Misunderstanding Families

Author : Thomas Robbins
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802081889
Total Pages : 860 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Misunderstanding Cults written by Thomas Robbins and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Misunderstanding Cults provides a uniquely balanced contribution to what has become a highly polarized area of study. Working towards a moderate "third path" in the heated debate over new religious movements or cults, this collection includes contributions from both scholars who have been characterized as "anticult" and those characterized as "cult-apologists." The study incorporates multiple viewpoints as well as a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, with the stated goal of depolarizing the discussion over alternative religious movements. A prominent section within the book focuses explicitly on the issue of scholarly objectivity and the danger of partisanship in the study of cults. The collection also includes contributions on the controversial and much misunderstood topic of brainwashing, as well as discussions of cult violence, children brought up in unconventional religious movements, and the conflicts between alternative religious movements and their critics. Unique in its breadth, this is the first study of new religious movements to address the main points of controversy within the field while attempting to find a middle ground between opposing camps of scholarship.

Author : Monica Miller Marsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book (Mis)Understanding Families written by Monica Miller Marsh and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resource to help educators identify, address, and meet the needs of the diverse families in today's classrooms. Examines how families are represented in the media, schools, and other institutions and applies that information to building effective home-school partnerships. Examines how different relationships between families and teachers are defined by discourses that circulate through formal and informal curricula. Explores how families and educators can collectively reconceptualize these conversations to create positive educational experiences for children. From publisher description.

Author : Melinda McGarrah Sharp
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610972260
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Misunderstanding Stories written by Melinda McGarrah Sharp and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-01-24 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we work toward mutual understanding in our increasingly diverse and interconnected world? Pastoral theologian Melinda McGarrah Sharp approaches this multifaceted, interdisciplinary question by beginning with moments of intercultural misunderstanding. Using misunderstanding stories from her experience working with the Peace Corps in Suriname, Dr. McGarrah Sharp argues that we must recognize the limits of our own cultural perspectives in order to have meaningful intercultural encounters that are more mutually empowering and hopeful. Bringing together resources from pastoral theology, ethnography, and postcolonial studies, she provides a valuable resource for investigating the complexity of providing care and fostering communities of belonging across cultural differences. McGarrah Sharp illustrates a process of moving from disconnection to regard for diverse others as neighbors who share a common yearning for hopeful and meaningful connection. Leaders in faith communities, practitioners of care, and scholars will all be able to use this resource to better understand the conflicts, tensions, and uncertainties of our postcolonial twenty-first-century world. An included discussion guide facilitates classroom study, small group discussion, and personal reflection.

Author : Kay M. Albrecht
Publisher : Gryphon House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780876592595
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Infant & Toddler Development written by Kay M. Albrecht and published by Gryphon House, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COmprehensive guide to ages and stages, theories and best practices of the early childhood field.

Author : Ken Voges
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1575675447
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding How Others Misunderstand You written by Ken Voges and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 1995-07-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the pioneering DISC profile, this book teaches--in clear terms--how to build closer, more understanding relationships at home, work and church.

Author : Timothy Paul Jones
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1433668882
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Family Ministry written by Timothy Paul Jones and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Perspectives on Family Ministry, Timothy Paul Jones makes the case that every church is called to some form of family ministry—but what he means by "family ministry" isn’t simply one more program to add to an already-packed schedule! According to Jones, the most effective family ministries involve refocusing every church process to engage parents in the process of discipling their children and to draw family members together instead of pulling them apart. Jones sets the stage with introductory chapters on the historical contexts and foundations of family ministry. Then, three effective practitioners show clearly how your church can make the transition to family ministry. Paul Renfro (pastor of discipleship at Grace Family Baptist Church in Spring, Texas) writes in favor of Family-Integrated Ministry, where the emphasis is on intergenerational discipleship. Brandon Shields (minister to high school students at Highview Baptist Church, a multi-site megachurch in Kentucky and Indiana) supports Family-Based Ministry—ministry that organizes programs according to ages and interests but also develops intentional activities and training events to bring families together. Jay Strother (minister to emerging generations at Brentwood Baptist Church in Tennessee) prefers Family-Equipping Ministry, maintaining age-organized ministry while reorganizing the congregation to call parents to become active partners in the discipleship of their children.

Author : David Oluwatosin Oso
Publisher : David O Oso
ISBN 13 : 1916056091
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Misunderstand God written by David Oluwatosin Oso and published by David O Oso. This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it God's will for a brother to marry his sister so that they can create a population of mankind? Is it God's will to wipe out the entire Amalekites (Canaanites) nation? Is it God's will to demand Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac? How could God bless Job and then take away all the blessings from Job? There are so many questions we develop whenever we read the Bible, just like how many parts and verses of the Bible makes no sense at all. Because of how we read the Bible; we think of God as a bigot, sadistic, bully, and hash judge. Yet we see God as a loving God in the New Testament, from that conclusion alone makes us contradict the Bible. Many Christians say the Bible is God's words, yet how could God's word be so hard to comprehend and misunderstand? God gave a user-friendly promise to Abraham in a form of a picture by pointing out to Abraham how abundantly large his descendants would be; by showing him the numerous stars in the skies in order to convince Abraham and make his imagination run wild. If God can explain His promise to Abraham so simply, why is it so hard to understand some verses and stories in the bible if the Bible is God's words? Come with me and I will explain to you how we misunderstand God whenever we read the bible. You will come to conclude the reason why God makes certain decisions, or why God allows certain things to happen. You do not need to be a scholar, Apologetic, or highly educated person to understand God. Many questions you have or questions many ask countless times are answered in this book.

Author : Rin Reczek
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479813346
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Families We Keep written by Rin Reczek and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why LGBTQ adults don’t end troubled ties with parents and why (perhaps) they should Families We Keep is a surprising look at the life-long bonds between LGBTQ adults and their parents. Alongside the importance of “chosen families” in the queer community, Rin Reczek and Emma Bosley-Smith found that very few LGBTQ people choose to become estranged from their parents, even if those parent refuse to support their gender identity, sexuality, or both. Drawing on interviews with over seventy-five LGBTQ people and their parents, Reczek and Bosley-Smith explore the powerful ties that bind families together, for better or worse. They show us why many feel obliged to maintain even troubled—and sometimes outright toxic—relationships with their parents. They argue that this relationship persists because what we think of as the “natural” and inevitable connection between parents and adult children is actually created and sustained by the sociocultural power of compulsory kinship. After revealing what holds even the most troubled intergenerational ties together, Families We Keep gives us permission to break free of those family bonds that are not in our best interests. Reczek and Bosley-Smith challenge our deep-rooted conviction that family—and specifically, our relationships with our parents—should be maintained at any cost. Families We Keep shines a light on the shifting importance of family in America, and how LGBTQ people navigate its complexities as adults.

Author : Jim Gladstone
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560233831
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Misunderstanding written by Jim Gladstone and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Do I have to end my life to end my childhood?" Joshua Royalton, the irresistibly eccentric 22-year-old narrator of The Big Book of Misunderstanding, asks himself this question with an open pill bottle in his trembling hand. To come up with his answer, Josh leads readers on a darkly funny jaunt through the collective adolescence of his whole family. The Royaltons are "like Norman Rockwell run amok, simultaneously wholesome and perverse."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Christopher M. Johnson
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1615923225
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Talk to Your Child's Doctor written by Christopher M. Johnson and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this illuminating guide to communicating with your childs doctor, pediatrician Christopher M. Johnson shows parents how to talk more effectively to their doctors about their childrens health.