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Advantages: timeless, relevant
Disadvantages: none

...Trying to run away from home at thirteen was unsuccessful and she was promptly found and returned to her father and his new wife. Life was rough and fraught with arguments, with Doreen having relationship problems with her dad's new wife. Finally, the Captain of the CAWG Messengers, a group she had been attending for sometime, secured her a job as a domestic servant in Cowley, as soon as she left school. As time went on, she eventually became involved ...
...a sleazy and dark life to lead, and it was here that she soon became involved in Satanism and finally became the 'Queen of Black Witches.' Her life was spiralling down at a very fast rate, when she encountered many people carrying bibles, going to a meeting in Bristol. With every intention of causing a stir, she entered the meeting place, but God had other ideas, and that night her life changed. Not without an uphill struggle there were many things ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliant theology, writing and just about everything
Disadvantages: Possibly language

...hooked... Boring Stuff Title: Faith beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay Author: James Alison ISBN: 0824519221 Price: £15.99 from Waterstones $12.89 from Amazon Publisher: Crossroad General Interest Pages: 239 pages Other: I have found that this isn't actually an English book, and hasn't been published in England, even though many other of his books are...I therefore got waterstones to order it in, which is a 6 weeks delivery. ...
...the gift of the Catholic faith keep me from killing myself, but little by little it has give me the tools, the structure, and the words with which to sink into, to inhabit, and to begin to detoxify...the great annihilation of being.' He states quite clearly that these pages have a background of brokenness and were started shortly after the death from AIDS of the man he loved. What he is offering the reader is fragments, fragments of himself, of his ... Read review

Advantages: Interesting, very personal, practical and academic
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...knowledge. Unlike most feminist theoreticians and theologians, Jones has an acknowledged influence from John Calvin, who most people would agree is certainly no feminist. - - -Feminist Theory- - - Jones talks about the confusion of the idea of feminist theory in terms of her own experience of trying to explain it to interested but non-academic people. 'They thought of feminist theory as a specialised discipline carried on by highly trained scholars ...
...share of ivory-tower-type elements in feminist theory, on the whole feminist theory has far reaching and more practical applications that anyone can utilise. Ultimately feminist theory strives toward the identification of oppressive structures and attitudes and works to overcome these in society. - - -Feminist Theology- - - Jones in this section explores what is meant by Christian theology and what is meant by feminist theology. 'Like many terms ... Read review

Advantages: Great for discerning vocation in life, within and outside ministry
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This is no ordinary book. As author Brian Mahan says his in preface, `reading this book is not a spectator sport.' In many ways, this is just like life - we have to get into the mix (or, to take another example from Mahan's introduction, join in the dance) for it to become meaningful, worthwhile, and all the other positive words one would normally insert here. This is a book that invites active engagement. Mahan does not argue so much as persuade, ...
...a direction. Mahan developed this book out of a course he taught at the University of Colorado, and later Emory's seminary and high school advancement programme - the course has always been popular, Mahan states, but it isn't always clear why. Mahan attaches some of the popularity to the presence of the word `ambition' in the course title (which is also part of the subtitle of this book) - the focus of the world is often on success, and rising high ... Read review

Advantages: Helps you set your life goals and follow it!
Disadvantages: It may bore you if you aren't focused

...psychologycal ideas and philosophic content. The ancestor of the bestseller - "The Secret" You attract what you think and more emotions you put into, quicker the result will appear. A great weapon for the pesimistic ones and those who've lost their beliefs. This book rearrange you on the right path. It's in onorable place in my library :) Abraham and Esther had made awesome works. Each and every component that makes up your life experience is drawn ...
...the thoughts you think and the story you tell about your life. Your money and fnancial assets; your body's state of wellness, clarity, fexibility, size, and shape; your work environment, how you are treated, work satisfaction, and rewards-indeed, the very happiness of your life experience in general- is all happening because of the story that you tell. If you will let your dominant intention be to revise and improve the content of the story you ... Read review