Cuba Libre

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Elmore Leonard has a long track record of creating memorable characters--enough to bring life to many movies, the two most notable being Get Shorty and Jackie Brown(based on Leonard's Rum Punch). Both are pretty good movies, but the novels are much better. Today Leonard writes mostly "crime" novels, labeled as such because his characters struggle to be good in a world so full of temptation that some kind of crime is always involved.

Cuba Libre finds Leonard reaching for a broader audience than those which appreciated either his crime novels or the westerns he once wrote, which he accomplishes by combining elements of both. Ben Tyler is a cowboy who robs banks, but only those that contain money of people who owe but won't pay him--he only takes what they owe. Charlie Burke is a businessman who buys horses cheap in the west, then sells them to exporters, while heroine Amelia Brown is the mistress of one of the truly bad men in the novel and struggles with dilemmas similar to those endured by other cast members.

Begining around the time that the Maine is sunk in Havana Harbor and ending when Teddy and others storm San Juan Hill, the story is at its best when its colorful characters are turned loose in one of the novel's colorful settings. If you like Leonard, you'll love Cuba Libre, and if--for some reason--you haven't yet discovered the author, prepare for a real treat.

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War in Cuba isn't Ben Tyler's concern. Still, sailing mares and guns into Havana harbor in 1898--right past the submerged wreckage of the U.S. battleship Maine--may not be the smartest thing the recently prison-sprung horse wrangler ever did. Neither is shooting one of the local Guardia, though the pompous peacock deserved it. Now Tyler's sitting tight in a vermin-infested Cuban stockade waiting to face a firing squad. But he's not dying until he gets the money he's owed from a two-timing American sugar baron. And there's one smart, pistol-hot lady at the rich man's side who could help Ben get everything he's got rightfully coming...even when the whole damn island's going straight to hell.

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E-book extras: "Martin Amis Interviews 'The Dickens of Detroit'"; Elmore Leonard's "If It Sounds Like Writing, Rewrite It"; ""All By Elmore: The Crime Novels & The Westerns"; Selected Filmography Leonard's famous "Tropical Western" delivers a smuggler, a sugar baron, and one smart, pistol-hot lady to Havana during the Spanish-American War. War in Cuba isn't Ben Tyler's concern. Still, sailing mares and guns into Havana harbor in 1898 - right past the submerged wreckage of the U.S. battleship *Maine* - may not be the most intelligent thing the recently prison-sprung horse wrangler ever did. Neither is shooting one of the local Guardia, though the pompous peacock deserved it. Now Tyler's sitting tight in a vermin-infested Cuban stockade waiting to face a firing squad. But he's not dying until he gets the money he's owed from a two-timing American sugar baron. And there's one smart, pistol-hot lady at the rich man's side who could help Ben get everything he's got rightfully coming...even when the whole damn island's going straight to hell.

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Leonard is always good, but this isn't his best.......2006-08-24

I have read quite a few Elmore Leonard novels and short stories and always find them fast paced, easy reads. Cuba Libre, however, was harder than most to relate to. It is set in Cuba around the time of the Spanish American War and I think it was an odd setting to choose. That doesn't necessarily hamper the novel, but I think it makes it not so representative of Leonard's work. If you are an Elmore Leonard fan, by all means read it and enjoy it. If you haven't read his work before, I would start with something more representative, like Get Shorty or Tishomingo Blues. Then come back to this.

Ruffians galore as America invades Cuba.......2005-10-01

Elmore Leonard's "Cuba Libre" bears an inapt title. "Cuba Libre" implies that Leonard has created some of his trademark cowboys and thieves getting caught up in a political revolution. To a certain extent that's true, as the book indeed has some classic Leonardesque characters, and there is a revolution in the wake of the U.S.S. Maine being blown up, but the war that racks the Cuban countryside rarely rises above an inconvenience (or an opportunity) for Leonard's cast of ne'er-do-wells.

Fortunately, a possibly inapt title is a forgivable sin. We read Mr. Leonard's novels for their wicked dialogue and hard-edged yet open-hearted heroes (along with the hard-edged and hard-hearted villains). "Cuba Libre" has these traits in spades.

