T. Walter Herbert:Faith-Based War: From 9/11 to Catastrophic Success in Iraq
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Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1904. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author: For Clara E. Laughlin, to whom / the Light of Asias heart went out / from th… More...
Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1904. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author: For Clara E. Laughlin, to whom / the Light of Asias heart went out / from the first time he met her / till the end of his life; with / the admiring love of // Mary Eleanor Barrows / Christmas 1904. Clara E. Laughlin (1873-1941) was the author of more than 35 books, headed a Travel Service with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Paris, and published a monthly magazine with a circulation of more than 80,000. The subject of the biography, John Henry Barrows, was the senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church, Chicago, at the time of the Exposition of 1893. Because of his proximity to the organizers of the Fair, he was asked to organize and chair a concurrent religious event. In preparation for what became known as the World Parliament of REligions, Barrows and his committee sent out some ten thousand personal letters (not to mention forty thousand documents) to the far corners of the world. We affectionately invite the representatives of all faiths, the letter said, to aid us in presenting to the world, at the Exposition of 1893, the religious harmonies and unities of humanity, and also in showing forth the moral and spiritual agencies which are the root of human progress. Beginning Spetember 11th, 1893, and for the following seventeen days, more than 4,000 representatives of the worlds religions -- Protestantism, Hinduism, Jainism, Islam, Judaism, Catholicism, Greek and Russian ORthodoxy, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, Ethical Culture, and others -- met to bring forth the truths the various religions teach in common, and to promote the brotherhood among religious men of diverse faith. The Parliament was a landmark event bringing, for the first time in history, so diverse an audience. Octavo, bound by Sickles in purple levant & marbled boards, with the gilt-stamped monogram of Charles Edward Ballard (hotelier and circus owner) on the upper panel of the front cover, gilt-decorated spine, top edge gilt, uncut, [x], [11]-480 pp. Frontis. portrait. Near-Fine; spine somewhat faded, mostly unopened., Fleming H. Revell Co., 1904. First edition., 1904, 0, BRANTZ MAYER (1809-1879). Mayer, an American author, lawyer, and politician, wrote about the histories of Maryland, of which he was a native, and Mexico, where he briefly served as a diplomat. AD. 1pg. 8 x 13. N.d. N.p. An autograph document by American author and historian Brantz Mayer, composed of a transcription of a 1746 document from the Maryland colony and nineteenth-century commentary on said document. The transcription is a list of Irish immigrants who came to Maryland colony in 1746 aboard the ship of a Captain Park. Three were convicts, and the rest were probably indentured servants. The document certifies that all these immigrants were of the Protestant faith. As the nineteenth-century notes state, such a certification was at one time necessary in pre-Revolutionary Maryland to avoid the fines demanded from Catholics or the masters of Catholic servants. The colony of Maryland was originally founded and governed by the Catholic Lords of Baltimore as a haven for Catholics, and the 1649 Act of Toleration granted such freedom to all Christians in Maryland. However, this act was overturned shortly after, and Catholicism was severely repressed during and after Marylands 1689 Protestant Revolution. Religious freedom would not return to Marylands Catholics until Americas independence. The document states: Papists in Maryland The following is a curious document which owes its existence to some old law of Maryland (1715. 1717. 1728. 1732) imposing certain duties upon every Papist Servant imported into the Province from Ireland, and requiring certain evidence of their being Protestants to exempt the owners from those duties. Upon inspecting the names on this list all of which are unquestionably Irish, and (as may be seen in the original) the inability of all except the first to write his name, - & he too only after two attempts; - and observing that the names of all are written by the same person around the X; we can scarcely doubt that they were rend by the Captain who doubtless also inscribed the Declaration of Faith We may very easily believe that these intolerant laws were thus evaded with great faculty. Capt Park, list of Irish Servants & Convicts 1746. from among Gov. Sharpes & the Ridout papers. We do declare that we believe that there is not any Transubstantiation in the Sacrament of the Lords Supper or in the Elements of Bread, Wine, or after the consecration thereof by any persons whatsoever Richard Huse (? Hughes) Paddy X Scollaw James X Hearn Roger X Conerly Thos X Macdaniel Owen X MacNolty James X Conoway Thos X Barney Darience X Macnelis Brian X Macmamman Willm X Macguinness Richd X Walliss jas X Magoone Thos X Connerly Owen X Dow a list of convicts on board the Brigg Nancy, Capt Js Park. Commandr from Ireland Teag Rork Forloch Rork Margaret Magee. The name Brantz Mayer is written in pencil in the bottom left corner of the document. Mayer was a native of Baltimore who evidently had a great interest in the history of Maryland. This document was likely research for one of his books, either Calvert and Penn, or the Growth of Civil and Religious Liberty in the United States or Baltimore: Past and Present, with Biographical Sketches of Its Representative Men. The document is in good condition with discoloration to the upper section. The original document is in the papers of colonial Maryland governor Horatio Sharpe (1718-1790)., 0, Portland, OR: Vancouver Transportation Co. & Lewis River Transportation Co., 1905. Three pieces. 1 8vo. leaf on ruled paper w/ folds, manuscript of the inscription on the Loving Cup, 2nd -- 1 leaf of manuscript on Eaton Bond paper w/ folds, signed; 1 TLS yellow-tinted leaf of letterhead, dittoed letter to Mr. Jacob Kamm, wishing holiday greetings (occasional soiling, slight closed tears, creasing), still VG set, from the library of Caroline Augusta Gray Kamm (1840-1932), noted socialite and philanthropist in Portland, built home for poor women & girls with the YWCA, and was daughter of PNW pioneer William H. Gray (1810-1889) who traveled to the Lapwai Mission in Lewiston, ID in 1836 where he was the Nez Perce secular agent, and she subsequently later married Jacob Kamm (1823-1912), pioneering Oregon steamship builder, industrialist, entrepreneur, and co-owner/operator of the Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Co. Original ALS & TLS surrounding the presentation of a silver Loving Cup to Caroline & Jacob Kamm by their employees Dec. 25, 1905 for Christmas, writing We, your employees, take pleasure in presenting you this Loving Cub, as a small token of our esteem. The flowers, accompanying we trust Mrs. Kamm will accept. . . followed by Christmas & New Years greetings. Of interest is the listing of all 27 Vancouver & Lewis River Transportation Co. employees in 1905. First manuscript leaf carefully lays out the engraved inscription from the employes [sic]., Vancouver Transportation Co. & Lewis River Transportation Co., 1905., 0, Hardback. New. The American invasion of Iraq was largely governed by faith-based policy. The "shock and Awe" strategy, alongside a grossly mismanaged occupation, led to the loss of American lives. 'Faith-Based War' presents an analysis of the imperialist Christian militarism behind the Bush Administration., 6<
