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The Innocents Within
by Robert DaleyIn the thick of World War II, in a tiny town in the middle of France, Jewish refugees have found an enclave of conscience amidst a sea of hate. Led by the charismatic Pastor Favert, the townsfolk of Le Lignon risk their own lives to hide a constant stream of the persecuted. But when a badly wounded American pilot crashes nearby, their safety is compromised. The region's Reich commander is desperate to load the waiting deportation trains with Jews. Le Lignon, he knows, might be concealing enough refugees to fulfill his entire quota and secure his position within the SS. As the commander plots to seize his quarry, Vichy police descend on the village and demand the hidden pilot. Stretched to their limits, the people of Le Lignon must fortify themselves against the converging Nazi onslaught--or die trying.
Innovating Christian Education Research: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
by Johannes M. Luetz Beth GreenThis book reformulates Christian education as an interdisciplinary and interdenominational vocation for professionals and practitioners. It speaks directly to a range of contemporary contexts with the aim of encouraging conceptual, empirical and practice-informed innovation to build the field of Christian education research. The book invites readers to probe questions concerning epistemologies, ethics, pedagogies and curricula, using multidisciplinary research approaches. By helping thinkers to believe and believers to think, the book seeks to stimulate constructive dialogue about what it means to innovate Christian education research today.Chapters are organised into three main sections. Following an introduction to the volume's guiding framework and intended contribution (Chapter 1), Part 1 features conceptual perspectives and comprises research that develops theological, philosophical and theoretical discussion of Christian education (Chapters 2-13). Part 2 encompasses empirical research that examines data to test theory, answer big questions and develop our understanding of Christian education (Chapters 14-18). Finally, Part 3 reflects on contemporary practice contexts and showcases examples of emerging research agendas in Christian education (Chapters 19-24).
Innovation and Inequality
by Gilles Saint-PaulKarl Marx predicted a world in which technical innovation would increasingly devalue and impoverish workers, but other economists thought the opposite, that it would lead to increased wages and living standards--and the economists were right. Yet in the last three decades, the market economy has been jeopardized by a worrying phenomenon: a rise in wage inequality that has left a substantial portion of the workforce worse off despite the continuing productivity growth enjoyed by the economy. Innovation and Inequality examines why. Studies have firmly established a link between this worrying trend and technical change, in particular the rise of new information technologies. In Innovation and Inequality, Gilles Saint-Paul provides a synthetic theoretical analysis of the most important mechanisms by which technical progress and innovation affect the distribution of income. He discusses the conditions under which skill-biased technical change may reduce the wages of the least skilled, and how improvements in information technology allow "superstars" to increase the scale of their activity at the expense of less talented workers. He shows how the structure of demand changes as the economy becomes wealthier, in ways that may potentially harm the poorest segments of the workforce and economy. An essential text for graduate students and an indispensable resource for researchers, Innovation and Inequality reveals how different categories of workers gain or lose from innovation, and how that gain or loss crucially depends on the nature of the innovation.
The Innovation Crisis: Creating Disruptive Influence in the Ministry You Lead
by Ted EslerIf you aren&’t innovating, stagnation isn&’t far away.Ministry leaders carry the burden of keeping their organizations lean, focused, and relevant. The stakes are especially high for churches and other organizations that fulfill the Great Commission. When souls are on the line, there&’s no room for bureaucratic bloat or sustaining a cumbersome infrastructure. It&’s up to the leadership—that&’s you—to realize where the organization is in maintenance mode and find ways to innovate even when the growth curve has slowed and the team has started to grow complacent.Using missions disruptor William Carey as an example, Ted Esler shows how you, too, can innovate in ways that change the ministry landscape. Esler will help you keep an eye on your &“eccliosystem&”—the ecclesial ecosystem in which you exist. You&’ll learn about the four stages of organizational culture—disrupting, innovating, sustaining, and stagnating—and gain strategies for staying in that sweet spot where innovations keep coming and stagnation can&’t take hold.The gospel of Jesus Christ never grows stale. Don&’t let your ministry ever forget it!
