If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundStories come in many forms, from nursery rhymes and national anthems to poems and praise songs, and from the stories of science to the rituals of religion.They tell us where we come from, and where we belong; how to live and sometimes how to die.They hold us together, and they keep us apart.And all of them bring reality and the imagination together in what J. Edward Chamberlin calls a ceremony of belief. Drawing on his experiences in Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, Chamberlin takes the reader on an absorbing journey through communities and cultures around the world. |
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... conflict ; and even if we avoid the conflict , they certainly encourage misunderstanding . Many Canadians , committed as they are to a bilingual country , have nonetheless made a career out of misunderstanding French and English ...
... conflict ; and even if we avoid the conflict , they certainly encourage misunderstanding . Many Canadians , committed as they are to a bilingual country , have nonetheless made a career out of misunderstanding French and English ...
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... conflict when there is such a simple solution ? One of the great stories across many cultures has to do with the proliferation of languages in the Tower of Babel , and the promise of a day when rivalries will be erased and conflicts ...
... conflict when there is such a simple solution ? One of the great stories across many cultures has to do with the proliferation of languages in the Tower of Babel , and the promise of a day when rivalries will be erased and conflicts ...
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... conflict . That's what Arnold didn't under- stand ; and we have inherited his misunderstanding . Culture is always threatened by anarchy , as belief is by doubt . That's the essential nature of both culture and belief , and it is ...
... conflict . That's what Arnold didn't under- stand ; and we have inherited his misunderstanding . Culture is always threatened by anarchy , as belief is by doubt . That's the essential nature of both culture and belief , and it is ...
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