Invoking the concept of a ‘temple society’ derived from social anthropology along with examples drawn from as far afield as the Maya and medieval India, Wood creates an intellectual space for rethinking the penetrative power of the church and the belief-system it supported and promoted within the institutional and ideological framework of early medieval western states and economies. “Ian Wood’s innovative and challenging reappraisal of the relationship between the state, the church, land and the redistribution of wealth in the early medieval west offers a refreshing new approach to post-Roman politics, society and economy. He does so around themes that have remained charged up to this day – wealth, poverty, and the nature of religious giving.” ~ Peter Brown, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Princeton University Wood has done nothing less than re-write the conventional narrative of the end of Rome and the beginning of the Middle Ages. An entirely new account emerges of the growing wealth of the Christian Church, and its function in early medieval society. The scholarship is exemplary and exhilarating in its range, from the monasteries of Ireland to the great temples of Tamil Nadu. "But now our funds are exhausted.“This study is a model and a masterpiece. "We have literally kept people on the phone line while we sent a farmer or a clergyman to be with the person who said he had a gun loaded and was ready to take his life," Glenn said. The hotline has been a catalyst to bring state agencies together." In addition, Glenn said, the council has conducted community forums and "had training sessions across the state to train the clergy to become aware of the problems and get their commitment to be a part of a statewide network to follow up on calls from the hotline. "We've worked closely with the Oklahoma Bar Association in developing a referral network of attorneys, worked closely with Oklahoma State University, the Extension Service and the College of Home Economics, in providing referrals from the farm crisis hotline, and provided advocacy training for farmers," he added. The original money was used to establish the hot line "and provided counseling and support for farm families, networking and food money for farm families without the resources to feed their families," he said. He said the $90,000 received after the first concert was matched with $95,000 donated by farm organizations, businesses and in-kind contributions. "The policy of this administration in Washington is a massive effort which some call genocide while the administration calls it the "realignment of rural areas and the rural economy.' " Glenn said the Oklahoma council was seeking $180,000 from Farm Aid II. Nationally, one farm goes under every six minutes, and for every five to seven farms that goes under, a business on Main Street closes. Not only is the family farm disappearing, Glenn said, "but the rural community is affected. Glenn said it was ironic that on the same day Americans would be watching the rededication of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, "the American public will be mourning the loss of the family farm and a way of life that has been the foundation of American society since our founding."
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