Download or read book Transformative Words written by Juhani Ihanus and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the transformative functions of words, literature, writing, and biblio/poetry therapy, approaching the subject through narrative and cultural psychology, storytelling, and shareable meaning making. The dialogic mind is described as trembling in a textual web of memories, metaphors, fantasies, transferences and poetic language, and even revising the different versions of the unconscious. The backgrounds, aims, methods, and processes of biblio/poetry therapy are elaborated by presenting how storying the self and the writing of otherness and identities enhance personal development, attune emotionally, autobiographically, and socially meaningful experiences, bridging knowledge and emotion and supporting growth and transformation.Juhani Ihanus, PhD, is Adjunct Professor of Cultural Psychology (University of Helsinki), and Art Education and Art Psychology (Aalto University). He is a pioneer of European biblio/poetry therapy, and a prolific author for over 450 publications in the fields of psychology, culture, literature, and visual arts.
Download or read book The Transformative Humanities written by Mikhail Epstein and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distinguished scholar Mikhail Epstein offers a re-assessment of the role of the humanities and advocates their constructive potential for the society and intellectual culture of the future. In his famous classification of the sciences, Francis Bacon not only catalogued those branches of knowledge that already existed in his time, but also anticipated the new disciplines he believed would emerge in the future: the "desirable sciences." In this open access publication, Mikhail Epstein echoes, in part, Bacon's vision and outlines the "desirable" disciplines and methodologies that may emerge in the humanities in response to the new realities of the twenty-first century. Are the humanities a purely scholarly field, or should they have some active, constructive supplement? We know that technology serves as the practical extension of the natural sciences, and politics as the extension of the social sciences. Both technology and politics are designed to transform what their respective disciplines study objectively. The Transformative Humanities: A Manifesto addresses the question: Is there any activity in the humanities that would correspond to the transformative status of technology and politics? It argues that we need a practical branch of the humanities which functions similarly to technology and politics, but is specific to the cultural domain. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on bloomsburycollections.com.
Download or read book Transformative Language Arts in Action written by Ruth Farmer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformative Language Arts, an emerging field and profession, calls on us to use writing, storytelling, theater, music, expressive and other arts for social change, personal growth, and culture shift. In this landmark anthology, Transformative Language Artists share their stories, scholarship and practices for a more just and peaceful world, from a Hmong storyteller and spoken word artist weaving traditions with contemporary immigrant challenges in Philadelphia, to a playwright raising awareness of AIDS/HIV prevention. Read the stories, consider the questions raised, and find inspiration and tools in using words as a vehicle for transformation through essays on the challenge of dominant stories, public housing women writing for their lives, histories and communities at the margins, singing as political action, the convergence of theology and poetics, women's self-leadership, embodied writing, and healing the self, others, and nature through TLA. The anthology also includes “snapshots,” short features on transformative language artists who make their livings and lives working with people of all ages and backgrounds to speak their truths, and change their communities.
Download or read book Together for the World written by Wagenman, Michael R. and published by Lexham Press. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The disciples and early Christians faced doubt, opposition, and threats--just like many Christians do today. In Together with the World, Michael Wagenman shows how the book of Acts can help modern Christians respond to crisis and critique in our contemporary world. The book of Acts is about more than simply the beginning of church history. In Together for the World we find a group of disciples, empowered by the Holy Spirit, following God's call to spread the good news.
Download or read book The Word Collector written by Peter H. Reynolds and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beloved bestselling creator of The Dot and our own Happy Dreamer comes an inspiring story about the transformative and profound power of words. Some people collect stamps.Some people collect coins.Some people collect art.And Jerome?Jerome collected words . . . In this extraordinary new tale from Peter H. Reynolds, Jerome discovers the magic of the words all around him -- short and sweet words, two-syllable treats, and multisyllable words that sound like little songs. Words that connect, transform, and empower. From the creator of The Dot and Happy Dreamer comes a celebration of finding your own words -- and the impact you can have when you share them with the world.
Download or read book Saved by a Poem written by Kim Rosen and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can someone really be saved by a poem? In Kim Rosen’s book, the answer is a resounding "Yes!" Poetry, the most ancient form of prayer, is a necessary medicine for our times: a companion through difficulty; a guide when we are lost; a salve when we are wounded; and a conduit to an inner source of joy, freedom, and insight. Whether you are a lover of poetry or have yet to discover its power, Rosen offers a new way to experience a poem. She encourages you to feel the poem as you might an affirmation or sacred text, which can align every level of your being. In an uncertain world, Saved by a Poem is an emphatic call to cultivate the ever-renewable resources of the heart. Through poetry, the unspeakable can be spoken, the unendurable endured, and the miraculous shared. Weaving teaching, story, verse, and memoir, Rosen guides you to find a poem that speaks to you so you can take it into your life and become a voice for its wisdom in the world. Inspirational audio download included! Featuring the voices of well-known authors reading a favorite poem and discussing its personal significance: Joan Borysenko, Andrew Harvey, Jane Hirshfield, Marie Howe, Grace Yi-Nan Howe, Robert Holden, Stanley Kunitz, Elizabeth Lesser, Thomas Moore, Christiane Northrup, Cheryl Richardson, Kim Rosen, and Geneen Roth.
