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For those who want to develop a deeper, more joyful inner life through the practice of Christian spiritual disciplines, this one-year journal-workbook helps readers find new ways to reflect on, experience, and integrate the disciplines into their lives.
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Amy Troolin, Earl J. Foster
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A volume in International Review of History Education Series Editor
Peter Lee, Rosalyn Ashby, Stuart Foster As educators in the United
States and Europe develop national history standards for K-12
students, the question of what to do with national history canons
is a subject of growing concern. Should national canons still be
the foundation for the teaching of history? Do national canons
develop citizenship or should they be modified to accommodate the
new realities of globalization? Or should they even be discarded
outright? These questions become blurred by the debates over
preserving national heritages, by so-called 'history wars' or
'culture wars,' and by debates over which pedagogical frameworks to
use. These canon and pedagogical debates often overlap, creating
even more confusion. A misconceived ""skills vs. content"" debate
often results. Teaching students to think chronologically and
historically is not the same as teaching a national heritage or a
cosmopolitan outlook. But what exactly is the difference?
Policy-makers and opinion leaders often confuse the pedagogical
desirability of using a 'framework' for studying history with their
own efforts to reaffirm the centrality of national identity rooted
in a vision of their nation's history as a way of inculcating
citizenship and patriotism. These are the issues discussed in this
volume."" Today's students are citizens of the world and must be
taught to think in global, supranational terms. At the same time,
the traditionalists have a point when they argue that the ideal of
the nation-state is the cultural glue that has traditionally held
society together, and that social cohesion depends on creating and
inculcating a common national culture in the schools. From an
educational perspective, the problem is how to teach chronological
thinking at all. How are we to reconcile the social, political and
intellectual realities of a globalizing world with the continuing
need for individuals to function locally as citizens of a
nation-state, who share a common past, a common culture, and a
common political destiny? Is it a duty of history education to
create a frame of reference, and if so, what kind of frame of
reference should this be? How does frame-of-reference knowledge
relate to canonical knowledge and the body of knowledge of history
as a whole?
Readers' Choice Awards Honorable Mention Distinguished Honorable
Mention, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore "No matter
how old you are or how many degrees you have or don't have-when
grace takes you to school, you start in kindergarten." This was the
experience of Reverend Glandion Carney when he was given the
life-altering news that he has Parkinson's disease. He was plunged
into denial and despair. This was not supposed to be his journey.
How could he face it? With poignant vulnerability, The Way of Grace
describes one man's journey into a new land of God's amazing grace.
Both his honesty and his resilience will inspire and inform your
own times of difficulty. In each chapter we are introduced to a
spiritual practice that can carry us through difficult days:
acceptance, relinquishment, community, simplicity and more. And a
guide at the end of each chapter carries us into a brief and
refreshing experience with each of the practices. God's unmerited
grace saves us, strengthens us and sanctifies us. We too can
experience lives full of grace and truth, courageously searching
out God's wonders every day.
The Bible has the astounding power to transform lives. The stories
of people like Francis of Assisi, Antony of Egypt, Augustine of
Hippo, Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr. vividly demonstrate
this. Why aren't more of us transformed by Scripture today? Too
often we study biblical texts without believing that God truly
inhabits this book. Scripture seeks to capture our minds, not
merely educate them. In these pages Chris Webb explains that we can
transform our Christian life by reading as lovers rather than as
theorists. This is possible by coming to the text prayerfully,
expectantly, in humility and empty-handed. When we open the Bible,
it does not say to us, "Listen: God is there " Instead, the voice
of the Spirit whispers through each line, "Look: I am here."
Reading the Bible this way can reconfigure the habits of your
heart, refresh your imagination and memory, reshape and redeem your
emotions, realign your reality individually and communally for
kingdom life, and take us beyond the Bible into a renewed way of
life. Here is the work of today--which is also the work of the
whole of life--to open your heart afresh to the living Word of God.
