Art is often viewed as being inherently spiritual. But what does it mean to describe an experience of art or beauty as "spiritual"? Is there a relationship between the spiritual experience a person has in the presence of a work of art and the Holy Spirit of Christian faith? Skilled theologian, musician, and educator Steven Guthrie examines areas of overlap between spirituality, human creativity, and the arts with the goal of sharpening and refining how we speak and think about the Holy Spirit. By exploring various connections between art and spirituality, he helps Christians better understand the doctrine of the Holy Spirit and offers a clear, engaging theology of the arts. The book includes a foreword by renowned theologian and musician Jeremy Begbie.

The metaphor of performance has been applied fruitfully by anthropologists and other social theorists to different aspects of human social existence, and furnishes a potentially helpful model in terms of which to think theologically about Christian life. After an introductory editorial chapter reflecting on the nature of artistic performance and its relationship to the notions of tradition and identity, Part One of this book attends specifically to the phenomenon of dramatic performance and possible theological applications of it. Part Two considers various aspects of the performance of Christian identity, looking at worship, the interpretation of the Bible, Christian response to elements in the contemporary media, the shape of Christian moral life, and ending with a theological reflection on the shape of personal identity, correlating it with the theatrical metaphors of 'character' and 'performing a part' in a scripted drama. Part Three demonstrates how art forms (including some technically non-performative ones - literature, poetry, painting) may constitute faithful Christian practices in which the tradition is authentically 'performed', producing works which break open its meaning in profound new ways for a constantly shifting context.

The metaphor of performance has been applied fruitfully by anthropologists and other social theorists to different aspects of human social existence, and furnishes a potentially helpful model in terms of which to think theologically about Christian life. After an introductory editorial chapter reflecting on the nature of artistic performance and its relationship to the notions of tradition and identity, Part One of this book attends specifically to the phenomenon of dramatic performance and possible theological applications of it. Part Two considers various aspects of the performance of Christian identity, looking at worship, the interpretation of the Bible, Christian response to elements in the contemporary media, the shape of Christian moral life, and ending with a theological reflection on the shape of personal identity, correlating it with the theatrical metaphors of 'character' and 'performing a part' in a scripted drama. Part Three demonstrates how art forms (including some technically non-performative ones - literature, poetry, painting) may constitute faithful Christian practices in which the tradition is authentically 'performed', producing works which break open its meaning in profound new ways for a constantly shifting context.

Although neonatal screening was begun only 20 years ago, and is consequently still in its early stages, it is already a classic example of efficient preventive pediatrics. At present, routine neonatal screening covering a satisfactory percentage of newborn babies is carried out in only a small part ofthe world. For some five diseases enough infants have been screened to give reasonably reliable information about the frequency of these diseases in various populations. Interesting differences are beginning to appear in popula tions of different ethnic and racial background. The medical importance of neonatal screening is especially obvious in metabolic diseases that are not too rare and for which effective treatment depends upon an early diagnosis, such as phenylketonuria, galactosemia, and - a more recent screening pro gram - hypothyroidism. About 1 of 4000 newborns is affected with hypothyroidism and can receive timely substitution with thyroid hormone. Of 34.5 million babies tested for phenylketonuria, 3000 cases have been diagnosed in time to prevent mental retardation by means of dietary therapy."

Resonant Witness gathers together a wide, harmonious chorus of voices from across the musical and theological spectrum to show that music and theology can each learn much from the other -- and that the majesty and power of both are profoundly amplified when they do. With essays touching on J. S. Bach, Hildegard of Bingen, Martin Luther, Karl Barth, Olivier Messiaen, jazz improvisation, South African freedom songs, and more, this volume encourages musicians and theologians to pursue a more fruitful and sustained engagement with one another. Contributors: Jeremy S. BegbieBruce Ellis BensonAlastair BorthwickDaniel K. L. ChuaNancy van DeusenMargot FasslerSteven R. GuthrieCarol HarrisonTrevor HartC. Michael HawnJoyce IrwinJohn Paul ItoAnthony MontiDavid J. R. S. MoseleyMichael O'ConnorCatherine PickstockRichard J. PlantingaRobert ShollNancy van DeusenJohn D. Witvliet

L O S T is the sequel to Black Beast, the five-star debut novel in the Clan of MacAulay series. Denver Detective Bobby Mac returns in this intense horror/thriller, set in the northern panhandle wilderness of Idaho. After receiving a phone call from his brother, the Chief of Police in Rocky Gap, Idaho, Bobby Mac travels north to assist in the investigation surrounding two gruesome murders and the abduction of an eleven-year-old girl. These two seasoned cops---estranged brothers reunited---will bring all of their experience to bear in a case that threatens not only the safety of a small town, but also the sacred lineage of a family of heroes.

