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Eli the Engineer

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Meet Eli. He is 6 years old and believes that he is an engineer because that is what his grandpa calls him.Eli is the middle child and he is very special. He sees things differently than most people. When he looks at something, the gears turn in his head as he imagines what else it could be. Of course, his creative mind coupled with his child's imagination has him coming up with some amazing ... Read more

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Meet Eli. He is 6 years old and believes that he is an engineer because that is what his grandpa calls him.Eli is the middle child and he is very special. He sees things differently than most people. When he looks at something, the gears turn in his head as he imagines what else it could be. Of course, his creative mind coupled with his child's imagination has him coming up with some amazing
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The New Spirituality

An Introduction to Progressive Belief in the Twenty-first Century

by Gordon Lynch ...

Much attention has been given in recent writings about religion to fundamentalism and the 'religious right'. But less attention has been given to their opposite - the emergence of a new generation of progressive religious thinkers and organisations on the 'religious left'. "The New Spirituality" is one of the first books to give a comprehensive and authoritative account of this burgeoning ... Read more

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Much attention has been given in recent writings about religion to fundamentalism and the 'religious right'. But less attention has been given to their opposite - the emergence of a new generation of progressive religious thinkers and organisations on the 'religious left'. "The New Spirituality" is one of the first books to give a comprehensive and authoritative account of this burgeoning
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Pastoral Care & Counselling

by Gordon Lynch ...

Series series Ethics in Practice Series
`I would recommend this text as a basic reading resource for those with an interest in the field as well as those who practice pastoral care and counselling′ - Youth & Policy`This is a useful book that discusses the differences and similarities if pastoral care and counselling′ - Quaker Retreat Group Newsletter`I think Gordon Lynch has produced an admirable introduction to this subject. I believe ... Read more

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`I would recommend this text as a basic reading resource for those with an interest in the field as well as those who practice pastoral care and counselling′ - Youth & Policy`This is a useful book that discusses the differences and similarities if pastoral care and counselling′ - Quaker Retreat Group Newsletter`I think Gordon Lynch has produced an admirable introduction to this subject. I believe
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Remembering Child Migration

Faith, Nation-Building and the Wounds of Charity

by Gordon Lynch ...

Between 1850 and 1970, around three hundred thousand children were sent to new homes through child migration programmes run by churches, charities and religious orders in the United States and the United Kingdom. Intended as humanitarian initiatives to save children from social and moral harm and to build them up as national and imperial citizens, these schemes have in many cases since become the ... Read more

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Between 1850 and 1970, around three hundred thousand children were sent to new homes through child migration programmes run by churches, charities and religious orders in the United States and the United Kingdom. Intended as humanitarian initiatives to save children from social and moral harm and to build them up as national and imperial citizens, these schemes have in many cases since become the
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On the Sacred

by Gordon Lynch ...

Series series Heretics
Progressive, modern societies hold the promise of the triumph of reason and the banishing of primitive, religious impulses to a bygone age. If this statement is orthodoxy to much of Western liberal thought, then Gordon Lynch's On the Sacred is heresy. Challenging the myth of the idealized rational society, Lynch argues that emotionally-charged forms of the sacred remain an inevitable foundation of ... Read more

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Progressive, modern societies hold the promise of the triumph of reason and the banishing of primitive, religious impulses to a bygone age. If this statement is orthodoxy to much of Western liberal thought, then Gordon Lynch's On the Sacred is heresy. Challenging the myth of the idealized rational society, Lynch argues that emotionally-charged forms of the sacred remain an inevitable foundation of
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Clinical Counselling in Pastoral Settings

Edited by Gordon Lynch, John Lees ...

Series series Clinical Counselling in Context
Pastoral counselling has had a significant role in the development of the wider British counselling movement over the past thirty years. Yet this role has often gone unacknowledged, and little has been written about the implications of its distinctive identity within counselling.Clinical Counselling in Pastoral Settings fills this gap by offering an exploration of clinical issues that are ... Read more

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Pastoral counselling has had a significant role in the development of the wider British counselling movement over the past thirty years. Yet this role has often gone unacknowledged, and little has been written about the implications of its distinctive identity within counselling.Clinical Counselling in Pastoral Settings fills this gap by offering an exploration of clinical issues that are
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Religion, Media and Culture: A Reader

Edited by Gordon Lynch, Jolyon Mitchell, Anna Strhan ...

