This edited volume offers an accessible avenue for improving health and well-being by demonstrating the power of narrative in advocating for yourself, your family, and your community. Leading scholars of health communication draw on a variety of perspectives, theories, and methodologies and incorporate their own personal experiences of narratives to demonstrate the compelling reasons why narratives should be studied and applied in a wide range of health contexts. Each cha...

When Western Christians think about God, the default image that comes to mind is usually white and male. How did that happen?Christianity is rooted in the ancient Near East among people of darker skin. But over time, European Christians cast Jesus in their own image, with art that imagined a fair-skinned Savior in the style of imperial rulers. Grace Ji-Sun Kim explores the historical origins and theological implications of how Jesus became white and God became a wh...

When the Circus Salmagundi arrives in the northern copper-mining town of Anyox, Rose the Tattooed Lady expects to find a remote and rugged outpost. Instead, she discovers a modern city built on a heavily polluted landscape, haunted by the mysterious disappearance of three young children.The residents of Anyox, bound to the mining company, refuse to challenge their employer. They abide by curfew, keep their children close, and -- fearful of reprisal -- parrot the company’s verdict t...

Autobiography of Jee Sun Kim. Adopted at the age of 2 from Seoul South Korea. This book describles my struggles with Bipolar/Schizophrenia. Currently pregnant and off my medications, which is a total leap of faith since I have been institutionalized about 5 times in the past 3 years.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Skin cancer is a prevalent and serious health concern, but it's not an inevitable part of life. With proper knowledge and proactive measures, we can significantly reduce our risk and safeguard ourselves and our loved ones.This comprehensive guide is designed to empower individuals to take control of their skin health. From understanding the science behind UV exposure to implementing sun safety practices, this book provides pract...

Take Your Ministry Beyond Cultural Competence to Cultural FluencyIn Thriving Intercultural Ministry, specialist Pablo Kim Sun draws on years of intercultural ministry experience to guide churches and ministries beyond multicultural good intentions to genuine intercultural transformation. He offers a trauma-informed, embodied approach, addressing how cultural displacement and discrimination live in bodies and systems across generations, and how intercultura...

Intersectional Theology: An Introductory Guide offers a pathway for reflective Christians, pastors, and theologians to apply the concepts and questions of intersectionality to theology. Intersectionality is a tool for analysis, developed primarily by black feminists, to examine the causes and consequences of converging social identities (gender, race, class, sexual identity, age, ability, nation, religion) within interlocking systems of power and privilege (sexism, racism, classism, hetero...

This is a narration of the classic book, "The Sun Also Rises", by Ernest Hemingway.

A detailed look at Admiral Yi's four 1592 sorties that defeated the Japanese navy and established him as a national hero.In 1592, Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin planned a series of attacks against the Japanese navy. His first two campaigns saw him destroy several isolated Japanese squadrons engaged in coastal raiding activities. Once informed of these attacks, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered his daimyos to assemble their ships in a dedicated task force to meet Yi in battle. ...

The Spirit presents itself to many as an enigma. Its existence is mysterious and complex, generating misunderstandings and unawareness of its true purpose. The Spirit's ambiguous nature opens the opportunity for study to unearth the exciting truths that it holds. The Spirit is present in our world in various forms. This book aims to examine the Spirit as experienced in light, wind, breath, and vibration to help us uncover some of its aspects that invite us to work for climate justice, raci...

Hyung Jin Kim Sun is a Mennonite. He was born in Paraguay and raised by a Korean immigrant family, before attending an evangelical seminary in the United States. There he joined a Mennonite church, though he often returned from gatherings feeling uneasy. Most Mennonites he met were white, with European heritage, and their faith community was often their ethnic community as well. As a Korean-Paraguayan, Kim Sun felt that he would never be Mennonite enough. This crisis of religious identity ...

C’è una forza antica che attraversa queste pagine: quella delle donne che, con la sola arma della scrittura, hanno sfidato il silenzio. Voci di donne coreane ci conduce nella Corea del primo Novecento, tra colonialismo, patriarcato e sogni di libertà. Tre protagoniste della letteratura moderna – Kang Gyeong-ae, Na Hye-sok, Kim Myeong-sun – ci parlano da un’epoca di oppressione, colonizzazione, resistenza. Eppure le loro storie pulsano di vita, di emozioni senza tempo.C’è il...