Paul Heelas's Books

Spiritualities of Life

New Age Romanticism and Consumptive Capitalism

By: Paul Heelas

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Spiritualities of Life

New Age Romanticism and Consumptive Capitalism

By: Paul Heelas

This insightful and provocative journey through spiritual landscapes explores the ways in which spiritualities of life have been experienced and understood in Western society, and argues that today’s myriad forms of holistic spirituality are helping us to find balance in face of the stifling demands of twenty-first century living. An enlightening book which explores the ways in which spirituality has been experienced and valued in Western society Traces the development of modern spirituality, from the origins of Romanticism in the eighteenth century, through to the counter-cultural sixties and on to the wellbeing culture of today Explores the belief that modern spirituality is merely an extension of capitalism in which people consume spirituality without giving anything back Contends that much of the wide range of popular mind-body-spirit practices are really an ethically charged force for the ‘good life’, helping us to find balance in the demands of twenty-first century living Written by an acknowledged world-leader working in the field Completes a trilogy of books including The Spiritual Revolution (2005, with Linda Woodhead) and The New Age Movement (1996), charting the rise and influence of spirituality today.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

296

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1405139382

ISBN 13

9781405139380

The Spiritual Revolution

Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality

By: Paul Heelas,Linda Woodhead

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Spiritual Revolution

Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality

By: Paul Heelas,Linda Woodhead

Comparing existing evidence from the USA and Europe, with a UK-based study of religion and spirituality, this fascinating book addresses the most pressing question in the study of religion today: are new forms of spirituality overtaking traditional forms of religion? Based on the detailed study of religion and spirituality in Kendal, UK Compares pioneering findings from Kendal with existing evidence from the USA and Europe Provides a theoretical perspective which explains both secularization and sacralization Offers some startling predictions about the future of religion and spirituality in the west Is written in an accessible and lively style, and will appeal to a broad range of readers interested in the future direction of belief in the western world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

228

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Published Date

ISBN 10

1405119586

ISBN 13

9781405119580

The New Age Movement

Religion, Culture and Society in the Age of Postmodernity

By: Paul Heelas

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The New Age Movement

Religion, Culture and Society in the Age of Postmodernity

By: Paul Heelas

This is the first wide-ranging and accessible introduction to the fascinating subject of the New Age movement.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

288

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Published Date

ISBN 10

0631193324

ISBN 13

9780631193326

Towards a New Theory of Religion and Social Change

Sovereignties and Disruptions

By: Paul-François Tremlett

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Towards a New Theory of Religion and Social Change

Sovereignties and Disruptions

By: Paul-François Tremlett

This book argues that neither theories of secularisation nor theories of lived religion offer satisfactory accounts of religion and social change. Drawing from Deleuze and Gauttari's idea of the assemblage, Paul-Francois Tremlett outlines an alternative. Informed by classical and contemporary theories of religion as well as empirical case studies and ethnography conducted in Manila and London, this book re-frames religion as spatially organised flows. Foregrounding the agency of hon-human actors, it offers a compelling and original account of religion and social change.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

201

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1474272576

ISBN 13

9781474272575

Goddess as Nature

Towards a Philosophical Thealogy

By: Paul Reid-Bowen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Goddess as Nature

Towards a Philosophical Thealogy

By: Paul Reid-Bowen

Goddess as Nature makes a significant contribution to elucidating the meaning of a female and feminist deity at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Bridging the gap between the emergent religious discourse of thealogy - discourse about the Goddess - and a range of analytical concerns in the philosophy of religion, the author argues that thealogy is not as incoherent as many of its critics claim. By developing a close reading of the reality-claims embedded within a range of thealogical texts, one can discern an ecological and pantheistic concept of deity and reality that is metaphysically novel and in need of constructive philosophical, thealogical and scholarly engagement. Philosophical thealogy is, in an age concerned with re-conceiving nature in terms of agency, chaos, complexity, ecological networks and organicism, both an active possibility and a remarkably valuable academic, feminist and religious endeavour.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

