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Rekindled Romance & Restoring His Heart: Rekindled Romance\Restoring His Heart
by Lorraine BeattyAuthor Lorraine Beatty brings you two heartwarming novels of redemption and faithRekindled RomanceAfter returning home, Shelby Russell winds up next door to ex-fiancé Matt Durrant. Now a widower with two kids, Matt plans to keep Shelby at arm’s length—even if she’s the logical choice for a nanny. Shelby left him once, and he won’t risk it happening again. But as they bond and he learns the truth about why Shelby’s back, they realize they’ll need courage if they dare hope for a future.Restoring His HeartAfter he crashes his sports car into a gazebo, Adam Holbrook begrudgingly agrees to rebuild it. But when Laura Durrant, the contractor scheduled to help him, shows up, everything changes. As they work amid the sawdust and sweat, Laura teaches him about more than carpentry. She shows him everything he’s missed out on…including love.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire: Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality
by Chantal FiolaWhy don’t more Métis people go to traditional ceremonies? How does going to ceremonies impact Métis identity? In Rekindling the Sacred Fire, Chantal Fiola investigates the relationship between Red River Métis ancestry, Anishinaabe spirituality, and identity, bringing into focus the ongoing historical impacts of colonization upon Métis relationships with spirituality on the Canadian prairies. Using a methodology rooted in an Indigenous world view, Fiola interviews eighteen people with Métis ancestry, or an historic familial connection to the Red River Métis, who participate in Anishinaabe ceremonies, sharing stories about family history, self-identification, and their relationships with Aboriginal and Eurocanadian cultures and spiritualities.
Rekindling the Widower's Heart (Hearts of Hunter Ridge #1)
by Glynna KayeA Future to Build OnAll widower Luke Hunter wants is to raise his three kids—and be left alone. When Delaney Marks arrives in town to oversee the youth group’s house renovation project, Luke decides he must come out of hiding. He’s worried she’s too young to get the job done. He’ll have to keep a close watch on her—and on his heart. Because being with the vibrant girl makes it easy to forget their age difference and to start hoping for a future he doesn’t deserve. As tensions rise over project pressures, Delaney tries to make Luke see that some things are just out of his control—and that he is worthy of happiness…with her.
Rekonstruktionen von Subjektnormen und Subjektivierungen: Eine qualitative Studie über Lifestyle-Normen und deren Relevanz für YouTuber (Film und Bewegtbild in Kultur und Gesellschaft)
by Daniel BurghardtAnhand detaillierter Analysen von YouTube-Videos verdeutlicht das Buch, welch zentrale Rolle Subjektnormen für verschiedene Produzent_innen von Lifestyle-Videos spielen. Hierbei werden sowohl unterschiedliche Normen sichtbar, als auch deren Relationen zum Habitus der Untersuchten, welche sich in Aneignungs-, Passungs- und Spannungsverhältnissen sowie in Widersetzungen ausdrücken. Im Kontext der Subjektivierungsforschung und deren Bezugnahme auf Althusser und Foucault lassen sich jene Ausrichtungen als Subjektivierungen deuten, die mal mehr, mal weniger reflektiert vollzogen werden.
