Globalization – the economically-driven ‘one-world community’ – has brought the world of religions to our doorstep. We cannot pretend any longer that it is a private matter best ignored. Religious literacy means understanding that religion has consequences and anticipating them. What people believe influences everything from politics, to education, sex, international affairs and security: all crucial beats for journalists and other professionals.

The 'emoji' in question, in case you were wondering, is Jenny Taylor's involuntary wink, which has landed her in all sorts of scrapes over the years. Together with her farmer parents Jim and Gladys and her siblings Doris, Tom and Fred, Jenny has many adventures in the sleepy Worcestershire town where they all live.

The SapphiConnection exists to bring like-minded women together for fun and sexual stimulation. Find your hot date for the night and fulfill all your mutual desires: no kink is forbidden, no attractions laughable, and most of all, your satisfaction is guaranteed.Jenny (8,500 Words)The economy has not been kind to Jenny, the business school graduate who has bills to pay. That's why she jumps on the open-call to intern at a lesbian-o...

It is difficult to over-estimate just how remarkable Jennie Taylor was. Against the backdrop of the considerable societal restraints placed on Victiorian women, this easy-going yet adventurous woman was prepared to follow God's call, becoming a true pioneer on the mission field in China.In the name of the gospel, Jennie led a party of women hundreds of miles further into inland China than any other western woman had gone before, and founded and ran two schools. She survived two typ...

Crime and Popular Culture: Rule Breakers analyses society's fascination with criminals and investigates the changing acceptability of rule breakers across different times and contexts through a cultural criminological lens.Divided into two parts, this book begins by examining factual representations of rule breakers in media, tourism, and murderabilia and then focuses on fictional representations in literature, film, music, alcohol and gaming industries. It analyses the ro...

LabStudio: Design Research between Architecture and Biology introduces the concept of the research design laboratory in which funded research and trans-disciplinary participants achieve radical advances in science, design, and applied architectural practice. The book demonstrates to natural scientists and architects alike new approaches to more traditional design studio and hypothesis-led research that are complementary, iterative, experimental, and reciprocal. These originate fro...

Animal-Assisted Learning is an essential guide to transforming teaching practices through the integration of animals into educational settings.The book explores how animals can significantly enhance cognitive, emotional and social development, turning education into an engaging, life-affirming experience. Packed with professional wisdom, chapters:Delve into the psychological benefits of animal therapy that support mental health, particularly for children with...

This accessible study of Northern European shamanistic practice, or seidr, explores the way in which the ancient Norse belief systems evoked in the Icelandic Sagas and Eddas have been rediscovered and reinvented by groups in Europe and North America. The book examines the phenomenon of altered consciousness and the interactions of seid-workers or shamanic practitioners with their spirit worlds. Written by a follower of seidr, it investigates new communities invol...

This book provides educators with guidance on using a Circle Time intervention approach to help foster a calmer classroom, support children’s mental health and enable effective teaching and learning.Jenny Mosley introduces the Circles of Support system: a trauma-sensitive model which can be used to help primary-aged children struggling with emotional regulation to recognise and talk about their emotions and judge whether how they are behaving is appropriate and proportionate in the...

Written especially for undergraduate students, Representation synthesises and updates our understandings of representation - and the tools for its analysis - for use in the new mediascape.Jenny Kidd uses an engaging range of current examples and a lively style to explore a number of key questions reflecting existing and contemporary debates about representation.These key questions include: Who ‘owns’ and manages representations? Whose realities are foregrounded, an...

The ever increasing ability of medical technology to reshape the human body in fundamental ways - from organ and tissue transplants to reconstructive surgery and prosthetics - is something now largely taken for granted. But for a philosopher, such interventions raise fundamental and fascinating questions about our sense of individual identity and its relationship to the physical body. Drawing on and engaging with philosophers from across the centuries, Jenny Slatman here develops a novel a...

This timely resource presents Jenny Mosley's acclaimed Circle Time model specifically adapted for secondary education, offering a structured, powerful and compassionate approach to rebuilding human connection among teenagers. In an era of increasing digital isolation and mental health challenges, Mosley provides educators with practical tools to create spaces where students feel truly seen, heard and valued.Building on decades of pioneering work in both primary and secondary school...