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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450945703321

Titolo

Suffering religion / / edited by Robert Gibbs and Elliot R. Wolfson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

0-415-26612-2

1-134-50145-5

1-280-06881-7

0-203-16598-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GibbsRobert <1958->

WolfsonElliot R

Disciplina

291.2/118

Soggetti

Suffering - Religious aspects - Christianity

Suffering - Religious aspects - Judaism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: the study of religion; Unjustifiable suffering; Rereading Job as textual theodicy; Suffering in theory; The scandal of pain in childbirth; Divine suffering and the hermeneutics of reading: philosophical reflections on Lurianic mythology; Suffering and incarnation; Epilogue: theology and religious studies; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In a diverse and innovative selection of new essays by cutting-edge theologians and philosophers, Suffering Religion examines one of the most primitive but challenging questions to define human experience - why do we suffer? As a theme uniting very different religious and cultural traditions, the problem of suffering addresses issues of passivity, the vulnerability of embodiment, the generosity of love and the complexity of gendered desire. Interdisciplinary studies bring different kinds of interpretations to meet and enrich each other. Can the notion of goodness retain meaning in the



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812838303321

Autore

Stricker Frank

Titolo

American unemployment : past, present, and future / / Frank Stricker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2021

ISBN

0-252-05203-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 267 pages)

Collana

Illinois scholarship online

Disciplina

331.137973

Soggetti

Unemployment - United States - History

United States Economic conditions

United States Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: History Lessons: 1873-20181 Discipline for the Unemployed Laissez-Faire for Business (1873-1920)2 The Twenties and the Thirties: Boom, Bust, and New Deal3 Full Employment: Experiments and Battles (1940-1974)4 Low Unemployment + Low Inflation: Can't Be Done, Is Done (1975-2000)5 Low Pay, Great Recession (2001-2018)Part II: Real Numbers, Explanations, Remedies6 The U.S. Unemployment Rate: Development and Debate7 Why So Much Unemployment? 8 Real Full Employment: Where Capital Fails, How Government Can Succeed Notes Index Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

The history of unemployment and many concepts surrounding it remain a mystery to many Americans. Frank Stricker believes we need to understand this essential thread in our shared past. 'American Unemployment' is an introduction for everyone that takes aim at misinformation, willful deceptions, and popular myths to set the record straight: Workers do not normally choose to be unemployed.