La relación del pacto con Dios, el Espíritu Santo # 3: El agente de cambio, volumen 3
by DR Pensacola H JeffersonLA RELACIÓN DEL PACTO CON DIOS, EL ESPÍRITU SANTO, Volumen 1, trata sobre cómo la “unidad del pacto” está unida por el vínculo del amor SANTO y conectada a través del Espíritu Santo. “…“ Dios con nosotros… ”(Mateo 1:23 LBLA). "... Dios es amor ..." (1 Juan 4: 4-8 KJV). "... Amor ... el VINCULO perfecto de UNIDAD ..." (Colosenses 3:14 LBLA). “… El que se une al Señor, es UN ESPÍRITU… [con Dios, el Padre por medio de Jesucristo, nuestro Señor]…” (1 Corintios 6:17 RV). LA RELACIÓN DEL PACTO CON DIOS, EL ESPÍRITU SANTO, Volumen 2, trata sobre la transformación del alma perdida y espiritualmente muerta en un "alma viviente". “... De modo que si alguno (mujer) está en Cristo, nueva criatura es: las cosas viejas pasaron; he aquí todas son hechas nuevas ... ”(2 Corintios 5:17 RV). "... y el hombre (mujer) se convirtió en un alma viviente (de nuevo) ..." (Génesis 2: 7 KJV). LA RELACIÓN DEL PACTO CON DIOS, EL ESPÍRITU SANTO, Volumen 3, partes A y B, trata sobre la “unidad del pacto” siendo la fuente para suplir TODAS las necesidades del pueblo de Dios: “… Dios suplirá todas [sus necesidades]…” (Filipenses 4:19 LBLA). “… Dios te proveerá generosamente todo lo que necesites…” (2 Corintios 9: 8 NTV). "... [de Dios] ... el Espíritu Santo ... es la FUENTE [de TODO] ..." (1 Corintios 12: 4-11 NTV). Dios, como la FUENTE de TODO, se refiere al Espíritu Santo como el ORIGEN del cual se obtienen principalmente las NECESIDADES de su pueblo. "... Yo soy el Alfa y la Omega ..." (Apocalipsis 1: 8 NASB). “... Yo ... [SOY] ... el primero, y con el postrer ... '" (Isaías 41: 4 NASB). DIOS, el Espíritu Santo), y aparte de [su PALABRA] nada [VIENE] a existir que [haya o VOLVERÁ] a existir ... (Juan 1: 1-4 LBLA). Dios es el ORIGEN. "..." YO SOY QUIÉN SOY ... ”(Éxodo 3: 14-15 NASB).
Una Relación más Estrecha con Dios: Intimidad y Devoción
by Bill VincentTodos debemos aprender a estar en contacto con Dios. Después de leer A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD (Una relación más estrecha con Dios), verás por ti mismo lo que Dios tiene para decir sobre esto. ¿Te has preguntado alguna vez si era posible tener una relación significativa con Dios? Este poderoso estudio de BILL VINCENT te ayudará a descubrir cómo una relación en verdad gratificante con Dios es posible. Los dos últimos capítulos son Lectura diaria de la Biblia y Devociones diarias, para ayudarte a andar por el sendero correcto en tu camino con Dios. Aprenderás, además, cómo la salvación es algo que mantienes encendido en tu interior. Debes mantener el fuego encendido y hay muchas herramientas en A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD que te ayudarán a comenzar tu viaje hacia la verdadera fe. Puedes también obtener la versión que te permite hacer anotaciones dentro del libro.
Relaciones Emocionalmente Sanas: El discipulado que cambia profundamente tus relaciones con los demás
by Peter Scazzero Geri ScazzeroPete y Geri Scazzero desarrollaron el curso de Relaciones emocionalmente sanas durante un período de veintiún años, en el que abordan de manera directa los principios bíblicos centrales para guiarlo a una experiencia de discipulado que cambiará radicalmente su vida. En el curso de Relaciones emocionalmente sanas, aprenderá ocho habilidades prácticas de las relaciones, para desarrollar relaciones maduras y amorosas con otras personas, tales como:• Dejar de leer la mente de los demás y esclarecer sus expectativas• Escuchar con empatía• Subir la cuesta de la integridad• Jugar limpioY como no se puede separar el amar a los demás y el amar a Dios, cada persona también crecerá en su relación personal con Jesús, incorporando la quietud, el silencio y las Escrituras como ritmos diarios. Esta Guía de ejercicios incluye introducciones para cada sesión, preguntas de discusión en grupo, pasos de acción personal y un estudio personal para realizar entre cada sesión. El mismo es parte del Curso de Relaciones emocionalmente sanas, que también incluye los videos y devocionales. Únase a nosotros en un camino poderoso que lo llevará a atravesar una puerta que cambiará para siempre la manera en que ama a Dios, a los demás y a usted mismo.