Ostensibly the "hero" of the tale, Ben Tyler runs both horses and guns to Cuba on the eve of the Maine's destruction. The imminent war sets devious wheels a-turning, as does Tyler's instant infatuation with Amelia, a spoiled rich girl from New Orleans. Problem is, Amelia's beau is Rollie Boudreaux, an amoral business tycoon from America who uses ruthlessness to advance both his business and romantic interests.

Leonard's characters hop-scotch through a byzantine plot that involves robbery, murder, kidnapping, extortion, torture, false imprisonment, jailbreaks, political revolution, and more than a wee bit of plain old thievery. Along the way, our heroes and villains meet other characters of unknown morals but a well-demonstrated ability to kill at the drop of a hat. For Tyler, it is easy to come to Cuba having never killed a man only to discover that he has quite the talent for it.

Perhaps not one of Leonard's great novels (I have not read enough of him to judge), "Cuba Libre" offers a hardboiled plot that feels surprisingly truncated. The possibilities revolutionary Cuba offers for an author of Leonard's capabilities seem endless, and yet "Cuba Libre" really does not go very far with them. This book, for example, completely lacks the scope of James Ellroy's "American Tabloid" or "The Cold Ten Thousand," even though the locale offers such a potentially broad canvas.

An easy book to like, "Cuba Libre" offers a fun read, as far as it goes, although you will be a bit disappointed that it doesn't try to go further.

A bit different for Elmore Leonard.......2004-09-08

This happens to be the first audio book that I have sampled. I usually prefer to read my books, but a recent change in my work life has forced me to do a lot more driving, so I thought that I'd try this format to help pass the time. It took a bit of getting used to to have the book read to me, but I rather enjoyed the experience. It certainly does help pass the time while driving. I would never choose to listen to audio-books at home because I derive such pleasure from reading, though. Anyway, to the story. This book is a quite a bit different from what we expect from Elmore Leonard. It takes us to Cuba just before the Spanish-American war (1897) and we see the country as it was then through some ex-patriot Americans' eyes. I'm not sure how true to actual are the historical facts, but the story was pretty good. There is a pretty good villain in the story, and the cowboy and his girl are kind of fun. The best thing about Elmore Leonard stories is the dialogue and this one does not disappoint in this area either. I look forward to more audio-books.

no wonder it comes in supermarket novel format..........2002-10-03

i read "cuba libre" because a friend left it behind after moving away from my city and i'd never read an elmore leonard novel, though i'd heard of him many times...it's no surprise that she didn't take this book along with her, since it is completely forgettable... this is the kind of book you would expect to find sitting between a package of cheez-wizz and the tabloids at the checkout counter in your local grocery store, and it is of about the same literary quality... the characters are totally absurd archetypes, the writing is about 5th-grade level and the use of the spanish language is downright insulting (because of all the mistakes, misspellings and the like)... how did such an interesting historical event get wrapped up in such a mediocre novel? i would just buy a history book on the origins of the spanish-american 'war' and would probably find it much more fascinating... in any case, it was impossible for me to read beyond the 60% point, so at least this scathing critique won't give away the ending: to tell you the truth, i couldn't care less what happened to any of the characters.

Historical fiction.......2002-09-29

Typical Elmore Leonard's crime genre, set against Spanish American war of 1898. Ben Tyler, a gun runner from Arizona is enticed by his friend Charlie Burke to bring horses to Cuba in a plot to smuggle guns to the Cubans who are fighting the Dons, Spaniards. The story then twists and turns with misstress,sugar mills, dungeons, duels, gun fights, bank robberiers, train explosions, with end never in doubt. Leonard created an unforgetable charector in Rolland Burdreaux, the American Industrialist, an opportunist and yet a realist...A good history lesson witout any clues to how the MAINE really blew up. It will always be a mystry.

Cuba Libre: A Brief History of Cuba (Global History Series (Wheeling, Ill.).)