209

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317126343

ISBN 13

9781317126348

Evidence-Based Research

Dilemmas and Debates in Healthcare Research

By: Brown, Brian,Crawford, Paul,Hicks, Carolyn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Evidence-Based Research

Dilemmas and Debates in Healthcare Research

By: Brown, Brian,Crawford, Paul,Hicks, Carolyn

* Why is the philosophy of science important for health care research?* What impact do world-views and paradigms have on the research process and the knowledge it generates?* Why do some kinds of concepts get replaced by others?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

309

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published Date

ISBN 10

033521164X

ISBN 13

9780335211647

British Film Music

Musical Traditions in British Cinema, 1930s–1950s

By: Paul Mazey

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

British Film Music

Musical Traditions in British Cinema, 1930s–1950s

By: Paul Mazey

This book offers a fresh approach to British film music by tracing the influence of Britain’s musical heritage on the film scores of this era. From the celebration of landscape and community encompassed by pastoral music and folk song, and the connection of both with the English Musical Renaissance, to the mystical strains of choral sonorities and the stirring effects of the march, this study explores the significance of music in British film culture. With detailed analyses of the work of such key filmmakers as Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Laurence Olivier and Carol Reed, and composers including Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton and Brian Easdale, this systematic and in-depth study explores the connotations these musical styles impart to the films and considers how each marks them with a particularly British inflection.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

221

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

303033550X

ISBN 13

9783030335502

Consumption and Identity at Work

By: Paul du Gay

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Consumption and Identity at Work

By: Paul du Gay

The realms of consumption have typically been seen to be distinct from those of work and production. This book examines how contemporary rhetorics and discourses of organizational change are breaking down such distinctions - with significant implications for the construction of subjectivities and identities at work. In particular, Paul du Gay shows how the capacities and predispositions required of consumers and those required of employees are increasingly difficult to distinguish. Both consumers and employees are represented as autonomous, responsible, calculating individuals. They are constituted as such in the language of consumer cultures and the all-pervasive discourses of enterprise whereby persons are required to be

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

224

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

0803979282

ISBN 13

9780803979284

Bringing Religion and Spirituality Into Therapy

A Process-based Model for Pluralistic Practice

By: Joseph A. Stewart-Sicking,Jesse Fox,Paul J. Deal

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Bringing Religion and Spirituality Into Therapy

A Process-based Model for Pluralistic Practice

By: Joseph A. Stewart-Sicking,Jesse Fox,Paul J. Deal

Bringing Religion and Spirituality into Therapy provides a comprehensive and timely model for spirituality-integrated therapy which is truly pluralist and responsive to the ever-evolving World of religion/spirituality. This book presents an algorithmic, process-based model for organizing the abundance of theoretical and practical literature around how psychology, religion and spirituality interact in counseling. Building on a tripartite framework, the book discusses the practical implications of the model and shows how it can be used in the context of assessment and case formulation, research, clinical competence, and education, and the broad framework ties together many strands of scholarship into religion and spirituality in counseling across a number of disciplines. Chapters address the concerns of groups such as the unaffiliated, non-theists, and those with multiple spiritual influences. This approachable book is aimed at mental health students, practitioners, and educators. In it, readers are challenged to develop richer ways of understanding, being, and intervening when religion and spirituality are brought into therapy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

242

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351030523

ISBN 13

9781351030526

Rebuilding Communities in an Age of Individualism

By: Paul Hopper

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Rebuilding Communities in an Age of Individualism

By: Paul Hopper

As modern societies become increasingly individualistic, this fascinating book examines how we can maintain and revive local communities and community life. It demonstrates how the major developments and processes of our time, notably globalization, post-industrialism and de-traditionalization, contribute to this individualism to the detriment of community life. The author examines how community is a necessary and important component of human life and discusses possible ways in which to arrest its decline. In this regard, strategies geared to fostering trust and social capital are outlined as the basis for reinvigorating community life. The volume provides a coherent and distinct analysis of community as well as offering concrete policy prescriptions to counter the excessive individualism of our times. In both the nature and scope of its analysis, it offers a unique contribution to an extremely important issue in the contemporary period, one that increasingly preoccupies politicians, academics and ordinary citizens.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

