Personal Decisions In The Public Square

Author : Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351298186
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Personal Decisions in the Public Square written by Robert A. Stebbins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work looks into how, why, and when people pursue things in life that they desire, those that make their existence attractive and worth living. Robert A. Stebbins calls this "Positive Sociology," the study of what people do to organize their lives such that they become substantially rewarding, satisfying, and fulfilling. Western society has many challenges: crime, drug addiction, urban pollution, daily stress, domestic violence, and overpopulation. Significant levels of success in avoiding these problems brings a noticeable measure of tranquility, but it does not necessarily generate a positive life. Personal Decisions in the Public Square draws upon, in large part, the sociology of leisure, a "happy science." Among the basic concepts in the sociology of leisure are activity and human agency. The centrality of positive activity is one of its hallmarks and separates it from other social science specialties. Stebbins's positive sociology centers on conceptual roots found in the "serious leisure" perspective. This theoretical framework synthesizes three main forms of leisure (serious, casual, and project-based) while showing their distinctive features, similarities, and interrelationships. Positive sociology also considers two other domains of life: work and non-work obligations. This new approach focuses on the pursuit of "that which makes life worth living." Stebbins explores goals that are important to all people, such as negotiating the right work/family or obligation/leisure balance and the tricky relationship between money and happiness. Research scientists or the general public may find the ideas presented in this volume help them better understand and negotiate situations, by showing how to approach them in a positive way rather than as "problems" that need to be solved.

Author : Peter Lomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781351298209
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Personal Decisions in the Public Square written by Peter Lomas and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While on staff of England's Cassel Hospital, a leading therapeutic community, Peter Lomas had the rare opportunity to study mothers suffering from post-partum breakdown together with their babies and, at times, the entire family. Given the media attention paid to family in both Britain and the United States, it seems odd that the close relationships between childbirth and the dynamics of family life have been only minimally addressed. Drawing from the "Independent" school of British psychoanalysis, particularly that of Donald Winnicott, and borrowing from existentialist thought and the family studies of Gregory Bateson, Lomas gives us a glimpse into the fascinating, often disturbing, intersection of psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and the family at critical junctures.The family is the focal point of Personal Disorder and Family Life, a series of Lomas' collected papers written between 1959 and 1996. Although he concentrates on the family, Lomas covers a variety of themes. "An Interpretation of Modern Obstetric Practice" explores the effect of the maternity ward on the psychology of the mother. He also critiques contemporary psychotherapeutic theory, practice, and teaching, in particular the excessive preoccupation with technique at the cost of spontaneity. Psychotherapy, he believes, can only be properly understood in the context of morality. Brave, honest, and outspoken without a hint of intellectual pretension,Lomas has produced a powerful book at the crest of new thinking on the family as an organizing premise. As such, it will be of interest to professionals in the fields of psychoanalysis, analytically oriented psychotherapy, and individual or family counseling, as well as general readers."--Provided by publisher.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Choice written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ellen Painter Dollar
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
ISBN 13 : 0664236901
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Easy Choice written by Ellen Painter Dollar and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In No Easy Choice, Ellen Painter Dollar tells her gut-wrenching story of living with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI)--a disabling genetic bone disorder that was passed down to her first child--and deciding whether to conceive a second child who would not have OI using assisted reproduction. Her story brings to light the ethical dilemmas surrounding advanced reproductive technologies. What do procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) say about how we define human worth? If we avoid such procedures, are we permitting the suffering of our children? How do we identify a "good life" in a consumer society that values appearance, success, health, and perfection? Dollar considers multiple sides of the debate, refusing to accept the matter as simply black and white. Her book will help parents who want to understand and make good decisions about assisted reproduction, as well as those who support and counsel them, including pastors and medical professionals.

Author : Alan Mittleman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jews and the American Public Square written by Alan Mittleman and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jews and the American Public Square is a study of how Jews have grappled with the presence of religion, both their own and others, in American public life. It surveys historical Jewish approaches to church-state relations and analyzes Jewish responses to the religion clauses of the First Amendment. his book captures the current mood of the Jewish community: both committed to the separation of church and state and perplexed about its scope and application. It provides the necessary background for a principled reconsideration of the problem of religion in the public square.

Author : Arthur James Wells
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1922 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British National Bibliography written by Arthur James Wells and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John M. Meighan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digest of Major Court Decisions on Motor Carrier Operation written by John M. Meighan and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jayne Caudwell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Relocating the Leisure Society written by Jayne Caudwell and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Wharton Pepper
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 878 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Digest of Decisions and Encyclopaedia of Pennsylvania Law, 1754-1898 written by George Wharton Pepper and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael J. Himes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
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Download or read book Fullness of Faith written by Michael J. Himes and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agreeing with scholars such as David Tracy, Martin Marty, and Rheinhold Niebuhr, Michael and Kenneth Himes affirm that there is indeed such a thing as public theology and take up the task of proposing themes and the framework for bringing theology into dialogue with societal issues and concerns. A great resource for those wishing to understand the social implications of religious belief.