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China Cry $9.02 THIS DVD can be played in ALL regions. Includes English, Spanish and Portuguese tracks with or without English subtitles. Her story is wrapped up within one of the most incredible marvels in all world history: how the Christian church survived under repressive atheistic communism in China. But it did more than survive. It thrived and multiplied. We can better understand these heroic Chinese C… |
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Stalingrad $19.69 Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 05/30/2006 Run time: 165 minutes… |
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The SS Dirlewanger Brigade $22.95 The Dirlewanger Brigade was an anti-partisan unit of the Nazi army, reporting directly to Heinrich Himmler. The members of the brigade were released prisoners-including men who had been convicted of burglary, assault, murder, and rape-who were believed to have the skills necessary for hunting down and capturing partisan fighters in their camps in the forests of the Eastern Front. Under the leaders… |
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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies $7.24 Bartolome de Las Casas was the first and fiercest critic of Spanish colonialism in the New World. An early traveller to the Americas who sailed on one of Columbus’ voyages, Las Casas was so horrified by the wholesale massacre he witnessed that he dedicated his life to protecting the Indian community. He wrote “A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies” in 1542, a shocking catalogue of mass … |
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Everything You Know About God Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Religion (Disinformation Guides) $12.92 In the new mega-anthology from best-selling editor Russ Kick, more than fifty writers, reporters, and researchers invade the inner sanctum for an unrestrained look at the wild and wooly world of organized belief. Richard Dawkins shows us the strange, scary properties of religion; Neil Gaiman turns a biblical atrocity story into a comic (that almost sent a publisher to prison); Erik Davis looks at … |
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Ascribing Responsibility to Abortion and Other Atrocities/The Thief on The… $11.99 “A Book about Forgiveness… WHO NEEDS THIS BOOK? YOU; Family members…we have ALL failed in some way– Religious leaders and Politicians- you won’t like it, but you need it… The seasoned atheist- Are you ready for a run for your money? If you have just rolled your car, lost your job and missed the AA meeting…or if you have cheated, stole or lied recently, listen up. We are not really “Dummies,” YOU ARE MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD and only an occasional dummy. God does not make junk. The Bible tells us a child can understand …no Seminary degrees are required. However, the Bible also tells us “some” just won’t hear. You never know when one tiny piece of information can fit into the bigger puzzle and make a difference… So here we go, something more valuable than wealth, even health…GOT ETERNAL LIFE? D.J. Parsons is a retired Fashion Designer living in the Missouri Lake of the Ozarks with her husband, Wayne. After God closed the door to the business world to her she found herself in the ministry with a calling to write. D.J. is currently completing a Bible Degree with Liberty University’s Home Bible Study Program and working on her next writing project, The Murder of the Church Secretary, a fiction mystery thriller. She thanks and blesses those who have come into contact with this work to discuss vast controversial subjects and welcomes stories and comments of interest at harbingr@iland.net.” |
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Atrocities of the Orient $5.96 Atrocities of the Orient |
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Veiled Atrocities $17.86 Veiled Atrocities |
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Travel Writing and Atrocities $99.31 Travel Writing and Atrocities |
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Popish Arrogance And Atrocities $12.88 Popish Arrogance And Atrocities |
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Atrocities And International Accountabil $32 Atrocities And International Accountabil |
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German Atrocities, Their Nature And Philosophy $18.2 German Atrocities, Their Nature And Philosophy |
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Turkey And The Armenian Atrocities $30.32 Turkey And The Armenian Atrocities |
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Christian Jihad $13.29 In this immensely relevant book, two former Muslims–who are seminary professors and best-selling, award-winning authors–examine the impact of Christian atrocities on modern personal and cultural … |
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King Sham, And Other Atrocities In Verse; $17.44 King Sham, And Other Atrocities In Verse; |
