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War and moral dissonance
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Peter A. French |
"This collection of essays, inspired by the author's experience teaching ethics to Marine and Navy chaplains during the Iraq War, examines the moral and psychological dilemmas posed by war. The first… |
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To renew America
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Newt Gingrich |
Many people in government and the media tried to stop the publication of this book so that you could not read it. But now you can. On November 9, 1994, for the first time in forty years, the Republic… |
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Skipping Towards Gomorrah
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Dan Savage |
In Skipping Towards Gomorrah, Dan Savage eviscerates the right-wing conservatives as he commits each of the Seven Deadly Sins himself (or tries to) and finds those everyday Americans who take particu… |
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Desire and duty at Oneida
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Robert S. Fogarty,Tirzah Miller Herrick |
Tirzah Miller relates the story of her life in the Oneida Community including her sexual relations with her uncle,John Humphrey Noyes.
Contains primary source material. |
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We believe the children
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Richard Beck |
"During the 1980s in California, New Jersey, and New York, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Ohio, and elsewhere, daycare workers were arrested, charged, tried, and convicted of… |
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Race and morality
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Melvyn L. Fein |
"This book attempts to explain why it has been so difficult to solve America's racial problems as the country has moved from what the author describes as a closed caste to an open class society. The … |
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Losing our virtue
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David F. Wells |
In Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover Its Moral Vision, theologian David Wells argues that the Church is in danger of losing its moral authority to speak to a culture whose moral fabric i… |
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Hellfire nation
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James A. Morone |
"The American Constitution firmly separates church and state. Yet religion lies at the heart of American polities. How did America become a nation with the soul of a church? In Hellfire Nation, James… |
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Hiroshima in America
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Robert Jay Lifton,Greg Mitchell,Greg Mitchell,Robert Jay Lifton |
A study of the events surrounding the Hiroshima bombing focuses on its effects in America, considering the cover-up efforts by the government and linking the bombing to current insensitivities toward… |
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The Culture of Narcissism
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Christopher Lasch |
Here is a penetrating view of the narcissistic personality of our time. Liberated from the superstitions of the past, it embraces new cults, only to discover that emancipation from ancient taboos bri… |
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Not in front of the children
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Marjorie Heins |
"In Not in Front of the Children, Marjorie Heins explores the fascinating history of "indecency" laws and other restrictions aimed at protecting youth. From Plato's argument for rigid censorship, thr… |
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American rhapsody
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Joe Eszterhas |
The setting . . .Washington, Hollywood, and the landscape of the American Republic.The writer . . . Joe Eszterhas, ex-Rolling Stone reporter, National Book Award nominee for Charlie Simpson's Apocaly… |
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The hero's journey toward a second American century
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Michael E. Salla |
"The hero's journey is a process of (re)discovery of the principles that make up the national identity of a country. These principles must then be applied in the formulation and implementation of for… |
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The sex radicals
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Hal D. Sears |
Describes the efforts at sex reform and the reaction to the Comstock Laws in the United States during the late 1800's. |
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Something for Nothing
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Jackson Lears,T. J. Jackson Lears |
Offers a thoroughly researched discussion of how luck, chance, and gambling have shaped and defined the national character of America, even while conventional wisdom has dictated that perseverance, i… |
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