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How to Draw and Paint Fish and Game
Ray Ovington
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How to Draw and Paint Fish and Game
Ray Ovington
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How to Draw and Paint Fish and Game
Ray Ovington
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Photographers are artists working in light

Light: Working with Available and Photographic Lighting (The Amphoto Photography Workshop Series)
Michael Freeman
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Photographers are artists working in light.......2007-03-08

Could a painter produce great paintings without understanding the nature of his paints? A photographer doesnt work in oils or water colors, but in light. Read this and Michael Freemans other book, "Image" and your understanding of what makes a great photograph will soar. Freeman organizes this around 3 types of light, natural, photographic and others. He then explains different lighting equipment and arrangements. Try Laurer's "Design" for the further understanding of composition. The examples from photography and painting are fabulous.

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It's all about the friendships

An informative, thought-provoking, occasionally inspiring, sometimes challenging reading

Multi-faceted jewel well worth the read!

Excellent overview

Do justice, love kindness, walk humbly with God

An Emergent Manifesto of Hope (emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)

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They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations

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Organic Community: Creating a Place Where People Naturally Connect (emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)

Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality And Spirituality

ASIN: 080106807X
Release Date: 2007-04-01

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Many have heard of the emerging church, but few people feel like they have a handle on what the emerging church believes and represents. Is it a passing fad led by disenfranchised neo-evangelicals? Or is it the future of the church at large? An Emergent Manifesto of Hope represents a coming together of divergent voices into a conversation that pastors, students, and thoughtful Christians can now learn from and engage. This unprecedented collection of writings includes articles by some of the most important voices in the emergent conversation, including Brian McLaren, Dan Kimball, and Joe Myers. It also introduces some lesser known but integral players representing ''who's next'' within the emerging church. The articles cover a broad range of topics, such as spirituality, theology, multiculturalism, post-colonialism, sex, evangelism, and many others. Anyone who wants to know what the emerging church is all about needs to start here.

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It's all about the friendships.......2007-08-27

Recently I got given a gift card to Borders and was finally able to go out and buy a book instead of relying on the trusty old library. So I picked up a book that I've been wanting to read but that the library didn't carry and to which I was not privilege with an advanced reader's copy (I'm not complaining). I've been curious to read it because it is the first book that Emergent has released in their new line of books. And I thought the format would be perfect for just this type of entrance into the publishing world.

The book is made up of 25 authors who each wrote a chapter for the project with general editors, Doug Pagitt & Tony Jones, providing intermittent thoughts and transitions between sections.

These 25 authors represent a diverse group of people that are, Protestant and Catholic, male and female, mainline and evangelical, clergy/pastors and lay leaders, authors and bloggers, black, white, hispanic, and Native American. This is the book's strength. It's diversity of authors and thus it's diversity of perspective. My only complaint in this regards would have been to had a more diverse ethnic presence and a sampling of thoughts that come from outside of the American context. But I also realize that with anything new, it takes time for diversity to establish itself.

As far as the book itself . . . it's a great introduction to what makes Emergent what it is and what sets it apart from other denominational or organizational structures. Namely, friendships and conversations. This context of friendship and conversation is what funds the theological imagination and hopeful practices of the church emerging. Instead of Emergent creating a movement focusing on doctrinal statements (defining whose out) . . . they have been a part of a friendship that has organically created itself in the form of a conversation about the dynamic tension between God, culture, theology, ecclesiology, and practice.

True to form, I don't always find myself agreeing with everything written or shared. But true to form, I count myself privileged to be part of an extended friendship where agreeing is less important than belonging.

I suppose, as what should be expected, the best chapters are written by the "professional authors". Brian McLaren's chapter on the direct, inseparable ties of colonialism and postmodernity is borderline brilliant. Sally Morgenthaler has an excellent chapter on leadership in a flattened world that was equally insightful. And Tim Keel wrote a beautiful piece about leadership needing to come from the artists at the margins. Rudy Carrasco has a nice chapter on inner-city work and the primacy of social justice. Samir Selmanovic has a chapter on inclusiveness that left me entirely frustrated and yet intrigued to stretch and think wider. My friend Adam Walker Cleaveland shares his thoughts on why he has chosen to stay within the system and structures of the church, which was a challenge for me to think about. And Nanette Sawyer had a very good chapter on Huckleberry Finn and the relational ethics of Jesus (which is very much in the vein of what I wrote here).

Honestly though, there are some chapters that aren't that great from a readability/literary skillz standpoint. But even in those chapters you get the deep sense of humility and friendship that pervades all that these authors are bound by. For an introduction into the church emerging with it's growing diversity and generative friendships . . . I couldn't recommend a book more highly.

