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A History of War Surgery
Since antiquity, war surgery has been a profession demanding a special kind of human: one able to face seemingly insurmountable problems; one able to keep a lucid mind and steady hands in extraordinary circumstances; one able to shoulder tremendous burdens; and one able to harden himself or herself, time and again, to failure and self-doubt. It is, and always has been, a harrowing business, and only for the brave. Dr John Wright charts the evolution of war surgery from ancient times to the present day, investigating its breakthroughs, its pitfalls, and the people and conflicts that have shaped it. But above all, this is a personal history, calling on the first-hand accounts of the surgeons, soldiers, medics, nurses, stretcher-bearers, and many others who have served in battle and come face-to-face with its most appalling horrors. This is not a book for the faint-hearted. It is one that searches for and delivers the truth about those who, with unerring skill, courage and determination, endeavour to undo the terrible damage we habitually inflict upon ourselves.Read more
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First Words Age 3-5 Wipe Clean Activity Book: Ideal for home learning (Collins Easy Learning Preschool)
Level: EYFS
Subject: EnglishLearn first words at home with this motivating wipe-clean book!
- Lots of practice opportunities to help children learn how to write first words.
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Vision Board Clip Art Book For Teen Girls: Vision Board Supplies For Teens With Pictures, Quotes and Words For Teen Girls To Manifest Their Perfect Year Ever ( Vision Board Kit…
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The Book Includes Pictures, Quotes and Words For:- Health
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Knock Knock 52 Farts Playing Cards Deck, Adult-Humor Playing Cards (AKA Not Kiddo Friendly!): Playing Card Set
A deck of playing cards that also defines 50 types of farts? That’s right. This deck is beautifully designed, meticulously researched, and laugh-out-loud funny (and a totally legit card deck!). In other words, it’s the perfect gag gift for men or weird gift for your favorite weirdos. Kinda gives new meaning to the term “royal flush,” no? • Know when to hold ’em&emdash;and when to let ’em rip! • Because cards are fun and farts are funny. (Duh.) • 2.5 x 3.5 inches; 52 playing cards Knock Knock is an independent maker of clever gifts, books, and whatever else they can think up. Their mission is to bring humor, creativity, and smarts to everyday life. Put the fun in functional with #knockknockstuff.Read more
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Nicolas de Staël: Catalogue exposition MUSÉE ART MODERNE DE PARIS 2023
Présentant plus de deux cents tableaux, dessins, gravures et carnets issus de collections publiques et privées, cette rétrospective, organisée de manière chronologique, porte un nouveau regard sur le travail de Staël, en tâchant de rester au plus près de ses recherches graphiques et picturales. Loin du mythe, il s’agit de montrer l’artiste au travail, fasciné par le spectacle du monde – qu’il se confronte à un paysage, un match de football, un ballet ou un fruit posé sur une table. Menant de front plusieurs toiles, Staël travaille de longs mois, avant de condenser ses recherches dans un ou plusieurs tableaux-manifestes. Dans cette démarche expérimentale, le dessin joue un rôle prépondérant, tout comme la volonté d’explorer de nouveaux formats, médiums et outils. Depuis ses toiles sombres et matiérées des années 1940 jusqu’à ses tableaux lumineux peints avant sa mort prématurée en 1955, l’oeuvre de Staël bouleverse délibérément la distinction entre abstraction et figuration, dans la poursuite passionnée d’un art toujours plus dense et plus concis. Grâce une sélection d’oeuvres célèbres ou méconnues, cet ouvrage permet de prendre la mesure d’une quête picturale d’une rare intensité.Read more
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We’re All Neurodiverse: How to Build a Neurodiversity-Affirming Future and Challenge Neuronormativity
“Neurodiversity has helped me understand myself and provided a sense of relief that I’m a whole neurodivergent person functioning as my brain intends.”
“It’s provided me with the language to advocate for myself.”
“I no longer hated myself. I no longer felt broken. I found a sense of community. A sense of belonging”
This affirming and thoughtful guide outlines how and why we need to fundamentally shift our thinking about neurodivergent people. We need to accept differences rather than framing them as a problem, abnormality or disorder. Welcome to the neurodiversity paradigm.
At times challenging and radical, Sonny Jane Wise explores the intersections of neurodivergence with disability, gender, sexuality and race. Through interviews, narratives, and the lens of their own raw experiences, they consider how current systems and structures that impact neurodivergent people are rooted in outdated capitalist and racist frameworks, and how these need to change and adapt to be neurodiversity affirming. Sonny Jane’s words are a rallying cry to challenge the pathology paradigm. They offer nine principles for facilitating change, reflected in deeply personal stories from the neurodivergent community.
Powerful and persuasive, this book is a clarion call for a kinder and more neurodiversity affirming society.