The Innovation Crisis: Creating Disruptive Influence in the Ministry You Lead
by Ted EslerIf you aren&’t innovating, stagnation isn&’t far away.Ministry leaders carry the burden of keeping their organizations lean, focused, and relevant. The stakes are especially high for churches and other organizations that fulfill the Great Commission. When souls are on the line, there&’s no room for bureaucratic bloat or sustaining a cumbersome infrastructure. It&’s up to the leadership—that&’s you—to realize where the organization is in maintenance mode and find ways to innovate even when the growth curve has slowed and the team has started to grow complacent.Using missions disruptor William Carey as an example, Ted Esler shows how you, too, can innovate in ways that change the ministry landscape. Esler will help you keep an eye on your &“eccliosystem&”—the ecclesial ecosystem in which you exist. You&’ll learn about the four stages of organizational culture—disrupting, innovating, sustaining, and stagnating—and gain strategies for staying in that sweet spot where innovations keep coming and stagnation can&’t take hold.The gospel of Jesus Christ never grows stale. Don&’t let your ministry ever forget it!
Innovation in Early Modern Catholicism
by Ulrich L. LehnerThis volume demonstrates that the Catholic rhetoric of tradition disguised both novelties and creative innovations between 1550 and 1700. Innovation in Early Modern Catholicism reveals that the period between 1550 and 1700 emerged as an intellectually vibrant atmosphere, shaped by the tensions between personal creativity and magisterial authority. The essays explore ideas about grace, physical predetermination, freedom, and probabilism in order to show how the rhetoric of innovation and tradition can be better understood. More importantly, contributors illustrate how disintegrated historiographies, which often excluded Catholicism as a source of innovation, can be overcome. Not only were new systems of metaphysics crafted in the early modern period, but so too was a new conceptual language to deal with the pressing problems of human freedom and grace, natural law, and Marian piety. Overall, the volume shines significant light on hitherto neglected or misunderstood traits in the understanding of early modern Catholic culture. Re-presenting early modern Catholicism more crucially than any other currently available study, Innovation in Early Modern Catholicism is a useful tool for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars in the fields of philosophy, early modern studies, and the history of theology.
Innovation in Esotericism from the Renaissance to the Present (Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities)
by Georgiana D. Hedesan Tim RudbøgThis collection explores the role of innovation in understanding the history of esotericism. It illustrates how innovation is a mechanism of negotiation whereby an idea is either produced against, or adapted from, an older set of concepts in order to respond to a present context. Featuring contributions from distinguished scholars of esotericism, it covers many different fields and themes including magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, Tarot, apocalypticism and eschatology, Mesmerism, occultism, prophecy, and mysticism.
Innovation in the Italian Counter-Reformation (Early Modern Exchange)
by Shannon McHugh and Anna WainwrightThe enduring "black legend" of the Italian Counter-Reformation, which has held sway in both scholarly and popular culture, maintains that the Council of Trent ushered in a cultural dark age in Italy, snuffing out the spectacular creative production of the Renaissance. As a result, the decades following Trent have been mostly overlooked in Italian literary studies, in particular. The thirteen essays of Innovation in the Italian Counter-Reformation present a radical reconsideration of literary production in post-Tridentine Italy. With particular attention to the much-maligned tradition of spiritual literature, the volume’s contributors weave literary analysis together with religion, theater, art, music, science, and gender to demonstrate that the literature of this period not only merits study but is positively innovative. Contributors include such renowned critics as Virginia Cox and Amadeo Quondam, two of the leading scholars on the Italian Counter-Reformation.Distributed for UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE PRESS
Innovation in the Orthodox Christian Tradition?: The Question of Change in Greek Orthodox Thought and Practice
by Trine Stauning Willert Lina Molokotos-LiedermanThe relationship between tradition and innovation in Orthodox Christianity has often been problematic, filled with tensions and contradictions starting from the Byzantine era and running through the 19th and 20th centuries. For a long period of time scholars have typically assumed Greek Orthodoxy to be a static religious tradition with little room for renewal or change. Although this public perception continues, the immutability of the Greek Orthodox tradition has been questioned by several scholars over the past few years. This book continues this line of reasoning, but brings it into the centre of contemporary discussion. Presenting case studies from different periods of history up to the present day, the authors trace different aspects in the development of innovation and renewal in Orthodox Christianity in the Greek-speaking world and among the Diaspora.
