Author: Matthew SpinkaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A History of the First Church of Christ, Congregational, West Hartford, Conn
Author: Matthew SpinkaVigil
Author: Pamela Heinrich MacPhersonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692777619
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Vigil: The Poetry of Presence, a collection of sixty-five poems, is written from the perspective of a seasoned hospice volunteer processing her varied experiences while being present and bearing witness to the sacred moments of dying. These unedited, tender and insightful poems, taken from the author's personal journal, are ready to be savored.
Growing Old in the Early Republic
Author: Paula A. ScottPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317731417
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The focus for this study is Connecticut and the city of Hartford. The text explores different themes and experiences of the elderly in Connecticut in the years between 1790 and 1830 The purpose of the book is to record and to illuminate the spiritual and emotional aspects of being elderly, the economic consequences of growing old, and the ways social experience changed with advancing years.
The Home Missionary
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Home missions
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
No. 3 of each volume contains the annual report and minutes of the annual meeting.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
The Outlook
Author: Manual of the First Church in Hartford
Author: First Church of Christ (Hartford, Conn.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Connecticut Granges
Author: When Sorrow Comes
Author: Melissa M. MatthesPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674259963
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Since World War II, Protestant sermons have been an influential tool for defining American citizenship in the wake of national crises. In the aftermath of national tragedies, Americans often turn to churches for solace. Because even secular citizens attend these services, they are also significant opportunities for the Protestant religious majority to define and redefine national identity and, in the process, to invest the nation-state with divinity. The sermons delivered in the wake of crises become integral to historical and communal memory—it matters greatly who is mourned and who is overlooked. Melissa M. Matthes conceives of these sermons as theo-political texts. In When Sorrow Comes, she explores the continuities and discontinuities they reveal in the balance of state power and divine authority following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the assassinations of JFK and MLK, the Rodney King verdict, the Oklahoma City bombing, the September 11 attacks, the Newtown shootings, and the Black Lives Matter movement. She argues that Protestant preachers use these moments to address questions about Christianity and citizenship and about the responsibilities of the Church and the State to respond to a national crisis. She also shows how post-crisis sermons have codified whiteness in ritual narratives of American history, excluding others from the collective account. These civic liturgies therefore illustrate the evolution of modern American politics and society. Despite perceptions of the decline of religious authority in the twentieth century, the pulpit retains power after national tragedies. Sermons preached in such intense times of mourning and reckoning serve as a form of civic education with consequences for how Americans understand who belongs to the nation and how to imagine its future.
Biennial Report of the United States Institute of Peace
Author: United States Institute of PeacePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peace
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description