Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. In his late teens and early twenties, Walter Mosley was addicted to alcohol and cigarettes. Drawing from this intimate knowledge of addiction and recovery, Mosley explores the deviances of contemporary America and describes a society in thrall to its own consumption.
Although Americans live in the richest country on earth, many citizens exist on the brink of poverty, and f In his late teens and early twenties, Walter Mosley was addicted to alcohol and cigarettes.
Although Americans live in the richest country on earth, many citizens exist on the brink of poverty, and from that profound economic inequality stems self-destructive behavior. First we must identify the problems that surround us. Next we must actively work together to create a just, more holistic society. And finally, power must be returned to the embrace of the people. Challenging and original, Recovery confronts both self-understanding and how we define ourselves in relation to others.
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Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jul 06, Grace rated it really liked it. Here's a good quote: "But the hidden truth is that many working-class people consider themselves middle class. This is a lie that has been foisted upon most Americans so that they will identify with the wealthy masters and not with the poor wage slaves If a middle class person loses her job, her investment portfolio will pay her bills, her mortgage If a working class person loses her job, her lifestyle will change drastically in two to four weeks.
The wealthy control absolutely everything but We the People are the true custodians of Earth. Viva la gente! Feb 04, Carol rated it it was amazing Shelves: non-fiction. If it weren't for my Texas Government class I would have not pick this up and read it. I am surprise to say that I enjoyed myself reading this thoroughly. What I loved about this was the fact that Mosley does not beat around the bush. Combining the personal with the political, bestselling writer Walter Mosley draws from his own addictions to explore the forms that oppression takes in our everyday lives.
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More Books by Walter Mosley. Devil in a Blue Dress. Charcoal Joe. Down the River unto the Sea. This chapter is the revelation of the fulfillment of the promise made to Adam and Eve in Genesis that the Seed of the woman, which symbolizes Jesus and His relation to His true and faithful people, would be sent to battle the devil throughout earth's history and win. Pastor Bohr also brings out beautiful parallels with Christ's life, as symbolized in Revelation 12, in the story of Moses being protected by God as a baby and then leading Israel out of Egypt, as well as his death and resurrection.
Other symbols, found later in the chapter, of the woman fleeing to the wilderness for 1, days are shown to be based on the story of Elijah, who stood up for truth in an apostate nation and had to flee to the wilderness for three-and-a-half years where he was taken care of by God.
Pastor Bohr discusses the use of the symbols of the sun, moon, and twelve stars and uses the story of Joseph's dream to help interpret this. He talks about how there were actually two "casting outs" of the dragon, Satan, from heaven.
He covers in a unique way the meaning of the river of water that the dragon spews out of his mouth after the woman and shows how to interpret the symbol of the "earth" that swallows it up and how that event relates to the beast that later comes from that "earth".
He shows clearly that there are three distinct stages revealed in this chapter of the power of Rome being used against God's people, as seen by the woman's Seed, Jesus, being persecuted by pagan Rome; the church then being persecuted for 1, years by Papal Rome; and, finally, the end time "remnant of the woman's Seed", which will be persecuted by the revived Papal power of Rome in the end times.
He also shows how this chapter is the best place in the Bible to refute the dangerous doctrine of futurism. Pastor Bohr spends extensive time on what Revelation means by the phrase "the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus" that the end-time church will possess.
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