The Authority of Service and Love
This is a very interesting book about the crisis of authority in the Christian Church. It begins with a discussion of the relationship between authority,…… Read More »
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Stand Firm – Resisting the Self-Improvement Craze
Stoicism has become quite popular recently, and in this book Danish philosopher and psychologist uses this background to take aim at the self-help industry as…… Read More »
Get Over Yourself – Nietzsche for our Times
As the subtitle indicates, this book is not just another introduction to Nietzsche, but rather a thought experiment in how he would respond to our…… Read More »
Simone Weil and Continental Philosophy
Author: A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Philosophy / Continental Philosophy
Simone Weil (1909-1943) was an extraordinarily brilliant and original thinker who died at an early age during the Second World War, having lived life of…… Read More »
Connection
This personal book advocates a balance of holism with the prevailing reductionist approach applied to medicine and health. As the title suggests, it looks at…… Read More »
Governing Global Health
As the title implies, this informative book is about the governance of global health, with a particular analysis of the four largest players, the World…… Read More »
Psycho-spiritual Care in Health Care Practice
This is an important book for therapists and anyone engaged in psycho-spiritual care within a health context. The author is head of spiritual and pastoral…… Read More »
Healing for Body, Soul and Spirit
This revised and expanded edition is a comprehensive introduction to Anthroposophic Medicine by a physician with a lifetime's experience. The introduction makes clear that this…… Read More »
The Psychology of Overeating
This is a fascinating and important book that makes the connection between food and the culture of consumerism. In the introduction, Cargill maps the complex…… Read More »
Why We Sleep
Subtitled 'the new science of sleep and dreams' this book by the Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and Director of the Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory…… Read More »