An informative, thought-provoking, occasionally inspiring, sometimes challenging reading.......2007-06-09

"An Emergent Manifesto Of Hope" is the collaborative work of Bethal Seminary's Dough Pagit (Pastor of Solomon's Porch in Minneapolis, Minnesota) and Fuller Theological Seminary's Tony Jones 9formely the minister to youth and young adults at the Colonial Church of Edina in Edina, Minnesota). "An Emergent Manifesto Of Hope" is a compilation of the diverse and divergent voices of pastors, students, and thoughtful Christians focused upon the issues involved in the emergence of Christian communities. Addressed in articulate essays, articles, and other writings include spirituality, theology, multi-culturalism, post-colonialism, sex, evangelism, and other issues of contemporary significance to active and participating Christians. The result is an informative, thought-provoking, occasionally inspiring, sometimes challenging, and always very highly recommended reading for Christian men and women of all backgrounds and denominational affiliations.

Multi-faceted jewel well worth the read!.......2007-05-13

The Manifesto of Hope is a collection of essays by a plurality of voices who associate with the Emergent Village. The diversity helps to reveal what many of us already know--The emergent village conversation among friends is anything but homogeneous. While some who desire conformity, and certitude may find this diversity frustrating I found it to be very refreshing. There is plenty here to connect with people from all areas of contemporary Christian thought. The book is designed to spark further conversation and does that well. The careful reader will find some things that they agree with and other things that inspire new ways of thinking. From contributions from some more conservative perspectives to some that push the edge of the envelope, there is plenty to fund your theological imagination. Perhaps the best thing about the book is that in addition to some well known names in the Emergent Village friendship, it introduces us to several new names that bring a depth and dynamic to the conversation as a whole.

Of course, this book may not be for everyone. Critics of Emergent Village will no doubt find plenty here to confirm there suspicions, and many will leave comments that make you wonder if they even read this book. My hunch is that if they would read it to engage in the conversation they would be pleasantly surprised that there is much here by several authors that they would probably be in agreement with. All in all this is a great introduction to a generous, Christian, conversation among friends.

Excellent overview.......2007-04-27

Emerging Church books are getting to be increasingly common. It's an "in" movement and a lot of people have a lot of things to say about it. Lots of people try to define it or describe it or put their stamp on it. Some good, some bad, much positive, a lot negative. With all those books out it's hard to come to some kind of picture of what is really happening.

That's why this book is so great. Love Emergent or hate it, this book will give you a sense of the conversation by those who are most engaged in it. It will help steer a person past a lot of the popular conceptions and point out the emphases, issues, questions, and hopes found among those who are yearning for renewal in the church for our era. This is a very positive thinking book, focused on how to move forward, how to embrace the work of God, how to step past the frustrations and find new patterns.

Along with Emerging Churches by Bolger and Gibbs, this book is likely the primary resource for understanding the flow and rhythm of Emergent as it exists now.

Rather than being limited to simply liturgical differences, this book shows the broad and holistic approaches that underlie Emergent efforts. I don't agree with it all, with some essays really resonating and others really challenging. But it all got me to think and helped me get a much more solid sense of the quite interesting theology that's coming into increasing clarity.

I highly recommend this for those interested in this conversation. For those who are looking for encouraging new paths of hope, and for those who feel there's something going on in our generation but don't quite have the words to describe what it is.

Do justice, love kindness, walk humbly with God.......2007-04-16

This prescription from the Old Testament prophet Micah appears both early and late in this collection of 25 essays from emergent practitioners from many different parts of the US.

Emergent is the term in 2007 being used to describe a collection of people and communities critiquing and challenging Christian thought and practice in late 20th-early 21st-century America. It was previously called "postmodern," but on further review, that was a misleading term, because it gave the impression that it was primarily a philosophical project. For example, in reading Brian McLaren's essay "Church Emerging: Or Why I Still Use the Word Postmodern but with Mixed Feelings," I get the impression that McLaren is weary of telling people "No, we haven't rejected the idea of truth."

I'm not crazy the use of the word "Manifesto" to describe the emergent community, as it has the connotation as the declaration of a group of people who believe they are going to save the world, or usher in some great new way of thinking and acting. This is not that kind of book. There's a lot of humility expressed its pages.

So what is emergent community about? Some of the threads have been around for a while, some are newer. There are probably better ways of saying it, but here's what I grasp from reading this book.

Being conformed to the image of Christ is so much more than book learning. It involves honoring and leveraging the different kinds of intelligences people have.

People don't want to think of themselves as a target of someone's gospel marketing technique.

