books about: imagination     books:       The Prophetic Imagination, 2nd Edition13 reviews Walter Brueggemann Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2001 Discover Your Own Prophetic Imagination Brueggemann has become one of my favorites. His straight forward dealing with the challenges of ministry is right on target and at the same time inspiring. His reality check approach is refreshing. His treatment of the inspirational is a solid reminder to all about why we're even involved in conversations of spirit and religion. If you have questions / concerns about the practice of theology, ...             Keys to Drawing with Imagination: Strategies and Exercises for Gaining Confidence and Enhancing Your ...12 reviews Bert Dodson North Light Books, 2006 Get this book! This is a great how-to-draw book, because it has a very smart strategy: finesse the negative self-criticism that keeps most of us from even beginning to do anything smacking of `art.' When a six year old once asked her father, a college art instructor, what he did for a living, he said, "I teach people how to draw." Incredulous, she replied: "You mean they forget!?" We all know why that ...             Launching the Imagination Comprehensive with Core Concepts CD-ROM v3.08 reviews Mary Stewart McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2005 Launching the Imagination Comprehensive with core concepts CD-ROM v3.0 I refer my students to Launching The Imagination as the text I feel gives the broadest, most comprehensive and comprehensible descriptions and definitions of three- dimensional design. From composition to concepts, architecture, sculpture, and a variety of design applications, this text points out major differences and commonalities by means of example and explanations in common sense terms. I ...             Emily's Runaway Imagination (rpkg)8 reviews Beverly Cleary HarperTrophy, 1990 Very charming, lovely and nostalgic I just reread this book as a teacher/adult. I read it as a child almost twenty years ago, I liked it back then too. Very sweet and humorous. It is a great picture of Americana with Grandpa's automobile, Sunday after-church picnics, and party-line telephones! And then the pigs with the rotton apples during Mama's elegant party. Terrific!! I can see the characters in my grandparents. Great way to ...             The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre (Theatre Arts Book)4 reviews Robert Ed Jones Theatre Arts Book, 2004 The Dramatic Imagination; Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre Received in record time and in great condition for a used book. In fact you couldn't tell that it was used at all.             The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing (Writers' Palette Book)2 reviews Leland Ryken Shaw Books, 2002 A Starting Place for Renewal Art is a hard subject for Christian evangelicals to deal with. It seems to be outside the boundaries of our primary mission, to proclaim the gospel in the world and display and expand the kingdom of God. However, this book helpfully shows the important contributions Christian art can make to that mission. In a series of essays, various professors contribute thouhtfully to our understanding ...             The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays (University of Texas Press Slavic Series)6 reviews M.M. Bakhtin University of Texas Press, 1982 Bakhtin's most important and influential work on the novel This book consists of four essays of Bakhtin's "Middle Period", two short and two longer works which have been arranged, according to complexity, with the most accessible essay first and the most difficult last. Cooincidentally, this is also the reverse order in which they were written. None of these essays were avaiable in English before the present translation/compilation by Emerson and ...             Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination (Published in association with ...9 reviews Christopher Hart Sage Publications Ltd, 1999 so good my advisor is going to use it This book is great. It has all you need to complete a research paper at any level. I used it for my bachelor's project which, according to my advisor, is equivalent to a Master's thesis in content requirement. My advisor has asked me to lend him the book so he can use it to revise the current research manual supplied by the college. This book is easy to read and has a lot of useful tables and ...             The Sociological Imagination9 reviews C. Wright Mills Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 Read, imagine, live A classic of sociological thought, and one of the best (if not the best) accounts on the purpose and tasks of sociological mindset. Sociological imagination (or perspective, if you will) as intersection of biography and history - pure and simple, yet succinctly incisive and elegantly descriptive. Still a very relevant, influential and timely text for each and all.             Launching the Imagination2 reviews Mary Stewart McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2007 Launching The Imagination Though I have yet to use the book in class, it came in perfect condition!             The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace John Paul Lederach Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 John Paul Lederach's work in the field of conciliation and mediation is internationally recognized. As founding Director of the Conflict Transformation Program and Institute of Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, he has provided consultation and direct mediation in a range of situations from the Miskito/Sandinista conflict in Nicaragua to Somalia, Northern Ireland, the Basque Country, and the Philippines. His influential 1997 book ...             