The Postmodern Life Cycle

Author : Friedrich Schweitzer
Publisher : Chalice Press
ISBN 13 : 9780827230637
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Postmodern Life Cycle written by Friedrich Schweitzer and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A theology in tune with postcolonial theory has the potential to creatively inform and transform ecclesial practice. Focusing on the relation of theology to postcolonial theory, Postcolonial Theologies brings together a wide diversity of authors, many of them fresh and exciting theological voices, in essays that are stunningly creative and prophetically lucid. All essays are theologically constructive, not merely deconstructive or critical, in their visions for Christianity. Forming a sort of doctrinal landscape, they emerge under the themes of theological anthropology shaped by ethnicity, class, and privilege; a Christology that intersects the claims of Christ and empire; and a Cosmology that imagines a postcolonial world.

Author : Friedrich Schweitzer
Publisher : Chalice Press
ISBN 13 : 9780827229983
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Postmodern Life Cycle written by Friedrich Schweitzer and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schweitzer's goal in this book is to explore what postmodernity actually means for theology and how theology and the church may respond to its challenges. He focuses on the life cycle as it is changing with the advent of postmodernity, looking sequentially at segments of the life cycle using different lenses: modernity, postmodernity, and responses from church and theology. Schweitzer concludes with a theology of the life cycle.

Author : David Rudrum
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501306863
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Supplanting the Postmodern written by David Rudrum and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An anthology of key writings on the so-called demise of postmodernism and the debates around what might replace it"--

Author : Bruce Ackerman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300277091
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Postmodern Predicament written by Bruce Ackerman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of our most influential political theorists offers a boundary-breaking—and liberating—perspective on the meaning of life in the internet age Human beings have taken one thing for granted since our earliest days: we are bodily creatures dealing with one another on a face-to-face basis. The internet has shattered this fundamental feature of human existence. We are suddenly living our lives in two worlds at once—shifting endlessly from virtual to physical reality as we reach out to others. Worse yet, we are developing different personal identities in our two worlds. We say and do things in virtual reality that flatly contradict our face-to-face commitments to family, friends, and fellow-workers—and vice versa. The Postmodern Predicament explores these dilemmas at each phase of the life cycle, beginning at the moment a young child picks up a cell phone. The existentialist tradition of the twentieth century provides a precious perspective on our postmodern dilemmas. Thinkers and doers like Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre considered the fragmentation of modern life as a central source of contemporary anxieties. Like them, Ackerman views the challenges of the internet age as a political, no less than personal, problem—and proposes concrete reforms that that could mobilize broad-based support for democracy against demagogic assaults on its very foundations.

Author : John Berard
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310296609
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consuming Youth written by John Berard and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s relentless, consumer culture—dominated by popular media’s emphasis on bigger, better, and more, and catering to teenagers every want and desire—is leaving our youth adrift in a sea of conflicting messages. Messages that every youth worker must be able to decode and redirect away from the material world towards helping young people become who God created them to be: givers instead of receivers, servers instead of consumers. Consuming Youth is for any adult who recognizes that following Jesus means leading young people through the pitfalls of consumer culture, helping them discover vocation—where their great gladness meets a world's great need, and unleashing the kingdom of God on earth.

Author : Anthony Giddens
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 0745648843
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociology written by Anthony Giddens and published by Polity. This book was released on 2010 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst particularly useful as a companion to the sixth edition of Giddens's Sociology, the reader is designed for use independently or alongside other textbooks.

