This special Black and White edition of "Beyond Yet Still With You" is ideal for use with groups of readers, counselors, teachers, students, adults and children.This 5-Pack is intended for use as a SUPPLEMENT for the Teacher's Kit, and is an option to ordering individual copies of the Student Workbook.NOTE: These sheets are PERFECT BOUND and must be cut free from the binding to be passed out to students. Use care and ONLY cut papers with adult supervision. While a razor blade will work, we recommend you take the book to an office supply or printer store for help."Beyond: 5-Pack of Student Handouts in Black and White" is intended for groups. It contains FIVE (5) copies of each of the TWO-page (2-page) handouts for the TEN (10) core lessons and the OPENING LESSON.Useful for teaching the character of God using the "Beyond Yet Still With You" poem, this 5-Pack will help you* lead adult discussions,* teach introductory theology,* present material in Sunday Schools, and* equip groups of students in Home and Private School settings.A delightful reminder of the constant presence and protecting grace of God, studying "Beyond Yet Still With You" will be a blessing for anyone who has ever felt distant from God. This volume is SPECIFICALLY INTENDED for groups, whether yours is studying basic theology, reading, or prepositions of place, or bringing comfort to people in a group of hurting people. “Beyond” can bring a word of peace and joy to readers and listeners.Sometimes we need to hear a calm voice. Nighttime noises and daytime surprises can cause anytime tears and fears. We need a word of comfort. "Beyond Yet Still With You" is ideal in those moments.“Beyond Yet Still With You” brings the reader and groups words and pictures of joy, peace and comfort.Handling difficult concepts (like figuring out where God is, or wondering if God cares when I am hurt) is challenging. “Beyond” breaks it down into simple terms: God is Beyond, but He is still with us. He is beneath, over, through, in, and above us. We are under His care. Because He is everywhere, He is here and we can have peace.This 5-Pack gives you handouts for your students.“Beyond Yet Still With You” teaches us that God does sometimes seem distant from us. He is so far from us, so "beyond", as to seem inaccessible. God transcends creation. He is Lord of Heaven. But He is also Lord of the earth. Though He is distant, at the same time He is close at hand. He is a nearby powerful friend, an ever-present help in times of trouble. He is immanent.This 5-Pack allows you to give your students a one-page handout for each of eleven lessons.The book and these handouts combine peaceful poetry, original Scripture translations and vibrant illustrations into a single work that explores this “near but far paradox” of God's character. Readers and listeners, students and teachers, counselors and their clients, old and young - all will be reminded that God delights in His people. He protects us with His power. He comforts us with His presence. He watches out for us when we are out on a limb, walking through puddles and going to bed.We can be encouraged by the teachings of this book to understand we are safe because God is transcendent yet involved, distant yet immanent. He is over all, yet He is personally involved. He is "Beyond, Yet Still With You".The book is available in several languages (English, Haitian Creole and Japanese, with versions in French, Spanish, and other languages in the works) and multiple formats (illustrated poem book, coloring book, 13-lesson extended version "Teacher's Kit", and student handouts). The project also includes audio CD and a video DVD as well as a "coloring book" app for your mobile device. It is perfect for counseling settings, VBS, Home School and Sunday School.This Black and White version contains five sets of hand outs for each of the eleven lessons.
