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Separating Church and State: A History (Religion and American Public Life)
by Steven K. GreenSteven K. Green, renowned for his scholarship on the separation of church and state, charts the career of the concept and helps us understand how it has fallen into disfavor with many Americans. In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson distilled a leading idea in the early American republic and wrote of a wall of separation between church and state. That metaphor has come down from Jefferson to twenty-first-century Americans through a long history of jurisprudence, political contestation, and cultural influence. This book traces the development of the concept of separation of church and state and the Supreme Court's application of it in the law. Green finds that conservative criticisms of a separation of church and state overlook the strong historical and jurisprudential pedigree of the idea. Yet, arguing with liberal advocates of the doctrine, he notes that the idea remains fundamentally vague and thus open to loose interpretation in the courts. As such, the history of a wall of separation is more a variable index of American attitudes toward the forces of religion and state. Indeed, Green argues that the Supreme Court's use of the wall metaphor has never been essential to its rulings. The contemporary battle over the idea of a wall of separation has thus been a distraction from the real jurisprudential issues animating the contemporary courts.
The Separation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders
by Forrest ChurchAmericans will never stop debating the question of church-state separation, and such debates invariably lead back to the nation's beginnings and the founders' intent. The Separation of Church and State presents a basic collection of the founders' teachings on this topic. This concise primer gets past the rhetoric that surrounds the current debate, placing the founders' vivid writings on religious liberty in historical perspective. Edited and with running commentary by Forrest Church, this important collection informs anyone curious about the original blueprint for our country and its government.
The Separation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders
by Forrest Church[From the book jacket] Americans will never stop debating the question of church-state separation. Courts across the country perpetually hear cases on religion's place in our schools, civic government, and society at large. Such debates lead us back to the nation's beginnings and the founders' intent. The Separation of Church and State presents, for the first time, a basic collection of the founders' teachings on this topic. Readers can see for themselves why George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison-together with leading evangelical Christians of the day-believed passionately in church-state separation. This concise primer gets past the rhetoric that surrounds the current debate, placing the founders' vivid writings on religious liberty in historical perspective.
Sepharad: A Novel
by Antonio Muñoz MolinaAn &“amazing&” novel about the diaspora of Sephardic Jews amid the tumult of twentieth century history (The Washington Post Book World). From one of Spain&’s most celebrated writers, this extraordinary blend of fiction, history, and memoir tells the story of the Sephardic diaspora through seventeen interlinked chapters. &“If Balzac wrote The Human Comedy, [Antonio] Muñoz Molina has written the adventure of exile, solitude, and memory,&” Arturo Pérez-Reverte observed of this &“masterpiece&” that shifts seamlessly from the past to the present along the escape routes employed by Sephardic Jews across countries and continents as they fled Hitler&’s Holocaust and Stalin&’s purges in the mid-twentieth century (The New York Review of Books). In a remarkable display of narrative dexterity, Muñoz Molina fashions a &“rich and complex story&” out of the experiences of people both real and imagined: Eugenia Ginzburg and Greta Buber-Neumann, one on a train to the gulag, the other heading toward a Nazi concentration camp; a shoemaker and a nun who become lovers in a small Spanish town; and Primo Levi, bound for Auschwitz (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel). From the well-known to the virtually unknown, all of Muñoz Molina&’s characters are voices of separation, nostalgia, love, and endless waiting. &“Stories that vibrate beneath the burden of history, that lift with the breath of human life.&” —Los Angeles Times Book Review &“A magnificent novel about the iniquity and horror of fanaticism, and especially the human being&’s indestructible spirit.&” —Mario Vargas Llosa &“Moving and often astonishing.&” —The New York Times
Sephardi, Jewish, Argentine: Community and National Identity (Sephardi And Mizrahi Studies)
by Adriana M. Brodsky“A much-needed monograph on the role of Sephardic Jews in Argentina, and . . . an important contribution to the study of Jews in Latin America overall” (Choice).At the turn of the twentieth century, Jews from North Africa and the Middle East were called Turcos (“Turks”). Seen as distinct from Ashkenazim, Sephardi Jews weren’t even identified as Jews. Yet the story of Sephardi Jewish identity has been deeply impactful on Jewish history across the world. Adriana M. Brodsky follows the history of Sephardim as they arrived in Argentina, created immigrant organizations, founded synagogues and cemeteries, and built strong ties with coreligionists around the country.Brodsky demonstrates how fragmentation based on areas of origin gave way to the gradual construction of a single Sephardi identity. This unifying identity is predicated both on Zionist identification (with the State of Israel) and “national” feelings (for Argentina), and that Sephardi Jews assumed leadership roles in national Jewish organizations once they integrated into the much larger Askenazi community.Rather than assume that Sephardi identity was fixed and unchanging, Brodsky highlights the strategic nature of this identity, constructed both from within the various Sephardi groups and from the outside, and reveals that Jewish identity must be understood as part of the process of becoming Argentine.
Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700-1950 (Stanford Studies In Jewish History And Culture Ser.)
by Sarah Abrevaya Stein Julia Phillips CohenThis ground-breaking documentary history contains over 150 primary sources originally written in 15 languages by or about Sephardi Jews—descendants of Jews who fled medieval Spain and Portugal settling in the western portions of the Ottoman Empire, including the Balkans, Anatolia, and Palestine. Reflecting Sephardi history in all its diversity, from the courtyard to the courthouse, spheres intimate, political, commercial, familial, and religious, these documents show life within these distinctive Jewish communities as well as between Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Sephardi Lives offer readers an intimate view of how Sephardim experienced the major regional and world events of the modern era—natural disasters, violence and wars, the transition from empire to nation-states, and the Holocaust. This collection also provides a vivid exploration of the day-to-day lives of Sephardi women, men, boys, and girls in the Judeo-Spanish heartland of the Ottoman Balkans and Middle East, as well as the émigré centers Sephardim settled throughout the twentieth century, including North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. The selections are of a vast range, including private letters from family collections, rabbinical writings, documents of state, memoirs and diaries, court records, selections from the popular press, and scholarship. In a single volume, Sephardi Lives preserves the cultural richness and historical complexity of a Sephardi world that is no more.
Sephardi Religious Responses/M
by StillmanFirst Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
A Sephardi Sea: Jewish Memories across the Modern Mediterranean (Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies)
by Dario MiccoliA Sephardi Sea tells the story of Jews from the southern shore of the Mediterranean who, between the late 1940s and the mid-1960s, migrated from their country of birth for Europe, Israel, and beyond. It is a story that explores their contrasting memories of and feelings for a Sephardi Jewish world in North Africa and Egypt that is lost forever but whose echoes many still hear. Surely, some of these Jewish migrants were already familiar with their new countries of residence because of colonial ties or of Zionism, and often spoke the language. Why, then, was the act of leaving so painful and why, more than fifty years afterward, is its memory still so tangible?Dario Miccoli examines how the memories of a bygone Sephardi Mediterranean world became preserved in three national contexts—Israel, France, and Italy—where the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa and their descendants migrated and nowadays live.A Sephardi Sea exploreshow practices of memory- and heritage-making—from the writing of novels and memoirs to the opening of museums and memorials, the activities of heritage associations and state-led celebrations—has filled an identity vacuum in the three countries and helps the Jews from North Africa and Egypt to define their Jewishness in Europe and Israel today but also reinforce their connection to a vanished world now remembered with nostalgia, affection, and sadness.
Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry: From the Golden Age of Spain to Modern Times
by Zion ZoharSephardic Jews trace their origins to Spain and Portugal. They enjoyed a renaissance in these lands until their expulsion from Spain in 1492, when they settled in the countries along the Mediterranean, throughout the Ottoman Empire, in the Balkans, and in the lands of North Africa, Italy, Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, mixing with the Mizrahi, or Oriental, Jews already in these locations. Sephardic Jews have contributed some of the most important Jewish philosophers, poets, biblical commentators, Talmudic and Halachic scholars, and scientists, and have had a significant impact on the development of Jewish mysticism. Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry brings together original work from the world's leading scholars to present a deep introductory overview of their history and culture over the past 1500 years. The book presents an overarching chronological and thematic survey of topics ranging from the origin of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry and their history to kabbalah, philosophy, and biblical commentary, and Sephardic Jewish life in the modern era. This collection represents the most up-to-date scholarship about Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry available.Contributors include: Mark R. Cohen, Norman Stillman, David Bunis, Jonathan Decter, Yitzhak Kalimi, Moshe Idel, Annette B. Fromm, Zvi Zohar, Morris Fairstein, Pamela Dorn Sezgin, Mark Kligman, and Henry Abramson.
The Sephardic Atlantic: Colonial Histories and Postcolonial Perspectives
by Sina Rauschenbach Jonathan SchorschThis volume contributes to the growing field of Early Modern Jewish Atlantic History, while stimulating new discussions at the interface between Jewish Studies and Postcolonial Studies. It is a collection of substantive, sophisticated and variegated essays, combining case studies with theoretical reflections, organized into three sections: race and blood, metropoles and colonies, and history and memory. Twelve chapters treat converso slave traders, race and early Afro-Portuguese relations in West Africa, Sephardim and people of color in nineteenth-century Curaçao, Portuguese converso/Sephardic imperialist behavior, Caspar Barlaeus’ attitude toward Jews in the Sephardic Atlantic, Jewish-Creole historiography in eighteenth-century Suriname, Savannah’s eighteenth-century Sephardic community in an Altantic setting, Freemasonry and Sephardim in the British Empire, the figure of Columbus in popular literature about the Caribbean, key works of Caribbean postcolonial literature on Sephardim, the holocaust, slavery and race, Canadian Jewish identity in the reception history of Esther Brandeau/Jacques La Fargue and Moroccan-Jewish memories of a sixteenth-century Portuguese military defeat.
Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History
by Aviva Ben-UrA significant number of Sephardic Jews, tracing their remote origins to Spain and Portugal, immigrated to the United States from Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans from 1880 through the 1920s, joined by a smaller number of Mizrahi Jews arriving from Arab lands. Most Sephardim settled in New York, establishing the leading Judeo-Spanish community outside the Ottoman Empire. With their distinct languages, cultures, and rituals, Sephardim and Arab-speaking Mizrahim were not readily recognized as Jews by their Ashkenazic coreligionists. At the same time, they forged alliances outside Jewish circles with Hispanics and Arabs, with whom they shared significant cultural and linguistic ties.The failure among Ashkenazic Jews to recognize Sephardim and Mizrahim as fellow Jews continues today. More often than not, these Jewish communities are simply absent from portrayals of American Jewry. Drawing on primary sources such as the Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) press, archival documents, and oral histories, Sephardic Jews in America offers the first book-length academic treatment of their history in the United States, from 1654 to the present, focusing on the age of mass immigration.
The Sephardim of England: A History of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community 1492-1951 (Routledge Library Editions: Jewish History and Identity)
by Albert M. HyamsonOriginally published in 1951, this book explores the development in England of the Sephardi branch of the Jewish community, the co-heirs, with their kinsmen in Holland, in Italy, in North America and in the Middle East, of the Golden Age of Jewish history in Spain. Based on archival history from within the community, it was the first full-length history of the Sephardi community in England and describes how this little Jewish community, the first in England since the Middle Ages, grew, prospered and contributed the wealth and influence of London, and eventually producing in Disraeli one of England’s greatest Prime Ministers.
Sephardism: Spanish Jewish History and the Modern Literary Imagination
by Yael Halevi-WiseIn this book, Sephardism is defined not as an expression of Sephardic identity but as a politicized literary metaphor. Since the nineteenth century, this metaphor has occurred with extraordinary frequency in works by authors from a variety of ethnicities, religions, and nationalities in Europe, the Americas, North Africa, Israel, and even India. Sephardismasks why Gentile and Jewish writers and cultural figures have chosen to draw upon the medieval Sephardic experience to express their concerns about dissidents and minorities in modern nations? To what extent does their use of Sephardism overlap with other politicized discourses such as orientalism, hispanism, and medievalism, which also emerged from a clash between authoritarian, progressive, and romantic ideologies? This book brings a new approach to Sephardic Studies by situating it at a crossroads between Jewish Studies and Hispanic Studies in ways that enhance our appreciation of how historical fiction and political history have shaped, and were shaped by, historical attitudes toward Jews and their representation.
