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  • De-Ableizing Religion and Disability

    Survival, Resistance, Flourishing

    Edited by Heike Peckruhn, Kirk VanGilder ...
    De-Ableizing Religion and Disability gathers new scholarship engaging both critical disability studies frameworks and the field of religious studies. In adopting decolonizing stances, the authors engage a variety of global religious contexts to interrogate and identify new avenues at the intersection of disability and religion.The book explores the themes of survival, resistance, and flourishing ... Read more

    $81.76 CAD

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  • How God Becomes Real

    Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others

    by T.M. Luhrmann ...
    The hard work required to make God real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faithHow do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people—as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has shown. But it isn’t easy to maintain a sense that there are invisible ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • Big Gods

    How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict

    by Ara Norenzayan ...
    How did human societies scale up from small, tight-knit groups of hunter-gatherers to the large, anonymous, cooperative societies of today--even though anonymity is the enemy of cooperation? How did organized religions with "Big Gods"--the great monotheistic and polytheistic faiths--spread to colonize most minds in the world? In Big Gods, Ara Norenzayan makes the surprising and provocative ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Diversity, Culture and Counselling

    A Canadian Perspective

    by M. Honore France, Mara del Carmen Rodriguez, Geoffrey G. Hett ...
    A uniquely Canadian approach to multicultural counsellingIn a country as diverse as Canada, a multicultural counselling approach provides an essential starting point for working with people from different ethnicities, sexualities, gender identities, abilities and religious backgrounds. Bringing Canadian perspectives to the field of multicultural counselling, this collection provides practical ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • The Spiritual Gift of Madness

    The Failure of Psychiatry and the Rise of the Mad Pride Movement

    by Seth Farber, Ph.D. ...
    A bold call for the “insane” to reclaim their rightful role as prophets of spiritual and cultural transformation• Explains how many of those diagnosed as schizophrenic, bipolar, and other forms of “madness” are not ill but experiencing a spiritual awakening• Explores the rise of Mad Pride and the mental patients’ liberation movement• Reveals how those seen as “mad” must embrace their spiritual ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • God Is Watching You

    How the Fear of God Makes Us Human

    by Dominic Johnson ...
    "And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die." The biblical story of the flood crystalizes--in its terrifying, dramatic simplicity--the universally recognized concept of divine punishment. For millennia human civilizations have relied on such beliefs to ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • The Disabled God

    Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability

    by Nancy L. Eiesland ...
    Draws on themes of the disability-rights movement to identify people with disabilities as members of a socially disadvantaged minority group rather than as individuals who need to adjust. Highlights the hidden history of people with disabilities in church and society. Proclaiming the emancipatory presence of the disabled God, the author maintains the vital importance of the relationship between ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Spiritual Resources in Family Therapy

    Edited by Froma Walsh, PhD, MSW ...
    Exploring the role of spirituality in couple and family relationships, this successful text and practitioner guide illustrates ways to tap spiritual resources for coping, healing, and resilience. Leading experts in family therapy and pastoral care discuss how faith beliefs and practices can foster personal and relational well-being, how religious conflicts or a spiritual void can contribute to ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Religion

    What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters

    by Christian Smith ...
    A groundbreaking new theory of religionReligion remains an important influence in the world today, yet the social sciences are still not adequately equipped to understand and explain it. This book builds on recent developments in science, theory, and philosophy to advance an innovative theory of religion that goes beyond the problematic theoretical paradigms of the past.Drawing on the philosophy ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • A Peaceable Psychology

    Christian Therapy in a World of Many Cultures

    by Alvin Dueck, Kevin Reimer ...
    In the past century psychology has been practiced in the manner of medical science, working from the assumption that therapy can transcend particular ethnic and religious traditions. Seeking to move the conversation forward, this book argues for a theologically, culturally, and politically sensitive psychotherapy whereby the Christian psychologist treats the patient according to the particulars of ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Why Gods Persist

    A Scientific Approach to Religion

    by Robert A. Hinde, Robert Hinde ...
    What is it about religion that appeals to people? Why do religions and religious beliefs persist in the face of increasing secularisation, harsh criticism and even political persecution? Robert Hinde argues that it is not enough simply to criticize religion, we must understand it - not only how it causes so much conflict, but also how it brings comfort to many.Hinde, a distinguished scientist, ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality

    Edited by Edward B. Davis, Everett L. Worthington Jr., Sarah A. Schnitker ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This handbook aims to bridge the gap between the fields of positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality. It is the authoritative guide to the intersections among religion, spirituality, and positive psychology and includes the following sections: (1) historical and theoretical considerations, (2) methodological considerations, (3) cultural considerations, (4) developmental ... Read more

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