The study of lived religion is an enterprise which attempts to elucidate how "ordinary" men and women in all times and places draw on religious behavior, media, and meanings to make sense of themselves and their world. Through the influence of liberation theology and postmodernism, pastoral theologians-like other scholars of religion-have begun more closely to examine the particularity of religious practice that is reflected through the rubric of lived religion.Pastoral Bearing...

Families left grieving; small businesses shuttered; communities in lockdown; precarious workers set adrift; health care workers stressed beyond endurance. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core. But the cracks already ran deep.Featuring essays on poverty, health care, incarceration, basic income, policing, Indigenous communities, and more, this anthology delivers a stinging rebuke of the pre-pandemic status quo and a stark exposé of the buried weaknesses in our soci...

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes an inspiring message about the future of the animal kingdom.With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a bestselling author, Goodall - along with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard - shares fascinating survival stories about the American Crocodile, the California Condor, the Black-Footed Ferret, and more; all...

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the *National Geographic*documentary Jane, comes an inspiring message about the future of the animal kingdom.With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a bestselling author, Goodall—along with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard—shares fascinating survival stories about the American Crocodile, the California Condor, the Black-Footed Ferret, and more; al...

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From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a fascinating examination of the critical role that trees and plants play in our world.Seeds of Hope takes us from Goodall's home in England to her home-away-from-home in Africa, deep inside the Gombe forest, where she and the chimpanzees are enchanted by the fig and plum trees they encounter. She introduces us to botanists around the wo...

What Jane Goodall did for chimpanzees, international ecologist and conservation scientist Hannah Mumby now does for elephants in this compelling, eye-opening account that brings into focus this species remarkably similar to humans—and makes a persuasive argument for saving them.From early childhood, Dr. Hannah Mumby has loved wildlife, especially elephants. Her first wild elephant sighting at twenty-four changed the course of her life. Since then, she has devoted h...

Two leaders in animal welfare share their conservation plan to protect animals and educate people on saving both animals and the environment."The Ten Commandments for the future of advanced life on our planet." —Huston Smith, author of The World's ReligionsWorld-renowned behavioral scientists Jane Goodall and Marc Bekoff argue passionately and persuasively that if we put these ten trusts to work in our lives, the ...

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a fascinating examination of the critical role that trees and plants play in our world.Seeds of Hope takes us from Goodall's home in England to her home-away-from-home in Africa, deep inside the Gombe forest, where she and the chimpanzees are enchanted by the fig and plum trees they encounter. She introduces us to botanists around the wo...

Make nice with the President of the Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club.Yeah right.It was what my job description called for—I just never realized exactly how nice I needed to be.I certainly never expected to find myself twisted up and tangled in the raw, dirty world of an outlaw motorcycle club … or in the sexy, tattooed hands of the man in charge.Royal McBride is a jerk—but a jerk with a swoon worthy accent, a big bike, and big … well, other things.I didn...

There are rules to life that one just obeys in order in her attempt stay on the right path. For example:You don’t wear dirty panties out of the house. You just never know who’s going to see them.A lady must always have chocolate at the ready—just in case the world as she knows it comes to an end.You don’t egg on a drunk woman who’s pissed off at life.Why, you ask? Because they start bar fights, that’s why.Casten Red, the unofficial en...

He stalked me from the moment he saw me. He watched me day and night.Butcher is what everyone calls crazy. They see all the tattoos and scars and to be honest, to most people he looks downright scary. He's dangerous. He is after all the enforcer to the Devil Souls MC.But to me? He's just Butcher. I see him. I see who he really is. I see a man who will do anything for the people he cares about. I see the man who will protect and love me above everything else.I am jus...