John Collins
Список книг автора John CollinsEin Bild vom Wesen der Natur
Im täglichen Leben hindern uns die fortschreitenden Entwicklungen unserer technischen Hochkultur immer wieder daran, die Ursprünglichkeiten der Natur klar zu fokussieren. Die unermesslich vielen Informationen die wir im gesellschaftlichen Leben verarbeiten, lenken weitgehend von unseren intuitiven Fähigkeiten ab. Wertvolle Informationen über das Wirken der Natur bleiben uns vorenthalten. Gerade diese Informationen sind jedoch notwendig um das Wesen der Natur zu verstehen.
Fela
<P>Fela: Kalakuta Notes is an evocative account of Fela Kuti—the Afrobeat superstar who took African music into the arena of direct action. With his antiestablishment songs, he dedicated himself to Pan-Africanism and the down-trodden Nigerian masses, or «sufferheads.» In the 1970s, the British/Ghanaian musician and author John Collins met and worked with Fela in Ghana and Nigeria. Kalakuta Notes includes a diary that Collins kept in 1977 when he acted in Fela's autobiographical film, Black President. The book offers revealing interviews with Fela by the author, as well as with band members, friends, and colleagues. </P><P>For this second edition, Collins has expanded the original introduction by providing needed context for popular music in Africa in the 1960s and the influences on the artist's music and politics. In a new concluding chapter, Collins reflects on the legacy of Fela: the spread of Afrobeat, Fela's musical children, Fela's Shrine and Kalakuta House, and the annual Felabration. As the dust settles over Fela's fiery, creative, and controversial career, his Afrobeat groove and political message live on in Kalakuta Notes. Features a new foreword by Banning Eyre, an up-to-date discography by Ronnie Graham, a timeline, historical photographs, and snapshots by the author.</P>
Iron Shirt
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Isaac Collins is a young boy from the hills of East Kentucky. He and his father, Will, leave home to go to the bluegrass to buy horses. But as fate will have it, they are conscripted into Morgan’s raiders of the CSA. There, his life changes from a peaceful young man to a trail of gunsmoke and cattle drives and to becoming a deputy US marshal and falling in love with a beautiful young schoolteacher. He also begins a lifelong friendship with the Indians of the Oklahoman territory.
Occupied by Memory
Occupied by Memory explores the memories of the first Palestinian intifada. Based on extensive interviews with members of the «intifada generation,» those who were between 10 and 18 years old when the intifada began in 1987, the book provides a detailed look at the intifada memories of ordinary Palestinians. These personal stories are presented as part of a complex and politically charged discursive field through which young Palestinians are invested with meaning by scholars, politicians, journalists, and other observers. What emerges from their memories is a sense of a generation caught between a past that is simultaneously traumatic, empowering, and exciting—and a future that is perpetually uncertain. In this sense, Collins argues that understanding the stories and the struggles of the intifada generation is a key to understanding the ongoing state of emergency for the Palestinian people. The book will be of interest not only to scholars of the Middle East but also to those interested in nationalism, discourse analysis, social movements, and oral history.
The Way of the Cross with the Saints
“Out of darkness is born the light.” – St. Catherine of Sienna The Way of the Cross with the Saints is a fruitful way for parishioners to walk the dark steps to Calvary with Jesus – toward the light of our redemption. At each of the stations we are accompanied by a saint whose thoughts illuminate the way, revealing the light-filled moment behind the darkness. Saints include: St. John Paul II St. Pio of Pietrelcina St. Thomas More St. Bernard of Clairvaux St. Leo the Great St. Thérèse of Lisieux Dame Julian of Norwich St. John Chrysostom St. Faustina St. Thomas Aquinas St. Cyril of Jerusalem St. Augustine St. Catherine of Siena St. Teresa of Calcutta St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Every Step with Jesus
As followers of Christ, we are among those souls walking the steep slope to Calvary with Jesus ó to his death, but to our life. At each of the 15 stations we are accompanied by a saint whose thoughts illuminate the way, revealing the light-filled moment behind the darkness of each moment. Some of the saints include: St. John Paul II St. Pio of Pietrelcina St. Thomas More St. ThÈrËse of Lisieux St. Faustina St. Teresa of Calcutta Every Step with Jesus is a new and fruitful way to consider the Way of the Cross, not just in public display, but in our private meditation and reflection. Pray through one station per day or week. Choose a station to help you focus on a particular need or intention. Taking every step of every day with Jesus we become more like him, and become more able to take his light out into a darkened world.
A Friar's Tale
Remembering Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR</p><p>Defender of the outcast, acclaimed teacher and spiritual director, insightful psychologist, and founding member of a thriving religious community, Father Benedict J. Groeschel was not merely a man of uncommon talents but one of extraordinary achievements.</p><p>Yet at heart he was a simple friar, a humble priest; and his goal in life was very modest: to follow as best he could the path God had chosen for him.</p><p>For over eighty years-more than fifty of them as a priest-Father Groeschel faithfully walked that path; and, in so doing, he gave hope to abandoned youth, to pregnant women who were homeless and alone, to many of those people whom society so easily and thoughtlessly discards.</p><p>An electrifying speaker and a writer of real talent, he was responsible for rekindling the love for God in the hearts of many whose faith had turned to ashes. And his legendary devotion to the poor led him to help found the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, with the mission to serve those who had little or nothing.</p><p><b>A Friar's Tale</b> is an inspiring, moving, and sometimes humorous biography that invites readers to immerse themselves in the fascinating details of a remarkable life, one animated by faith and devoted to love.