A Wilderness Mind

Author : Roderick Frazier Nash
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780300153507

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Wilderness and the American Mind by Roderick Frazier Nash Pdf

DIVRoderick Nash’s classic study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history, as well as the origins of the environmental and conservation movements, has received wide acclaim since its initial publication in 1967. The Los Angeles Times listed it among the one hundred most influential books published in the last quarter century, Outside Magazine included it in a survey of “books that changed our world,” and it has been called the “Book of Genesis for environmentalists.” For the fifth edition, Nash has written a new preface and epilogue that brings Wilderness and the American Mind into dialogue with contemporary debates about wilderness. Char Miller’s foreword provides a twenty-first-century perspective on how the environmental movement has changed, including the ways in which contemporary scholars are reimagining the dynamic relationship between the natural world and the built environment./div

Author : Sadia Ahmad
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781643245881

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Wilderness of the Mind by Sadia Ahmad Pdf

We all are lost in our own words, drowning in our own forged happiness, wrapped up in our own scars and caged in our own bubble of humanism.

Author : Jim Ciscell
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2003-02-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780595268696

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A Wilderness Mind by Jim Ciscell Pdf

The mind and words of Jim Ciscell have been described as an infectious disease in some better neighborhoods. This is a collection of his short work which is assured to change your perspective. You are about to come into contact with a mind that thinks like no other. Can you make it through a reading of A Wilderness Mind?

Author : David Ross Williams
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 094166421X

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Wilderness Lost by David Ross Williams Pdf

This book establishes that there is a consistent tradition of wilderness imagery in American literature, A psychological reading of theology is applied to the writings of such authors as Thomas Hooker, Jonathan Edwards, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Dickinson.

Author : ALICE. SWAIN
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1912981017

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FLOURISHING IN THE WILDERNESS. by ALICE. SWAIN Pdf

Author : Stephanie Rene Reck
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1480231517

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Wilderness Mentality by Stephanie Rene Reck Pdf

Do you ever stop and think what you are thinking about? The way you feel is directly related to what you think about. This book will take you on a journey on how God views a negative mindset, and how you can enter into a "wilderness mentality." A wilderness mentality will keep you in bondage, and you will not experience the life that God has for you. You know your mind is in the wilderness when you start to complain about your life's circumstances, you are envious of others, you find fault and critize, you lack thankfulness, you worry and are plagued by fear, and you have an overall negative mindset. Throughout this book I will give you practical steps to staying out of the wilderness mentality. I use practical applications, real-life examples from my life, scripture, research and ulitize my education in forming this book's application and purpose. Do you want to live a joy-filled, peaceful life? A life filled with hope no matter your circumstances? If you answered yes to these questions, then begin reading and applying" The Wilderness Mentality."

Author : Malcolm Guite
Publisher : Canterbury Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781848256804

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Word in the Wilderness by Malcolm Guite Pdf

For every day from Shrove Tuesday to Easter Day, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive reflections on it. A scholar of poetry and a renowned poet himself, his knowledge is deep and wide and he offers readers a soul-food feast for Lent.

Author : Timothy R. MD Jennings
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493409433

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The God-Shaped Heart by Timothy R. MD Jennings Pdf

The key to spiritual and emotional health is to grasp the truth of God's transforming love for us and then let that reality influence our own hearts and relationships. It seems simple, but we are experts at complicating simple things. Instead of living lives characterized by love we find ourselves trapped in cycles of shame, violence, and addiction that steal our joy and keep us from loving others--so much so that, by all indications, Christians are living no differently than anyone else when it comes to abuse rates, use of pornography, alcohol and drug addiction, and more. Christian psychiatrist Dr. Timothy Jennings wants to release us from this prison. With powerful illustrations from case studies and from Scripture, Jennings shows believers who are stuck in addiction, violence, fear, and broken relationships how to experience true freedom through God's transforming love to experience greater health, fulfillment, and well-being.