Relaciones emocionalmente sanas - Día a día: Una jornada de 40 días para cambiar profundamente tus relaciones
by Peter ScazzeroEn este revolucionario libro devocional, Peter Scazzero reintroduce y desarrolla la antigua disciplina espiritual del Oficio Diario. La premisa básica es simple: los cristianos deben pausar intencionalmente dos veces al día para estar con Dios, de modo que la práctica de la presencia de Dios sea una realidad en sus vidas.Con el mismo ritmo poderoso que el devocional Espiritualidad emocionalmente sana, cada día presenta dos oficios: mañana/mediodía y mediodía/noche, donde cada devocional reflexionará sobre temas de relaciones emocionalmente sanas, como clarificar las expectativas, escuchar con empatía y jugar limpio. Los lectores serán guiados a una práctica de transformación que profundizará su caminar diario con Jesús.
Relatable Study Guide: Making Relationships Work
by Louie GiglioFrom the time we are born, relationships are constantly shaping who we are and how we engage with the world around us. Beginning with how we see ourselves, we develop a view of God and others that impacts the way we relate to our parents, navigate friendships, dating relationships and marriage. Relat(able) looks at relationships the way God intended them to be. Because He has gone to extraordinary lengths to relate to us, we have the potential to build incredible relationships with one another. Embracing God's love and receiving His grace changes the way we relate to him, our family, our friends, and ourselves. In this study, Louie Giglio explores the fundamental question of what makes us relatable to others. He shows how God can change our perspective on relationships, give us greater purpose in dating and marriage, bring us peace in the midst of conflict, and help us restore relationships that seem broken beyond repair. The Relat(able) Study Guide includes video discussion questions, Bible exploration, and personal study and reflection materials for in between sessions. Sessions include: 1. The Shovel and the Spoon 2. The Man/Woman in the Mirror 3. A God to Call Father 4. The Friend Everyone Longs for 5. Becoming Someone vs. Finding Someone 6. Handshake of Peace Bonus: Why Date? Bonus: Marriage with a Mission Designed for use with Relat(able): A DVD Study (9780310088745).
Related by Chance, Family by Choice: Transforming Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law Relationships
by Deb DearmondThe caricatures are everywhere, the jokes are inexhaustible, and the stereotypes fill the screens. From Marie Barone (Everyone Loves Raymond) to Viola Fields (Monster-in-Law) to Internet sites and social media pages like ihatemyinlaws.com and a Facebook page for ihatemymotherinlaw there is no shortage of examples of the caustic relationships that can develop between the two women in a man's life. Deb DeArmond and her three daughters-in-laws have conducted their own exhaustive research into the status of the women-in-law relationship. Their research, which incorporated online surveys, interviews, and discussions, included asking about the faith factor in the relationships they studied. Of the respondents, nearly 90 percent claimed they were Christians, and 79 percent said their faith was foundational and guided their actions and decisions. The numbers of those they surveyed who reported that their women-in-law relationships were "bad" were nearly identical to those in a survey conducted by a popular secular website that recorded no statistics on faith. Beyond the statistics and their analysis, Deb brings to this book more than thirty years working with adults to improve communications and deal constructively with conflict. Aside from her research, perhaps the most important asset Deb brings to this work is her own relationship with her three daughters-in-laws that is so obviously and unusually positive that she--and they--are often asked to explain the secret of the relationships they share. This practical and unapologetically scriptural book covers issues of personal perceptions, strained communication, the roles of sons and fathers in the relationship's success, how to begin these relationships on the right foot, and the necessity of trust and love. Deb's one motivating objective is to help women-in- law move from women who are simply related to strong and confident members of a truly spiritual family.
