Author: Stranger's Friend Society (Dublin, Ireland)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
The Nature, Design, Rules and Regulations of a Charitable Institution Termed the Stranger's Friend: Begun in Dublin, in 1791, ... Humbly Recommended to the Consideration of All Those who Earnestly Wish to Ameliorate the Condition of the Poor
Author: Stranger's Friend Society (Dublin, Ireland)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
The Nature
Author: The Nature, Design, Rules and Regulations of a Charitable Institution Termed the Stranger's Friend Begun in Dublin, in 1791, and Afterwards Established in Manchester, Liverpool, and Other Places, Humbly Recommended to the Consideration of All Those who E
Author: The nature, design, rules and regulations of a charitable institution termed the Stranger's Friend
Author: Adam ClarkePublisher:
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Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Britannia's Embrace
Author: Caroline ShawPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190201002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
On the eve of the American Revolution, the refugee was, according to British tradition, a Protestant who sought shelter from continental persecution. By the turn of the twentieth century, however, British refuge would be celebrated internationally as being open to all persecuted foreigners. Britain had become a haven for fugitives as diverse as Karl Marx and Louis Napoleon, Simón Bolívar and Frederick Douglass. How and why did the refugee category expand? How, in a period when no law forbade foreigners entry to Britain, did the refugee emerge as a category for humanitarian and political action? Why did the plight of these particular foreigners become such a characteristically British concern? Current understandings about the origins of refuge have focused on the period after 1914. Britannia's Embrace offers the first historical analysis of the origins of this modern humanitarian norm in the long nineteenth century. At a time when Britons were reshaping their own political culture, this charitable endeavor became constitutive of what it meant to be liberal on the global stage. Like British anti-slavery, its sister movement, campaigning on behalf of foreign refugees seemed to give purpose to the growing empire and the resources of empire gave it greater strength. By the dawn of the twentieth century, British efforts on behalf of persecuted foreigners declined precipitously, but its legacies in law and in modern humanitarian politics would be long-lasting. In telling this story, Britannia's Embrace puts refugee relief front and center in histories of human rights and international law and of studies of Britain in the world. In so doing, it describes the dynamic relationship between law, resources, and moral storytelling that remains critical to humanitarianism today.
British Clubs and Societies 1580-1800
Author: Peter ClarkPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191542164
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Modern freemasonry was invented in London about 1717, but was only one of a surge of British associations in the early modern era which had originated before the English Revolution. By 1800, thousands of clubs and societies had swept the country. Recruiting widely from the urban affluent classes, mainly amongst men, they traditionally involved heavy drinking, feasting, singing, and gambling. They ranged from political, religious and scientific societies, artistic and literary clubs, to sporting societies, bee keeping, and birdfancying clubs, and a myriad of other associations.
Charity, Philanthropy and Reform
Author: Hugh CunninghamPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349266817
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The essays in this volume explore continuities and changes in the role of philanthropic organizations in Europe and North America in the period around the French Revolution. They aim to make connections between research on the early modern and late modern periods, and to analyze policies towards poverty in different countries within Europe and across the Atlantic. Cunningham and Innes highlight the new role for voluntary organizations emerging in the late eighteenth century and draws out the implications of this for received accounts of the development of welfare states.
Making Room, 25th anniversary edition
Author: Christine D. PohlPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467467693
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Hospitality is crucial to Christian ministry. To the early Christians, hospitality was central to the gospel mission. This hospitality did not consist of entertaining neighbors, but welcoming the stranger, especially those who could not return the favor. Yet despite urgent need, hospitality has fallen by the wayside. Christine Pohl’s classic work, Making Room, first spoke to this issue in 1999. And it is just as relevant today, with the refugee crisis, the rise in homelessness, and growing loneliness and isolation. This revitalized edition, with a new foreword and afterword by the author, introduces the theology of hospitality to a new generation. Pohl combines rich biblical and historical research with experience in contemporary Christian communities, including the Catholic Worker, L’Abri, Good Works, Inc., and others. Pragmatic and thoughtful, Pohl deals frankly with both the blessings and the boundaries of hospitality. Readers will find a wealth of wisdom to revive authentic hospitality in their ministry.
The Nature, Design, and Rules of the Benevolent, Or Strangers' Friend Society ... Together with an Account of Some of the Cases Visited in the Year 1808 and a List of Subscribers. (For the Year 1809.).
Author: Benevolent, or Strangers' Friend Society (LONDON)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Making Room
Author: Chistine D. PohlPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802844316
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
For most of church history, hospitality was central to Christian identity. Yet our generation knows little about this rich, life-giving practice.