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Cuba Libre: A Brief History of Cuba (Global History Series (Wheeling, Ill.).)
Paul J. Dosal
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As a work intended as concise supplementary reading for undergraduates, "Cuba Libre" relates the fascinating history of the island nation in about 150 pages of lively narrative.

The author's selection of facts and figures and steadily paced story line—from first contact with Europeans to the present—will appeal to students and instructors alike as interesting and informative reading for the Latin American and World History surveys, as well as specialized courses in Cuban history or Latin American-U.S. relations. Includes Photographs, Maps, Bibliographical Essay, and Index.

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Cuba Libre(unabridged Audio Cass)
ELMORE LEONARD
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Cuba Libre [Unabridged] [Audiobook]

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Charles Harbutt: Cuba Libre

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On New Year's Day, 1959, the news broke that Cuba's brutal dictator Batista had fled the country, looting it as he went. In the hills of the Sierra Maestra, the 32-year-old rebel leader Fidel Castro prepared his triumphal arrival in Havana. Photographer Charles Harbutt, then 23 years old, covered those first heady days in the capital. An American photography magazine had recommended his work to the Castro movement, which then invited him to photograph the revolution in Cuba. By January 2 he was in Havana, embarking on the journey of his life. Cuba Libre: 1959 catalogues the photographs of Harbutt's first extraordinary week in the city. His sharp eye and warm sympathy for the people in front of his camera combine to create images that are enthralling and revelatory. His photos evoke the moment, the place and the euphoria that swept the people of Cuba in that brief and turbulent time. Six months later Harbutt was back in Havana to cover an American company's sales convention. In this book, Harbutt juxtaposes images of these two wildly different places in time. These images offer a profound and dynamic insight into the ever-expanding political and cultural gulf between the United States and Cuba.

Columbia's war for Cuba;: A story of the early struggles of the Cuban patriots, and of all the important events leading up to the present war between the United States and Spain for Cuba libre,

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Columbia's war for Cuba;: A story of the early struggles of the Cuban patriots, and of all the important events leading up to the present war between the United States and Spain for Cuba libre,
Henry Allen Tupper
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Columbian Historical Novels Vol 13, Cuba Libre, a Story of the Hispano-American War, With Reading Courses Being a Complete History of the United States From the Time of Columbus to the Present Day

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Columbian Historical Novels Vol 13, Cuba Libre, a Story of the Hispano-American War, With Reading Courses Being a Complete History of the United States From the Time of Columbus to the Present Day

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CUBA LIBRE
Elmore Leonard
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Cuba Libre
Nicolas Guillen
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Cuba Libre

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Luthor has my vote!.......2007-04-22

Lex Luthor has become one of the most fascinating and complex characters in the DC universe. We grew up with him as a simple villain, but nowadays he's more of an antihero who just might be the real "good guy".

I've been reading all the recent series, graphic novels and so on that give Luthor a central role, and thus far, he's only done one thing I couldn't approve of.

I don't read the various Superman titles, so maybe I just haven't read the story of his many misdeeds. But throughout this collection, all the characters constantly say, "Eek! Lex Luthor is Teh Ebil! He's done so many terrible horrible things OMG!" And yet, nowhere in this book does anyone actually *mention* even one of those terrible horrible things. We're left to take their word for it, without having any idea what these things were. Even if these things are recorded in Superman's titles, that is sloppy writing.

Lex Luthor for President.......2005-08-29

"Superman:President Lex" collects various Superman comics published circa 2000-2001. It comes after "Superman:Endgame" (where Lex Luthor rebuilt Metropolis using the Brainiac-13 technology) and "Batman:No Man's Land" (where Lex Luthor rebuilt the earthquake-ravaged Gotham City). This time, Lex Luthor goes for the big prize - the U.S. Presidency. And no, this is NOT an Imaginary Story!

This book charts his campaigns, his ascendency, an assassination attempt on his life to boost ratings and finally Lex Luthor's swearing in as the 43rd President of the United States. Superman and JLA, with all their diverse powers, was unable to stop the "democratic process" and Luthor ends up as the Prez. In between, you have stories of an Atlantean attack led by Aquaman and Tempest, and also a visit by Bizarro #1.

