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Creating the better hour : lessons from William Wilberforce / edited by Chuck Stetson ; foreword by Rick Warren. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Macon, Georgia : Stroud and Hall, (c)2007.Description: xviii, 349, 1. pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780979646218
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV4501.S841.C743 2007
  • BV4501
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Contents:
John Pollock -- Wilberforce and the Clapham Circle Clifford Hill -- A man of character Kevin Belmonte and Chuck Stetson -- The zeal of Hannah More Anne Stott -- Wilberforce's principles J. Douglas Holladay -- The Birth of issue campaigning Chuck Stetson -- Part II. Completing the legacy of William Wilberforce. The unfinished business of abolition Beth Herzfeld -- Globalization : incubator of a new slavery Os Guinness -- India : Peril and promise Vishal Mangalwadi -- Slavery of the mind Nina Shea and R. James Woolsey -- Part III. Wilberforce as a model for effecting change. The reformation manners Don Eberly -- Making goodness fashionable Mark Rogers and Bill Wichterman -- Eleanor Roosevelt and human rights Mary Ann Glendon -- Fighting slavery in Africa Baroness Caroline Cox -- Fighting persecution and human trafficking Michael Horowitz -- Positive engagement with Islam David Blankenhorn and Alex Roberts -- Serving the least, the lost, and the last Chuck Colson -- Creating a healthier society Joseph A. Califano, Jr. -- In Memoriam Benjamin F. Hughes -- Part IV. A commitment to action on behalf of others.
Summary: "The spirit of William Wilberforce, who worked to stop the transatlantic slave trade 200 years ago, is alive and active in all people whose faith complel their tireless efforts to transform their culture and build a better world. Creating the Better Hour: Lessons from William Wilberforce is not an ordinary study book. It is a call to end ongoing human oppression and slavery. The life of this great Christian parliamentarian and abolitionist is the starting point for a first-class group of contributors to show Wilberforce as a model for engaging modern culture. Essays detail how people today can emulate his life, great persuasive techniques, and his Clapham Circle colleagues to bring about cultural change and end oppression. Each chapter's Extended Observation draws readers and study groups into transforming reflections and conversations all designed to help people become a force for good and commit to a life on behalf of others"--Publisher description.
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Part I. William Wilberforce and the Clapham Circle created the better hour. William Wilberforce John Pollock -- Wilberforce and the Clapham Circle Clifford Hill -- A man of character Kevin Belmonte and Chuck Stetson -- The zeal of Hannah More Anne Stott -- Wilberforce's principles J. Douglas Holladay -- The Birth of issue campaigning Chuck Stetson -- Part II. Completing the legacy of William Wilberforce. The unfinished business of abolition Beth Herzfeld -- Globalization : incubator of a new slavery Os Guinness -- India : Peril and promise Vishal Mangalwadi -- Slavery of the mind Nina Shea and R. James Woolsey -- Part III. Wilberforce as a model for effecting change. The reformation manners Don Eberly -- Making goodness fashionable Mark Rogers and Bill Wichterman -- Eleanor Roosevelt and human rights Mary Ann Glendon -- Fighting slavery in Africa Baroness Caroline Cox -- Fighting persecution and human trafficking Michael Horowitz -- Positive engagement with Islam David Blankenhorn and Alex Roberts -- Serving the least, the lost, and the last Chuck Colson -- Creating a healthier society Joseph A. Califano, Jr. -- In Memoriam Benjamin F. Hughes -- Part IV. A commitment to action on behalf of others.

"The spirit of William Wilberforce, who worked to stop the transatlantic slave trade 200 years ago, is alive and active in all people whose faith complel their tireless efforts to transform their culture and build a better world. Creating the Better Hour: Lessons from William Wilberforce is not an ordinary study book. It is a call to end ongoing human oppression and slavery. The life of this great Christian parliamentarian and abolitionist is the starting point for a first-class group of contributors to show Wilberforce as a model for engaging modern culture. Essays detail how people today can emulate his life, great persuasive techniques, and his Clapham Circle colleagues to bring about cultural change and end oppression. Each chapter's Extended Observation draws readers and study groups into transforming reflections and conversations all designed to help people become a force for good and commit to a life on behalf of others"--Publisher description.

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