The Second World War stands as the most devastating and destructive
global conflict in human history. More than 60 nations representing
1.7 billion people or three quarters of the world's population were
consumed by its horror. Not surprisingly, therefore, World War II
stands as a landmark episode in history education throughout the
world and its prominent place in school history textbooks is almost
guaranteed. As this book demonstrates, however, the stories that
nations choose to tell their young about World War II do not
represent a universally accepted ""truth"" about events during the
war. Rather, wartime narratives contained in school textbooks
typically are selected to instil in the young a sense of national
pride, common identify, and shared collective memory. To understand
this process War, Nation, Memory describes and evaluates school
history textbooks from many nations deeply affected by World War II
including China, France, Germany, Japan, USA, and the United
Kingdom.It critically examines the very different and complex
perspectives offered in many nations and analyses the ways in which
textbooks commonly serve as instruments of socialisation and, in
some cases, propaganda. Above all, War, Nation, Memory demonstrates
that far from containing ""neutral"" knowledge, history textbooks
prove fascinating cultural artefacts consciously shaped and
legitimated by powerful ideological, cultural, and sociopolitical
forces dominant in the present.
The ROSE OF DARBLEY is a story set in the Victorian era about a
young man named Fredric (Freddie) Allon Harrington, who at the age
of twenty attends Trinity College at Cambridge in England during
mid-1840s. His close knit family lives at Greenhaven Estate near
Cary, England, an agrarian community in Hampshire. His soon-to-be
brother-in-law describes him as "the son of a country gentleman
with all the charm and delights that position can bring. He is
extremely intelligent. His country manners are--delightful. He is
unpretentious, witty, likable, discernible, and amiable. He could
be confortable in the society of the lowest field worker or the
Queen of England." At the age of fourteen, after a severe illness,
Freddie experiences a spiritual vision that has given direction for
his life until he meets JoAnna Fleming, the young sister of William
Fleming. It is JoAnna who keeps Freddie faithful to his vision.
This exciting collection of essays explores the complex area of
madness and performance. The book spans from the 18th century to
the present and unearths the overlooked history of theatre and
performance in, and about, psychiatric asylums and hospitals. The
book will appeal to historians, social scientists, theatre
scholars, and artists alike.
British Archives is the most comprehensive guide to archive resources in the UK. Since publication of the first edition more than ten years ago, it has established itself as an indispensable source for essential information about access archives and archive repositories in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Over 1,200 entries provide detailed information on the nature and extent of the collection as well as the organization holding it.
Fifty-two readings on living in intentional Christian community to
spark group discussion. Gold Medal Winner, 2017 Illumination Book
Awards, Christian Living Silver Medal Winner, 2017 Benjamin
Franklin Award in Religion, Independent Book Publishers Association
Why, in an age of connectivity, are our lives more isolated and
fragmented than ever? And what can be done about it? The answer
lies in the hands of God’s people. Increasingly, today’s
Christians want to be the church, to follow Christ together in
daily life. From every corner of society, they are daring to step
away from the status quo and respond to Christ’s call to share
their lives more fully with one another and with others. As they
take the plunge, they are discovering the rich, meaningful life
that Jesus has in mind for all people, and pointing the church back
to its original calling: to be a gathered, united community that
demonstrates the transforming love of God. Of course, such a life
together with others isn’t easy. The selections in this volume
are, by and large, written by practitioners—people who have
pioneered life in intentional community and have discovered in the
nitty-gritty of daily life what it takes to establish, nurture, and
sustain a Christian community over the long haul. Whether you have
just begun thinking about communal living, are already embarking on
sharing life with others, or have been part of a community for many
years, the pieces in this collection will encourage, challenge, and
strengthen you. The book’s fifty-two chapters can be read one a
week to ignite meaningful group discussion. Contributors
include:Â John F. Alexander, Eberhard Arnold, J. Heinrich
Arnold, Johann Christoph Arnold, Alden Bass, Benedict of Nursia,
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, Leonardo Boff, Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
Joan Chittister, Stephen B. Clark, Andy Crouch, Dorothy Day,
Anthony de Mello, Elizabeth Dede, Catherine de Hueck Doherty,
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jenny Duckworth, Friedrich Foerster, Richard J.