A Christian is not merely a consumer of a body of ideas and the services of a church, but part of a creative, creating community.

A lot of Protestants are historically prejudiced. There were the apostles, then 1,500 years of more-or-less nothing, then the Reformation, then 500 years of more-or-less nothing, then now.

Being culturally prejudiced is part of the human condition, and transcending cultural prejudice is part of the redemptive work of God in people and communities.

If you're a church leader, and you're not considering the consequences of acts of cultural prejudice done in the name of Jesus Christ, you're not paying enough attention.

Christians in America need to get out more, both historically and culturally.

God didn't put pastors in the body of Christ to implement the next church growth fad. Churches are not businesses.

This book is a snapshot of the emergent community in 2007. Each of the essays are generously footnoted, and the notes section at the end of the book gives some good suggestions as to what books to read if you wish to examine this further. I don't give the book five stars because of the misleading word in the title and the lack of an index.

Full disclosure: I attend Solomon's Porch in Minneapolis, where Doug Pagitt (co-editor) is the pastor, and Tony Jones (co-editor), Carla Barnhill (contributor) and Thomas Olson (contributor) are members.

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Interesting about localization as opposed to globalization.
A sustainable alternative to globalization

Localization: A Global Manifesto
Colin Hines
Manufacturer: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
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ASIN: 1853836125

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A great many people recognize that globalization is destructive, undermining local livelihoods, ways of life and environments. Governments hold up international competitiveness as the be-all and end-all of policy, presenting globalization as inevitable. It isn't, as Colin Hines shows in this persuasive and passionate polemic. Local economies, local autonomy and local democracy can all be protected - globally - if the aid and trade rules are changed. 'Localization' provides the arguments and examples for all those threatened by the onward march of a monolithic, undifferentiated, global consumer culture, and for those wanting to preserve local values and services – whether local food, local housing, education, transport or environment. It will be a rallying call against the runaway juggernaut of the global economy at the start of the 21st century.

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Love it or Hate it.......2005-06-16

Its really instructive to read the other reviews of this book. Anti-globalization folks love it, and anyone with even basic economics training will hate it. It tells you a lot about the division in world views that drives the debate over globalization, which is really about moral economics vs utilitarian economics. This is something people in the West have been arguing about for 200 years; anyone who read Polanyi or any of the romantic critics of British Utilitarianism will find the content of this book familiar.
I found the book a good statement of one of the more extreme, but increasingly popular positions of the anti-globalization camp, one which envisions a world where people become more self-sufficient, do more satisfying labor, and where justice is more important than profits. I have to agree with the sentiments. But unfortunately I can't go along with the program, which seems like the worst kind of romantic and unrealistic idealism. This does not mean I agree with the critics, who think the only alternative to localization is just more untrammeled free market capitalism. You would think that after 200 years people would have figured out that this particular set of polar opposites is pretty useless to think with!

Interesting about localization as opposed to globalization........2002-03-04

Mr Hines has written an interesting book about localization as opposed to globalization. It may not be quite as good as Michael Shuman's Going local, but Hines gives us a viable alternative to the hypercapitalism which pits Third Worlds countries against each other in the race for foreign investments. ... there is an alternative to pro-trade economy, see for example Herman Daly (Beyond growth) or Hernando de Soto (The mystery of capital) for an excellent overview of why trade is not a road to proper development.

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A sustainable alternative to globalization.......2001-03-14

This excellent book explodes the myth that globalization is good for people or the environment, showing clearly how the harm it does usually outweighs any benefit. Localization, the proposed alternative, offers a real practical route to sustainable prosperity.

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For many, globalization is pushing us to the edge of disaster--an onward march of blinkered vision, encouraging passivity, moral blindness and dependence on being serviced. Civilizations fail when they become trapped in a way of looking at the world that no longer works.
A Community Manifesto offers a new way of looking at reality. Taking the crucial dimensions of personal responsibility, consensus and community, it shows how we can find a new language through which we can reinvigorate our lives and our societies, and develop the resourcefulness we need but which is so hard to cultivate. The vision it presents is persuasive and very timely--only by building community can human society evolve and progress.

Diversity and Dominance in Indian Politics: Division, Deprivation and the Congress

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Diversity and Dominance in Indian Politics: Division, Deprivation and the Congress

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In this volume, a distinguished group of scholars examines important aspects of Congress policy and political strategy, particularly as they apply to minority groups and depressed classes and castes. It provides original inputs to our understanding of the politics of the social and geographical periphery and the socially deprived in contemporary India. The contributors advance new interpretations as well as present new data concerning one of the most important issues confronting public authority in India. "This is a good anthology of learned papers on the congress and the various kinds of deprivation in India. Students of Indian politics will find in very useful."