220

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351906267

ISBN 13

9781351906265

Expanding American Anthropology, 1945-1980

A Generation Reflects

By: Alice Beck Kehoe,Paul L. Doughty

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Expanding American Anthropology, 1945-1980

A Generation Reflects

By: Alice Beck Kehoe,Paul L. Doughty

This book examines American anthropology's participation in the expansion of the social sciences after World War II. Anthropology itself expanded into diverse subfields at this time on the initiative of individuals. The Association of Senior Anthropologists of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) askes some of these individuals to give accounts of their personal inovations in this discipline which provides primary source material on the history of American anthropology.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

314

Publisher

University of Alabama Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0817356886

ISBN 13

9780817356880

Skateboarding and Religion

By: Paul O'Connor

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Skateboarding and Religion

By: Paul O'Connor

This book explores the ways in which religion is observed, performed, and organised in skateboard culture. Drawing on scholarship from the sociology of religion and the cultural politics of lifestyle sports, this work combines ethnographic research with media analysis to argue that the rituals of skateboarding provide participants with a rich cultural canvas for emotional and spiritual engagement. Paul O’Connor contends that religious identification in skateboarding is set to increase as participants pursue ways to both control and engage meaningfully with an activity that has become an increasingly mainstream and institutionalised sport. Religion is explored through the themes of myth, celebrity, iconography, pilgrimage, evangelism, cults, and self-help.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

312

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030248577

ISBN 13

9783030248574

Becoming a Practitioner Researcher

A Gestalt Approach to Holistic Inquiry

By: Paul Barber

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Becoming a Practitioner Researcher

A Gestalt Approach to Holistic Inquiry

By: Paul Barber

Employing a Gestalt approach that places investigators in the center of their own practice, this is an indispensable guide for anyone undertaking inquiries in complex or changing organizational settings. Aiming to build a picture of awareness by prioritizing how people perceive, feel, and act, this resource provides entries within an ongoing practitioner-research journal throughout the text. Mini case studies to help clarify key points, as well as three extended case studies designed to illuminate the real-life drama of being a researcher are also included.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

272

Publisher

Libri Publishing Limited

Published Date

ISBN 10

1907471898

ISBN 13

9781907471896

Gambling Debt

By: E. Paul Durrenberger,Gisli Palsson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Gambling Debt

By: E. Paul Durrenberger,Gisli Palsson

Gambling Debt is a game-changing contribution to the discussion of economic crises and neoliberal financial systems and strategies. Iceland’s 2008 financial collapse was the first case in a series of meltdowns, a warning of danger in the global order. This full-scale anthropology of financialization and the economic crisis broadly discusses this momentous bubble and burst and places it in theoretical, anthropological, and global historical context through descriptions of the complex developments leading to it and the larger social and cultural implications and consequences. Chapters from anthropologists, sociologists, historians, economists, and key local participants focus on the neoliberal policies—mainly the privatization of banks and fishery resources—that concentrated wealth among a select few, skewed the distribution of capital in a way that Iceland had never experienced before, and plunged the country into a full-scale economic crisis. Gambling Debt significantly raises the level of understanding and debate on the issues relevant to financial crises, painting a portrait of the meltdown from many points of view—from bankers to schoolchildren, from fishers in coastal villages to the urban poor and immigrants, and from artists to philosophers and other intellectuals. This book is for anyone interested in financial troubles and neoliberal politics as well as students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, economics, philosophy, political science, business, and ethics. Publication supported in part by the National Science Foundation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

329

Publisher

University Press of Colorado

Published Date

ISBN 10

145718849X

ISBN 13

9781457188497

A Church Drawing Near

Spirituality and Mission in a Post-Christian Culture

By: Paul D. L. Avis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Church Drawing Near

