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Friendship of the Lord

By: Deryck Sheriffs

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Does the religious experience of Israelites mean anything to us today? Or does it apply more to the rituals, prayers, and myths of the ancient Near East than to our world? Was Israelite spirituality so rooted in its culture that it will not transplant? Or can we graft its shoots of faith and its struggle with life into our contemporary spirituality with integrity? What happens when we look at a relationship with God through the lens of the Old Testament? Does the Old Testament open a window on what it means to be human now?These are the issues addressed in this survey. It looks at what it means to see life as a journey walked with God. It explores the fear of the Lord, biblical meditation, and confronting God in anger. It focuses on life's mundaneness and its absurdity. It analyses guilt, true and false, and restoration through forgiveness. It asks whether Israel's experience of time passing, the calender of seasons, and the rhythm of life offer today's urban commuters memos for their diaries.Deryck Sheriff's concern to bridge the divide has led him to write a book on the Old Testament which moves from the world of academic biblical studies into the realm of contemporary spirituality.

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379

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1592448526

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9781592448524

Gladstone and Kruger

Liberal Government & Colonial 'Home Rule' 1880-85

By: Deryck Schreuder

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Gladstone and Kruger

Liberal Government & Colonial 'Home Rule' 1880-85

By: Deryck Schreuder

Originally published in 1969, Gladstone and Kruger examines British reactions to the Afrikaner nationalism. Beginning with the first Anglo-Boer war of 1880-81, it examines the formulation of policy after the British defeat at Majuba Hill. A that moment, the dangers of a pan-Afrikaner revolt in the Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Province seemed imminent, and the British presence in southern Africa seemed very much at risk. Schreuder shows how the devolution of metropolitan Imperial power on to local ministries conflicted with the Whig concern for the preservation of British dominance and prestige abroad and provides a commentary on the Liberal response to the Irish problem.

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639

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Routledge

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135111932X

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9781351119320

The Films of Michael Mann

From the Prison Wall to the Firewall

By: Deryck Swan

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The Films of Michael Mann

From the Prison Wall to the Firewall

By: Deryck Swan

Is Michael Mann an auteur? Mann is a formidable filmmaking personality, no doubt, but the notion that today's celebrity cult of director immediately correlates with the mysterious sect of 'auteur' is questionable and deserves to be investigated. In doing so this book strives to emulate the methodology of the man himself, by ranging over not only the films he has made, from 1979’s The Jericho Mile to 2015's Blackhat, but also the scope of intellectual interests that they exemplify in an attempt to mine the commonalities, themes and traits that may suggest the presence of an auteur. Through his investigation of Mann's filmography and the personality that flows through it, author Deryck Swan provides the reader with accessible and new ways of thinking about his films to date, including, amongst myriad other things, references to painter Morris Louis, desert modernism, West Coast prison culture, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Strain Theory, journalist Mike Royko, Chicago's Auditorium building and a largely forgotten Charles Bronson film.

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264

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Liverpool University Press

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1800345631

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9781800345638

Slaving and Slavery in the Indian Ocean

By: Deryck Scarr

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Slaving and Slavery in the Indian Ocean

By: Deryck Scarr

The Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and Bourbon and their satellite colony of Seychelles, collectively known as the Mascareignes, were all plantation colonies, as well as significant naval bases from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. Scarr uses Mauritian, British and French archival sources to examine both the situation of slaves, as painted by court records in particular, and the psychology of both slave traders and slave owners..

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251

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Springer

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134926699X

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The Gods of Entropy

and the Fifth Yin

By: Deryck Hockley

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The Gods of Entropy

and the Fifth Yin

By: Deryck Hockley

The Gods of Entropy and the Fifth Yin follows Dyfed Lucifer, the only descendant of the multi-dimensional “Hyperborean Masters of the Little Known Universe” to be born on an “earth” that has a history remarkably similar to ours. His mission is to reduce the suffering of humans (the hoi polloi – the fuzz on the peach and the salt of the Earth) and give them the tools to think independently. Standing in the way of Dyfed’s mission are the Haploids, the world’s executive power elite who captain almost every ship of state. These Haploids are the acolytes of myth and responsible for cults, political ideology fallacies, and a corporate establishment that keeps the hoi polloi slaves to debt. Thankfully, as an immortal, Dyfed has time on his hands for this epic quest that extends from early history to a gloomy future that (despite the author’s disclaimer) bears a striking resemblance to the world at large today. Witty, sagacious, and downright spicy, The Gods of Entropy combines satire and surrealism to hold a mirror up to our own civilization that will make readers alternatively chortle and gasp, and most importantly, reflect.

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997

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FriesenPress

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152556837X

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9781525568374

A History of the Pacific Islands

Passages through Tropical Time

By: Deryck Scarr

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A History of the Pacific Islands

Passages through Tropical Time

By: Deryck Scarr

A book about the past and present Pacific Islands, wide-ranging in time and space spanning the centuries from the first settlement of the islands until the present day.

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368

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Routledge

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1136837892

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9781136837890

Book's by Deryck Sheriffs

Friendship of the Lord

Friendship of the Lord

Gladstone and Kruger

Gladstone and Kruger

The Films of Michael Mann

The Films of Michael Mann

Slaving and Slavery in the Indian Ocean

Slaving and Slavery in the Indian Ocean

The Gods of Entropy

The Gods of Entropy

A History of the Pacific Islands

A History of the Pacific Islands

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