Knights Of The Golden Rule

Author : Peter J. Frederick
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813162890
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knights of the Golden Rule written by Peter J. Frederick and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about American intellectuals as would-be social reformers and what happens to them in the arena of practical politics. Specifically, it examines the lives of ten highly idealistic Christian socialist and anarchist intellectuals of the 1890s who were profoundly influenced -- indeed inspired -- by the prophetic social messages and exemplary lives of Tolstoy, Mazzini, and Ruskin. The ten Americans -- including ministers, journalists, professors, and poets -- were constantly thwarted in their efforts to apply the Golden Rule and the ethics of Jesus not only to the socioeconomic institutions of their society, but to their own lives as well. These ten Christian knights rode high on clouds of words, carrying swords of good intentions, tilting at windmills often of their own despair. As a result, they paid the price (as Emerson said) of being "too intellectual." This is, indeed, a story of noble dreams, frustration, agonizing self-doubts and, ultimately, of failure. Peter J. Frederick develops his argument by comparing and contrasting the intellectuals in pairs, examining the many forms frustrated activism can take. His study emerges as a critique of the Social Gospel movement from a New Left perspective; implicitly, it is a critique of the contemporary New Left, approached with empathetic understanding. Ethical, decisive action, he concludes, is essential not only for effective reform but for the psychic well-being of the intellectual.

Author : Jeffrey Wattles
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195355008
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Rule written by Jeffrey Wattles and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-12-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age plagued by selfishness, materialism, and violence, ethicists feel impelled to find a universal system of values. To arrive at such a "rule" requires that they struggle with a series of seemingly irreconcilable questions. First, are universal values possible in a pluralistic world, and how does one do justice to both human equality and to individual and cultural differences? How is one to understand the interface between religious moral teachings and the ethics of secular humanism? Finally, can such a system integrate moral intuition and moral reason? In the first scholarly book in English on the golden rule since the seventeenth century, Jeffrey Wattles demonstrates how a clear understanding of the psychological, philosophical, and religious ramifications of the rule can form the synthesis needed to solve these dilemas. The golden rule, "do to others as you would have others do to you," is widely assumed to have a single meaning, shared by virtually all the world's religions. It strikes the average person as intuitively true, though most modern philosophers reject it or recast it in more rational form. Wattles surveys the history of the golden rule and its spectrum of meanings in diverse contexts, ranging from Confusius to Plato and Aristotle, from classical Jewish literature to the New Testament. He also considers medieval, Reformation, and modern theological and philosophical responses and objections to the rule, as well as how some early twentieth-century American leaders have tried to use the rule. Wattles draws these diverse interpretation into a synthesis that responds, at the psychological, philosophical, and religious levels, to the challenges to moral living in any given culture. Emotionally, the rules counsels consideration for others feelings by asking that "you place yourself in their shoes." Intellectually, it activates moral thinking about what is fair. At the same time, it retains a spiritual appeal as "the principle of the practice of the family of God." Demonstrating how, despite its contentious history, this age-old ethical principle contiues to be relevant in dealing with contemporary issues, The Golden Rule should interest students and scholars working in religious studies, philosophy and ethics, and psychology, as well as anyone looking for an alternative to postmodern cynicism and alienation.

Author : Marnie Jones
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813133300
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holy Toledo: Religion and Politics in the Life of "Golden Rule" Jones written by Marnie Jones and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Do unto others as ye would have them do unto you" are the words upon which Samuel M. Jones, self-made millionaire and mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1897-1904) organized his life, business, and political career. Unlike most progressive reformers, Jones was in a position to initiate real change. His factory workers shared in the profits and took advantage of day-care facilities for their children. As mayor, he was a nationally revered public figure who supported municipal ownership of utilities, ended the practice of jailing the homeless, and made available free legal counsel to those who needed it. Marnie Jones relies upon a rich collection of unpublished documents to tell the compelling story of the only man in America to have run a city on the principles of the Sermon on the Mount.

Author : Knights of the Golden Circle
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781535176392
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rules, Regulations and Principles of the K. G. C. written by Knights of the Golden Circle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Knights of the Golden Circle (K. G. C.) was a secret society founded by George W. L. Bickley on July 4, 1854 with the expansionist goal of forming a slave-holding empire that operated like the East India Company by annexing Mexico, the Caribbean Islands, and Central America into the United States. They called this region the Golden Circle. This pamphlet was written in 1859 by the highest level of the K. G. C. known as the Knights of the Columbian Star (K. C. S.) and includes sections: - Proclamation - Laws of the American Legion, K. G. C. - Federal Constitution - Articles of War - Organizing and Working Castles - The American Colonization and Steamship Company of "1" - Armament of the K. G. C. - Military Maxims - Social, Moral, and Civil Maxims - Political Maxims 18 illustrations have been added, such as the K. G. C.'s legion and brigade flag designs, a K. G. C. commission, and items carried by George Bickley when he was arrested on July 17, 1863. Also included in the appendices are the K. G. C.'s ritual obligations, secret signs (hand gestures), grips (handshakes), tokens (emblems) and passwords of the three degrees: Knights of the Iron Hand, Knights of the True Faith, and the Knights of the Columbian Star.

Author : Alabama. Supreme Court
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama written by Alabama. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alabama Law Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes decisions of the Supreme Court of Alabama.

Author : A. Bothwell-Gosse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
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Download or read book The Knights Templars written by A. Bothwell-Gosse and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Foster Withrow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 732 pages
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Download or read book The American Corporation Cases written by Thomas Foster Withrow and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Isaac Grant Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 880 pages
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Download or read book The American Reports written by Isaac Grant Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1008 pages
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Download or read book The American Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing all decisions of general interest decided in the courts of last resort of the several states [1869-1887].