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An Assessment of Contemporary Models of Forgiveness $71.95 This book examines recent psychological and theological models of forgiveness and introduces the concept of communal forgiveness nurtured and mediated through the community of faith. The psychological models are generally individualistic in nature and are concerned with the psychological wellbeing of the victims. The theological models of forgiveness emphasize the importance of interpersonal forgiveness as a Christian witness in the imitation of God’s forgiveness. The foundation of the theological models is the Triune God who through the cross of Christ forgave the sins of the ungodly. The introductory chapter addresses the context, importance, thesis, and methodology of this study. The context for this study is the Rwandan genocide of 1994 when the former Hutu Rwandan army and the militia Interahamwe massacred about one million of innocent Tutsis and moderate Hutus in a period of one hundred days. In the reprisals that followed the genocide, the then Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) whose majority were Tutsis, committed atrocities and adopted indiscriminate measures against the Hutu population especially in the northwestern part of the country. Thousands of innocent Hutu civilians were massacred with a pretext that they were harboring or collaborating with the Interahamwe militia. In December 1997, members of my immediate and extended family, neighbors, and many members of my former congregation were massacred in their farms, during their prayer meetings, and in their homes. Some of the bodies are alleged to have been burned while others were buried in hidden mass graves to conceal the atrocities. Group pride, collective guilt, communal evil, and shared responsibilities of the Hutu and Tutsi communities in Rwanda are the context of this study. Chapter two sets the tone by providing definitions and meaning of forgiveness from the psychological and theological fields. Chapter three examines contemporary psychological models of forgiveness. This portion of the study |
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Chris Marker $22 Having spearheaded the bourgeoning Nouvelle Vague scene in the late 1950s and developed a distinctive style involving still images, Chris Marker (born Christian Franois Bouche-Villeneuve) stands among the most influential filmmakers of the postwar era, yet remains enigmatic. His notorious reclusiveness has led to surprisingly few studies, and Nora M. Alter’s Chris Marker presents the first English-language study of the director. Marker’s 1953 debut filmic essay, The Statues Also Die (with Alain Resnais) exposed the European art market’s complicity in the former Belgian Congo atrocities, and provided a bold model for other politically committed filmmakers. Thus began Marker’s long struggle against global injustice, a trajectory that included his involvement with Night and Fog, La Jetee, Le Joli Mai, Far from Vietnam, Le fond du l’air est Rouge, and Prime Time in the Camps. Alter’s careful study includes interviews with the director and investigates the core themes and motivations behind an often unpredictable and transnational career that defies easy classification. |
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Christian Jihad: Two Former Muslims Look at the Crusades and Killing in the Name of Christ $12.99 Caner/Christian Jihad BCC Jihad- For the Western world the word evokes images of mass slaughter, forced religious conversions, and crimes against humanity. But what most Christians forget is that jihad (holy war) also plays a major role in Christianity’s own dark history. In this explosive and controversial book, the Caner brothers-two former Muslims, now staunch evangelical professors-shine the light of truth on Christians killing in the name of their God. These award-winning authors examine the impact of Christian atrocities on modern personal, cultural, and even international relations, question popular views of just war, and challenge each of us to face our past and redeem our future. The Caner brothers are on the cutting edge of the cultural dialogue. -Ann Coulter author, Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right This important book marks one of the first forays by Evangelicals into these thorny issues. . . . Highly recommended. -Philip L. Barclift, PhD Seattle University Ergun Mehmet Caner (Th.D., University of South Africa) is currently professor of Theology and Church History at Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va. Emir Fethi Caner (Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington) is currently associate professor of Church History and Anabaptist Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N. C. They are co-authors of More Than a Prophet as well as the award-winning and best-selling Unveiling Islam. During their years as pastors and now as professors, Ergun and Emir have lectured on apologetics, world religions, and theology across the world and have been interviewed on NPR, CNN, The 700 Club, and the BBC, among many others. |