Relating God and the Self: Dynamic Interplay
by Jan-Olav HenriksenReligion is not only about understanding the world - it is just as much about how to develop and shape the self’s experience of itself. Because the religious self is shaped by our symbols of God - and symbols of God are also shaped by the self, theology and philosophy of religion cannot ignore this interplay, or the psychological dimension, when they discuss what symbols of God are adequate and not. By discussing critically different ways the symbol of God functions in the formation of the self, the book develops a nuanced and original approach to the interplay between God and the self. It suggests that play is actually an important metaphor in order to develop a dynamic understanding of religion’s way of relating God and the Self. This approach challenges understandings of religion focussing only its cognitive claims, as well as those who emphasize doctrinal orthodoxy as the most important element in religion.
Relating with More-than-Humans: Interbeing Rituality in a Living World (Palgrave Studies in Anthropology of Sustainability)
by Jean Chamel Yael DansacWithin the social sciences, other-than-human being’s agency has often been denied and interbeings relationships have not been fully addressed. However, many indigenous worldviews and Western contemporary spiritual practices are shaping a very different reality, with various attempts to share the world with non-human beings, animate or inanimate, creating forms of relationships to “the living”.This edited volume documents how humans deal with non-human entities in a large variety of cultural contexts. It focuses on ritual processes and how ritual creativity is mobilised to invent new ways of relating with more-than-humans. Comprising nine case studies, the volume is divided into three main sections that address successively daily interactions, political implications, and spiritual engagements. Cooperative interactions, kinship relations, senses of belonging, traditional healing techniques, non-human beings’ legal personality attribution, transformative experiences, and phenomenological relationalities are examined in various locations: West Africa, Buryatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Mexico, Nepalese Himalayas, Sweden and Wales.
Relating Worlds of Racism: Dehumanisation, Belonging, And The Normativity Of European Whiteness
by Elisa Joy White Philomena Essed Karen Farquharson Kathryn PillayThis international edited collection examines how racism trajectories and manifestations in different locations relate and influence each other. The book unmasks and foregrounds the ways in which notions of European Whiteness have found form in a variety of global contexts that continue to sustain racism as an operational norm resulting in exclusion, violence, human rights violations, isolation and limited full citizenship for individuals who are not racialised as White. The chapters in this book specifically implicate European Whiteness – whether attempting to reflect, negate, or obtain it – in social structures that facilitate and normalise racism. The authors interrogate the dehumanisation of Blackness, arguing that dehumanisation enables the continuation of racism in White dominated societies. As such, the book explores instances of dehumanisation across different contexts, highlighting that although the forms may be locally specific, the outcomes are continually negative for those racialised as Black. The volume is refreshingly extensive in its analyses of racism beyond Europe and the United States, including contributions from Africa, South America and Australia, and illuminates previously unexplored manifestations of racism across the globe.
Relation of the Mineral Salts of the Body to the Signs of the Zodiac
by George W. CareyGeorge Washington Carey (1845-1924) was an American physician known for a number of 1910s 'Chemistry of Life' publications, a subject which he referred to as biochemistry, particularly his 1919 "The Chemistry of Human Life". Carey combined a mixture of religion, astrology, physiology, anatomy, and chemistry, themed particularly with a mineral-based theory of human disease, to develop his theories. Carey is popular among the new-age and homeopathic circles. In the context of a person viewed as a "human molecule", Carey was the first to state that a person's body is a "chemical formula in operation." This title is the first part: "Relation of the Mineral Salts of the Body to the Signs of the Zodiac", of this classic and later publication; "The Zodiac and the Salts of Salvation." With the renewed interest in homeopathy, increased study of astrology and the entrance of the Aquarian Age, this book has gained more importance. It is an attempt to answer all the questions regarding the cell salts.-Print ed.
