Faith, Fatherland and the Norwegian Seaman
Author : Virginia Hoel
Publisher : Uitgeverij Verloren
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 44,44 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Merchant mariners
ISBN : 9087045646
Great Christian Jurists in the Low Countries
Author : Wim Decock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 707 pages
File Size : 20,33 MB
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 1108575064
Book Description
What impact has Christianity had on law and policies in the Lowlands from the eleventh century through the end of the twentieth century? Taking the gradual 'secularization' of European legal culture as a framework, this volume explores the lives and times of twenty legal scholars and professionals to study the historical impact of the Christian faith on legal and political life in the Low Countries. The process whereby Christian belief systems gradually lost their impact on the regulation of secular affairs passed through several stages, not in the least the Protestant Reformation, which led to the separation of the Low Countries in a Protestant North and a Catholic South in the first place. The contributions take up general issues such as the relationship between justice and mercy, Christianity and politics as well as more technical topics of state-church law, criminal law and social policy.
Norwegian Shipping in the 20th Century
Author : Stig Tenold
Publisher : Springer
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 12,68 MB
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Economic theory. Demography
ISBN : 3319956396
Book Description
This book is open access under a CC BY NC ND 4.0 license. This open access book discusses how Norwegian shipping companies played a crucial role in global shipping markets in the 20th century, at times transporting more than ten per cent of world seaborne trade. Chapters explore how Norway managed to remain competitive, despite being a high labour-cost country in an industry with global competition. Among the features that are emphasised are market developments, business strategies and political decisions The Norwegian experience was shaped by the main breaking points in 20th century world history, such as the two world wars, and by long-term trends, such as globalization and liberalization. The shipping companies introduced technological and organizational innovations to build or maintain a competitive advantage in a rapidly changing world. The growing importance of offshore petroleum exploration in the North Sea from the 1970s was both a threat and an opportunity to the shipping companies. By adapting both business strategies and the political regime to the new circumstances, the Norwegian shipping sector managed to maintain a leading position internationally.
Care, Healing, and, Human Well-Being within Interreligious Discourses
Author : Helmut Weiss
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 17,94 MB
Release : 2021-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1928314953
Book Description
Care, Healing, and Human Well-Being within Interreligious Discourses is an edited, peer reviewed volume of global perspectives on interreligious approaches to healing and well-being by 23 academics and practitioners from five different faith practices and 13 different cultures. With chapters by counsellors, chaplains, religious thinkers and linguists, the multifaceted nature of the volume provides an expansive approach to spiritual care and counselling. In order to understand the ways in which interreligious encounters can have an enriching effect on our humanity, the volume is divided into four sections that address: methodological questions surrounding spiritual caregiving, perspectives of different faith traditions on care and healing, the challenges to the praxis of care in diverse cultural and political settings and, finally, how spiritual care and healing can be carried out in public places such as the police, the military, and hospitals. The book is an outgrowth of 25 years of experience within the Society for Interreligious Care and Counselling (SIPCC) to promote better understanding and practices of intercultural and interreligious spiritual caregiving.
Politics and the Slavic Languages
Author : Tomasz Kamusella
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 27,14 MB
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1000395995
Book Description
During the last two centuries, ethnolinguistic nationalism has been the norm of nation building and state building in Central Europe. The number of recognized Slavic languages (in line with the normative political formula of language = nation = state) gradually tallied with the number of the Slavic nation-states, especially after the breakups of Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. But in the current age of borderless cyberspace, regional and minority Slavic languages are freely standardized and used, even when state authorities disapprove. As a result, since the turn of the 19th century, the number of Slavic languages has varied widely, from a single Slavic language to as many as 40. Through the story of Slavic languages, this timely book illustrates that decisions on what counts as a language are neither permanent nor stable, arguing that the politics of language is the politics in Central Europe. The monograph will prove to be an essential resource for scholars of linguistics and politics in Central Europe.
A Norway Sailor's Life
Author : Nils G. Leer
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 10,58 MB
Release : 1907
Category :
ISBN :
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The United States Merchant Marine in World War I
Author : Greg H. Williams
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 48,71 MB
Release : 2017-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1476626723
Book Description
During World War I, the American Merchant Marine meant dangerous duty. Sailors on cargo ships faced the daily threat of enemy submarines, along with the usual hazards of life at sea, and help was rarely close enough for swift rescues. Pre-war shipping in America depended mainly on foreign vessels, but with the outbreak of war these were no longer available. Construction began quickly on new ships, most of which were not completed until long after the end of the war. Drawing on contemporary newspapers, magazines and trade publications, and Shipping Board, Department of Commerce and Coast Guard records, this book provides the first complete overview of the American Merchant Marine during World War I. Detailed accounts cover the expansion of trans-Atlantic shipping, shipbuilding records 1914-1918, operating companies, ship losses from enemy action, the role of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service and mariner experiences.
The Western Christian Advocate
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1726 pages
File Size : 50,65 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Cincinnati (Ohio)
ISBN :
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The Medical Missionary
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 29,8 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Medicine
ISBN :
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The Sailors' Magazine and Seamen's Friend
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 46,2 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Sailors
ISBN :
