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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Page 101
... final home , which he refers to ( in a familiar figure of speech ) as the " new range " to which he will soon be called by his master . It also turns around another notion , one that is not stated in so many words but rather in so few ...
... final home , which he refers to ( in a familiar figure of speech ) as the " new range " to which he will soon be called by his master . It also turns around another notion , one that is not stated in so many words but rather in so few ...
Page 206
... final piece of the puzzle has to do with where that wonder comes from . That's when we need to know about the differ- ent ways stories work . What may at first seem like a tangent will , I hope , put us on the way to an answer . Let's ...
... final piece of the puzzle has to do with where that wonder comes from . That's when we need to know about the differ- ent ways stories work . What may at first seem like a tangent will , I hope , put us on the way to an answer . Let's ...
Page 212
... final cause aside . Still , all the while , like warp and woof , mechanism and teleology are interwoven together , and we must not cleave to the one nor despise the other ; for their union is rooted in the very nature of totality . We ...
... final cause aside . Still , all the while , like warp and woof , mechanism and teleology are interwoven together , and we must not cleave to the one nor despise the other ; for their union is rooted in the very nature of totality . We ...
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If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground J. Edward Chamberlin Limited preview - 2010 |
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