Guide for the Romantically Perplexed

Guide for the Romantically Perplexed
Author: Lisa Aiken
Publisher: Devora Publishing
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2003
Genre: Courtship
ISBN: 9781930143722

"Covers every aspect of Jewish dating, marriage, divorce, and remarriage. For singles, it is a step-by-step guide that helps you find a mate and keep that mate for life. For married, divorced, or remarried couples, this is a self-help manual that really works. - Includes case studies that highlight why people succeed or fail in their interpersonal relationships. - Well documented from both a Jewish and contemporary psychological viewpoint. - Pertinent for Jewish men and women from all levels of the Jewish religious spectrum"--

A Practical Guide to Rabbinic Counseling

A Practical Guide to Rabbinic Counseling
Author: Rabbi Yisrael N. Levitz, PhD
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2012-09-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1580236820

Provides the requisite knowledge and practical guidelines for some of the most common counseling situations. Today's rabbis, in addition to being spiritual leaders of their congregations, are also expected to be competent counselors to members of their community. Yet rabbis often feel inadequately prepared for the difficult challenges of their counseling role. To many, rabbinic counseling appears deceptively simple, requiring no more than good intuition, fair judgment and sincere empathy. Good counseling, in reality, is a complex process requiring a combination of knowledge, skill, self-awareness and an understanding of human dynamics. This groundbreaking book—written specifically for community rabbis and religious counselors—reflects the wisdom of seasoned professionals, who provide clear guidelines and sensible strategies for effective rabbinic counseling.

Benedict XVI: A Guide for the Perplexed

Benedict XVI: A Guide for the Perplexed
Author: Tracey Rowland
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2010-05-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567241653

This is an upper-level introduction to the thought and theology of Pope Benedict XVI. The book explains the foundations of Ratzinger's thought by analysing the theological axes upon which his works turn and helps readers to place his thought in the context of his intellectual antecedents and contemporary interlocutors.

Feminine by Design

Feminine by Design
Author: John D. Garr
Publisher: Golden Key Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2013-05-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0979451450

Women are he product of divine design, the exquisite creation tha God fashioned with careful, meticulous, and loving care. Understanding how and why God created woman enables both women and men to recognize the rightful contributions that God designed women to make for the welfare of humanity. Despite millennia of misguided efforts by men to control and dominate them, women were originally designed by God to be coequal with men and to have complete freedom to use any gift and to fulfill any role that he has given to them. That design is still God's ideal for the God-fashioned woman, and includes the following subjects: Designed to Be Feminine, Designed for Beauty, Designed for Purity and Modesty, Designed for Sexual Fulfillment, Designed for Nurture and Relationship, Designed for Freedom. Whatever your race, ethnicity, gender, faith, or social status, this book and the other volumes in this series will literally set you free from misconceptions that have restricted the roles of women. As you are reconnected with the Hebraic foundations of your faith, you will clearly understand God's original design and purpose for women, and you will begin to help remove obstacles that have kept women from assuming their God-given roles in the family, in society, and especially in the community of faith.

Modernist Literature: A Guide for the Perplexed

Modernist Literature: A Guide for the Perplexed
Author: Peter Childs
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2011-06-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 144114093X

A complete introduction to Modernist writers, ideas and movements that considers the precursors as well as the legacy of Modernist Literature.

Vegetarianism: A Guide for the Perplexed

Vegetarianism: A Guide for the Perplexed
Author: Kerry Walters
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2012-06-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 144114532X

The choice of whether or not to consume animals is more than merely a dietary one. It frequently reflects deep ethical commitments or religious convictions that serve as the bedrock of an entire lifestyle. Proponents of vegetarianism frequently infuriate nonvegetarians, who feel that they're being morally condemned because of what they choose to eat. Vegetarians are frequently infuriated by what they consider to be the nonvegetarians' disregard for the environment and animal-suffering. Vegetarianism: A Guide for the Perplexed offers a much needed survey of the different arguments offered by ethical vegetarians and their critics. In a rigorous but accessible manner, the author scrutinizes the strengths and weaknesses of arguments in defense of vegetarianism based on compassion, rights, interests, eco-feminism, environmentalism, anthrocentrism, and religion. Authors examined include Peter Singer, Tom Regan, Carol J. Adams, and Kathryn Paxton George. As the global climate crisis worsens, population increases, and fossil fuels disappear, ethical and public policy questions about the ethics of diet will become ever more urgent. This book is a useful resource for thinking through the questions.

Hobbes: A Guide for the Perplexed

Hobbes: A Guide for the Perplexed
Author: Stephen J. Finn
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2007-05-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0826488374

This is an undergraduate's guide to Thomas Hoobes, one of the foremost British philosophers, providing clear and detailed interpretation and exploration of his work.

Science Fiction: A Guide for the Perplexed

Science Fiction: A Guide for the Perplexed
Author: Sherryl Vint
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2014-03-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1441102817

From its beginnings in the works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne to the virtual worlds of William Gibson's Neuromancer and The Matrix, Science Fiction: A Guide to the Perplexed helps students navigate the often perplexing worlds of a perennially popular genre. Drawing on literature as well as example from film and television, the book explores the different answers that criticism has offered to the vexed question, 'what is science fiction?' Each chapter of the book includes case studies of key texts, annotated guides to further reading and suggestions for class discussion to help students master the full range of contemporary critical approaches to the field, including the scientific, technological and political contexts in which the genre has flourished. Ranging from an understanding of the genre through the stereotypes of 1930s pulps through more recent claims that we are living in a science fictional moment, this volume will provide a comprehensive overview of this diverse and fascinating genre.

The First Year of Marriage

The First Year of Marriage
Author: Abraham J. Twerski
Publisher: Mesorah Publications
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2004
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781578194322

Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski's powerful insights and skilled practicality once again come to the fore as he speaks to couples embarking on their first year of marriage. How strange it is, he remarks in his introduction, that countless hours are