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My Revision Notes: AQA A-level Accounting
Exam board: AQA
Level: A-level
Subject: Accounting
First teaching: September 2017
First exams: Summer 2018 (AS); Summer 2019 (A-level)Target success in business with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on. With My Revision Notes, every student can:
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Apologia: A Memoir
Aidan Nichols has been contributing to theological literature since the beginning of the 1980s. Now in his seventy-fifth year, he looks back not only at his writings but at the three-quarters of a century of life from which they came. He explains how, despite a nominally Anglican background, his early sense of the transcendent was really of God in nature. Only through an experience in the Russian church in Geneva did he become a confessing Christian. Back home, where he was left a teenage orphan, he moved from Anglo-Catholicism into the Roman Catholic Church. After reading Modern History at Oxford, that led by a natural progression to becoming a Religious and a priest. In this book Nichols describes the wide variety of situations in which he has lived in Scotland, Norway, Rome, France, Ethiopia, and Jamaica, as well as England and the United States. Over the years, drawing on not only Catholic but also Orthodox and Anglican sources, he has produced a small library of books, touching on many areas of theology and culture while also seeking, at different times, to bind them together into a coherent unity, inspired by, principally, two great giants: Thomas Aquinas, and Hans Urs von Balthasar. Aidan Nichols, the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI were a halcyon time. Things have been more difficult under the successor to these popes. He explains the problems he has encountered, both theoretical and practical, and his search for a resolution that is satisfactory both theologically and autobiographically. He ends his apologia with a raft of proposals for the stabilization and enrichment of ecclesial life in the decades to come.Read more
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The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (Oxford Handbooks)
This handbook offers both students and teachers of ancient Greek religion a comprehensive overview of the current state of scholarship in the subject, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods. It not only presents key information, but also explores the ways in which such information is gathered and the different approaches that have shaped the area. In doing so, the volume provides a crucial research and orientation tool for students of the ancient world, and also makes a vital contribution to the key debates surrounding the conceptualization of ancient Greek religion.The handbook’s initial chapters lay out the key dimensions of ancient Greek religion, approaches to evidence, and the representations of myths. The following chapters discuss the continuities and differences between religious practices in different cultures, including Egypt, the Near East, the Black Sea, and Bactria and India. The range of contributions emphasizes the diversity of relationships between mortals and the supernatural – in all their manifestations, across, between, and beyond ancient Greek cultures – and draws attention to religious activities as dynamic, highlighting how they changed over time, place, and context.
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African Religion: Asarian Theology: Volume 4
18.ASARIAN RELIGION: RESURRECTING OSIRIS The path of Mystical Awakening and the Keys to Immortality NEW REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION! The Ancient Sages created stories based on human and superhuman beings whose struggles, aspirations, needs and desires ultimately lead them to discover their true Self. The myth of Aset, Asar and Heru is no exception in this area. While there is no one source where the entire story may be found, pieces of it are inscribed in various ancient Temples walls, tombs, steles and papyri. For the first time available, the complete myth of Asar, Aset and Heru has been compiled from original Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Coptic Texts.Read more
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A Doubter’s Guide to World Religions: A Fair and Friendly Introduction to the History, Beliefs, and Practices of the Big Five
The world is a very religious place. Wherever you look, people are worshipping, praying, believing, following, even dying for their faith. But are all religions the same? Do they all call on the same God simply using different names? Are their beliefs and practices simply cultural expressions of the same spiritual longings?
Written in John Dickson’s characteristically engaging and readable style, this book presents each of the world’s five major religions in their best light, carefully outlining the history, belief systems and spiritual practices of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam so that the interested doubter can explore their similarities and differences. For believers and doubters alike, A Doubter’s Guide to World Religions provides a fair and friendly introduction.
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THEOLOGY PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION 13 EXAM P
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The Norton Anthology of World Religions – Islam
This magisterial Norton Anthology, edited by world-renowned scholars, offers a portable library of more than 1,000 primary texts from the world’s major religions. To help readers encounter strikingly unfamiliar texts with pleasure; accessible introductions, headnotes, annotations, pronouncing glossaries, maps, illustrations and chronologies are provided. For readers of any religion or none, The Norton Anthology of World Religions opens new worlds that, as Miles writes, invite us “to see others with a measure of openness, empathy, and good will…”
Unprecedented in scope and approach, The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Islam brings together over 100 texts from the Qur’an in the seventh century to feminist and pluralist readings of the Qur’an in the twenty-first century. The volume features Jack Miles’s illuminating General Introduction―“How the West Learned to Compare Religions”―as well as Jane Dammen McAuliffe’s “Submission to God as the Wellspring of a Civilization,” a lively primer on the history and core tenets of Islam.
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Encyclopedia of World Religions: 1 (Encyclopedias)
A thought-provoking book which offers a balanced exploration of the beliefs, history and customs of the major world religions, as well as many lesser-known faiths. Beautiful photographs and engaging illustrations, maps and diagrams complement the informative text. With internet links to recommended websites to explore the beliefs and practices of each religion in more detail.Read more
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DON’T DIE
On his final day alive, Scribe convenes a reunion of his closest friends. Though they’d been separated since a harrowing climb on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Scribe hopes the gathering will inspire an actionable plan for humanity in the face of existential challenges. Through a series of conversations, debates, and negotiations, the participants develop a blueprint for the way forward.Writing as “Zero,” author Bryan Johnson is an entrepreneur and explorer of the new frontiers of being human. Johnson took stock of his health and realized that a decade of chronic depression and poor cognitive control earlier in life had affected every measure of his well-being. He decided it was time to fight back. In DON’T DIE, Johnson catalogs the social and philosophical strategies necessary for the fight, both individually and as a species. Johnson’s controversial ideas and methods have attracted both detractors and devoted followers around the globe.
