Jenell Paris's Books

The End of Sexual Identity

Why Sex Is Too Important to Define Who We Are

By: Jenell Williams Paris

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The End of Sexual Identity

Why Sex Is Too Important to Define Who We Are

By: Jenell Williams Paris

Sexual identity has become an idol in both the culture at large and in the Christian subculture. And yet concepts like gay or straight are relatively recent developments in human history. We let ourselves be defined by socially constructed notions of sexual identity and sexual orientation--even though these may not be the only or...

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459615999

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9781459615991

Teach from the Heart

Pedagogy as Spiritual Practice

By: Jenell Paris

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Teach from the Heart

Pedagogy as Spiritual Practice

By: Jenell Paris

How can a teacher remain whole and happy, able to teach well for an entire semester, an entire year, and an entire career? Teach from the Heart is about finding, rediscovering, or holding on to the heart of the teaching life, which is, quite literally, the teacher's heart. It is an encouragement to take up teaching as more than a service to provide, a profession to master, or a job to perform. It is an invitation to artisanry, teaching as a craft that we master by working with our hands over long periods of time, producing results that bear the mark of their maker. Whether you're just beginning, or in it for the long haul, sit down with Teach from the Heart and deepen your heart for the teaching life. We need not bring to class the wisdom and knowledge we gained elsewhere; we can take up teaching as a spiritual practice, with the classroom as a sacred space for our own formation as persons. With nearly forty years' experience as both student and teacher, Jenell Paris's perspective is hard-won, but still lighthearted and enthusiastic. Teachers from any context will benefit: stories and examples include preschool, K-12, community education, and college teaching.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498233503

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9781498233507

The Good News about Conflict

Transforming Religious Struggle over Sexuality

By: Jenell Paris

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The Good News about Conflict

Transforming Religious Struggle over Sexuality

By: Jenell Paris

Conflict over homosexuality in Christian churches is only intensifying. We can do better. We have to do better. The stakes are too high to do otherwise. Conflicts are difficult and ugly, but the good news reaches even here. It is possible to have healthy conflict, to disagree and struggle together in ways that make us better and that make the church stronger. By looking deeply into the nature of religious conflict, we can cultivate practices and values that will mature our abilities as peacemakers, and strengthen our faith and our churches.

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121

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498280978

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9781498280976

Introducing Cultural Anthropology

A Christian Perspective

By: Brian M. Howell,Jenell Paris

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Introducing Cultural Anthropology

A Christian Perspective

By: Brian M. Howell,Jenell Paris

What is the role of culture in human experience? This concise yet solid introduction to cultural anthropology helps readers explore and understand this crucial issue from a Christian perspective. Now revised and updated throughout, this new edition of a successful textbook covers standard cultural anthropology topics with special attention given to cultural relativism, evolution, and missions. It also includes a new chapter on medical anthropology. Plentiful figures, photos, and sidebars are sprinkled throughout the text, and updated ancillary support materials and teaching aids are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.

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Baker Academic

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1493418068

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9781493418060

The Neuroscientific Turn

Transdisciplinarity in the Age of the Brain

By: Melissa M. Littlefield,Jenell Johnson

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The Neuroscientific Turn

Transdisciplinarity in the Age of the Brain

By: Melissa M. Littlefield,Jenell Johnson

An interdisciplinary collection considering implications of the current 'neurorevolution

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269

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University of Michigan Press

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0472118269

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9780472118267

Every Living Thing

The Politics of Life in Common

By: Jenell Johnson

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Every Living Thing

The Politics of Life in Common

By: Jenell Johnson

This book examines the question of what we mean when we talk about life, revealing new insights into what life is, what it does, and why it matters. Jenell Johnson studies arguments on behalf of life—not just of the human or animal variety, but all life. She considers, for example, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s fight for water, deep ecologists’ Earth First! activism, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, and astrophysicists’ positions on Martian microbes. What she reveals is that this advocacy—vital advocacy—expands our view of what counts as life and shows us what it would mean for the moral standing of human life to be extended to life itself. Including short interviews with celebrated ecological writer Dorion Sagan, former NASA Planetary Protection Officer Catharine Conley, and leading figure in Indigenous and environmental studies Kyle Whyte, Every Living Thing provides a capacious view of life in the natural world. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in biodiversity, bioethics, and the environment.

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