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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... once a week to help my mother , eat her peas with a knife . This was even harder than eating them with a fork . So I thought I would try that at the dinner table . I sat up straighter than ever , spooned the portion of peas closest to ...
... once a week to help my mother , eat her peas with a knife . This was even harder than eating them with a fork . So I thought I would try that at the dinner table . I sat up straighter than ever , spooned the portion of peas closest to ...
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... once suggested that " the appearance of a ghost in Hamlet presents the hypothesis ' let there be a ghost in Hamlet . ' It has nothing to do with whether ghosts exist or not , or whether Shakespeare or his audience thought they did . A ...
... once suggested that " the appearance of a ghost in Hamlet presents the hypothesis ' let there be a ghost in Hamlet . ' It has nothing to do with whether ghosts exist or not , or whether Shakespeare or his audience thought they did . A ...
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... once said that " forms are the food of faith . " Soul food . Just as we learn how to eat properly - those table manners once again — so we learn how to believe properly . It is hardly sur- prising that we do so differently in different ...
... once said that " forms are the food of faith . " Soul food . Just as we learn how to eat properly - those table manners once again — so we learn how to believe properly . It is hardly sur- prising that we do so differently in different ...
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