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Download or read book Kingdom Family written by Trevecca Okholm and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-02-09 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a lot of talk these days about how churches need to become more "missional" and "Kingdom-focused"--but what about the families that make up our churches and often reflect the surrounding culture more than the Kingdom of God? Christian families know that God has a better purpose for marriage and family but often don't have the slightest idea how to get there. And while many books on Christian marriage and family are inwardly focused on simply getting along "better," this book addresses the cultural influences that have taken our focus away from God's intended purpose for marriage and family and, through analysis and practical suggestions, recalls marriages and families to the purpose for which God intended them in the first place--namely, to serve God's Kingdom as witnesses to a world desperately seeking deeper purpose and authenticity.
Book Synopsis In Search of Authenticity by : Jacob Golomb
Download or read book In Search of Authenticity written by Jacob Golomb and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great philosophers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Sartre have clearly been preoccupied by the possibility of authenticity. In this study, Jacob Golomb looks closely at the literature and writings of these philosophers in his analysis of their ethics. Golomb's writings shows his passionate commitment to the quest for the authenticity - particularly in our climate of post-modern scepticism. He argues that existentialism is all the more pertinent and relevant today when set against the general disillusionment which characterises the late twentieth century. This book is invaluable reading for those who have been fascinated by figures like Camus's Meursault, Sartre's Matthieu and Nietzsche's Zarathustra.
Book Synopsis Authenticity in the Kitchen by : Richard Hosking
Download or read book Authenticity in the Kitchen written by Richard Hosking and published by Oxford Symposium. This book was released on 2006 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Symposium on Food on Cookery is a premier English conference on this topic. The subjects range from the food of medieval English and Spanish Jews; wild boar in Europe; the identity of liquamen and other Roman sauces; the production of vinegar in the Philippines; the nature of Indian restaurant food; and food in 19th century Amsterdam.
Book Synopsis Musical Visions by : Gerry Bloustien
Download or read book Musical Visions written by Gerry Bloustien and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musical Visions presents a unique way of thinking about and debating the many facets of contemporary popular music. Under the theme of music as sound, image and movement, this book brings together a vibrant range of perspectives.
Book Synopsis Imagining the Academy by : Susan Huddleston Edgerton
Download or read book Imagining the Academy written by Susan Huddleston Edgerton and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis Embodying Authenticity by : Eunice Aquilina
Download or read book Embodying Authenticity written by Eunice Aquilina and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-08-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformative change begins with those who seek to lead it and who are awake to who they are, their relationships and the wider organisation. As we lead and partner organisations, the powerful instrument we have is the person we are. Simply put who we are is how we lead.
Book Synopsis Reanimating Regions by : James Riding
Download or read book Reanimating Regions written by James Riding and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing regions, undertaking a regional study, was once a standard form of geographic communication and critique. This was until the quantitative revolution in the middle of the previous century and more definitively the critical turn in human geography towards the end of the twentieth century. From then on writing regions as they were experienced phenomenologically, or arguing culturally, historically, and politically with regions, was deemed to be old-fashioned. Yet the region is, and always will be, a central geographical concept, and thinking about regions can tell us a lot about the history of the discipline called geography. Despite taking up an identifiable place within the geographical imagination in scholarship and beyond, region remains a relatively forgotten, under-used, and in part under-theorised term. Reanimating Regions marks the continued reinvigoration of a set of disciplinary debates surrounding regions, the regional, and regional geography. Across 18 chapters from international, interdisciplinary scholars, this book writes and performs region as a temporary permanence, something held stable, not fixed and absolute, at different points in time, for different purposes. There is, as this expansive volume outlines, no single reading of a region. Reanimating Regions collectively rebalances the region within geography and geographical thought. In renewing the geography of regions as not only a site of investigation but also as an analytical framework through which to write the world, what emerges is a powerful reworking of the geographic imagination. Read against one another, the chapters weave together timely commentaries on region and regions across the globe, with a particular emphasis upon the regional as played out in the United Kingdom, and regional worlds both within and beyond Europe, offering chapters from Africa and South America. Addressing both the political and the cultural, this volume responds to the need for a consolidated and considered reflection on region, the regional, and regional geography, speaking directly to broader intellectual concerns with performance, aesthetics, identity, mobilities, the environment, and the body.
