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Experiencing Capitalism
October 15, 2019
Don’t worry, this is not a piece about capitalists and socialists. You are bombarded enough with those pieces by both politicians and journalists who all claim to have the final say on the truth. I have been an academic, a professor all my working life, except for a couple of years in the Navy which […]
Bartolomé de las Casas and the African Slave Trade
April 12, 2016
Abstract A revisionist view of Bartolomé de las Casas as the ‘author’ of the introduction of African slaves to the Indies/Americas in the early 16th century. The article details Las Casas’ thinking and actions and concludes that while Las Casas did—among other contemporaries—suggest the importation of African slaves to lift the burden of oppression off […]
Why Nobody Likes a Prophet: Bartolomé de las Casas
January 18, 2016
Article, “Why Nobody Likes a Prophet: Bartolomé de las Casas, a Loud Voice in the Wilderness,” in Taylor & Frances Online, in online journal Cogent Arts & Humanities, vol. 3, issue 1, 2016. Abstract This essay focuses on and analyzes the role of prophet that Bartolomé de las Casas (1485–1566) lived out in the conquest […]
Imperial Order of Charles V
January 11, 2016
In November, 2015, I was inducted, along with thirty five other new members, and ten ladies, into the Imperial Order of Charles V in the Alcazar fortress/palace in Segovia, Spain. Go the Images page on the left for a few pictures of the event.
Author Central on Amazon
May 29, 2015
You can easily navigate to Author Central on amazon.com and see a list of books and some articles published both in the past and the recent past.
Bartolomé de las Casas in Oxford Bibliographies
March 15, 2015
Bartolomé de las Casas in Oxford Bibliographies
Work and Wealth in Scripture
February 19, 2015
New book, just appeared 2015. For more, navigate to Work and Wealth in Scripture
Bible Gateway’s Verse of the Day
- Psalm 103:17-18 May 29, 2023“But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children— with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.”
April 7, 2023
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