Civil War as a Theological Crisis' by Mark A. Noll
For the Antebellum Americans, trust in divine devotion and destiny to Scripture gave their lives stability and purpose. However, in accordance to Mark Noll's most recent book, The Civil War as a Theological Crisis, religious heads in the years just prior to the civil war were not capable of providing the best solution to the most challenging question of that time: Does the ible excuse or criticize slavery? In addition, Americans were in conflict over the operations of a providential God as both Southerners and Northerners attempted to understand the significance of war and the role of God in it. Majorly depending on the writings of the 19th century theologians as well as other religious theorists, Noll comes to a conclusion that the conflicts over these two subjects exposed a theological crisis and led to a min turning point in…...

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Bibliography

Carwardine, R. (2007). The Civil War as a Theological Crisis (review). Muse, 413-415. Retrieved from Muse.

Dollar, K. T. (2006). Review of The Civil War as a Theological Crisis. Journal of Southern Religion.

Mackenzie, R. T. (2008, March). "Both Read the Same Bible." Retrieved from Books and Culture:  http://www.booksandculture.com/articles/2008/marapr/18.45.html 

Noll, M. A. (2006). The Civil War as a Theological Crisis. North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press.

This book can really help managers in learning how to build a workplace environment in which better leadership can help employees in overcoming workplaces stresses and how leadership can be a great tool in getting over tougher times by making the best of decisions by making sure that all employees are included.
Conclusion

The book is a great read for the managers and this book can play great roles in improving work place practice as management traits for the managers have been highlighted in the book. These traits are required in order to have positive organizational behaviors at the workplace. One of the newer facts that I have learned after reading the book is that better leadership in the workplaces is one of the best tools to help in mastering organizational behaviors. Leadership is considered to be an important strategy of the managers to manage employees and the book has mentioned…...

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References

Griffin, WR and Moorhead G. 2011, Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations, 10th edn, Cengage Learning.

Harris, JO and Hartman, JS 2011, Organizational Behavior, 2nd edn, Routledge.

Hellriegel, D and Slocum, WJ 2007, Organizational behavior, 11th edn, Cengage Learning.

Kreitner, R and Kinicki, a 2009, Organizational Behavior, 9th edn, McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Psychological Book Review:
Rebecca ells Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Culture and generational attitudes may separate them. Memories of physical abuse may be painful and real. Geography may keep them apart -- to say nothing of nasty quotations out of context by Northern reporters -- but mothers and daughters, particularly Southern mothers and daughters have an indissoluble bond -- as do Southern women friends. Although Southern girls may rebel, they always do so in reaction to their mother's value structures, and thus they remain frozen in the dialectic of ladylikeness vs. being a free and wild woman. Being a wild woman and getting the man you deserve, of course, though will always win out. Or, so suggests Rebecca ells' Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.

The best selling book, later made into a popular film, tells the story of Vivi and Siddalee alker, two Southern women, a mother and daughter of two…...

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Works Cited

Wells, Rebecca. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. New York: HarperCollins, 1998.

Psychological Book Review:
Scar Tissue

Scar Tissue is a fictional book about dementia and the effects of aging of an elderly parent can have on an individual's soul, sense of self, and sense of place within a familial context. It tells the story of an artistic woman, married to a scientist, who slips into dementia. At first her husband cares for her, but he dies suddenly, and then she is institutionalized in a place where only one nurse shows her compassion. She has two sons, one a scientist like the father, the other a philosopher. Both seek to understand her condition and care for her.

Despite the fictional conceit, this book deals with a subject that is all too physically real for many elderly Americans and families, and it is unsparing and real in its level of medical details. One can only describe it as harrowing as a real-life, true account of such…...

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Work Cited

Ignatieff. Michael. Scar Tissue. New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 1993.

Learning Theology Book Review
Christopher Hall is Chancellor of Eastern University and Dean of the Templeton Honors College. He has written extensively on scripture, and in the book Learning Theology with the Church Fathers, offers an innovative premise -- instead of listening to modern lectures and interpretations, turn to the source materials to study theology. The early church fathers were prolific writers, seminal thinkers and theologians, and while they did not necessarily think of themselves as great Biblical scholars. At the time of the Church's founding, these men were working pastors who traveled as far as possible to preach, integrate, and come to terms with many of the formative questions that still arise today: the concept of the Trinity, incarnation, nature of the Church, and the providence of God. What is particularly interesting about the book is that it uses the historical events of the time period to help us understand…...

