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The introduction and definitive guide to the work of celebrated folk artist Yvonne Wells, whose vibrant, innovative story quilts address an array of historic, cultural, and religious themes The Story Quilts of Yvonne Wells is an introduction and definitive guide to the self-taught quilter whose expansive body of work serves as testament to the sweeping tides of American life and Wells's significance as a major figure within the folk art and art world writ large. Beginning when she was nearly 40 years old and without formal training, Wells created her first quilt for practical use but was soon hand stitching appliqué figures into bold, original designs that unleashed her voice as a storyteller. Incorporating a wide variety of symbolic materials and unconventional objects—“anything I can stick a needle in”—Wells's vivid story quilts reveal a fearless and encyclopedic vision ranging from the intimately autobiographical to iconic scenes from African American history, the Bible, Southern culture, and contemporary headlines. The result of years of close collaboration between Stacy I. Morgan and Wells herself, The Story Quilts of Yvonne Wells is richly illustrated with more than 100 quilts accompanied by narratives about each, told in the artist's own words, and interspersed with in-depth essays documenting Wells's unique artistic practice and creative journey during her five-decade art career.

Across the helping professions, and as a compassionate response to human suffering, spiritual care is a special process of companioning. Furthermore, all forms of spiritual care always consist in connecting diverse wisdom traditions with care receivers'spiritual resources, longings, and struggles in socio-cultural and contextually pertinent ways. This book thoroughly explicates such understanding with interdisciplinary lenses. Its main purpose is to offer a comprehensive response to the new challenges and opportunities for excellent care presented by increasing cultural and religious-spiritual pluralization. Practical guidelines and case studies are connected with models of spirituality, spiritual toxicity and injury, communication strategies for engaging difference, patterns of caregiving work, and profiles of professional competence. In addition to offering an overarching orientation to the field, the contents of this book invite further reflection, dialogue, and collaboration among clinical pastoral education and psychospiritual therapy students and supervisors; chaplains, pastors and other religious caregivers; counselors; psychotherapists; and others interested in spiritual care in our multifaith world. It thus reflects the shared hope and, indeed, the expectation that spiritual care theory and practice across traditions and disciplines will continue to be enhanced in the days ahead.

Judo Boy is an adventure story for boys built around the ancient traditions of Judo.Rod Mitchell wants to fight his own battles. After being beaten and humiliated by the school bully and his gang, Rod is determined to fight back. Hearing about Judo from his friend, Mark Takahashi, a Nisei (Japanese-American), Rod joins the Judo school and is soon deep in a strange and fascinating new world.To his surprise Rod learns that Judo is, first of all, a sport with a strong and inspiring code of sportsmanship. Next he finds that Judo teaches courtesy, respect, and discipline as well as technique. Then, and most difficult of all for the fiery-tempered Rod, he discovers that the best thing a Judoist can do when a fight is starting is to walk away. Plenty of action, both on and off the Judo mat, keep this story of Rod Mitchell's self-development in Judo exciting. Based on accurate Judo data, it provides an original and valuable view of a new world of sport for boys.