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Christian Missionaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: William Henry Sheppard $10 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Reverend William Henry Sheppard (18651927) was one of the earliest African Americans to become a missionary for the Presbyterian Church. He spent 20 years in Africa, primarily in and around the Congo Free State, and is best known for his efforts to publicize the atrocities committed against the Kuba and other Congolese peoples by King Leopold II’s Force Publique. Sheppard’s efforts contributed to the contemporary debate on European colonialism and imperialism in the region, particularly amongst those of the African American community. However, it has been noted that he traditionally received little attention in literature on the subject. Sheppard was born in Waynesboro, Virginia on March 8, 1865, to William Henry Sheppard, Sr. and Fannie Frances Sheppard (née Martin), a free “dark mulatto”, a month before the end of the American Civil War. No records exist to confirm William Sr.’s status as a slave or freedman, but it has been speculated that he may have been among the slaves forced to serve the Confederacy as Union troops marched upon the South. William Sr. was a barber, and the family has been described as the closest to middle class that blacks could have achieved given the time and place. At age twelve, William Jr. became a stable boy for a white family several miles away while continuing to attend school; he remembered his two-year stay fondly and maintained written correspondence with the family for many years. Sheppard next worked as a waiter to put himself through the newly created Hampton Institute, where Booker T. Washington was among his instructors in a program that allowed students to work during the day and attend classes at night. A significant influence on his appreciation for native cultures was the “Curiosity Room”, in whi… More: |
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Civil War In Lebanon, 1975-92 $137 With a nominal Christian majority, Lebanon has suffered not only periods of civil war and internal infighting, but also invasions by Palestinians, Syrians, and Israelis. This book tells the story of a 16-year-long civil war (1975-1992) noted for massacres, treachery, atrocities, kidnapping, assassination, changing alliances of convenience, and invasions. |
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Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-92 $137 With a nominal Christian majority, Lebanon has suffered not only periods of civil war and internal infighting, but also invasions by Palestinians, Syrians, and Israelis. This book tells the story of a 16-year-long civil war (1975-1992) noted for massacres, treachery, atrocities, kidnapping, assassination, changing alliances of convenience, and invasions. |
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Crimes Against India $17.48 India has one of the oldest and most dynamic cultures in the world. Yet, many people do not know of the countless attacks, wars, atrocities, and sacrifices that Indian people have undergone to protect and preserve their country and spiritual tradition over the centuries. Neither do many people know of the numerous ways in which this profound heritage is being attacked and threatened today, and what we can do about it. Therefore, we should carefully understand: How there is presently a war against Hinduism and its yoga culture. The weaknesses of India that allowed invaders to conquer her. Lessons from India’s real history that should not be forgotten. The atrocities committed by the Muslim invaders, and how they tried to destroy Vedic culture and its many temples, and slaughtered thousands of Indian Hindus. How the British viciously exploited India and its people for its resources. How the cruelest of all Christian Inquisitions in Goa tortured and killed thousands of Hindus. Action plans for preserving and strengthening Vedic India today. How all Hindus and concerned people must stand up and be strong for protecting the universal spiritual traditions of Vedic culture. |
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Death’s Dream Kingdom $31 Davis writes with fervor, vision, and keen moral appreciation of our condition. He encourages us to see what we fear to see, to say what we fear to say. This book is illuminating, challenging, fierce. Michael Eigen, author of The Sensitive Self, Rage, Ecstasy, Toxic Nourishment, Damaged Bonds andThe Psychoanalytic Mystic Why is fear a dominant emotion in contemporary society? Why are politicians using words like ‘terror’, ‘evil’ and ‘fundamentalism’, and what effect is it having on public consciousness? Answering these questions, Walter A. Davis taps into the cultural psyche to explore the link between ideology and emotional and psychological manipulation. Starting with the three topics that have preoccupied social discourse since 9-11 — terror, evil and fundamentalism — he shows that the Bush administration has been hugely successful in controlling and developing a new political climate through the creation of an almost hypnotic mass consciousness. Davis’s findings take us to the heart of the ideological paralysis of the Left, while offering an innovative approach to understanding contemporary history. Davis fuses a psychoanalytic and philosophical framework to explain the relation between culture and political events, from the sado-masochist hysteria of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ’ to the atrocities at Abu Ghraib prison; and from the genocidal use of depleted uranium in Iraq to the apocalyptic language driving the Christian Right’s assault on basic human rights. He exposes the motives and belief-systems of this new American psyche and shows how it sustains the Bush administration’s agenda. Illuminating how psychological needs govern political action, Davis reveals why the relationship between politics and public consciousness has massive implications for all of us beyond America’s borders. Walter A. Davis is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at Ohio State University. He is the author of six previous books, inclu |