The Archetypal Imagination (Carolyn and Ernest Fay Series in Analytical Psychology)3 reviews James Hollis Texas A&M University Press, 2003 What's it all about? We live in a world devoid of transcendent meaning, and in that abyss we desperately seek a purpose for & the foundations of Life. Many embrace a rigid fundamentalist dogma, whether religious or ideological; others seek the illusory comfort of vague New Age nostrums; still others opt for the pursuit of power, or pleasure, or sensation, or mindless consumerism, or outright nihilism. Yet none of ...             New Religions and the Theological Imagination in America (Religion in North America) Mary Farrell Bednarowski Indiana University Press, 1995             Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer9 reviews Peter Turchi Trinity University Press, 2007 Writers and Map Lovers: Unite! What a terrific book! I read this around the same time I undertook Cowan's Mapmaker's Dream (which I have also reviewed on Amazon), and the two books -- ostensibly on similar subjects -- could not be more different! Turchi's book is a genuine treasure! His prose is wonderful, full of rich images and musical language throughout. It could easily serve (and probably has done) as the text for a ...             Alchemical Active Imagination: Revised Edition (C. G. Jung Foundation Books)5 reviews Marie-Louise von Franz Shambhala, 1997 Where are you tonight, Sweet Marie? This was the first serious modern work on alchemy that I've read, and boy did I luck out! It is a work charged with authenticity and vision. von Franz gives you some historical background on the origins of alchemy, then introduces this 16th century alchemist, Gerhard Dorn, and his inner and outer struggle to illuminate and heal the schism between spiritual alchemy and Western Christianity. Dorn ...             Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination3 reviews Lynda Roscoe Hartigan Yale University Press, 2007 Magical visions This catalogs and comments on the wonderful display of Cornell's work, on tour at the time of this writing. I had known Cornell's work only by reputation (and a certain amount of urba myth) before seeing that display. It stunned me; I've never had such a strong response to any other collection, ever. Although Cornell worked in several formats, his "shadow boxes" earned his reputation. Each one is ...             Naming Grace: Preaching and the Sacramental Imagination2 reviews Mary Catherine Hilkert Continuum International Publishing Group, 1997 Should be part of any homilist's library Having taken approximately 30 courses at St. Bernard's Institute in fulfillment of my M.A. and M.Div degrees, I have rarely become excited over required texts. A notable exception is "Naming Grace" by Mary Catherine Hilkert. While there are certainly other high quality books on the market that deal with preaching in a general sense, "Naming Grace" is one of the rare gems that deal more ...             The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (The Biblical Resource Series)3 reviews John Joseph Collins Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998 classic introduction to a much misunderstood genre As mentioned by others, John Collins is probably the leading scholar of apocalyptic literature, as well as other intertestamental Jewish writings. This volume remains the best, basic introduction to the scope of the vast literature and how it developed over several hundred years. Collins takes just enough of a close-up to intrigue those who want to know more, but not overwhelm those who are just ...             The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property13 reviews Lewis Hyde Trafalgar Square, 1999 In the face of the je ne sais quoi. Years ago there was a reader comment in Harper's Magazine to the effect that the spirit of a place is a residue of emotions from the person who cared for it. Examples were the backseat of a taxicab and a favorite aunt's guest bedroom. Imagine the one, a robotic garage worker, mindlessly vacuuming and swabbing, and now Aunt Sally in a sunny kitchen starching linens and putting flowers in a vase. ...             The Geography of the Imagination: Forty Essays (Nonpareil Book, 78)1 review Guy Davenport David R Godine, 1997 Magic carpet ride Whether it's criticism, social commentary or his amazing historical fiction, Davenport has that knack for plunging an arm into the stream of time and pulling up luminous pebbles, then arranging them brilliantly. This is mostly a collection of writings about writers, but don't let that deter you. When Davenport writes about writers, the result has the quality of a madman's mosaic, a Watts tower of ...              search for books alchemical, analytical, apocalyptic, archetypal, association, cartographer, christian, comprehensive, confidence, creativity, enhancing, foundation, imagination, introduction, literature, navigating, nonpareil, preaching, prophetic, psychology, published, reflections, releasing, religions, sacramental, sociological, speculations, strategies, theological, university books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Gone For Soldiers Impressum - about us get your own free shoutbox