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Understanding Dementia (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)

Posted on 10 December 201621 December 2016 by James Woodward

I am gathering together a small collection of books all published by Jessica Kingsley who is certainly one of the most innovative and ground-breaking publishers working in this field. Their list covering a range of books on dementia is well worth examining. These first two

Amazing Love : Theology for understanding Discipleship, Sexuality and Mission

Posted on 10 December 201623 December 2016 by James Woodward

Amazing Love: Theology for understanding Discipleship, Sexuality and Mission Andrew Davison, DLT 2016, 114pp pbk This book has been with me over the past few weeks and my reading of it has been shaped by a number of events and experiences. First I attended a celebration of 35

Blessed are the Poor? By Laurie Green

Posted on 29 November 2016 by James Woodward

It has taken me some time to digest this book and so commend it to others for both reflection and action. Laurie Green has established a well-deserved reputation for his ministry amongst the poor and voiceless but also for his ability to think theologically. The book took me b

Blessed are the Poor ? By Laurie Green

Posted on 28 October 2016 by James Woodward

Vulnerability and Care: Christian Reflections on the Philosophy of Medicine by Andrew Sloane

Posted on 28 October 2016 by James Woodward

I have recently seen at close hand the work a busy acute hospital having to deal with an older person suffering multiple challenges to well-being caused in the main by intense confusion as a result of the Alzheimer's disease. The result was shocking and frustrating. Although,of

Understanding Spiritual Accompaniment

Posted on 25 October 201623 December 2016 by James Woodward

Spiritual Accompaniment and Counselling: Journeying with psyche and soul Edited by Peter Masden Gubi Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015 paperback 192 pages £16.99 Here at Sarum College (www.sarum.ac.uk) our two year certificate in spiritual direction is very popular t

Loving Later Life An Ethics of Ageing

Posted on 10 October 201623 December 2016 by James Woodward

Loving Later Life An Ethics of Ageing Frits de Lange Eerdmans, 2015, 169 pages, pbk, £12.99 If asked to name one of the urgent ethical priorities for academics and practioners working across a number of sectors it would be to deal with this question ‘what are older people

Going Deeper for Truth and Freedom

Posted on 26 September 2016 by James Woodward

A Sermon preached at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 25th September 2016 at Evensong (John 8, 31- 38,48 – end) John 8;32,33 ‘If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.’ If you visit Birm

Spiritual Care: luxury or necessity?

Posted on 29 August 2016 by James Woodward

Spiritual Care in Practice : Case studies in Healthcare Chaplaincy Edited by George Fitchett and Steve Nolan Paperback 2015, 320pp, ISBN: 978-1-84905-976-3 It seems as if English bank holiday weekends bring out the some of the more gloomy of stories in our newspapers.

Nurturing Imagination ?

Posted on 28 August 2016 by James Woodward

Here at Sarum College our aspirational strapline is Learning to nourish the human spirit ( see something of our work at www.sarum.ac.uk) and as I complete the first year of my presence, engagement and leadership of the College I have been much intrigued about what it is that

Andrew Walker, Notes From A Wayward Son: A Miscellany

Posted on 10 August 201623 December 2016 by James Woodward

Andrew Walker, Notes From A Wayward Son: A Miscellany, ed. by Andrew D. Kinsey (Cascade, 2015) This is an intriguing, stimulating and rewarding book that offers a space within which Andrew Walkers rather original and distinctive voice can be heard. Some will know Walker thro

How Do We Access the Spiritual?

Posted on 18 July 201623 December 2016 by James Woodward

How Do We Access The Spiritual Edited by Jonathan Pye, Peter Sedgwick and Andrew Todd, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015; 280 pages; £19.99 I review this book (the second week of July 2016) when two particular conversations were at the forefront of my mind. The first was the

Longing for a deeper Church ?

Posted on 16 July 2016 by James Woodward

Andrew Walker, Notes From A Wayward Son: A Miscellany, ed. by Andrew D. Kinsey (Cascade, 2015), 322pp. no price marked. ISBN 978 – 1– 62564 – 161 – 8. This is an intriguing, stimulating and rewarding book that offers a space within which Andrew Walkers rather orig

How do we access the spiritual?

Posted on 15 July 2016 by James Woodward

Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015; 280 pages; £19.99 ISBN 9781849054973 I review this book (the second week of July 2016) when two particular conversations were at the forefront of my mind. The first was the smooth transition between Cameron and May into 10 Downing Street and

Improving our understanding of Dementia ?

Posted on 10 July 2016 by James Woodward

[gallery ids="7044,7045" type="rectangular"] I am gathering together a small collection of books all published by Jessica Kingsley who is certainly one of the most innovative and ground-breaking publishers working in this field. Their list covering a range o

Spiritual Accompaniment

Posted on 10 July 2016 by James Woodward

Spiritual Accompaniment and Counselling: Journeying with psyche and soul Edited by Peter Masden Gubi Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015 paperback 192 pages £16.99 Here at Sarum College ( www.sarum.ac.uk ) our two year certificate in spiritual direction is very pop

Performing Pastoral Care

Posted on 10 July 2016 by James Woodward

Making the case for the relevance of pastoral care today, this book explores the role of pastoral care through the prism of music. Using musical analogies, the author provides a new way of understanding and practising pastoral care, grounded in practical theology. Challenging o

Facilitating Spiritual Reminiscence for People with dementia

Posted on 19 June 2016 by James Woodward

A Learning Guide by Elizabeth MacKinlay and Corrine Trevitt Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015 I have recently experienced the hospitalisation of a close relative and, once again, have been surprised by the culture of care in our Hospitals. There is a kind of functionalism that

Performing Pastoral Care

Posted on 10 June 201621 December 2016 by James Woodward

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