The Religion of Main Street
Author : Percy Stickney Grant
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 10,74 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Christianity
ISBN :
Mecca and Main Street
Author : Geneive Abdo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0195332377
Book Description
Islam is Americas fastest growing religion, with more than six million Muslims in the United States, all living in the shadow of 9/11. Who are our Muslim neighbors? What are their beliefs and desires? How are they coping with life under the War on Terror? In Mecca and Main Street, noted author and journalist Geneive Abdo offers illuminating answers to these questions. Gaining unprecedented access to Muslim communities in America, she traveled across the country, visiting schools, mosques, Islamic centers, radio stations, and homes. She reveals a community tired of being judged by American perceptions of Muslims overseas and eager to tell their own stories. Abdo brings these stories vividly to life, allowing us to hear their own voices and inviting us to understand their hopes and their fears. Inspiring, insightful, tough-minded, and even-handed, this book will appeal to those curious (or fearful) about the Muslim presence in America. It will also be warmly welcomed by the Muslim community.
Main Street
Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : First Avenue Editions TM
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 30,82 MB
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1728468884
Book Description
Carol Milford dreams of living in a small, rural town. But Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, isn't the paradise she'd imagined. First published in 1920, this unabridged edition of the Sinclair Lewis novel is an American classic, considered by many to be his most noteworthy and lasting work. As a work of social satire, this complex and compelling look at small-town America in the early 20th century has earned its place among the classics.
God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy
Author : Mike Huckabee
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 21,13 MB
Release : 2015-01-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1466866713
Book Description
The New York Times bestseller from the conservative commentator and 2016 presidential candidate. In God, Guns, Grits and Gravy, Mike Huckabee explores today’s fractious American culture, where divisions of class, race, politics, religion, gender, age, and other fault lines make polite conversation dicey, if not downright dangerous. As Huckabee notes, the differences between the “Bubble-villes” of the big power centers and the “Bubba-villes” where most people live are profound, provocative, and sometimes pretty funny. Here, Huckabee takes on government bailouts, politician pig-outs, and popular culture provocations from Jay-Z and Beyoncé to Honey Boo-Boo and Duck Dynasty. The former Arkansas Governor also discusses gun rights, gay marriage, the decline of patriotism, and the mainstream media’s contempt for those who cherish a faith-based life. The trouble with Democrats, the even bigger trouble with Republicans, our national security complex, and how our Constitution is eroding under our noses.
Main Street
Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 22,92 MB
Release : 2011-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1616140488
Book Description
Carol Milford is a free-spirited young woman who marries Will Kennicott, a small-town doctor. After they marry, Will convinces Carol to move to his home town of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota. Unimpressed by the backwardness of the town, Carole embarks on a crusade of civic reform that is not received welcomingly. This text is highly recommended for fans and collectors of Lewis's work, and it would make for a great addition to any bookshelf. Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He became the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.
Missing on Main Street
Author : Sarah Hualde
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 18,77 MB
Release : 2019-08-11
Category :
ISBN : 9781393250937
Book Description
If you disappeared would anyone even notice? Are you looking for an exciting and uplifting Christian mystery? Then get ready to stay up late with this fast-paced and fun small town series featuring the moms of Honey Pot. Lydia rounds up her gal pals to hunt for her missing student. Can they keep her safe? Or will they find her too late? Join the search today. Cozy up with this faith-building mystery series. You won't want to miss a single clue.
Building Faith
Author : Robert E. Brenneman
Publisher :
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 26,47 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0190883448
Book Description
The social sciences have largely ignored the role of physical buildings in shaping the social fabric of communities and groups. Although the emerging field of the sociology of architecture has started to pay attention to physical structures, Brenneman and Miller are the first to combine the light of sociological theory and the empirical method in order to understand the impact of physical structures on the religious groups that build, transform, and maintain them. Building Faith explores the social impact of religious buildings in places as diverse as a Chicago suburb and a Guatemalan indigenous Mayan village, all the while asking the questions, "How does space shape community?" and "How do communities shape the spaces that speak for them?"
Jesus on Main Street
Author : David E. Kresta
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 18,3 MB
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1725275163
Book Description
God loves just economies, but sadly the invisible hand of the market has chiseled huge cracks in our communities. Fortunately, Jesus announced freedom for the poor and oppressed, and by taking on his mantle we have a role to play in helping establish just economies here and now! Jesus on Main Street provides church leaders and church planters with a broad overview of Community Economic Development (CED), with practical steps to lead your church in following Jesus into those cracks. You’ll be equipped with the CED “toolkit” including microbusinesses, makerspaces, business incubators, worker cooperatives, workforce development, commercial district revitalization, locality development, anchor institutions, and accountable development. A robust assessment and planning guide specifically for churches will help you create a collaborative CED strategy rooted in God’s love for people and justice. For churches looking to bring healing to their local economies, CED builds capacity for long-term equitable economic growth, catalyzing a movement of business creation, employment, and job creation that does not leave anybody behind. This is the promise and challenge of CED as we follow Jesus down Main Street and explore what good news for local economies looks like!
Main Street
Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : New York : Harcourt, Brace, 1921 [c1920]
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 21,61 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
"This is America-a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves." So Sinclair Lewis-recipient of the Nobel Prize and rejecter of the Pulitzer-prefaces his novel Main Street. Lewis is brutal in his depictions of the self-satisfied inhabitants of small-town America, a place which proves to be merely an assemblage of pretty surfaces, strung together and ultimately empty.
Red Man's America
Author : Ruth Murray Underhill
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 36,86 MB
Release : 1971-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226841656
Book Description
A comprehensive study of the history and cultural traditions of the North American Indians. from pre-history to the present.
