Lang Raven (6 results)

Hardcover. 2nd impression. 616 p.; 19 cm. [First printed May 1933] Pencilled signature on ffep: L A Weigle -- Yale University Preface -- Introduction: "Christ or chaos?" 1 Vindication, E.A. Burroughs, 2 Demands of ordinary man, Albert Mansbridge -- Part I. Present chaos: 1 Intellectual and moral confusion, W.R. Matthews, 2 Confusion in literature, Richard Ellis Roberts, 3 Social and economic confusion, P.T.R. Kirk, 4 Con- fusion in international relations, J.H.B. Masterman --Part II. What Christi anity is: 1 Secret of Christ, Charles E. Raven, 2 Christ's conception of Kingdom of God, A. Herbert Gray, 3 Original fellowship idea of Christian church, J.W. Hunkin, 4 Christian view of man as social, J.S. Bezzant, 5 Christianity and history: a) General development,Malcolm Spencer, b) Social progress and continental churches, A.E. Garvie, c) Stockholm Conference, G.K.A. Bell, 6 Uniting Christian forces, Edward S. Woods, 7 What church is doing: social activities, S.E. Keeble -- Part III. Christian solution: 1 Personal and family life,A.A. David, 2 Education, Sir Charles G. Robertson, 3 Social and economic order: a) Basis of exchange,Hewlett Johnson, b) Civic and industrial reform,J.M. Rees, c) Individual function and community, E.C. Urwin, (d) Labour and leisure, A.M. Royden, (e) Rebirth of village, W.Beach Thomas, 4 State and constructive citizenship,W.G.S. Adams, 5 World of inter national affairs: a) Christianity and League of Nations, Lord Dickinson, b) Crisis and East,J.B. Raju, c) Disarmament, C.G. Lang, d) Christian peace policy, E. Goff, 6 Is there an alternative? a) Scientific humanism, H.G. Wood, b) Industrial secularism, M.B. Reckitt, c) Communist secularism, N.A. Berdieav, 7 Church in the world, F.R. Barry, 8 Conclusion, William Temple. Good orig. red boards, chip from head of spine.…

Condition: Very good. First Edition. Quarto (approx. 10.75" x 8.5"). Publisher's original photographic softcover wraps, perfect-bound. Unpaginated [114 pp.]. Photographically illustrated with explicit depictions of the birth journey of mother and child throughout in black-and-white. A few spots on wraps, some little edge wear, else a clean copy of this seminal counterculture home-birth manual. A very good or better copy of a scarce, influential second-wave feminist work. First edition, 2nd printing. Self-published shortly after the founding of the Santa Cruz Birth Center, Raven Lang's Birth Book is a foundational text of the 1970s home-birth and feminist women's health movements. Blending personal birth stories, clinical guidance, and vivid documentary photography by Lang and others, it provided an alternative to medicalized childbirth and directly inspired a generation of midwives and home-birth advocates.…

Condition: Good. Condizioni dettagliate: Buone, lievi abrasioni sulla copertina, copertina flessibile.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 182 pp., illustrations. cover wear & fading.

Brossura. Condition: buono. Contiene 65 fotografie in b/n. Modesti segni del tempo alla copertina.

Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.