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Title: Doing Good, Departing from Evil

Doing Good, Departing from Evil

Research Findings in the Twenty-First Century

by Carole J. Lambert (Volume editor)
©2009 Monographs X, 254 Pages
Science, Society & Culture
Series: American University Studies , Volume 279

Summary

Doing Good, Departing from Evil: Research Findings in the Twenty-First Century emphasizes that goodness must be actively enacted, not abstractly discussed, that evil is present and must be fought, and that in-depth research into problems provides wisdom to proceed with that battle in the new century. Eleven scholars investigate problematic topics and offer potential guidance about racism, propaganda, marital tensions, educational inequities, college dropouts, elders’ depression, neglect of the disabled, and even peacemaking between faith-based and secular social work agencies as well as Israelis and Palestinians. This collection offers no easy answers to complex problems, but points the way to potentially positive modes of mending the world, and invites readers to share in this challenging task.

Details

Pages
X, 254
Publication Year
2009
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433103605
Language
English
Keywords
wisdom battle racism propaganda depression
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2009. X, 254 pp.
Product Safety
Peter Lang Group AG

Biographical notes

Carole J. Lambert (Volume editor)

The Editor: Carole J. Lambert is Professor of English and Director of Research at Azusa Pacific University in California. In addition to four National Endowment for the Humanities grants, she received a Fulbright fellowship to conduct research in Brussels, Belgium. She is the author of The Empty Cross: Medieval Hopes, Modern Futility in the Theater of Maurice Maeterlinck, Paul Claudel, August Strindberg, and Georg Kaiser (1990) and Is God Man’s Friend? Theodicy and Friendship in Elie Wiesel’s Novels (Lang, 2006), as well as co-editor, with William D. Brewer, of Essays on the Modern Identity (Lang, 2000). She earned her Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of California, Berkeley, and has published widely in several journals.

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