6 Quotes & Sayings By Gerald O West

Gerald O. West was born in Washington, D.C., in 1938. He received a B.A. from Howard University and a M.A Read more

from Cornell University in 1964, where he studied political science and philosophy and was a member of the Quill and Dagger society and Phi Beta Kappa. After teaching and coaching basketball for several years, he turned to full-time writing in 1977, when he became a contributing editor for the benefit of the National Association of Black Journalists. His first book, The Inner Game of Tennis, was published in 1978.

The Inner Game of Golf came out two years later, and The Inner Game of Work was released in 1980. He is also the author of The Inner Game of Music: How to Play Better by Thinking Better (1983). His other books include The Inner Game of Money: Financial Self-Control for Life's Greater Challenges (1990).

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The real desire [of feminism] is to break away from rationalism, androcentrisim and all forms of philosophy and practices that discriminate against women. The objective is to recover the use of senses, desire, taste, pleasure, pain and the mystery of life. It is a point of view which seeks to reflet with the body, that is, with sensitivity, with sexuality and, finally, with the story of the body itself. ~ Valmar Da Silva in Reading Other-Wise p. 125 . Gerald O. West
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We must acknowledge that all we have are, at times very differing, interpretations of what Jesus was all about-and these interpretations, as they are collected in the New Testament, have been written in particular situations by men, none of whom questioned the existing patriarchal structure of their societies or of their communities. While some Christ-believing women did challenge certain male-dominated aspects of their church gatherings (see 1 Cor 14:33b-36) it is quite unlikely that they questioned the patriarchal structure of their society, community, and church on a fundamental level. ~ Werner Kahl in Reading Other-Wise, p. 151. Gerald O. West
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The business of reading and interpreting the Bible in South Afria is a tricky one! The Bible is everywhere and in the hands of many, including the pain inflictors. ~ Mogomme Alpheus Masoga Gerald O. West
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In itself this Christian education is partly the product of the retreat of biblical scholarship from the faith community to the academy. In removing themselves to the academy biblical scholars have ceased to engage with the people of the issues of the contemporary faith context. ~ Janet Lees (p. 84). In Reading Other-Wise Gerald O. West
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The issue here revolves around the "right to be different (Mattos 1994:16). People have difficulty living harmoniously with those who are different. Because of this, they discriminate against anyone who has any distinctive characteristic whether of belief, religion, language, thought or color. ~ Valmor Da Silva p. 124 in Reading Other-Wise Gerald O. West