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Gente común, poder extraordinario
by John EckhardtLa Iglesia primitiva nos da un ejemplo perfecto de cómo un pequeño grupo de cristianos comprometidos puede influir en su comunidad y cambiar el mundo. Los apóstoles cambiaron la manera que el Pueblo de Dios vivía. Dondequiera que fueron, lo que creyeron transformó la cultura. En Gente común, poder extraordinario, John Eckhardt le ayuda a entender el propósito y la función de los apóstoles de hoy en día. Utilizando ejemplos de Jesús y la Iglesia primitiva, Eckhardt le muestra la estrategia de Dios para lo apostólico y la base bíblica para su uso y patrón. Descubrirá... •Las características de un apóstol •El rol apropiado y la función de lo apostólico •Las maneras en que Dios usa este don en el mundo de hoy Los apóstoles son pioneros. Predican y enseñan la cultura del Reino de Dios. Este es un reino de amor, humildad, poder, autoridad y servicio. A través de adiestramiento, enseñanza, discipulado y relaciones, Dios comienza a otorgarle poderes a las personas en el Espíritu Santo para prepararlos para un servicio más grande. Nuestro mundo necesita personas dispuestas a separarse de la religión y las tradiciones y que sean activadas para sanar, liberar, profetizar y demostrar el Reino de Dios. Es hora de colocar lo apostólico de nuevo en la Iglesia
Gente que sume: Llene su tanque relacional para la vida, el amor y el liderazgo
by John TownsendLas organizaciones saludables precisan líderes saludables y de óptimo nivel. En un entorno cada vez más complejo y competitivo, los líderes necesitan estar a la vanguardia.Los líderes exitosos entienden el mundo de las relaciones. El “factor gente” es de vital importancia para su competencia y enfoque. Dos problemas ralentizan su eficacia:Los líderes son los “originadores” de la mayoría de sus relaciones; es decir que lideran, guían, dirigen, desarrollan, asesoran, entrenan y alientan a aquellos en sus vidas. Si bien ser originadores beneficia a otros, desafortunadamente están en desequilibrio respecto de ser los “destinatarios” o receptores. Tienen muy pocas relaciones clave que los favorezcan, lo que respalda su crecimiento y desarrollo, y en las que pueden sentirse plenamente conocidos y comprendidos.Los líderes gastan demasiada energía con las personas equivocadas. Por naturaleza, son solucionadores de problemas, y emplean su tiempo y atención en las personas que los desgastan. Todo líder puede identificarse con esa “persona del proyecto” que se ha puesto al hombro para intentar corregir, orientar, ayudar, rescatar o reparar, y en la que a veces desperdician su energía durante años, solo para darse cuenta de que no fue un tiempo bien empleado.Los líderes están patas para arriba en sus relaciones, y este libro los ayudará a pararse derechos, enseñándoles sobre estos siete tipos de personas: coaches, camaradas, colegas, relaciones casuales, de cuidado, crónicas y contaminantes.Todo líder necesita cobrar perspectiva y tener a mano herramientas que le ayuden a saber invertir su tiempo sabiamente con las personas adecuadas y evitar las incorrectas. Con esa comprensión y habilidades, se evitarán muchos problemas en el trabajo y en la vida, como ser un funcionamiento cerebral más bajo, pérdida de energía, conflictos de relación, malas decisiones, problemas de concentración, de salud y luchas mentales.
Gentile Christian Identity from Cornelius to Constantine: The Nations, the Parting of the Ways, and Roman Imperial Ideology
by Terence L. DonaldsonOriginally an ascribed identity that cast non-Jewish Christ-believers as an ethnic other, &“gentile&” soon evolved into a much more complex aspect of early Christian identity. Gentile Christian Identity from Cornelius to Constantine is a full historical account of this trajectory, showing how, in the context of &“the parting of the ways,&” the early church increasingly identified itself as a distinctly gentile and anti-Judaic entity, even as it also crafted itself as an alternative to the cosmopolitan project of the Roman Empire. This process of identity construction shaped Christianity&’s legacy, paradoxically establishing it as both a counter-empire and a mimicker of Rome&’s imperial ideology. Drawing on social identity theory and ethnography, Terence Donaldson offers an analysis of gentile Christianity that is thorough and highly relevant to today&’s discourses surrounding identity, ethnicity, and Christian-Jewish relations. As Donaldson shows, a full understanding of the term &“gentile&” is key to understanding the modern Western world and the church as we know it.
