Author: Michael S. BarnhartPublisher:
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Category : Carlsbad (N.M.)
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The City Government Endowed
Author: Michael S. BarnhartPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carlsbad (N.M.)
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Endowed by Our Creator
Author: Michael I. MeyersonPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300183496
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
The debate over the framers' concept of freedom of religion has become heated and divisive. This scrupulously researched book sets aside the half-truths, omissions, and partisan arguments, and instead focuses on the actual writings and actions of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and others. Legal scholar Michael I. Meyerson investigates how the framers of the Constitution envisioned religious freedom and how they intended it to operate in the new republic. Endowed by Our Creator shows that the framers understood that the American government should not acknowledge religion in a way that favors any particular creed or denomination. Nevertheless, the framers believed that religion could instill virtue and help to unify a diverse nation. They created a spiritual public vocabulary, one that could communicate to all—including agnostics and atheists—that they were valued members of the political community. Through their writings and their decisions, the framers affirmed that respect for religious differences is a fundamental American value, Meyerson concludes. Now it is for us to determine whether religion will be used to alienate and divide or to inspire and unify our religiously diverse nation.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on Labor, Social Services, and the International CommunityPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The Local Government Ac, 1888
Author: Alexander MacmorranPublisher:
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Category : Gt. Brit. Laws, Statutes, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Local Government Law
Author: A Rich Endowment
Author: Ken SpillmanPublisher: UWA Publishing
ISBN: 9781875560233
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
"Western Australia is endowed with an abundance of mineral and petroleum resources, and mining has played a central role in the State's economic, social and political life. A century after the celebrated 1890s goldrushes, his vital industry returns to the State many hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue annually." "A Rich Endowment: Government and Mining in Western Australia 1829-1994 examines the role of Western Australian governments in encouraging, regulating and administering the industry, outlining the development of mining law and the elaboration of services to prospectors and miners." "From a thoroughly researched account of early mineral discoveries, Ken Spillman focuses on the work of the Department of Mines - including functions as diverse as operating state batteries, monitoring dust levels in mines, controlling goldfields water supplies, administering the WA School of Mines, and even managing a government-owned hotel." "Ken Spillman brings to life the remarkable men of science who served as Government Geologists, the powerful goldfields wardens, and a range of other characters - including a gentlemanly clerk who once roamed as the murderous Captain Starlight." "Commissioned by the Department of Minerals and Energy to celebrate its 1994 centenary, A Rich Endowment offers new insight into many facets of Western Australia's past."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
City on a Hill
Author: Abram C. Van EngenPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300252315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
A fresh, original history of America’s national narratives, told through the loss, recovery, and rise of one influential Puritan sermon from 1630 to the present day In this illuminating book, Abram Van Engen shows how the phrase “City on a Hill,” from a 1630 sermon by Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop, shaped the story of American exceptionalism in the twentieth century. By tracing the history of Winthrop’s speech, its changing status throughout time, and its use in modern politics, Van Engen asks us to reevaluate our national narratives. He tells the story of curators, librarians, collectors, archivists, antiquarians, and often anonymous figures who emphasized the role of the Pilgrims and Puritans in American history, paving the way for the saving and sanctifying of a single sermon. This sermon’s rags-to-riches rise reveals the way national stories take shape and shows us how those tales continue to influence competing visions of the country—the many different meanings of America that emerge from its literary past.
Joint Volumes of Papers Presented to the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly
Author: New South Wales. ParliamentPublisher:
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Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Includes various departmental reports and reports of commissions. Cf. Gregory. Serial publications of foreign governments, 1815-1931.
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