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Why Study Religion?
Can the study of religion be justified? Scholarship in religion, especially work in “theory and method,” is preoccupied with matters of research procedure and thus inarticulate about the goals that motivate scholarship in the field. For that reason, the field suffers from a crisis of rationale. Richard B. Miller identifies six prevailing methodologies in the field, and then offers an alternative framework for thinking about the purposes of the discipline. Shadowing these various methodologies, he notes, is a Weberian scientific ideal for studying religion, one that aspires to value-neutrality. This ideal fortifies a “regime of truth” that undercuts efforts to think normatively and teleologically about the field’s purpose and value. Miller’s alternative framework, Critical Humanism, theorizes about the ends rather than the means of humanistic scholarship.Why Study Religion? offers an account of humanistic inquiry that is held together by four values: Post-critical Reasoning, Social Criticism, Cross-cultural Fluency, and Environmental Responsibility. Ordered to such purposes, Miller argues, scholars of religion can relax their commitment to matters of methodological procedure and advocate for the value of studying religion. The future of religious studies will depend on how well it can articulate its goals as a basis for motivating scholarship in the field.
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First Christmas: An alternative festive tale, of grief, love, loss and hope. The heartwarming and intriguing introduction to a brand new series by this popular author. (What…
Christmas is a time of joy, love and togetherness… until it’s not. Ruth’s family are coming to terms with their first Christmas, and life, without her.
As they gather at the long barrow, where Ruth’s ashes are interred, husband Graham and their three grown-up children, Annie, Kitty and Tom (plus Ruth’s beloved dog Mavis – and Annie’s slightly less beloved husband, Alex) try to get to grips with the new, delicate balance of their family.
Their story is told by Ruth herself, who offers great insight into the dynamics between her husband, children and their partners, as well as her own marriage, and reveals that family life was not always as straightforward as it may have seemed.
With bereaved strangers becoming friends, all coming together on Christmas Day, this is a heartwarming, uplifting and intriguing story, laying the ground for an exciting new series.
**Note of caution: As already touched on, this is very much a story set around bereavement, grief and loss, so may not be suitable for some readers.**
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Understanding Buddhism: A Guide for Teachers (Teaching Religions and Worldviews)
This book explores the beliefs and practices of Buddhism as a lived religion in the UK. Holt engages with Buddhist beliefs and practices and offers thematic areas for reflection to boost confidence and enable readers to go forward with confidence. Aspects of Buddhism explored include the concepts that form the central beliefs of Buddhism, and then the expression of these beliefs in worship, daily life, and the ethics of Buddhists in the modern day. Each chapter includes authentic voices of believers today and provides reflective tasks for the reader to consider the concepts and how they can be respected and taught and in the classroom.The book forms part of the Teaching Religions and Worldviews series of guides, each one designed to build teachers’ confidence and expertise in teaching a different religion or worldview in the classroom..
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Traditional Catholic Prayers: The 100 most inspiring and well-known prayers of the Catholic religion
Discover the serenity, strength and depth of the Catholic faith through the words of its most inspiring and beloved prayers. “Traditional Catholic Prayers: The 100 Most Inspiring Prayers of the Catholic Religion” is a valuable compilation of the most profound Catholic prayers, from the Church’s most respected saints. Each of these prayers offers a unique and powerful connection to the Catholic faith and allows you to explore a deeper relationship with God.Whether you are looking to enrich your daily spiritual practice, find comfort in difficult times, or simply understand the beauty of the Catholic tradition, this book is an invaluable resource. From prayers of renowned saints like Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, to prayers for specific situations like healing and blessing, this collection offers a variety of prayers for every moment of life.
Whether you are a long-time practicing Catholic or are simply interested in exploring the Catholic faith, this prayer book will enrich your spiritual journey. Take time to immerse yourself in prayer, find peace in solitude, and draw closer to God through the richness of Catholic tradition.
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The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580
This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people’s experience of religion, showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but a strong and vigorous tradition. For this edition, Duffy has written a new introduction reflecting on recent developments in our understanding of the period.“A mighty and momentous book: a book to be read and re-read, pondered and revered; a subtle, profound book written with passion and eloquence, and with masterly control.”―J. J. Scarisbrick, The Tablet
“Revisionist history at its most imaginative and exciting. . . . [An] astonishing and magnificent piece of work.”―Edward T. Oakes, Commonweal
“A magnificent scholarly achievement, a compelling read, and not a page too long to defend a thesis which will provoke passionate debate.”―Patricia Morison, Financial Times
“Deeply imaginative, movingly written, and splendidly illustrated.”―Maurice Keen, New York Review of Books
Winner of the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Award
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Religion around the World: A Curious Kid’s Guide to the World’s Great Faiths (Curious Kids’ Guides)
“A captivating exploration of world religions, from the perspective of a curious kid.
Religion around the World: A Curious Kid’s Guide to the World’s Great Faiths explores the world’s major faiths, making the traditions, beliefs, practices, and history of each accessible to kids ages 8-12. This visually compelling book presents each religion as a rich tradition that has served as a force for human connection and good in the world. Colorful illustrations, charts, graphs, maps, and other infographics, along with clear, age-appropriate text, make this an appealing book for browsing, research, and learning.
