Provides guidance on deepening the spiritual insight gained during Lent, offering ideas for inserting formal prayer times into everyday life, suggested meditations, and areas upon which to reflect.
This book profiles two countries which give strong support to parental choice in schooling (The Netherlands and Belgium) and two others that maintain a strong state role in controlling education (Germ
Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari have arguably gone further than anyone in contemporary philosophy in affirming a philosophy of creation, one that both establishes and encourages a clear ethical impe
Exploration of how religion has been defined, the influences Christian thinking has had on fundamental religious acts and our interpretation of them in Western society.
The series this volume is a part of profiles people who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding, and reception of Shakespeare, both in Britain and internationally. The goa
Subordinated King studies the conception of kingship, and its status, powers and authority in Talmudic literature. The book deals with the conception of kingship against the background of the differen
Writer, journalist and broadcaster the author makes a modern-day pilgrimage around some of the most ancient religious sites in Britain, to take the spiritual temperature of an age often described as s
"With beautiful clarity and calm passion, Mark Hart sets out a Christian understanding of living in the world. The joyful centre of Christian faith is that the world is pointless: it is made out of Go
Journeys to the heart of the great treasure-house of pre-Iconoclastic icons at Mt Sinai to celebrate its unique historical and spiritual value, and to reveal the spirituality and devotional practices
Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and in
`Between Remembering and Forgetting almost made me weep. It is a clarion call to everyone concerned to recognise that people with dementia, from its mildest to its most severe forms, can still communi
In 21st century Britain, we are increasingly concerned about the effect of the modern world on our children's health and well-being. While different secular agencies have had an important role to pla
A collection of short pieces designed to be read on the bus or in the bath, as one would a magazine column. Each piece takes a wry look at the world and reflects on the questions of
The way that we feel is governed by two separate and often conflicting dispositions: instinct and emotion. Instincts are inherent and unlearned; they provide us with deeply ingraine
Explores the peak and decline of the city of Constantinople in the thirteenth century, focusing on the connections between the supernatural and religious influences dominating the city, its politics,
The outstanding quality of Richard Hoggart's new book is its charm. In the style of Montaigne, Hoggart looks back over his years and pinpoints those human qualities which have come to mean most to him
This title contains one hundred ideas for assemblies in the primary school suitable for ages 5 to 11. Some assemblies will be religious and some will be secular, the former will contain stories from m
All students can think more creatively. And all students' writing can be improved through a thinking skills agenda. The emphasis in this Pocket PAL is on engaging boys with writing, but the ideas and
This brilliant little guide presents a digestible and user-friendly introduction to providing for able and talented children across the age ranges. The essential underlying principles in providing fo
'Halliday's investigations into grammatical metaphor take us deeply into the way we construct and expand meanings, starting with representations of concrete experien
Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specific
The new edition of this extremely practical guide equips teachers with a huge number of strategies for improving pupils' mathematics and problem-solving skills in the classroom. Mike Ollerton shows ho
Truth has always been a central preoccupation of philosophy in allits forms and traditions. Yet in the late twentieth century truth became suddenly rather unfashionable. The precedence given to assort
Students often think that science is a boring and difficult subject with no relevance to their every day lifes. 100 Ideas for Teaching Science contains creative ideas on putting the 'wow' factor back
Laura-Jane Fisher provides one hundred ideas on how to survive the first year of teaching. This book deals with a wide range of issues from coping with the long working hours and managing difficult cl
Furedi (sociology, U. of Kent) believes there is little ideological difference between left and right these days. Instead he finds most politics to be governed by a "vulnerability paradigm" that, in h
Since the publication of the ground-breaking report "All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education" in 1999, creativity has been the buzzword in education. However, despite various initiatives to
Genre theory in the past few years has contributed immensely to our understanding of the way discourse is used in academic, professional and institutional contexts. However, its development has been c
There is no better book than this to introduce any reader to the New Testament.Gerd Theissen presents all the main issues straightforwardly, but with a depth of scholarship and brilliance of analysis