Spirituality and Mission in a Post-Christian Culture

By: Paul D. L. Avis

By first defining the core tasks (or mission) of the Church in biblical and theological terms, Paul Avis then goes on to ask how these tasks can best be carried out in the conditions of modernity and post-modernity.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

246

Publisher

A&C Black

Published Date

ISBN 10

0567089673

ISBN 13

9780567089670

OCR Sociology for A Level Book 2

By: Sue Brisbane,Katherine Roberts,Paul Taylor,Laura Pountney

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

OCR Sociology for A Level Book 2

By: Sue Brisbane,Katherine Roberts,Paul Taylor,Laura Pountney

Exam Board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: Sociology First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2017 Build students' confidence to tackle the key themes of the 2015 OCR A-Level Sociology specification with this clear and accessible approach delivered by a team of leading subject authors. - Develop knowledge and understanding of key Year 2 concepts in a contemporary context, including globalisation and the digital social world - Strengthen essential sociological skills with engaging activities at every stage of the course - Reinforce learning and prepare for exams with practice and extension questions and exercises

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

430

Publisher

Hodder Education

Published Date

ISBN 10

147183946X

ISBN 13

9781471839467

New Religious Movements: A Guide for the Perplexed

By: Paul Oliver

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

New Religious Movements: A Guide for the Perplexed

By: Paul Oliver

Discusses the philosophical, sociological, and psychological themes in new religious movements, and includes a survey and explanation of a few groups.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

194

Publisher

A&C Black

Published Date

ISBN 10

1441101977

ISBN 13

9781441101976

Living with Globalization

By: Paul Hopper

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Living with Globalization

By: Paul Hopper

The term 'globalization' generally refers to the homogenization of cultures across the world due to Western encroachment. However, as this book explains, the process is far more subtle, complex and uneven. Taking as its starting point the fundamental question of whether globalization exists, Living with Globalization provides a lively discussion of one of the most used and abused concepts in the twenty-first century. If globalization is a valid construct, it manifests itself in lived experience, not in abstract theories. Examining the ways in which globalization is contributing to patterns of conflict, Living with Globalization explores a variety of case studies, ranging from 9/11 to identity formation. The book reveals the complex ramifications of globalization on society, government and everyday lives.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

200

Publisher

Berg

Published Date

ISBN 10

1847886132

ISBN 13

9781847886132

Work, Consumption and Culture

Affluence and Social Change in the Twenty-first Century

By: Paul Ransome

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Work, Consumption and Culture

Affluence and Social Change in the Twenty-first Century

By: Paul Ransome

The central question in this book is whether consumption has now displaced production as the defining factor in the lives of those in the industrialized West. Ransome offers a comprehensive review of the key issues in the debate, and where it might lead in the future.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

228

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

0761959858

ISBN 13

9780761959854

Prophetically Incorrect

A Christian Introduction to Media Criticism

By: Robert H. Jr. Woods,Paul D. Patton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Prophetically Incorrect

A Christian Introduction to Media Criticism

By: Robert H. Jr. Woods,Paul D. Patton

The Bible includes prophetic speech and at times the church and its representatives are called to speak prophetically. But in our media-saturated age when many claim to speak for God, how can we evaluate the avalanche of supposedly prophetic speech? What does it mean to truly be prophetic? And when Christians should speak prophetically, how can they do so in a biblical and effective way? Using vivid examples, this book offers clear guidelines for creating, critiquing, and consuming popular media, as well as practical suggestions for faithful communication. It also helps readers think critically about communication technology. The book includes a foreword by Quentin Schultze and a preface by Clifford Christians.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

224

Publisher

Baker Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1441212396

ISBN 13

9781441212399

Understanding Cultural Globalization

By: Paul Hopper

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Understanding Cultural Globalization

By: Paul Hopper

Paul Hopper leads the reader through the varied issues associated with globalization and culture, including deterritorialization, cosmopolitanism, cultural hybridization and homogenization as well as claims that aspects of globalization are provoking cultural resistance.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

