with
philosophical postmodernist concepts of connection, Coproduction
has something to offer readers interested in the traditional
workings of teams of producers, as well as those seeking to
understand the wider philosophy of collaboration in music
production.
Coproduction is dedicated specifically to the study of an emerging
field in music production musicology. It explores the limits of
what this field might be, from the workings of a few individuals
producing music together in the studio, to vast contributions of
whole societies producing popular music. Taking a wide-ranging
approach to examining the field, Coproduction looks through
multiple formats including essays, interviews, and case studies,
with analysis and commentary of coproduction experiences at Abbey
Road studios. It does so by examining multiple disciplines from
social science and coproduction in mental health, to philosophy and
mathematics. At its extremes (which is the extreme middle and not
the blunt 'cutting edge') the authors attempt to produce every song
in their development of an all-encompassing pop music concept,
peculiarly called Toast theory. In attempting to unite the
pragmatic collaborative patterns of Vera John-Steiner with
philosophical postmodernist concepts of connection, Coproduction
has something to offer readers interested in the traditional
workings of teams of producers, as well as those seeking to
understand the wider philosophy of collaboration in music
production.
First published in 1991. In this volume, the author states that is
not an economic history or 'an economic analysis, although it draws
upon both disciplines. However, it is an attempt at political
economy. It surveys the economic policies of the Thatcher
Conservatives, from their intellectual origins in Opposition to
their formulation in government papers and their implementation
through three terms of office. It seeks to judge the
appropriateness of the policies, the competence of their execution
and the degree of their success in achieving the desired effects.
Johnson confirms that possible alternative policies are not
discussed in detail, and we can now never know how they would have
turned out. Appraisal of the Thatcher Government's policies,
however, inevitably implies something about what the alternatives
might have been, particularly those alternatives that members of
the Government themselves seriously contemplated.
What distinguishes humans from nonhumans? Two common answers-free
will and religion-are in some ways fundamentally opposed. Whereas
free will enjoys a central place in our ideas of spontaneity,
authorship, and deliberation, religious practices seem to involve a
suspension of or relief from the exercise of our will. What, then,
is agency, and why has it occupied such a central place in theories
of the human? Automatic Religion explores an unlikely series of
episodes from the end of the nineteenth century, when crucial ideas
related to automatism and, in a different realm, the study of
religion were both being born. Paul Christopher Johnson draws on
years of archival and ethnographic research in Brazil and France to
explore the crucial boundaries being drawn at the time between
humans, "nearhumans," and automata. As agency came to take on a
more central place in the philosophical, moral, and legal
traditions of the West, certain classes of people were excluded as
less-than-human. Tracking the circulation of ideas across the
Atlantic, Johnson tests those boundaries, revealing how they were
constructed on largely gendered and racial foundations. In the
process, he reanimates one of the most mysterious and yet
foundational questions in trans-Atlantic thought: what is agency?
In this wide-ranging book Paul Christopher Johnson explores the
changing, hidden face of the Afro-Brazilian indigenous religion of
Candomble. Despite its importance in Brazilian society, Candomble
has received far less attention than its sister religions Vodou and
Santeria. Johnson seeks to fill this void by offering a
comprehensive look at the development, beliefs, and practices of
Candomble and exploring its transformation from a secret society of
slaves--hidden, persecuted, and marginalized--to a public religion
that is very much a part of Brazilian culture. Johnson traces this
historical shift and locates the turning point in the creation of
Brazilian national identity and a public sphere in the first half
of the twentieth century.
His major focus is on the ritual practice of secrecy in Candomble.
Like Vodou and Santeria and the African Yoruba religion from which
they are descended, Candomble features a hierarchic series of
initiations, with increasing access to secret knowledge at each
level. As Johnson shows, the nature and uses of secrecy evolved
with the religion. First, secrecy was essential to a society that
had to remain hidden from authorities. Later, when Candomble became
known and actively persecuted, its secrecy became a form of
resistance as well as an exotic hidden power desired by elites.
Finally, as Candomble became a public religion and a vital part of
Brazilian culture, the debate increasingly turned away from the
secrets themselves and toward their possessors. It is speech about
secrets, and not the content of those secrets, that is now most
important in building status, legitimacy and power in
Candomble.