Relational Apologetics: Defending the Christian Faith with Holiness, Respect, and Truth
by Michael C. SherradDefending the Christian faith by demonstrating its reality.Relational Apologetics is about your life becoming a defense of the Christian faith. Every relationship you have is an opportunity for you to connect people to their creator by displaying your hope, both in word and deed. Defending your faith is not just about answering questions and "proving" that God exists. It is about showing that He is real by the way you live. It is about demonstrating the power of God through your holiness. And it is about drawing people to Jesus through your kindness.Using stories and drawing on personal experiences, Sherrard teaches the importance of holiness, treating skeptics with respect, engaging in authentic conversations instead of shouting matches, and having well thought out answers to the skeptic's questions. The book doesn't delve deeply into the scientific and philosophical arguments for the existence of God and the validity of Christianity. Rather, it provides solid, simple, and easily remembered reasons why one should believe in each. It will also teach essential relational skills that are necessary for talking to skeptics and maintaining healthy relationships with them.
Relational Children's Ministry: Turning Kid-Influencers into Lifelong Disciple Makers
by Dan Lovaglia Jim BurnsChildren’s ministry has the power to change the lives of kids and families. Unfortunately, it’s not always clear that the work a person does with kids is really making a lasting difference. Ask children’s ministry leaders and kid-influencers if they are making the impact on children’s lives as they had hoped and most likely the responses will be mixed. And for good reason. Research over the past decade has revealed an alarming lack of long-term growth in the faith community as children progress through student ministries into adulthood.Clearly, something needs to change. <P><P>Relational Children’s Ministry seeks to reverse this trend by equipping children’s ministry leaders with practical tools to disrupt the status quo approach to discipleship with children and realign their ministries for greater long-term impact. Ministry leaders will:Learn how to relate intentionally to kids and families by putting five discipleship invitations modeled by Jesus into practiceExplore practical approaches to realign their children’s ministry for a new trajectory by hitting three “reset buttons” to ensure long-term discipleship is embeddedEncounter examples of disruptive disciple-makers in action and learn key principles that can be translated into their own ministry contextChildren’s ministry leaders will receive practical training to refocus their children’s ministry along with time-tested tools to personally recommit to lifelong discipleship. Kid-influencers can become a disciple-making community that redirects the current trajectory for this and future generations.
Relational Intelligence: The People Skills You Need for the Life of Purpose You Want
by Dharius DanielsConsidering Jesus's relational model for choosing the twelve disciples, Relational Intelligence will walk you through how to assess your relationships, define them, discern them, align them, and finally activate your relationships to unlock your greatest potential.Years of ministry leadership experience and personal experience have convinced Dr. Dharius Daniels: there's no such thing as a casual relationship. All relationships are catalytic - either pushing us forward into our God-given purposes or holding us back. Our spiritual, physical, financial, emotional, and professional progress is greatly impacted by who we allow to be a part of our lives and what part we allow them to play. With our destiny on the line, relationships are too consequential to nonchalantly roll the dice in managing them.Relational Intelligence is your action plan for getting smart about your purpose partners. Relationships were God's idea, writes Daniels, and when we understand and apply what God has to say about them we end up avoiding unnecessary relational turmoil, advancing in all areas of our life, and accomplishing our God-given purpose.When your purpose is on the line, the cost of relational unintelligence is too great to pay. In this book, you will explore and learn how to activate the relational intelligence you need for the life of purpose you want.
Relational Intelligence
by Steve SacconeAn insightful and practical guide for developing relational leadership skills and engaging new paradigms of influenceRelational Intelligence reveals how leaders can become smarter in the way they conduct their relationships, and as a result, catalyze their impact. This book unwraps the hidden power of a relational genius and the practical pursuits that contribute to increasing one's relational quotient (RQ). Steve Saccone offers thought-provoking and compelling pathways into understanding the synergistic effect of relational intelligence, mission, and influence. He demonstrates how critical the art of relational intelligence is for leaders who desire to better serve those they lead, as well as the organizations and communities they love.Offers practical wisdom, engaging anecdotes, and compelling stories that show leaders how to develop relational intelligenceDelineates the essential skills that make leaders relationally intelligentUnwraps six roles of a relational genius and how these transform our approaches to influenceIncludes Foreword by Erwin Raphael McManusA new book in the popular Leadership Network SeriesThe author reveals how to increase one's awareness of the nuances in relational dynamics and suggests ways to help navigate relationships more intelligently and productively.