Curious Kids’ Guides present cool and surprising information about Christian and other religions’ history and beliefs in an entertaining, visually engaging way.
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Religion and the Rise of Sport in England
Tells the story of the changing relationship between sport and religion from 1800 to the present dayBoth religion and sport stir deep emotions, shape identities, and inspire powerful loyalties. They have sometimes been in competition for people’s resources of time and money, but can also be mutually supportive.
We live in a world where sport seems to be everywhere. Not only is there saturation media coverage but governments extol the benefits of sport for nation and individual, and in 2019 the Church of England appointed a Bishop for Sport. The religious world has not always looked so kindly on sport. In the early nineteenth century, Evangelical Christians led campaigns to ban sports deemed cruel, brutal or disorderly. But from the 1850s Christian and other religious leaders turned from attacking ‘bad’ sports to promoting ‘good’ ones. The pace of change accelerated in the 1960s, as commercialization of sport intensified and Sunday sport became established, while the world of religion was transformed by increasing secularization, a resurgent Evangelicalism, and the growth of a multi-faith society.
This is the first book to tell this story, and while its principal focus is on Christianity, there is additional coverage of Judaism and Islam, as there is of those – from Victorian sporting gentry to present-day football fans and marathon runners – for whom sport is itself a religion.
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The Meaning and End of Religion
Wilfred Cantwell Smith, maintained in this vastly important work that Westerners have misperceived religious life by making “”religion”” into one thing. He shows the inadequacy of “”religion”” to capture the living, endlessly variable ways and traditions in which religious faith presents itself in the world.
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Religion and Culture in Native America
Religion and Culture in Native America presents an introduction to a diverse array of Indigenous religious and cultural practices in North America, focusing on those issues in which tribal communities themselves are currently invested. These topics include climate change, water rights, the protection of sacred places, the reclaiming of Indigenous foods, health and wellness, social justice, and the safety of Indigenous women and girls. Locating such contemporary challenges within their historical, religious, and cultural contexts illuminates how Native communities’ responses to such issues are not simply political, but deeply spiritual, informed by sacred traditions, ethical principles, and profound truths.
In collaboration with renowned ethnographer and scholar of Native American religious traditions Inés Talamantez, Suzanne Crawford O’Brien abandons classical categories typically found in religious studies textbooks and challenges essentialist notions of Native American cultures to explore the complexities of Native North American life.
Key features of this text include:
- Consideration of Indigenous religious traditions within their historical, political, and cultural contexts
- Thematic organization emphasizing the concerns and commitments of contemporary tribal communities
- Maps and images that help to locate tribal communities and illustrate key themes.
- Recommendations for further reading and research
Written in an engaging narrative style, this book makes an ideal text for undergraduate courses in Native American Religions, Religion and Ecology, Indigenous Religions, and World Religions.
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Discovering Daniel Workbook: Finding Our Hope in God’s Prophetic Plan Amid Global Chaos
A Deeper Dive into Daniel
In Daniel, we see God’s faithfulness to His own on brilliant display, as well as His incredible and perfect plans for the future. This workbook companion to Discovering Daniel offers a wealth of additional content to further enrich your study of Daniel, highlighting its strong ties to the book of Revelation and helping you abide in God’s sovereignty and love.In this illuminating resource, you will find
- guidance on how to best interpret and understand the book of Daniel in connection with other the prophetic parts of Scripture, especially Revelation
- opportunities to gain a deeper understanding of God’s purposes and plans for both today and the future
- wisdom, from Daniel’s bold example, for engaging today’s contentious cultural climate with unwavering faith
In a culture fraught with fear and discord, Bible prophecy helps soothe our anxious hearts while deepening our trust in God’s providence and care. The Discovering Daniel Workbook will help you apply the remarkable insights of Daniel to your daily life, emboldening you to live with hope and confidence.
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Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary Religion: 17 (Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion)
The Handbook of Conspiracy Theories and Contemporary Religion is the first collection to offer a comprehensive overview of conspiracy theories and their relationship with religion(s), taking a global and interdisciplinary perspective.Read more
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Sacred Stories: Wisdom from World Religions
This comprehensive collection of timeless and powerful stories puts the wisdom of world religions in the hands of young readers.When attempting to find a simple, engaging, and unbiased approach to world religions for her own family, Marilyn McFarlane discovered such a book did not exist. Understanding how important it is for children to build both respect for and knowledge of a variety of religions, regardless of their own faith, McFarlane created Sacred Stories: Wisdom from World Religions.
Each captivating story and accompanying sidebar facts and spot illustrations brings to life the key tenets of a particular belief system, while the comprehensive glossary and resource list enable readers to expand their explorations. Including easy-to-understand descriptions and essential stories from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Native American, and Sacred Earth, Sacred Stories is perfect for parents and teachers who want to expand young readers’ understanding of world traditions.
The simple, informative, unbiased language of Sacred Stories, combined with its comprehensive resource list and glossary, makes it an ideal learning tool for teachers, librarians, and other educators.