The writing is mainly by Jeph Loeb, Mark Schultz and Greg Rucka. Pretty solid monthly work by the team. The book lists dozens of artists. Ed McGuiness stands out as the best of the bunch. Tony Harris, of Starman fame, turns in an issue featuring Luthor's rise to power - with eerily life-like art. The Christmas issue with many guest artists (Art Adams, Humberto Ramos, Joe Madureira, Ian Churchill, Rob Liefeld, Mike Wieringo, etc.) is also a highlight.

Not the most coherent trade paperback out there..........2004-02-24

I am not a regular reader of Superman comics, nor have I been a regular reader of comics in general the last few years, so I was very curious in learning the story behind Lex Luthor becoming president as soon as I heard about it. This book is supposed to provide that story, but instead it offers something less than that; I slightly incoherent, inconsistent, and hard to follow story made up of bits and pieces of various issues of the Superman titles. When so many different artists and writers are involved, the differences in tone and style quickly become distracting and annoying, particularly when the artist and writer would often change after just 2 or 3 pages. Viewpoints and characters also would change abruptly. There is no consistent flow at all. Overall this book is average, but the strong points include a short section featuring a meeting between Batman and Luthor.

DC Comics' U.S. President is..........2003-08-26

Lex Luthor.

Superman's arch-nemesis is now his Commander-In-Chief!

Unbelievable? Believe it.

This TPB collects different Superman issues from 2000 to 2001, which chronicles how Lex Luthor, the Man of Steel's most implacable foe, decides to run for President of the United States.

Intriguing? Very! But does it deliver? Well, yes and no. The strong part of this TPB is the artwork. I know some would definitely argue that some of the illustrations in this collection are mediocre at best (since it varies from one chapter to another), but some of the book's shining moments include Ed McGuinness' and Tony Harris' take on our intrepid hero. Yes, McGuinness' work is a bit cartoony and all, but when you look on the bright side, he does give Superman an entirely crisp and vibrant new look. Tony Harris' pencils are dark and moody; I think he's more suited for Batman and Daredevil, but his Lex Luthor sure looks diabolical enough for me, so kudos to him as well.

For the resounding "no," well, the story lacks a certain build-up, since it definitely has no clear climax (with none of the characters showing any intent on achieving one). Story coherence and direction went zilch after the Aquaman chapter, leaving behind a few fisticuffs and some very boring action scenes. Although the "Batman-talking-to-Luthor" chapter was one of the clear-cut highpoints of this TPB, it still fell short of granting the book an overall bearing.

Anyway, kudos to Jeph Loeb and Greg Rucka since they breathe into Superman/Luthor the human element readers can easily relate to (especially the Christmas episode and WHY Luthor decides to run for president). I guess for most parts, the story just wanders off here and there with so much references to Superman back issues [which you HAVE TO READ in order to comprehend the full impact of this particular storyline on the DC Universe].

Still, if you're a die-hard Superman fan, this book is worth taking a look at. But, if you're just a casual Man of Steel reader, I greatly recommend reading something else. =)

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President Luthor #1 (Secret Files & Origins)
DC Comics
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Direct sales edition comic book published by DC Comics. Details how Superman's arch-enemy Lex Luthor became President of the United States in the DC Universe. Part of DC's "Secret Files & Origins" series.

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Superman: President Lex

Manufacturer: Tandem Library
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Adventures and short stories featuring the classic Disney character Uncle Scrooge and his supporting cast, including Donald Duck and his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie!

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An Ambiguous Dystopia
And the purpose of this was what?
Disch is a master
An SF masterpiece about people--sad people
Not the best Disch on the table, but tasty in its own way...

334: A Novel
Thomas M. Disch
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Release Date: 1999-04-27

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The stories in 334 revolve loosely around a government housing project at 334 East 11th Street in New York City in the 2020s. The project's inhabitants are universally poor, often jobless, sometimes squalid. Some are happy, others angry, depressed, or just numb. The stories study their hopes and disappointments, and all are deeply introspective.