A delightful reminder of the constant presence and protecting grace of God, Beyond Yet Still With You will be a blessing for anyone who has ever felt distant from God. Whether you are shopping for a gift for a child or a book to bring comfort to someone who is hurting, “Beyond” can bring a word of peace and joy to readers and listeners.Sometimes we need to hear a calm voice. Nighttime noises and daytime surprises can cause anytime tears and fears. We need a word of comfort. This book is ideal in those moments.Perfect for bedtime reading, gifting to a hurting friend, helping with counselling or just reading for pleasure, “Beyond Yet Still With You” brings the reader words and pictures of joy, peace and comfort.Handling difficult concepts (like figuring out where God is, or wondering if God cares when I am hurt) is challenging. “Beyond” breaks it down into simple terms: God is Beyond, but He is still with us. He is beneath, over, through, in, and above us. We are under His care. Because He is everywhere, He is here and we can have peace.“Beyond Yet Still With You” teaches us that God does sometimes seem distant from us. He is so far from us, so "beyond", as to seem inaccessible. God transcends creation. He is Lord of Heaven. But He is also Lord of the earth. Though He is distant, at the same time He is close at hand. He is a nearby powerful friend, an ever-present help in times of trouble. He is immanent.This book by father/daughter team Steve Jameson, the author, and Erin Brown, the artist, combines peaceful poetry, original Scripture translations and vibrant illustrations into a single work that explores this “near but far paradox” of God's character. Readers and listeners old and young will be reminded that God delights in His people. He protects us with His power. He comforts us with His presence. He watches out for us when we are out on a limb, walking through puddles and going to bed.We can be encouraged by the teachings of this book to understand we are safe because God is transcendent yet involved, distant yet immanent. He is over all, yet He is personally involved. He is "Beyond, Yet Still With You".The book is available in several languages (English, Haitian Creole and Japanese, with versions in French, Spanish, and other languages in the works) and multiple formats (illustrated poem book, coloring book, 13-lesson extended version "Teacher's Kit", and student handouts). The project also includes audio CD and a video DVD as well as a "coloring book" app for your mobile device. It is perfect for counseling settings, VBS, Home School and Sunday School.Gift yourself, your child or a friend with this gift bringing personal peace.
Add your creative touches to this illustrated poem in this coloring book. Delightful as a quiet read, BEYOND: The Coloring Book Edition also is a wonderful resource for comforting people in need. This book is available in Japanese and Haitian Creole, and is being used in both those countries for grief counseling with adults and children. It is also being used to teach about the everywhere-and-here character of God. He is both transcendent (beyond) and at the same time immanent (here with us). BEYOND: The Coloring Book makes a satisfying gift for people dealing with hurt in their lives, and for people who enjoy a pleasant book written in calming words. Explore the character of God as you explore the "places" where God is ... beyond, above, under, through, in, everywhere and right right. The poem and art in this book will help you enjoy the "quiet places of rest" promised in Isaiah Chapter 32. Jesus said, "Come onto me, all you who are weak and heavy laden, and I will give you rest." This book is one tool that can help you find the rest that Jesus promises.
GC1: Rescued and Restored - Revised Translation We are not lost forever. We were not left on our own. We have a Rescuer Who will restore us to right relationships. Guided Conversations 1: The Story of How God Rescues and Restores His People will help local Haitian leaders and missionaries present God's plan for rescue and restoration. Its teachings are useful for both evangelism and discipleship. Guided Conversations 1 is interlinear, in Creole and English. Team written by a group of Haitian and Anglo church leaders, the text emphasizes the use of ORAL TEACHING STYLES. The book is intended to teach shepherd leaders, who then use oral presentations of this material to take people through a series of questions, discussions and readings to a point of decision. Will we benefit from the Grace of God? Will we embrace the blessing of rescue and restoration offered by God? Or will we choose instead to remain trapped in our sins? Created to be with God but separated from Him by our own sin, we now struggle to restore that lost relationship. But the efforts of humans are not adequate to the task. We are dead in our sins. All our self-directed efforts are fruitless. We cannot raise ourselves from death. Are we therefore lost forever? Have we been left on our own to fight a hopeless battle against overwhelming forces of darkness? Are we doomed to despair? NO. We have a magnificent hope: Thanks be to God Himself, we can share in the victory of Jesus Christ. We can be at peace in our neighborhoods, in our homes and in our hearts. By understanding better the character of God, we can hope for better tomorrows. When we grasp how wide and deep is the love God has for His people and His creation, we can trust Him to carry us through our troubles. Guided Conversations 1 has three parts. First, a section focused on the proper use of oral teaching techniques. Second, a series of seven lessons starting with our need for God, then helping us understand His plan for rescue and restoration, and finally leading us to the point of decision. Third is a presentation of the Bible verses cited in the text. May God bless you in your ministries with Haitians! Also available in electronic and audio formats.