The Relational Pastor: Sharing in Christ by Sharing Ourselves
by Andrew RootOne of the Academy of Parish Clergy's "Top 10 Books of 2013 for Parish Ministry" When is the last time you asked yourself hard questions about why you were pursuing certain relationships in your ministry? Could it be that the end game for many of us is not relationship per se but loyalty, adherence, even submission? The sheep in our flock become the means to our end: pastoring becomes less about the people of God and more about maintenance of the status quo—and, if we are willing to recognize it, the elevation of our pastoral status. Here practical theologian Andy Root dissects relational ministry as we have come to understand it and searches for the seed of a more wholesome, more pastoral understanding of the relationships for which God has prepared the church: the place where, when two or more are gathered in his name, Christ is present.
Relational Reset: Unlearning the Habits that Hold You Back
by Dr. Laurel ShalerAre your relationships all that you want them to be?Do rough patches ever catch you by surprise, causing you to think Why is it so hard right now? Why is there tension? Was it something I did? Despite our best intentions, we all have blind spots—bad relational habits that are keeping us from enjoying our relationships fully. And since relationships stand at the center of all we do, if we can learn to do relationships even fractionally better, every aspect of our lives improves. Whether you struggle to overcome past wounds, insecurity, blame, or envy, it&’s time to reflect on your relational habits and reset. An experienced counselor, Dr. Laurel Shaler is passionate about helping women thrive in all of their relationships. Relational Reset will reveal unhealthy patterns that may be holding you back, give you practical steps for improving your relationships, and help you find your ultimate security and identity in Jesus Christ. When you reset your relationships, you honor God, yourself, and the ones you love. What are you waiting for? Get started today.
Relational Reset: Unlearning the Habits that Hold You Back
by Dr. Laurel ShalerAre your relationships all that you want them to be?Do rough patches ever catch you by surprise, causing you to think Why is it so hard right now? Why is there tension? Was it something I did? Despite our best intentions, we all have blind spots—bad relational habits that are keeping us from enjoying our relationships fully. And since relationships stand at the center of all we do, if we can learn to do relationships even fractionally better, every aspect of our lives improves. Whether you struggle to overcome past wounds, insecurity, blame, or envy, it&’s time to reflect on your relational habits and reset. An experienced counselor, Dr. Laurel Shaler is passionate about helping women thrive in all of their relationships. Relational Reset will reveal unhealthy patterns that may be holding you back, give you practical steps for improving your relationships, and help you find your ultimate security and identity in Jesus Christ. When you reset your relationships, you honor God, yourself, and the ones you love. What are you waiting for? Get started today.
The Relational Soul: Moving from False Self to Deep Connection
by Richard Plass James CofieldWhat does loneliness tell us? "Be it chronic or acute, slight or significant, loneliness is proof of our relational design. At the core of our being is this truth—we are designed for and defined by our relationships," former pastors Plass and Cofield write. "We were born with a relentless longing to participate in the lives of others. Fundamentally, we are relational souls." Our ability to make deep and emotionally satisfying connections rests on the capacity to trust, and we all know trust can be difficult. Early-life relational "programming" and patterns of attachment can serve as blueprints for relationships later in life, whether good or bad. But no matter our conditioning, God is out to reclaim and restructure the deepest terrain of the human soul by helping us shed our reactive "False Self" and put on our receptive "True Self." Through spiritual disciplines and a conscious participation in the love of the Father, Son and Spirit, we transform our self-awareness and our connection with other people. Authored by counselor Dr. Richard Plass and spiritual director James Cofield, The Relational Soul brings together concepts from psychology and spiritual formation. Each chapter includes introductory stories and practical "If this is true, what about you?" questions to help readers engage in relationships in more life-giving ways. When the presence of Christ and community connects with a soul that is open, we witness the miracle of transformation.