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Death’s Dream Kingdom: The American Psyche Since 9-11 $4.65 Why is fear a dominant emotion in contemporary society? Why are politicians using words like ‘terror’, ‘evil’ and ‘fundamentalism’, and what effect is it having on public consciousness?Answering these questions, Walter A. Davis taps into the cultural psyche to explore the link between ideology and emotional and psychological manipulation. Starting with the three topics that have preoccupied social discourse since 9-11 — terror, evil and fundamentalism — he shows that the Bush administration has been hugely successful in controlling and developing a new political climate through the creation of an almost hypnotic mass consciousness. Davis’s findings take us to the heart of the ideological paralysis of the Left, while offering an innovative approach to understanding contemporary history.Davis fuses a psychoanalytic and philosophical framework to explain the relation between culture and political events, from the sado-masochist hysteria of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ’ to the atrocities at Abu Ghraib prison; and from the genocidal use of depleted uranium in Iraq to the apocalyptic language driving the Christian Right’s assault on basic human rights. He exposes the motives and belief-systems of this new American psyche and shows how it sustains the Bush administration’s agenda. Illuminating how psychological needs govern political action, Davis reveals why the relationship between politics and public consciousness has massive implications for all of us beyond America’s borders. |
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Hitler, The Holocaust, And The Bible $23.61 In this updated edition, author Joseph Keysor addresses the growing trend among secularists to label Hitler as a Christian and therefore attribute the atrocities of the second world war to the Christian religion. Keysor does not settle for simply contrasting the Nazis’ behavior with the Biblical record. He also examines the true sources of Nazi ideology which are anything but Christian: Wagner, Chamberlain, Haeckel, and Nietzsche, to name a few. Keysor does not shy away from discussing Christian anti-semitism (alleged and real) throughout history and discusses Martin Luther, medieval anti-semitism, and the behavior of the Roman Catholic church and other Christian denominations during the Holocaust in Germany.Joseph Keysor’s well reasoned, well researched, and comprehensive defense of the Christian faith against modern accusations is a useful tool for scholars, pastors, and educators who are interested in the truth. “Hitler and Christianity” is a necessity in one’s apologetics library, and secularists, skeptics, and atheists will be obliged to respond. |
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Hitler, The Holocaust, And The Bible $27.41 In this updated edition, author Joseph Keysor addresses the growing trend among secularists to label Hitler as a Christian and therefore attribute the atrocities of the second world war to the Christian religion. Keysor does not settle for simply contrasting the Nazis' behavior with the Biblical record. He also examines the true sources of Nazi ideology which are anything but Christian: Wagner, Chamberlain, Haeckel, and Nietzsche, to name a few. Keysor does not shy away from discussing Christian anti-semitism (alleged and real) throughout history and discusses Martin Luther, medieval anti-semitism, and the behavior of the Roman Catholic church and other Christian denominations during the Holocaust in Germany.Joseph Keysor's well reasoned, well researched, and comprehensive defense of the Christian faith against modern accusations is a useful tool for scholars, pastors, and educators who are interested in the truth. "Hitler and Christianity" is a necessity in one's apologetics library, and secularists, skeptics, and atheists will be obliged to respond. |
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Hitler, the Holocaust, and the Bible $7.99 In this updated edition, author Joseph Keysor addresses the growing trend among secularists to label Hitler as a Christian and therefore attribute the atrocities of the second world war to the Christian religion. Keysor does not settle for simply contrasting the Nazis’ behavior with the Biblical record. He also examines the true sources of Nazi ideology which are anything but Christian: Wagner, Chamberlain, Haeckel, and Nietzsche, to name a few. Keysor does not shy away from discussing Christian anti-semitism (alleged and real) throughout history and discusses Martin Luther, medieval anti-semitism, and the behavior of the Roman Catholic church and other Christian denominations during the Holocaust in Germany. Joseph Keysor’s well reasoned, well researched, and comprehensive defense of the Christian faith against modern accusations is a useful tool for scholars, pastors, and educators who are interested in the truth. “Hitler and Christianity” is a necessity in one’s apologetics library, and secularists, skeptics, and atheists will be obliged to respond. |