A special BLACK AND WHITE edition of "Beyond Yet Still With You", this book is ideal for use by readers, counselors, teachers, students, adults and children and is suitable for* learning about the nature and character of God,* finding comfort and peace, and* counseling through crisis.Highly interactive, this workbook includes the poem "Beyond, Yet Still With You", the art (presented here in black and white) from the Reader's Edition, key terms, Scripture text and space to journal. This edition is a companion edition which works with "The Teacher's Kit", the full-color illustrated Reader's Edition and the Coloring Book."Beyond: The Workbook In Black and White" is useful not only for personal reading and reflection, but also for * adult discussions,* teaching introductory theology,* Sunday Schools,* Home Schools,* Private Schools."Beyond: The Workbook In Black and White" will work well for supervised or group study and discussion, and for individual reading.A delightful reminder of the constant presence and protecting grace of God, Beyond Yet Still With You will be a blessing for anyone who has ever felt distant from God. Whether you are shopping for a gift for a child or a book to bring comfort to someone who is hurting, “Beyond” can bring a word of peace and joy to readers and listeners.Sometimes we need to hear a calm voice. Nighttime noises and daytime surprises can cause anytime tears and fears. We need a word of comfort. This book is ideal in those moments.Perfect for bedtime reading, gifting to a hurting friend, helping with counselling or just reading for pleasure, “Beyond Yet Still With You” brings the reader words and pictures of joy, peace and comfort.Handling difficult concepts (like figuring out where God is, or wondering if God cares when I am hurt) is challenging. “Beyond” breaks it down into simple terms: God is Beyond, but He is still with us. He is beneath, over, through, in, and above us. We are under His care. Because He is everywhere, He is here and we can have peace.“Beyond Yet Still With You” teaches us that God does sometimes seem distant from us. He is so far from us, so "beyond", as to seem inaccessible. God transcends creation. He is Lord of Heaven. But He is also Lord of the earth. Though He is distant, at the same time He is close at hand. He is a nearby powerful friend, an ever-present help in times of trouble. He is immanent.This book by father/daughter team Steve Jameson, the author, and Erin Brown, the artist, combines peaceful poetry, original Scripture translations and vibrant illustrations into a single work that explores this “near but far paradox” of God's character. Readers and listeners old and young will be reminded that God delights in His people. He protects us with His power. He comforts us with His presence. He watches out for us when we are out on a limb, walking through puddles and going to bed.We can be encouraged by the teachings of this book to understand we are safe because God is transcendent yet involved, distant yet immanent. He is over all, yet He is personally involved. He is "Beyond, Yet Still With You".The book is available in several languages (English, Haitian Creole and Japanese, with versions in French, Spanish, and other languages in the works) and multiple formats (illustrated poem book, coloring book, 13-lesson extended version "Teacher's Kit", and student handouts). The project also includes audio CD and a video DVD as well as a "coloring book" app for your mobile device. It is perfect for counseling settings, VBS, Home School and Sunday School.Gift yourself, your child or a friend with this gift bringing personal peace.
Whether in Japan, the United States, Europe or places beyond, this interactive book will help bring peace to the lives of hurting people. Reading this book and coloring the images will help disarm worry and fear. A gift of this book is a gift of peace. "Beyond" is a book well worth having. This special coloring book edition allows the reader to interact with the text physically, giving tactile reinforcement to the powerful words about God and His desire to work comfort in our lives. The coloring book allows adults and children to express inner thoughts without words, and thus is a wonderful resource for bringing comfort to hurting people. Sometimes we need to hear a calm voice. Nighttime noises and daytime surprises can cause anytime tears and fears. Then we need a word of comfort. Sometimes, though, God seems far away, even inaccessible, because He is "transcendent." (That means God is beyond all that exists.) Yet the Bible tells us He is always close at hand, a powerful friend. He is IMMANENT. (That means He is an ever-present help in times of trouble.) He is far away, but He is near at the same time. Beyond, Yet Still With You combines gentle poetry and illustrations to bring a word of comfort. The poem helps us explore this near/far aspect of God. The reader and the listener are reminded that God delights in His people. He protects us with His power. He comforts us with His presence. He watches out for us when we are out on a limb, walking through puddles and going to bed. He is an ever-present help in times of trouble. The poetry of Steve Jameson and the artwork of Erin Jameson Brown, a father/daughter team, and the lyrical translation work of Machiko Kamiya Whittaker, work together to teach us that we are safe because God is transcendent yet involved, distant yet immanent. He is, therefore, "Beyond, Yet Still With You." To find more peace in your life, or to help another find that peace, bring this book into your life today.
