For generations, passages in the Bible have been used by people in power to justify the harmful exploitation of the earth, the colonization of “discovered” lands, the displacement of Indigenous Peoples and the silencing of Indigenous voices. A careful examination of the Bible’s ancient languages, as they were understood by ancient scribes and teachers, serves to highlight how these passages have been misread and misused to rationalize conduct that the Bible explicitly condemns. Throughout ...

For generations, passages in the Bible have been used by people in power to justify the harmful exploitation of the earth, the colonization of “discovered” lands, the displacement of Indigenous Peoples and the silencing of Indigenous voices. A careful examination of the Bible’s ancient languages, as they were understood by ancient scribes and teachers, serves to highlight how these passages have been misread and misused to rationalize conduct that the Bible explicitly condemns.Thro...

Modern English translations of the Bible have often flattened and distorted the biblical vision of the afterlife, using terms like “heaven” and “hell” to cover a wide range of distinct Greek words. This has led to widespread confusion, where a range of ideas are all collapsed into simplistic categories of reward or punishment. The result is a theology that often obscures the nuanced, relational, and restorative arc of Scripture.This article seeks to correct those oversimplified imp...

A sweeping, courageous, and deeply pastoral work, this article traces the unbroken theological thread running from Puritan colonial violence to modern nationalist rhetoric — revealing how Scripture has been repeatedly distorted to sanctify hierarchy, fear, and domination. Yet it refuses to focus only on critique. Instead, it reclaims the biblical narrative as a story of preservation, redemption, and radical inclusion.With rare clarity, it exposes the continuity between Puritan prov...

"Get it, read it, and pass it on."—Bill Moyers"Most Americans living today never heard Ed Murrow in a live broadcast. This book is for them I want them to know that broadcast journalism was established by someone with the highest standards. Tabloid crime stories, so much a part of the lust for ratings by today's news broadcasters, held no interest for Murrow. He did like Hollywood celebrities, but interviewed them for his entertainment programs; they had no ...

The iconic radio personality looks back on his life and career, from his first job at a smalltown Indiana station to his time at NPR and Sirius XM Radio.The host of The Bob Edwards Show and Bob Edwards Weekend on Sirius XM Radio, Bob Edwards became the first radio personality with a large national audience to take his chances in the new field of satellite radio. The programs' mix of long-form interviews and news documentaries has won many prestigio...

Psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl said, "Man's search for meaning is the primary motivation in his life." Yet some contemporary voices claim that increased knowledge of the material world must diminish our sense of meaning. Physicist Steven Weinberg said, "The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless." Many people hold the material and meaningful perspectives separate in their minds, in a state of uneasy truce.The Heart of the Mat...

Living Up in a Down World explores the experience of life, our attitudes and perspective from a Biblical viewpoint, and provides a basic outline for the path to achieving a lifetime of peace and fulfillment.Pastor and counselor Dr. Bob Edwards has observed the damaged emotions of others for over two decades and offers a step-by-step approach to overcoming the emptiness created by a culture permeated with negativity and relativism. Dr. Bob draws inspiration from Scripture a...

Coalitions across Borders shows how social movements have cooperated and conflicted as they work to develop a transnational civil society in response to perceived threats of neoliberalism-free trade, privatization, structural adjustment, and unbridled corporate power. The authors explore the processes of transnational mobilization, discussing the motivations and methods of cross-border cooperation as well as the conflicts that have affected movement abilities to promote social cha...

What do fast-talking, New York octogenarians, Abe and Mabel, do when their life-long grocery store, Pepperstein Produce, is driven out of business by Wonder Food? They embark on the ultimate road trip with a nineteen year-old stoner, Wisdom, to Los Angeles to become actors.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production, starring Edward Asner, Jonathan Banks, Ed Begley Jr., Emily Bergl, Dan Castellaneta, Derek Cecil, Bob Edwards, Clea Lewis, Anne Meara, Kendall Schmidt and Susan Stamber...

The Mirth of a Nation gets his own book! Archie's 1st issue came out in 1942, and it's been going strong ever since! In "Prom Pranks", Archie writes millionaire heiress Veronica Lodge an invitation to the prom, just for kicks. But when Jughead accidentally sends it and she accepts, Archie has to juggle two dates in one night! Witness the birth of the world's most famous Love Triangle! DISCLAIMER: The stories, characters, and incidents in this publication are entirely fictional. This public...

Since it achieved independence in 1957, the West African state of Ghana has become the torchbearer of African liberation, as well as a laboratory for the study of endemic problems facing the African continent. In terms of democratic consolidation, the country holds a unique position on the continent as beacon of stability and democracy. Politics, Governance, and Development in Ghana takes critical stock of the landmark themes that have dominated its history since independence. The contribu...