Sepher Rezial Hemelach
by Steve SavedowThe long-awaited first English translation from ancient Hebrew of the rare and complete 1701 Amsterdam edition, of this famous magical text. According to Hebrew legend, the Sepher Rezial was given to Adam in the Garden of Eden, by the hand of God. The myth suggests that this diverse compendium of ancient Hebrew lore was the first book ever written. Includes an explanatory text on the holy names of God, the divisions of Heaven and Hell, and the names and hierarchy of the angels and spirits.
A September Bride (A Year of Weddings Novella)
by Kathryn SpringerA year&’s worth of novellas from twelve inspirational romance authors. Happily ever after guaranteed.When Annie moves to Red Leaf, she&’s ready to call the little town home. But one handsome, suspicious policeman is ready to stand in her way . . . even if it means walking her down the aisle first.All Annie Price has ever wanted is a place to call home. So when an online friend offers her a fresh start managing a little bookstore in Red Leaf, Wisconsin, Annie packs her bags and waves goodbye to her former lonely life.Deputy Jesse Kent can&’t believe his mother has handed the keys to her bookshop over to a woman she met on the internet. Annie might be vivacious, smart as a whip, and beautiful—ahem—but what do they really know about her? Jesse has seen his mother taken advantage of before, and he decides to keep a close eye on this Annie Price. But when a close eye turns into a historical wedding reenactment with Jesse and Annie as the couple, make-believe nuptials quickly give way to real-life emotions. As the wedding approaches and Annie and Jesse&’s secrets come to light, the deputy has to face the truth: this wedding may have started as a ploy, but he wants to make Annie his September bride . . . for real.
September Love
by Virginia MyersBliss. That’s what Beth Colby thought of her new life and second throw at love. A widow, at fifty she’d met strong, handsome Doug Colby, and he’d swept her into his arms…and right into the chapel. Now she counted her blessings every day.So when another blessing—three-year-old Adam, Doug’s grandson—suddenly arrived needing a temporary home, she lovingly welcomed him. As the confused but precious tyke’s situation turned dire, Beth knew her love and strength would be tested. With the Lord’s help, she and her beloved would make sure little Adam received the love he deserved. But was her tranquil September marriage ready for a rambunctious—and permanent—addition?
El séptimo sentido
by Guy LozierAprende a crear tu realidad conscientemente. Aprende a utilizar herramientas especiales para cambiar tu vida, para vivir tu vida creando eventos placenteros y armoniosos. Aprende a desarrollar tu séptimo sentido para traspasar la interferencia normal que limita a tu conciencia. Sin duda este es uno de los libros más poderosos del planeta. Una historia real que abre los ojos del lector hacia un conocimiento secreto poderoso. Se comparten herramientas que le permitirán a los individuos cambiar la realidad mientas de aproxima desde el futuro para crear eventos más placenteros y armoniosos y poder vivir una vida más placentera en el ahora. "El conocimiento que se libera en este libro está diseñado para empoderar al individuo y ayudarlo a desarrollar el séptimo sentido. No leas este libro si no quieres ver lo que hay detrás de la realidad. Todo cambiará tras leer este libro si sigues las instrucciones minuciosamente. Es inevitable. Nadie pasa la otro lado y queda indemne. Así de poderoso es este libro".