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Holy Horrors: An Illustrated History of Religious Murder and Madness $15.45 When you think of saints, you envision stained-glass pictures of piety. But the truth can be horribly different. Consider Saint Pius V: As Grand Inquisitor, he sent Catholic troops to kill 2,000 Waldensian Protestants in southern Italy. After becoming pope, he sent Catholic troops to kill Huguenot Protestants in France. Pius also launched the final crusade against Muslims, sending a Christian naval armada to slaughter thousands in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. And, he intensified the Roman Inquisition, torturing and burning Catholics whose beliefs varied from official dogma. After his death, Pius was canonized a saint. Heaven help us.Holy Horrors chronicles the grim spectrum of religious persecution from ancient times to the present, including such historic massacres as the Crusades, the Islamic jihads, the Catholic wars against heretics, the Inquisition, witch hunts, the Reformation, and such atrocities as the Holocaust, the seemingly insoluble Catholic-Protestant schism in Northern Ireland, religious tribalism in Lebanon, and the barbaric cruelty of the theocracy in Iran. The antique woodcuts, paintings, prints, and contemporary photographs that illustrate the book are at once gruesome and riveting.”At last, there is a book that crystallizes what so many have known in their hearts: religion is an incredibly divisive, destructive force.” -Outposts”Centuries of religious madness packed into one finely crafted, all-too-true horror story.” -Playboy”Probably the most comprehensive look ever taken at holy horrors, the book also deserves notice as an alternative history text. . . . Holy Horrors is not nice. But it contains facts which should not be forgotten or ignored.” -Humanist News (Great Britain) |
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Holy Horrors: An Illustrated History of Religious Murder and Madness $11.99 When you think of saints, you envision stained-glass pictures of piety. But the truth can be horribly different. Consider Saint Pius V: As Grand Inquisitor, he sent Catholic troops to kill 2,000 Waldensian Protestants in southern Italy. After becoming pope, he sent Catholic troops to kill Huguenot Protestants in France. Pius also launched the final crusade against Muslims, sending a Christian naval armada to slaughter thousands in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. And, he intensified the Roman Inquisition, torturing and burning Catholics whose beliefs varied from official dogma. After his death, Pius was canonized a saint. Heaven help us.Holy Horrors chronicles the grim spectrum of religious persecution from ancient times to the present, including such historic massacres as the Crusades, the Islamic jihads, the Catholic wars against heretics, the Inquisition, witch hunts, the Reformation, and such atrocities as the Holocaust, the seemingly insoluble Catholic-Protestant schism in Northern Ireland, religious tribalism in Lebanon, and the barbaric cruelty of the theocracy in Iran. The antique woodcuts, paintings, prints, and contemporary photographs that illustrate the book are at once gruesome and riveting.”At last, there is a book that crystallizes what so many have known in their hearts: religion is an incredibly divisive, destructive force.” -Outposts”Centuries of religious madness packed into one finely crafted, all-too-true horror story.” -Playboy”Probably the most comprehensive look ever taken at holy horrors, the book also deserves notice as an alternative history text. . . . Holy Horrors is not nice. But it contains facts which should not be forgotten or ignored.” -Humanist News (Great Britain) |
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Homosexuality and Civilization $8.71 How have major civilizations of the last two millennia treated people who were attracted to their own sex? In a narrative tour de force, Louis Crompton chronicles the lives and achievements of homosexual men and women alongside a darker history of persecution, as he compares the Christian West with the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome, Arab Spain, imperial China, and pre-Meiji Japan.Ancient Greek culture celebrated same-sex love in history, literature, and art, making high claims for its moral influence. By contrast, Jewish religious leaders in the sixth century B.C.E. branded male homosexuality as a capital offense and, later, blamed it for the destruction of the biblical city of Sodom. When these two traditions collided in Christian Rome during the late empire, the tragic repercussions were felt throughout Europe and the New World.Louis Crompton traces Church-inspired mutilation, torture, and