Radical Wisdom

Author : Beverly Lanzetta
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 145140431X

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Radical Wisdom by Beverly Lanzetta Pdf

Lanzetta illuminates the transformative potential of the classical tradition of women mystics, especially in light of contemporary violence against women around the world. Focusing on the contemplative process as women's journey from oppression to liberation, Lanzetta draws especially on the mysticism of Julian of Norwich and Teresa of Avila. She lays out the contemplative techniques used by mystics to achieve their highest spiritual potential and also investigates how unjust social and political conditions afflict women's souls. Lanzetta identifies a specific historical female mystical path (the via feminina) and draws contemporary conclusions for how women might understand their bodies, their rights, and their ethics.

Author : Regi Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0999281372

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Radical Wisdom - Imitation Leather by Regi Campbell Pdf

At the crux of leadership is wisdom. Mature guys have it, less mature guys want it. Spiritual maturity, relational wisdom, personal discipline, and leadership potential. Wisdom helps us help ourselves and help others. Some say wisdom comes from experience. That's only partially true; it comes from examined experience. Radical Wisdom isn't your normal devotional book. It's a daily journey toward wisdom and insight from someone who's already been where you're going. The daily readings in Radical Wisdom not only provide you with practical wisdom and principles but guide you as you examine your life experience and develop your own wisdom. Regi Campbell is an experienced author, businessman, and mentor. Andy Stanley says, "I often find myself asking 'What would Regi do?'" John Maxwell has called him "a master mentor." A lot of what makes a mentor invaluable is that he makes his experience and wisdom available to his mentees. Regi has been sharing his experience and wisdom with his mentoring groups for years; now it's available to you too. Whether you're leading a large organization, a family of five, or simply leading yourself, you will become a better leader through Radical Wisdom. One day at a time.

Author : Regi Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0999281372

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Radical Wisdom - Imitation Leather by Regi Campbell Pdf

At the crux of leadership is wisdom. Mature guys have it, less mature guys want it. Spiritual maturity, relational wisdom, personal discipline, and leadership potential. Wisdom helps us help ourselves and help others. Some say wisdom comes from experience. That's only partially true; it comes from examined experience. Radical Wisdom isn't your normal devotional book. It's a daily journey toward wisdom and insight from someone who's already been where you're going. The daily readings in Radical Wisdom not only provide you with practical wisdom and principles but guide you as you examine your life experience and develop your own wisdom. Regi Campbell is an experienced author, businessman, and mentor. Andy Stanley says, "I often find myself asking 'What would Regi do?'" John Maxwell has called him "a master mentor." A lot of what makes a mentor invaluable is that he makes his experience and wisdom available to his mentees. Regi has been sharing his experience and wisdom with his mentoring groups for years; now it's available to you too. Whether you're leading a large organization, a family of five, or simply leading yourself, you will become a better leader through Radical Wisdom. One day at a time.

Author : John Dominic Crossan
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1999-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567086682

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Birth of Christianity by John Dominic Crossan Pdf

John Dominic Crossan explores the lost years of earliest Christianity, the years immediately following Jesus' execution. He establishes the contextual setting through a combination of literary, anthropological, historical and archaeological approaches. He challenges the assumptions about the role of Paul and the meaning of resurrection, and forges a new understanding of the birth of the Christian church. Here is a vivid account of early Christianity's interaction with the world around it, and of the new traditions and communities established as Jesus' companions continued their movement after his death.

Author : Christian Art Gifts Inc Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1642721522

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Devotional Luxleather Radical Wisdom by Christian Art Gifts Inc Staff Pdf

Author : Professor Elaine L Graham
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409480464

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Grace Jantzen by Professor Elaine L Graham Pdf

Grace Jantzen was an internationally-renowned feminist philosopher of religion whose work has transformed the way we think about the interactions between religion, culture and gender in Western culture. Jantzen's aim was to 'redeem the present' via a critique and reconstruction of staple concepts of the Western imaginary. This unique book brings together many of Grace Jantzen's colleagues and former students in a wide-ranging exploration of her enduring influence, ranging across philosophy of religion, to literature, psychoanalysis, theology, ethics and politics. Part I assesses the ramifications of Jantzen's affirmation that Western culture must 'choose life' in preference to a prevailing symbolic of violence and death. Part II explores some of the key voices which contributed to Jantzen's understanding of a culture of flourishing and natality: Quaker thought and practice, medieval mysticism and feminist spirituality. Further essays apply elements of Jantzen's work to the politics of disability, development and environmentalism, extending her range of influence into new and innovative areas.

Author : John S. Kloppenborg
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1563383063

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The Formation of Q by John S. Kloppenborg Pdf

In this groundbreaking study, John Kloppenborg traces the literary evolution of Q as a document of primitive Christianity by considering it within the context of ancient literary genres. He argues that Q is composed of three compositional layers, or strata, each of which reflects certain stages of development in the Q community. The earliest formative layer reflects the influence of ancient sapiential sayings: the second layer suggests the influence of the prophetic literature of judgment and contains prophetic oracles and many Son-of-Man sayings. The third layer contains a temptation story, moving the document from a chriae collection in the direction of a biography.