The Septuagint and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria: A Study in the Narrative of the 'Letter of Aristeas'
by Sylvie HonigmanThe Letter of Aristeas tells the story of how Ptolemy Philadelphus of Egypt commissioned seventy scholars to translate the Hebrew Bible into Greek. Long accepted as a straightforward historical account of a cultural enterprise in Ptolemaic Alexandria, the Letter nevertheless poses serious interpretative problems. Sylvie Honigman argues that the Letter should not be regarded as history, but as a charter myth for diaspora Judaism. She expounds its generic affinities with other works on Jewish history from Ptolemaic Alexandria, and argues that the process of translation was simultaneously a process of establishing an authoritative text, comparable to the work on the text of Homer being carried out by contemporary Greek scholars.The Letter of Aristeas is among the most intriguing literary productions of Ptolemaic Alexandria, and this is the first book-length study to be devoted to it.
Sequins and Spurs
by Cheryl St. JohnRITA Award-Nominated Author: She’s home in Nebraska after eight long years—but has she lost her last chance at redemption?Singer Ruby Dearing is tired of life on the stage and yearns for a place to belong. She returns home to beg forgiveness from her mother and sister, only to find stubborn Nash Sommerton—her sister’s widower—in charge. Ruby is heartbroken to learn that during her eight years away, she has lost her dearest loved ones. She doesn’t want to lose her home too . . .Nash is prepared to fight this unruly beauty for his ranch, but Ruby amazes him with her determination to restore the house to the home it once was. Can he persuade Ruby to forgive herself and see the second chance they’ve both been given?Praise for Cheryl St. John“Cheryl St. John gives testimony to the blessings of family and to the healing powers of love.” —Romantic Times“A style reminiscent of LaVyrle Spencer’s earliest books.” —Linda Howard, New York Times–bestselling author of The Woman Left Behind
Ser Fructífero: Cómo Hacer tu Labor
by Christian MichaelLa vida no consiste en una serie de actividades. La vida responde a principios antes que a creencias. El hecho de que tú creas en algo no da automáticamente por resultado que logres eso. No todos los que creen en la riqueza con el tiempo se vuelven ricos. Y no todos los que trabajaron duro para lograr algo finalmente lo obtienen. Los deseos hacen muy poco por obtener el resultado deseado. Cuando el deseo se acopla a la acción, se alcanza un progreso, pero los resultados no quedan garantizados. Las variables para los resultados consisten no solo en deseos y acción, sino en deseos y la acción adecuada. Es como decir, “Nadie llega al destino correcto mientras se encabece en la dirección equivocada”.
Ser Luz: Brillar con la belleza, la verdad y la esperanza de Dios en un mundo oscuro
by Roma Downey Samuel Rodriguez“Para todos nosotros, Él es un hermoso recordatorio de que cuando compartimos el mensaje de Jesús, las velas de otros se encienden y cada vez más oscuridad se borra del mundo. Nuestro deseo es que este excelente libro inspire a millones de personas —incluido tú— a Ser Luz ”. —Roma Downey, productora y actrizEl plan para superar la oscuridad y vivir en la luz de Dios Nuestro mundo cada día es más complicado. Sentimos como si nos ahogáramos en un mar de codicia, violencia y lujuria. A medida que la oscuridad avanza, la esperanza se oscurece. Sin embargo, dentro de esa realidad, Dios nos da un mandato profundo... Ser Luz La luz siempre a definido a Dios y a sus seguidores. En el momento de la Creación, Dios creo la luz. Jesús es la luz del mundo. Y todos nacemos para absorber y después reflejar la luz de Dios. En Ser Luz Samuel Rodríguez —descrito por Fox News y CNN como “el líder Evangélico latino más influyente de los Estados Unidos”— nos ofrece un plan para enfrentarnos a la oscuridad en cada aspecto de nuestras vidas. Él llama a cada creyente y la iglesia a que se levanten y una vez más sean esa ciudad brillante en la colina que no sólo expone la oscuridad invasora, sino que la vence con la luz ardiente de Dios.
