There should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honoured, all the members rejoice with it.(1 Corinthians 12:25,26 NASB) Social action and social justice become the concern and responsibility of the church in a changing world. The majority of western countries are by nature secular, many have disgregarded their Christian heritage. This heritage formed the backbone of western civilisation. The author has great faith in the local church. This book proves and illustrates that the local church has the capacity to bring enormous change. It is the sleeping giant that is beginning to awaken to the need for social involvement. This involvement is both social action and social justice. The local church can be found in the jungles of the Congo Basin to the major capital cities of the world. When we learn that God's purpose for our lives is greater than our own wants and desires, that collectivly in unity we can bring a positive and great change to the dissenfranchised people of the world.

The influence of historiography on aspects of political thought in France, Italy and Germany. In recent years the overlap between political thought and historiography has changed the boundaries of intellectual history. Donald Kelley, the longtime editor of The Journal of the History of Ideas has played a leading part in this process. These essays by his friends and former students follow in his footsteps. The collection is divided into three parts: France, England [six essays], and Italy and Germany [four essays]. Anthony Grafton and John Salmon provide an introduction, and the volume concludes with a bibliography of Donald Kelley's many works. Historians and Ideologues is designed for those with an interest in the contribution of historiography to political thought, and will be a timely addition to the growing reaction against the postmodern scepticism in historiographical research in this field. Contributors include Ann Blair, Julian Franklin, Kathleen Parrow, David Harris Sacks, Sarah Hanley, Daniel Woolf, Gordon Schochet, Joseph Levine, John Pocock, Perez Zagorin, William Connell, Donald Phillip Verene, and Michael Carhart. Anthony Grafton is a Professor in the Department of History at Princeton University. John Salmon is the Marjorie Walter Goodheart Emeritus Professor of History at Bryn Mawr College.