Buddhismus ist heute in vielfältigen Formen auch in westlichen Gesellschaften angekommen und wird häufig mit meditativen Techniken, Achtsamkeit, psychologischer Hilfe oder mystischem Erleben assoziiert. Wie aber kam es zur Ausbildung dieses Phänomens? Wie entwickelten sich entsprechende Diskurse über Buddhismus als Religion, Mystik, Psychologie, Lebenshilfe und Therapie? Wie genau sahen die christlich-buddhistischen Übersetzungs- und Rezeptionsprozesse aus? Die vorliegende Studie geht anhand detaillierter Analysen diesen Fragen in historischer, religionswissenschaftlicher sowie interkulturell-theologischer Perspektive nach. Hierbei geht es um ein vertieftes Verstehen als Grundlage für konstruktive Begegnung und Kommunikation im Feld interreligiöser Beziehungen und Spiritualität. [Buddhism in discourse. Studies on resonance and dialogicity in Christian-Buddhist encounters] Buddhism has arrived in western societies in manifold ways and its forms are often associated with meditative techniques, mindfulness, psychological help or mystical experiences. How did this phenomenon come about? How did corresponding discourses on Buddhism as religion, mysticism, psychology, life support and therapy develop? What exactly did Christian-Buddhist translation and reception processes look like? The present study uses detailed analyses to investigate these questions from a historical, religious studies and intercultural theological perspective. This is about a deeper understanding as a basis for constructive encounters and communication in the field of interreligious relations and spirituality. Stefan S. Jäger, Dr. theol., Jahrgang 1968, ist Privatdozent für Religionswissenschaft und Interkulturelle Theologie an der Kirchlichen Hochschule Wuppertal und Dozent für Systematische Theologie am Johanneum in Wuppertal.

The Gospel of Mark pointedly opens with the statement,'the beginning of the gospel'. This raises the question: What does'the gospel'(????????????) mean to Mark? Traditionally, an explanation has been found in the so-called'religious use'of the notion of the'messenger on the mountain'in Isa 40:9 and 52:7, paving the way for an understanding of Jesus's death as a sin sacrifice connected to Isa 53. Under the influence of recent postcolonial and/or anti-imperial reading strategies, however, Mark's gospel notion has rather been understood as tailored to counter a Roman dressing of the emperor as'gospels'to the world. Morten Hørning Jensen re-investigates the entire concept of'gospel'and concludes that Mark uses the concept to communicate the'epoch-making victory'he finds to be the product of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

A culmination of contemporary scholarship on the Gospel of Mark. A preeminent scholar of the Gospel of Mark, C. Clifton Black has been studying and publishing on the Gospel for over thirty years. This new collection brings together his most pivotal work and fresh investigations to constitute an all-in-one compendium of contemporary Markan scholarship and exegesis. The essays included cover scriptural commentary, historical studies, literary analysis, theological argument, and pastoral considerations. Among other topics Black explores: • the Gospel's provenance, authorship, and attribution • the significance of redaction criticism in Markan studies • recent approaches to the Gospel's interpretation • literary and rhetorical analyses of the Gospel's narrative • the kingdom of God and its revelation in Jesus • Mark's theology of creation, suffering, and discipleship • the Gospel of Mark's relationship to the Gospel of John and Paul's letters • the passion in Mark as the Gospel's recapitulation Scholars, advanced students, and clergy alike will consider this book an indispensable resource for understanding the foundational Gospel.