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Discovering Daniel: Finding Our Hope in God’s Prophetic Plan Amid Global Chaos
Our Lives and the Future Are in His Hands
While the world appears to be in dire straits, the book of Daniel paints a vivid picture of the many ways God guides our lives and world events, providing us with great reason to hope.Using the same deep but easy-to-understand style found in his standout seller Revealing Revelation, bestselling author Amir Tsarfati reveals how Daniel’s prophecies–and his unwavering faith in a contentious culture–provide vital insights for living out these last days with hope and wisdom. As you explore the deep connection between Daniel and Revelation, you will learn how
- 2,500 years of future history unfolded exactly the way God said it would, demonstrating how all things are in His hands
- prophetic mysteries in Daniel reveal crucial insights into the signs, timeline, and events of the last days
- God’s ability to use Daniel’s faith in powerful ways shows how He can work through us too
Discovering Daniel reveals how the words, actions, and visions of the prophet Daniel can provide you with purpose and hope in today’s chaotic world, encouraging you to live with confidence in God’s supreme sovereignty and love in the time we have left on this earth.
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Original Sin and the Evolution of Sexual Difference (Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs)
Original Sin and the Evolution of Sexual Difference develops an interdisciplinary conversation between evolutionary biology, feminist philosophy, and theology in order to illuminate the entanglement of Christian thinking about original sin with theologies of sexual difference. It then assesses the opportunities for rethinking original sin and its implications for theologies of sexual difference in light of developments in evolutionary biology and feminist theology and philosophy.Despite some resistances in the present age to conceptions of both original sin and meaningful sexual differences, this study argues that both can provide essential insights that help to make sense of some of the features of human life in the twenty-first century, especially the stubborn persistence of inequality, poverty, environmental degradation, and the pernicious patterns of sexual violence and abuse that have been uncovered by the #MeToo movement. To this end, Megan Loumagne Ulishney marshals resources from a variety of places-Augustine of Hippo, feminist theology, the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, John Paul II, and a new group of feminist philosophers known as the New Feminist Materialists-to develop an analysis of original sin and sexual difference that is grounded in both scientific and theological insights about creaturely life. The project cultivates a sense of wonder at the diversity and unpredictability of human biology, a value for the role of creativity in the human participation that partially shapes our ongoing evolution, and humility about the extent to which we can predict and control the future of the evolution of our species. It illuminates the interdependencies that define creaturely life, the persistent entanglement of nature and culture, the centrality of desire to human identity and behaviour, and the role played by biology in the transmission of sin. It develops a vision of material life as evolving, generative, and imbued with activity, but also as simultaneously infected with sin and saturated with the divine.
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The State of Religion & Young People 2023: Exploring the Sacred
Young people have made it overwhelmingly clear: finding the sacred in the everyday is integral to their well-being. And they want your help in their search. The State of Religion & Young People 2023: Exploring the Sacred investigates how young people experience the sacred and how it impacts their lives. This year’s report uncovers how young people encounter the sacred beyond traditional spaces, experiencing moments that evoke a sense of wonder, awe, and connection—both in person and online. Young people see the sacred: 55% of young people, regardless of religious affiliation, report having experienced a sacred moment. And sacred moments make life more meaningful: young people said it helped them feel connected to something real (87%) or feel they were in the presence of something larger than themselves (81%). This report offers trusted adults new ways to help cultivate experiences of the sacred for young people: Discover the concept of Sacred Sensibility—the capacity for young people to see, appreciate, and respond to the sacred—which will give leaders a new vantage point from which to design experiences, have conversations, and cultivate relationships. Enrich young people’s spiritual journeys and help set the stage for greater personal and spiritual growth, and for connectedness with each other. As young people search for ways to make sense of an increasingly complex world, you can walk alongside them. The State of Religion & Young People 2023: Exploring the Sacred is your guide as you join them on this journey.Read more
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Contesting the English Polity, 1660-1688: Religion, Politics, and Ideas: 49 (Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History)
What did people in Restoration England think the correct relationship between church state should be? And how did this thinking evolve? Based on the author’s published essays, revised and updated with a new overarching introduction, this book explores the debates in Restoration England about “godly rule”. The book assesses some of the crucial transitions in English history: how the late Reformation gave way to the early Enlightenment; how Royalism became Toryism and Puritanism became Whiggism; how the power of churchmen was challenged by virulent anticlericalism; how the verities of “divine right” theory revived and collapsed. Providing a distinctive account of English thought in the era between the two revolutions of the Stuart century, “Contesting the English Polity, 1660-1688” discusses the ideological foundations of emerging party politics, and the deep intellectual roots of competing visions for the commonwealth, placing the power of religion, and the taming of religion, squarely alongside constitutional battles within secular politics.Read more
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Philosophy of Religion for OCR: The Complete Resource for Component 01 of the New AS and A Level Specification
Philosophy of Religion for OCR is an ideal guide for students taking the Philosophy of Religion component of the OCR Religious Studies AS and A Level course. Drawing on insights gained from many years of teaching experience, Dennis Brown and Ann Greggs’ landmark book follows the OCR specification closely and includes:
·clear and comprehensive discussion of each topic in the specification
·discussion of both historical and cutting-edge philosophical approaches
·use of excerpts from primary sources to engage students in philosophical debate
·profiles of important philosophical and religious thinkers, a glossary and helpful chapter summaries
·discussion questions, activity boxes, thought points and suggestions for further reading
·practical ideas on study skills, essay-writing and assessment objectivesPhilosophy of Religion for OCR provides a clear, accessible and comprehensive introduction to each of the topics on the course, including ancient philosophy, mind, body and soul, arguments for and against God’s existence, religious experience and religious language. Written by two experienced teachers and textbook authors, Philosophy of Religion for OCR will assist students of every ability to achieve their best.
