Everyday Life Matters

Author : Cynthia Robin
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813048567

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Everyday Life Matters by Cynthia Robin Pdf

While the study of ancient civilizations has often focused on holy temples and royal tombs, a substantial part of the archaeological record remains hidden in the understudied day-to-day lives of artisans, farmers, hunters, and other ordinary people of the ancient world. The various chores of a person's daily life can be quite extraordinary and, even though they may seem trivial, such activities can have a powerful effect on society as a whole. Everyday Life Matters develops general methods and theories for studying everyday life applicable in archaeology, anthropology, and a wide range of disciplines. In this groundbreaking work, Cynthia Robin examines the 2,000-year history (800 B.C.-A.D. 1200) of the ancient farming community of Chan in Belize, explaining why the average person should matter to archaeologists studying larger societal patterns. Robin argues that the impact of what is commonly perceived as habitual or quotidian can be substantial, and a study of a polity without regard to the citizenry is woefully incomplete. She also develops general methods and theories for studying everyday life applicable across a wide range of disciplines. Refocusing attention from the Maya elite and offering critical analysis of daily life interwoven with larger anthropological theories, Robin engages us to consider the larger implications of the seemingly mundane and to rethink the constitution of human societies, everyday life, and ordinary people.

Author : Shane Stanford
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426710322

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Making Life Matter by Shane Stanford Pdf

Discover what it means for the journey--your journey, my journey, our journey--to mean something.

Author : Michael Charles Tobias,Jane Gray Morrison
Publisher : Springer
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319078601

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Why Life Matters by Michael Charles Tobias,Jane Gray Morrison Pdf

Dr. Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison are world-renowned ecological philosophers and activists, interdisciplinary social and environmental scientists and broad-ranging, deeply committed humanists. This collection of fifty essays and interviews comprises an invigorating, outspoken, provocative and eloquent overview of the ecological humanities in one highly accessible volume. The components of this collection were published in the authors’ "Green Conversations" blog series, and pieces in the Eco News Network from 2011 to 2013 and feature luminaries from Jane Goodall to Ted Turner to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to the former head of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Stunning color photographs captured by the authors and contributors make Why Life Matters: Fifty Ecosystems of the Heart and Mind a feast for the eyes as well as the mind and soul. Ethics, science, technology, ecological literacy, grass-roots renaissance thinkers, conservation innovation from the U.S. to the U.K.; from India to Ecuador; from Bhutan to Haiti; from across Africa, the Neo-Tropics, Central Asia and Japan, to Rio, Shanghai and Manhattan – this humanistic ode to the future of life on earth is a relevant and resonating read. Michael Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison, partners who between them have authored some 50 books and written, directed and produced some 170 films, a prolific body of work that has been read, translated and/or broadcast around the world, have been married for more than a quarter-of-a-century. Their field research across the disciplines of comparative literature, anthropology, the history of science and philosophy, ecology and ethics, in over 80 countries, has served as a telling example of what two people – deeply in love with one another – can accomplish in spreading that same unconditional love to others – of all species.

Author : Erving Goffman
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780593468296

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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman Pdf

A notable contribution to our understanding of ourselves. This book explores the realm of human behavior in social situations and the way that we appear to others. Dr. Goffman uses the metaphor of theatrical performance as a framework. Each person in everyday social intercourse presents himself and his activity to others, attempts to guide and cotnrol the impressions they form of him, and employs certain techniques in order to sustain his performance, just as an actor presents a character to an audience. The discussions of these social techniques offered here are based upon detailed research and observation of social customs in many regions.

Author : E. Lâle Demirtürk
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781498596220

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African American Novels in the Black Lives Matter Era by E. Lâle Demirtürk Pdf

African American Novels in the Black Lives Matter Era: Transgressive Performativity of Black Vulnerability as Praxis in Everyday Life explores the undoing of whiteness by black people, who dissociate from scripts of black criminality through radical performative reiterations of black vulnerability. It studies five novels that challenge the embodied discursive practices of whiteness in interracial social encounters, showing how they use strategic performances of Blackness to enable subversive practices in everyday life, which is constructed and governed by white mechanisms of racialized control. The agency portrayed in these novels opens up alternative spaces of Blackness to impact the social world and effects transformative change as a forceful critique of everyday life. African American Novels in the Black Lives Matter Era shows how these novels reformulate the problem of black vulnerability as a constitutive source of the right to life in their refusal of subjection to vulnerability, enacted by white institutional and individual forms of violence. It positions a white-black-encounter-oriented reading of these “neo-resistance novels” of the Black Lives Matter era as a critique of everyday life in an effort to explore spaces of radical performativity of blackness to make happen social change and transformation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026852291

