This is an essential introductory to liturgy for both ordinands and trainee lay readers - indeed for anyone who finds themselves having to plan or lead public worship. Well-known worship writer and speaker Mark Earey has written this book both for lovers and loathers of liturgical worship - and for those who want to discover it for the first time. This updated and enlarged second edition now includes:* How liturgy works as ritual;* The use of liturgy in different traditions; * The shape of th...

A timely new edition of the classic journalism text, now featuring updated material on the importance of reporting in the age of media mistrust and fake news and how journalists can use technology to navigate its challenges

More than two decades ago, the Committee of Concerned Journalists gathered some of America's most influential newspeople and asked them, "What is journalism for?" Through exhaustive research, surveys, interviews, and public forums, the committee identified the essential el...

Wat hebben theologie en pedagogiek met elkaar te maken?

De moderne pedagogiek ziet zichzelf vaak als een bevrijding van de door kerk en geloof bepaalde ruimte. Tegelijk bestaat er geen enkele pedagogische visie die niet gestempeld is door een bredere visie op de mens of op het leven. Theologie en pedagogiek zijn veel meer met elkaar verstrengeld dan we vaak denken. Ze kunnen niet zonder elkaar.

Dit boek wil het gesprek tussen theologie en pedagogiek weer openen. De auteurs laten zien dat ju...

Now in its second edition, Strategic HRM: A Balanced Approach has been updated and revised throughout to examine the latest in theory and practice. Central to its theme is putting HRM in its organizational context and creating a more balanced approach to managing people.

The global phenomenon that has sold 3.6 million copies, is published in a record-breaking 44 languages and is a bestseller across five continents--now updated and expanded with new content. In this perennial bestseller, embraced by organizations and industries worldwide, globally preeminent management thinkers W. Chan Kim and Ren e Mauborgne challenge everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success. Recognized as one of the most iconic and impactful strategy books...

Dit leerboek geeft studenten verpleegkunde (Bachelor of Nursing), verpleegkundigen en verpleegkundig specialisten de kennis die nodig is om kwetsbare ouderen persoonsgerichte geïntegreerde preventie, behandeling en zorg te bieden. Zowel in de wijkverpleging, het ziekenhuis, de GGZ-instelling, als in het verpleeghuis en andere voorzieningen voor de oudere mens Gezondheidszorg voor (kwetsbare) ouderen is complex en individueel bepaald met nauwelijks standaardoplossingen. Verpleegkundigen spele...

One of the best ways of introducing theology is through direct student engagement with the most exciting works of contemporary religious reflection. We can learn to think theologically from the giants. Gregory Higgins' work, a fresh edition of his earlier The Tapestry of Christian Theology, does just that. Loosely arranging his work around ten key biblical themes, Higgins catches the spirit and verve of ten contemporary theologians. In successive chapters he introduces these important thinker...

Het beeld van de pastor als herder kennen we allemaal, maar het beeld van de pastor als priester is nieuw en blijkt een bron van inspiratie. Priesterlijk pastoraat als samen zoeken naar Gods nabijheid door meeleven en meebidden kan kerkelijk werkers een nieuwe impuls geven voor hun pastoraal werk. Oprechte toewijding, aandacht en concentratie zijn daarbij belangrijke pijlers. De auteurs laten zien hoe gedachten over priesterschap kunnen doorwerken in pastoraat, diaconaat, liturgie, bezoekwerk...

How can we reconcile the ideal church described by theology with the broken church that we see in the world? In this book Joseph Small argues that the church's true identity is known somewhere in the tension between the two.

Small revisits familiar ecclesiological concepts--people of God, the body of Christ, the communion of the Holy Spirit--but rather than focusing on theological abstractions or worldly cynicism, he carefully evaluates the church in its scriptural, historical, theological, ...

Highlighting the key events, ideas, and individuals that have shaped modern Europe, this fresh and lively book provides a concise history of the continent from the Enlightenment to the present. Drawing on the enduring theme of revolution, David S. Mason explores the political, economic, and scientific causes and consequences of revolution; the development of human rights and democracy; and issues of European identity and integration.

He deliberately avoids a detailed chronology of every count...