The history of university education in Maryland traces the development of higher learning institutions within the state, examining the ambitions, setbacks, and reforms that shaped academic life over time. The work explores early efforts to establish collegiate structures, revealing the financial, political, and religious challenges that complicated their formation. Attention is given to legislative initiatives, institutional charters, and the influence of civic leaders who sought to secure...

In "The History of University Education in Maryland," Bernard C. Steiner meticulously chronicles the evolution of higher education in Maryland from its formative years to the early 20th century. Employing a scholarly yet accessible literary style, Steiner weaves together a rich tapestry of historical narratives, institutional developments, and biographical sketches of significant figures who shaped Maryland's university landscape. His examination situates Maryland's educational advancement...

For four decades, Ideas has presented more than 400,000 CBC Radio listeners in Canada and the United States with the most challenging contemporary thought of the day. Now, to mark the program’s 40th anniversary, executive producer Bernie Lucht has selected the most striking interviews and lectures for Ideas: Brilliant Thinker Speak Their Minds. Featuring some the best thinkers from North America and around the world that have appeared on the program since its beginnings in 1965, Ideas: Bri...

Scholarly studies on the Igbo have been scant and fragmented. Politics and Identity Formation in Southeastern Nigeria: The Igbo in Perspective fills an obvious gap, exploring the social, cultural,economic, political, and aesthetic traditions that distinguish the Igbo of southeasternNigeria from their neighbors. In scope, content, and analysis this book is both multi- and cross-disciplinary, focusing on the experiences and forces that have shaped the Igbo society, identity formation, and so...

New Perspectives on the Nigeria-Biafra War: No Victor, No Vanquished analyzes the continued impact of the Nigeria-Biafra war on the Igbo, the failure of the reconstruction and reconciliation effort in the post-war period, and the politics of exclusion of the memory of the war in public discourse in Nigeria. Furthermore, New Perspectives on the Nigeria-Biafra War explores the resilience of the Igbo people and the different strategies they have employed to preserve the history and memory of ...

"Es erhöht die Würde des Menschen, dass grausam immer zerstört wird, was er schafft; denn er muss immer aufs Neue bilden und schaffen; und im Tun liegt unser Glück, in dem, was wir selbst vollbringen. Mit dem geschenkten Glück ist es wie mit der geoffenbarten Wahrheit. Es ist allein des Menschen würdig, dass er selbst die Wahrheit suche, dass ihn weder Erfahrung noch Offenbarung leite" Rudolf Steiner, 1887 Bereits im ideellen Erkennen der Welt lebt eine schöpferische Tätigkeit des Menschen...

18 lectures in Paris, May 25 - June 14, 1906 (CW 94)"This cycle of eighteen lectures...presented a survey of the evolution of cosmos, Earth, and humanity, to the extent attained by Dr. Steiner in the maturing process of his research. In his Autobiography, when looking back to the earlier years, he says of the stage that his knowledge had then attained: 'The whole world outside of human beings is a riddle, the real-world riddle; and humanity it...

2010 ist es 65 Jahre her, dass der Pfarrer und Widerstandskämpfer Dietrich Bonhoeffer von den Nationalsozialisten ermordet wurde. Nur wenige Tage vor Ende des Krieges. Dieses Hörspiel zeichnet das Leben Bonhoeffers nach und zeigt, wie aus dem gutbürgerlichen Theologen der engagierte Kämpfer gegen die Nazibarbarei wurde. Bonhoeffers Geschichte ist ein Aufruf an alle Christen, dass es Zeiten gibt, in denen wir, neben dem Beten, handeln müssen, um uns nicht mitschuldig zu machen.

Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World: Between Fiction, Fact, and Historical Representation explores Chinua Achebe’s literary works and how they communicated the Igbo-African world to readers. Engaging in the politics of representation, Achebe sought to demystify deterministic views of race and cultural ethnocentrism. While his books and commentaries have been very influential in shaping a unique and multifaceted view of the African world, some scholars have challenged Achebe’s...

"Guenther Wachsmuth was one of Dr. Rudolf Steiner's closest associates, a devoted student, and a leading advocate and defender after Dr. Steiner's death in 1925. This book is testament to that statement and stands as noble companion to Dr. Steiner's unfinished Autobiography." -- Bernard J. Garber (from the introduction)Guenther Wachsmuth, a gifted student of Rudolf Steiner, composed this richly detailed narrative of the culminati...