Offering many first hand accounts of the rites andrituals of
contemporary Candomble, this book provides insight into this
influential but little-studied group, while at the same time making
a valuable contribution to our understanding of the relationship
between religion and society.
The structured oral examination (SOE) and viva are age-old integral
components of examination pathways in the specialty training of
intensive care medicine (ICM). The viva can present a complex
interaction between the examiner and delegate, which can often be
challenging even hostile! Organisation and structure are integral
to success. This core text is tailored to provide a systematic
structure covering a broad set of core topics that could
legitimately be presented in an ICM exam. The style and discipline
have been repeated throughout the answers to provide essential
rehearsal as preparation for any viva-based exam. The book is
presented as 7 sets of 6 viva examination cycles. This allows for
timed practice sessions in the final few weeks leading up to the
SOE and viva. The topics covered are pertinent for the British
Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FFICM), the
European Diploma of Intensive Care Medicine (EDIC) exam, the
Australia and New Zealand Fellowship of the College of Intensive
Care Medicine (FCICM), the Indian Diploma in Critical Care Medicine
(IDCCM), the American Board exams and any other viva-based
intensive care medicine exams. This book is a critical companion in
the final few weeks of preparation for ICM viva exams.
Erskine May is the eponymous guide to parliamentary practice and
procedure, providing accurate and detailed information on the
constituent parts of Parliament, its powers and jurisdictions,
membership of either House, financial procedure and the process of
debate. Alongside the incremental changes to and refinements of
parliamentary practice which happen all the time, the 25th edition
covers many significant developments since the last edition in
2011, including: * A new chapter on "English Votes for English
Laws" introduced following the 2015 General Election, which details
the varied and complex ways in which these engage with both primary
and secondary legislation. * The process of implementing the
outcome of the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the EU. An
account is given of the procedures in both Houses for the scrutiny
and approval of the transposition of EU law into UK law. * Further
parliamentary consequences of the coalition government that took
office in 2010, including the reforms introduced by the Wright
Committee, the evolving impact of the introduction of the new
category of "backbench business" and the election of Deputy
Speakers in the House. * An e-petitions system overseen by a new
Petitions Committee set up in 2015. * Changes to select committee
working practices and powers under their new elected chairs. * A
new financial timetable introduced in 2017 with the Chancellor's
annual budget statement moving from Spring to Autumn, and a change
to how Estimates Day debates are handled. * Important reforms to
how the conduct of both MPs and members of the Lords is governed
and how breaches of the respective codes are pursued. * Continuing
arguments over the future of parliamentary privilege. Recent
relevant court cases and developments within Parliament are
assessed, including the 2013 Joint Committee on Parliamentary
Privilege.
What distinguishes humans from nonhumans? Two common answers-free
will and religion-are in some ways fundamentally opposed. Whereas
free will enjoys a central place in our ideas of spontaneity,
authorship, and deliberation, religious practices seem to involve a
suspension of or relief from the exercise of our will. What, then,
is agency, and why has it occupied such a central place in theories
of the human? Automatic Religion explores an unlikely series of
episodes from the end of the nineteenth century, when crucial ideas
related to automatism and, in a different realm, the study of
religion were both being born. Paul Christopher Johnson draws on
years of archival and ethnographic research in Brazil and France to
explore the crucial boundaries being drawn at the time between
humans, "nearhumans," and automata. As agency came to take on a
more central place in the philosophical, moral, and legal
traditions of the West, certain classes of people were excluded as
less-than-human. Tracking the circulation of ideas across the
Atlantic, Johnson tests those boundaries, revealing how they were
constructed on largely gendered and racial foundations. In the
process, he reanimates one of the most mysterious and yet
foundational questions in trans-Atlantic thought: what is agency?
Claude Lévi-Strauss, the most celebrated of twentieth-century anthropologists, has influenced the entire field of the humanities and social sciences. Looking at the formative part of his career, Christopher Johnson examines his definitions of anthropology; theory of structuralism; ideas on modern and "primitive" civilizations; and autobiographical writing. This book explains Lévi-Strauss' thought and explores the different intellectual contexts that influenced it.
