The 2009 Hein-Fry lecture topic was Hearing the Word: Lutheran Perspectives on Biblical Interpretation. This theme was chosen in order to engage the crucial conversation concerning various approaches to Scripture and what resources and challenges those approaches bring to diverse North American contexts. The hope for these lectures is that they ......
The Contemplative Counselor extends the discourse on pastoral counseling beyond theories and techniques to include a focal description of a life lived in active contemplation. The contemplative approach to life, care, and counseling demands a daily call to surrender the underlying attitude of meritocracy that heavily emphasizes good works to ......
The Augsburg commentary on the new testament is written for laypeople, students and pastors. Laypeople will use it as a resource for Bible study at home and at church. Students and instructors will read it to probe the basic message of the books of the new testament. And pastor s will find it to be a valuable aid for sermon and lesson preparation.
* The gripping conclusion to the popular, genre-breaking, epic trilogy of a war between vampires and humans Empress Adele has launched a grand crusade against the vampire clans of the north. Prince Gareth, the vampire lord of Scotland, serves the Equatorian cause, fighting in the bloody trenches of France in his guise as the dashing Greyfriar. But ......
Reviews the Individuals with Disabilities Educational Improvement Act (IDEIA) of 2004 and distills the changes to professionals working with learning-disabled students. This book situates IDEIA in its historical, political, and legal context, and covers practical issues that need to be addressed by professionals on a daily basis.
Covering various areas in which clinical neuropsychologists work, this book provides information on the foundations of clinical neuropsychology, such as the neuropsychological basic of mental abilities, diagnostic decision-making, and symptom validity testing; neuroimaging; and, behavioral change following traumatic brain injury.
Provides guidelines for interaction with the elderly and presents techniques for overcoming common communication problems and disorders. This edition includes information on topics such as approaches for dealing with emotional strains of anxiety and depression. It is useful for courses in gerontology, social work, nursing, and communication.