This Special Resource Kit is part of the series of books using the poem "Beyond, Yet Still With You" to teach adults and children about God. The poem can be used - as a counseling asset (Where is God when I hurt so bad?)- as a grammar primer (What are prepositions of place, and how do we use them?),- as an introduction to theology (Where is God? Is He both “here” and “there”?)and in ways you might imagine.These notes will help you teach about the “immanence” and the “transcendence” of God. He is both "here" and "there" concurrently - “Beyond, Yet Still With You”.The poem and this Kit will help in a bigger purpose: by knowing more about God and His character, we will experience more peace.ORGANIZATIONThe poem uses 7 prepositions of place (Beyond, Beneath, Above, Over, Through, In and Under), 2 locator words (Everywhere and Here) and 1 delightful term (Peace) to discuss, in simple terms, two challenging concepts: the location of God, and His ability to help us during times of trial. The first 5 prepositions address the question “Where Is God?”: Beyond, Beneath, Above, Over, and Through. With the word “In”, we begin our transition from “God as subject” to “me as subject”. The word “Under” addresses the question “Where Am I?”. Then comes a word of assurance about God: He is "Everywhere". Lesson 9 teaches that He is Here. Then we wrap up with Lesson 10, a word of Peace: The presence of God brings personal Peace.We also have included a bit of “special” or “bonus” material: (1) an invitation you can use to invite people to class, in both black and white and color; (2) suggestions for an opening lesson using the Psalm 77 adaptation from the book; (3) a review lesson; and (4) ideas for a Special Presentation by the class to an audience. These bonus items are presented in a way that can be easily adapted to local circumstances.Thus the kit has 13 lessons - enough material for a full calendar quarter.Throughout the poem and the lessons, we want to emphasize that the reader or learner is loved by God and protected by God. “Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,” Isaiah wrote in Chapter 32, “how blessed you will be”. Even if it looks like Hell has broken out of its restraints and has come at you full strength, the assurance of God is that He will work all things together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purposes.God will take care of us. He loves us. He is with us, even on the darkest of days.Each preposition of place used in the poem has a four-page treatment in this packet.Page A presents the poem portion, key concept, suggested memory verses, and art.Page B contains a series of verses pulled from the text of Scripture and related to the lesson.Page C has an in-depth treatment of the preposition intended as teacher's background.Page D presents a Classroom Presentation Outline (CPO).GUIDELINESUnder ideal circumstances, the teacher will have the complete four-page handout for the preposition AND additional copies of the first two pages, one per student. Then each student can be sent home with a single sheet of paper which are printed on both sides; side A with the poem portion, art, key concept, and memory verses, and side B with pertinent Scripture verses. The pages in this book are NOT duplication masters. Five-Packs of Student Handouts (pages A and B) can be obtained from HushHarborBooks.com. Also, you can obtain the separate Student Workbook, which includes all pages A and B, plus two additional work pages for each lesson.Teachers should adapt the Classroom Presentation Outline to their class's age and maturity in faith as well as to the class size and time remaining and to the teacher's own style and personality. The CPOs have been carefully structured, but every class setting is unique. Therefore, we encourage you to use our structure as your own class outline, but adapt the activities to your class.
Whether in Japan, the United States, Europe or places beyond, reading this book will help bring peace to the lives of hurting people. Reading this book and enjoying the colorful illustrations will help disarm worry and fear. A gift of this book is a gift of peace. "Beyond" is a book well worth having. The artwork gives reinforcement to the powerful words about God and His desire to work comfort in our lives, and is a wonderful resource for bringing comfort to hurting people. Sometimes we need to hear a calm voice. Nighttime noises and daytime surprises can cause anytime tears and fears. Then we need a word of comfort. Sometimes, though, God seems far away, even inaccessible, because He is "transcendent." (That means God is beyond all that exists.) Yet the Bible tells us He is always close at hand, a powerful friend. He is IMMANENT. (That means He is an ever-present help in times of trouble.) He is far away, but He is near at the same time. "Beyond, Yet Still With You" combines gentle poetry and colorful illustrations to bring a word of comfort. The poem helps us explore this near/far aspect of God. The reader and the listener are reminded that God delights in His people. He protects us with His power. He comforts us with His presence. He watches out for us when we are out on a limb, walking through puddles and going to bed. He is an ever-present help in times of trouble. Reading this book brings the comfort of those concepts to adults and children. The poetry of Steve Jameson and the artwork of Erin Jameson Brown, a father/daughter team, and the lyrical translation work of Machiko Kamiya Whittaker, work together to teach us that we are safe because God is transcendent yet involved, distant yet immanent. God is, therefore, "Beyond, Yet Still With You." To find more peace in your life, or to help another find that peace, bring this book into your life today.