E-Book zur 8. komplett überarbeiteten und aktualisierten Auflage 2023 Anders reisen und dabei das Besondere entdecken Mit den aktuellen Tipps aus den Michael-Müller-Reiseführern gestalten Sie Ihre Reise individuell, nachhaltig und sicher. Von den goldgelben Stränden Porthcurnos bis zur Tate Modern in London – Südengland ist eine Destination mit großen und großartigen Kontrasten. Ralf Nestmeyer zeigt Ihnen in unserem Reiseführer'Südengland'in der achten Auflage auf 624 Seiten mit 261 Farbfotos die ganze Bandbreite der britischen Südküste. Dank 46 Karten und Plänen sind Sie im Süden Großbritanniens immer perfekt orientiert. Südengland – das sind Normannenburgen, das ist grünes, sattes, liebliches Land mit reetgedeckten Häusern und akkurat gepflegten Vorgärten, das sind Moore im dichten Nebel, Kreideklippen, mystische Steinkreise, ehrwürdige Kathedralen und adelige Herrensitze. Englands Countryside bietet einen fast unüberschaubaren Reichtum an landschaftlicher Schönheit und kulturellen Sehenswürdigkeiten, gepaart mit einem Hauch von Exzentrik. Besonders für Individualreisende ist Südengland ein lohnendes Reiseziel, begegnet man ihnen doch zwischen Dover und Land's End mit der typisch englischen Höflichkeit. Das Reise-Handbuch enthält zahllose Tipps zu urigen Pubs, preiswerten B&Bs, Wandervorschläge sowie die besten Adressen fürs Nightlife von Brighton. Neben allen Highlights und Must-Sees der Region in unserem Südengland-Reiseführer entdecken Sie in Ihrem Urlaub dank der Geheimtipps von Ralf Nestmeyer zahlreiche Orte und Plätze, die garantiert nicht jeder kennt. Alles gewissenhaft vor Ort für Sie recherchiert und ausprobiert. Regional, nachhaltig und ökologisch wirtschaftende Betriebe sind hervorgehoben. Zahlreiche eingestreute Kurz-Essays und Anekdoten im Buch vermitteln interessante Hintergrundinformationen und machen Ihnen Land und Leute leichter zugänglich. Die FAZ schreibt:'Am ausführlichsten informiert der Reiseführer'Südengland'von Ralf Nestmeyer.'Merian findet:'Durch den Detailreichtum und die umfangreichen Serviceinformationen bestens für Individualreisende geeignet.'Subjektiv, persönlich und wertend – die Michael-Müller-Bücher mit ihren detaillierten Beschreibungen, ihren Hintergrundgeschichten und Service-Infos sind, was sie schon immer waren: mehr als'nur'Reiseführer. Zahlreiche Features machen die Reiseführer übersichtlich und ermöglichen schnelle Orientierung dank Überblicksseiten zu den einzelnen Regionen der Destination samt deren Besonderheiten. Weitere hilfreiche Informationen bietet ein umfangreiches extra Kapitel'Nachlesen und Nachschlagen'zu Geschichte und Geografie, Klima und Wetter, Übernachten, Essen und Trinken, reisepraktischen Tipps von A-Z und mehr.

Illness and death have always raised profound spiritual concerns. However, today most people experience suffering and treatment in hospitals and other impersonal, bureaucratic facilities whose employees are expected to follow scientific, rationalized norms of behavior. How do professional caregivers—the nurses and other workers who tend to patients—navigate between science and spirituality?Don Grant investigates the subtle ways that nurses at an academic medical center incorporate spirituality into their care work. Based on extensive fieldwork and an in-depth survey on spirituality, this book finds that many nurses see themselves as responsible for not only patients'physical health but also their spiritual well-being. They believe they are able to reconcile science and spirituality through storytelling and claim that they can provide more spiritual care than chaplains. However, nurses rarely talk about religion among themselves because they are concerned that their colleagues are uncomfortable discussing spirituality. Nevertheless, by seeking to honor patients'ultimate worth as human beings, many nurses are able to instantiate spiritual values of care.Grant interweaves his experiences as a hospital volunteer chaplain and a living liver-transplant donor with empirical analyses of nurses'spiritual work. Developing a new understanding of the social significance of religion, Nursing the Spirit recasts the intersection of science and spirituality by centering the perspectives of the people who provide care.

Law and Religion in a Secular Age seeks to restore the connection between spirituality and justice, religion and law, theology and jurisprudence, and natural law and positive law by building a new bridge suitable for pluralistic societies in the secular age. The author argues for a multidimensional view of reality that includes legal, political, moral, and spiritual dimensions of human nature and society. Each of these dimensions of life needs to recognize the existence, influence, and function of the others, which act as a filter or check on the excesses of each other. This multidimensionality of reality clarifies why no legal theory can fully account for law from the legal dimension alone, just as no moral theory makes perfect sense of morality from the moral dimension—and, for that matter, nothing in physics can fully interpret the physical dimension of reality. The premises of a legal system cannot be fully explained by the legal dimension alone because the fundamental conditions and qualities of justice, freedom, and dignity touch all the dimensions of reality in which the human person acts, including the moral and the spiritual, not just the legal. Building on this multidimensional theory of reality, the author explores the core differences and the essential interconnections between law, morality, religion, and spirituality and some of the legal implications of these connections. Rafael Domingo reminds readers of the vital role of religion in shaping the conceptual framework of Western legal systems, underscores the spirit of Christianity that inspired legal institutions, principles, and values, and recalls the contributions of specific Christian jurists as central figures for the development of justice in society. Law and Religion in a Secular Age aims to be a valuable antidote against the dominant legal positivism that has cornered public morality, the defiant secularism that has marginalized religion, and any other legal doctrine that diminishes the spiritual dimension of law and justice.