Download or read book Global and Transformative Approaches Toward Linguistic Diversity written by DeCapua, Sarah E. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-06-24 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world of diversity brings along the necessity for multilingual perspectives. People must unite and understand each other more than ever before to overcome the challenges of miscommunication across borders. Today’s educators aim to value linguistic diversity in their daily curriculums to encourage emotional intelligence and empathy for new generations to alter the world into a more civilized and peaceful setting. Global and Transformative Approaches Toward Linguistic Diversity discusses pedagogical approaches to including linguistic diversity in a classroom setting. This book also explores questions and critiques on linguistic diversity as well as themes and thematic questions. Covering topics such as grammatical diversity, multilingualism, and semantic transfer, it serves as an essential resource for pre-service teachers, policymakers, faculty and administration of both K-12 and higher education, TESOL scholars, multilingual writers, activists, linguists, educators, researchers, and academicians.
Download or read book Transformative Design Understanding the Principle Processes and Products written by Soozhee Low and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-10-20 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Transformative Design text and resource for multi-disciplinary designers, individuals and companies seeking to understand and create transformative change or innovation. This resource provides insight and guidance into this unique realm. It delves into the essential principle and three approaches of transformation and also the transformative processes or steps that lead to the creations of unique transformative product outcomes. To accompany this resource is also insight into the author's own transformative experiences as a practicing designer and researcher of Transformative Design and how this knowledge can be applied as a model
Download or read book God Behind the Scenes written by Wayne K. Barkhuizen and published by Lexham Press. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the book of Esther contains no direct references to God, his fingerprints can be found all over it. In God Behind the Scenes, Wayne K. Barkhuizen helps us trace the unseen hand of God throughout the Esther narrative, while pointing out how the book is still relevant today. As we walk through the book, we’ll see how God was indeed active in preserving the people through whom the Messiah, Jesus Christ, would one day come.
Download or read book Now to God Who Is Able written by Neal D. Presa and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The triune God of justice has a mission in the world, which we are called to participate and partner in. The awesome nature of that mission and vision inspires and animates this volume, Now to God Who Is Able. An international array of Christian pastors, scholar activists, parachurch ministry leaders, and community organizers reflect critically on the theological, biblical, contextual, and practical dimensions of what it means to bear witness of the gospel orientated and anchored in God’s justice. Using a trinitarian framework within the prophetic call to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God, this book speaks to the modern challenges and opportunities of the pastoral vocation, ecclesiology, hermeneutics, homiletics, ecumenism, theological education, and missional theology. Each essay and this book honor the more than four decades of ministry of Mark Labberton, who retired as president of Fuller Theological Seminary in 2023.
Download or read book Transformative Change in Western Thought written by Ingo Gildenhard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking volume maps the shifting place and function of marvelous transformations from antiquity to the present day. Shape-shifting, taking animal bodies, miracles, transubstantiation, alchemy, and mutation recur and echo throughout ancient and modern writing and thinking and continue in science fiction today as tales of gene-splicing and hybridisation. The idea of metamorphosis lies in uneasy coexistence with orderly world views and it is often cast out, or attributed to enemies. Augustine and the church fathers consider shape-shifting ungodly; Enlightenment thinkers suppress alchemy as unscientific; genetically-modified wheat and stem-cell research are stigmatised as unnatural. Yet the very possibility of radical transformation inspires hope just as it frightens. A provocative, theorising, trans-historical history, this book ranges across classics, literature, history, philosophy, theology and anthropology. From Homer and Ovid to Proust and H. P. Lovecraft and through figures from Proteus to Kafka's Fly and toSpiderman, four historical surveys are combined with nine case studies to show the malleable, yet persistent, presence of transformation throughout Western cultural history.
Download or read book Words Remembered Texts Renewed written by Jon Davies and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1995-05-01 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To mark the retirement of John F. A. Sawyer, Professor of Religious Studies in the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, colleagues and former students from around the world have contributed studies on his areas of interest: the study of Hebrew, the books of the Jewish Bible, and the culture and traditions of Judaism. The essayists consider not simply the origin of the meaning of word and text, but also the many and strange ways in which word and text become transposed, re-oriented and often enough traduced by later interests and purposes. The roll call of scholars reads: Philip Alexander, Francis Andersen, Graeme Auld, Calvin Carmichael, Robert Carroll, David Clines, Richard Coggins, Jon Davies, Philip Davies, James Dunn, John Elwolde, John Gibson, Graham Harvey, Peter Hayman, Dermot Killingley, Jonathan Magonet, Robert Morgan, Takamitsu Muraoka, Christopher Rowland, Deborah Sawyer, Clyde Curry Smith, Max Sussman, William Telford, Marc Vervenne, Wilfred Watson, Keith Whitelam and Isabel Wollaston.