Foster, Jodi Garbison, Arthur G. Gish, Helmut Gollwitzer, Adele J
Gonzalez, Stanley Hauerwas, Joseph H. Hellerman, Roy Hession, David
Janzen, Rufus Jones, Emmanuel Katongole, Arthur Katz, Søren
Kierkegaard, C. Norman Kraus, C.S. Lewis, Gerhard Lohfink, Ed
Loring, Chiara Lubich, George MacDonald, Thomas Merton, Hal Miller,
José P. Miranda, Jürgen Moltmann, Charles E. Moore, Henri J. M.
Nouwen, Elizabeth O’Connor, John M. Perkins, Eugene H.Peterson,
Christine D. Pohl, Chris Rice, Basilea Schlink, Howard A. Snyder,
Mother Teresa, Thomas à Kempis, Elton Trueblood, and Jonathan
Wilson-Hartgrove.
The Brightest Lights of the Christian TraditionSt. Augustine, Thomas Merton, Fredrick Buechner, Evelyn Underhill, A.W. Tozer, G.K. Chesterton, Thomas More, Martin Luther King, Jr., Amy Carmichael, Simone Weil, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Hildegard of Bingen, John Milton, Dorothy Day, Leo Tolstoy, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and more. . . From nearly two thousand years of Christian writing comes Spiritual Classcs,fifty-two selections complete with a profile of each author, guided meditations for group and individual use, and reflections containing questions and exercises. Editors Richard Foster and Emilie Griffith offer their expertise by selecting inspirational writings and including their own commentary and recommendations for further guided reading and exploration.
The pages of this book illustrate that as instruments of
socialization and sites of ideological discourse textbooks are
powerful artefacts in introducing young people to a specific
historical, cultural and socioeconomic order. Crucially, exploring
the social construction of school textbooks and the messages they
impart provides an important context from within which to
critically investigate the dynamics underlying the cultural
politics of education and the social movements that form it and
which are formed by it. The school curriculum is essentially the
knowledge system of a society incorporating its values and its
dominant ideology. The curriculum is not "our knowledge" born of a
broad hegemonic consensus, rather it is a battleground in which
cultural authority and the right to define what is labelled
legitimate knowledge is fought over. As each chapter in this book
illustrates curriculum as theory and practice has never been, and
can never be, divorced from the ethical, economic, political, and
cultural conflicts of society which impact so deeply upon it. We
cannot escape the clear implication that questions about what
knowledge is of most worth and about how it should be organized and
taught are problematic, contentious and very serious.
Understanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage explores
the construction of "authenticity" and its consequences in relation
to Chinese cultural heritage - those objects, texts, and intangible
practices concerned with China's past. Including contributions from
scholars around the world reflecting on a range of different
materials and time periods, Understanding Authenticity emphasizes
the situatedness and fluidity of authenticity concepts. Attitudes
towards authenticity change over time and place, and vary between
communities and object types, among stakeholders in China as they
do elsewhere. The book examines how "authenticity" relates to four
major aspects of cultural heritage in China - Art and Material
Culture; Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation; Living and
Intangible Heritage; and Texts and Manuscripts - with individual
contributions engaging in a critical and interdisciplinary
conversation that weaves together heritage management, art history,
archaeology, architecture, tourism, law, history, and literature.
Moving beyond conceptual issues, the book also considers the
practical ramifications for work in cultural heritage management,
museums, and academic research. Understanding Authenticity in
Chinese Cultural Heritage provides an opportunity for reflection on
the contingencies of authenticity debates - not only in relation to
China, but also anywhere around the world. The book will be of
interest to scholars and students in a variety of fields, including
heritage studies, Asian studies, art history, museum studies,
history and archaeology.