Gentle And Lowly: The Heart Of Christ For Sinners And Sufferers
by Dane C. OrtlundChristians can easily feel that Jesus is perpetually disappointed and frustrated, maybe even close to giving up on them. They know what Christ has done for them―but who is he? How does he feel about his people amid all their sins and failures? In Matthew 11, Jesus describes himself as “gentle and lowly in heart,” longing for his people to find rest in him. This book reflects on his words, diving deep into Bible passages that speak of Christ’s affections for sinners and encouraging believers as they journey, weary and faltering, toward heaven.
Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind
by Francisco J. Varela Jeremy W. HaywardWhat is the essence of the mind? Could computers ever have consciousness? Can compassion be learned? When does consciousness enter the human embryo? These are just some of the many questions that were discussed during a historic meeting that took place between several prominent Western scientists and the Dalai Lama. Gentle Bridges is a chronicle of this extraordinary exchange of ideas.
Gentle Passages: Guiding Your Daughter into Womanhood
by Robin Jones GunnEvery woman who has an adolescent daughter recognizes her own forgotten questions and insecurities mirrored in those bright young eyes. How can she let her know that she understands these changes, too strange and intimate for her daughter to mention? How can she make the passage into womanhood not a shameful, unpleasant experience but a harmonious and joyful one -- an invitation to a treasured role in God's eyes? Robin Jones Gunn shares stories of how this uncertain transition can become the loveliest time in the life of a mother and daughter, inspiring women with special traditions to carry on for generations to come.
Gentle Persuasion
by Cerella SechristCAN SHE DRAG HIM OUT OF PARADISE? Landing reclusive marketing genius Dane Montgomery would be the coup of Ophelia Reid's executive recruiting career-and her ticket to her dream job in Paris. It would also be practically impossible. With Dane firmly entrenched in his idyllic Hawaiian coffee plantation, and his intolerance of headhunters, luring him back to the New York rat race is a long shot. If Ophelia fails, she sacrifices her dream. And if she succeeds, Dane sacrifices his. Neither can afford to give in-or give up. But spending a week with Dane, exploring the island...and their growing attraction...may weaken Ophelia's resolve. And Dane's starting to see that New York has one thing Hawaii doesn't-Ophelia Reid. Too bad she's moving to Paris!
Gentle Persuasion
by Joe AldrichGentle Persuasion is an encouraging appeal of all Christians of all ages and abilities to become part of God's strategy for brings needy men and women to Christ. Join Joe as he explains how cherry pies, hammers and saws, lawn mowers, broken-down cars, chariots of fire, babysitters, duck hunters, llama farmers--and even attack lambs with steel wool--can draw your friends to the Savior.
Gentle Regrets: Thoughts from a life
by Roger ScrutonIn this book the author takes us on a few autobiographical excursions and shares in a moving account the ways in which life brought him to think what he thinks, and to be what he is.
Gentle Shepherding: Pastoral Ethics and Leadership
by Joseph E. Bush Jr.Gentle Shepherding offers a rare balance in an introduction to pastoral ethics, one that identifies deeply with the pastoral vocation and brings it into conversation with a developed body of ethical theory.
Gentleman's Agreement: A Novel
by Laura Z. HobsonThis book concerns the experiences of a young Gentile writer who poses as a Jew in order to secure material on anti-Semitism for a series of magazine articles. A thesis novel concerning the social and economic aspects of anti-Semitism in American life.
Gentling the Bull
by Irmgard SchloeglThe Venerable Myokyo-ni is one of today's most distinguished teachers in the Rinzai Zen tradition. In Gentling the Bull she offers an insightful explanation of the .Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, showing how they are a metaphor of both one's Zen training and spiritual journey.The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, also known as the Ten Bull Pictures, are believed to have been drawn by Kakuan, a twelfth century Chinese Zen master, but became widely used as a means of Zen study in fifteenth-century Japan. They are used in formal Zen training to this day to show the stages of one's realization of enlightenment. Each of the ten pictures is presented here with a preface and general foreword to the series by Chi-Yuan, a monk in the direct line of Kakuan. Myokyo-ni provides a lucid introduction that sets the pictures in their historical context and shows their relevance to modern Zen training. In her own comments on each picture, she discusses how they are representative of our own search for "oneness"- spiritual fulfillment.
