Living With Contradiction

Author : Esther de Waal
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0819224987
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living with Contradiction written by Esther de Waal and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern interpretation the Rule of St. Benedict to infuse Christian spirituality to all aspects of our daily lives These simple and inviting reflections on the Rule of St. Benedict take as their starting point our search for wholeness in a world that is fragmented and increasingly polarized. Many people today struggle to balance the demands of professional and personal lives, and find little satisfaction or peacefulness in either. Yet the ancient wisdom of St. Benedict offers a clear and helpful pathway that leads directly to healing, transformation and new life. Written in de Waal's inimitable style, this book is for old friends of the Rule of St. Benedict and novices alike. Holding up segments of the Rule, de Waal's meditations on Benedict's words illuminate the wisdom of the Rule not only for those of Benedict's time, but for all of us today as well.

Author : Esther De Waal
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848256892
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living with Contradiction written by Esther De Waal and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world, the Church and our personal lives are full of conflict - opposing demands pull us in all directions. This book presents the wisdom of Benedict, which shows how ambiguity and uncertainty can be transformative and healing.

Author : Sean Warren
Publisher : Crown House Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1785832646
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Contradiction written by Sean Warren and published by Crown House Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-authored by Sean Warren and Stephen Bigger, Living Contradiction: A Teacher's Examination of Tension and Disruption in Schools, in Classrooms and in Self charts Warren's journey as an experienced and successful teacher who lost himself in his rigid commitment to upholding standards, and documents his research to find a better way. Values are in vogue in education: they are stated in school policies across the land. They are a list of what the school wants people to think about them and their educational aims that they are caring, effective, and ethical in rooting pedagogy and all educational processes in positive relationships between teachers and pupils. Amidst the reality of classroom life, however, the very best of intentions can be compromised as the insidious influences of power, pressure, and responsibility come to bear. In this candid account, presented in the form of a dual narrative, Warren describes how he adopted a persona infused with control and intolerance as his authoritarian approach to suppressing conflict in the secondary school classroom became increasingly incongruent with his personal values and aspirations as an educator. Then, through undertaking his action research project and engaging in a process of reconceptualisation under co-author Bigger's mentorship,Warren began to explore how he could redefine his classroom leadership and authenticate his teaching practice without compromising standards or authority. Living Contradiction investigates the efficacy of Warren's modified approach and tells the story of how he overcame the incessant demands of tension and disruption by becoming 'confident in uncertainty'. Grappling with both the philosophical and the pragmatic, the authors offer two distinct perspectives in their commentary on Warren's journey supporting their interspersed critical reflections with thought-provoking insights into the methodology and outcomes of Warren's research project. The book is split into five parts and is punctuated throughout with expert surveying of a wide range of related research that challenges the status quo on the effectiveness of punishment and authoritarianism as approaches to behaviour management. Furthermore, in exploring how schooling should be as much about developing motivated citizens as encouraging qualifications, Living Contradiction goes in search of answers to the question that all educationalists must ask: 'What do we want our education system to do for our children?' Suitable for teachers, NQTs, and policy makers, Living Contradiction is a resonatory self-examination of teacher identity and a significant contribution to the debate about how schools and classrooms are run.

Author : Esther De Waal
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848255640
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Life-Giving Way written by Esther De Waal and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reflective commentary explores the Rule of St Benedict from the perspective of someone whose life and faith has been shaped by its gentle wisdom and realism. Its approach is personal and contemplative; it is written for all who seek to deepen their Christian understanding and discipleship.

Author : Edward Conze
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498540147
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Principle of Contradiction written by Edward Conze and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conze’s monograph The Principle of Contradiction: On the Theory of Dialectical Materialism is his most important philosophical work and the foundation for his later publications as a Buddhist scholar and translator. The openly Marxist work was published under considerable risk to both printer and author alike in December 1932 in Hamburg, Germany. Only months later, in May 1933, almost all of the five hundred copies of the first edition were destroyed during the Nazi book burning campaign. It is only now, more than eighty years later, that Conze’s key philosophical work is made available to a broad audience in this English translation. In the work, Conze sets out to develop a detailed account of the historical and material conditions that support the emergence, production, and transmission of theoretical knowledge—as exemplified by the principle of contradiction—and, furthermore, to show that under different social and historical conditions the allegedly necessary truth and indubitable content of the principle would dissolve and be replaced by a radically different understanding of the principle of contradiction—a dialectic understanding of the principle that would compel a rejection of the Aristotelian dogma. From a Marxist perspective, the analysis and critique of the principle of contradiction is a crucial and necessary step towards a dialectical understanding of philosophical (and political) theory and practice. Conze’s monograph, which attempts to clear the ground for a deeper understanding of the very foundation of classical Marxist thought, may very well be the most comprehensive Marxist critique of the Aristotelian principle of contradiction available to this day. However, Conze’s pioneering 1932 monograph goes well beyond the constraints of an orthodox Marxist analysis. His erudite and scholarly account of the history and evolution of the principle of contradiction illuminates the thought of Aristotle, Marx, and Buddha, and provides the groundwork for a new cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach to philosophical theory and practice.