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Source:

Hall, C. (2002). Learning Theology with the Church Fathers. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity

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A disconnection from action, even when it is literally right outside one's door is felt by the viewer, where as simple and plain print media has not the power to distort the message, or at least arguably as much. A culture and society of apathy, as many would say we are living in, would be the obvious outcome of the premise of Postman's work, a serious social and cultural issue in need of discussion and solution.
Sociology and sociologists would be wise to continue an active discourse on the subject matter contained within this book, as evolving and emerging technologies, especially for human communication, frequently out run academics. A good starting platform, according to Postman would be to address, academics directly, by making sure that the messages being sent are not those associated with the delivery but rather the content. (32-35) Even education has become increasingly a matter of retention…...

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Works Cited

Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. New York: Penguin, 1986.

Devils are Here" Book eview
Since the financial crisis started in 2008, there have been many who have tried to write a comprehensive analysis. A new book by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera called All the Devils are Here is not a new take on the crisis, but it has the element of time on its side. Since the crisis started three years ago, now id the time to release a well-researched book about how it all happened. The authors chronologically tell the tale of how "The seeds of financial disaster were sown more than thirty years ago when three smart, ambitious men…created a shiny new financial vehicle called the mortgage-backed security" (McLean & Nocera, 2011). This book is an insightful look at "the fog behind the 2008 financial crisis" (Drea, 2011), and it helps to lift that fog by going back to the beginnings of the crisis, and listing…...

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References

Drea, M. (2011). Book review. Retrieved from   review-all-the-devils-are-here-the-hidden-history-of-the-financial-crisis/http://www.businesspundit.com/book -

Falkenstein, E. (2011). Book review. Retrieved from  http://falkenblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/book-review-all-devils-are-here.html 

Fidelity. (2011). What are mortgage-backed securities. Retrieved from bonds/mortgage-backed-securitieshttps://www.fidelity.com/fixed-income-bonds/learn-about-fixed-income-

McLean, B., & Nocera, J. (2011). All the devils are here: The hidden history of the financial crisis. New York: Portfolio/Penguin.

If there is a tendency among readers to view Malcolm X as a radical
figure, especially where compared to peaceful counterparts like Dr. King,
the autobiography helps to show racism in a light that makes Malcolm X
extremely sympathetic, or at least a rational product of his time.
Narratives from his upbringing, especially in his father's work as a black
revolutionary and in his family's constant state of moving to escape
threats, are especially demonstrative of the formulation of Malcolm's
racial ideas. So is this demonstrated in such passages as that where he
observes that "as always, some stupid local Uncle Tom Negroes began to
funnel stories about his revolutionary beliefs to the local white people."
(Haley, 5) This points to a distinct moment in history, with Malcolm
essentially chronicling the 20th century transition from segregated free
man to civil rights activist. This also helps to reveal the causes for
Malcolm's interest in black separatism, with the racial submission of many
fellow black men…...

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Works Cited

Haley, A. (1992). The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Ballantine Books.

Ifill, G. (2009). The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of

Obama. Random House.

light freedom. Review book review answer question 1) How book cover period written . 2) Did book
Translucent

I've Got the Light of Freedom details the struggle of the Civil Rights movement, predominantly as it took place within the Southern region of the United States. Essentially, it provides a case study for this epoch in American history that was centered around the mid-20th Century and is largely responsible for a number of civil rights that African-Americans were able to earn through hard work, dedication, jail time, punishment, and the loss of several lives. Charles M. Payne, who authored the work, provides an analytical glimpse of a number of factors regarding this struggle that deconstructs this time period through several different lenses, and notes the involvement of women, the effects on the community, as well as the political ramifications of those involved in this movement. The author is able to provide a…...

It was a revelation for the commodore.
Synopsis

The book is about leadership, but it is also about taking a tough situation and turning it completely around. The book is a metaphor for how managers who have brains, good listening skills, strategic competencies and flexibility -- and willing underlings -- can take a non-producing organization make it successful. The key points in this book:

Good managers lead by example

Listening is more than just having open ears; a good manager has to have an open mind and truly hear what is being conveyed to him by anyone no matter how lowly the position within the organization

Managers need to communicate their purpose and their vision to their teams

A climate of trust must be created for any positive changes to occur

Without taking calculated risks, not much will change for the better

Strong managers know how to build up their employees and how to generate a feeling…...

Rather than risk management, which usually stifles innovation in the name of conservative and steady profiteering, Brungardt and Crawford say, risk leadership is called for, especially when an organization must be truly transformed to survive. An organization must take a risk in a calculated, planned, and intelligent fashion.
Strengths and weaknesses of the book

This stress upon the need for leaders to be creative is one of the books great strengths, as its empowering democratic approach. A lower level employee, perhaps lacking a higher degree or a full set of managerial credentials could very easily be inspired to take a risk and deploy his or her skills and knowledge gleaned from working hard in a company. Although the book praises risk, therefore, it also rewards those whom are loyal to a company, who take the time to stay and rise, however slowly, within a particular corporate firmament, as they learn intelligent…...