This Special Black and Whiote Edition of the Teacher's Resource Kit is part of the series of books using the poem "Beyond, Yet Still With You" to teach adults and children about God. The poem can be used - as a counseling asset (Where is God when I hurt?)- as a grammar primer (What are prepositions of place, and how do we use them?),- as an introduction to theology (Where is God? Is He both “here” and “there”?)and in ways you might imagine.These notes will help you teach about the “immanence” and the “transcendence” of God. He is both "here" and "there" concurrently - “Beyond, Yet Still With You”.The poem and this Kit will help in a bigger purpose: by knowing more about God and His character, we will experience more peace.ORGANIZATIONThe poem uses 7 prepositions of place (Beyond, Beneath, Above, Over, Through, In and Under), 2 locator words (Everywhere and Here) and 1 delightful term (Peace) to discuss, in simple terms, two challenging concepts: the location of God, and His ability to help us during times of trial. The first 5 prepositions address the question “Where Is God?”: Beyond, Beneath, Above, Over, and Through. With the word “In”, we begin our transition from “God as subject” to “me as subject”. The word “Under” addresses the question “Where Am I?”. Then comes a word of assurance about God: He is "Everywhere". Lesson 9 teaches that He is Here. Then we wrap up with Lesson 10, a word of Peace: The presence of God brings personal Peace.We also have included a bit of “special” or “bonus” material: (1) an invitation you can use to invite people to class, in both black and white and color; (2) suggestions for an opening lesson using the Psalm 77 adaptation from the book; (3) a review lesson; and (4) ideas for a Special Presentation by the class to an audience. These bonus items are presented in a way that can be easily adapted to local circumstances.Thus the kit has 13 lessons - enough material for a full calendar quarter.Throughout the poem and the lessons, we want to emphasize that the reader or learner is loved by God and protected by God. “Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,” Isaiah wrote in Chapter 32, “how blessed you will be”. Even if it looks like Hell has broken out of its restraints and has come at you full strength, the assurance of God is that He will work all things together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purposes.God will take care of us. He loves us. He is with us, even on the darkest of days.Each preposition of place used in the poem has a four-page treatment in this packet.Page A presents the poem portion, key concept, suggested memory verses, and art.Page B contains a series of verses pulled from the text of Scripture and related to the lesson.Page C has an in-depth treatment of the preposition intended as teacher's background.Page D presents a Classroom Presentation Outline (CPO).GUIDELINESUnder ideal circumstances, the teacher will have the complete four-page handout for the preposition AND additional copies of the first two pages, one per student. Then each student can be sent home with a single sheet of paper which are printed on both sides; side A with the poem portion, art, key concept, and memory verses, and side B with pertinent Scripture verses. The pages in this book are NOT duplication masters. Five-Packs of Student Handouts (pages A and B) can be obtained from HushHarborBooks.com. Also, you can obtain the separate Student Workbook, which includes all pages A and B, plus two additional work pages for each lesson.Teachers should adapt the Classroom Presentation Outline to their class's age and maturity in faith as well as to the class size and time remaining and to the teacher's own style and personality. The CPOs have been carefully structured, but every class setting is unique. Therefore, we encourage you to use our structure as your own class outline, but adapt the activities to your class.
