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Contains a general introduction to the discipline, featuring
classic and pioneering essays that address the history, methods,
issues, and exemplary illustrations of research, teaching, and
practice Presenting a diverse collection of landmark essays, The
Wiley-Blackwell Reader in Practical Theology explores the
turn-of-the-century renaissance of practical theology as an
academic discipline and shows how the discipline has advanced a
steady epistemological insurgency in theology throughout the
twentieth- and twenty-first century. The text provides scholars,
students, and ministerial professionals with easy access to
original seminal sources that represent major milestones, growing
edges, and useful classificatory rubrics. A handy, one-volume
primer to practical theology, the book: Offers an excellent
bird's-eye-view of the discipline's essential foundational
contributions Provides significant introductory overview material
helpful in guiding both new and experienced readers to practical
theology Includes brief overview introductions before each essay to
situate the reading and highlight key contributions and occasional
limitations Features essay selections that consider race, gender,
sexuality, age, and other differences as a critical subtheme The
Wiley-Blackwell Reader in Practical Theology is an indispensable
resource for students, faculty, and professionals in practical
theology and colleagues in related cognate disciplines in
theological education and religious studies.
Varanasi, also known as Kashi and Banaras, is a city in the
northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh dating to the 11th century
B.C.E. Regarded as the spiritual capital of India, the city draws
Hindu pilgrims who bathe in the Ganges River’s sacred waters for
prayer and ritual. In Varanasi, one is in a time warp where one is
living in history as if time has never stopped, for the people,
both residents and pilgrims, continue their daily practices and
worship in ways relatively unchanged for millennia, a continuum of
thousands of years. Being in Varanasi is like being on a thread
pulled from a cloth that dates back to the beginning of time. Here,
one doesn’t “see” a ruin, as one does in other ancient
civilizations, but a living city where history hasn’t stopped.
David Scheinbaum guides us, with his camera, through the city’s
winding streets that are filled with thousands of shrines and
temples at virtually every turn. He takes us on an incredible
visual journey to the Ganges, the sacred river where bathers are in
prayer, and to the funerary Ghats, steps that lead down to the
river where cremations take place, filling the air with incense and
burning pyres. Hindus believe that being cremated along the banks
of the holy Ganges allows one to break the cycle of death and
rebirth and attain Moksha, (salvation) making it a major center for
pilgrimages. David Scheinbaum’s beautiful, soulful photographs
present an ancient, holy city immersed in prayer. Woven through are
the words of B. J. Miller and Diana L. Eck, noted scholars and
writers who each shed light on the special qualities that make
Varanasi the holy city it has always been.
Through a series of essays contributed by leading experts in the
field, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology presents
an introduction to practical theology as a major area of Christian
study and practice, including an overview of its key developments,
themes, methods, and future directions. * The first comprehensive
reference work to provide a survey, description and analysis of
practical theology as an area of study * A range of leading
scholars in the field provide original contributions on the major
areas, issues, and figures in practical theology * Reviews an
extensive range of methods for studying theology in practice, along
with sub-disciplines in theological education such as pastoral care
and preaching * Covers developments in the discipline in a range of
global contexts and distinct Christian traditions * Shows how
practical theology is relevant to everyday life
"I wish I'd had this book when I needed it. Death and dying are not
subjects that many people are comfortable talking about, but it's
hugely important to be as prepared as you can be - emotionally,
physically, practically, financially, and spiritually. This book
may be the most important guide you could have." - Elizabeth
Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love ___________ The end of a life can
often feel like a traumatic, chaotic and inhuman experience. In
this reassuring and inspiring book, palliative care physician Dr BJ
Miller and writer Shoshana Berger provide a vision for rethinking
and navigating this universal process. There are plenty of
self-help books for mourners, but nothing in the way of a modern,
approachable and above all useful field guide for the living. And
all of us - young, old, sick and well - could use the help. After
all, pregnant couples have ample resources available to them as
they prepare to bring a new life into the world: Lamaze courses,
elaborate birth plans, tons of manuals. Why don't we have a What to
Expect When You're Expecting to Die book? An accessible,
beautifully designed and illustrated companion, A Beginner's Guide
to the End offers a clear-eyed and compassionate survey of the most
pressing issues that come up when one is dying, and will bring
optimism and practical guidance to empower readers with the
knowledge, resources and tools they'll need to die better, maybe
even with triumph.
Life in America has not been easy in the twenty-first century. With
a government that has strayed from principles established by our
Founding Fathers, some Americans may believe all hope is lost.
Americans need a great president, but one question remains: Who can
restore faith for a better future for America? B. J. Miller
provides a platform for everyday American citizens to imagine what
they would do to make a difference if they were president of the
United States. By addressing a variety of governmental policies
such as federal spending, the treatment of veterans, Social
Security, and minimum wage, Miller shares his opinions while
encouraging others to contemplate whether each policy is right for
the country and offer their own ideas for improvement. If You Were
President seeks to stimulate Americans to reflect and respond with
creative proposals intended to set our government on the right
track, allowing the people to once again achieve life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness.
Life in America has not been easy in the twenty-first century. With
a government that has strayed from principles established by our
Founding Fathers, some Americans may believe all hope is lost.
Americans need a great president, but one question remains: Who can
restore faith for a better future for America? B. J. Miller
provides a platform for everyday American citizens to imagine what
they would do to make a difference if they were president of the
United States. By addressing a variety of governmental policies
such as federal spending, the treatment of veterans, Social
Security, and minimum wage, Miller shares his opinions while
encouraging others to contemplate whether each policy is right for
the country and offer their own ideas for improvement. If You Were
President seeks to stimulate Americans to reflect and respond with
creative proposals intended to set our government on the right
track, allowing the people to once again achieve life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness.
Winner of the Royal Palm Award in the horror, sci-fi division from
the Florida Writer's Association. Philadelphia lawyer Lance
DeBrasse is hired by Diana Pendergast to defend her in an
incompetency lawsuit. Diana's sadistic brother Benson alleges that
she is delusional and prays to the moon. While defending the case,
Lance becomes embroiled with her other sisters - Willow, a wild
woman that loves to party, and weird Daphne, who tries to kill him
when he becomes infatuated with gentle Diana. But when Diana's
personality abruptly changes and she becomes a seductress, his love
cools, and he begins to believe she really is insane. Only when
Lance learns the secret of Latona Pendergast, the sisters' dead
mother, does he understand the source of their madness. Determined
to fight the evil that has trapped the sisters' minds and bodies in
a wicked web of enslavement, Lance knows he will forfeit his life
if he fails. If he is to win, he must regain the faith he had
before his fiancee died. With his future at stake, he plunges into
the final confrontation-winner take all.
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