Bøger af Judith Ryan

Mastectomy Moments was forged in the fire of Judith's spirit. Her words take us into and out of the jaws of cancer; through the loss of her breast; and into the realm of mystery, where the body heals itself. Judith describes her Healing Health Plan with its life-affirming physical, emotional, mental and spiritual components. Gifts From Cancer, Chapter 21 is stunning in its declaration of gratitude. This book is tender, unsparing, informative and humorous. BONUS: In this book, you will enjoy a generous sampling of Judith's beautiful photography. She has integrated 23 of her nature photographs to accent and enrich her prose. "Mastectomy Moments is a masterful, fully integrated reflection of the most complex, layered, seemingly all too common "C" word in America. I love the way Judith expresses herself on such a complicated, sacred, precious topic. There are women all over the world who would benefit deeply from reading this book it is poignant, funny, informative and beautifully written." MaryAnne Church Trettenero, Occupational Therapist, Northwest Hospital in Seattle "Congratulations to Judith! She has turned what could have been an overwhelming journey into an energetic, life-giving adventure. I commend her!" Nichole Farr RN, LMP, CIMI "Judith has written a wonderful book, at once a vulnerable, heartfelt, spiritual account of her journey through life threatening illness, as well as a down-to-earth guide, a toolbox that will be invaluable to many women navigating the tumultuous seas of cancer. I loved this book." Basha Brownstein, Cancer Thriver, Community Program Manager, Cancer Lifeline in Seattle

"Animals in our World" celebrates in poems and photos the variety of animals that share our world. All the animals in this book I've "met" personally. Each encounter I had was a little adventure that made my life richer.

Is thinking personal? Or should we not rather say, "it thinks," just as we say, "it rains"? In the late nineteenth century a number of psychologies emerged that began to divorce consciousness from the notion of a personal self. They asked whether subject and object are truly distinct, whether consciousness is unified or composed of disparate elements, what grounds exist for regarding today's "self" as continuous with yesterday's. If the American pragmatist William James declared himself, on balance, in favor of a "real and verifiable personal identity which we feel," his Austrian counterpart, the empiricist Ernst Mach, propounded the view that "the self is unsalvageable." The Vanishing Subject is the first comprehensive study of the impact of these pre-Freudian debates on modernist literature. In lucid and engaging prose, Ryan traces a complex set of filiations between writers and thinkers over a sixty-year period and restores a lost element in the genesis and development of modernism. From writers who see the "self" as nothing more or less than a bundle of sensory impressions, Ryan moves to others who hesitate between empiricist and Freudian views of subjectivity and consciousness, and to those who wish to salvage the self from its apparent disintegration. Finally, she looks at a group of writers who abandon not only the dualisms of subject and object, but dualistic thinking altogether. Literary impressionism, stream-of-consciousness and point-of-view narration, and the question of epiphany in literature acquire a new aspect when seen in the context of the "psychologies without the self." Rilke's development of a position akin to phenomenology, Henry and Alice James's relation to their psychologist brother, Kafka's place in the modernist movements, Joyce's rewriting of Pater, Proust's engagement with contemporary thought, Woolf's presentation of consciousness, and Musil's projection of a utopian counter-reality are problems familiar to readers and critics: The Vanishing Subject radically revises the way we see them.

New essays by leading scholars on the most perplexing of modern writers, Franz Kafka.

Although relatively brief, Philippians is one of the most interesting and beloved of Paul's undisputed epistles. In Philippians and Philemon, Bonnie Thurston makes a convincing case that canonical Philippians is as Paul wrote it, one letter. Although there is not enough specific evidence to "name names," she suggests a number of possible audiences. A translation conforming as closely as possible to the original Greek is provided, along with a careful analysis of the language of the letter that yields insights into the context and theological underpinning of this epistle.The apostle's very brief letter to Philemon stands solidly within the Pauline collection of authentic and canonical letters. In this volume, Judith Ryan argues that Philemon makes two specific appeals. The first seeks to elicit Philemon's partnership and his community's support in welcoming Onesimus back as both beloved brother and honored guest. The second requests that Onesimus be allowed to use the freedom he already has to serve Christ and his Gospel. In this commentary Ryan provides a fresh translation, critical notes for each verse, and interpretation on defined sections. She situates the letter in the historical context of slavery in the ancient world and shows how Paul combined his theology with contemporary rhetorical strategies to produce an effective challenge to his audience.