burning of “sodomites” in sixth-century Byzantium, medieval France, Renaissance Italy, and in Spain under the Inquisition. But Protestant authorities were equally committed to the execution of homosexuals in the Netherlands, Calvin’s Geneva, and Georgian England. The root cause was religious superstition, abetted by political ambition and sheer greed. Yet from this cauldron of fears and desires, homoerotic themes surfaced in the art of the Renaissance masters—Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Sodoma, Cellini, and Caravaggio—often intertwined with Christian motifs. Homosexuality also flourished in the court intrigues of Henry III of France, Queen Christina of Sweden, James I and William III of England, Queen Anne, and Frederick the Great. Anti-homosexual atrocities committed in the West contrast starkly with the more tolerant traditions of pre-modern China and Japan, as revealed in poetry, fiction, and art and in the lives of emperors, shoguns, Buddhist priests, scholars, and actors. In the samurai tradition of Japan, Crompton makes clear, the |
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Improbable Heroes $16.74 Improbable Heroes is the true story of how Jews were saved by extraordinary acts of bravery by ordinary Italians and the clergy. The vain and often delusional Mussolini sought to ingratiate himself with Hitler by adopting Germany’s anti-Semitic programs and laws. Following the Italian leader’s overthrow and a German takeover of Italy, some Jewish leaders worked feverishly with the Catholic clergy and partisans to hide, disguise and spirit Jews out of the harm’s way. Catholic and Jewish artisans counterfeited false papers, baptismal certificates and ration cards; Jews were dressed as priests and nuns and hidden in convents, churches and abbeys-some even in the Vatican. The Germans, harassed by Christian and Jewish partisans, and furious at being unable to round up significant numbers of Jews, committed unspeakable atrocities against Italian citizens and clergy. Improbable Heroes traces the terrifying experiences of Jewish families, Italian and non-Italian, who dodged the Gestapo, traveled under false papers and disguise, and were hidden by brave priests, nuns and citizens, some right under the noses of the SS. Others were escorted as “pilgrims”-Jews dressed as priests-through German lines to safety by the gentle monks of St. Francis of Assisi.Improbable Heroes also explores how the plans of Pope Pius XI to condemn the Nazi persecution of the Jews were derailed by his untimely death and the ambivalence of his successor, Pope Pius XII, to condemn the Germans, but balanced by the aggressive efforts of some cardinals and bishops, when they ordered, sometimes in the pope’s name, Catholic clergy to assist Jews, and Catholic churches and convents to hidethem.As a result of acts of improbable heroes, over 85% of the Jews in Italy survived, a rate unmatched in any other German-occupied European country. This is their proud story. |
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Infidels $15.95 Here is the first panoptic history of the long struggle between the Christian West and Islam. In this dazzlingly written, acutely nuanced account, Andrew Wheatcroft tracks a deep fault line of animosity between civilizations. He begins with a stunning account of the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, then turns to the main zones of conflict: Spain, from which the descendants of the Moors were eventually expelled; the Middle East, where Crusaders and Muslims clashed for years; and the Balkans, where distant memories spurred atrocities even into the twentieth century. Throughout, Wheatcroft delves beneath stereotypes, looking incisively at how images, ideas, language, and technology (from the printing press to the Internet), as well as politics, religion, and conquest, have allowed each side to demonize the other, revive old grievances, and fuel across centuries a seemingly unquenchable enmity. Finally, Wheatcroft tells how this fraught history led to our present maelstrom. We cannot, he argues, come to terms with today’s perplexing animosities without confronting this dark past. From the Hardcover edition. |
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Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics: Spring/Summer 2005 $42.99 Ideals and Injuries: The Denial of Difference in the Construction of Christian Family Ideals byGloria H. Albrecht; The Religious Dimension of Ordinary Human Emotions by Diana Fritz Cates; Because . . . Justifying Law/Rationalizing Ethics byJonathan K. Crane; Self-Interest, Deprivation, and Agency: Expanding the Capabilities Approach by Douglas A. Hicks; Mapping ‘Whiteness’ by Alex Mikulich; The Persistence of Injustice: Challenging Some Dominant Assumptions by Joe Pettit; Women, Beauty, and Justice: Moving Beyond von Balthasar by Susan A. Ross; Ethics, Law, Economics: Legal Regulation of Corporate Responsibility by Jonathan Rothchild; Touch on Trial: Power and the Right to Physical Affection by Christina Traina; Humanities and Atrocities by Sumner B. Twiss; and Humanities and Atrocities: A Response to Twiss by Paul Lauritzen. |