Gentling the Bull
by Irmgard SchloeglThe Venerable Myokyo-ni is one of today's most distinguished teachers in the Rinzai Zen tradition. In Gentling the Bull she offers an insightful explanation of the .Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, showing how they are a metaphor of both one's Zen training and spiritual journey.The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, also known as the Ten Bull Pictures, are believed to have been drawn by Kakuan, a twelfth century Chinese Zen master, but became widely used as a means of Zen study in fifteenth-century Japan. They are used in formal Zen training to this day to show the stages of one's realization of enlightenment. Each of the ten pictures is presented here with a preface and general foreword to the series by Chi-Yuan, a monk in the direct line of Kakuan. Myokyo-ni provides a lucid introduction that sets the pictures in their historical context and shows their relevance to modern Zen training. In her own comments on each picture, she discusses how they are representative of our own search for "oneness"- spiritual fulfillment.
Gently Between the Words: Essays and Poems
by Andrew Taylor-TroutmanGently Between the Words guides and instructs our heartsIn his latest collection of essays and poems Taylor-Troutman guides readers through seemingly simple stories of death, life, parenting struggles, successes and failures that speak to larger questions we all face: How do we best spend our time? How can we raise our kids to be kind and confident? Who gives us guidance and wisdom? What does love look like in our lives on a day-to-day basis?In simple and important gestures like cleaning spilled milk with toilet paper, flipping the perfect pancake with your partner, and walking down the beach with your young child, readers find universal truths to guide their own lives regardless of personal circumstances.Gently Between the Words guides and instructs our hearts to keep the endangered language of beauty, love, forgiveness, grace, and sensitivity alive in order that we all might become more and more necessary to the urgency of our times and the dreams of our children. —Jaki Shelton Green, NC Poet Laureate
Gently Down This Dream: Notes on My Sudden Departure
by Hugh Prather Gayle PratherA beautiful final note from the pioneering author of the classic Notes to Myself Gently Down This Dream is a book for those who are tired of striving and suffering and want to awaken to the peace and love that are within us all. When bestselling author Hugh Prather completed this book in 2010, he gave it to his wife and writing partner, Gayle, to shape and edit. He died the next day. The book’s essays, poems, and aphorisms — bravely self-revelatory, relentlessly compassionate, and born out of a lifetime of contemplative practice and counseling work — make for a lovely, and loving, PS to his millions of fans and a winning introduction to his beautiful mind for new fans to come. They present the self-improvement practices that Hugh and Gayle learned in their long life together and later taught. The Prathers’ authentic humor, comfort, and spiritual insights are perfect for the divisive times we live in, offering a way through what can often seem the prison of the self, a reliable means for navigating a world that sometimes feels out of control, and a path to love.
Gentrification around the World, Volume I: Gentrifiers and the Displaced (Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology)
by Jerome Krase Judith N. DeSenaBringing together scholarly but readable essays on the process of gentrification, this two-volume collection addresses the broad question: In what ways does gentrification affect cities, neighborhoods, and the everyday experiences of ordinary people? In this first volume of Gentrification around the World, contributors from various academic disciplines provide individual case studies on gentrification and displacement from around the globe: chapters cover the United States of America, Spain, Brazil, Sweden, Japan, Korea, Morocco, Great Britain, Canada, France, Finland, Peru, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Syria, and Iceland. The qualitative methodologies used in each chapter—which emphasize ethnographic, participatory, and visual approaches that interrogate the representation of gentrification in the arts, film, and other mass media—are themselves a unique and pioneering way of studying gentrification and its consequences worldwide.
Gentrification around the World, Volume II: Innovative Approaches (Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology)
by Jerome Krase Judith N. DeSenaBringing together scholarly but readable essays on the process of gentrification, this two-volume collection addresses the broad question: In what ways does gentrification affect cities, neighborhoods, and the everyday experiences of ordinary people? In this second volume of Gentrification around the World, contributors contemplate different ways of thinking about gentrification and displacement in the abstract and “on-the-ground.” Chapters examine, among other topics, social class, development, im/migration, housing, race relations, political economy, power dynamics, inequality, displacement, social segregation, homogenization, urban policy, planning, and design. The qualitative methodologies used in each chapter—which emphasize ethnographic, participatory, and visual approaches that interrogate the representation of gentrification in the arts, film, and other mass media—are themselves a unique and pioneering way of studying gentrification and its consequences worldwide.