Innovation's Dirty Little Secret: Why Serial Innovators Succeed Where Others Fail
by Larry OsborneMost books on innovation make it sound as if successful innovation is the end result of a carefully followed recipe. But the simple fact is that when it comes to any new venture, failure is the surest horse to bet on. Respected pastor and author, Larry Osborne, explains how understanding this dirty little secret behind innovation can bring both stability and creativity to organizations, especially those with teams of people that focus on innovation, creativity, new ideas, and problem-solving. Using the wisdom and principles found in this book, you will be free to lead dynamically without causing uncertainty or insecurity in your organization. In Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret, you’ll learn: How to foster innovation’s most powerful igniters and accelerators while avoiding the most common killers of innovation How to recognize and break through ceilings of complexity and competency The six pitfalls of growth and what you can do to avoid them The three questions every leader needs to ask before launching any new endeavor
Innovation's Dirty Little Secret: Why Serial Innovators Succeed Where Others Fail (Leadership Network Innovation Series)
by Larry OsborneMost books on innovation make it sound as if successful innovation is the end result of a carefully followed recipe. But the simple fact is that when it comes to any new venture, failure is the surest horse to bet on. Respected pastor and author, Larry Osborne, explains how understanding this dirty little secret behind innovation can bring both stability and creativity to organizations, especially those with teams of people that focus on innovation, creativity, new ideas, and problem-solving. Using the wisdom and principles found in this book, you will be free to lead dynamically without causing uncertainty or insecurity in your organization. In Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret, you’ll learn:How to foster innovation’s most powerful igniters and accelerators while avoiding the most common killers of innovationHow to recognize and break through ceilings of complexity and competencyThe six pitfalls of growth and what you can do to avoid themThe three questions every leader needs to ask before launching any new endeavor
Innovative Catholicism and the Human Condition (Routledge Studies in Religion)
by Jane AndersonInnovative Catholicism and the Human Condition gives an anthropological account of a progressive religious movement in the Roman Catholic Church that is attempting to reconcile religious conviction and reason, and, ergo, modify the human condition. Investigation is given to a representative group of this movement, "Innovative Catholics," who are endeavouring to maintain the momentum for change which began in the 1960s and 1970s. They now find themselves caught between traditional notions of religion and a secularised society, while trying to reconcile these polarising forces to find a pathway forward. While ethnographic fieldwork for this research was conducted in Australia, this movement is to be found across the Western world. The research is framed by the question posed by Jürgen Habermas, who asks whether the democratic constitutional state is able to renew itself, and recognises a benefit in learning from religion. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, subsequently Pope Benedict XVI, responds by asserting the need for a common ethical basis and limits on reason. This latter position, however, remains problematic for Innovative Catholics who are conscious of history and culture. The research explores how Innovative Catholics, who in taking the middle position, inform this dialectic on secularization through their ideas and practices about the human condition.
Inocencia, Saber y Asombro: ¿Qué pasó con la capacidad de asombro que sentía cuando era niño?
by Osho¿Qué pasó con la capacidad de asombro que sentía cuando era niño? Inocencia, saber y asombro es un discurso en el que Osho reflexiona, a través de anécdotas y experiencias, qué son la inocencia y el saber, y por qué es tan importante vivir a partir de una ideología en apariencia insignificante, pero que en realidad esconde todas las respuestas al misterio de la existencia humana. La inocencia es la puerta; a la belleza se entra a través de la inocencia. Cuanto más inocente te vuelves, más hermosa es la existencia. Cuanto más sabes, más fea se va haciendo la existencia, porque empiezas a funcionar desde las conclusiones, empiezas a funcionar desde el saber.
