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American ways: An introduction to American culture - Fourth Edition
Maryanne Datesman, Joann Crandall, & Edward N. Kearny · Pearson Education · 2014
As the cultural diversity of the United States continues to increase, the issues surrounding multiculturalism continue to be of great importance. With updates throughout and a fresh, new design, the Fourth Edition of American Ways retains its values-based perspective in examining what makes the U.S. unique - and how traditional values influence various aspects of American life such as religion, business, government, race relations, education, recreation, and family.
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Studying the Bible: The Tanakh and Early Christian Writings
Gregory Eiselein; Anna Goins; Naomi Wood · New Prairie Press · 2019
Studying the Bible: The Tanakh and Early Christian Writings is a university-level, textbook introduction to the study of the Bible, its literary forms, and historical and cultural contexts. This textbook is a companion to the Bible courses taught in the English Department at Kansas State University, in particular ENGL 470 The Bible, though it is available for use in other courses and contexts. This textbook examines the Hebrew Bible (also known as the Tanakh) and the early Christian writings of the New Testament. It is an introduction to the analysis of biblical texts, their histories, and their interpretations. The emphasis throughout this textbook is on the literary qualities of these biblical texts as well as their cultural and historical contexts.
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Reading the Bible as Literature: A Journey
Jody Ondich · Minnesota State Colleges and Universities · 2022
The Bible is one of the most published books in human history. It is also one of the most misquoted, misunderstood and misused books in human history. This happens because people are not always aware that the Bible is not a book, it is a collection of diverse writings. The Bible might even be called an anthology, and it will include everything from poetry to genealogy, pithy sayings to architectural mandates, mythology to letters. Knowing what one is reading helps one understand the ideas in the writings. We read letters in the context of who wrote them and who received them. We read sermons understanding the speaker's perspective may differ from the listener's perspective. So this text is an attempt to give historic, literary, geographical and cultural context to a complex and often poorly understood set of materials. This is very much an ebook, and needs to be used in that format. Pdfs and other printed versions will lose a great deal of the content.
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Compact Anthology of World Literature
Laura Getty; Kyounghye Kwon · University of North Georgia Press · 2016
A world literature class may be the first place that some students have encountered European works, let alone non-Western texts. The emphasis in this anthology, therefore, is on non-Western and European works, with only the British authors who were the most influential to European and non-Western authors (such as Shakespeare, whose works have influenced authors around the world to the present day). In a world literature class, there is no way that a student can be equally familiar with all of the societies, contexts, time periods, cultures, religions, and languages that they will encounter; even though the works presented here are translated, students will face issues such as unfamiliar names and parts of the story (such as puns) that may not translate well or at all. Since these stories are rooted in their cultures and time periods, it is necessary to know the basic context of each work to understand the expectations of the original audience. The introductions in this anthology are meant to be just that: a basic overview of what students need to know before they begin reading, with topics that students can research further. An open access literature textbook cannot be a history book at the same time, but history is the great companion of literature: The more history students know, the easier it is for them to interpret literature. These works can help students understand the present, as well. In an electronic age, with this text available to anyone with computer access around the world, it has never been more necessary to recognize and understand differences among nationalities and cultures. The literature in this anthology is foundational, in the sense that these works influenced the authors who followed them. A word to the instructor: The texts have been chosen with the idea that they can be compared and contrasted, using common themes. Rather than numerous (and therefore often random) choices of texts from various periods, these selected works are meant to make
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World Literature I: Beginnings to 1650
Laura Getty; Kyounghye Kwon · University of North Georgia Press · 2015
This peer-reviewedWorld Literature Ianthology includes introductory text and images before each series of readings. Sections of the text are divided bytimeperiod in three parts: the Ancient World, Middle Ages, and Renaissance, and then divided into chapters by location.
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The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature
Kristen O'Dell Brumfield · Onondaga Community College
In the contents: 13.12: Using Religion to Internalize Whiteness · 18.19: Harriet Jacobs and William Peter Blatty- Interpretations of Slavery Maternity and Weaponized Religion · 19.05: My Religion is Better than Yours
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88 Open Essays - A Reader for Students of Composition & Rhetoric
Sarah Wangler & Tina Ulrich · Northwestern Michigan College
In the contents: 46: Why Native Americans Do Not Separate Religion from Science (LaPier)
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ENGWR 300: College Composition
Kelsey Ford · Sacramento City College
In the contents: 5.14: Why Native Americans Do Not Separate Religion from Science (LaPier)
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American Literature Survey
Robert Wyckoff · Housatonic Community College
In the contents: 2.4.3.02: The Role of Religion in the Colonial Encounter · 10.4.08: Using Religion to Internalize Whiteness
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English Literature II
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
In the contents: 5.02: Barrett Science and Religion
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The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature
Robin DeRosa, Abby Goode et al. · Plymouth State University
In the contents: 9.11: The Role of Religion in the Colonial Encounter · 29.12: Using Religion to Internalize Whiteness · 34.19: Harriet Jacobs and William Peter Blatty- Interpretations of Slavery Maternity and Weaponized Religion
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English 002: Supplemental Reader
Jill Bonds · Coalinga College
In the contents: 10.46: Why Native Americans Do Not Separate Religion from Science (LaPier)