Talking Back

Author : Evagrius Of Pontus
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780879079680

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Talking Back by Evagrius Of Pontus Pdf

How did the monks of the Egyptian desert fight against the demons that attacked them with tempting thoughts? How could Christians resist the thoughts of gluttony, fornication, or pride that assailed them and obstructed their contemplation of God? According to Evagrius of Pontus (345 '399), one of the greatest spiritual directors of ancient monasticism, the monk should talk back to demons with relevant passages from the Bible. His book Talking Back (Antirrhêtikos)lists over 500 thoughts or circumstances in which the demon-fighting monk might find himself, along with the biblical passages with which the monk should respond. It became one of the most popular books among the ascetics of Late Antiquity and the Byzantine East, but until now the entire text had not been translated into English. From Talking Back we gain a better understanding of Evagrius's eight primary demons: gluttony, fornication, love of money, sadness, anger, listlessness, vainglory, and pride. We can explore a central aspect of early monastic spirituality, and we get a glimpse of the temptations and anxieties that the first desert monks faced. David Brakke is professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences of Indiana University. He studied ancient Christianity at Harvard Divinity School and Yale University. Brakke is the author of Athanasius and Asceticism and Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity, and he edits the Journal of Early Christian Studies.

Author : Nellie Wong
Publisher : Red Letter Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780932323330

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Talking Back by Nellie Wong Pdf

Author : Rowland G. Hazard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-08
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781538146668

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Talking Back by Rowland G. Hazard Pdf

Talking Back delivers tools for rebuilding an active life and enjoying the benefits of wellness, even if you cannot get rid of your chronic back pain. Talking Back brings the reader into the classroom with people disabled by chronic back pain to experience the insights and lessons that have helped thousands of them to regain the physical and emotional capacities to resume productive lives and wellness. Through the stories of sufferers and the steps they took to take back their lives, Dr. Rowland Hazard reveals their pathways to recovery.. When back pain limits their work, recreation, and even simple activities of daily life, people become disconnected from their former lives and relationships. Each chapter in Talking Back takes the reader through one of Dr. Hazard’s classes developed from his 30 years of listening to patients’ narratives and needs. The topics begin with how people become disconnected and how to reconnect by setting personally meaningful life goals and safely achieving the flexibility, strength, and endurance required by those goals. Strategies include dealing effectively with doctors and drugs and owning the skills of deep relaxation and physical self-care to combat acute flare-ups of pain and to overcome the fear of pain that disables people even more than the pain itself. Talking Back delivers tools for rebuilding an active life and enjoying the benefits of wellness, even if you cannot get rid of your pain.

Author : Edward G. Simmons
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781480927094

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Talking Back to the Bible by Edward G. Simmons Pdf

Talking Back to the Bible by Dr. Edward G. Simmons In a fascinating rumination, Edward G. Simmons combines a lifetime’s experiences and biblical research in a voice that is as comfortable and welcoming as if one was seated in an easy chair in his study. With his fierce intellect and honesty, Simmons layers his philosophical lessons with personal insights and the latest discoveries of science. “The audience, I hope, will be anyone who enjoys studying the Bible and prefers seeking new and challenging insights rather than devotional rehashing of traditional messages. Pastors, scholars, students, and anyone in quest of spiritual insight through Bible study should find these conversations entertaining, challenging, and inspirational. My hopes would be met if such readers found the insights presented here did indeed promote a stronger sense of relationship with God.” Edward G. Simmons

Author : Darby Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Computer networks
ISBN : UOM:39015007653432

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Talking Back by Darby Miller Pdf

Author : Arthur Best,Alan R. Andreasen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Consumer complaints
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043700173

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Talking Back to Business by Arthur Best,Alan R. Andreasen Pdf

Author : Christine Luckritz Marquis
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780812298239

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Death of the Desert by Christine Luckritz Marquis Pdf

In the late fourth century, the world of Christianity was torn apart by debate over the teachings of the third-century theologian Origen and his positions on the incorporeality of God. In the year 400, Archbishop Theophilus of Alexandria convened a council declaring Origen's later followers as heretics. Shortly thereafter, Theophilus banished the so-called Tall Brothers, four Origenist monks who led monastic communities in the western Egyptian desert, along with hundreds of their brethren. In some accounts, Theophilus leads a violent group of drunken youths and enslaved Ethiopians in sacking and desecrating the monastery; in others, he justly exercises his episcopal duties. In some versions, Theophilus' violent actions effectively bring the Golden Age of desert monasticism to an end; in others, he has shown proper respect for the desert fathers, whose life of asceticism is subsequently destroyed by bands of barbarian marauders. For some, the desert came to be inextricably connected to violence and trauma, while for others, it became a site of nostalgic recollection. Which of these narratives subsequent generations believed depended in good part on the sources they were reading. In Death of the Desert, Christine Luckritz Marquis offers a fresh examination of this critical juncture in Christian history and brings into dialogue narrative strands that have largely been separated in the scholarly tradition. She takes the violence perpetrated by Theophilus as a turning point for desert monasticism and considers how monks became involved in acts of violence and how that violence came back to haunt them. More broadly, her careful attention to the dynamic relations between memory practices, the rhetorical constructions of place, racialized discourse, and language and deeds of violence speak to us in our own time.