This book, which covers component 01 of the OCR H173 and H573 specifications, should be paired with Religion and Ethics for OCR by Mark Coffey and Dennis Brown, which covers component 02, and Developments in Christian Thought for OCR by Dennis Brown and Ann Greggs, which covers component 03.
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Vatican II: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
bVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /bThe Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), or Vatican II, is arguably the most significant event in the life of the Catholic Church since the Reformation. The Council initiated, intentionally or not, profound changes not simply within Catholic theology, but in the religious, social, and moral lives of the world’s billion Catholics. It also reconfigured, intellectually and practically, the Church’s engagements with those outside of it – most obviously with regard to other religions.
The sixteen documents formally issued by Vatican II constitute some of the most influential writings of the whole twentieth century. Debates over their correct interpretation and authority are constant, but they remain an indispensable point-of-reference for all areas of Catholic life, from liturgy and sacraments, to the Church’s vast network of charitable and educational endeavours the world over.
In this Very Short Introduction, Shaun Blanchard and Stephen Bullivant present the backstory to this event. Vatican II is explored in light of the wider history of the Catholic Church and placed in the tumultuous context of the 1960s. It distils the research on Vatican II, employing the first-hand accounts of participants and observers, and the official proceedings of the Council to paint a rich picture of one of the most important events of the last century.
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2024 The Shadow Work Journal & Workbook Based On Neuroscience: A Transformative Guide To Reclaim Your Self-Love, Practical Exercises Based On Jungian Psychology For Heal The…
Unearth the Healing Power Within!Delve into the transformative journey of shadow work with this comprehensive guide. Discover profound insights into the human psyche and embrace emotional healing like never before.
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If you’re ready to embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery, this book is your guide. Whether you’re healing from past traumas, seeking deeper self-love, or aiming to enrich your relationships, these pages hold the keys to your personal evolution.
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Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America
American evangelical Christianity has lost its way. While the witness of the church before a watching world is diminished beyond recognition, congregations are torn apart over Donald Trump, Christian nationalism, racial injustice, sexual predation, disgraced leaders, and covered-up scandals. Left behind are millions of believers who counted on the church to be a place of belonging and hope. As greater and greater numbers of younger Americans bleed out from the church, even the most rooted evangelicals are wondering, ‘Can American Christianity survive?’ In Losing Our Religion, Russell Moore calls his fellow evangelical Christians to conversion over culture wars, to truth over tribalism, to the gospel over politics, to integrity over influence, and to renewal over nostalgia. With both prophetic honesty and pastoral love, Moore offers a word of counsel for how a new generation of disillusioned and exhausted believers can find a path forward after the crisis and confusion of the last several years. Believing the gospel is too important to leave it to hucksters and grifters, he shows how a Christian can avoid both cynicism and complicity in order to imagine a different, hopeful vision for the church. The altar call of the old evangelical revivals was both a call to repentance and the offer of a new start. In the same way, this book invites unmoored and discouraged Christians to step out into an uncertain future, first by letting go of the kind of cultural, politicized, status quo Christianity that led us to this moment of reckoning. Only when we see how lost we are, we can find our way again. Only when we bury what’s dead can we experience life again. Only when we lose our religion can we be amazed by grace again.Read more
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An Introduction to Philosophy of Religion: Ccea GCSE Religious Studies
This resource has been specially commissioned to cover Unit 7, An Introduction to Philosophy of Religion, of the CCEA GCSE Religious Studies specification. It has been through a meticulous quality assurance process.
The text provides a thought-provoking introduction to philosophy of religion. Following the content of the specification, it explores the following areas:
• The existence of God
• The nature of God
• The problem of evil and/or suffering
• Experiencing God
• Life after death
Each illustrated chapter contains exercises to improve skills and capabilities, and questions to test knowledge, understanding and evaluation skills. The book concludes with a glossary of key terms and an index.
An accompanying digital resource is also available to complement the text with additional worksheets, quizzes and exam practice questions.
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Religion: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Religion plays a central role in human experience. Billions of people around the world practice a faith and act in accordance with it. Religion shapes how they enter the world and how they leave it – how they eat, dress, marry, and raise their children. It shapes their assumptions about who they are and who they want to be. Religion also identifies insiders and outsiders, who has power and who doesn’t. It sanctifies injustice and combats it. It draws national borders. It affects law, economy, and government. It destroys and restores the environment. It starts wars and ends them. Whether you notice it or not, religion plays a role in how billions conduct their lives. We are called, then, to understand this important factor in human life today.Beginning with the first signs of religion among ancient humans and concluding with a look at modern citizens and global trends, leading scholar Thomas Tweed examines this powerful and enduring force in human society. Tweed deftly documents religion as it exists around the world, addressing its role in both intensifying and alleviating contemporary political and environmental problems, from armed conflict to climate change. Religion: A Very Short Introduction offers a concise non-partisan overview of religion’s long history and its complicated role in the world today.
