Going Home: Facing Life's Final Moments Without Fear

By Diane Arnett, Diane Kerner Arnett, Bill Kemp

Every ten years, the Texas legislature redistricts itself and the state's congressional districts in an attempt to ensure equality in representation. With a richly textured cultural fabric, Texas often experiences redistricting battles that are heated enough to gain national attention. Collecting a variety of voices, including legislators themselves, in addition to lawyers, community organizers, political historians, and political scientists, Rotten Boroughs, Political Thickets, and Legislative Donnybrooks delivers a multidimensional picture of how redistricting works in Texas today, and how the process evolved. In addition to editor Gary Keith's historical narrative, which emphasizes the aftermath of the Warren Court's redistricting decisions, longtime litigators David Richards and J. F. Pauerstein describe the contentious lines drawn from the 1970s into the 2000s. Former state legislator and congressman Craig Washington provides an insider's view, while redistricting attorney and grassroots organizer Jose Garza describes the repercussions for Mexican Americans in Texas. Balancing these essays with a quantitative perspective, political scientists Seth McKee and Mark McKenzie analyze the voting data for the 2000 decade to describe the outcomes of redistricting. The result is a timely tour that provides up-to-date context, particularly on the role of the Voting Rights Act in the twenty-first century. From local community engagement to the halls of the Capitol, this is the definitive portrait of redistricting and its repercussions for all Texans.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0825429846
• ISBN13: 9780825429842
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Kregel Pubns
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

A guide especially for Christians who are confronting their own possible (or certain) death

Going Home: Facing Life's Final Moments Without Fear is a guide especially for Christians who are confronting their own possible (or certain) death. At such moments, it is quite possible for doubts to arise in one's heart, as well as questions about salvation, guild concerning cravings for relief, the need to wrap up relationship conflicts, and practical matters such as preparing a will. Embracing both Christian truths and realities faced by dying individuals, Going Home turns to scripture, anecdotes, and time-tested wisdom to help the reader see the journey of life through to its final step. "The Book of Job reminds us of several important facts: A person can be angry at God and still be a person of faith. God doesn't blame us for the way that we feel. God is mysterious, and much of his plan is hidden from us. Even patient people like Job get frustrated because they cannot understand why God allows certain things to happen. God is still God, and one day we will understand." A reverent, respectful, and highly helpful guide.