The early 21st-century setting might, in the hands of another author, be only a guise, a shortcut to making a world that's more gritty, shabby, and used up than ours. But Disch's future is thoroughly imagined, and he's adept at dropping in details of his characters' lives that are commonplace to them but jarring to us. It might be something as simple as going to the kitchen to "mix up a glass of milk." Occasionally it's radical, as in the case of Millie, who wants to have a baby but also keep her career. The answer? The child is gestated in an artificial womb and Millie's husband gets mammary implants.

Though American, Disch is closely associated with the UK's New Wave movement, and these stories reflect the New Wave emphasis on character above ideas. He's also a well-known poet, and in 334 you'll find some of the most lyrical science fiction written. --Brooks Peck

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An Ambiguous Dystopia.......2006-07-10

I find that '334' and 'Camp Concentration' are the most literate of Disch's works, but for different reasons. 'Camp Concentration' may have a Pynchon-like use of references, difficult lexicon, etc., but '334' shows Disch's ability to produce postmodern work that challenges the boundaries of the traditional narrative - he uses multiple characters, movements back and forth in time, and provides no 'plot.' The text is fractured - so much so, that for the final section of the book, Disch actually provides a subway-map-like diagram charting the relationships between the various vignettes (whether it helps or not is debatable).

Overall, Disch shapes a view of the mundane lives of little people. There is nothing outlandish about this dystopia that a few function happily within while others suffer. The totalitarianism is never as extreme as Orwell's '1984,' and it therefore seems as if the world of '334' could creep up on us without protest - and that's truly horrifying.

And the purpose of this was what?.......2006-05-27

I don't remember where I saw it, but I caught a reference to this book, 334 : A Novel by Thomas M. Disch. It sounded interesting... A futuristic look at life in this particular government-controlled housing unit. After finishing it, all I can say is "why?"...

The book is a series of vignettes that follow a group of people who live in this government housing complex. It's sometime around 2020 to 2025, and the stories jump back and forth over that timeframe. The best I can do is describe this as "reality novel-reading" (as opposed to reality television), and I don't like either, I guess. The stories were pointless, the writing attempted to be philosophical and deep (and it was totally wasted on me), and I never really got caught up in any of the characters or in what was going on. It sort of reminded me of the movie Pulp Fiction in the way that the timeline of events was completely out of sequence with what you were seeing. The end of the movie is the start of the movie from a different angle... That sort of strange stuff.

Perhaps I'm just not "sophisticated" enough for this book, but in my opinion it was a waste of time and paper... The only thing it had going for it was that it was fairly short...

Disch is a master.......2006-02-15

This story is a sequence based around the people who live at a particular address in New York in the near future. The writing is the best you'll find in all 'speculative fiction' and the characterisation can't be beaten by anything you'll find in the mainstream. This is one of my favorite books and I recommend it unreservedly. I won't give you any spoilers. Read it for yourself and I know you'll agree this is one of the best sf books you've ever known.

An SF masterpiece about people--sad people.......2004-10-28

Thomas Disch's 334 has got to be the most depressing book I have ever read, an SF novel about people more than ideas or plot. The book (more a series of inter-related stories than a novel) is set in a future New York City (mis)governed by technocratic socialistic regime which enforces eugenics, attempts to radically redefine gender roles, and placates citizens with drugs and televised pornography. The focus of the book is the lives of several ordinary tenants of an overcrowded and decrepit public housing project, people whose lives range from unfulfilling to abjectly miserable, flawed people whom the soulless welfare state is incompetent to help, or people unable to meet their potential in the inhuman society that that inefficient bureaucracy has, by accident or design, created. Disch skillfully never strays into condescension or preachiness and always shows and never tells, depicting people and events that are never spectacular or maudlin, but are instead utterly quotidian and horribly believable. 334 is much better than Disch's earlier novel, Genocides, and more on a par with his impressive Camp Concentration, which shares with 334 forays into experimental (and generally successful) story structures and techniques.