Author : Charles A. Wilson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532631450

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Inventing Christic Jesuses, Volume 1 by Charles A. Wilson Pdf

Inventing Christic Jesuses is the first comprehensive proposal for how revisionist theology can deploy historical Jesus research in a methodologically sophisticated way. Rejecting positions that insulate theology from Jesus research, the proposal sets out warrants and rules for a quested Christology in dialogue with an analysis of the conduct of historians of Jesus from the period of the Third Quest (c. 1980-2010). The volume Method analyzes for theology the methods and values of historical research on Jesus. It argues that the methodic construction of historical images of Jesus in conversation with sources is simultaneously a retrojective activity of value production. First, in defining the terms of the inquiry, Wilson locates a middle ground between hostility to questing and a too-ready application of historical results to Christology. He then identifies rules and warrants for the deployment of Jesus research in theology and reconstructs the notion of the retrojection of value in the production of a historical Jesus. The volume ends with a case study of retrojective Jesus production, an analysis and assessment of the new notion that Jesus is a sage in the tradition of wisdom.

Author : Rev. angel Kyodo williams,Lama Rod Owens,Jasmine Syedullah, Ph.D.
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781623170998

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Radical Dharma by Rev. angel Kyodo williams,Lama Rod Owens,Jasmine Syedullah, Ph.D. Pdf

Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays out in society at large and Buddhist communities in particular, this urgent call to action outlines a new dharma that takes into account the ways that racism and privilege prevent our collective awakening. The authors traveled around the country to spark an open conversation that brings together the Black prophetic tradition and the wisdom of the Dharma. Bridging the world of spirit and activism, they urge a compassionate response to the systemic, state-sanctioned violence and oppression that has persisted against black people since the slave era. With national attention focused on the recent killings of unarmed black citizens and the response of the Black-centered liberation groups such as Black Lives Matter, Radical Dharma demonstrates how social transformation and personal, spiritual liberation must be articulated and inextricably linked. Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens, and Jasmine Syedullah represent a new voice in American Buddhism. Offering their own histories and experiences as illustrations of the types of challenges facing dharma practitioners and teachers who are different from those of the past five decades, they ask how teachings that transcend color, class, and caste are hindered by discrimination and the dynamics of power, shame, and ignorance. Their illuminating argument goes beyond a demand for the equality and inclusion of diverse populations to advancing a new dharma that deconstructs rather than amplifies systems of suffering and prepares us to weigh the shortcomings not only of our own minds but also of our communities. They forge a path toward reconciliation and self-liberation that rests on radical honesty, a common ground where we can drop our need for perfection and propriety and speak as souls. In a society where profit rules, people's value is determined by the color of their skin, and many voices—including queer voices—are silenced, Radical Dharma recasts the concepts of engaged spirituality, social transformation, inclusiveness, and healing.

Author : Song-nai Rhee
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781666751666

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Meaningful Connections in My Long Journey between a Pine Grove of Songki-ri and the Bank of the Siuslaw River by Song-nai Rhee Pdf

This is Song-nai Rhee's personal memoirs of an eighty-seven-year-long life between a pine grove of Songki-riin, Korea and the bank of the Siuslaw River on the West Coast, covering his early life during World War II; his existential crisis during the Korean War; his life transformation from Confucian to Christian; coming to America and Northwest Christian College; his formal education in America (resulting in two bachelors, four masters, and two PhD degrees); thirty-seven years of professional service at NCC (now Bushnell University) as a professor of history, Bible, and archaeology, as well as academic vice president/dean; and as a father, grandfather, and writer/publisher, retiring as a farmer/fisherman on the bank of the Siuslaw River. Most of all, this book is about the people, beginning with Bill Peterson in a war zone, who helped make all this and Rhee's life possible--the meaningful connections.

Author : Tara Brach
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-31
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780525522829

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Radical Compassion by Tara Brach Pdf

One of the most beloved and trusted mindfulness teachers in America offers a lifeline for difficult times: the RAIN meditation, which awakens our courage and heart Tara Brach is an in-the-trenches teacher whose work counters today's ever-increasing onslaught of news, conflict, demands, and anxieties--stresses that leave us rushing around on auto-pilot and cut off from the presence and creativity that give our lives meaning. In this heartfelt and deeply practical book, she offers an antidote: an easy-to-learn four-step meditation that quickly loosens the grip of difficult emotions and limiting beliefs. Each step in the meditation practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) is brought to life by memorable stories shared by Tara and her students as they deal with feelings of overwhelm, loss, and self-aversion, with painful relationships, and past trauma--and as they discover step-by-step the sources of love, forgiveness, compassion, and deep wisdom alive within all of us.

