A riveting investigation of the jagged fault line between the Christian and Muslim worldsThe tenth parallel―the line of latitude seven hundred miles north of the equator―is a geographical and ideological front line where Christianity and Islam collide. More than half of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims live along the tenth parallel; so do sixty percent of the world's 2 billion Christians. Here; in the buzzing megacities and swarming jungles of Africa and Asia; is where the two religions meet; their encounter is shaping the future of each faith; and of whole societies as well. An award-winning investigative journalist and poet; Eliza Griswold has spent the past seven years traveling between the equator and the tenth parallel: in Nigeria; the Sudan; and Somalia; and in Indonesia; Malaysia; and the Philippines. The stories she tells in The Tenth Parallel show us that religious conflicts are also conflicts about land; water; oil; and other natural resources; and that local and tribal issues are often shaped by religious ideas. Above all; she makes clear that; for the people she writes about; one's sense of God is shaped by one's place on earth; along the tenth parallel; faith is geographic and demographic. An urgent examination of the relationship between faith and worldly power; The Tenth Parallel is an essential work about the conflicts over religion; nationhood and natural resources that will remake the world in the years to come.
#295085 in Books Jerrold M Packard 2003-07-21 2003-07-21Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 228.60 x .68 x 6.00l; 1.00 #File Name: 031230241X304 pagesAmerican Nightmare The History of Jim Crow
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Must Read for the true story of the southern slave culture and why the problem exists today in the minds of blacks.By Sally MarcumA must read for anyone that wants to know the true; political; and time line and history of the black population in the USA. It is indeed a shame on us to allow a brutal form of slavery in the first place. But even more shameful to allow a political; and legal way around the emancipation proclamation that was won by the Civil War; and signed by President Lincoln. Read about how southern politics and culture created a Jim Crow system to keep black citizens below dignity; and as a low class sub culture. It was not until the 1960's that Jim Crow was defeated in Washington D.C for the whole country. You may be surprised that it was Southern Democrats that fought to keep the black people down as slaves. Even Democrats in the White House.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Eye opening - a must readBy MaggieVery informative about a time I lived through growing up. I was raised in the more Northern state of Indiana and was surprised to learn of the KKK history there. Most of my school vacations were spent on Kentucky and Tennessee - and the one thing that stands out to me was the whiteness of everywhere I went and hearing the "n" word used a lot which always upset me. I had almost no interaction with children of color until in 1969 - integrated school bussing was ordered. I remember being afraid of them and they seemed scared of us. This book opened my eyes to how rough the black community had it;0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Love itBy Godys armengotAmericans really lived like this imagined Wendell Tandy; who stands for so many others. Under the standard of white supremacy; for the greater part of four centuries blacks endured all this—and much more that was far; far worse. What follows is why it happened; how it came to be; how we justified it; and how we finally ended it.