Localization: A Global Manifesto.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of the Community Development Society

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Localization: A Global Manifesto.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of the Community Development Society
Mary Emery
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This digital document is an article from Journal of the Community Development Society, published by Community Development Society on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1034 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Localization: A Global Manifesto.(Book Review)
Author: Mary Emery
Publication: Journal of the Community Development Society (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
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Volume: 32 Issue: 1 Page: 183(3)

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Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed

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Pollan is not the author, and that's ok.
Disclaiming Authorship

Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed
Carlo Petrini , and Jamey Lionette
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"Shiva is a burst of creative energy, an intellectual power."- The Progressive

Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed is a short, pocket-sized collection that goes to the heart of our existence-what we eat and how we grow it. It covers the questions:

How are seeds cultivated and saved?
How far must food travel before reaching our plate?
Who gets paid for the food we eat?
Why does our food taste like this?

We live in a world where of the eighty thousand edible plants used for food, only about 150 are being cultivated, and just eight are traded globally. A world where we produce food for 12 billion people when there are only 6.3 billion people living, and still, 800 million suffer from malnutrition and 1.7 billion suffer from obesity. A world where food is modified to travel long distances rather than to be nutritious and flavorful.

Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed lays out, in practical steps and far-reaching concepts, a program to ensure food and agriculture become more socially and ecologically sustainable. The book harvests the work and ideas produced by thousands of communities around the world. Emerging from the historic gatherings at Terra Madre, farmers, traders, and activists diagnose and offer prescriptions to reverse perhaps the worst food crisis faced in human history.

There is a growing realization that food politics is vital to the health of our bodies, economies, and environment-in other words, a matter of life or death. Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, writes, "Reinstating food as a central, primary element in our lives seems an obvious thing to do, since without food, no living things would exist." Thousands of communities around the world are working to do just this.

A world-renowned environmental leader and thinker, Vandana Shiva is the author of many books, including Earth Democracy, Water Wars, and Staying Alive. Manifestos includes essays by Prince Charles and Carlo Petrini.

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Pollan is not the author, and that's ok........2007-10-20

Like Michael Pollan, I have not yet read "Manifestos", but I have purchased it and I'm sure it will be deserving of the 5 stars I gave it. I gave it one star for featuring the art of the wonderful Nikki McClure on the cover. I've purchased her cards and calendars in the past, and thoroughly enjoy her work. Collect Raindrops: The Seasons Gathered
I gave "Manifestos" another star for featuring Vandana Shiva, an internationally-renown renaissance woman who has been challenging agribusiness lobbyists and lawyers for years. She also has won the "Right Livelihood Award" for her all her efforts to advance justice.Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, And Peace
"Manifestos" is deserving of another star for featuring Carlo Petrini, the founder of the "Slow Food" movement. Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, And Fair
The book also gets advanced another star from me for being published by South End Press, which has been publishing incredibly important ideas for decades, including Dispatches from Latin America: On the Frontlines Against Neoliberalism Recovering The Sacred: The Power Of Naming And Claiming and Chomsky's books long before he was a best-selling author Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies.
Lastly, I gave "Manifestos" a fifth star in advance because it features a transcript of a speech by Michael Pollan. It's too bad there was some confusion concerning his contribution, but he doesn't need to be the author for people to want to buy it. After becoming familiar with Pollan's insights through boks like The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World, many will be satisfied simply knowing he is a contributor.
To see Pollan on a DVD, he's featured in the extras of The Future of Food.

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - J. R. R. Tolkein

Disclaiming Authorship.......2007-10-08

Though the Amazon page lists me as the author of this book, I am not. I am not even its editor. It is an anthology edited by Vandana Shiva. I merely contributed a brief speech and essay to it, but have not even read it let alone edited it or wrote it! (I may or may not rate it higher after I have read it, but Amazon insisted I rate it in order to publish this disclaimer.) I apologize to any readers who bought the book in the mistaken belief I am its author. --Michael Pollan

Community, Conflict and the State: A Manifesto for Community Well-Being

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Community, Conflict and the State: A Manifesto for Community Well-Being
Charlie Cooper
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This book analyzes how notions of "community", "conflict", "dangerousness", and "safety" have been used and understood in British social policy.

Localization: A Global Manifesto: An article from: The Ecologist

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An administrative manifesto of the fourth year: Being a rational projection of the functional lines of administrative authority and responsibility within a developing Black educational institution

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An administrative manifesto of the fourth year: Being a rational projection of the functional lines of administrative authority and responsibility within a developing Black educational institution
Curtiss E Porter
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