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Folk tales are stories full of adventure, courage, daring, fighting
dragons, trolls, and giants, and overcoming challenges. How many of
them have girls as the main heroic characters though? These twelve
folk tales from all over the world have been specially selected as
they feature strong, adventurous heroines. Some are funny, some
make you think, and some - like the story of Fearless Mary - keep
you on the edge of your seat with scares and surprises. Meet Louisa
Freya, the brave dragon slayer, funny and clever Sigrun, and honest
and humble Scarface as well as other heroines from Serbia, Norway,
China, Japan, South Africa, and Indonesia. Amy Scott Robinson's
distinctive voice, expertise and experience as a performance
storyteller makes this a unique and fascinating collection, aimed
at readers aged 7-9 years. At the end of each story, Amy shares a
bit about where the story comes from, how she has retold it, and
what the tale makes her think about when she is hearing or telling
it, including Bible verses. These folk tales deserve to be told as
often as the more famous and well-known ones. After all, why should
boys defeat all the dragons? Enjoy the adventure!
John Locke's influence on American political culture has been
largely misunderstood by his commentators. Though often regarded as
the architect of a rationally-ordered and civilized liberalism,
this book demonstrates that Locke's thought is culpable for the
rather uncivilized expressions of political engagement seen
recently in America. By relying upon Eric Voegelin's concept of
pneumopathology, Locke is shown to be subtly constructing a liberal
ideology and thereby individuals who approach liberalism as
closed-minded ideologues, not as deeply responsible and mature
citizens. Because Locke's citizens will be slogan chanters instead
of deep thinkers, Locke's work does not create a liberalism that
provides the best possible regime for humans, but a mere shadow of
the best possible regime. In order to demonstrate this, nearly the
entirety of Locke's political and other theoretical writings are
analyzed, and a picture of Lockean individuals as irrationally
selfish and incapable of communal dedication emerges. The problem
with liberalism is not liberalism, but merely how it is advocated
by Locke. Recommendations for improving the civility of political
expression in liberal societies - and thereby liberalism itself -
conclude this analysis of Locke's political thought and its effect
on America today.
Bible stories are full of adventure and courageous characters.
However many that feature women and girls are not told so often.
These twelve Bible stories have been specially selected as they
feature strong, inspiring girls. Some are funny, some make you
think, and some - like the story of Queen Esther - keep you on the
edge of your seat with scares and surprises. Meet quick-thinking
Miriam, unflappable Abigail, and determined Lydia as well as other
stories from the books of Numbers, Judges, Ruth, 2 Kings, and the
Gospels of Luke and John. Amy Scott Robinson's distinctive voice,
expertise and experience as a performance storyteller makes this a
unique and fascinating collection, aimed at readers aged 7-9 years.
At the end of each story, Amy shares a bit about where the story is
found in the Bible, how she has retold it, and what the story makes
her think about when she is hearing or telling it. These Bible
stories deserve to be told as often as the more well-known ones.
Enjoy the adventure!
When you hear the name ‘God’, does an image come into your
head? Do you think of him as a shining light, or with a human
shape, or as an anchor in the storm, a rock, a fortress? As we look
towards celebrating the incarnation at Christmas, we consider how
God chose to express himself, in a moment in history, as a tiny
baby. But what other images describe God in the Bible, and what can
we learn about his character through them? How does an invisible
God reveal himself to us in scripture and in Jesus? Amy Scott
Robinson, a poet and storyteller, answers this question with
imagination and a close reading of the text. Week 1: When God
appears Week 2: God the creator Week 3: God the owner Week 4:
Veiled in flesh Week 5: Visible in creation
This book analyzes Eric Voegelin's scholarly works from the 1950s
and early 1960s and examines the ways in which these works are
relevant to the twenty-first century political environment. The
collection of essays evaluated in this book cover a wide array of
topics that were of great curiosity sixty years ago and still
relevant in today's society. The authors in this volume demonstrate
that Voegelin's erudition on topics such as revolutionary change,
ideological fervor, industrialization, globalism, and the place for
reason and how it may be cultivated in complex time's remains as
meaningful today as it was then.
‘At the heart of the Christian message is a collection of
abstract nouns: love; sin; forgiveness; grace. It is quite
difficult to explain what the gospel message is without using some
or all of those words. But the problem with abstract nouns is that
when we use them, we assume that the person we are talking to
understands them, and not only that, we assume that they have the
same understanding of the word that we do…’ Lent is
traditionally a time of repentance, fasting and prayer as we
prepare to celebrate our salvation at Easter. Through daily
readings and reflections from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day, Amy
Scott Robinson explores different biblical images of repentance,
sin, forgiveness and grace, bringing them together in Holy Week as
a lens through which to view Christ’s work of reconciliation on
the cross. ‘Amy is an expert storyteller, a well of emotion and
reflection, and a follower of Jesus with a deep, genuine hunger for
the reality of God.’ Adrian Plass, author and speaker
The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience is a
seminal reference work in the burgeoning field of developmental
behavioral neuroscience, which has emerged in recent years as an
important sister discipline to developmental psychobiology. This
handbook, part of the OxfordLibrary of Neuroscience, provides an
introduction to recent advances in research at the intersection of
developmental science and behavioral neuroscience, while
emphasizing the central research perspectives of developmental
psychobiology. Contributors to the Oxford Handbook of
DevelopmentalBehavioral Neuroscience are drawn from a variety of
fields, including developmental psychobiology, neuroscience,
comparative psychology, and evolutionary biology, demonstrating the
opportunities to advance our understanding of behavioral and neural
development through enhanced interactions among parallel
disciplines.
In a field ripe for collaboration and integration, the Oxford
Handbook of Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience provides an
unprecedented overview of conceptual and methodological issues
pertaining to comparative and developmental neuroscience that can
serve as a roadmap for researchers and a textbook for educators.
Its broad reach will spur new insights and compel new
collaborations in this rapidly growing field.
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