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Examining affirmative action and its history through these 400
documents that trace its roots and development, this work is an
invaluable reference resource. Race, gender, and disability, as
they pertaing to affirmative action, are also explored. By
providing a thorough presentation of the arguments both for and
against, this reference encourages critical thinking as it details
the ins and outs of the debate.
From government reports to cartoons, high school and college
students will find multiple perspectives on affirmative action.
They can view the issue through the eyes of law-makers, judges,
presidents, activists, the media, social scientists, those who have
benefited from it, and those who have been threatened by it. They
can also discover its application in a myriad of disciplines from
sports to education to business to the arts. An explanatory
introduction precedes each document to aid readers in understanding
the various arguments that have been put forth in this debate,
providing the researcher with accessible references to all sides of
the subject.
Christians wait for prayers to be answered, for an afterlife in
heaven, for the Virgin Mary to appear, and for God to speak. They
wait to be liberated from oppression, to be "saved" or born again,
for Easter morning to dawn, for healing, for conversion, and for
baptism. Waiting and the disappointment and hope that often
accompany it are explained in terms that are, at first glance,
remarkably invariant across Christian traditions: what will happen
will happen "on God's time." A study of sources from across
Christian traditions shows that there is considerable complexity
beneath this surface claim. Understandings of free will and
personal agency alongside shifts in institutional and theological
commitments change the ways waiting is understood and valued.
Waiting is often considered a positive state to be endured as long
as God wills, and that fundamental understanding helps keep the
promises at the heart of Christianity alive. Scholars have long
overlooked the problem and promise of waiting despite (or perhaps
because of) its prevalence. Indeed, there are relatively few
mystics, few who have undergone "sudden" conversion, and few who
have attained saintly status. Many, however, have waited, and that
problem remains prominent-and its solutions remain influential-in
Christian traditions today.
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