The book encourages readers to activate their faith to experience the transformative power of Jesus Christ. It emphasizes God's capacity to enhance and profoundly impact lives, offering hope and healing regardless of one's current struggles, such as feelings of brokenness, depression, or emptiness.
The story follows Anthony Wright, who faced a devastating turn of events after his NFL aspirations were cut short by a wrongful murder charge in 1991. Accused of a heinous crime, he found support from attorneys at the Innocence Project, who fought for his innocence. Through DNA testing, they proved his exoneration, leading to a second jury's acquittal. This narrative highlights themes of justice, resilience, and the impact of wrongful convictions.
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Tony Wright's Very Short Introduction to British Politics is an interpretative essay on the British political system, rather than merely an abbreviated textbook on how it currently works. He identifies key characteristics and ideas of the British tradition, and investigates what makes Britishpolitics distinctive, while emphasizing throughout the book how these characteristics are reflected in the way the political system actually functions. Each chapter is organized around a key theme, such as the constitution or political accountability, which is first established and then exploredwith examples and illustrations. This in turn provides a perspective for a discussion of how the system is changing, looking in particular at devolution and Britain's place in Europe.About the Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundredsof key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam
This major new text critically assesses the key political ideologies of the 20th century. The 1970s and 1980s witnessed a flowering of new and popular ideologies, such as feminism and ecologism, and a revival of others, notably liberalism. The upheavals of the early 1990s have initiated fresh debate amongst major thinkers on the nature of ideology, much of it however hostile or polemical. "Modern Political Ideologies" examines in an objective scholarly manner the evolution of key political ideologies and assesses their impact and development during the 20th century. This volume is essential reading for all students of politics, and indeed anyone who has an interest in current events and wishes to acquire a deeper understanding of the nature, scope and ambition of different ideologies.