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Religion: Rereading What Is Bound Together
With this profound final work, completed in the days leading up to his death, Michel Serres presents a vivid picture of his thinking about religion―a constant preoccupation since childhood―thereby completing Le Grand Récit, the comprehensive explanation of the world and of humanity to which he devoted the last twenty years of his life.
Themes from Serres’s earlier writings―energy and information, the role of the media in modern society, the anthropological function of sacrifice, the role of scientific knowledge, the problem of evil―are reinterpreted here in the light of the Old Testament accounts of Isaac and Jonah and a variety of Gospel episodes, including the Three Wise Men of the Epiphany, the Transfiguration, Peter’s denying Christ, the Crucifixion, Emmaus, and the Pentecost. Monotheistic religion, Serres argues, resembles mathematical abstraction in its dazzling power to bring together the real and the virtual, the natural and the transcendent; but only in its Christian embodiment is it capable of binding together human beings in such a way that partisan attachments are dissolved and a new era of history, free for once of the lethal repetition of collective violence, can be entered into.
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Mindfulness Meditation: A Path to Inner Relaxation
Embark on a transformative journey to inner tranquility with “Mindfulness Meditation: A Path to Inner Relaxation.” In this comprehensive guide, discover the profound art of mindfulness meditation and unlock the door to a calmer, more centered life.
What Is Mindfulness Meditation: Delve into the essence of mindfulness meditation, unraveling its ancient roots and understanding how it has evolved into a powerful practice in the modern world.
Understanding the Science Behind Mindfulness: Uncover the scientific intricacies that validate the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation. From brain changes to stress reduction, explore how mindfulness impacts your mental and physical well-being, providing a holistic approach to health.
The Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation: Embark on a journey of self-discovery as you explore the multifaceted benefits of mindfulness meditation.
How to Get Started With Mindfulness Meditation: Embark on your mindfulness journey with practical guidance on getting started. Learn simple yet powerful techniques to establish a meditation routine, even if you’re a beginner. Discover the keys to creating a serene meditation space that nurtures your practice.
Breathing Techniques for Deep Relaxation: Master the art of conscious breathing, a cornerstone of mindfulness meditation. Delve into breathing techniques that guide you into deep relaxation, promoting a sense of calm and presence in each moment.
Body Scan Meditation for Relaxation: Experience the profound effects of body scan meditation, a practice that encourages a deep connection between mind and body. Learn how to release tension, promote relaxation, and foster a heightened awareness of your physical self.
Cultivating Mindful Eating Habits: Transform your relationship with food through mindful eating. Explore how mindfulness can revolutionize your approach to meals, promoting a healthier connection with nourishment and fostering a more conscious and joyful eating experience.
Incorporating Mindfulness Into Daily Activities: Discover how to infuse mindfulness into your everyday life. From routine tasks to spontaneous moments, learn to bring a mindful presence to each activity, enriching your experience and fostering a heightened sense of awareness.
Overcoming Common Challenges in Meditation: Address common challenges that may arise in your meditation practice. Gain insights into overcoming distractions, restlessness, and other hurdles, empowering you to navigate your meditation journey with resilience and perseverance.
Exploring Different Meditation Techniques: Expand your meditation toolkit with a diverse array of techniques. From loving-kindness meditation to mindfulness of breath, explore practices that resonate with you and deepen your understanding of meditation’s versatility.
Practicing Mindfulness in Relationships: Navigate the intricacies of relationships with mindfulness. Learn how to cultivate presence, empathy, and understanding in your interactions, fostering deeper connections with yourself and others.
Using Guided Meditations for Inner Relaxation: Immerse yourself in the soothing guidance of expertly crafted guided meditations. Explore various themes, from stress relief to self-compassion, allowing these guided journeys to lead you to a place of inner relaxation.
Mindfulness Meditation for Stress Relief: Harness the power of mindfulness as a potent tool for stress relief. Explore practices specifically designed to alleviate stress, offering you a refuge of calm in the midst of life’s challenges.
Sustaining a Mindfulness Meditation Practice: Embark on a lifelong journey of mindfulness by discovering how to sustain your meditation practice. Overcome common pitfalls, stay motivated, and embrace mindfulness as a constant companion on your path to inner peace.
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Theology Philosophy and Religion for 13+ Revision Guide
This indispensable revision guide is mapped precisely to the new Theology, Philosophy and Religion syllabus for 13+ Common Entrance, and provides students with a concise summary of everything they need to know for the latest exam beginning autumn 2019. Endorsed by ISEB, it covers all key content in an accessible format and includes test-yourself questions that embed knowledge as students work through the book.