Gentrification: Research and Policy on Urban Displacement Processes (essentials)
by Frank EckardtThis essential presents the state of urban research on gentrification in a condensed form. This term, which has been used in the scientific community since the 1960s, has now also become established in the public debate. It describes how rising rents in the cities and the lack of affordable housing lead to poorer residents being driven out of their neighbourhoods. It becomes clear in what way gentrification is a general principle of urban development and thus poses a considerable challenge to the social mix of our cities. It also shows what political measures should be taken from the perspective of research in order to prevent gentrification.This Springer essential is a translation of the original German 1st edition essentials, Gentrifizierung by Frank Eckardt, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2018. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.
Gentrifizierung: Forschung Und Politik Zu Städtischen Verdrängungsprozessen (Essentials)
by Frank EckardtDieses essential stellt in komprimierter Form den Stand der Stadtforschung zum Thema Gentrifizierung dar. Dieser in der Wissenschaft bereits seit den 1960iger-Jahren verwendete Begriff hat sich inzwischen auch in der öffentlichen Debatte eingebürgert. Er beschreibt, wie steigende Mieten in den Städten und der Mangel an bezahlbaren Wohnraum dazu führen, dass ärmere Bewohnerinnen und -bewohner aus ihren Vierteln verdrängt werden. Dabei wird deutlich, in welcher Weise es sich bei der Gentrifizierung um ein allgemeines Prinzip von Stadtentwicklung handelt und damit eine erhebliche Herausforderung der sozialen Mischung unserer Städte einhergeht. Es wird auch dargestellt, welche politischen Maßnahmen aus Sicht der Forschung ergriffen werden müssten, um Verdrängungen zu verhindern.
Genuine Mediumship Or Invisible Powers
by Swami Bhakta VishitaGenuine Mediumship Or Invisible Powers by Swami Bhakta Vishita is an enlightening and comprehensive guide to the world of mediumship and the exploration of unseen spiritual forces. Written by a master of the occult, this book serves as both a practical manual and a deep philosophical treatise on the nature of mediumistic abilities and the invisible powers that shape our existence.Swami Bhakta Vishita delves into the various types of mediumship, including clairvoyance, clairaudience, psychometry, and spirit communication, providing detailed explanations of how these abilities work and how they can be developed. He offers practical exercises and techniques to help readers cultivate their own mediumistic talents, whether they are beginners or experienced practitioners.Genuine Mediumship also explores the spiritual and ethical dimensions of mediumship, emphasizing the importance of purity of intent and the responsible use of these powers. Swami Bhakta Vishita discusses the role of the medium as a bridge between the physical and spiritual worlds, highlighting the profound impact that genuine mediumship can have on personal growth, healing, and understanding the mysteries of life and death.In addition to practical guidance, the book offers insights into the broader metaphysical principles that govern the interaction between the material and spiritual realms. Vishita’s teachings are rooted in ancient wisdom and esoteric knowledge, making this book a valuable resource for those interested in the deeper aspects of spirituality and the occult.Genuine Mediumship Or Invisible Powers is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand or develop their psychic abilities. Swami Bhakta Vishita’s clear, concise, and compassionate approach makes this book accessible to all who are drawn to the exploration of mediumship and the invisible forces that influence our lives.This timeless work continues to inspire and empower readers, offering a path to unlocking the latent spiritual abilities within us all and connecting with the higher realms of existence.
Genuine Pretending: On the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi
by Hans-Georg Moeller Paul J. D'AmbrosioGenuine Pretending is an innovative and comprehensive new reading of the Zhuangzi that highlights the critical and therapeutic functions of satire and humor. Hans-Georg Moeller and Paul J. D’Ambrosio show how this Daoist classic, contrary to contemporary philosophical readings, distances itself from the pursuit of authenticity and subverts the dominant Confucianism of its time through satirical allegories and ironical reflections.With humor and parody, the Zhuangzi exposes the Confucian demand to commit to socially constructed norms as pretense and hypocrisy. The Confucian pursuit of sincerity establishes exemplary models that one is supposed to emulate. In contrast, the Zhuangzi parodies such venerated representations of wisdom and deconstructs the very notion of sagehood. Instead, it urges a playful, skillful, and unattached engagement with socially mandated duties and obligations. The Zhuangzi expounds the Daoist art of what Moeller and D’Ambrosio call “genuine pretending”: the paradoxical skill of not only surviving but thriving by enacting social roles without being tricked into submitting to them or letting them define one’s identity. A provocative rereading of a Chinese philosophical classic, Genuine Pretending also suggests the value of a Daoist outlook today as a way of seeking existential sanity in an age of mass media’s paradoxical quest for originality.