241

Publisher

Polity

Published Date

ISBN 10

074563558X

ISBN 13

9780745635583

The Individual in the Economy

A Textbook of Economic Psychology

By: S. E. G. Lea,Roger M. Tarpy,Paul M. Webley

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Individual in the Economy

A Textbook of Economic Psychology

By: S. E. G. Lea,Roger M. Tarpy,Paul M. Webley

The Individual in the Economy presents interesting analyses of important human behaviours.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

660

Publisher

CUP Archive

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521317010

ISBN 13

9780521317016

Geographies of Postsecularity

Re-envisioning Politics, Subjectivity and Ethics

By: Paul Cloke,Christopher Baker,Callum Sutherland,Andrew Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Geographies of Postsecularity

Re-envisioning Politics, Subjectivity and Ethics

By: Paul Cloke,Christopher Baker,Callum Sutherland,Andrew Williams

This book explores the hopeful possibility that emerging geographies of postsecularity are able to contribute significantly to the understanding of how common life may be shared, and how caring for the common goods of social justice, well-being, equality, solidarity and respect for difference may be imagined and practiced. Drawing on recent geographic theory to recalibrate ideas of the postsecular public sphere, the authors develop the case for postsecularity as a condition of being that is characterised by practices of receptive generosity, rapprochement between religious and secular ethics, and a hopeful re-enchantment and re-shaping of desire towards common life. The authors highlight the contested formation of ethical subjectivity under neoliberalism and the emergence of postsecularity within this process as an ethically-attuned politics which changes relations between religion and secularity and animates novel, hopeful imaginations, subjectivities, and praxes as alternatives to neoliberal norms. The spaces and subjectivities of emergent postsecularity are examined through a series of innovative case studies, including food banks, drug and alcohol treatment, refugee humanitarian activism in Calais, homeless participatory art projects, community responses to the Christchurch earthquakes in New Zealand, amongst others. The book also traces the global conditions for postsecularity beyond the Western and predominantly Christian-secular nexus of engagement. This is a valuable resource for students in several academic disciplines, including geography, sociology, politics, religious studies, international development and anthropology. It will be of great interest to secular and faith-based practitioners working in religion, spirituality, politics or more widely in public policy, urban planning and community development.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

406

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317367634

ISBN 13

9781317367635

Living Autobiographically

How We Create Identity in Narrative

By: Paul John Eakin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Living Autobiographically

How We Create Identity in Narrative

By: Paul John Eakin

Autobiography is naturally regarded as an art of retrospect, but making autobiography is equally part of the fabric of our ongoing experience. We tell the stories of our lives piecemeal, and these stories are not merely about our selves but also an integral part of them. In this way we "live autobiographically"; we have narrative identities. In this book, noted life-writing scholar Paul John Eakin explores the intimate, dynamic connection between our selves and our stories, between narrative and identity in everyday life. He draws on a wide range of autobiographical writings from work by Jonathan Franzen, Mary Karr, and André Aciman to the New York Times series "Portraits of Grief" memorializing the victims of 9/11, as well as the latest insights into identity formation from the fields of developmental psychology, cultural anthropology, and neurobiology. In his account, the self-fashioning in which we routinely, even automatically, engage is largely conditioned by social norms and biological necessities. We are taught by others how to say who we are, while at the same time our sense of self is shaped decisively by our lives in and as bodies. For Eakin, autobiography is always an act of self-determination, no matter what the circumstances, and he stresses its adaptive value as an art that helps to anchor our shifting selves in time.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

205

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0801457319

ISBN 13

9780801457319

Protestant Political Parties

A Global Survey

By: Paul Freston

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Protestant Political Parties

