San Antonio College Library

"In thirteen original essays, renowned spiritual writers and theologians wrestle with the problems of the human condition in the world today and reflect on what a walk with God might reveal about current situations and future possibilities." "In their own words, they shed light on the complex and multilayered issues of religion and assist with our understanding of the past, the present, and the future in religious and social contexts." "With passion,...

"A photographic elegy to those lost, and a portrait of how people are coping in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attack on New York. Many photographers have recorded the devastation, but Eugene Richards, as always, transcends description to offer instead a way of coming to terms with this tragedy. Interviews with survivors and victims' relatives complement Richards's hauntingly beautiful and poignant images."--Jacket

A collection of essays, poems, short fiction, and drawings created in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, by authors and illustrators of books for young adults.

This book explores the emotions of despair, fear, and anger that arose after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the autumn of 2001. The authors analyze reactions to the attacks through the lens of Terror Management Theory, an existential psychological model that explains why humans react the way they do to the threat of death and how this reaction influences their post-threat cognition and emotion. The theory provides...

Governance hotspots, Challenges we must confront in the post september 11 world.

Amid all the stories of tragedy and heroism on September 11, there is one tale that has yet to be told--the gripping account of ordinary men and women braving the inferno at the Pentagon to rescue friends and co-workers, save the nation's military headquarters, and defend their country.

This spiritual portrait of Father Mychal Judge is a remarkable testimony to the hope and courage that he brought to thousands of people, not only as the New York City fire chaplain during the attack on the World Trade Center, where along with so many firefighters his life was brought to a tragic end, but also to the wide-ranging people to whom he ministered. Featuring exclusive interviews with some of his closest friends and associates, the book explores...

The life of Father Mychal Judge, New York Fire Department Chaplain, and how he touched others before and after 9/11. Features interviews with Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Malachi McCourt, Father Judge's own words, and more.

Cecilia Cornejo reconstructs the 1973 Chilean coup from her parents' stories, juxtaposing this with questions to her young daughter about Sept. 11.

"The danger raised by the terrorist threat is real, existential, and vital to the United States. But the attacks on 9/11 have been broadly misunderstood. In assessing the meaning and significance of "the war on terror." Dan Tschirgi raises many issues related to the Middle East and American policy toward that area. For example, he debunks the entire "exceptionalist" approach to the Arab world (the presumption that Arab societies fail to be fathomed...