Aimed at Technology and Home Economics teachers who are involved in teaching PSE, this series of six books will help cover the six cross-curricular themes in the National Curriculum.
Why do Sikh men wear turbans? What is a guru? What is the symbol of the Sikh religion? Discover the rich cultural background behind this major world religion. Find out where Sikhism originated, trace its history, and explore the meanings of its symbols. Explore the Sikh holy books and religious teachings. Learn about major festivals, celebrations, and rites of passage. Meet young people from around the world who share their reflections about Sikhism.
History - Gods and goddesses - Caste system - Worship in the home - Pilgrimage - Celebrations - Family occasions - Childhood - Marriage - Death and reincarnation.
An overview of the beliefs and customs of Judaism, including an introduction to sacred texts, a history of the religion, important holidays, and worship practices around the world.
An overview of the beliefs and customs of Christianity, including an introduction to sacred texts, a history of the religion, important holidays, and worship practices around the world.
Which is the holiest city for Muslims? What does the Qur'an teach? Why do Muslims fast during Ramadan? Islam explores typical places of worship for Muslims, as well as major sites and places of pilgrimage around the world. There are clear explanations of Islam's holy books, symbols, teachings and forms of worship, and how these affect moral and social issues. The significance of major festivals and life's rites of passage is also covered, backed up with personal accounts from young people from all over the world. Features include: extracts from holy writings, timelines of key events in world history and key events in each religion, personal accounts, full glossary and index. Book jacket.
Winner of the 2019 Zia Book Award from New Mexico Press Women Winner of the 2017 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award's Tony Hillerman Fiction Award Fresh out of college, Santiago Silva begins his dream career in San Francisco, only to receive shocking news from home in Esperanza, New Mexico. A woman he briefly dated has reappeared with a three-year-old son she swears Santiago fathered. She claims they are in danger. Confronting the unfolding crisis in New Mexico, Santiago faces a soul-wrenching crossroads between the new life he has worked so hard to achieve and the undeniable pull of Esperanza. Long Night Moon continues the story of the Vigils and the Silvas, begun in the authors' first two award-winning novels, Sunlight and Shadow and A Growing Season, depicting a complicated extended family in New Mexico's beautiful Rio Grande Valley.
Each year in the UK, 225,000 people are diagnosed with dementia. The implications for aging church congregations, and for the Christian mission to people throughout their lives, are considerable. God In Fragments aims to equip those engaged in or preparing for ministry to people with dementia. It explores the theological and spiritual challenges of dementia, suggests practical ways to help those living with dementia participate in worship, and offers a wide range of prayers and worship outlines. • Part One offers theological reflection on living with dementia, spiritual awareness, creating dementia-friendly churches and accessible worship. • Part Two contains services, prayers, readings and activities suitable for those with dementia, for use in formal or informal church contexts, church cafés, care homes and hospitals. In an Afterword, Samuel Wells reflects on unlocking the gates of memory.
This book takes an international approach reflecting the increasingly global nature of the field, and addresses the serious issues created by the 'wired consumer' and the interactive shopping revolution.
Indicates the meanings, sources, and pronunciations of thousands of names from cultures throughout the world as well as astrological names, and gives tips on creating original names
Retailers and manufacturers spill the beans in this consumer guide that dispells little-known myths and reveals cover-ups in the buying and selling business.
Three murders are committed in a small Yorkshire village. Seasoned senior officer, Saul Catchpole, and his team, get drafted in to solve them. Operation Cain is launched to find the killer and early on the clues seem to lead to the local agricultural college where, on closer inspection, things are not quite what they seem to be, particularly among the students. Saul soon realises that the murders are only a part of what's going on, and there is a much bigger picture emerging of drugs, explosives and assassinations of foreign dignitaries. To cap it off, he also comes to realise that some of the people in his own force are not what they seem.
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