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Kingdom of Heaven $19.95 From the Publisher: With films like Gladiator, Blade Runner, and Black Hawk Down, director Ridley Scott has shown his mastery of cinematic storytelling that is epic in dimension but with a deeply personal core. In Kingdom of Heaven, he turns to the Crusades that world-shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East to frame the tale of a young Frenchman who defies all odds to become a knight, then lives out what that glorious title really means. I’d always wanted to make a movie about knights and medieval times, the Crusades especially, says Scott. Historically, the knight like the cowboy or the policeman has given us great opportunities to tell stories about a hero. With the cry God wills it! Pope Urban II in 1095 urged Christian Europe into a frenzy to reclaim the holy city of Jerusalem, conquered by Muslim armies that swept through the Middle East in the 7th century. Thousands answered the call, from kings to peasants, and in the ensuing waves of war ancient cities fell to bloody sieges, Christian kingdoms were founded in the Holy Land, and unspeakable atrocities were committed on both sides. Between the Second and Third Crusades, however, two visionary leaders King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and the Saracen general Saladin forged a short-lived peace amid the carnage. Drawn into this immense drama is the young blacksmith Balian (Orlando Bloom). Fleeing his village under a death sentence, and fleeing his own demons as well, Balian joins forces with a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson), who swears him to serve King Baldwin and up-hold the truce that fragile kingdom of heaven. On reaching the Holy Land, Balian falls under the spell of the king’s sister, Sibylla (Eva Green), and becomes embroiled in a struggle for the kingdom’s soul, as the dying king is assailed by extremists bent on war. Ultimately, Balian must choose between his love and his sense of knightly honor. And when Jerusalem faces its greatest |
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Kingdom of Heaven: The Ridley Scott Film and the History Behind the Story $12.88 Ridley Scott’s previous films have demonstrated his mastery of cinematic storytelling that is epic in dimension but with a deeply personal, human core. In Kingdom of Heaven, he turns to the Crusades–that world-shaping 300-year collision between Europe and the East. A millennium ago, Pope Urban II urged the nobility of Christian Europe into a frenzy to reclaim the holy city of Jerusalem, conquered by Muslim armies that swept through the Middle East in the 7th century. Thousands answered the call, from kings to peasants, and in the ensuing waves of war ancient cities fell to bloody sieges, Christian kingdoms were founded in the Holy Land, Jerusalem was retaken and lost again, and unspeakable atrocities were committed on both sides. Early in the Crusades, however, two visionary leaders–King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and the Saracen general Saladin–forged a brief, shining era of peace amid the carnage. Drawn into this immense drama is a young blacksmith, Balian (Orlando Bloom), newly claimed as the son of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson), who inherits his father’s lands and title and finds himself at the center of a political crusade for the kingdom’s soul. Ridley Scott and the veteran production team with whom he worked on Gladiator–including the same production designer, art and costume directors, and cinematographer–surpass all their earlier achievements in creating historical worlds onscreen. This official companion book chronicles their achievements in building astounding sets on locations in Morocco and Spain, peopling them with a brilliant international cast and thousands of extras, and then seamlessly merging filmed action with the latest special effects technology and re-creation of authentic period weapons–along with the casting, story-crafting, editing, and scoring that make a Ridley Scott epic so satisfying to filmgoers on all levels. |
Christian Atrocities
Why do Christians believe that evolution makes people want to commit atrocities?
Is it not true that one becomes more secular, more compassion and are useful to our fellow men and children? We did it the way thousands of years, religious and racial but bloody cruelty and intolerance. Why say that the basic principles of Hitler hated the Jews in evolution as it could be an "inferior race" – when Christians practice the theory itself hundreds of years – slavery, hello!? genocide against the "savages" in the United States, and the Crusades with the Arabs. Christain why not admit that they have become a better world more understanding and compassion for people of science and secularism? – If it were called "Christians" – such as race in the south, we would still be chained to N ***** s!
We have not improved. We are the same, just modernized cruelty taken place. For example, look at your attitude towards people with religion. Many innocent people among them. Someone said that Hitler was a good Catholic. This was certainly a good thing. What he did was an abomination to any faith. In fact, he hated Catholics and put 2 million of them to death too.
No Christian atrocities?
Christian Atrocities