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An ethical mapping of the transatlantic slave trade / Katie G. Cannon, United States -- Feminization of poverty across Pan-African societies : The Church's response; alleviative or emancipatory? / Barbara Bailey, Jamaica -- The informal economy and the religion of global capital / Takatso A. Mofokeng, South Africa -- A theological perspective on the effects of globalization on poverty in Pan-African -- Contexts / Lewin L. Williams, Jamaica -- African traditional religion and the concept of poverty / Elizabeth Amoah, Ghana -- Religion and poverty : ritual and empowerment in Africa and the African diaspora / Linda E. Thomas and Dwight N. Hopkins, United States -- The Bible and poverty in African Pentecostal Christianity : The Bosadi (Womanhood) approach / Madipoane Masenya, South Africa -- The struggle for full humanity in poverty-stricken Kenya / Nyambura J. Njoroge, Kenya and Geneva -- Poverty among African people and the ambiguous role of Christian thought / Kossi A. Ayedze, Togo -- Religion and materiality : the case of poverty alleviation / Esther M. Mombo, Kenya -- Warm bodies, cold currency : a study of religion's response to poverty / Anthony B. Pinn, United States -- Nyerere on Ujamaa and Christianity as transforming forces in society / Laurenti Magesa, Tanzania -- Caribbean issues : the Caribbean and African American Churches' response / Noel Leo Erskine, Jamaica and United States -- Africa's poverty, human rights, and a just society / Simeon O. Ilesanmi, Nigeria and United States -- Self-initiation : a necessary principle in the African struggle to abolish poverty / Peter J. Paris, Canada and United States

The volumes in this set, originally published between 1967 and 2011, available as ebooks for the first time, include succinct, accessible books on two of the most important periods of American history which offer concise treatment of these major historical topics, as well as some lengthier, finest single-volume studies of the American Civil and Revolutionary Wars ever written and an outstanding reference tool in a 2 volume Encyclopedia. Among other things they: Bring central themes and problems into sharper focus. Discuss the pivotal roles played by Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln. Examine the role of medical doctors in the northern campaigns during the revolutionary war. Elucidate the character of the underlying moral and political problem of slavery. Discuss the social and political experience of the civil war whilst examining the centrality of what happened on the battlefield. Evaluate the legacy of the Civil War for America and for the world and emphasize its relationship to many of the dominating themes of modern history - democracy, freedom, equality and nationalism.