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True to the Life. [A novel.] by Anonim Pdf

Author : A. Roger Merrill,Rebecca Merrill
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0071441786

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Life Matters by A. Roger Merrill,Rebecca Merrill Pdf

"As the home front and the work front become increasingly integrated in contemporary life, success--or failure--in either has an undeniable effect on the other. But it is possible to keep both areas moving forward in positive ways. In this much anticipated book, A. Roger Merrill and Rebecca Merrill show readers how to navigate the critical relationships between time and money, work and family, to create a harmonious, success-enhancing dynamic between each. Life Matters guides readers in how to spend time and money in ways that translate the personal values and goals that matter most into daily life experience."--Publisher's description.

Author : Arnold A. van Ruler
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666764413

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This Earthly Life Matters by Arnold A. van Ruler Pdf

Arnold A. van Ruler was one of the most original Dutch Reformed theologians of the twentieth century. Through the term “re-creation” (Dutch: herschepping) he offers a radical affirmation of God’s sustained loyalty to that which is material, bodily, and earthly. God’s work of salvation and of consummation is necessary but then for the sake of creation. The path that he followed was diametrically opposed to that of Karl Barth and is also distinct from that of Jürgen Moltmann (who was influenced by Van Ruler). As an early exponent of Christian ecotheology, Van Ruler’s oeuvre provides exceptionally rich resources for contemporary debates. This volume offers an English translation of selected essays by Van Ruler on the themes of God, creation, providence, humanity, sin, this earthly life, and animal protection. It includes some famous essays, for example, on God and chaos, the “sunny side of sin,” joy as the fundamental Christian attitude to life, and this earthly life. The selection is based on volume 3 of the Dutch scholarly edition of Van Ruler’s Collected Works (published in 11 volumes). Few of Van Ruler’s texts are available in English, so this volume provides a welcome addition.

Author : Hendrickson Publishers
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 1603 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781619700574

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Everyday Matters Bible for Women by Hendrickson Publishers Pdf

Today’s Christian woman is so busy handling the challenges of day-to-day life that spending time in the Word can easily become yet another “should” buried in that growing list of daily “musts.” Created in partnership with Christianity Today’s women’s magazine, the Everyday Matters Bible for Women is designed to help women develop spiritual practices that will make their lives richer, not harder. It offers practical encouragement and tools to renew, reinvigorate, and restore meaning to everyday life. This Bible features 24 disciplines—or practices—that position us to receive power and strength to do those things that we cannot possibly do on our own and make everyday life fuller and deeper. Each discipline is represented by a colorful icon whose illustration is a reminder of its meaning. The contemporary language of the New Living Translation combines with content from today’s foremost Christian leaders to help readers understand and apply spiritual discipline. Every discipline is explored in four ways: Everyday Matters: Two-page articles introduce major themes and focus on an essential part of understanding and practicing a discipline. Everyday Profiles: Profiles of 25 biblical women highlight a particular discipline. Everyday Q & A’s: Short articles delve into a difficult aspect of the spiritual practice and offer practical help on incorporating the discipline into your daily life. Everyday Reflections: Selections illustrate ways to personalize and apply God’s Word to your own situation. More than 300 articles and features by more than 140 of today’s most well-known Christian leaders and writers, including Kay Warren, Priscilla Shirer, Elisa Morgan, Nancy & John Ortberg, Richard Foster, Liz Curtis Higgs, and Lauren Winner. Features: Book introductions Color-coded icons identify each spiritual discipline addressed in contributors’ material Article, “How to Use This Bible in a Small Group Study” Index of spiritual practices Resources for further reading Enjoy having overviews and articles on 24 key spiritual practices that renew meaning in everyday life, including prayer, forgiveness, worship, and more! Perfect for individuals, group use, and gifts!