Inochentism and Orthodox Christianity: Religious Dissent in the Russian and Romanian Borderlands (Routledge New Religions)
by James A. KapalóThis book explores the history and evolution of Inochentism, a controversial new religious movement that emerged in the Russian and Romanian borderlands of what is now Moldova and Ukraine in the context of the Russian revolutionary period. It centres around the charismatic preaching of Inochentie, a monk of the Orthodox Church, who inspired an apocalyptic movement that was soon labelled heretical by the Orthodox Church and persecuted as socially and politically subversive by Soviet and Romanian state authorities. Inochentism and Orthodox Christianity charts the emergence and development of Inochentism through the twentieth century based on hagiographies, oral testimonies, press reports, state legislation and a wealth of previously unstudied police and secret police archival material. Focusing on the role that religious persecution and social marginalization played in the transformation of this understudied and much vilified group, the author explores a series of counter-narratives that challenge the mainstream historiography of the movement and highlight the significance of the concept of ‘liminality’ in relation to the study of new religious movements and Orthodoxy. This book constitutes a systematic historical study of an Eastern European ‘home-grown’ religious movement taking a ‘grass-roots’ approach to the problem of minority religious identities in twentieth century Eastern Europe. Consequently, it will be of great interest to scholars of new religions movements, religious history and Russian and Eastern European studies.
Inquebrantable: Desarme el plan de Satanás para destruir su fundamento
by John EckhardtUSTED DEBE SER CONSTANTE, INAMOVIBLE Y ESTAR FIRMEMENTE PLANTADO EN DIOS PARA SOVREVIVIR EN ESTE MUNDO INESTABLE. Todos conocemos a personas que a veces actúan como polos opuestos: el ministro que es devoto, dedicado a la oración y santo, a veces, no obstante, tiene períodos de pecado y perversión; la persona alegre y extrovertida puede padecer episodios de aislamiento y depresión; o la persona gentil y bondadosa, de pronto puede tener momentos de exabruptos e ira.Inquebrantable constituye una enseñanza diferente a cualquier otra, del autor de éxitos de venta John Eckhardt, sobre cómo quebrantar la fuerza demoníaca más dominante; el doble ánimo. A través de este poderoso libro, usted podrá desarrollar una identidad sólida y semejante a la de Cristo, la cual no será fácilmente conmovida por este mundo. Usted aprenderá cómo vencer las manifestaciones del espíritu de doble ánimo que causan: Relaciones rotas y divorciosIndecisión y pasividadHeridas y ofensas por parte de líderes inestablesAmarguras y enojosTemor y rechazoEnfermedades y dolencias arraigadas en lo espiritual¡ Y mucho más!
Inquebrantables, Edición del quinto aniversario
by Daniel HabifEn su primer libro, Inquebrantables, Daniel Habif, proporciona inspiración y motivación para ayudar al lector superar obstáculos y crear la vida que desea vivir.Más que un libro de autoayuda, Inquebrantables ofrece un manifiesto que invita al lector a participar en el proceso de romper patrones y crear la vida que desean en las áreas de la familia, el amor, el matrimonio, carrera profesional y la vida. «No lo escribí con la intención de que te enganches; es todo lo contrario. Lo escribí para que cada página detone en ti una necesidad de dejarlo, para que pongas una marca y vayas a perseguir lo que resuena dentro de ti», escribe Habif.Inquebrantables reúne y expande los mensajes de inspiración que mayor impacto han tenido y que mejor representan a Daniel Habif como orador motivacional y lo presentan en un libro que también ofrece:El manifestó de los Inquebrantables que resuena con sus miles de seguidoresEjercicios prácticos para ayudar a los lectores a superar obstáculos personales en todas las áreas de sus vidasCitas poderosas para reflexionar, inspirar y transformarCartas abiertas, directamente del corazón del autor, al lector y la sociedadInquebrantables es un libro para todas las edades, una chispa que enciende pasiones, el despertar de una vocación que te morderá por dentro, un manifiesto a la mejora continua. Sus páginas están impresas con la versión más afilada de la irreverencia, el humor y el ímpetu que caracteriza a Daniel Habif.Unbreakable In his first book, Inquebrantables, Daniel Habif provides inspiration and motivation to help the reader overcome obstacles and create the life he or she wants.More than a self-help book, Inquebrantables offers a manifesto that invites the reader to participate in the process of breaking patterns and creating the life they desire in the areas of family, love, marriage, career, and life. "I didn't write this book with the intention of getting you hooked; it's just the opposite. I wrote it so that every page triggers a need for you to stop, bookmark the page, and go after whatever resonates within you," writes Habif.Inquebrantables gathers and expands the inspirational messages that have had the greatest impact and that best represent Daniel Habif as a motivational speaker. This best-selling book also includes:The official Inquebrantables Manifesto that resonates with his millions of followersPractical exercises to help readers overcome personal obstacles in all areas of their livesPowerful quotes to reflect, inspire, and transformOpen letters, directly from the heart of the author, to the reader and societyInquebrantables is a book for all ages, a spark that ignites passions, an awakening that burns inside, and a manifesto for continuous improvement. Its pages are printed with the sharpest version of the irreverence, humor, and impetus that characterizes Daniel Habif.