This book provides the reader with a deeper understanding of the symptoms and palliative care needs of patients with dementia and their families. The book addresses the unique role of different cultures throughout the world and how this impacts psycho-social–spiritual healing. By looking at how patients with dementia are cared for in low-, middle-, and high-income countries, we can not only learn about cultures globally but learn from one another about unique and special models of care. Our hope is that by learning from different cultures, care for patients with dementia and their families will improve on a global scale. The book will be very useful for anyone involved in care for patients with dementia and their families, including neurologists, primary care physicians, psychiatrists, and physiotherapists, nurses, nurse practitioners, psychologists, spiritual ministry, social workers and volunteers.

For 132 years the ghastly and horrific murders committed in London's East End by the infamous'Jack the Ripper'have gripped and baffled the world. The Ripper commenced his series of atrocities at the end of August and continued freely until the beginning of November 1888 when inexplicably the murders stopped… In all, five women were brutally murdered and savagely mutilated in the most unimaginable way. The killing spree centered in and around the impoverished rabbit warren of alleys and rookeries of Whitechapel. The invisible killer was never caught despite the very best intentions of the police and thousands of would be detectives following the grim proceedings.Since those dark days of murders committed by gaslight, the mystery of Jack the Ripper has become the ultimate cold case among crime historians and arm chair researchers worldwide, with a multitude of books, plays and dramas all hoping to solve what London's finest Victorian detectives failed to do…Given the space of time much has changed and the crime scene locations and landscape in which the Ripper and his victims would known would be in many parts unrecognizable to them. Equally to the modern day Londoner or visitor the locations would be very much largely unknown… until now. True Crime and Social historians, Richard C Cobb and Mark Davis, return to the Whitechapel of 1888 to see what remains from this dark time in London's history and to take the reader on a step-by-step tour of the modern world of Jack the Ripper, giving a detailed history of the victims, the crimes and the police investigation. We also look at other victims (outside the accepted five) which may have been killed by the same man.Using the original police reports, state of the art photographs, unseen images and diagrams, they present the truth about what actually happened in the autumn of 1888 and what remains of Jack the Ripper's London today. They also focus on the ever changing face of London's End End, giving the reader a real sense of how the past meets the present in arguably London's most vibrant and cultural quarter… where the shadow of the Ripper is never too far away.

Die Beobachtung des zunehmenden Einbezugs von Spiritualität im Gesundheitswesen (Spiritual Care) und des wachsenden Bedarfs an (medizin-)ethischer Orientierung unter Berücksichtigung individueller Wertvorstellungen nimmt die Autorin zum Anlass, nach dem ethischen Gehalt der etablierten Spiritual-Care-Praxis zu fragen. Auf Grundlage einer Systematisierung der Spiritual-Care-Verständnisse bildet die theologisch-ethische Diskussion der beobachtbaren Identifizierung von Spiritualität als Sinnsuche einen Schwerpunkt der Arbeit. In Ergänzung wird eine care-ethische Perspektive eingebracht und ein erweitertes Verständnis von Spiritual Care, als spiritueller Sorge, entwickelt.

