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Informationen zum Autor By Livingstone Thompson - Contributions by Petal Thompson-Williams Klappentext Trawling through public discourse and debates in Jamaica, this book distils and presents major issues that captured public attention at the onset of the 21st century. It is designed not only to aid memory but also to help us see the progress we have made and avoid reinvention of the wheel. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1-National Issues and PoliciesUWI Trends and Policy NeedsThe Terrorism Prevention Act 2003A Sterile Budget DebateWhy the Fascination with Gambling?The Church, Party Leadership and UnityTeachers Need InspirationWhose Victory Is This? A Blow to Political Bigotry Ras Noah and the Hawk: Making Fun of GodAnd There Shall Be Rain!Dawn Ritch and the Educated Class Independence and Development The Ethics of Funding Education Is Hanging the Answer to Crime?Education of Persons with DisabilityThe Duppy Economic PolicyImplications of Independence The Electoral Advisory Committee: Cosmetic Change? Crime and Divine InterventionChapter 2-Regional and International IssuesReligion on the Caribbean AgendaA Crisis in Human SexualityThe Death of Thousands: a Theological ProblemThe Church and Human SexualityLong Live the IRASexual Relations, Rape and Civil UnionsEconomic Success and Religious AffiliationApartheid is Dead, not its ChildrenCWC: Priced Beyond the OrdinaryMigrating to Ireland: Pull Factors and LimitationsChapter 3-Religion, Faith and the ChurchThe Church's Influence on EmancipationInterfaith RelationsThe First Protestant Denomination in JamaicaMoravians in Wider SocietyThe Bishop of Rome and the Anti-PopesHappy New Year my foot!In the Beginning, GodA Female Primate to the Rescue? Religions and Economic SuccessChapter 4-Letters to the EditorComments on Religious ArticlesEarly Role of the MoraviansA Comment on C. Reynolds' Plea for "Sense"Re-interpreting Christian Tradition and HistoryMoravian Position on HomosexualityGanja Case Not Strong EnoughWhy the JLP is wary of the Social PartnershipThe Murder of Rev Dr RWM CuthbertReconsidering the Rights Law PostscriptJamaica's Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education, by Petal Thompson-Williams...
