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Quinn, Eugene Frederick was born on September 16, 1935 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frederick Anthony and Wilma (Scott) Quinn.
(Current global tensions and the spread of terrorism have ...)
Current global tensions and the spread of terrorism have resurrected in the West a largely negative perception of Islamic society, an ill will fueled by centuries of conflict and prejudice. Shedding light on the history behind these hostile feelings, Frederick Quinn's timely volume traces the Western image of Islam from its earliest days to recent times. Quinn establishes four basic themes around which the image of Islam gravitates throughout history: the Prophet as Antichrist, heretic, and Satan; the Prophet as Fallen Christian, corrupted monk, or Arab Lucifer; the prophet as sexual deviant, polygamist, and charlatan, and the Prophet as Wise Easterner, Holy Person, and dispenser of wisdom. A feature of the book is a strong portrayal of Islam in literature, art, music, and popular culture, drawing on such sources as Cervantes's Don Quixote; the Orientalism of numerous visual artists; the classical music of Monteverdi and Mozart; and more recent cultural manifestations, such as music hall artists like Peter Dawson and Edith Piaf; and stage or silver screen representations like The Garden of Allah, The Sheik, Aladdin, and The Battle of Algiers. Quinn argues that an outpouring of positive information on basically every aspect of Islamic life has yet to vanquish the hostile and malformed ideas from the past. Conflict, mistrust, and misunderstanding characterize the Muslim-Christian encounter, and growing examples of cooperation are often overshadowed by anger and suspicion. In this important book, Quinn highlights long-standing historical prejudices but also introduces the reader to some of the landmark voices in history that have worked toward a greater understanding of Islam.
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While nearly one in every five people in the world today is Muslim, Islam is spreading most rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where one in three Africans today practices a form of Islam. Sub-Saharan Africa is today home to over 150 million Muslims. Although immensely varied, African Islam, the authors demonstrate, is defined by three overarching beliefs. First, African Islam is local Islam, with no ordained clergy or international body to regulate doctrine. At the same time, the importance of Islam as a source of communal identity, both within African societies and as part of the worldwide Islamic community, is a defining feature of the African Muslim worldview. Finally, there is a pervasive belief among African Muslims that the West is on a new crusade against Islam. At a time of growing interest in the worldwide expansion of Islam, the Islamic revival in Africa deserves special attention. With in-depth coverage of Islam in countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, Pride, Faith, and Fear provides both a general overview of African Islam and a detailed picture of Muslim politics--which are increasingly national politics--in some of Africa's most populous regions.
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( By describing the Anglican ethos in historical context,...)
By describing the Anglican ethos in historical context, with its emphasis on reason, moderation, liturgy and culture, readers can more easily see the grounding from which this faith tradition emerges.
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( From the sweeping changes of democratic reform to the b...)
From the sweeping changes of democratic reform to the bloody conflict of the Chechen Republic, 1993-95 was a tumultuous and critical time for Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics. During that two-year period, Frederick Quinn toured the former Soviet empire as head of the rule of law programs of the Warsaw Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). His primary task was to help the new nations of the region write new constitutions and rebuild their judicial systems. Keenly aware of the uniqueness of the history he was witnessing unfold, Quinn took notes of his experiences. The result is Democracy at Dawn—a personal, firsthand account of hope and nascent political and social freedom in a drab, confused, confusing, and often seemingly hopeless part of the world. Quinn recounts the difficulties of many of the countries, as governmental and judicial habits and thought patterns held over from communist regimes, lack of equipment and supplies, shortages of food and services, and, in the case of the Chechen Republic, a devastating civil war all conspire against the formation of popular, pluralistic democracies. He also cites frustrating bureaucratic problems, both with the various host governments as well as with the administration of ODIHR. Quinn also recalls in fascinating detail his encounters with the new leaders of the region, such as Georgia's Edouard ... and ... Vaclav Havel. At the core of this powerful memoir is Quinn's admiration for the many people he encountered, from working men and women to the functionaries at the highest levels of government, who share a desire for democracy and constitutionality—alien concepts that they nevertheless desperately want to realize. And, despite daunting obstacles faced by the former communist-bloc countries, Quinn asserts that the case for democracy may be more hopeful than it might at first appear. Public discussion about new forms of government is widespread; intense media scrutiny has helped keep the ambitions of authoritarian leaders in check; nongovernmental civic organizations are growing; and the international community has taken increased interest in holding the new states to treaty commitments involving human rights, free elections, and the creation of independent judiciaries. Engaging and informative reading for the general reader interested in the new Eastern Europe, Democracy at Dawn also offers sociologists, historians, and political scientists a valuable inside look at the rise of democracy in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain. It will be of interest as well to judicial scholars concerned with the development of constitutional judicial systems in new democracies.
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( Africa is a deeply spiritual continent and yet has rela...)
Africa is a deeply spiritual continent and yet has relatively few canonized saints. This book shares the wonderful and often heroic stories of people of faith from the continent of Africa.
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(On October 15, 1991 there was a groundbreaking ceremony f...)