Author : Christopher Uhl
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421400693

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Teaching as if Life Matters by Christopher Uhl Pdf

What would it be like to teach as if life matters? To move beyond the typical regimen of classroom exercises, homework, and standardized tests and to guide students through life’s most important lessons? Dissatisfied with traditional educational models, Christopher Uhl and Dana L. Stuchul asked themselves these questions. What they discovered will open the eyes of today’s educators to a whole new way of teaching. The authors promote an approach that fosters self-knowledge, creativity, curiosity, and an appreciation for our planet. Central to their philosophy is the question of what we humans need in order to live meaningful lives. The answer: healthy relationships with ourselves, each other, and the world. Teaching as if Life Matters is an open letter to teachers offering guidance and encouragement for nurturing students in ways that make teaching and learning meaningful. In short, it is a passionate plea for transformative teaching. Informed by the alternative educational philosophies of John Dewey, Maria Montessori, Rudolf Steiner, and Ivan Illich, this book invites teachers and students to participate in a new culture of education. This fascinating and urgently needed book will inspire today’s educators to inspire their students.

Author : Lalrinawmi Ralte,Stella Faria
Publisher : ISPCK
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 8172147988

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Waging Peace, Building a World in which Life Matters by Lalrinawmi Ralte,Stella Faria Pdf

Festschrift in honour of Gabriele Dietrich of Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary, social activist and feminist; contributed articles on diverse aspects predominantly on social status of women and feminism in India.

Author : Alex Cockain
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003860303

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Learning Disability and Everyday Life by Alex Cockain Pdf

Learning Disability and Everyday Life brings into conversation ideas from social theory with “thick” descriptions of the everyday life of a middle-aged man with learning disabilities and autism. This book is markedly ethnographic in its orientation to the gritty graininess of everyday life—eating, drinking, walking, cooking, talking, and so on—in, with, and alongside learning disability. However, preoccupation with, the “small” coexists with a gaze intent upon capturing a bigger picture, to the extent that the things constituting everyday life are deployed as prisms through and with which to critically reflect upon the wider worlds of dis/ability and everyday life. Such attention to the small and the big—the micro and the macro—allows this book to explore the ordinary and everyday ways meanings about normalcy and abnormalcy, ability and disability, are put together, enacted, practised, made (up)—in the sense of constituting and fabricating—and, crucially, accomplished through and between people in specific, and invariably contingent, sociocultural, discursive, and material conditions of possibility. This book will be of specific interest not only to students and scholars of disability but also to persons with lived experiences of disability. This book will also be of interest to students and scholars of anthropology and sociology.

Author : The BookClub Seattle
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781532014284

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Life Matters by The BookClub Seattle Pdf

What really matters about making life joyful turns out to be the simple choices we make. These first-time authors do a splendid job of providing us with readings to support the notion that we are sisters still traveling lifes road, finding our way, and enjoying the journey. Mona Lake Jones, The Color of Culture II In a compilation of short stories, members of an all-female, African American book club share original tales inspired by real-life experiences that cover a wide range of relatable themes that include: Dealing with life threatening illnesses and exploration into ancestral ties; Encouraging parishioners to continue struggles in the segregated south and a church going con artist; Neighborhood relationships brought about by a car and family relationships as seen through the eyes of the young and younger; Challenging life after Jim Crow and Black survival in corporate America; A young childs escape from abuse and a military adolescents transition from Europe to the states; and explorations into the myth of love at first sight and a casual girls night out. We wrote about the things and people that matter in our lives. Life Matters shares short stories that interweaves diverse characters and situations to provide a glimpse into different eras and challenges within African American history.

Author : Harold S Kushner
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781447206392

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Living a Life that Matters by Harold S Kushner Pdf

In this inspiring, uplifting and timely book, Harold Kushner addresses our craving for significance, the need to know that our lives and choices mean something. We sometimes confuse power, wealth and fame with true achievement. We can do great things, and occasionally terrible things, to reassure ourselves that we matter to the world. We need to think of ourselves as good people and are troubled when we compromise our integrity to be successful and important. In Living a Life That Matters, Rabbi Kushner suggests that the path to a truly successful and significant life lies in friendship, family, acts of generosity and self-sacrifice, as well as in God's forgiving nature. He describes how, in changing the life of even one person in a positive way, we make a difference in the world, give our lives meaning, and prove that we do, in fact, matter.

Author : T. Rasmussen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137446466

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Personal Media and Everyday Life by T. Rasmussen Pdf

This book addresses the widespread use of digital personal media in daily life. With a sociological and historical perspective, it explores the media-enhanced individualization and rationalization of the lifeworld, discussing the dramatic mediatization of daily life and calling on theorists such as McLuhan, Habermas and Goffman.