David Winter offers a wise and lucid guide to reading and understanding the Bible. Areas covered include: the 'story' told by the Bible; how to distinguish between the different writings in the Bible e.g. What is history? What is poetry? What is allegory? what it means when Christians claim that the Bible is inspired; how to begin reading the Bible; questions raised by modern scholarship
David Winter offers a wise and lucid guide to reading and understanding the Bible. Areas covered include: the 'story' told by the Bible; how to distin...
'All we can do is pray.' How often we hear these words in the wake of a disaster or a tragedy. At certain moments of great sorrow - or great joy - praying seems as natural as breathing. The Nation's Favourite Prayers brings together a selection of prayers - both classic and modern - that can be used in a wide range of situations. In the first part of the book, David Winter explores the importance of prayer and offers guidance on different approaches. The second part of the book contains 40 prayers, giving the background to each prayer as well as the full text. Famous prayers featured include:...
'All we can do is pray.' How often we hear these words in the wake of a disaster or a tragedy. At certain moments of great sorrow - or great joy - pra...
This book marks an important watershed in the development of psychotherapy. A lack of relative knowledge of research in psychotherapy, a history of apparent defensiveness in being evaluated, and a reluctance to work with universities has developed in psychotherapy, all of which threaten it with further marginalization. This book provides examples of how psychotherapeutic research and the abilities to carry it out can help the practicing psychotherapist. The papers represent a cross-section of current research thinking from within the UKCP, North America, and Continental Europe. It is hoped...
This book marks an important watershed in the development of psychotherapy. A lack of relative knowledge of research in psychotherapy, a history of ap...
The World Library of Mental Health celebrates the important contributions to mental health made by leading experts in their individual fields. Each author has compiled a career-long collection of what they consider to be their finest pieces: extracts from books, journals, articles, major theoretical and practical contributions, and salient research findings. Miller Mair, clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, devoted his life to developing a psychology that provided a radical alternative to the behavioural, and latterly cognitive-behavioural, approaches that have dominated the field. He...
The World Library of Mental Health celebrates the important contributions to mental health made by leading experts in their individual fields. Each au...
This book, based upon a series of psychological research studies, examines Sierra Leone as a case study of a constructivist and narrative perspective on psychological responses to warfare, telling the stories of a range of survivors of the civil war. The authors explore previous research on psychological responses to warfare while providing background information on the Sierra Leone civil war and its context.
Chapters consider particular groups of survivors, including former child soldiers, as well as amputee footballers, mental health service users and providers, and refugees....
This book, based upon a series of psychological research studies, examines Sierra Leone as a case study of a constructivist and narrative perspecti...
Concierge medicine represents a relatively novel health care delivery model that is becoming more appealing both to providers and patients because of its potential to improve quality and value in health care. A gap exists in the current literature regarding the benefits and challenges associated with concierge medicine as well as best practices for developing and sustaining a successful, patient-centered concierge practice. This book aims to close the gap by discussing the role of concierge medicine in the context of the evolving U.S. healthcare system and the changes produced by the...
Concierge medicine represents a relatively novel health care delivery model that is becoming more appealing both to providers and patients because ...
This book explores the manifold ways of knowing-and knowing about- preternatural beings such as demons, angels, fairies, and other spirits that inhabited and were believed to act in early modern European worlds.
This book explores the manifold ways of knowing-and knowing about- preternatural beings such as demons, angels, fairies, and other spirits that inhabi...