Relational Spirituality: A Psychological-Theological Paradigm for Transformation (Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books)
by Todd W. HallAs our society becomes more socially fragmented, many Christians feel disconnected and struggle to grow spiritually. Common models of spiritual transformation are proving inadequate to address "the sanctification gap." In recent decades, however, a new paradigm of human and spiritual development has been emerging from multiple fields. It's supported by a critical mass of evidence, all pointing to what psychologists Todd W. Hall and M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall call a relational revolution. In Relational Spirituality, Hall and Hall present a definitive model of spiritual transformation based on a relational paradigm. At its heart is the truth that human beings are fundamentally relational—we develop, heal, and grow through relationships. While many sanctification models are fragmented, individualistic, and lack a clear process for change, the relational paradigm paints a coherent picture of both process and goal, supported by both ancient wisdom and cutting-edge research. Integrating insights from psychology and theology, this book lays out the basis for relational spiritual transformation and how it works practically in the context of relationships and community. Relational Spirituality draws together themes such as trinitarian theology, historical and biblical perspectives on the imago Dei, relational knowledge, attachment patterns, and interpersonal neurobiology into a broad synthesis that will stimulate further dialogue across a variety of fields. Highlighting key characteristics of spiritual communities that foster transformation, Hall and Hall equip spiritual leaders and practitioners to more effectively facilitate spiritual growth for themselves and those they serve.
A Relational Theory of the Atonement: African Contributions to Western Philosophical Theology (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion)
by Kirk LougheedWhile the atonement is a central component of Christianity, there is little agreement in the tradition about how it should be understood. This book develops and defends a novel relational theory of atonement inspired by African relational ethics. This book brings important themes from African ethics into conversation with the contemporary philosophical literature on the atonement. The author employs an African relational ethic that says an act is right inasmuch as it is friendly where friendliness is understood as identifying with others and expressing solidarity with them. This relational ethic sheds new light on the problem of sin, by emphasizing the relational disharmony it produces between God and humans. When applied to the Atonement, the passion and death of Christ can be understood as an ultimate act of friendliness in reconciling humanity to God. The author also explores questions about the nature of justice, forgiveness, and reconciliation. He shows how constructive punishment ought to be included in geuine forms of reconciliation and as such how punishment can be part of his relational theory of the atonement. The last part of the book develops alternative theories of the atonement based on two important African normative theories located in normative personhood and in life force. Overall, the book makes the case that the relational theory of the atonement should be considered as a serious competitor to longer-established Western theories. A Relational Theory of the Atonement will appeal to scholars and advanced students interested in philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, African philosophy, and comparative philosophy.
A Relational View on Cultural Complexity: Implications for Theory and Practice (Relational Economics and Organization Governance)
by Julika Baumann Montecinos Tobias Grünfelder Josef WielandThis book explores the conceptual and practical implications of applying a relational view to cultural complexity. The authors take the findings of an international and interdisciplinary Delphi study on transcultural competence as a starting point and offer further analysis and interpretation from their specific perspectives. Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, the book discusses the potential contributions of a relational approach to understanding and strengthening individuals and organizations in their contexts. Through various conceptual chapters, case studies and field reports, it explores the role and nature of commonalities for cooperation in contexts of cultural complexity and discusses the relationship between differences and commonalities, as well as the implications for relational leadership and management. The book is divided into four parts, the first of which introduces readers to the relational view. In turn, the second part elaborates on transcultural competence, while the third presents various case studies and field reports on experience-based learning and relationality in culturally complex settings. Finally, the fourth part sheds new light on relational leadership and the role of commonalities in organizational practice. As such, this book will appeal to scholars and practitioners in the areas of cultural and relational economics, intercultural communication, business strategy and leadership, and organizational studies.