Author : Jeff Levin, Phd, MPH
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1580237932
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judaism and Health written by Jeff Levin, Phd, MPH and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first state-of-the-art, comprehensive resource to encompass the wide breadth of the rapidly growing field of Judaism and health. "For Jews, religion and medicine (and science) are not inherently in conflict, even within the Torah-observant community, but rather can be friendly partners in the pursuit of wholesome ends, such as truth, healing and the advancement of humankind." —from the Introduction This authoritative volume—part professional handbook, part scholarly resource and part source of practical information for laypeople—melds the seemingly disparate elements of Judaism and health into a truly multidisciplinary collective, enhancing the work within each area and creating new possibilities for synergy across disciplines. It is ideal for medical and healthcare providers, rabbis, educators, academic scholars, healthcare researchers and caregivers, congregational leaders and laypeople with an interest in the most recent and most exciting developments in this new, important field. CONTRIBUTORS: Rabbi Rachel Adler, PhD • Rabbi Richard Address, DMin • Ronald M. Andiman, MD • Barbara Breitman, DMin • Rabbi Anne Brener, LCSW • Shelly Thomas Christensen, MA • Rabbi William Cutter, PhD • Rabbi Stephanie Dickstein, LMSW • Rabbi Nancy Epstein, MPH, MAHL • Elizabeth Feldman, MD • Rabbi Naomi Kalish, BCC • Rabbi Lynne F. Landsberg • Jeff Levin, PhD, MPH • Judith Margolis, MFA • Adina Newberg, PhD • Kenneth I. Pargament, PhD • David Pelcovitz, PhD • Steven Pirutinsky, MS • Michele F. Prince, LCSW, MAJCS • Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, BCC • David H. Rosmarin, PhD • Fred Rosner, MD, MACP • Rabbi Julie Schwartz • Devora Greer Shabtai • Rabbi Mychal B. Springer • Rabbi Shira Stern, DMin, BCC • Rabbi David A. Teutsch, PhD • Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, MD • Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, LCSW • Rabbi Nancy Wiener, DMin

Author : Jeffrey C. Alexander
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317264991
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Introduction to Sociology written by Jeffrey C. Alexander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of A Contemporary Introduction to Sociology was the first truly new introductory sociology textbook in decades. Written by two leading sociologists at the cutting edge of theory and research, the text reflected the idioms and interests of contemporary American life and global social issues. The second edition continues to invite students to reflect upon their lives within the context of the combustible leap from modern to postmodern life. The authors show how culture is central to understanding many world problems as they challenge readers to confront the risks and potentialities of a postmodern era in which the futures of both the physical and social environment seem uncertain. As culture rapidly changes in the 21st century, the authors have broadened their analysis to cover developments in social media and new data on gender and transgender issues.

Author : Hamid Yeganeh
Publisher : Business Expert Press
ISBN 13 : 1637420730
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Trends and Transformations in Culture, Business, and Technology written by Hamid Yeganeh and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2022-06-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a concise and analytical portrait of the contemporary world. The author encompasses concepts and theories from multiple disciplines notably sociology, anthropology, business, and economics to examine major global trends and transformations of the modern world, their underlying causes, and their consequences. The text examines global demographic trends, globalization, culture, emerging markets, global security, environmental degradation, large corporations, and economic inequality. The author also analyzes major transformations in healthcare, food, the sharing economy, Fourth Industrial Revolution, consumption, work and organization, innovation and various technologies in areas such as automation, robotics, connectivity, quantum computing, and new materials. This book is a valuable reference for business leaders, managers, students, and all those who are passionate about understanding the rapidly changing contemporary world.

Author : Thomas E. Bergler
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146744202X
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Here to Maturity written by Thomas E. Bergler and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert guidance on how to grow up in Christ This book is a follow-up to Thomas Bergler’s acclaimed work The Juvenilization of American Christianity, which documents how church youth ministries over the past several decades have contributed to a process of adolescent spiritual traits becoming accepted and even celebrated by Christians of all ages. This “juvenilization” in the church is a real problem that must be addressed, says Bergler, and in his new book he addresses it head-on. Bergler’s From Here to Maturity is an accessible guide for helping both individuals and whole faith communities to grow spiritually. Bergler claims that spiritual maturity -- defined as “basic competence in the Christian life” -- is both desirable and attainable, and he effectively presents a biblical theology of spiritual maturity, identifying its traits from pertinent New Testament passages. Adapting Dallas Willard’s model of spiritual formation and applying it to congregational life, Bergler offers a wealth of practical, research-based guidance as to how Christian leaders can effectively foster spiritual maturity in their congregations. He also identifies six key faith-sustaining factors and provides a system for evaluating a church’s state of spiritual maturity and steps for improving it. Ecumenically friendly, From Here to Maturity will be useful to individuals and leaders from many different churches and theological traditions.