Not the best Disch on the table, but tasty in its own way..........2003-08-12

Disch takes us through the lives of several people living at 334 11th Street, an apartment complex contolled by MODICOM; a modern day welfare system of social case workers.
The time frame jumps between 2020 and 2026, and especially in Part III the time frames jump from chapter to chapter, even with the same characters. It got a little frustrating when something would happen to one of them, and suddenly you are back in a time frame with this same character that you read about already, 50 pages ago. Some of Disch's characters are fully formed and multi-dimensional, but unfortunatly those are not the ones we get to see the most of.
Mainly, the story follows the Hansen's and the people they know and come in contact with in 334. Despite not being the best story Disch has written, the prose and poetry of his writing is still very much present, and at only 250 pages this is still a good addition to your reading pile.

The Amazing Spider-Man #334 : Secrets, Puzzles, and Little Fears (The Return of the Sinister Six - Marvel Comics)

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The Amazing Spider-Man #334 : Secrets, Puzzles, and Little Fears (The Return of the Sinister Six - Marvel Comics)
David Michelinie
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Gregory Wright
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Toby's Best Friend (First Novel Series)
Jean Lemieux
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Toby's parents think he worries too much and they want to get something that will be good for him. He's very pleased when they get him a dog who can be his companion. They sit up half the night looking at the snowstorm.
In the morning Toby and his friends make a snow fort. In his excitement, he forgets about his puppy. His friend takes care of the puppy. Toby learns how people care for one another.

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The Uncanny X-Men #334 : Dark Horizon (Onslaught - Marvel Comics)

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The Uncanny X-Men #334 : Dark Horizon (Onslaught - Marvel Comics)
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Daughters and Fathers in Feminist Novels (Europaische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XIV, Angelsachsische Sprache Und Literatur, Bd 334)
Barbara H. Sheldon
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Captain America #334 : Basic Training
Mark Gruenwald
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Marvel Comics Group - The Mighty Thor - Runequest - Vol. 1, No. 334, August 1983

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Marvel Comics Group - The Mighty Thor - Runequest - Vol. 1, No. 334, August 1983
Stan Lee
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With over 75 million currently practicing Methodists worldwide, this book treats Methodism as a global religious tradition, examining its rich diversity as well as the core beliefs and attitudes that all Methodists share. It serves as an introduction to the patterns of Methodist life, demonstrating how the religion has developed from British and American roots in different cultural contexts. In addition to the lasting traditions of John and Charles Wesley, An Introduction to Methodism reflects the on-going contribution of Methodism to the ecumenical movement and inter-religious relations. Its analysis includes abundant resources encouraging further study. Kenneth Cracknell is Professor of Theology and Global Studies at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas. He has been a theological teacher in Nigeria, a Methodist pastor in Britain, and Director of Interfaith Relations for the British Council of Churches. He has also been a consultant to the World Council of Churches on interfaith issues since 1979 and has visited churches in all parts of the world. He is the author of Toward a New Relationship: Christians and People of Other Faith (Epworth Press, 1986) and Justice, Courtesy and Love: Theologians and Missionaries Encountering Other Religions 1846-1914 (Epworth, 1995). Susan J. White is Alberta H. and Harold L. Lunger Professor of Spiritual Resources and Disciplines at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas. She has been a member of the Church of England Liturgical Commission, and the Joint Liturgical Group of Great Britain and Ireland, and consultant for liturgical revision to the Methodist Faith and Order Committee and the Office of Worship of the Board of Discipleship of the United Methodist Church. She is the author of Groundwork of Christian Worship (Epworth, 1997) The Spirit of Worship: The Liturgical Tradition (Orbis Books, 2000) and A History of Women in Christian Worship (Pilgrim Press, 2003)

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An Introduction to World Methodism.(Book review): An article from: Church History
Russell E. Richey
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Title: An Introduction to World Methodism.(Book review)
Author: Russell E. Richey
Publication: Church History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 75 Issue: 3 Page: 713(2)

Article Type: Book review

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Introduction to World Methodism
Kenneth Cracknell
Manufacturer: Cambridge University
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K2TSOW

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