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261) Call for peace
Publisher
Golden Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It gives voice to young people around the world calling for world cooperation and an end to the war. The film is inspired by the horrific invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces. Young people from Ukraine, Portugal, Germany, Poland, France, China, the United Kingdom, Wales, the Republic of Georgia, Argentina, the USA, and Canada give powerful messages to stand and be heard, to defend democracy, as they are the present and the future of our world.
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Cherokee Bill, one of the meanest of the mean, was hanged for the murder of thirteen men by the time he was twenty. Author Art Burton recounts the exploits of Cherokee Bill and other black and Indian outlaws and lawmen in Black, Red, and Deadly, the story of law and lawlessness in the Indian Territory. He also tells of Dick Glass, the most notorious African American outlaw during the 1880s, Ned Christie, the most feared Indian outlaw of his time,...
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Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Part metaphorical teaching story, part wrenching personal chronicle, this phoenix-rising-from-the-ashes tale is about men and money, love and work, mothers and daughters, and life and death. Learn how to put your personal puzzle together, and dare to claim the peace that you truly deserve.
265) Peacerunner: The True Story of How an Ex-Congressman Helped End the Centuries of War in Ireland
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English
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Twenty years after the Good Friday Agreement, discover the story of an unsung hero who made peace in Northern Ireland possible. The world celebrated the end of the fighting in Ireland, but just a handful know the full story of former congressman Bruce Morrison and how critical he was in bringing peace. This book takes us on the journey of Morrison, who worked with Irish Americans to help elect Bill Clinton as the best hope for a new American policy...
267) The Architectonics of Hope: Violence, Apocalyptic, and the Transformation of Political Theology
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English
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The Architectonics of Hope provides a critical excavation and reconstruction of the Schmittian seductions that continue to bedevil contemporary political theology. Despite a veritable explosion of interest in the work of Carl Schmitt, which increasingly recognizes his contemporary relevance and prescience, there nevertheless remains a curious and troubling reticence within the discipline of theology to substantively engage the German jurist and sometime...
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English
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Through a series of intimate, feature-length conversations with Alan Clements, Burma's Voices of Freedom brings together dozens of the country's most respected and well-known politicians, pro-democracy activists, artists and religious leaders to provide one of the most detailed accounts of Burma's decades long struggle for freedom ever compiled. Together, these voices describe the courage and conviction required to nonviolently confront injustice...
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Humanity stands at a critical crossroads. Social, political, religious, economic, and environmental systems are unraveling with bewildering rapidity all around us. In the face of such disintegration many of us feel helpless, despondent, angry, and anxious. Such feelings pose the greatest danger of all, as they lead to a loss of hope and a paralysis of will at a time in our collective evolution when inaction can be catastrophic. The Alchemy of Peace...
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English
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Featuring the work of acclaimed artists such as Banksy, Ron English, and Blu, as well as Palestinian artists and activists, the photographs in this collection express outrage, compassion, and touching humor while illustrating the lives and livelihoods of the tens of thousands of people affected by Israel's wall. This stunning book of photographs details the graffiti and art that have transformed Israel's Wall of Separation into a canvas of symbolic...
271) Burma's Voices of Freedom in Conversation with Alan Clements: An Ongoing Struggle for Democracy
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English
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Through a series of intimate, feature-length conversations with Alan Clements, Burma's Voices of Freedom brings together dozens of the country's most respected and well-known politicians, pro-democracy activists, artists and religious leaders to provide one of the most detailed accounts of Burma's decades long struggle for freedom ever compiled. Together, these voices describe the courage and conviction required to nonviolently confront injustice...
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English
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This book is about WAR--not the causes and results, not the planning and the campaigns, not the artillery and the bombs. It is about the heinous crimes committed by the combatants, the horrifying experiences of civilians, the devastation of cities and villages, the killing and the dying, the glory leading to revulsion and guilt, and the assimilation of suffering that either ends in death or in the triumph of the soul. It looks at the struggle of the...
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Stalemate reveals the history and contemporary politics of the United Wa State Army (UWSA), Asia's strongest insurgent army on Myanmar's border with China. This ethnographic tale recounts how a highland group, often dismissed as rebels or narcotraffickers, maintains a relational autonomy between two powerful lowland states. The Wa polity engages rather than evades these surrounding states, yet struggles to fit into their registers of sovereignty and...
274) Unfolding Peace: 9 Leadership Principles to Create Cultures of Well-Being, Belonging, and Peace
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English
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Dear Hopeful Leader, We Can Do This!
Leaders across the globe are feeling frustrated and running ragged. Burnout is at an all-time high. Personal well-being is at an all-time low. Meanwhile, the social and cultural change we work to create in our systems and organizations seems ever-out-of-reach.
We know we have to let go of the old paradigm, but what exactly do we put in its place?
When Kawtar El Alaoui realized how deeply the old paradigms had...
275) Five Risks Presbyterians Must Take for Peace: Renewing the Commitment to Peacemaking in the PC(USA)
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English
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Believing peacemaking to be an inherent part of discipleship, Presbyterians have taken many valiant stands for peace throughout our history. However, changing global realities, political and military actions, and new weapons of war have made the world less safe than ever. The church must reconsider how to be faithful peacemakers in this changing reality.
The Presbyterian Church recently spent six years reflecting on peacemaking. Building on past...
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Español
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El modelo de justicia para la transición pactado entre el Gobierno nacional y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia establece componentes de justicia restaurativa, combinados con penas alternativas que buscan tener un enfoque de justicia restaurativa. Este complejo sistema de rendición de cuentas de carácter penal es novedoso en contraste con los sistemas ordinarios de juzgamiento de casos y otras experiencias de posconflicto.
Esta obra...
277) Why War? A Correspondence Between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud (Warbler Classics Annotated E
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English
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In 1932, Albert Einstein was invited by the League of Nations to address a letter on any subject to any individual. He chose to corresponded with Sigmund Freud on avoiding war. Einstein maintained the importance of establishing an independent judiciary body to mediate conflicts. Freud agreed with this idea but also felt that "there is no likelihood of our being able to suppress humanity's aggressive tendencies." To this day, the correspondence on...
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Winning by Process asks why the peace process stalled in the decade from 2011—2021 despite a liberalizing regime, a national ceasefire agreement, and multilateral peace dialogue between the state and ethnic minorities.
Winning by Process argues that stalled conflicts are more than pauses or stalemates. "Winning by process," as opposed to winning by war or agreement, represents the state's ability to gain advantage by manipulating the rules of negotiation,...
279) Mahatma Gandhi and His Myths: Civil Disobedience, Nonviolence, and Satyagraha in the Real World (Plu
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English
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"All my actions have their source in my inalienable love of humankind."
-Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi is one of the least understood figures of all time-even among his admirers. In this Annual Gandhi Lecture for the International Association of Gandhian Studies, Mark Shepard tackles some persistently wrong-headed views of Gandhi, offering us a more accurate picture of the man and his nonviolence.
280) Summary: Three Cups of Tea: Review and Analysis of Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin's Book
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English
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The must-read summary of Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin's book: "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations - One School at a Time".
This complete summary of "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin presents a story that combines adventure with humanitarian spirit and tells of how a homeless mountaineer built schools in Pakistan, in the face of threats from the Taliban and Americans' bafflement...
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