This Reader brings together a selection of key writings to explore the relationship between religion, media and cultures of everyday life. It provides an overview of the main debates and developments in this growing field, focusing on four major themes:Religion, spirituality and consumer cultureMedia and the transformation of religionThe sacred senses: visual, material and audio cultureReligion, ... Read more

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This Reader brings together a selection of key writings to explore the relationship between religion, media and cultures of everyday life. It provides an overview of the main debates and developments in this growing field, focusing on four major themes:Religion, spirituality and consumer cultureMedia and the transformation of religionThe sacred senses: visual, material and audio cultureReligion,
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UK Child Migration to Australia, 1945-1970

A Study in Policy Failure

by Gordon Lynch ...

Series series Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood
This open access book offers an unprecedented analysis of child welfare schemes, situating them in the wider context of post-war policy debates about the care of children. Between 1945 and 1970, an estimated 3,500 children were sent from Britain to Australia, unaccompanied by their parents, through child migration schemes funded by the Australian and British Governments and delivered by churches, ... Read more

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This open access book offers an unprecedented analysis of child welfare schemes, situating them in the wider context of post-war policy debates about the care of children. Between 1945 and 1970, an estimated 3,500 children were sent from Britain to Australia, unaccompanied by their parents, through child migration schemes funded by the Australian and British Governments and delivered by churches,
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Faith in the Public Square

by The Rt Hon Rowan Williams ...

Archbishop Rowan Williams is the most gifted Anglican priest of his generation. His views are consistent and orthodox and yet he has been consistently misunderstood - especially in relation to his views on contemporary society, public morality and the common good.In this, the final published work of his Archepiscopate, Dr Williams has assembled a series of chapters on matters of immediate public ... Read more

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Archbishop Rowan Williams is the most gifted Anglican priest of his generation. His views are consistent and orthodox and yet he has been consistently misunderstood - especially in relation to his views on contemporary society, public morality and the common good.In this, the final published work of his Archepiscopate, Dr Williams has assembled a series of chapters on matters of immediate public
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Independence or Union

Scotland's Past and Scotland's Present

by T. M. Devine ...

There can be no relationship in Europe's history more creative, significant, vexed and uneasy than that between Scotland and England. From the Middle Ages onwards the island of Britain has been shaped by the unique dynamic between Edinburgh and London, exchanging inhabitants, monarchs, money and ideas, sometimes in a spirit of friendship and at others in a spirit of murderous dislike.Tom Devine's ... Read more

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There can be no relationship in Europe's history more creative, significant, vexed and uneasy than that between Scotland and England. From the Middle Ages onwards the island of Britain has been shaped by the unique dynamic between Edinburgh and London, exchanging inhabitants, monarchs, money and ideas, sometimes in a spirit of friendship and at others in a spirit of murderous dislike.Tom Devine's
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Harold Wilson

The Unprincipled Prime Minister?: A Reappraisal of Harold Wilson

Edited by Andrew S. Crines, Kevin Hickson ...

This year marks the centenary of Harold Wilson's birth, the fiftieth anniversary of his most impressive general election victory and forty years since his dramatic resignation as Prime Minister. He was one of the longest-serving premiers of the twentieth century, having won a staggering four general elections, yet, despite this monumental record, his place in Labour's history remains somewhat ... Read more

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This year marks the centenary of Harold Wilson's birth, the fiftieth anniversary of his most impressive general election victory and forty years since his dramatic resignation as Prime Minister. He was one of the longest-serving premiers of the twentieth century, having won a staggering four general elections, yet, despite this monumental record, his place in Labour's history remains somewhat
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Reality Isn't What It Used to Be

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Anderson reveals the reality of postmodernism in politics, popular culture, religion, literary criticism, art, and philosophy -- making sense of everything from deconstructionism to punk. ... Read more

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