Money Land is the sequel to the bestselling and riveting, Blood Land, that introduced the Sheriff James Pruett Mystery/Thriller series. Big crime has come literally crashing down on the small town of Wind River, Wyoming. When a small plane bound for the Canadian border carrying money for the Sustantivo Cartel smashes into the glacial Wind River Mountains, the event brings a heartless evil presence to one of the more remote places on earth. The tail of the plane is discovered, empty. No drugs. No money. Shortly afterward, people start dying. When the cartel comes to town, Pruett will do anything within his power to save his town, his people, the land, and his family. Anything. Once again in the sparse, gritty, starkly poetic styling of James Lee Burke, Tony Hillerman, and John D. MacDonald, R.S. Guthrie brings you his classic hero, at odds against the drug cartel, his own friends and citizens, and federal agencies that begin to sniff out a chance to attack an international crime organization.

Crime's an ugly constant in the big city. "L.A. Chicago. New York." But when a savage murder brutalizes a small town and neighbor turns on neighbor, a tough-as-nails cop is essential to restoring order. Blood Land is a gritty, emotional saga set in the Wyoming badlands with both greed and vengeance at its core. When billions of dollars in natural gas rights hang in the balance and the town's top law officer's wife is slain by her own blood, a reluctant hero is forced to battle his own demons and ultimately choose between justice, revenge, and duty. In the tradition of Dennis Lehane, Tony Hillerman and James Lee Burke, Guthrie's sparse, haunting storytelling compliments his talent for creating richly-drawn, unflinching law officers with human frailties and a sense of justice.

DECORATED DENVER DETECTIVE BOBBY MACAULAY has faced down a truckload of tragedy over recent years. The death of his partner; the loss of his own leg in the line of duty; the companionship of his beloved wife to cancer; the relationship with his son to a chasm of disenchantment a disappointment; his faith in God to his inner demons. And just when he is questioning the very career that has been his salvation-his port in a cataclysmic storm-he will discover a heroic history about his own family heritage: Generations of sentinels and conscripts of faith; protectors and servants of humanity. The story of the holy mission of the Clan of MacAulay. A family at the very roots of a millenniums-long war against unimaginable evil. The unearthing of his lineage will provide answers to questions that have always haunted his periphery, and some that he's never known to ask. Much will be asked of him in return. Detective Bobby Mac will be charged to find it in himself to believe-to accept that such evil, such ageless horror, still threatens the world's tenuous grasp on innocence, righteousness, and normalcy. Even in 21st century America.

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GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY IN TERMS OF BEHAVIOR BY STEVENSON SMITH, PH. D. PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY IK THjEuNlVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND EDWIN R. GUTH IE, PH. D. f ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON 1921 COPTBIQHT, 1021, BT APPLETON AND COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AVEftXCA PREFACE In this book an attempt is made to state in terms of behavior the facts and principles of general psychology. Although the field it covers is jsomewhat more extended than that of most text-books in psychology, the authors have sought to make the book compact as well as sys tematic. For efficiency of teaching much traditional but unnecessary detail has been omitted. Only such facts of physiology as have important significance in an introductory course are included. Many blind-alley topics, an acquaintance with which has been considered a polite accomplishment in psychology, have been de liberately disregarded. The facts set forth are those which lead the student to a systematic explanation of his own conduct and that of his fellows. The purpose of the book is to describe mans original nature, the way in which this nature is altered by use, and the com mon modes of individual and social behavior that result. S. 8. E. B. GL CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE v CHAPTER I. THE ELEMENTS OF BEHAVIOR 1 Behavior Dependent on Bodily Structure ... 3 Classes of Sense Organs 6 The Exteroceptors 7 The Interoceptors ........ 20 The Proprioceptors 21 The Nervous System 23 Regulatory Character of Responses .... 28 Delayed Utility of Responses 31 Apparent Absence of Utility of Some Responses . 32 Orientation, Locomotion, and Intervention ... 33 Internal Responses 36The Action of a Stimulus-Response Mechanism . . 39 Webers Law 42 The Interaction of Stimulus-Response Mechanisms . 43 Compromise Responses 46 II. INSTINCT 48 Reflexes 49 Instincts Are Chain Reflexes 54 Precurrent and Consummatory Responses ... 60 The Effect of Varying Situations upon Precurrent Responses 67 Individual Differences 70 III. LEARNING 75 Positive Adaptation 76 Negative Adaptation 80 Transitory Changes of Threshold during a Single Practice Period 85 Initial Torpor and Fatigue 85 The Conditioned Response 88 Conditioned Emotional Responses 91 The Substitution of Similar Stimuli .... 94 Facilitating Effect of Conditioning Stimuli ... 95 vii viii CONTENTS CRAPTBB PIGS The Neural Basis of Learning 97 Associative Inhibition 99 The Serial Response 100 The Effects of Practice on the Serial Response . .105 Forgetting 109 Whole and Part Learning 113 Results of the Distribution of Practice . . . 115 Learning Meaningful Material 116 Trial and Error 117 The Shortening of a Trial and Error Series into a Final Habit Response 119 Imitation 130 IV. CCENOTROPES 134 Common Habits 138 Both Instincts and Ccenotropes Are Common Modes of Behavior 145 Play 148 Other Examples of Common Modes of Behavior . 153 V. PERCEPTION 158 Perception and Speech 162 At Different Times a Situation May Prompt Us to Different Perceptions 166 Compromise Responses in Perception .... 170 Perceptions from Simultaneous Stimuli . . . 171 Space Perception 172 Visual Space Perception 173 Visual Perception of Objects 178 Auditory Space Perception 180 Auditory Perception of Objects 181 Olfactory Perception 183 Kinsesthetic and Static Perception .... 186 Touch Perception 186 Time Perception 187 Judgment 190 Conviction andBelief 195 VI. HUMAN MOTIVES 198 The Delayed Reaction 198 The Wish 203 Attention 204 Volition 205 Intention 209 Drive 210 CONTENTS ix CHAPTER PAGE Sublimation 214 Conflict 216 Over-correction 218 VII. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 220 Fellow Man as a Constant Situation .... 220 Other Prevalent Situations 221 Formation of Habits in Common 224 The Spread of Tradition 232 Opinion Spreads from Mouth to Mouth . . . 236 Human Institutions 237 APPENDIX CONSCIOUSNESS 243 Consciousness and the Nervous System . . ...