A Global Survey

By: Paul Freston

The recent global expansion of Protestant Christianity, and the increase in multiparty democracies, has led to the multiplication of Protestant political parties. One cannot talk of Protestant parties today without mentioning countries as diverse as Norway, Latvia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Zambia and Nicaragua. Whilst the well-established parties of the Netherlands and Scandinavia have long been studied, Paul Freston's groundbreaking book is the first global survey of this phenomenon. After looking at the traditional Protestant heartlands of Europe and the English-speaking world, Freston traces the spread of the Protestant party model to post-communist countries, the Pacific, the Muslim world, southern Africa and Latin America. He examines the circumstances favouring such parties, and the political projects they represent. The conclusion analyses the diversity of Protestant parties due to different interpretations of Christian politics and varied contexts. This unique book will interest specialists and non-specialists, across disciplines and in many parts of the world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

304

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351908146

ISBN 13

9781351908146

Understanding Religion

Theories and Methods for Studying Religiously Diverse Societies

By: Paul Michael Hedges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Understanding Religion

Theories and Methods for Studying Religiously Diverse Societies

By: Paul Michael Hedges

A cutting-edge introduction to contemporary religious studies theory, connecting theory to data. This innovative coursebook introduces students to interdisciplinary theoretical tools for understanding contemporary religiously diverse societies—both Western and non-Western. Using a case-study model, the text considers: A wide and diverse array of contemporary issues, questions, and critical approaches to the study of religion relevant to students and scholars A variety of theoretical approaches, including decolonial, feminist, hermeneutical, poststructuralist, and phenomenological analyses Current debates on whether the term "religion" is meaningful Many key issues about the study of religion, including the insider-outsider debate, material religion, and lived religion Plural and religiously diverse societies, including the theological ideas of traditions and the political and social questions that arise for those living alongside adherents of other religions Understanding Religion is designed to provide a strong foundation for instructors to explore the ideas presented in each chapter in multiple ways, engage students in meaningful activities in the classroom, and integrate additional material into their lectures. Students will gain the tools to apply specific methods from a variety of disciplines to analyze the social, political, spiritual, and cultural aspects of religions. Its unique pedagogical design means it can be used from undergraduate- to postgraduate-level courses.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

583

Publisher

Univ of California Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0520970861

ISBN 13

9780520970861

Pre-tsarist and Tsarist Central Asia

Communal Commitment and Political Order in Change

By: Paul Georg Geiss

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pre-tsarist and Tsarist Central Asia

Communal Commitment and Political Order in Change

By: Paul Georg Geiss

This study, written from the perspective of political sociology, represents the first comparative examination of Central Asian communal and political organisation before and after the tsarist conquest of the region. It covers Turkman, Kyrgyz, Kazakh and other tribal societies, analyses the patrimonial state structures of the Emirate of Bukhara and the Khanates of Khiva and Khokand, and discusses the impacts of the established tsarist civil military administration on communal and political orientations of the Muslim population.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

412

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134384750

ISBN 13

9781134384754

Writing Life Writing

Narrative, History, Autobiography

By: Paul John Eakin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Writing Life Writing

Narrative, History, Autobiography

By: Paul John Eakin

Why do we endlessly tell the stories of our lives? And why do others pay attention when we do? The essays collected here address these questions, focusing on three different but interrelated dimensions of life writing. The first section, "Narrative," argues that narrative is not only a literary form but also a social and cultural practice, and finally a mode of cognition and an expression of our most basic physiology. The next section, "Life Writing: Historical Forms," makes the case for the historical value of the subjectivity recorded in ego-documents. The essays in the final section, "Autobiography Now," identify primary motives for engaging in self-narration in an age characterized by digital media and quantum cosmology.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

