Each of us is controlled in some way by shame, one of the ugliest emotions in human experience. It saps our self-respect, builds walls between people, and forces us to create elaborate defences to protect ourselves. This book analyses the role of shame in our lives and helps us to understand the root of our insecurity.
The "gun control" is a red herring that has been deflecting attention from the true causes of crime, namely, the breakdown of the family; failed social welfare programs; and increasing hopelessness among male youths, especially in our troubled inner cities. This book features chapters which address major issues in the gun-control debate.
A collection of articles and essays that covers such topics as biblical errancy, the miraculous, the number of churches in America, the scepticism of Mark Twain, and Upton Sinclair and Jesus. It also discusses issues such as fundamentalists' attacks on science and culture, extremism, and the debate over religious instruction in public schools.
Presents a history of the religious beliefs of America's first thirty-two presidents, from George Washington to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This work organises the chapters by religious affiliation, revealing that Washington was not a regular church attendant, that Jefferson and Lincoln were freethinkers, and and more.
Papermaking by hand is carried on professionally by only a small number of dedicated papermakers around the world. Yet the craft of papermaking attracts interest from many areas - bookmakers, calligraphers, artists, teachers, sculptors, and printers. The problem has always been where to buy supplies and machinery.
A collection of short stories. In addition to the title story, this work includes: "The Humor Strike"; "It's Nice to See You Again"; "The Day the Jews Disappeared"; "The Sunday Morning Shift"; "The Jensen Theory"; "The Girls on the Tenth Floor"; "Point of View"; and more.
Focusing on the struggle for abortion rights, this book discusses the brutal clinic murders in Pensacola and Boston, and argues that RU 486 could markedly reduce clinical abortions by making the termination of a pregnancy a 'private matter'.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) has been generally acknowledged as the greatest English satirist. In a prodigious stream of letters, pamphlets, tales, and essays, he assailed, with irony, erudition, and savage wit, several of the abuses and vices he saw around him, including political corruption, religious intolerance, hypocrisy, and the decline of ......
A collection of essays including: Why I Am An Agnostic; The Myth of the Soul; Absurdities of the Bible; Voltaire; and The Skeleton in the Closet. This work deals with beliefs in the inerrancy of the Bible, the immortality of the soul, miracles, and heaven as being completely at odds with human experience and science.