Sgt York
A Book Review of Sergeant York and the Great ar

York is perhaps one of the most recognizable in modern American history. But perhaps few connect this name to the man's humble life and remarkable war-time accomplishments. The text attributed to Tom Skeyhill and published in 1998, Sergeant York and the Great ar helps to bridge the gap between York's name, his legend and his life.

The book is an adaptation of York's famous autobiography, pieced together from the military legend's own diary during his draft and rise to prominence in orld ar I. In addition to reproducing York's journal in its entirety, Skeyhill splices in the historical background required to help the reader navigate York's story. Skeyhill's contributions serve as companion of explanations for the geographical, military and historical implications of York's reporting. This is complete with information about military strategy and photographs. These additions to York's diary offer the…...

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Works Cited:

Skeyhill, T. (1998). Sergeant York and the Great War. The Vision Forum.

However, this would represent a first and most visible connection between the political imperatives and the religious ideology which connected to render al-Qaeda's guiding vision in the years to come. He would go on to cite the evils of Zionism, communism and imperialism, all of which he viewed as explicit threats posted by the world against the Islamic faith. Given the various military and political confrontations which had persisted between Islam and these forces across history, we can at least gather from right's work that the threat which al-Qaeda would come ultimately to represent to the developed world was explicitly stated and intended for decades in preparation for September 11th.
A similarly humanizing description of Osama bin Ladin helps to remove some of the demonization which is produced by the estern media and political leadership, that has served to obscure the true motives and implications of the militant Islamic movement.…...

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Works Cited:

Burke, J. (2004). Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam. I.B. Taurus.

Wright, L. (2006). The Looming Tower: Al Quaeda and the Road to 9-11. Knopf Publishing.

pastoral book review: Lessons learned from Mitch Albom's
Tuesday with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

One of the most difficult things for a modern Christian pastor to address in the context of the contemporary Christian church community is the issue of death. Although Christianity is fundamentally a life-affirming religion, in the sense that it affirms the life-giving potential of faith and the goodness of God and God's creation, there can also be no denying the fact that it is also founded upon a philosophy of transforming death, namely the suffering of Jesus upon the Cross. In a society where individuals are tempted to think of death merely as a loss or as a negative part of life, a pastor can feel like he or she is swimming against an ideological tide to cause Christians to view their faith in a more life-affirming and positive fashion.

hile…...

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Works Cited

Albom, Mitch. Tuesday with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson. New York: Doubleday, 1997.

Becvar, Dorothy S. In the Presence of Grief: Helping Family Members Resolve Death, Dying and Bereavement Issues. New York: Guilford Publications, Inc., 2001.

Nuland, Sherwood. How We Die. New York: Vintage Books, 1993.

Tolstoy, Leo, The Death of Ivan Illych. NY: Oxford Press Signet Classics, 1960.

He held fast to that analysis to the very end and by holding on to this principle could he concur himself a beneficial role in history or else, he would have to satisfy himself with boring medical practice for which he was not at all suited. The contradiction of emotions toward Che Guevara was very prominent in the description that he made on the book about the effects of Guevara's writing in his youth. Che had no reason to suspect the impact his writing would have on thousands of university students in the ensuing thirty years, as they cheerfully marched off to be massacred (Castaneda 188). Che endowed two generations of young people with the tools of that faith in revolution and the fervor of that conviction. But he must also be held responsible for the wasted blood and lives that decimated those generations (Castaneda 189).
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Works Cited

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Castaneda, Jorge G. A Book Review on Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara. New York: Vintage Books, 1998

This book is about how politicians don't have the best interests of the American people in their hearts anymore, and how greed and corruption has stopped many of them from doing what's right to help the country as a whole. The middle class are struggling with this more than others, because they get the least help. Rich people don't need help from the government, and poor people get a lot of assistance and handouts. If someone is middle class, he or she often needs a little assistance to really live comfortably but can't get that help because he or she....

To be honest, writing book reviews can be challenging, even for writers who love to read.  It can feel difficult to strike the right balance between objective observations about a book, critical discussion of the book, and subjective opinion of the book. This is especially true when the book is a highly emotional one like Tuesdays with Morrie, which is beloved by many readers. You also have to consider the approach that you are taking in your book review.  Are you writing the review for readers, in general, or with a specific audience in mind? ....

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Cultivating a Joyful Reading Experience for Students

Reading is a fundamental skill that unlocks countless possibilities for students. However, for many, the act of reading can feel more like a chore than a pleasure. Igniting a genuine love for reading is crucial to fostering a lifelong passion for knowledge and personal growth. Here's how educators can transform reading into a joyful and immersive experience for students:

1. Tap into Students' Interests:

Begin by exploring students' individual passions and interests. Survey them to identify genres, topics, and authors that resonate with them. Tailor reading selections to their preferences, making them eager to dive into....