162

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000088103

ISBN 13

9781000088106

International Perspectives On Psychological Science, II: The State of the Art

By: Paul Bertelson,Paul Eelen,Gery d'Ydewalle

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

International Perspectives On Psychological Science, II: The State of the Art

By: Paul Bertelson,Paul Eelen,Gery d'Ydewalle

The essays appearing in these two volumes are based on Keynote (Vol. 1) and State-of-the-Art (Vol. 2) Lectures delivered at the XXVth International Congress of Psychology, in Brussels, July 1992. The Brussels Congress was the latest in a series of conferences which are organized at regular intervals under the auspices of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), the main international organization in the field of Scientific Psychology. The first of those meetings took place in Paris in 1889. An important function of the International Congresses is to promote communication between different specializations in Psychology. Speakers were therefore asked to present lectures and discussions in their own fields of study, in a way that would be accessible to fellow psychologists active in other fields. State-of-the-Art lecturers were specifically asked to prepare a tutorial review on a topic which, in the view of the Program Committee, had recently given rise to particularly important developments. These contributions are included in Volume Two. Keynote lecturers were left free to address whatever subject they felt was of greatest interest. The chapters in Volume 1 are preceded by the Presidential Address by Mark R. Rosenzweig.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

420

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134832656

ISBN 13

9781134832651

Sociology: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself

By: Paul Oliver

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sociology: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself

By: Paul Oliver

Sociology: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear, jargon-free English and providing added-value features like summaries of key experiments and even lists of questions you might be asked in your seminar or exam. The text is split into four parts, with an emphasis throughout on understanding and treating all concepts with clarity and precision. The first part covers theoretical issues including research methods. Part two looks at the social environment, including urbanization, work, politics, religion and the mass media. The final two parts examine global society and the position of the individual. It is structured to mirror the way Sociology is taught on many A Level and university courses with each chapter covering a key introductory area. By the end you'll have a clear understanding of the essential principles of sociology.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

302

Publisher

Teach Yourself

Published Date

ISBN 10

1473611679

ISBN 13

9781473611672

Architect: The evolving story of a profession

By: Eleanor Jolliffe,Paul Crosby

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Architect: The evolving story of a profession

By: Eleanor Jolliffe,Paul Crosby

The architect’s role is constantly adapting. Throughout history it has shifted significantly, shaped by social, cultural, technological and economic forces. The very definition of what an architect is and does has evolved over time from lead builder or master mason to principal designer. A collaborative and reactive profession, it is inextricably linked to the power of the patron, whether the client is an influential and affluent individual or a political, commercial, civic or religious organisation. From Ancient Egypt, where architects were members of the ruling class, tied into the running of the empire, to the 21st century when questions are being raised about the future of the profession, this book, with its engaging narrative, explores the constant threads that remain as the profession adapts. While architects are no longer deified, their ability to imagine a new impending reality in built form implies a visionary dimension to their work. By focusing on both the practicalities of the profession and the more intangible motivations behind design – humans’ need to make a mark upon their surroundings – this volume provides a critical overview of over 3000 years of practice and education. Looking at the key questions of where the architectural profession originated in the Western tradition, why it is, how it is today and where it might be going next, the authors postulate that architects’ ability to adapt and reinvent themselves in the past will stand them in good stead for the uncertainties of the future.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

317

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

100086331X

ISBN 13

9781000863314

Inherit the Kingdom: Heirs of God and Joint Heirs with Christ

A New Age Christian Approach to God and Man

By: Rev. Paul Lachlan Peck

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Inherit the Kingdom: Heirs of God and Joint Heirs with Christ

A New Age Christian Approach to God and Man

By: Rev. Paul Lachlan Peck

Only you know what roads you have traveled, what burdens you have borne. You alone know what experiences you have had to bring you to this book You can do whatever it is that you must do with your life, beginning right here and right now. Sharing fifty years of knowledge and experience in spiritual healing, Reverend Peck offers a new realm of possibilities for obtaining better health, a greater sense of wealth, and a feeling of brotherly love. He tackles the difficult topics of establishing a working relationship between God and man and overcoming the evils and temptations in life. Many of Reverend Pecks controversial ideasas well as his startling approach for the reorganization of the churchdemand the readers open-mindedness and attention. Reverend Peck effectively guides the reader through a step-by-step approach to the various aspects concerning spiritual healing and the many ways of practicing Jesus teachings in our daily lives. Paul Lachlan Peck is an ordained minister and family counselor and teacher of New Age theology. He has spent more than fifty years practicing spiritual healing, thirty-five of those years he spent healing by the laying on of hands.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

