"History is not always what actually happened. It is what has been written."
- Kathy McGowanRole of History
History has been written by those in power, by the victors or "winners." However, since the 1960s, with the admittance of women and people of color into academia, there has been an explosion of "new" history that has been hidden, forgotten or oppressed. It is in this context that
- scholarship has broadened and deepened
- additional information for a more complete history has been discovred
- some institutional change has occurred
- roles of women and people of color have expanded
All of this indicates that there is indeed a
paradigm shift taking place in all major institutions.
What is a paradigm?
A mental model that shapes everything you think, feel, and do.
Brent & Largent. The Paradigm Conspiracy: How Our Systems of Government, Church, School and Culture Violate our Human Potential. May, 1998."No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it.
We must learn to see the world anew."
- Albert Einstein
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Church & Women related links :
Call to Action www.cta-usa.org
Center of Concern www.coc.org
Future Church www.futurechurch.org
Women Church Convergence
http://www.women-churchconvergence.org/home.htmPolitical & Poor/Marginalized Links :
NETWORK www.networklobby.org
NOW with Bill Moyers www.pbs.org/now/society/women.htm
UN Review of 2009 http://www.un.org/en/globalissues
(includes 13 min. video illustrating both problems & developing solutions)
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