Handlungsformen von Seelsorge und ihre Wirksamkeit in klinischen Einrichtungen werden wissenschaftlich-evaluierend aufgezeigt. Ziel ist es, einen genuin aus dem Feld der Seelsorge stammenden Beitrag zur Wirksamkeitsforschung zu leisten, die aktuell international in Gesundheitswissenschaften und Theologie geführt wird. Diese Forschungstendenzen werden künftig maßgeblich sein für Gewährleistung und Strukturen kirchlich verantworteter Seelsorge in Deutschland in der ambulanten und stationären Versorgung erkrankter und pflegebedürftiger Menschen. Der Ansatz arbeitet rein induktiv an dem eigens erhobenen Textmaterial und wird in den aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Diskurs eingebettet, um den eigenen Beitrag zu einer poimenischen Theoriebildung aufzuzeigen. [Effectiveness of health care chaplaincy. A qualitative study.] The dissertation as part of a larger research project develops parameters for measuring the effectiveness of health care chaplaincy. The author uses case reports and narrative interviews to record the views of all those involved in chaplaincy, followed by statistics of corresponding time quotas and contact numbers. The aim is to secure the future of health care chaplaincy in Germany in the long term and to react to changes in the health care system and society.

It never seems like the right time to start a business. The idea to start our own company first cropped up during one of our many ‘beer and a board game'sessions after work at our flat. And when Steve began writing reviews of board games for Games & Puzzles magazine, we all got even more interested in the idea. So, one day, we did. It was January 1975.Since then, Games Workshop has grown into a cornerstone of the UK gaming industry. From the launch of Dungeons and Dragons from the back of a van, to creating the Fighting Fantasy series, co-founders Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson tell their remarkable story for the first time.An initial order of only six copies was enough for Games Workshop to secure exclusive rights to sell Dungeons and Dragons in the whole of Europe. Hobbyists themselves, Steve and Ian's passion for the game soon spread and in 1977 they opened the first Games Workshop store. They went on to become bestselling authors and created an entirely new genre of interactive stories.Dice Men is more than just the story of an iconic shop which has changed gaming for ever, it's an insight into the birth of an industry. Games Workshop has grown from its humble beginnings to become a global company listed on the London Stock Exchange, a FTSE 250 company with a market capitalisation of more than £3.5 billion. Dice Men is the story of the rollercoaster early years.

Ein aufregender Religionsvergleich - neuartig, spannend und erhellendDer Buddhist meidet die Welt, der Christ wendet sich ihr zu. Christen glauben an einen Gott, Buddhisten kennen nur ein unpersönliches Absolutum. Der Buddhismus ist eine Lehre zur Selbsterlösung, das Christentum dagegen weiß um die Notwendigkeit der göttlichen Gnade. - Perry Schmidt-Leukel wendet sich gegen solche Klischees. In seinem Vergleich behandelt er beide Religionen nicht so, als seien sie homogene Einheiten. Mit seinem neuartigen Ansatz zeigt er vielmehr, dass jede der beiden Religionen das, was sie an der anderen ablehnt, auch in sich selbst trägt. Buddhismus und Christentum unterscheiden sich, doch zugleich ähneln sie einander gerade in ihrer internen Vielfalt. Das aber heißt: In der anderen Religion begegnet mir immer auch das Andere der eigenen Religion. Die Unterschiede fordern heraus und können sich doch sinnvoll ergänzen.Christentum und Buddhismus - eine konstruktive HerausforderungWarum die beiden Weltreligionen stärker miteinander verflochten sind als gedachtEin aufregender Religionsvergleich - neuartig, spannend, erhellendPerry Schmidt-Leukel ist Professor für Religionswissenschaft und Interkulturelle Theologie an der Universität Münster und Vorstand des dortigen'Seminars für Religionswissenschaft und Interkulturelle Theologie'. Verfasser und Herausgeber zahlreicher Werke zur Fundamentaltheologie, zur Theologie der Religionen und zum interreligiösen Dialog. 2015 hielt er als erster Deutscher seit fünfundzwanzig Jahren die international renommierten Gifford Lectures und zählt zu den weltweit renommiertesten Vordenkern im Feld der Religionsbegegnung.