Author : Jamie Korngold
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780767929073

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God in the Wilderness by Jamie Korngold Pdf

Rabbi Jamie Korngold has always loved the outdoors, the place where humankind first met with God. Whether it’s mountaineering, running ultramarathons, or just sitting by a stream, she finds her spirituality and Judaism thrive most in the wilderness. In her work as the Adventure Rabbi, leading groups toward spiritual fulfillment in the outdoors, Korngold has uncovered the rich traditions and lessons God taught our ancestors in the wild. In God in the Wilderness Korngold uses rabbinic wisdom and witty insights to guide readers through the Bible, showing people of all faiths that, despite the hectic pace of life today, it is vital for us to reclaim these lessons, awaken our inner spirituality, and find meaning, tranquillity, and purpose in our lives.

Author : Barry L. Craig
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0838640850

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Apostle to the Wilderness by Barry L. Craig Pdf

This book describes the life and work of John Medley, the first member of the Oxford Movement to be consecrated bishop. As an experiment, W. E. Gladstone, future Prime Minister of England and keen churchman, arranged in 1844 to have a member of this controversial group appointed to the Episcopal bench. Because those associated with this movement were suspected of Roman Catholic theological leanings and perhaps even disloyalty to the English Establishment, such a move was politically and ecclesiastically dangerous in England. So Medley was sent to the colonies. Intended to establish High Churchmanship and the British Empire in the soil of the new world, Medley became convinced, over this forty-seven-year episcopate, that the American model of the church was more practical than the British. He eventually forged an identity for his diocese that was, in many ways, to be the pattern for the modern worldwide Anglican Church. Barry Craig is an Assistant Professor in the department of philosophy at St. Thomas University.

Author : Ime Albert
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781477239001

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Stepping Into the Wilderness by Ime Albert Pdf

Ime Albert holds an honorary doctorate degree in business administration from Evangel University, Springfield, Missouri, USA. He is a successful Nigerian businessman and politician. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre arts from the University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria. He is a born-again Christian author, poet, novelist, and philosopher. He is a reformed Christian vessel in the hands of the Lord. He is a philanthropist extraordinaire with a very large heart. He is married to Patricia, and the marriage is blessed with three children: Roland, Rachael, and Rhema. He is indeed a blessed man. STEPPING INTO THE WILDERNESS is a poetic expression of the travails, troubles, agonies, and sweetness of life. It is an intellectual expression drawn from real-life situations. It explains real-life events, people, places, as well as the propelling forces of life, which are controlled by Almighty God and Satan. This book reveals the true nature of man, the very gifts, talents, and potentialities that make the human race a rich base of incredible resources – bottled in the providential wealth of divinity. The fundamental truth as revealed by the trends captured in this work shows Almighty God not only as wonderful but as the most powerful source of wealth, fame, and riches. He is also the author of No Love Lost (A Trilogy), The Fury of God also Best Parents, Worst Couples, and The Rich, The Famous, and The Blessed, all contemporary classics. "THE BEAUTIFUL ANGEL" the extract shown in this book is a radiant work of my late son Richmond Ime Albert, who died on the 22nd of May 2011. He was aged 16 years, and was a Student of Bridge Water Independent School. He was diagnosed of Cadiomyopathy, a heart vessel disease on the 10th of April 2011, and was admitted in the hospital in England but was later discharged two week later and certified to be okay, but two months later he died in sleep. He was particularly in love with Arsenal Football Club of London. May his gentle soul rest in the bosom of our lord.