Download or read book Saturday s Silence written by Richard McLauchlan and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. S. Thomas is recognised globally as one of the major poets of the twentieth century. Such detailed attention as has been paid to the religious dimensions of his work has, however, largely limited itself to such matters as his obsession with the ‘absent God’, his appalled fascination with the mixed cruelty and wonder of a divinely created world, his interest in the world-view of the ‘new physics’, and his increasingly heterodox stance on spiritual matters. What has been largely neglected is his central indebtedness to key features of the ‘classic’ Christian tradition. This book concentrates on one powerful and compelling example of this, reading Thomas’s great body of religious work in the light of the three days that form the centre of the Gospel narrative; the days which tell of the death, entombment and resurrection of Christ.
Download or read book Transformative Talk written by Gavin Grift and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformative Talk assists an aspirant Coach in building their personal capabilities. It draws upon each of the insights and experiences of Cognitive Coaching Training Associates and Agency Trainers who are making it work. Each chapter at varying degrees reflects personal journeys shared with the explicit intention to assist you, the reader, in making connections to your own work and your growth as a coach. The material has been strategically selected to support educators who fulfill a variety of different roles. You will find information, insights and strategies to assist your growth from a variety of perspectives. These include reflections to assist classroom teachers, school leaders, and principals, support staff, coaches, systems leaders, and researchers. It encourages you to unleash the power of Cognitive Coaching for the students and colleagues you work with and in your ongoing goal to build both your identity and capacity as a mediator of thinking. Talking is critical to the complex, challenging, and intrinsically satisfying work of educators. This book provides the reader with the opportunity to continue transforming their talk so they can transform the thinking of others in the process of education.
Download or read book 100 Quotes About Change And Transformation Revised written by Quotes Library and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2024-08-28 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 QUOTES ABOUT CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION THAT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE WISDOM FROM THE AGES ABOUT THIS BOOK: Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery with "100 Quotes About Change And Transformation That Will Transform Your Life - Wisdom From The Ages." In a world often fraught with expectations, pressures, and societal norms, the quest to uncover one's true identity can be both daunting and exhilarating. This collection of quotes serves as a guiding compass, illuminating the path towards embracing authenticity, self-awareness, and personal empowerment. QUOTES SAMPLES: “A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.” – The Art of War by Sun Tzu “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James in The Principles of Psychology “Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.” – Bruce Lee: Artist of Life by Bruce Lee “All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.” – The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” – The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
Download or read book 100 Quotes About Change And Transformation That Will Transform Your Life Wisdom From The Ages written by The Quotes Library and published by Quotes Library. This book was released on 2024-10-31 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 QUOTES ABOUTCHANGE AND TRANSFORMATIONTHAT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFEWISDOM FROM THE AGESABOUT THIS BOOK:Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery with "100 Quotes About Change And Transformation That Will Transform Your Life - Wisdom From The Ages." In a world often fraught with expectations, pressures, and societal norms, the quest to uncover one's true identity can be both daunting and exhilarating. This collection of quotes serves as a guiding compass, illuminating the path towards embracing authenticity, self-awareness, and personal empowerment.QUOTES SAMPLES:A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it. The Art of War by Sun TzuAct as if what you do makes a difference. It does. William James in The Principles of PsychologyAdapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own. Bruce Lee: Artist of Life by Bruce LeeAll change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. The Prophet by Kahlil GibranAll great changes are preceded by chaos. The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
Download or read book Takhy l written by G. J. H. van Gelder and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takhyil is a term from Arabic poetics denoting the evocation of images. It has a broad spectrum of connotations throughout classical philosophical poetics and rhetoric, and it is closely linked to the Greek concept of phantasia. This volume is comprised of annotated translations of key texts on this topic from major philosophers and literary theoreticians, including Alfarabi (al-Farabi), Avicenna (Ibn Sina), Averroes (Ibn Rushd), and 'Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani. In her preface, the classicist Anne Sheppard relates takhyil to Greek poetics, and in his introduction, Wolfhart Heinrichs traces the development of the term in the Arabic tradition. The second part of the book contains eight studies on takhyil and various aspects of image-evocation and how it relates to musical theory, literary criticism and rhetoric. The opening essay is by Katrin Kohl, a specialist in European poetics, who places takhyil in the wider context of poetic universals.