Geographies of Encounter: The Making and Unmaking of Multi-Religious Spaces
by Marian Burchardt Maria Chiara GiordaThis edited collection explores forms of multi-religious cohabitation as well as the spatial arrangements that underpin and shape them through sixteen chapters that range across disciplines, historical periods, and global geographies. Focusing on interactions between different religious groups and traditions, the authors conceptualize three types of spatial arrangements and explore how they operate ad geographies of encounter; i.e., multi-religious places, multi-religious cities, and multi-religious landscapes. With perspectives from anthropologists, historians, sociologists, and geographers, the book demonstrates the multiple ways in which geographies of interreligious encounters and forms of multi-religious cohabitation have changed throughout history due to their embeddedness id different frameworks of political organization, shifting religious ideologies, and changing forms of human mobility.
Geographies of Knowledge: Science, Scale, and Spatiality in the Nineteenth Century (Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context)
by Robert J. Mayhew; Charles W. J. WithersA path-breaking exploration of how space, place, and scale influenced the production and circulation of scientific knowledge in the nineteenth century.Over the past twenty years, scholars have increasingly questioned not just historical presumptions about the putative rise of modern science during the long nineteenth century but also the geographical contexts for and variability of science during the era. In Geographies of Knowledge, an internationally distinguished array of historians and geographers examine the spatialization of science in the period, tracing the ways in which scale and space are crucial to understanding the production, dissemination, and reception of scientific knowledge in the nineteenth century.Engaging with and extending the influential work of David Livingstone and others on science's spatial dimensions, the book touches on themes of empire, gender, religion, Darwinism, and much more. In exploring the practice of science across four continents, these essays illuminate the importance of geographical perspectives to the study of science and knowledge, and how these ideas made and contested locally could travel the globe.Dealing with everything from the local spaces of the Surrey countryside to the global negotiations that proposed a single prime meridian, from imperial knowledge creation and exploration in Burma, India, and Africa to studies of metropolitan scientific-cum-theological tussles in Belfast and in Confederate America, Geographies of Knowledge outlines an interdisciplinary agenda for the study of science as geographically situated sets of practices in the era of its modern disciplinary construction. More than that, it outlines new possibilities for all those interested in knowledge's spatial characteristics in other periods. Contributors: John A. Agnew, Vinita Damodaran, Diarmid A. Finnegan, Nuala C. Johnson, Dane Kennedy, Robert J. Mayhew, Mark Noll, Ronald L. Numbers, Nicolaas Rupke, Yvonne Sherratt, Charles W. J. Withers
Geography and the Ascension Narrative in Acts
by Matthew SleemanThe book of Acts contains a strong geographical component. Yet readings of Acts typically ignore or marginalise geography's contribution to the construction of the narrative's theology. In this book Matthew Sleeman argues that Jesus' ascension into heaven is foundational for establishing the 'spatiality' of Acts, showing that the narrative's understanding of place and space is shaped decisively by Christ's heavenly location. Drawing on recent advances in geographical theory, Sleeman offers a 'spatial' interpretation that expands our vision of how space and place inform the theological impulses of Acts. Presenting a complement to conventional 'temporal' readings of Acts, he sheds new light on the theology of the book, and suggests new ways of reading not only Acts but also other New Testament texts. Sleeman's work combines innovative biblical scholarship with accessible and informative geographical analysis, and is suitable for those with research and teaching interests in human geography or biblical studies.
Geography of Religion in Japan
by Keisuke MatsuiThis book discusses modern aspects of Japanese religion in terms of cultural geography. To understand the function of religion, it is essential to examine it in the context of local societies. One of the distinguishing characteristics of Japanese religion is its diversity; indeed, it is often remarked that "Japan is a museum of religions. " In this work, the author clarifies some geographical aspects of the complex situation of Japanese religion. Chapter 1 discusses the trend of geographical studies of religion in Japan, of which four types can be identified. Chapter 2 focuses on certain characteristics of Japanese religious traditions by discussing tree worship and the landscape of sacred places. Chapter 3 clarifies regional divisions in the catchment areas of Japanese Shintoism by analyzing the distribution of certain types of believers. The author discusses two case studies: the Kasama Inari Shrine and the Kanamura Shrine. Chapter 4 discusses some modern aspects of sacred places and tourism through two case studies. The first part of the chapter focuses on changes in the types of businesses at the Omotesando of the Naritasan Shinshoji-Monzenmachi, and the following sections examine the revitalization of the local community through the promotion of religious tourism.