Inquebrantables (Unbreakable Spanish Edition)
by Daniel Habif«Este es un libro que no acepta resúmenes. No forma parte de los títulos que tachas y vas a otra cosa. No es un trofeo, ni un manual de procedimientos. No es una tesis, ni un texto académico. Si tu intención es pasar por él sin dejar que él lo haga por ti, no servirá de nada. El dinero lo podrás recuperar, pero te advierto que el tiempo se habrá ido para siempre. Su belleza no está en las palabras que yo escribí, sino en las que tú generes con él. Está compuesto de mil pedazos míos, trozos sueltos de mi alma y de mi carne: un alcázar edificado con todas las piedras que me han lanzado, una diadema confeccionada con las perlas que he recibido. Hallarás soledades y alegrías, anhelos y zozobras, inquietudes y esperanzas, clamores y murmullos. No fue fácil desprenderme de ellos». —Daniel HabifInquebrantables reúne y expande los mensajes de inspiración y motivación más populares que han tenido el mayor impacto y que representan mejor a Daniel Habif como orador motivacional.
The Inquest: A Novel of the Greatest Story Never Told
by Stephen Dando-CollinsIn the time of Vespasian, just after Rome has crushed the Jewish Revolt, Julius Varro, a Roman Questor (an investigating magistrate )is commissioned to investigate the story that a Jew rose from the dead after being crucified in Jerusalem. Because the fast-growing Nazarene sect founded by the martyr's followers is becoming a threat to the stability of the region, there is much riding on debunking the story. Questor Varro has to deal with the evidence that goes back forty years, with most witnesses long dead and the living ones lying to protect themselves. But he is intent on producing a report that will demolish the claims of these religious fanatics. His investigation stirs intrigue, religious passion, and violence, to say nothing of an attraction to a beautiful Jewish slave girl. Questor Varro's report methodically destroys the myth fueling the newborn Christian movement. But then an extraordinary event occurs that changes everything.
Inquilab: Bhagat Singh on Religion and Revolution
by Syed Irfan HabibExtolled for his extraordinary courage and sacrifice, Bhagat Singh is one of our most venerated freedom fighters. He is valourised for his martyrdom, and rightly so, but in the ensuing enthusiasm, most of us forget, or consciously ignore, his contributions as an intellectual and a thinker. He not only sacrificed his life, like many others did before and after him, but he also had a vision of independent India. In the current political climate, when it has become routine to appropriate Bhagat Singh as a nationalist icon, not much is known or spoken about his nationalist vision. Inquilab provides a corrective to such a situation by bringing together some of Bhagat Singh's seminal writings on his pluralist and egalitarian vision. It compels the reader to see that while continuing to celebrate the memory of Bhagat Singh as a martyr and a nationalist, we must also learn about his intellectual legacy. This important book also makes a majority of these writings, hitherto only available in Hindi, accessible for the first time to the English-language readership.
Inquiry Into The Origin Of Humanity: An Annotated Translation Of Tsung-mi's Yuan Jen Lun With A Modern Commentary (Kuroda Classics In East Asian Buddhism Ser. #4)
by Peter N. GregoryInquiry Into the Origin of Humanity: An Annotated Translation of Tsung-mi's Yuan jen lun (Kuroda Classics in East Asian Buddhism, 4)
Inquiry into the New Testament: Ancient Context to Contemporary Significance
by David Landry John MartensThe enormous cultural impact of the Bible--and in particular, the New Testament--has given people of all backgrounds and traditions at least some familiarity with it. Yet the Bible remains one of the most misread and misunderstood books of all time. Given the sheer variety of interpretive and critical methods, perhaps this isn't altogether surprising.
