Susan Kalter presents seventeen previously unpublished short stories by John Joseph Mathews and skillfully intertwines literary analysis, author biography, and archival research with his journals and personal correspondence. Mathews is considered one of the founders and shapers of the twentieth-century Native American novel, yet literary history has largely ignored his work. An Osage writer from Oklahoma, Mathews also spent time in Los Angeles and Europe. The stories in this volume were written at the dawn of the nuclear age by an author who exposed the social dynamics of an emerging world order, an author who had also published explicitly about the ways he observed the East Coast establishment suppressing southwestern writers. This work shows us the aesthetics we missed out on as a result. Topics range from adulterous murder to Cherokee removal, from the thrill of the hunt to the cultural impasses between U.S. citizens in Mexico and their hosts, from the modern Middle East to the fantastical future. The stories bear the consciousness of a postwar world—its confusions and regrets, its orthodoxies and hypocrisies—as well as the mark of a practiced and prolific writer. The Short Stories of John Joseph Mathews, an Osage Writer sheds light on the complexity of Native American experiences of the last century and the ripple of these stories today.
John Joseph Chavarria born in Gonzales,Texas. Has two wonderful children, John Jr. and Monica. Divorced in 1983 and moved to Corpus Christi until 1987 when he returned to Houston. Remarried in 1995 and again divorced one year later in 1996. In 2003 John married the third time to Sonnia, he once ask his wife, what took you so long to get here. John considers this his perfect marriage. After reestablishing his life and returning to his religion, John is now a member of St. Leo the great catholic church. He is a member of the knights of Columbus council 3rd. degree order and a member of the forth degree in St. Mary Magdalene catholic church in Humble, Texas. A dedicated member in the ACTS movement. He is now and will always be a dedicated servant of our lord Jesus Christ and loves to write about it.
This is a revised edition of the author's The Nestorians and Their Muslim Neighbors (Princeton University Press, 1961). Early in the nineteenth century, the Aramaic-speaking "Nestorian" Christians received special attention when American Protestant missions decided to educate and reform them to help meet the challenge that Islam presented to the growing missionary movements. When archaeologist Layard further publicized the historic minority as "Assyrians", the name acquired a new connotation when other forces at work in the region - religious, nationalistic, imperialistic - entangled these modern Assyrians in vagaries and manipulations in which they were outnumbered and outclassed. The study examines Western Christendom's current position on Islam, with emphasis on the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches. The revision draws on a wide variety of sources not used in the original.
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Turning Away from Ego, the first book in the I See Only Your Perfection series, relates visions and experiences of my early spiritual search in which I was gently guided away from self-destructive patterns of thought and behavior. This process, which began with my study of A Course in Miracles and other spiritual texts, led to surprising spiritual answers to everyday problems related to health, finances, career choices and relationships. More importantly, it deepened my awareness of the Loving Presence that is with us always. John Joseph Creek I See Only Your Perfection is a miraclea collection of simple, everyday experiences that shows us how to apply the wisdom of A Course in Miracles to our own lives in a profound yet practical way. John Joseph Creek is a master storyteller who has truly discovered how to know peace. And this is his gift to us. ~Jennifer Read Hawthorne, co-author, #1 New York Times bestsellers Chicken Soup for the Womans Soul and Chicken Soup for the Mothers Soul
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