A Miracle, a Universe
Title | A Miracle, a Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Weschler |
Publisher | Pantheon |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2013-01-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0307819035 |
In recent years as countries around the globe have begun to move from dictatorial to more democratic systems of governance, no more traumatic (or dramatic) ethical problem has arisen than what to do with the previous regime’s torturers. In most cases, the security and military apparatuses, responsible for the overwhelming majority of human-rights abuses, still retain tremendous power—and will not abide any settling of accounts. Now, New Yorker staff reporter Lawrence Weschler tells the extraordinary story of how, against tremendous odds, torture victims and human-rights activists in two Latin American countries—Brazil and Uruguay—tried to bring their torturers to justice and to rehabilitate their whole societies from harrowing periods of silence and repression. In this first of his two accounts, he tells how a tiny group of torture victims, clerics, and human-rights activists in Brazil launched an extremely risky, nonviolent plot to get even with the former torturers by publishing an indisputable account of their savage system of repression—indisputable because it is drawn from the regime’s own files. In the second, set in Uruguay, he tells how a more broadly-based movement attempted to bring to light the dark history of a military regime engaged in more political incarceration per capita than any other on earth at that time. In this illuminating and beautifully written book (portions of which appeared in five issues of The New Yorker), Weschler examines what a small number of individuals can do to retrieve history and truth from the hands of torturers.
A Miracle, A Universe
Title | A Miracle, A Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Weschler |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1998-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780226893945 |
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Miracles
Title | Miracles PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Metaxas |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Miracles |
ISBN | 0525954422 |
Shares compelling case studies that support theories about the plausibility of miracles to discuss what they are, why they happen, and how they can be understood.
Anatomy of a Miracle
Title | Anatomy of a Miracle PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Miles |
Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0553447580 |
"Confined to a wheelchair after a paralyzing injury, an Afghanistan War veteran endures a hardscrabble existence in his sister's ramshackle Mississippi home before spontaneously regaining his ability to walk, an apparent miracle that subjects him to scientific and religious debates and exposes his most private secrets."--
Boggs
Title | Boggs PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Weschler |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2000-11-15 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780226893969 |
Boggs: A Comedy of Values teases out these transactions and their sometimes dramatic legal consequences, following Boggs on a larkish, though at the same time disconcertingly profound, econo-philosophic chase. For in a madcap Socratic fashion, Boggs is raising all sorts of truly fundamental questions - what is it that we value in art, or, for that matter, in money? Indeed, how do we place a value on anything at all? And in particular, why do we, why should we, how can we place such trust in anything as confoundingly insubstantial as paper money?
The Reason Why
Title | The Reason Why PDF eBook |
Author | John Gribbin |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0141047968 |
"In this ground-breaking and provocative new book Gribbin argues that we owe our existence to the impact of a 'supercomet' with Venus 600 million years ago. But this is only part of the story, just one of the astronomical and geophysical reasons why Earth is special. For the first time, he makes the link between the whole series of cosmic events that have affected the Earth and given rise to our intelligent civilization - a civilization, Gribbin argues, that is unique within our Milky Way Galaxy. Even if other Earths are common, and life itself may be common, the kind of intelligent, technological civilization that has emerged on Earth occurs only here. If humankind can survive the present environmental crises, the whole of the galaxy may become our home. And if not, our demise may be an event of literally universal significance"--Publisher's description.
The Case for Miracles
Title | The Case for Miracles PDF eBook |
Author | Lee Strobel |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2018-03-27 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0310343348 |
New York Times bestselling author Lee Strobel trains his investigative sights on the hot-button question: is it really credible to believe God intervenes supernaturally in people's lives today? This provocative book starts with an unlikely interview in which America's foremost skeptic builds a seemingly persuasive case against the miraculous. But then Strobel travels the country to quiz scholars to see whether they can offer solid answers to atheist objections. Along the way, he encounters astounding accounts of healings and other phenomena that simply cannot be explained away by naturalistic causes. The book features the results of exclusive new scientific polling that shows miracle accounts are much more common than people think. What's more, Strobel delves into the most controversial question of all: what about miracles that don't happen? If God can intervene in the world, why doesn't he do it more often to relieve suffering? Many American Christians are embarrassed by the supernatural, not wanting to look odd or extreme to their neighbors. Yet, The Case for Miracles shows not only that the miraculous is possible, but that God still does intervene in our world in awe-inspiring ways. Here’s a unique book that examines all sides of this issue and comes away with a passionate defense for God's divine action in lives today. Also available: The Case for Miracles Spanish edition, kids' edition, and student edition.