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY IN TERMS OF BEHAVIOR BY STEVENSON SMITH, PH. D. PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY IK THjEuNlVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND EDWIN R. GUTH IE, PH. D. f ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON 1921 COPTBIQHT, 1021, BT APPLETON AND COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AVEftXCA PREFACE In this book an attempt is made to state in terms of behavior the facts and principles of general psychology. Although the field it covers is jsomewhat more extended than that of most text-books in psychology, the authors have sought to make the book compact as well as sys tematic. For efficiency of teaching much traditional but unnecessary detail has been omitted. Only such facts of physiology as have important significance in an introductory course are included. Many blind-alley topics, an acquaintance with which has been considered a polite accomplishment in psychology, have been de liberately disregarded. The facts set forth are those which lead the student to a systematic explanation of his own conduct and that of his fellows. The purpose of the book is to describe mans original nature, the way in which this nature is altered by use, and the com mon modes of individual and social behavior that result. S. 8. E. B. GL CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE v CHAPTER I. THE ELEMENTS OF BEHAVIOR 1 Behavior Dependent on Bodily Structure ... 3 Classes of Sense Organs 6 The Exteroceptors 7 The Interoceptors ........ 20 The Proprioceptors 21 The Nervous System 23 Regulatory Character of Responses .... 28 Delayed Utility of Responses 31 Apparent Absence of Utility of Some Responses . 32 Orientation, Locomotion, and Intervention ... 33 Internal Responses 36The Action of a Stimulus-Response Mechanism . . 39 Webers Law 42 The Interaction of Stimulus-Response Mechanisms . 43 Compromise Responses 46 II. INSTINCT 48 Reflexes 49 Instincts Are Chain Reflexes 54 Precurrent and Consummatory Responses ... 60 The Effect of Varying Situations upon Precurrent Responses 67 Individual Differences 70 III. LEARNING 75 Positive Adaptation 76 Negative Adaptation 80 Transitory Changes of Threshold during a Single Practice Period 85 Initial Torpor and Fatigue 85 The Conditioned Response 88 Conditioned Emotional Responses 91 The Substitution of Similar Stimuli .... 94 Facilitating Effect of Conditioning Stimuli ... 95 vii viii CONTENTS CRAPTBB PIGS The Neural Basis of Learning 97 Associative Inhibition 99 The Serial Response 100 The Effects of Practice on the Serial Response . .105 Forgetting 109 Whole and Part Learning 113 Results of the Distribution of Practice . . . 115 Learning Meaningful Material 116 Trial and Error 117 The Shortening of a Trial and Error Series into a Final Habit Response 119 Imitation 130 IV. CCENOTROPES 134 Common Habits 138 Both Instincts and Ccenotropes Are Common Modes of Behavior 145 Play 148 Other Examples of Common Modes of Behavior . 153 V. PERCEPTION 158 Perception and Speech 162 At Different Times a Situation May Prompt Us to Different Perceptions 166 Compromise Responses in Perception .... 170 Perceptions from Simultaneous Stimuli . . . 171 Space Perception 172 Visual Space Perception 173 Visual Perception of Objects 178 Auditory Space Perception 180 Auditory Perception of Objects 181 Olfactory Perception 183 Kinsesthetic and Static Perception .... 186 Touch Perception 186 Time Perception 187 Judgment 190 Conviction andBelief 195 VI. HUMAN MOTIVES 198 The Delayed Reaction 198 The Wish 203 Attention 204 Volition 205 Intention 209 Drive 210 CONTENTS ix CHAPTER PAGE Sublimation 214 Conflict 216 Over-correction 218 VII. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 220 Fellow Man as a Constant Situation .... 220 Other Prevalent Situations 221 Formation of Habits in Common 224 The Spread of Tradition 232 Opinion Spreads from Mouth to Mouth . . . 236 Human Institutions 237 APPENDIX CONSCIOUSNESS 243 Consciousness and the Nervous System . . ...