Ser luz: Brillar con la belleza, la verdad y la esperanza de Dios en un mundo oscuro
by Samuel RodríguezNuestro mundo se siente cada día más como si nos ahogáramos en un mar agitado lleno de codicia, violencia y lujuria. A medida que la oscuridad avanza, la esperanza se oscurece. Sin embargo, dentro de esa realidad, Dios nos da un mandato profundo ... Ser Luz. La luz siempre ha definido a Dios y a sus seguidores. En la creación, Dios dió luz a la existencia. Jesús es la luz del mundo. Y nacimos para absorber y luego reflejar la luz de Dios. En Ser Luz, Samuel Rodríguez provee un plan para superar la oscuridad y vivir en la luz de Dios.
Ser Luz: Brillar Con La Belleza, La Verdad Y La Esperanza De Dios En Un Mundo Oscuro
by Samuel RodríguezPara todos nosotros, Él es un hermoso recordatorio de que cuando compartimos el mensaje de Jesús, las velas de otros se encienden y cada vez más oscuridad se borra del mundo. Nuestro deseo es que este excelente libro inspire a millones de personas incluido tú a Ser Luz . Roma Downey, productora y actriz El plan para superar la oscuridad y vivir en la luz de Dios Nuestro mundo cada día es más complicado. Sentimos como si nos ahogáramos en un mar de codicia, violencia y lujuria. A medida que la oscuridad avanza, la esperanza se oscurece. Sin embargo, dentro de esa realidad, Dios nos da un mandato profundo... Ser Luz La luz siempre a definido a Dios y a sus seguidores. En el momento de la Creación, Dios creo la luz. Jesús es la luz del mundo. Y todos nacemos para absorber y después reflejar la luz de Dios. En Ser Luz Samuel Rodríguez descrito por Fox News y CNN como el líder Evangélico latino más influyente de los Estados Unidos nos ofrece un plan paraenfrentarnos a la oscuridad en cada aspecto de nuestras vidas. Él llama a cada creyente y la iglesia a que se levanten y una vez más sean esa ciudad brillante en la colina que no sólo expone la oscuridad invasora, sino que la vence con la luz ardiente de Dios.
Sera Monastery
by José Cabezón Penpa DorjeeThe definitive history of Sera Monastery, one of the great monastic universities of Tibet, from its founding to the present.Founded in 1419, Sera Monastery was one of the three densas, the great seats of learning of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism. With over 9,000 monks in residence in 1959, it was the second largest monastery in the world. Throughout its history, Sera has produced some of Tibet&’s most important saints, scholars, and political leaders. The scholars José Cabezón and Penpa Dorjee begin Sera Monastery with the history of monasticism from the time of the Buddha through its early development in Tibet and then tell the 600-year story of Sera from its founding to the present. They recount how the monastery grew and evolved during the centuries, how it has fared under Chinese rule, and how it was transplanted in the Tibetan refugee camps of South India. We are introduced to some of Sera&’s most important lamas and hermits, as well as its curriculum, yearly calendar, the daily life of scholar monks, and the role Sera monks played in the political history of Tibet. Former Sera monks themselves, Cabezón and Dorjee demonstrate their firsthand knowledge of the monastery, its traditions, and daily life on every page. Scrupulously researched over decades, Sera Monastery is the most comprehensive history of a Tibetan monastery ever written in a Western language.
Seraph: The Guardian Angel
by James HicksIn this epic fantasy, humans and demons fight the ultimate war between good and evil. Ever since Lucifer fell from grace during the Great Rebellion, a need to regain power over all souls burned like mad within him. In the Kingdom of Darkness, he has the damned on his side. But his goal will not be achieved in Hell. It will not be won by invading Heaven. The war begins on Earth with the Chosen Ones. In New York, mild-mannered accountant John Summers finds his life irrevocably changed overnight. He&’s imbued with powers he can&’t explain, and struggling with forces he can&’t contain. Possessed, he can only fight. But it&’s given his life purpose. In Kansas, the widowed Andrea Lewis-Rose lives a quiet life. More than anything she wants a child. Her dreams are about to come true. Her nightmares, too. Unbeknownst to Andrea, she has been picked by Satan to bear his seed. Now, as two strangers become bound in a devilish conspiracy, and the hierarchy of Hell begins to shift, John and Andrea must come together as a force of goodness to outrun, outwit, and outlast their dark destiny.