On October 15, 1991 there was a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a federal courthouse in Greenbelt, MD. Three years later it was ready to do the business of dispensing justice and continuing the judicial traditions of the United States. This book looks at a five-year span of the courthouse's activities and the fascinating cases that came across their collective benches.
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As this critical, independent history, which ends with the ordination of one of the first women bishops in the nation, shows, Utah Episcopalians have had, despite small numbers, a remarkably eventful and significant history, which included complex relations with Mormons and Native Americans, early experience of women and homosexuals in the ministry, and a fascinating set of bishops. Among the latter were Daniel Tuttle, a leading figure in Episcopal history; Christian socialist and Social Gospel proponent Frank Spencer Spalding; and Paul Jones, forced to resign because of his pacifism during WWI. Frederick Quinn, an Episcopal priest and historian, is adjunct professor of history at Utah State University and adjunct professor of political science at the University of Utah. His previous books include Democracy at Dawn, Notes From Poland and Points East, a TLS International Book of the Year, and African Saints, Martyrs, and Holy People, a Black Catholic Congress Book of the Month. A former chaplain at Washington National Cathedral, he holds a doctorate in history from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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For more than five centuries France has been both a European and a global power. French explorers, traders, settlers, soldiers and missionaries journeyed to the world's farthest reaches establishing colonies, bringing millions of people under French influence and claiming vast expanses of forests, jungles, deserts, and rich mineral and maritime resources. Through continued wars with rival powers, including Spain, Portugal, Great Britain, and Germany, France lost large portions of its empire and gained others. Century-long conflict with some of its most valued possessions, such as Vietnam and Algeria, further hastened the empire's demise after World War II. This is a story of colorful personalities and dramatic events: Cartier's exploration of Canada, Richelieu's and Colbert's global trading companies, Champlain the colonizer, the French presence in Louisiana, the vast but short-lived French empire in India, the nefarious slave trade, and France's defeat in its prosperous Caribbean colony, St. Dominque. Later chapters survey France's important colonial lobby, the administration of colonies, the impact of World War I, the Colonial Expansion of 1931, the rise of labor unions and nationalist movements. Other chapters cover events related to World War II, Free France vs. Vichy, General de Gaulle, Ho Chi Minh, Dien Bien Phu, Algerian independence, the emergence of a generation of African independence leaders like Félix Houphouét-Boigny and Léopold Sédar Senghor, the short-lived Community (1958-1960), and French relations with its overseas partners in a post-independence era. Drawing on the work of visual artists, creative and popular writers, and discussing the impact of science and technology on colonial life, the author paints a vivid picture of empire, including scenes of everyday life in overseas settings.
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Quinn, Eugene Frederick was born on September 16, 1935 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frederick Anthony and Wilma (Scott) Quinn.
AB, Allegheny College, 1957. Master of Arts in African studies, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966. Master of Arts in History, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969.
Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of California at Los Angeles, 1970. Diploma in theological studies, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1974.
Information officer, American Embassy, Rabat, Morocco, 1958-1959; cultural affairs officer, American Embassy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1959-1961; country public affairs officer, Ouagadougou, Upper Volta., 1961-1963; field representative, Joint United States Affairs Office, Saigon, Vietnam, 1964-1966; country public affairs officer, American embassy, Yaounde, Cameroun, 1966-1968; counselor embassy for press and cultural affairs, American embassy, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1975-1978; appointed career member Senior Foreign Service, with class of counselor, 1981; minister-counselor, with class of counselor, 1986; director foreign service personnel, Voice of America, Washington, 1981-1983; deputy assistant secretary public affairs, Department Transportation, 1983-1985; director Office Public Affairs, Voice of America, 1985-1986; international coordinator for Bicentennial United States Constitution, director's office, United States Information Agency, 1986-1991; consultant international affairs, since 1992. Director rule of law programs, conference on security and cooperation in Europe, Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Warsaw, 1993-1995.
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Trustee New Jersey Educational Consortium, 1970-1972. Coordinator United States Information Agency Yorktown Bicentennial Activities, 1981. Assisting clergyman St. Columba's Church, Washington, 1973-1975, 78-81, National Cathedral, Washington, 1981-1982, 95-2001, Grace Church, Silver Spring, Maryland, 1981-1982, Epiphany Church, Washington, 1983, 86-92.
Chaplain Anglo-American Diplomatic Community, Prague, 1975-1978, Warsaw, 1993-1995. Vicar St. James Church, Bowie, Maryland, 1983-1984. Rector Christ Church, Accokeek, Maryland, 1985, St. John's Church, Pomonkey, Maryland.
Assisting clergyman All Saints Church, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 1981-1982, 86-90. Interim pastor Church of Holy Communion, Washington, 1992-1993, St. Andrew's Leonardtown, Maryland, 1998-1999. Chair environmental committee Episcopal Diocese of Washington Peace Commission, 1991-1992.
Member Environmental Stewardship Team, Episcopal Church, 1992-1995.
Married Charlotte Alison Smith, August 25, 1965 (deceased June 2000). Children: Christopher Edward Vermilye, Alison Moore. Married Carolyn Tanner Irish, June 14, 2001.