A special edition of "Beyond Yet Still With You", this book is ideal for use by readers, counselors, teachers, students, adults and children and is suitable for* learning about the nature and character of God,* finding comfort and peace, and* counseling through crisis.Highly interactive, this workbook includes the poem "Beyond, Yet Still With You", all the color art from the Reader's Edition, key terms, Scripture text and space to journal. This edition is a companion edition which works with "The Teacher's Kit", the Reader's Edition and the Coloring Book."Beyond: The Workbook" is useful not only for personal reading and reflection, but also for * adult discussions,* teaching introductory theology,* Sunday Schools,* Home Schools,* Private Schools."Beyond: The Workbook" will work well for supervised or group study and discussion, and for individual reading.A delightful reminder of the constant presence and protecting grace of God, Beyond Yet Still With You will be a blessing for anyone who has ever felt distant from God. Whether you are shopping for a gift for a child or a book to bring comfort to someone who is hurting, “Beyond” can bring a word of peace and joy to readers and listeners.Sometimes we need to hear a calm voice. Nighttime noises and daytime surprises can cause anytime tears and fears. We need a word of comfort. This book is ideal in those moments.Perfect for bedtime reading, gifting to a hurting friend, helping with counselling or just reading for pleasure, “Beyond Yet Still With You” brings the reader words and pictures of joy, peace and comfort.Handling difficult concepts (like figuring out where God is, or wondering if God cares when I am hurt) is challenging. “Beyond” breaks it down into simple terms: God is Beyond, but He is still with us. He is beneath, over, through, in, and above us. We are under His care. Because He is everywhere, He is here and we can have peace.“Beyond Yet Still With You” teaches us that God does sometimes seem distant from us. He is so far from us, so "beyond", as to seem inaccessible. God transcends creation. He is Lord of Heaven. But He is also Lord of the earth. Though He is distant, at the same time He is close at hand. He is a nearby powerful friend, an ever-present help in times of trouble. He is immanent.This book by Steve Jameson, the author, Karen Jameson, the educator, and Erin Jameson Brown, the artist, combines peaceful poetry, original Scripture translations and vibrant illustrations into a single work that explores this “near but far paradox” of God's character. Readers and listeners old and young will be reminded that God delights in His people. He protects us with His power. He comforts us with His presence. He watches out for us when we are out on a limb, walking through puddles and going to bed.We can be encouraged by the teachings of this book to understand we are safe because God is transcendent yet involved, distant yet immanent. He is over all, yet He is personally involved. He is "Beyond, Yet Still With You".The book is available in several languages (English, Haitian Creole and Japanese, with versions in French, Spanish, and other languages in the works) and multiple formats (illustrated poem book, coloring book, 13-lesson extended version "Teacher's Kit", and student handouts). The project also includes audio CD and a video DVD as well as a "coloring book" app for your mobile device. It is perfect for counseling settings, VBS, Home School and Sunday School.Gift yourself, your child or a friend with this gift bringing personal peace.
In this timely volume, the authors systematically analyze postmodern theory to evaluate its relevance for critical social theory and radical politics today. Best and Kellner provide: * An introduction and critique of the work of Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Laclau and Mouffe, and Jameson, which assess the varying contributions and limitations of postmodern theory * A discussion of postmodern feminist theory and the politics of identity * A systematic study of the origin of the discourse of the postmodern in historical, sociological, cultural, and philosophical studies. The authors claim that while postmodern theory provides insights into contemporary developments, it lacks adequate methodological and political perspectives to provide a critical social theory and radical politics for the present age.
How does science fiction imagine forms of life that are plausible, and yet different from anything that we already know? Fluid Futures is about how science fiction imagines an open future. Science fiction does not claim to predict what will actually happen in times to come. But it offers pictures of potential developments; it narrates the unfolding of possibilities for change that are already implicit, or incipient, in the present moment. As Rod Serling said, science fiction is “the improbable made possible.” The book starts by looking at three tools that are commonly used in science fiction to address futurity: extrapolation, speculation, and fabulation. It goes on to consider concrete examples of how science fiction texts employ these tools to illustrate ways in which the future might be different from – but not entirely discontinuous with – the present-day conditions with which we are familiar. Fluid Futures insists upon the aboutness of science fiction, as it depicts situations and ideas that are at once possible and difficult to grasp. The book then explores how the genre embraces fictionality and narrative, reconceives time, and projects images of possible worlds. The point of the book is not to give a theory of science fiction. Instead, it emphasizes the ways that science fiction texts themselves propose theories, leading readers to reconceive concepts that we have taken for granted.
This book provides an introduction to the historical and theoretical foundations of consumerism. It then moves on to examine the experience of consumption in the areas of space and place, technology, fashion, `popular' music and sport. Throughout, the author brings a critical perspective to bear upon the subject, thus providing a reliable and stimulating guide to a complex and many-sided field.
Stretching from the colonial era to 9/11 and beyond, New York at War is that most rare of books: a work of history that is at once local and international, timely and timeless. Bringing a unique lens to bear on the world's most celebrated and contested city, Jaffe reveals the unimaginable ways the city has changed -- and how it has stubbornly endured -- under threats both external and internal.