Download or read book Girl Making written by Gerry Bloustien and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The resulting material challenges previous findings in those feminist and youth anthropological studies based on too narrow a concept of class, ethnicity or populist approaches to culture. Rejecting the still prevalent notion of resistance, this study reveals instead that the girls' activities are more about accommodation to the constraining givens of social life, stretching these to discover their possibilities while simultaneously working hard to remain within their parameters of safety and reassurance. In this conceptual framework popular music and other global cultural texts emerge to gain a new significance within their local settings."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Now or Never written by Harshwardhan Soni and published by Harsh Wardhan Soni. This book was released on 2024-09-07 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About This BOOK: Master class in Understanding and Overcoming Procrastination This book is a master class in the explanation and taming of procrastination. It takes a multidimensional approach to understanding why we procrastinate and goes further to teach us how to get ourselves out from under this self-sabotaging habit. This goes beyond the advice that usually pertains to surface-level modification and instead looks for its roots in psychological, philosophical, and even spiritual contexts. Whether it is about how procrastination evolved through history, the role of negative thinking, or habits and rewards, this is a whole guide that will help you trace and get over your own tendencies to procrastinate. A Unique Combination of Insights from Psychology, Philosophy, and Spirituality What is important with this book is how it integrates the fields of psychology, philosophy, and spirituality. It doesn't just dwell on the mental or behavioral aspects of procrastination but also draws on personality traits, habits, and our perception of time as drivers of decisions. This book puts modern scientific understanding together with the philosophical insights of Stoicism, existentialism, and Buddhist principles to offer practical, really grounded solutions to a problem transcending eras and cultures. Added to this is the depth from the philosophical musings while the spiritual teachings give one a soothing, mindful way of overcoming delays and to live a life with more purpose. Beyond Productivity: A Path to Personal Transformation More than a collection of strategies for increasing productivity, this book serves as a catalyst for personal transformation. It orients a person to understand internal factors that lead to procrastination and involves aspects of stress, motivation, and appeal toward short-term gratification. You will learn how to break habits, re-think about your relationship with time, and develop a mind with greater regard for long-term goals over short-term rewards. By knowing how procrastination is experienced by different personalities, and by realizing how it affects both mental and physical health, this book provides an individual approach to applying a set of solutions that are appropriate to your needs. The Ultimate Benefit: Mastery Through Understanding The biggest benefit from the reading of this book will be that you are able to master procrastination-not because of will, but due to profound insight into the causes. You'll learn to take intentional action by making sense of the psychological, emotional, and spiritual drivers of delay. You will know how this book could teach you how to navigate your thoughts, manage your stress, and align your actions with your values so you may live an intentional purposeful life that is fulfilling.
Book Synopsis Authenticity in Contemporary Theatre and Performance by : Daniel Schulze
Download or read book Authenticity in Contemporary Theatre and Performance written by Daniel Schulze and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authenticity is one of the major values of our time. It is visible everywhere, from clothing to food to self-help books. While it is such a prevalent phenomenon, it is also very evasive. This study analyses the 'culture of authenticity' as it relates to theatre and establishes a theoretical framework for analysis. Daniel Schulz argues that authenticity is sought out and marked by the individual and springs from a culture that is perceived as inherently fake and lacking depth. The study examines three types of performances that exemplify this structure of feeling: intimate theatre seen in Forced Entertainment productions such as Quizoola! (1996, 2015), as well as one-on-one performances, such as Oentroerend Goed's Internal (2009); immersive theatres as illustrated by Punchdrunk's shows The Masque of the Red Death (2007) and The Drowned Man (2013) which provide a visceral, sensate understanding for audiences; finally, the study scrutinises the popular category of documentary theatre through various examples such as Robin Soan's Talking to Terrorists (2005), David Hare's Stuff Happens (2004), Edmund Burke's Black Watch (2007) and Dennis Kelly's pseudo-documentary play Taking Care of Baby (2007). It is specifically the value of the document that lends such performances their truth-value and consequently their authenticity. The study analyses how the success of these disparate categories of performance can be explained through a common concern with notions of truth and authenticity. It argues that this hunger for authentic, unmediated experience is characteristic of a structure of feeling that has superseded postmodernism and that actively seeks to resignify artistic and cultural practices of the everyday.
Book Synopsis Culture and Everyday Life by : David Inglis
Download or read book Culture and Everyday Life written by David Inglis and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively and accessible new book reconsiders the different views as to what 'culture' is, how it operates, and how it relates to other aspects of the human (and non-human) world.
Download or read book Lost and Found written by Ed Stetzer and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2009 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading national church research expert shares his surprising findings about the younger unchurched audience--ages 25 to 34--and the churches that have found a way to reach them.
Book Synopsis Authenticity and Grace by : Dr. David T. Smith
Download or read book Authenticity and Grace written by Dr. David T. Smith and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2024-09-11 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authenticity and Grace: Uncovering the Authentic Self is a quick guide for readers to easily identify their true authentic life. In this concise exploration, Dr. Smith reveals how we discover the nature of Grace, what it is, and how awareness about it can help us uncover the deep purpose we have been searching for. Looking for and discovering what he calls ‘Gracepoints’, Dr. Smith teaches readers how to remove barriers that inhibit the natural flow of Grace in our lives such as anxiety, depression, loss, fear, conflict, and despair. Understanding how the ego and conditioned thinking cover up who we really are allows us to begin the uncovering process that leads us to our authentic selves. The power of Grace can heal, provide renewed awareness and energy, and restore the lost sense of wonder which makes us truly individual and human. Best of all, Grace is completely free and each of us already has what we need to build a more rewarding authentic life—we just need to get out of our own way.