This guide explores how God has communicated with individuals in
the Bible and throughout history. From Adam and Eve's direct
contact with God in "Genesis" 1-11 to Jacob's wrestling with God,
from hearing God through visions and dreams like Teresa of Avila to
experiencing communion with God through nature like Francis of
Assisi, this guide will recognize the different ways God has
communicated with people throughout the ages and guide the reader
into an experience of individual interaction with God.
Here is a complete guide for librarians seeking to launch or refine
their systematic review services. Conducting searches for
systematic reviews goes beyond expert searching and requires an
understanding of the entire process of the systematic review. Just
as expert searching is not fully mastered by the end of a library
degree, mastering the systematic review process takes a great deal
of time and practice. Attending workshops and webinars can
introduce the topic, but application of the knowledge through
practice is required. Running a systematic review service is
complicated and requires constant updating and evaluation with new
standards, more efficient methods, and improved reporting
guidelines. After a brief introduction to systematic reviews, the
book guides librarians in defining and marketing their services,
covering topics such as when it is appropriate to ask for
co-authorship and how to reach out to stakeholders. Next, it
addresses developing documentation and conducting the reference
interview. Standards specific to systematic reviews, including
PRISMA, Institute of Medicine, and Cochrane Collaboration, are
discussed. Search strategy techniques, including choosing
databases, harvesting search terms, selecting filters, and
searching for grey literature are detailed. Data management and
critical appraisal are covered in detail. Finally, the best
practices for reporting the findings of systematic reviews are
highlighted. Experts with experience in both systematic reviews and
librarianship, including the editors of the book, contributed to
the chapters. Each step (or piece) of the review process (Planning
the review, Identifying the studies, Evaluating studies, Collecting
and combining data, Explaining the results, and Summarizing the
review into a report), are covered with emphasis on information
roles. The book is for any librarian interested in conducting
reviews or assisting others with reviews. It has several
applications: for training librarians new to systematic reviews,
for those developing a new systematic review service, for those
wanting to establish protocols for a current service, and as a
reference for those conducting reviews or running a service.
Participating in systematic reviews is a new frontier of
librarianship, in which librarians can truly become research
partners with our patrons, instead of merely providing access to
resources and services.
Why has God not answered my prayers? What should I be praying for?
If everything I prayed for came true, would I be ready? In this
spiritual classic, Eberhard Arnold mines the riches of biblical
teaching on prayer and the example of Jesus, the Hebrew prophets,
and the early Christians to point us back to the prayer that
pleases God most - prayer that has the power to transform our lives
and our world. In a new reflective response, much-loved author
Richard J. Foster relates Arnold's words to our contemporary
reality.
In a society where raging narcissism dominates the moral landscape,
the virtue of humility is often dismissed as irrelevant. Not only
is humility vanishing from contemporary culture, but we are also
witnessing how destructive a lack of humility has become among our
churches and ministry leaders. And yet, Richard Foster, the founder
of Renovare, insists that humility is central to the journey toward
character formation and spiritual transformation. For this reason
he decided to spend a year studying the virtue of humility. Using
the Lakota calendar as a framework, Foster provides us with a look
into the insights he gathered from sources ranging from Native
American culture to Julian of Norwich to Scripture to personal
friends. By engaging with both the spiritual classics and Foster's
own experiences, Learning Humility provides profound insight into
what humility can look like in our current cultural climate. Join
Richard Foster on the journey toward a life of humility, which he
says leads us into "freedom, joy, and holy hilarity."
Come. Accept pastor Joshua Choonmin Kang's invitation to walk
slowly, paying attention to God's work in you and around you, to
walk intentionally, using spiritual disciplines to develop
Christlike character, to walk purposefully, experiencing deeper
grace and vision. In this book you'll encounter fifty-two brief
readings, ideal for weekly sabbath reflection or daily devotional
use. They point to the path of peace in the midst of life's
turmoil, to hope in the midst of brokenness, where you'll become
"like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in
season and whose leaf does not wither" (Ps 1:3). It's the path to
becoming deep-rooted in Christ.
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