Author : Stephanie Rutt
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725266414

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Lovers in the Wilderness by Stephanie Rutt Pdf

Just imagine. What if deep in the unexplored wilderness of your inner soul lies a secret passage into a place where silence speaks of all there is to know—a place to which we can only point—yet, once discovered, we know it better, trust it more, than any other place we could possibly conceive of or imagine? What if, beyond all you’ve ever feared, beyond all your doubts, even beyond all your questions, there was a simple answer waiting, waiting for just the right moment, to cut through all you thought you knew to lay, imperceptibly, at your feet the one truth that informs all the others—that right there, within you, was the treasure you’ve been so desperately seeking? What if you finally understood that this treasure could not be found or created—only allowed—for, in truth, it is already you? Perhaps then, you might just pass by yourself . . . and wonder.

Author : Joyce Meyer
Publisher : FaithWords
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780446540421

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Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer Pdf

!--StartFragment-- In her most popular bestseller ever, the beloved author and minister Joyce Meyer shows readers how to change their lives by changing their minds. Joyce Meyer teaches how to deal with thousands of thoughts that people think every day and how to focus the mind the way God thinks. And she shares the trials, tragedies, and ultimate victories from her own marriage, family, and ministry that led her to wondrous, life-transforming truth--and reveals her thoughts and feelings every step of the way. Download the free Joyce Meyer author app.

Author : Diane Cook
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062333155

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The New Wilderness by Diane Cook Pdf

A Washington Post, NPR, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year • Shortlisted for the Booker Prize “More than timely, the novel feels timeless, solid, like a forgotten classic recently resurfaced — a brutal, beguiling fairy tale about humanity. But at its core, The New Wilderness is really about motherhood, and about the world we make (or unmake) for our children.” — Washington Post "5 of 5 stars. Gripping, fierce, terrifying examination of what people are capable of when they want to survive in both the best and worst ways. Loved this."— Roxane Gay via Twitter Margaret Atwood meets Miranda July in this wildly imaginative debut novel of a mother's battle to save her daughter in a world ravaged by climate change; A prescient and suspenseful book from the author of the acclaimed story collection, Man V. Nature. Bea’s five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, consumed by the smog and pollution of the overdeveloped metropolis that most of the population now calls home. If they stay in the city, Agnes will die. There is only one alternative: the Wilderness State, the last swath of untouched, protected land, where people have always been forbidden. Until now. Bea, Agnes, and eighteen others volunteer to live in the Wilderness State, guinea pigs in an experiment to see if humans can exist in nature without destroying it. Living as nomadic hunter-gatherers, they slowly and painfully learn to survive in an unpredictable, dangerous land, bickering and battling for power and control as they betray and save one another. But as Agnes embraces the wild freedom of this new existence, Bea realizes that saving her daughter’s life means losing her in a different way. The farther they get from civilization, the more their bond is tested in astonishing and heartbreaking ways. At once a blazing lament of our contempt for nature and a deeply humane portrayal of motherhood and what it means to be human, The New Wilderness is an extraordinary novel from a one-of-a-kind literary force.

Author : Mo Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : Wild foods
ISBN : 1398508632

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The Wilderness Cure by Mo Wilde Pdf

'This special and magical book has changed the way I see the world' Dan Saladino 'Inspiration and delight sparkle from every page ... This book [is] a revelation of joy to the general reader for whom wild food is another country'John Wright, author of the River Cottage handbooks A captivating and lyrical journey into our ancestral past, through what and how we eat. Mo Wilde made a quiet but radical pledge: to live only off free, foraged food for an entire year. In a world disconnected from its roots, eating wild food is both culinary and healing, social and political. Ultimately, it is an act of love and community. Using her expert knowledge of botany and mycology, Mo follows the seasons to find nutritious food from hundreds of species of plants, fungi and seaweeds, and in the process learns not just how to survive, but how to thrive. Nourishing her body and mind deepens her connection with the earth - a connection that we have become estranged from but which we all, deep down, hunger for. This hunger is about much more than food. It is about accepting and understanding our place in a natural network that is both staggeringly complex and beautifully simple. THE WILDERNESS CURE is a diary of a wild experiment; a timely and inspiring memoir which explores a deeper relationship between humans and nature, and reminds us of the important lost lessons from our past.