Changing of The Gods
Author | : Naomi Goldenberg |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1980-03-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 0807011118 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780807011119 |
Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Feminism and the End of Traditional Religions
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Author | : Naomi Goldenberg |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1980-03-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 0807011118 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780807011119 |
Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Feminism and the End of Traditional Religions
Author | : Charles B. Handy |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195096170 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195096177 |
Rating | : 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
What would the world of business be like if it were run by the Greek gods of yore? Would Apollo be the right man at the helm of Acme Widget? What sweeping changes would Athena make if she controlled an ad agency? While this might merely seem like an entertaining concept, it also happens to be an extremely valuable framework for understanding management styles and the corporate cultures associated with them. In The Gods of Management, best-selling author Charles Handy uses four Greek gods to illustrate for managers the basic approaches they can use in their own businesses. When power radiates throughout the company from a top boss, that would be an example of a Zeus or "club" organization, one that investment banks and brokerage firms often adopt for their corporate climates. An Apollo "role" culture, on the other hand, results in a stable bureaucracy, such as a life insurance company or a firm with a long history of success with a single product. The Athena "task" environment emphasizes talent, youth, and team problem-solving, as we'd find in ad agencies and consultancies. And lastly, a Dionysius "existential" design exists to let individuals achieve their purposes, as in a university or group medical practice. In this thought-provoking volume, Charles Handy shows managers how to be aware of the cultural choices they can make to create a more productive and satisfying workplace.
Author | : Valerie Hansen |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2014-07-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781400860432 |
ISBN-13 | : 1400860431 |
Rating | : 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
In her study of medieval Chinese lay practices and beliefs, Valerie Hansen argues that social and economic developments underlay religious changes in the Southern Song. Unfamiliar with the contents of Buddhist and Daoist texts, the common people hired the practitioner or prayed to the god they thought could cure the ill or bring rain. As the economy rapidly developed, the gods, like the people who worshiped them, diversified: their realm of influence expanded as some gods began to deal on the national grain market and others advised their followers on business transactions. In order to trace this evolution, the author draws information from temple inscriptions, literary notes, the administrative law code, and local histories. By contrasting differing rates of religious change in the lowland and highland regions of the lower Yangzi valley, Hansen suggests that the commercial and social developments were far less uniform than previously thought. In 1100, nearly all people in South China worshiped gods who had been local residents prior to their deaths. The increasing mobility of cultivators in the lowland, rice-growing regions resulted in the adoption of gods from other places. Cults in the isolated mountain areas showed considerably less change. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author | : Maria Anne Hirschmann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1968 |
ISBN-10 | : LCCN:68029918 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Author | : Kathleen McPhillips |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2020-10-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781317034148 |
ISBN-13 | : 1317034147 |
Rating | : 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Feminist theory has enhanced and expanded the agency, influence, status and contributions of women throughout the globe. However, feminist critical analysis has not yet examined how the assumption that religion is natural, timeless, universal and omnipresent supports sexist and race-based oppression. This book proposes radical new thinking about religion in order to better comprehend and confront the systematic disempowerment of women and marginalized groups. Utilising feminist and post-colonial analysis of access, equity and violence, contributors draw on recent critical theory to collapse accepted boundaries between religion and secularity with the aim of understanding that religion is a technology of governance in its function, meaning and history. The volume includes case studies focusing on how the category of religion is deployed to perpetuate male hegemony and racist inequities in Australia, Mexico, the United States, Britain and Canada. This trenchant feminist critique and academic analysis will be of key interest to scholars and students of Religion, Sociology, Political Science and Gender Studies.
Author | : Ingvild Saelid Gilhus |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 2006-09-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134169153 |
ISBN-13 | : 1134169159 |
Rating | : 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Consulting a wide range of key texts and source material, Animals, Gods and Humans covers 800 years and provides a detailed analysis of early Christian attitudes to, and the position of, animals in Greek and Roman life and thought. Both the pagan and Christian conceptions of animals are rich and multilayered, and Ingvild Sælid Gilhus expertly examines the dominant themes and developments in the conception of animals. Including study of: biographies of figures such as Apollonus of Tyana; natural history; the New Testament via Gnostic texts; the church fathers; and from pagan and Christian criticism of animal sacrifice, to the acts of martyrs, the source material and detailed analysis included in this volume make it a veritable feast of information for all classicists.