Author : Alejandro Jodorowsky
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-18
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781620554609

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Sacred Trickery and the Way of Kindness by Alejandro Jodorowsky Pdf

Enter the mind of Jodo and follow his initiatory saga from Zen disciple to revolutionary filmmaker to spiritual teacher • Explores the sacred trickery of shamans he encountered, including Carlos Castaneda, and how intention and action matter more than notions of “true” and “false” • Explains the Way of Kindness and how small acts of generosity and goodness can have a profound effect on your spirit, infusing life with a wealth of happiness • Includes contributions from friends and students of Jodorowsky on their experiences with him, including his son Adan Jodorowsky Known for his surrealist films, his unique approach to tarot, his symbolic comics, and his shamanic therapeutic method of psychomagic, Alejandro Jodorowsky has accomplished an extraordinary amount in his more than 80 years. In this book, we get an intimate look into the inner workings of the cult figure of Jodo. What is revealed is a man who has evolved since his groundbreaking films of the 1970s, El Topo and The Holy Mountain, a man who has grown from a sacred trickster, a shaman of psychomagic, into a brilliant spiritual maverick of the 21st century. We get to see Jodo’s own reflections on the rich tapestry of his remarkable life, including the initiatory failure of the Dune film project, which combined the talents of a multitude of creative greats, including Moebius, Salvador Dali, Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, and H. R. Giger. We learn about Jodo’s years with Marcel Marceau and with great masters such as Ejo Takata, whose Zen training featured strenuous physical and mental ordeals; the sorceress Pachita, who performed psychic surgery on Jodo; and the mysterious Carlos Castaneda, whose sacred trickery reveals how intentions matter more than notions of “true” and “false.” Discussing the Way of Kindness that he now follows, Jodo reveals how intentionally practicing small acts of generosity and goodness can have a profound effect on your spirit, infusing life with a wealth of happiness. From sacred trickery to the path of kindness, Jodo’s radical wisdom discerns the timeless within the immediate and gauges the everyday by the measure of eternity.

Author : Alison Woolley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351273589

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Women Choosing Silence by Alison Woolley Pdf

Silence is long-established as a spiritual discipline amongst people of faith. However, its examination tends to focus on depictions within texts emerging from religious life and the development of its practices. Latterly, feminist theologians have also highlighted the silencing of women within Christian history. Consequently, silence is often portrayed as a solitary discipline based in norms of male monastic experience or a tool of women’s subjugation. In contrast, this book investigates chosen practices of silence in the lives of Christian women today, evidencing its potential for enabling profound relationality and empowerment within their spiritual journeys. Opening with an exploration of Christianity’s reclamation of practices of silence in the twentieth century, this contemporary ethnographic study engages with wider academic conversations about silence. Its substantive theological and empirical exploration of women’s practices of silence demonstrates that, for some, silence-based prayer is a valued space for encounter and transformation in relationships with God, with themselves and with others. Utilising a methodology that proposes focusing on silence throughout the qualitative research process, this study also illustrates a new model for depicting relational change. Finally, the book urges practical and feminist theologians to re-examine silence’s potential for facilitating the development of more authentic and responsible relationality within people’s lives. This is a unique study that provides new perspectives on practices of silence within Christianity, particularly amongst women. It will, therefore, be of significant interest to academics, practitioners and students in theology and religious studies with a focus on contemporary religion, spirituality, feminism, gender and research methods.

Author : Lieven Boeve,Frederiek Depoortere,Stephan van Erp
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567471383

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Edward Schillebeeckx and Contemporary Theology by Lieven Boeve,Frederiek Depoortere,Stephan van Erp Pdf

What are contemporary theology's challenges? What are its fruitful approaches? Who are its promising contributors? The contributions to this collection of essays try to find answers to these questions by making references to the Dutch Dominican scholar Edward Schillebeeckx, using his theology as a starting point for an up-to-date investigation and discussion. The theological work of Edward Schillebeeckx marks the transition from a pre-modern to a modern approach to Christian faith, Church, and theology. Already more than two generations of theologians have been trained in dialogue with his thought. Contemporary theology testifies, often implicitly, to the enduring relevance of many of Schillebeeckx's insights, while in other instances it pushes his thinking to its limits in order to deal with the current challenges for faith and society.

Author : Victoria Maizes,Tieraona Low Dog
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-26
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0199702624

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Integrative Women's Health by Victoria Maizes,Tieraona Low Dog Pdf

Women have made it clear that they desire a broader, integrative approach to their care. Here, for the first time, Integrative Women's Health weaves together the best of conventional treatments with mind-body interventions, nutritional strategies, herbal therapies, dietary supplements, acupuncture, and manual medicine, providing clinicians with a roadmap for practicing comprehensive integrative care. Presenting the best evidence in a concise, accessible format, and written exclusively by female clinicians, this text addresses many aspects of women's health, including feminine perspectives on aging, spirituality and sexuality, specific recommendations for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV, headaches, multiple sclerosis, depression, anxiety, and cancer, as well as integrative approaches to premenstrual syndrome, pregnancy, menopause, fibroids, and endometriosis. Homeopathic, Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners provide insight into the ways in which these systems manage reproductive conditions. As leading educators in integrative medicine, editors Dr. Maizes and Dr. Low Dog demonstrate how clinicians can implement their recommendations in practice, but they also go beyond practical care to examine how to motivate patients, enhance a health history, and understand the spiritual dimensions of healing.