Author : Randy S. Lee
Publisher : Ivy House Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1571975071
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contrast of Contradiction written by Randy S. Lee and published by Ivy House Publishing Group. This book was released on 2010 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as the monotony of life begins to wear on clinical psychologist Dr. Olivia Jeanette, one unique patient unexpectedly enters her life. Together Arell and Dr. Jeanette embark on a psychological journey, retracing Arell's past so that he may find the intangible, central element of CARE he somehow lost in his life. In doing so, Dr. Jeanette embraces Arell's philosophy that life is but a contrast of contradictions. This sentiment is also reflected in the lives of Dr. Jeanette's other patients. As the reader journeys with Arell and Dr. Jeanette through the crossroads of self-discovery?exploring the dynamics of life, love, relationships, and religion?it is discovered that no person is immune to the condition of living.

Author : Alison M Jaggar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429978774
Total Pages : 1446 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living With Contradictions written by Alison M Jaggar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 1446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores some of the moral and public policy issues that divide Western, especially North American, feminists as the twentieth century ends and the twenty-first century begins. It represents an in-house discussion among feminists and their social ethics.

Author : Sophie Yanow
Publisher : Drawn & Quarterly
ISBN 13 : 1770465111
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Contradictions written by Sophie Yanow and published by Drawn & Quarterly. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophie is young and queer and into feminist theory. She decides to study abroad, choosing Paris for no firm reason beyond liking French comics. Feeling a bit lonely and out of place, she’s desperate for community and a sense of belonging. She stumbles into what/who she’s looking for when she meets Zena. An anarchist student-activist committed to veganism and shoplifting, Zena offers Sophie a whole new political ideology that feels electric. Enamored—of Zena, of the idea of living more righteously—Sophie finds herself swept up in a whirlwind friendship that blows her even further from her rural California roots as they embark on a disastrous hitchhiking trip to Amsterdam and Berlin, full of couch surfing, drug tripping, and radical book fairs. Capturing that time in your life where you’re meeting new people and learning about the world—when everything feels vital and urgent—The Contradictions is Sophie Yanow’s fictionalized coming-of-age story. Sophie’s attempts at ideological purity are challenged time and again, putting into question the plausibility of a life of dogma in a world filled with contradictions. Keenly observed, frank, and very funny, The Contradictions speaks to a specific reality while also being incredibly relatable, reminding us that we are all imperfect people in an imperfect world.

Author : Melissa Tombro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942341284
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Autoethnography written by Melissa Tombro and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Teaching Autoethnography: Personal Writing in the Classroom is dedicated to the practice of immersive ethnographic and autoethnographic writing that encourages authors to participate in the communities about which they write. This book draws not only on critical qualitative inquiry methods such as interview and observation, but also on theories and sensibilities from creative writing and performance studies, which encourage self-reflection and narrative composition. Concepts from qualitative inquiry studies, which examine everyday life, are combined with approaches to the creation of character and scene to help writers develop engaging narratives that examine chosen subcultures and the author's position in relation to her research subjects. The book brings together a brief history of first-person qualitative research and writing from the past forty years, examining the evolution of nonfiction and qualitative approaches in relation to the personal essay. A selection of recent student writing in the genre as well as reflective student essays on the experience of conducting research in the classroom is presented in the context of exercises for coursework and beyond. Also explored in detail are guidelines for interviewing and identifying subjects and techniques for creating informed sketches and images that engage the reader. This book provides approaches anyone can use to explore their communities and write about them first-hand. The methods presented can be used for a single assignment in a larger course or to guide an entire semester through many levels and varieties of informed personal writing."--Open Textbook Library.

Author : Esther De Waal
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848255233
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost in Wonder written by Esther De Waal and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining monastic, Celtic and desert traditions, this title offers a practical guide to finding God through the everyday circumstances of life. Seemingly small, insignificant things then become windows through which the light of Christ can shine.