Book Synopsis Faith Formation in a Secular Age : Volume 1 (Ministry in a Secular Age) by : Andrew Root
Download or read book Faith Formation in a Secular Age : Volume 1 (Ministry in a Secular Age) written by Andrew Root and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The loss or disaffiliation of young adults is a much-discussed topic in churches today. Many faith-formation programs focus on keeping the young, believing the youthful spirit will save the church. But do these programs have more to do with an obsession with youthfulness than with helping young people encounter the living God? Questioning the search for new or improved faith-formation programs, leading practical theologian Andrew Root offers an alternative take on the issue of youth drifting away from the church and articulates how faith can be formed in our secular age. He offers a theology of faith constructed from a rich cultural conversation, providing a deeper understanding of the phenomena of the "nones" and "moralistic therapeutic deism." Root helps readers understand why forming faith is so hard in our context and shows that what we have lost is not the ability to keep people connected to our churches but an imagination for how and where God could be present in their lives. He considers what faith is and what steps we can take to move into it, exploring a Pauline concept of faith as encounter with divine action.
Download or read book Encircling 3 written by Carl Frode Tiller and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encircling Trilogy comes thundering to a close as the man at the center is revealed The final book in Carl Frode Tiller’s groundbreaking Encircling Trilogy is here. In Barbara Haveland’s powerful translation, two new letters circle closer than ever to David, who allegedly lost his memory. One is from Marius, who has led the life of wealth and privilege that David was meant to live. And yet Marius does not appreciate it—desperate for attention, he lies to his girlfriend, with disastrous consequences. The other comes from Susanne, an ex-lover whose affair with David led to the breakup of her marriage. Humiliated by David’s unflattering portrayal of her in his novel, Susanne is determined to exact revenge on him in the most painful possible way. Last of all we come face-to-face with David himself: a frustrated writer whose early successes have faded. His therapy sessions seem to reveal a dangerous and violent individual bent on getting what he wants at any cost. With David’s own story told, the last piece falls into place, and his true character is unveiled. But as with books one and two, there are twists and turns that upset expectations and leave the reader wondering whom to believe. Across three books, Tiller’s incisive character portraits lay bare the inequalities of class and excesses of wealth in Norwegian society. With Encircling 3: Aftermath, Tiller sounds the unexplored depths of David’s life, in the culmination of this astonishing feat of psychological realism.
Book Synopsis Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement by : Carl Cederström and André Spicerm
Download or read book Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement written by Carl Cederström and André Spicerm and published by OR Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these pages, the authors of the widely-acclaimed The Wellness Syndrome throw themselves headlong into the world of self-optimization, a burgeoning movement that seeks to transcend the limits placed on us by being merely human, whether the feebleness of our bodies or our mental incapacities. Cederström and Spicer, though willing guinea pigs in an extraordinary (and sometimes downright dangerous) range of techniques and technologies, had hitherto undertaken little by way of self-improvement. They had rarely seen the inside of a gym, let alone utilized apps that deliver electric shocks in pursuit of improved concentration. But, in the course of a year spent researching this book, they wore head-bands designed to optimize meditation, attempted to boost their memory through learning associative techniques (and failed to be admitted to MENSA), trained for weightlifting competitions, wrote what they (still) hope might become a bestselling Scandinavian detective story, enrolled in motivational seminars and tantra sex workshops, attended new-age retreats and man-camps, underwent plastic surgery, and experimented with vibrators and productivity drugs. André even addressed a London subway car whilst (nearly) naked in an attempt to boost attention. Somewhat surprisingly, the two young professors survived this year of rigorous research. Further, they have drawn deeply on it to produce a hilarious and eye-opening book. Written in the form of two parallel diaries, Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement provides a biting analysis of the narcissism and individual competitiveness that increasingly pervades a culture in which social solutions are receding and individual self-improvement is the only option left.
Book Synopsis Staying Scared - The Films of a Horror Movie Legend by : Brian Dailey
Download or read book Staying Scared - The Films of a Horror Movie Legend written by Brian Dailey and published by Indulge Media Group. This book was released on 2023-12-20 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Staying Scared - The Films of a Horror Movie Legend" delves into the chilling world of George A. Romero, a titan of terror cinema. This comprehensive exploration takes readers on a thrilling journey through Romero's iconic horror films, from the groundbreaking "Night of the Living Dead" to the apocalyptic "Dawn of the Dead" and beyond. The book offers an in-depth analysis of Romero's unique approach to filmmaking, his remarkable ability to transform low-budget productions into timeless horror classics, and his profound influence on the genre. It examines the socio-political themes that underpin his films, revealing how Romero used horror as a lens to critique society and expose its deepest fears.
