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A religious meditation on borders-physical and spiritual-an
elemental and humanist phenomenon for everyone. If Barbara Brown
Taylor and Steven Covey ever wrote a book together, this might be
the book! Living Compass is a church-based faith and wellness
program designed for individuals and small groups. Readers engage
in a 10-week, self-guided wellness retreat, consisting of daily
ten-minute readings, plus small, meaningful action steps designed
for getting "your life, your relationships, and your work headed in
a new direction," according to the author. Deeply spiritual and
exceedingly practical, this book joins the national Living Compass
network, which includes a website, workshop series, wellness
resources (including a free Living Well with Living Compass app),
social media, and soon, a new multi-million-dollar wellness center
to be located in the offices of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago.
Structured holistic wellness program for individuals and groups
based on a highly successful retreat model developed by
priest-psychologist. Builds on the national network of Living
Compass workshops, presentations, and publications, and soon, a
multi-million faith and wellness center in Chicago. Each chapter
includes questions for reflection.
Much has been written on the relationship between violence and religious militancy, but there has been less research on constructive methods of confronting religious violence. This book represents an innovative attempt to integrate the study of religion with the study of conflict resolution. Marc Gopin offers an analysis of contemporary religious violence as a reaction to the pressures of modernity and the increasing economic integration of the world. He contends that religion is one of the most salient phenomena that will cause massive violence in the next century. He also argues, however, that religion can play a critical role in constructing a global community of shared moral commitments and vision - a community that can limit conflict to its nonviolent, constructive variety.
The author calls upon the world's religions to assist in combating
the destructive trends of our time, mobilizing a virtual "alliance
of religion and ecology" against unlimited economic growth, rampant
consumption, and unrestrained globalisation. World religions have
begun to move from a preoccupation with God-human relations and
human-human relations to encompass human-earth relations. They are
now entering their planetary or (Gaian) phase. In its new alliance
with ecology, religion should move from isolated orthodoxy to
interrelated dialogue, revivify its rituals and symbols in light of
environmental crisis, align its moral authority with liberation
rather than oppression, favour a this-worldly rather that
other-worldly soteriology, and advance from anthropocentric to
anthropocosmic ethics.
Many spiritual caregivers, including chaplains, spiritual directors
and clergy, are unaware of how they can support people with chronic
health conditions. This book combines insights on chronic illness
with spiritual care skills and suggestions to enhance well-being
for people living with long-term illness. Using a narrative
approach, the author reflects on the stories of two women - Dorothy
from The Wizard of Oz, who travels from Kansas (a state of health)
to Oz (an illness experience), alongside the author's personal
experiences of managing an incurable autoimmune disease. Chapters
will include guidelines and exercises that help equip caregivers to
facilitate healing with people who live with long-term health
conditions.
Research literacy is now a requirement for Board-Certified
chaplains in the US and a growing field in the UK. This reader
gives an overview and introduction to the field of healthcare
chaplaincy research. The 21 carefully chosen articles in this book
illustrate techniques critical to chaplaincy research: case
studies; qualitative research; cross-sectional and longitudinal
quantitative research, and randomized clinical trials. The selected
articles also address wide-ranging topics in chaplaincy research
for a comprehensive overview of the field. To help readers engage
with the research, each article includes a discussion guide
highlighting crucial content, as well as important background
information and implications for further research. This book is the
perfect primary text for healthcare chaplaincy research courses,
bringing together key articles from peer-reviewed journals in one
student-friendly format.
This book explores three schools of fascinating, talented, and
gifted scholars whose philosophies assimilated the Jewish and
secular cultures of their respective homelands: they include
halakhists from Rabbi Ettlinger to Rabbi Eliezer Berkowitz; Jewish
philosophers from Isaac Bernays to Yeshayau Leibowitz; and biblical
commentators such as Samuel David Luzzatto and Rabbi Umberto
Cassuto.Running like a thread through their philosophies is the
attempt to reconcile the Jewish belief in revelation with Western
culture, Western philosophy, and the conclusions of scientific
research. Among these attempts is Luzzatto's "dual truth" approach.
The Dual Truth is the sequel to the Ephraim Chamiel's previous book
The Middle Way, which focused on the challenges faced by members of
the "Middle Trend" in nineteenth-century Jewish thought.
Religious faith is a powerful source of comfort and support for
individuals and families facing dementia. Many faith leaders need
help in adapting their ministries to address the worship/spiritual
needs of this group. A product of Faith United Against Alzheimer's,
this handbook by 45 different authors represents diverse faith
traditions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism,
Buddhism and Native American. It provides practical help in
developing services and creating dementia friendly faith
communities. It gives an understanding of the cognitive,
communicative and physical abilities of people with dementia and
shows what chaplains, clergy and lay persons can do to engage them
through worship. Included are several articles by persons living
with dementia.
