A jaded young lawyer starts a church on a lark, to exploit the growing trend of religious exemptions from common-sense laws. He stumbles into backing from a curmudgeonly billionaire and a powerful K Street law firm, leading to success beyond his wildest dreams. His “Secret Plan,” as he calls it, is to self-destruct by carrying the basic concept of religious privilege that he despises to (and well past) a logical extreme. But the self-destruction unfolds in a way he did not envision, as he is sucked steadily deeper into a quagmire of deceit. Luis Granados, author of Damned Good Company, co-editor of A Jefferson Bible for the Twenty-first Century, and “Rules Are for Schmucks” columnist for TheHumanist.com takes us on a wild ride to a place let’s hope we never reach. Footnotes, unusual for a novel, are included to let skeptical readers know how bizarre the world of religious legal privilege has already become.
Lent begins with ashes placed on our forehead. The ashes remind us of our poverty and our weakness. But Lent is not just about ash. Lent is a path through which the Holy Spirit wants to transform us from ashes into new creatures. We offer this book to you as a helpful friend for living these days of Lent as a time of great hope. We enter these forty days looking for and encountering Christ so our lives may be made new. Each day begins with the Gospel reading, followed by three points of meditation, and then some tips for your daily prayer.
“Give us water to drink” (Ex 17:2). Our Lent finishes with the Holy Week in Jerusalem. If, thanks to Moses' obedience, a river of water flowed from the rock, thanks to Jesus' obedience, a river of graces flows from his heart.The Rock is Christ! Moses struck with his staff; the soldier strikes with his lance and a river flows, not only of water, but blood and water. Our rock is Jesus Christ!This book of daily meditations leads you from Palm Sunday through Holy Week and Easter to Divine Mercy Sunday contemplating the mystery of God's love revealed in Jesus Christ.
This book tells the story of the Disciples of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a young religious order, born in Spain and present in Denver (Colorado), Alexandria (Virginia), Rome (Italy) and Spain. It is the "mystery of a friendship" with Jesus Christ, who called the disciples to stay with Him and to go and preach the Gospel.
This work aims to lay out a new understanding of the indigenous societies of Spanish America while advancing a clearer and more nuanced notion of preindustrial urbanism for the Western Hemisphere. It focuses on the social geography, labor conditions, and demographic structures of the population defined by Spanish law as "tributary"--The officially recognized Indian---as it shows up in a massive census-like document: an eight-volume matricula or tribute roll prepared in 1800 for the municipality of San Juan Tenochtitlan.
Esta obra propone que a partir de 1930 el algodón hizo una gran contribución al poblamiento del norte mexicano, favoreció la formación de mercados de trabajo y de tierras, propició la movilidad social, impulsó la urbanización y dio lugar a un optimismo desbordado entre las oligarquías norteñas. También da cuenta de que el episodio algodonero, mayoritariamente norteño, obedeció sobre todo a la conexión con el mercado mundial.
This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing. Placing economic considerations into a wider social sciences context, this is ideal reading not only for advanced undergraduate and masters students in economics, health economics and the economics of ageing, but also policy makers, students, professionals and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, health-related sciences and social care. This volume introduces the different conceptualisations of age and definitions of `old age', as well as the main theories of individual ageing as developed in the disciplines of biology, psychology and sociology. It covers the economic theories of fertility, mortality and migration and describes the four main frameworks that can be used to study economics and ageing, namely the life cycle, the overlapping generations, the perpetual youth and the dynastic models.
Designed as a survey and focused on key examples and movements arranged chronologically from 1903 to 2003, this is the first comprehensive history of modern architecture in Latin America in any language. Runner-up, University Co-op Robert W. Hamilton Book Award, 2015 Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology, and Utopia is an introductory text on the issues, polemics, and works that represent the complex processes of political, economic, and cultural modernization in the twentieth century. The number and types of projects varied greatly from country to country, but, as a whole, the region produced a significant body of architecture that has never before been presented in a single volume in any language. Modern Architecture in Latin America is the first comprehensive history of this important production. Designed as a survey and focused on key examples/paradigms arranged chronologically from 1903 to 2003, this volume covers a myriad of countries; historical, social, and political conditions; and projects/developments that range from small houses to urban plans to architectural movements. The book is structured so that it can be read in a variety of ways—as a historically developed narrative of modern architecture in Latin America, as a country-specific chronology, or as a treatment of traditions centered on issues of art, technology, or utopia. This structure allows readers to see the development of multiple and parallel branches/historical strands of architecture and, at times, their interconnections across countries. The authors provide a critical evaluation of the movements presented in relationship to their overall goals and architectural transformations.
Esta obra se compone de 1 001 adivinanzas. Están distribuidas en tres apartados; en el primero, se presenta una recopilación de 841 de ellas, las cuales han hecho pasar momentos gratos a pequeños y grandes durante generaciones; en el segundo, 100 más inventadas por el autor; y, por último, 60 creadas por alumnos de cuarto grado, sección "B" de la Esc. Prim. "Héroes del 13 de Julio" de Guaymas, Sonora, durante un taller llevado a cabo en el ciclo escolar 2008-2009.
Special Paper 498 contains 12 new scientific papers, assembled as part of an NSF-sponsored workshop in 2011. The work highlights study of persistently active volcanoes and their hazards, mostly in Central America. Such volcanoes are termed "open vents" by volcanologists, and they offer the chance to study active processes. Insight into how volcanoes work and how hazards might be mitigated are the goals of the work. Overall, the volume presents insight into hazards infrastructure collaborations and development for geoscientists and students.
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