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Harris, DuchessSummary: In this program, Dennis Wholey has a conversation about the Episcopal Church with the Right Reverend Chester L. Talton, Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles. Topics of discussion include the birth of the Episcopal Church in America, the theological focal point of the religion, the roles of the Presiding Bishop and Bishop Suffragans, the relationship between the Episcopal and Anglican Churches, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The final hour of God in America brings the series into the present day, exploring the religious and political aspirations of conservative evangelicals’ moral crusade over divisive social issues like abortion and gay marriage. Their embrace of presidential politics would end in disappointment in the 2008 election, and questions about the mixing of religion and politics. New waves of immigrants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Harris, Duchess
Summary: June 18, 1969. A police raid at the Stonewall Inn, a popular gathering place for LGBTQ individuals in New York City, turned into a riot. Drag queens and trans women of color were the first to fight back. Violence continued for the next six days. This is recognized as the beginning of the LGBTQ rights movement. Harris and Lundin examine how social movements have made an impact at local, state,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 323.3 HARSummary: Nearly everyone agrees that the military buildup known as the "surge"-or some confluence of events-improved security in Iraq. But the idea that the United States is winning the war is debatable. Will the United States leave a reasonably decent society and a reasonably representative government, without sectarian violence or civil war? Will Iraq remain friendly toward the United States?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The first program in a series of 48 movies that helped change America. During the first decades of the 20th century no issue was too controversial for movies ... from prohibition to abortion, unions, atheism, the vote for women, worker safety, juvenile justice, homelessness and immigration, these films became the catalyst for social change.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment [distributor] 2007