– Endorsed by ISEB
– Summarises the key content for the new Theology, Philosophy and Religion syllabus replacing Religious Studies A
– Guided activities and test-yourself questions enable pupils to recall knowledge and build exam-room confidence
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When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
Spiritual abuse is something that happens far more often than most people realize. In When Religion Hurts You, Dr. Laura Anderson takes an honest look at a side of religion that few like to talk about. Drawing from her own life and therapy practice, she helps readers understand what religious trauma is and isn’t, and how high-control churches can be harmful and abusive, often resulting in trauma. She shows how elements of fundamentalist church life―such as fear of hell, purity culture, corporal punishment, and authoritarian leaders―can cause psychological, relational, physical, and spiritual damage. As she explores the growing phenomenon of religious trauma, Dr. Anderson helps readers embark on a journey of living as healing individuals and finding a new foundation to stand on. Recognizing that healing is a lifelong rather than a linear process, she offers markers of healing for those coming out of painful religious experiences and hope for finding wholeness after religious trauma.Read more
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The Angry Mom’s Guide to Self-Regulation: A Mind-Body Approach to Managing Your Emotions
Few adults learned how to regulate their emotions as children, and therefore, few mothers enter into their new role with the skill of self-regulation. The traditional approach to parenting has unintentionally taught generations of children to shut down their emotions and disconnect from their bodies. Those children have grown to become loving parents overwhelmed by dysregulated nervous systems, often finding themselves in a cycle of reactive behaviors, guilt and shame. In The Angry Mom’s Guide to Self-Regulation, Emilie provides mindful reflections and accessible action steps that help readers identify their individual triggers, increase body awareness, and create a personalized practice of nervous system regulation. Whether you’re a parent or not, If you are desperate to break free from your reactive default mode and begin living in alignment with your values, this is the book for you.Read more
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Active Inference – 2022 Edition: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior – 2022, Paperback Edition
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Crazy Lawsuit Stories: Discover 101 of The Most Bizarre, Hilarious, and Mind-Boggling Lawsuits Ever!
A significant advantage of a democratic government, like that in the U.S., is a well-established judicial system. It gives citizens the opportunity to seek justice through the courts. However, the drawback is that some people use this opportunity to file cases that are strange, outlandish, and so absurd that they leave onlookers shaking their heads. Crazy Lawsuit Stories compiles a collection of such stories for your entertainment and pondering.
Readers can expect to find comical, concerning, and frivolous lawsuits within these pages.
Some of these include:
- The man who sued a bear
- The kidnapper who sued his hostages
- Well-known cases that became urban legend
- A teacher afraid of children
- And so much more!
Some of these lawsuits are indeed outrageously weird, but to the plaintiffs, they sought justice for what they believed was right. This book was designed to entertain its readers with these strange cases that saw their day in court.
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John Douglas 3 Books Collection Set (Mindhunter, Journey into Darkness, The Killer Across the Table)
Journey Into Darkness
John Douglas is the world’s top pioneer and expert on criminal profiling. His lifelong work to understand and combat serial killers is legendary among law enforcement circles. Now, following up on his first book, Mindhunter, Journey Into Darkness delves further into the criminal mind in a range of chilling new cases. Profiling suspects from OJ Simpson to the Unabomber, and investigating the assassination of John Lennon and the Waco tragedy, Journey Into Darkness explores the crimes of the century as well as cases you’ve never heard of with the peerless eye of one of the FBI’s finest.
Mindhunter
John Douglas is a former FBI Special Agent and expert in criminal profiling and behavioural science. He made a career of looking evil in the eye – and understanding it. No wonder that he was the inspiration for Special Agent Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, as well as the film’s consultant on the reality of serial killers.
The Killer Across the Table
In The Killer Across the Table, legendary FBI criminal profiler and number one bestselling author John Douglas delves deep into the lives and crimes of four complex predatory killers, offering never-before-revealed details about his profiling process and divulging the strategies used to crack some of his most challenging cases.
In this riveting work of true crime, Douglas spotlights four very different criminals he’s confronted over the course of his career, and explains how they helped him to put together the puzzle of how psychopaths and predators think.
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50 Science Questions for Curious Minds: Caution: This Book May Increase Your Understanding of the World Around You!
Embark on an enlightening journey with “50 Science Questions for Curious Minds,” your accessible guide to the wonders of the natural world and the innovations shaping our everyday life. Suited for readers aged 8 to 80, this treasure trove of knowledge unravels some of the most captivating mysteries of science in a language everyone can understand.
From the depths of the oceans to the vast expanse of space, from your kitchen to the farthest reaches of Earth, this book dives into a variety of topics that are as diverse as they are engaging. Written in clear, accessible language, each question is a conversation starter, an invitation to look at the world through the lens of science.
Find out why leaves change color, how honey is made, and what gives diamonds their dazzling brilliance. Discover the inner workings of your smartphone, unravel the secrets of the stars, and explore the invisible forces that bind our solar system together.
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The Gamer’s Tale: The RA Volume IV, Part Five
Team Waifu. After four years of carrying the Hayes High Gaming Club on her slender shoulders, that’s the award the team bestowed upon Destiny as a senior superlative. College couldn’t come soon enough. Anything to get her out of her dead-end home in her dead-end town of Lerwick. Only, as she departs for Lakeview, her home finds a way to tag along for the ride. Facing off against a college lifestyle she doesn’t understand, a dorm that’s just a bigger hotter clique than the ones she already rejected back home, and a boy from her past who never seems to run out of 1-Ups, Destiny is braced for failure, to return home to Lerwick in disgrace. The only thing in her way is the kindness of her unnervingly friendly roommate Charlie. But is one friend enough to keep her in the game?This story is part of the collective Volume IV of The RA, in which readers are invited into the lives and perspectives of some of Higgins hottest Hotties.
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