El inquisidor
by Patricio SturleseUn thriller trepidante ambientado en el turbulento final del siglo XVI. Un libro sagrado, prohibidoy que puede hacer cimbrar los cimientos de la Iglesia. 1597, aposentos de Clemente VIII, en el Vaticano. Angelo DeGrasso, Inquisidor General de Liguria, es recibido en audiencia privada por el Papa, el Superior General de la Inquisición y un extraño astrólogo llamado Darko. Le acaban de comunicar que un hereje llamado Eros Gianmaria, que ha sido trasladado desde Venecia, guarda aún un terrible secreto: es el único que conoce el paradero de la última copia de un libro prohibido, el Necronomicón, y Angelo ha de usar su pericia para conseguir una confesión. Pero no dispondrá de mucho tiempo para hacerlo, pues en pocos días ha de partir hacia el Nuevo Mundo en una misión que no le será comunicada hasta que noesté embarcado. Al descender la escalera de la basílica de San Pedro, en un frío día de otoño, Angelo presiente que su vida va a dar un giro. El implacable Inquisidor General de Liguria no tardará mucho en descubrir que ni siquiera él es lo que parece... Una novela apasionante que nos transporta al turbulento final del siglo XVI, en el que la Iglesia Católica mata por defender la ortodoxia y conservar su poder; en el que los aquelarres pueblan los bosques italianos bajo la protección de Satán y de la Luna; en el que todos están dispuestos a morir por su fe, pero ¿qué fe?
Inquisition: The Reign of Fear
by Toby GreenA journey across centuries of religious conflict Toby Green's incredible new book brings a vast panorama to life by focusing on the untold stories of individuals from all walks of life and every section of society who were affected by the Inquisition. From witches in Mexico, bigamists in Brazil, Freemasons, Hindus, Jews, Moslems and Protestants, the Inquisition reached every aspect of society. This history, though filled with stories of terror and the unspeakable ways in which human beings can treat one another, is ultimately one of hope, underscoring the resilience of the human spirit. Stretching from the unification of Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella in the fifteenth century to the Napoleanic wars, The Inquisition details this incredible history in all its richness and complexity.
The Inquisition: A Critical And Historical Study Of The Coercive Power Of The Church [2nd Ed.]
by Elphège Vacandard Father Bertrand L. ConwayIn this penetrating study of the Inquisition, Elphège Vacandard delves into the Catholic Church's dark past."The history of the Inquisition is still to be written. It is not our purpose to attempt it; our ambition is more modest. But we wish to picture this institution in its historical setting, to show how it originated, and especially to indicate its relation to the Church's notion of the coercive power prevalent in the Middle Ages. For as [Henry Charles] Lea [author of three large volumes entitled "A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages" published in 1888] himself says: "The Inquisition was not an organization arbitrarily devised and imposed upon the judicial system of Christendom by the ambition or fanaticism of the Church. It was rather a natural--one may almost say an inevitable--evolution of the forces at work in the thirteenth century, and no one can rightly appreciate the process of its development and the results of its activity, without a somewhat minute consideration of the factors controlling the minds and souls of men during the ages which laid the foundation of modern civilization."We undertake this study in a spirit of absolute honesty and sincerity. The subject is undoubtedly a most delicate one. But no consideration whatever should prevent our studying it from every possible viewpoint."
Inquisition and Power
by John H. ArnoldWhat should historians do with the words of the dead? Inquisition and Power reformulates the historiography of heresy and the inquisition by focusing on depositions taken from the Cathars, a religious sect that opposed the Catholic church and took root in southern France during the twelfth century. Despite the fact that these depositions were spoken in the vernacular, but recorded in Latin in the third person and rewritten in the past tense, historians have often taken these accounts as verbatim transcriptions of personal testimony. This belief has prompted some historians, including E. Le Roy Ladurie, to go so far as to retranslate the testimonies into the first-person. These testimonies have been a long source of controversy for historians and scholars of the Middle Ages.Arnold enters current theoretical debates about subjectivity and the nature of power to develop reading strategies that will permit a more nuanced reinterpretation of these documents of interrogation. Rather than seeking to recover the true voice of the Cathars from behind the inquisitor's framework, this book shows how the historian is better served by analyzing texts as sites of competing discourses that construct and position a variety of subjectivities. In this critically informed history, Arnold suggests that what we do with the voices of history in fact has as much to do with ourselves as with those we seek to 'rescue' from the silences of past.