Philosophy is defined as the love of wisdom, and college students will certainly admire this Bible-informed introductory level textbook’s fun approach to an often heady subject. The Love of Wisdom is made distinct in its engaging style that includes humor and copious popular culture illustrations to heighten reader interest and clarify important concepts. The book even addresses two key topics often omitted by other texts: political philosophy and aesthetics (beauty and the arts). Students and teachers can also make great use of the study questions for each chapter, a glossary of terms, and further reading suggestions “Well-written, well-argued and highly accessible, The Love of Wisdom is a marvelous example of what an introductory philosophy text should be. Not only do Cowan and Spiegel provide an up-to-date map of the often perplexing philosophical landscape, but they do so in a way which encourages readers to take every thought captive for Christ.” —Doug Blount, Professor in Theological Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary “Cowan and Spiegel provide a thorough, yet accessible, overview of important philosophical themes from a biblical point of view while engaging non-Christian perspectives . . . an instructive, even-handed guide that sets forth fairly the relevant philosophical range of orthodox Christian views. A fine resource!” —Paul Copan, Professor and Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics, Palm Beach Atlantic University
What do contemporary American movies and directors have to say about the relationship between nature and art? How do science fiction films like Steven Spielberg's A.I. and Darren Aronofsky's π represent the apparent oppositions between nature and culture, wild and tame? Steven Dillon's intriguing new volume surveys American cinema from 1990 to 2002 with substantial descriptions of sixty films, emphasizing small-budget independent American film. Directors studied include Steven Soderbergh, Darren Aronofsky, Todd Haynes, Harmony Korine, and Gus Van Sant, as well as more canonical figures like Martin Scorcese, Robert Altman, David Lynch, and Steven Spielberg. The book takes its title and inspiration from Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 film Solaris, a science fiction ghost story that relentlessly explores the relationship between the powers of nature and art. The author argues that American film has the best chance of aesthetic success when it acknowledges that a film is actually a film. The best American movies tell an endless ghost story, as they perform the agonizing nearness and distance of the cinematic image. This groundbreaking commentary examines the rarely seen bridge between select American film directors and their typically more adventurous European counterparts. Filmmakers such as Lynch and Soderbergh are cross-cut together with Tarkovsky and the great French director, Jean-Luc Godard, in order to test the limits and possibilities of American film. Both enthusiastically cinephilic and fiercely critical, this book puts a decade of U.S. film in its global place, as part of an ongoing conversation on nature and art.
One of the most persistent controversies of modern science has dealt with human visual perception. It erupted in Germany during the 1860s as a dispute between physiologists Hermann von Helmholtz, Ewald Hering, and their schools. Well into the twentieth century these groups warred over the origins of our capacity to perceive space, over the retinal mechanisms that mediate color sensations, and over the role of mind, experience, and inference in vision. Here R. Steven Turner explores the impassioned exchanges of those rival schools, both to illuminate the clash of theory and to explore the larger role of controversy in the development of science. Controversy, he suggests, is constitutive of scientific change, and he uses the Helmholtz-Hering dispute to illustrate how polemics and tacit negotiation shape evolving theoretical stances. Turner focuses on the arguments and issues of the dispute, issues that ranged from the interpretation of color blindness and optical illusions to the therapeutic practices of clinical ophthalmology. As well, he focuses on the personalities, institutions, disciplinary structures, and methodological commitments that shaped the dispute, including the schools' rhetorical strategies. He explores the incommensurability of the protagonists' viewpoints and examines the reception of the theories and the changing fortunes of the schools. Finally, Turner traces the controversy into the twentieth century, where the issues continue to inform the study of vision today. Originally published in 1994. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
From Plato to Freud to ecocriticism, the book illustrates dozens of stimulating-and sometimes notoriously complex-perspectives for approaching literature and film. The book offers authoritative, clear, and easy-to-follow explanations of theories that range from established classics to the controversies of current theory. Each chapter offers a conversational, step-by-step explanation of a single theory, critic, or issue, accompanied by concrete examples for applying the concepts and engaging suggestions for related literary readings. Following a section on the foundations of literary theory, the book is organized thematically, with an eye to the best way to develop a real, working understanding of the various theories. Cross-references are particularly important, since it's through the interaction of examples that readers most effectively advance from basic topics and arguments to some of the more specialized and complicated issues. Each chapter is designed to tell a complete story, yet also to reach out to other chapters for development and debate. Literary theorists are hardly unified in their views, and this book reflects the various traditions, agreements, influences, and squabbles that are a part of the field. Special features include hundreds of references to and quotations from novels, stories, plays, poems, movies, and other media. Online resources could also include video and music clips, as well as high-quality examples of visual art mentioned in the book. The book also includes periodic "running" references to selected key titles (such as Frankenstein) in order to illustrate the effect of different theories on a single work.