242

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

146203327X

ISBN 13

9781462033270

Highland Homecomings

Genealogy and Heritage Tourism in the Scottish Diaspora

By: Paul Basu

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Highland Homecomings

Genealogy and Heritage Tourism in the Scottish Diaspora

By: Paul Basu

The first full-length ethnographic study of its kind, Highland Homecomings examines the role of place, ancestry and territorial attachment in the context of a modern age characterized by mobility and rootlessness. With an interdisciplinary approach, speaking to current themes in anthropology, archaeology, history, historical geography, cultural studies, migration studies, tourism studies, Scottish studies, Paul Basu explores the journeys made to the Scottish Highlands and Islands to undertake genealogical research and seek out ancestral sites. Using an innovative methodological approach, Basu tracks journeys between imagined homelands and physical landscapes and argues that through these genealogical journeys, individuals are able to construct meaningful self-narratives from the ambiguities of their diasporic migrant histories, and recover their sense of home and self-identity. This is a significant contribution to popular and academic Scottish studies literature, particularly appealing to popular and academic audiences in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Scotland

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

273

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135391955

ISBN 13

9781135391959

What Emotions Really Are

The Problem of Psychological Categories

By: Paul E. Griffiths

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

What Emotions Really Are

The Problem of Psychological Categories

By: Paul E. Griffiths

In this provocative contribution to the philosophy of science and mind, Paul E. Griffiths criticizes contemporary philosophy and psychology of emotion for failing to take in an evolutionary perspective and address current work in neurobiology and cognitive science. Reviewing the three current models of emotion, Griffiths points out their deficiencies and constructs a basis for future models that pay equal attention to biological fact and conceptual rigor. "Griffiths has written a work of depth and clarity in an area of murky ambiguity, producing a much-needed standard at the border of science, philosophy, and psychology. . . . As he presents his case, offering a forthright critique of past and present theories, Griffiths touches on such issues as evolution, social construction, natural kinds (categories corresponding with real distinctions in nature), cognition, and moods. While addressing specialists, the book will reward general readers who apply themselves to its remarkably accessible style."—Library Journal "What Emotions Really Are makes a strong claim to be one of the best books to have emerged on the subject of human emotion."—Ray Dolan, Nature

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

299

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0226308766

ISBN 13

9780226308760

Yearning to Belong

Discovering a New Religious Movement

By: John Paul Healy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Yearning to Belong

Discovering a New Religious Movement

By: John Paul Healy

Cutting across three areas of interest within New Religious Movements - insider perspectives, sociology of religion and the helping professions - this book explores insiders' experience of the Indian Guru-disciple Yogic tradition and is authored by a former member of that tradition. Highlighting the rich spiritual experience of devotees of Guru-disciple Yoga, and broadening the understanding of Guru-disciple Yoga Practice, this book also adds considerably to knowledge of conversion to New Religious Movements and to issues of affiliation and disengagement. Exploring participants' experience of attraction, affiliation and disengagement, these themes highlight individuals' personal experience of Guru-disciple Yoga Practice.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

231

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134789203

ISBN 13

9781134789207

The Spiritual Revolution

Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality

By: Paul Heelas,Linda Woodhead

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Spiritual Revolution

Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality

By: Paul Heelas,Linda Woodhead

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

226

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Published Date

ISBN 10

1405119594

ISBN 13

9781405119597

Peter Berger and the Study of Religion

By: Paul Heelas,David Martin,Linda Woodhead

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Peter Berger and the Study of Religion

By: Paul Heelas,David Martin,Linda Woodhead

Peter Berger is the most influential contemporary sociologist of religion. This collection of essays is the first in-depth study of his contribution to the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to his work and to current thought in the study of religion. Themes addressed include: * Berger on religion and theology * Religion, spirituality and the discontents of modernity * Secularization and de-secularization A postscript by Peter Berger, responding to the essays, completes this overview of this major figure's work.

Average ratings

N/A