Author : Kenneth N. Condrell,Linda Lee Small
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-28
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780446556460

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Wimpy Parents by Kenneth N. Condrell,Linda Lee Small Pdf

Overworked, overextended, and guilty over the lack of time they spend with their children, parents today have a greater potential to fall into the "wimpy" parenting pattern. Parenting is the toughest job there is. Whether the children are toddlers or teenagers, parents have to get it right. Packed with advice that often produces instant results, Kenneth N. Condrell describes step-by-step techniques to help get through the toughest child-rearing challenges and explains just how to become a truly good parent with kids who will listen and behave. "Wimpy Parents" will detail: -- How to teach a child manners -- and make them stick -- How to put an end to talking back -- What to do when a toddler throws a tantrum -- Ways to stop bedtime problems -- Why teenagers need to reject parents, and how to let them do it (without being a wimp) -- And seven ways to raise a moral child. Child psychologist Dr. Ken Condrell and Linda Lee Small offer comprehensive and sound advice on putting the parent back,in control of their children with understanding, compassion, and humor.

Author : Michele Bardsley
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440619434

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Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire by Michele Bardsley Pdf

A single mom gets a tasty bite of undead romance in the second novel in the Broken Heart series. Ever since a master vampire became possessed and bit a bunch of parents, the town of Broken Heart, Oklahoma, has catered to those of us who don’t rise until sunset—even if that means PTA meetings at midnight. As for me, Eva LeRoy, town librarian and single mother to a teenage daughter, I’m pretty much used to being “vampified.” You can’t beat the great side effects: no crow’s-feet or cellulite! But books still make my undead heart beat—and, strangely enough, so does Lorćan the Loner. My mama always told me everyone deserves a second chance. Still, it’s one thing to deal with the usual undead hassles: rival vamps, rambunctious kids adjusting to night school, and my daughter’s new boyfriend, who’s a vampire hunter, for heaven’s sake. It’s quite another to fall for the vampire who killed you...

Author : Barbara Galley
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469169774

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Kassie Talks Back in Letters to Louise by Barbara Galley Pdf

An adorable little Bichon Frise puppy named Kassie is tenacious in her pursuit to persuade her human owner (Mom) to her way of thinking. Her letters to Louise help to ease her frustration with her owner. Back and forth dialogues add lots of humor and absurdities to every situation Kassie encounters with her mom.

Author : Mathilde Köstler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110772715

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Cajun Literature and Cajun Collective Memory by Mathilde Köstler Pdf

How does Cajun literature, emerging in the 1980s, represent the dynamic processes of remembering in Cajun culture? Known for its hybrid constitution and deeply ingrained oral traditions, Cajun culture provides an ideal testing ground for investigating the collective memory of a group. In particular, francophone and anglophone Cajun texts by such writers as Jean Arceneaux, Tim Gautreaux, Jeanne Castille, Zachary Richard, Ron Thibodeaux, Darrell Bourque, and Kirby Jambon reveal not only a shift from an oral to a written tradition. They also show hybrid perspectives on the Cajun collective memory. Based on recurring references to place, the texts also reflect on the (Acadian) past and reveal the innate ability of the Cajuns to adapt through repeated intertextual references. The Cajun collective memory is thus defined by a transnational outlook, a transversality cutting across various ethnic heritages to establish and legitimize a collective identity both amid the linguistic and cultural diversity in Louisiana, and in the face of American mainstream culture. Cajun Literature and Cajun Collective Memory represents the first analysis of the mnemonic strategies Cajun writers use to explore and sustain the Cajun identity and collective memory.

Author : Andrew David Gitlin,Marcie Peck
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0820474460

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Educational Poetics by Andrew David Gitlin,Marcie Peck Pdf

Educational research and poetics are often not included in the same conversation. Educational Poetics: Inquiry, Freedom and Innovative Necessity is one of the only texts to explore the possibilities of linking these domains to develop an emergent form of inquiry. Such an inquiry utilizes our human potential to go beyond the seductive force of everyday commonsense to consider and put into place alternative perspectives that are often hidden from view. These alternative perspectives, in turn, help create the ability to free ourselves from mental slavery as we change in inventive ways, a form of innovative necessity.

Author : Amanda Wasielewski
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789048553723

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From City Space to Cyberspace by Amanda Wasielewski Pdf

The narrative of the birth of internet culture often focuses on the achievements of American entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, but there is an alternative history of internet pioneers in Europe who developed their own model of network culture in the early 1990s. Drawing from their experiences in the leftist and anarchist movements of the '80s, they built DIY networks that give us a glimpse into what internet culture could have been if it were in the hands of squatters, hackers, punks, artists, and activists. In the Dutch scene, the early internet was intimately tied to the aesthetics and politics of squatting. Untethered from profit motives, these artists and activists aimed to create a decentralized tool that would democratize culture and promote open and free exchange of information.

Author : Louise Morley,Val Walsh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135746711

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Feminist Academics by Louise Morley,Val Walsh Pdf

This text brings together leading feminists who explore questions of feminist interventions in organisations of knowledge production, covering both the structure and culture of academic institutions and the social divisions between women. Feminism is located as a force for change, empowering women to gain a political understanding and providing a methodology for new approaches to teaching, learning, research and writing in the academy. Contributions demonstrate how an analysis of the micropolitics of the academy in terms of power, policies, discourses, pedagogy and interpersonal relationships provides a framework for de- privatising women's experience and influencing change. Using theoretical constructs and their own biographies and experience, the contributors present predicaments, inequalities and strategies. Power and influence are considered in conjunction with gender, 'race', social class and sexuality.

Author : Letty M. Russell
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 066425070X

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Church in the Round by Letty M. Russell Pdf

Ideas of the Christian church are changing, and Letty Russell envisions its future as partnership and sharing for all members around a common table of hospitality. Russell draws on her pastorate in Harlem, her classes in theology, and many ecumenical conversations to help the newly emerging church face the challenges of liberation for all people.