Since the Romantic period, the critical thinker's enthusiasm has served to substantiate his or her agency in the world. Blake’s Agitation is a thorough and engaging reflection on the dynamic, forward-moving, and active nature of critical thought. Steven Goldsmith investigates the modern notion that there’s a fiery feeling in critical thought, a form of emotion that gives authentic criticism the potential to go beyond interpreting the world. By arousing this critical excitement in readers and practitioners, theoretical writing has the power to alter the course of history, even when the only evidence of its impact is the emotion it arouses. Goldsmith identifies William Blake as a paradigmatic example of a socially critical writer who is moved by enthusiasm and whose work, in turn, inspires enthusiasm in his readers. He traces the particular feeling of engaged, dynamic urgency that characterizes criticism as a mode of action in Blake’s own work, in Blake scholarship, and in recent theoretical writings that identify the heightened affect of critical thought with the potential for genuine historical change. Within each of these horizons, the critical thinker’s enthusiasm serves to substantiate his or her agency in the world, supplying immediate, embodied evidence that criticism is not one thought-form among many but an action of consequence, accessing or even enabling the conditions of new possibility necessary for historical transformation to occur. The resulting picture of the emotional agency of criticism opens up a new angle on Blake’s literary and visual legacy and offers a vivid interrogation of the practical potential of theoretical discourse.
Post-Cinematic Affect is about what it feels like to live in the affluent West in the early 21st century. Specifically, it explores the structure of feeling that is emerging today in tandem with new digital technologies, together with economic globalization and the financialization of more and more human activities. The 20th century was the age of film and television; these dominant media shaped and reflected our cultural sensibilities. In the 21st century, new digital media help to shape and reflect new forms of sensibility. Movies (moving image and sound works) continue to be made, but they have adopted new formal strategies, they are viewed under massively changed conditions, and they address their spectators in different ways than was the case in the 20th century. The book traces these changes, focusing on four recent moving-image works: Nick Hooker's music video for Grace Jones' song Corporate Cannibal; Olivier Assayas' movie Boarding Gate, starring Asia Argento; Richard Kelly's movie Southland Tales, featuring Justin Timberlake, Dwayne Johnson, and other pop culture celebrities; and Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's Gamer.
Behind every wall in every house, there are spiders-spiders with families, communities, and lives of their own. They hunt, spin webs, argue with their parents, avoid bathtubs, and occasionally take pleasure in spooking the humans (and live to tell the tale). For the most part, days are routine; however, for young Bateman, everything changes when he slays the sinister General Raimi, leader of the powerful and vicious Spider Army. Fearing for his life, Bateman flees the confines of The Wall. He's always dreamed of exploring the house and garden, but not as a lone fugitive. Danger looms everywhere, as does the little girl of the house. Unlike the rest of the family she's not in the least bit scared of spiders, and has enjoyed tormenting and torturing the little critters for years. That's why they call her "The She-Devil"-she's every bug's worst nightmare. If Bateman is ever to return to the comfort of his family and friends, he must face the Spider Army's fury and the vengeful General Raimi II. With the thrilling and wickedly funny adventures of Bateman and his unlikely allies, you'll discover what it means to be home and what it takes to be a hero. And you'll never look at your average arachnid in the same way again.
Social Theory in the Real World is concerned with illustrating the practical benefits of social theory. Many students find it hard to relate the real insights provided by social theory to their real life experiences, and many lecturers struggle to demonstrate the relevance of social theory to everyday life. This book offers an accessible, non-patronizing solution to the problem, demonstrating that social theory need not be remote and obscure, but if used in imaginative ways, it can be indispensable in challenging our common sense perceptions and understandings. The book identifies the key themes of contemporary social theory: mass society, postindustrialism, consumerism, postmodernism, McDonaldization, risk and globa
Examines the return of the sublime in post-modernity, and at intimations of a 'post-Romantic' sublime in Romanticism itself. This work looks at 18th-century, Romantic, modernist and post-modern 'inventions' of the sublime alongside contemporary critical accounts of the relationship of sublimity to subjectivity, aesthetics, politics and history.
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