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The Abbot (Hardcover, Revised)
Walter Scott; Edited by Christopher Johnson
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The Abbotconcludes the fiction begun in The Monastery. Scott
follows the fortunes of young Roland Graeme as he emerges from
rural obscurity to become an attendant of Mary Queen of Scots
during her captivity in Lochleven Castle. Roland's part in Mary's
escape from the Castle is excitingly narrated, and Mary herself is
vividly characterised in captivity, in her brief period of freedom,
and in her final defeat. Based on the first edition, this new text
restores, from Scott's manuscript and from the evidence of early
American editions set from proof sheets at different stages, nearly
2000 authorial readings hitherto omitted. It has also been possible
for the first time, on the evidence of history, to make coherent
the family relationships in the novel. Key Features *Authoritative
text *Detailed explanatory notes and glossary *Essay giving a
detailed account of background to the novel, its composition and
its subsequent textual development *Textual apparatus
Ekklesia: Three Inquiries in Church and State offers a New World
rejoinder to the largely Europe-centered academic discourse on
church and state. In contrast to what is often assumed, in the
Americas the relationship between church and state has not been one
of freedom or separation but one of unstable and adaptable
collusion. Ekklesia sees in the settler states of North and South
America alternative patterns of conjoined religious and political
power, patterns resulting from the undertow of other gods, other
peoples, and other claims to sovereignty. These local challenges
have led to a continuously contested attempt to realize a
church-minded state, a state-minded church, and the systems that
develop in their concert. The shifting borders of their separation
and the episodic conjoining of church and state took new forms in
both theory and practice. The first of a closely linked trio of
essays is by Paul Johnson, and offers a new interpretation of the
Brazilian community gathered at Canudos and its massacre in
1896-97, carried out as a joint church-state mission and spectacle.
In the second essay, Pamela Klassen argues that the colonial
church-state relationship of Canada came into being through local
and national practices that emerged as Indigenous nations responded
to and resisted becoming "possessions" of colonial British America.
Finally, Winnifred Sullivan's essay begins with reflection on the
increased effort within the United States to ban Bibles and
scriptural references from death penalty courtrooms and jury rooms;
she follows with a consideration of the political theological
pressure thereby placed on the jury that decides between life and
death. Through these three inquiries, Ekklesia takes up the
familiar topos of "church and state" in order to render it strange.
This is an important new critical analysis of Derrida's theory of writing, based on close readings of key texts. It reveals a dimension of Derrida's thinking that has been neglected in favor of those "deconstructionist" cliches favored by much recent literary criticism. Christopher Johnson highlights the special character of Derrida's philosophy that comes from his contact with contemporary natural science and with systems theory. This study casts new light on an exacting set of intellectual issues facing philosophy and critical theory today.
Ekklesia: Three Inquiries in Church and State offers a New World
rejoinder to the largely Europe-centered academic discourse on
church and state. In contrast to what is often assumed, in the
Americas the relationship between church and state has not been one
of freedom or separation but one of unstable and adaptable
collusion. Ekklesia sees in the settler states of North and South
America alternative patterns of conjoined religious and political
power, patterns resulting from the undertow of other gods, other
peoples, and other claims to sovereignty. These local challenges
have led to a continuously contested attempt to realize a
church-minded state, a state-minded church, and the systems that
develop in their concert. The shifting borders of their separation
and the episodic conjoining of church and state took new forms in
both theory and practice. The first of a closely linked trio of
essays is by Paul Johnson, and offers a new interpretation of the
Brazilian community gathered at Canudos and its massacre in
1896-97, carried out as a joint church-state mission and spectacle.
In the second essay, Pamela Klassen argues that the colonial
church-state relationship of Canada came into being through local
and national practices that emerged as Indigenous nations responded
to and resisted becoming "possessions" of colonial British America.
Finally, Winnifred Sullivan's essay begins with reflection on the
increased effort within the United States to ban Bibles and
scriptural references from death penalty courtrooms and jury rooms;
she follows with a consideration of the political theological
pressure thereby placed on the jury that decides between life and
death. Through these three inquiries, Ekklesia takes up the
familiar topos of "church and state" in order to render it strange.
Claude Lévi-Strauss, the most celebrated of twentieth-century anthropologists, has influenced the entire field of the humanities and social sciences. Looking at the formative part of his career, Christopher Johnson examines his definitions of anthropology; theory of structuralism; ideas on modern and "primitive" civilizations; and autobiographical writing. This book explains Lévi-Strauss' thought and explores the different intellectual contexts that influenced it.
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