Author | : Roslyn Fuller |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2015-11-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781783605446 |
ISBN-13 | : 1783605448 |
Rating | : 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Democracy does not deliver on the things we have assumed are its natural outcomes. This, coupled with a growing sense of malaise in both new and established democracies forms the basis to the assertion made by some, that these are not democracies at all. Through considerable, impressive empirical analysis of a variety of voting methods, across twenty different nations, Roslyn Fuller presents the data that makes this contention indisputable. Proving that the party which forms the government rarely receives the majority of the popular vote, that electoral systems regularly produce manufactured majorities and that the better funded side invariably wins such contests in both elections and referenda, Fuller's findings challenge the most fundamental elements of both national politics and broader society. Beast and Gods argues for a return to democracy as perceived by the ancient Athenians. Boldly arguing for the necessity of the Aristotelian assumption that citizens are agents whose wishes and aims can be attained through participation in politics, and through an examination of what “goods” are provided by democracy, Fuller offers a powerful challenge to the contemporary liberal view that there are no "goods" in politics, only individual citizens seeking to fulfil their particular interests.
Author | : Howard Sasportas |
Publisher | : The Wessex Astrologer |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2012-09-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781902405872 |
ISBN-13 | : 1902405870 |
Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
This lovely and important work from Howard Sasportas teaches us how to respond to the transits of Uranus,Neptune and Pluto with calmness and a knowledge that the more we work with them, the more worthwhile will be the end result.
Author | : Rudolf C. Heredia |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : UVA:X030366935 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Conversion Is A Complex And Emotionally Charged Issue. Fundamentalists Exploit It, Liberals Complicate It, Many Do Not Comprehend What The Fuss Is About, And Others Shy Away From Getting Involved. In Today S Pluri-Religious Society, Change Of Faith Can Precipitate Religious Antagonism--Or It Can Facilitate Social Diversity And Tolerance. While Religious Commitment Is Essentially A Matter Of Personal Conscience And Choice, It Inevitably Impacts Other Levels Of Individual And Social Life. Author Rudolf C. Heredia Is A Jesuit Sociologist Who, With His Long Experience Of Working With Marginalized Communities, Shows How Mass Conversions Have Alienated People From Their Past Traditions And Lived Beliefs. Challenging The Traditional Orthodoxies Which Promote Or Oppose Religious Conversions, The Author Sees No Religious Merit In Political Posturing Or Conversion For Socio-Economic Gain. Instead, To Defuse Tensions, He Advocates Rethinking Religious Conversion In India With A Determined Religious Disarmament, Discarding Aggression. Here Is A Provocative Writer Who, Remaining Anchored Firmly In His Faith, Challenges Us To Seek A Common Ground For Tolerance And Dialogue, Premised On A Constructive Interaction With Other Faith Traditions.
Author | : Andrew Newberg, M.D. |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2009-03-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780345512796 |
ISBN-13 | : 0345512790 |
Rating | : 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
God is great—for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. Based on new evidence culled from brain-scan studies, a wide-reaching survey of people’s religious and spiritual experiences, and the authors’ analyses of adult drawings of God, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg and therapist Mark Robert Waldman offer the following breakthrough discoveries: • Not only do prayer and spiritual practice reduce stress, but just twelve minutes of meditation per day may slow down the aging process. • Contemplating a loving God rather than a punitive God reduces anxiety and depression and increases feelings of security, compassion, and love. • Fundamentalism, in and of itself, can be personally beneficial, but the prejudice generated by extreme beliefs can permanently damage your brain. • Intense prayer and meditation permanently change numerous structures and functions in the brain, altering your values and the way you perceive reality. Both a revelatory work of modern science and a practical guide for readers to enhance their physical and emotional health, How God Changes Your Brain is a first-of-a-kind book about faith that is as credible as it is inspiring.