Posts Tagged ‘history’

Preferably more on politics side! I’m Canadian and I want to be more aware of what’s happening in other countries. Any really good books that can give me further insight (or rather any insight at all) into how American politics work and the history of it all would be really great.

On the one hand, Baptists have always been staunch supporters of the separation of church and state and freedom of conscience – and many Baptist churches remain. Southern Baptists, but it became the largest and most powerful in contrast to the separation of church and state, personal freedom and independence in America. Baptists for centuries gives a chronology of key events in Baptist life and thought of the seventeenth to the twentieth century. As the Baptists spread throughout the world with their British and American sources, Bebbington convincingly demonstrates how they are constantly adopted to the cultures and societies where they lived, creating greater diversity within an already multifaceted identity.

It means to great awakening American religion and politics should not be underestimated. When this spiritual enthusiasm swept through the country, encourages people to take an independent position regarding religious matters, and even easier to give up what the church was originally made in. This, of course, proved the benefit of new, more radical, such as Baptist churches.

Baptist Convention is not intended to be used any doctrinal authority of the individual churches, but the situation has changed and this change of attitude is one of the most serious and dramatic changes ever Baptist theology. The church, which started the radical ideals of independence has become the church is based on an authoritarian fundamentalist. Moderate Baptists see the authority of the role of persuasion and leadership are a dictatorship. Fundamentalists want the pope to the pulpit and then the pope popes unless it also applies to issues related to their emphasis on dogma rather than on individual interpretation. Women in ministry is based on the concept of personal data, which requires in turn based on the concept of direct contact with God, spirit and human consciousness.

Baptists consider the Scriptures and exclusive state enough faith and practice. In the interpretation of them, every individual is at liberty. No system of unbiblical doctrines and rights are recognized as authoritative. Fundamentalists insist now on a set of beliefs that the authorities must be held by all the faithful and accountability must be made to the authorities.

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes sociologist Neil J. Smelser for a discussion of his new book, Reflections on the University of California: From the Free Speech Movement to the Global University. Drawing on decades of experience as a sociologist actively engaged as advisor to chancellors and observer of the Berkeley campus, Smelser discusses the Free Speech Movement, university leadership, surprises confronting campus administrators, affirmative action, and athletics. Drawing on the lessons of the last fifty years, he also analyzes the challenges facing the University of California in the 21 century. globetrotter.berkeley.edu globetrotter.berkeley.edu conversationswithhistory.typepad.com www.thenewpress.com

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harper’s Editor Emeritus Lewis Lapham for a discussion of his career and the history of Harper’s Magazine. Lapham compares print to electronic media, analyzes the corruption of language by politics,and reflects on the incompatibility of democracy and empire. He concludes with a devastating critique of the Bush administration and its impeachable offenses. Series: “Conversations with History” [12/2006] [Humanities] [Show ID: 12048]

Conversations with History and Host Harry Kreisler welcome UC Berkeley Professor of Philosophy John R. Searle who talks about the work of a philosopher, critical thinking, and lessons of the Free Speech Movement. Series: Conversations with History [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 7796]

Conversations with History and Host Harry Kreisler welcome UC Berkeley Professor of Philosophy John R. Searle who talks about the work of a philosopher, critical thinking, and lessons of the Free Speech Movement. Series: Conversations with History [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 7796]

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Carnegie policy analyst Karim Sadjadpour for a discussion of Iran, its domestic politics and foreign policy. Questions addressed include: What are the dynamics of internal politics? What is the role of the Revolutionary Guard? What are Iran’s regional goals? What are its goals in Iraq? Can its quest for nuclear weapons be halted? and How should the United States deal with this formidable power in the vital Middle East? Series: “Conversations with History” [12/2007] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 13665]

Local history: Municipal League busted corrupt city government
Frederick E. Beers, Esq., delivered a lecture before the Men’s League of the Green Ridge Presbyterian Church in the winter of 1899-1900. In that lecture, he told of corrupt conditions in the city government. Scranton had a bicameral-council at this time

I am an upcoming senior, and I love love history and politics. I’d like to get an idea of the type of career I want to pursue so that I can better decide on a college.