This book is born out of a wide range of practical experience of
more than 20 years in working with people training for the ministry
of spiritual direction. Spiritual direction recognises that there
is an energy in life that moves a person outwards and influences
the direction taken. The focus of the ministry is to help the
person notice those movements and make good choices that enhance
the Christ-like quality of life. It acknowledges that the
Holy Spirit is the primary director. See God act. The book seeks to
provide a broader vision of the ministry drawing on insights from
spirituality, scripture and psychology. These bring a fuller
understanding of the person created by God, capable of knowing and
responding to God. It acknowledges that many of the difficulties
that arise in the direction of life are at the human, not the
faith, level. Patterns are laid down in early life and can continue
into adulthood. This can be so without much awareness of their
source, though their influence may be evident. Even in a
prayerful reflective life, further help may be needed to bring
greater freedom from unconscious influences. Moreover, freedom is a
key mediator to facilitate moving on to accept the gifts God
offers. Life is dynamic, not static, involving an inner and an
outer journey. We live in relationships with God, self, others and
all creation. Jesus is active in life and meets people where they
are but does not leave them there. The invitation is onwards.
Attention is drawn to, and there is an exploration of the dynamics
involved in the different relationships to bring greater clarity to
them. The experience of working with people has highlighted
the need of this development. Prayer that comes out of life and
flows back into life is key to this. May the book inspire you to
navigate your ongoing journey in the Lord in an integrated way.
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How old is prejudice against black people? Were the racist
attitudes that fueled the Atlantic slave trade firmly in place 700
years before the European discovery of sub-Saharan Africa? In this
groundbreaking book, David Goldenberg seeks to discover how
dark-skinned peoples, especially black Africans, were portrayed in
the Bible and by those who interpreted the Bible--Jews, Christians,
and Muslims. Unprecedented in rigor and breadth, his investigation
covers a 1,500-year period, from ancient Israel (around 800 B.C.E.)
to the eighth century C.E., after the birth of Islam. By tracing
the development of anti-Black sentiment during this time,
Goldenberg uncovers views about race, color, and slavery that took
shape over the centuries--most centrally, the belief that the
biblical Ham and his descendants, the black Africans, had been
cursed by God with eternal slavery.
Goldenberg begins by examining a host of references to black
Africans in biblical and postbiblical Jewish literature. From there
he moves the inquiry from Black as an ethnic group to black as
color, and early Jewish attitudes toward dark skin color. He goes
on to ask when the black African first became identified as slave
in the Near East, and, in a powerful culmination, discusses the
resounding influence of this identification on Jewish, Christian,
and Islamic thinking, noting each tradition's exegetical treatment
of pertinent biblical passages.
Authoritative, fluidly written, and situated at a richly
illuminating nexus of images, attitudes, and history, "The Curse of
Ham" is sure to have a profound and lasting impact on the perennial
debate over the roots of racism and slavery, and on the study of
early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
This book presents engaging reflections on the modern day
Vietnamese Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh and the medieval Christian
mystic, Meister Eckhart (1260-1327). It celebrates the common
spiritual ground that exists between Christianity and Buddhism.
In Paul's day, producing and delivering a letter was time-consuming
and costly. Informed by historical evidence and features of the
biblical texts, E. Randolph Richards examines the whole process and
offers a new perspective on Paul the letter writer.
Over a century ago, psychologists who were fascinated with religion
began to study and write about it. Theologians and religious
practitioners have responded to this literature, producing a
fascinating dialogue that deals with our fundamental und- standings
about the human person and our place in the world. This book
provides an introduction to the important conversations that have
developed out of these interchanges. The dialogue between
psychology and religion is difficult to study for a number of
reasons. First, it requires knowledge of both psychology and
religion. People with a background in psychology often lack a solid
understanding of the religious traditions they wish to study, and
theologians may not be up to date on the latest developments in
psychology. Second, it requires conceptual tools to organize the
material and understand the basic problems involved in any attempt
to connect the science of psychology with religion. These concepts
can be found in many places, for instance in the writings of
philosophers of science, but they are complex and often hard to
follow for those without a proper theological and philosophical ba-
ground. Finally, authors who write on the topic come to the study
of psychology and religion from a variety of academic and personal
backgrounds. This makes for wonderful diversity in conversations,
but it makes understanding and mastery of the material quite
difficult.
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