Souled Out? That's the question author Shaun Powell poses and ultimately answers with regard to the nature of blacks' participation in American sports. Neither blacks nor whites—athletes, coaches, administrators, owners, media, parents, and yes, even fans—are without blame for race still being an issue in the athletic arena. And Powell, perhaps like you, is fed up with the excuses. Souled Out? boldly addresses the following dilemmas and more: -Do today's black athletes and coaches have the purpose to follow the leads of pioneers like Jackie Robinson, Althea Gibson, Robert Johnson, or Tony Dungy? -Is Muhammad Ali's great legacy being misused to justify the behavior of today's prima donnas and their preconceived, self-centered celebrations? -Why, with tremendous models like Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Venus and Serena Williams, and Candace Parker, is black female participation not more encouraged across a wide array of sports? -Are portrayals of professional black athletes, centered on gaining luxury possessions and material wealth rather than giving back to the community, ensuring that a me-first mind-set carries over to the next generation of athletes? -Will more blacks break through the glass ceiling in coaching and sports management positions to achieve strong decision-making roles? -Can negative attitudes about race, held by segments inside and outside the black community, be overcome so that faster and enduring progress can be made in the future? Powell's answers will surprise, anger, please, and—most of all—challenge you.

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The religious and political winds are changing. Tens of millions of religious Americans are reclaiming faith from those who would abuse it for narrow, partisan, and ideological purposes. And more and more secular Americans are discovering common ground with believers on the great issues of social justice, peace, and the environment. In Souled Out, award-winning journalist and commentator E. J. Dionne explains why the era of the Religious Right--and the crude exploitation of faith for political advantage--is over. Based on years of research and writing, Souled Out shows that the end of the Religious Right doesn't signal the decline of evangelical Christianity but rather its disentanglement from a political machine that sold it out to a narrow electoral agenda of such causes as opposition to gay marriage and abortion. With insightful portraits of leading contemporary religious figures from Rick Warren and Richard Cizik to John Paul II and Benedict XVI, Dionne shows that our great religions have always preached a broad message of hope for more just human arrangements and refused to be mere props for the powers that be. Dionne also argues that the new atheist writers should be seen as a gift to believers, a demand that they live up to their proclaimed values and embrace scientific and philosophical inquiry in a spirit of "intellectual solidarity." Written in the tradition of Reinhold and H. Richard Niebuhr, Souled Out will help change how we think and talk about religion and politics in the post-Bush era.

Why was I born in this world? Why do I live? Where does the motivation for life come from? Do people live to eat or eat to live? What is the meaning of life? Many people of all ages have asked numerous questions about the essence of life, and there have been countless answers, but I have yet to hear an acceptable answer. Naturally, it is difficult to expect answers about human life from people who lack an understanding of life and the nature of humans. In the book 『Greedy Soul』 published before this, I mentioned the birth of life and the growth of the human brain, and I believe that there is a specific natural force that causes greed to arise in humans. For now, I am the only one who advocates this theory, but I do not doubt that it will become common sense for everyone in the future. In this book, I would like to talk about why living creatures, including humans, have the motivation to live and what the meaning of life is for humans. Grass and trees are not born because they want to be born, nor do they grow because they want to, and insects and animals are not born because they want to, nor do they live with the will to live. Likewise, no human being is born because they want to be born, grows because they want to grow, or lives because they want to live. Just like all animals that instinctively avoid death and search for food, humans also try hard to avoid the risk of death and starvation. Life springs up with the power of nature, like plants breaking through cracks in rough stones. Animals that evolved from plants also maintain life with the power of nature that comes from inside, and this can only be seen as a strong desire for life. This is because all living things on Earth are governed by the same natural principles.

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Mixing analysis with interviews, this study of rock music celebrates the underground music that has challenged consensual notions of what makes rock legitimate. Topics discussed include the rise of feminine consciousness in rock and the continuing allure of apocalyptic heavy metal.