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First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
How does religion relate to our global environment? Religion and
the Environment provides a comprehensive and accessible
introduction to this controversial question by covering the
following important themes: the religion-environment interface pre-
and post-industrial religious practices related to resource
extraction and the rise of the Anthropocene an analysis of
religious response to the impacts of contemporary
industrialization, globalization, and urbanization religious
thought, leadership, policy formation, and grassroots activism
relative to the environment. Religion and the Environment will
offer students and general readers a sophisticated yet accessible
exploration of the relationship between religion and the
environment, through case studies ranging from climate change to
the impacts of warfare. This engaging book will be an excellent
addition to introductory courses and those approaching the topic
for the first time.
How does religion relate to our global environment? Religion and
the Environment provides a comprehensive and accessible
introduction to this controversial question by covering the
following important themes: the religion-environment interface pre-
and post-industrial religious practices related to resource
extraction and the rise of the Anthropocene an analysis of
religious response to the impacts of contemporary
industrialization, globalization, and urbanization religious
thought, leadership, policy formation, and grassroots activism
relative to the environment. Religion and the Environment will
offer students and general readers a sophisticated yet accessible
exploration of the relationship between religion and the
environment, through case studies ranging from climate change to
the impacts of warfare. This engaging book will be an excellent
addition to introductory courses and those approaching the topic
for the first time.
A literary collection on dissociation, Broken Images, Broken Selves offers a unique approach to the understanding of the condition known as dissociative and of the rich and deeply meaningful narratives that emerge from it. This book is filled with personal accounts by individuals whose lives may be fragmented by this condition. These stories demonstrate how this phenomenon can be dysfunctional or functional, depending on the cultural setting. The book is divided into three parts. In the first section, contributors consider dissociative experience against a backdrop of cross-cultural interpretation. They explore the causes of the disorders and explain instances of dissociative or other human experiences. Secondly, the authors explore definitions and descriptions of specific exceptional human phenomena. The broad concept of dissociation is discussed with numerous examples of narrative material. Each story recognizes the conditions in which the narrator lives and the complexity of his or her experiences. The third and final part examines issues brought up in the first two sections of the book, including the variety of dissociative experiences and implications for understanding and treating these patients. Exploring issues such as repressed memory, extraterrestrial abduction accounts, and near-death experience stories, this user-friendly book can be enjoyed by the clinician as well as the lay person. Practical and provocative, it serves as a guide for those who want a deeper look into the human psyche and a more encompassing vision of the less predictable aspects of the mind.
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Susan Power
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Roofwalker, made up of a unique combination of fiction and
nonfiction, or "stories" and "histories," reveals the ways that
native traditions and beliefs work in the lives of characters who
live far from the reservation--and in the author's own life. Many
of the "histories" repeat subjects and themes found in the
"stories," making Roofwalker a book that in which spirits and the
living commingle and Sioux culture and modern life collide with
disarming power, humor, and joy. The first seven pieces in the book
are "stories," fictional accounts primarily of girls and women. In
the title story, a young girl believes in the power of the
"roofwalker" spirit to make her dreams come true. In "Beaded
Souls," a woman is cursed by the sin of her great-grandfather, an
Indian policeman who arrested Sitting Bull. "First Fruits" follows
a native girl's first-year at Harvard. The nonfiction pieces
include Power's imaginary account of the meeting of her Phi Beta
Kappa father and Sioux mother, a piece about the letters of an
Irish ancestor and another in which Power and her mother visit the
Field Museum in Chicago, where a native ancestor's dress is on
display.
The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel
from PEN Award–winning Native American author Mona Susan Power,
spanning three generations of Yanktonai Dakota women from the
19th century to the present day. From the mid-century
metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the
Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, A
Council of Dolls is the story of three women, told in part through
the stories of the dolls they carried…. Sissy, born
1961: Sissy’s relationship with her beautiful and volatile
mother is difficult, even dangerous, but her life is also filled
with beautiful things, including a new Christmas present, a doll
called Ethel. Ethel whispers advice and kindness in Sissy’s ear,
and in one especially terrifying moment, maybe even saves Sissy’s
life. Lillian, born 1925:Â Born in her ancestral lands in a
time of terrible change, Lillian clings to her sister,
Blanche, and her doll, Mae. When the sisters are forced to attend
an “Indian school†far from their home, Blanche refuses to be
cowed by the school’s abusive nuns. But when tragedy strikes the
sisters, the doll Mae finds her way to defend the
girls.  Cora, born 1888: Though she was born
into the brutal legacy of the “Indian Wars,†Cora isn’t
afraid of the white men who remove her to a school across the
country to be “civilized.†When teachers burn her beloved
buckskin and beaded doll Winona, Cora discovers that the spirit of
Winona may not be entirely lost… A modern masterpiece, A
Council of Dolls is gorgeous, quietly devastating, and
ultimately hopeful, shining a light on the echoing damage wrought
by Indian boarding schools, and the historical massacres of
Indigenous people. With stunning prose, Mona Susan Power weaves a
spell of love and healing that comes alive on the page.
Back in the 1860s, Ghost Horse, a handsome young heyo'ka, or sacred
clown, loved and lost the beautiful warrior woman Red Dress. Since
then, their spirits have sought desperately to be reunited, and it
is the ceaseless playing out of this drama that shapes the
sometimes violent fate of those who have come after them. Now, in
the 1980s, Charlene Thunder, a teenage descendant of Red Dress, is
in love with Harley Wind Soldier, the dashing traditional dancer of
Ghost Horse's lineage. When Harley's redheaded soul mate, Pumpkin,
dies in a crash, Charlene guiltily suspects her own grandmother,
the notorious witch Anna Thunder, of causing it - as she well may
have caused the collision that claimed Harley's father and brother,
which even today obsesses him. Charlene and Harley each strive in
solitude to make peace with the ghosts of the old ways, while they
contend with the living: Jeannette McVay, an eastern college
student who has been studying the tribe; Crystal Thunder, who must
escape the reservation in order to understand her past; Herod Small
War, whose spiritual guidance is both revered and resented;
Margaret Many Wounds, Harley's grandmother, who walks on the moon.
This volume arose from a desire to advance academic discourse and
reflection on the broader subject of prolonged occupation, in light
of the permanent character, and resulting implications of, the 55
year Israeli administration of the Palestinian Territories. The
roots of the volume lie in a 2018 academic conference on “The
Threshold from Occupation to Annexationâ€. The present volume
moves that discussion forward, updating and widening the range of
topics addressed. The result is a collection of thought-provoking
contributions by a wide range of scholars on the challenging and
critical issue of prolonged occupation and international law,
ranging from colonialism, apartheid, the illegality of occupation
and potential international criminal liability.
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words) in simple, nontechnical language that aptly expresses the
book's scope and theme. This study explores policy options based on
evidence from international experience that will help Bangladesh
improve the availability and skill-mix of its health workforce.
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