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"Over the years, millions of people from around the world left their homes in search of a better life in the United States of America. Most studies of this life-altering experience have focused on its meaning and effects for men. Walking Common Ground reveals the surprising contrasts which show up in this story when the focus shifts to women." "Comparing women's accounts of nineteenth century immigration taken from letters, diaries and autobiographies with extensive in-depths interviews of twentieth century women from every corner of the globe, Kristine Leach uncovers an unexpected commonality of experience for immigrant women, in spite of enormous differences in time, place and circumstance. Going beyond the recitation of immigration statistics, Leach explores the problems of child rearing in a culture with different standards of behavior, the adjustments to new freedoms and responsibilities and the orientation to new types of housing, food, customs and morals. She develops her account through the words and life of the women under study, placing her theoretical account in its concrete reality."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The First World War and the End of the Ottoman Order examines the social and political events of the 19th and early 20th centuries that brought the Ottomans into the First World War on the side of the Central Powers, discusses the division of the empire at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, and explains the formation of modern Turkey.

We are living in the "Age of Migration" and migration has a profound impact on all aspects of society and on religious institutions. While there is significant research on migration in the social sciences, little study has been done to understand the impact of migration on Christianity. This book investigates this important topic and the ramifications for Christian theology and ethics. It begins with anthropological and sociological perspectives on the mutual impact between migration and Christianity, followed by a re-reading of certain events in the Hebrew Scripture, the New Testament, and Church history to highlight the central role of migration in the formation of Israel and Christianity. Then follow attempts to reinterpret in the light of migration the basic Christian beliefs regarding God, Christ, and church. The next part studies how migration raises new issues for Christian ethics such as human dignity and human rights, state rights, social justice and solidarity, and ecological justice. The last part explores what is known as "Practical Theology" by examining the implications of migration for issues such as liturgy and worship, spirituality, architecture, and education.

Like its neighbors Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the tiny African country of Burundi has a long history of internal violence. Members of the Hutu and Tutsi tribes have often fought for control of Burundi. In 1993, the country's first democratically elected president, a Hutu, was voted into office; his assassination a few months later sparked a civil war that resulted in more than 100,000 deaths and a million refugees. In November 2003, a peace agreement was signed that many observers hoped would end the bloodshed in Burundi. But although the peace has held for a decade, the country is still struggling to recover from its history of ethnic violence.

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Miguel de Cervantes' El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de La Mancha relates the adventures of Don Quijote and his sidekick Sancho Panza in a world in which reality and appearance are blurred together. This thesis observes that this dual reality creates an ambiguity in which Cervantes appears to cloak an array of social commentaries and criticisms during the censorship imposed by the Spanish Inquisition. Between 1609 and 1613, this population, known as the "moriscos", was exiled from their homeland. In an attempt to pull-back the layers to Cervantes' work, the situation of the "moriscos" was considered in this thesis. For example, it appears that the Hispano-Muslim characters represent and function as a voice for the community. While some characters are obvious, others are hidden and can only be recognized through very subtle clues with which Cervantes laced the Quijote. This thesis makes two assertions; it proposes, first, that don Diego de Miranda is most likely a Crypto-Muslim and, second, that his primary function in the Quijote, as a representative of the Hispano-Muslim community, is to confront the negative stereotypes of that community through his moral code and upright character. In short, he is the personification of human virtue, or, in the words of Sancho Panza he is a "Saint in short stirrups". Among other elements, this thesis provides: a brief narration of the socio-religious context in which the Quijote was written; the conditions that lead to Hispano-Muslim community going underground; and, a linguistic and historical analysis of certain literary devices used by Cervantes as to distinguish an oppressed people enduring extremes of hardship. Particular attention is given to providing a semantic analysis of the main title by which this character is known at the beginning: el Caballero del Verde. Furthermore, this thesis presents an in-depth analysis of the characteristics attributed to him by Cervantes in the character's self-introduction and moral code.