Daring to Fight Global Inequality, Reinvent Finance, and Invest in Women
When she launched the worlds first social stock exchange, Durreen Shahnaz started more than a financial system; she sparked a movement. Defiant optimism means changing how systems work--and who they work for. In these pages Shahnaz offers strategies for placing women, the underserved, and the planet at the heart of financial systems.
What if our dreams could offer spiritual insight for personal growth and social transformation? Leading dream expert Kelly Bulkeley brings us time-honored methods to stimulate our innate dreaming capacity, including the latest research on dreaming and strategies from seasoned, vivid dreamers.
Now in an updated second edition, Gabriel Said Reynolds tells the story of Islam in this brief survey, beginning with Muhammad's early life and rise to power, then tracing the origins and development of the Qur'an juxtaposed with biblical literature, and concluding with an overview of modern and fundamentalist narratives of the origin of Islam.
And Other Things I Learned When My Daughter Came Out
When Staci Frenes learned her teenage daughter was gay, she found her dreams for the future-along with her lifelong faith-collapsing around her. Coming to terms with a new reality offered an invitation to make room for many things: the inevitability of uncertainty, hope in the midst of loss, awkward and tough conversations
In this lyrical account of a monarch butterfly's life cycle and environmental impact, rhythmic prose and intriguing facts bring this beautiful insect flying right off the page.
M. Shawn Copeland demonstrates how black womens historical experience casts a completely different light on our theological ideas about being human. Copeland argues that race, embodiment, and relations of power reframe not only theological anthropology but also our notions of discipleship, church, Eucharist, and Christ.
Welcome to humanity! There will be lots of ups and downs, but this guide is here to help you. So prepare for an adventure, young human. Full of humor and heart, this delightful picture book inspires kids to be humans who are kind, empathetic, and gracious in a messy, unpredictable world.
Grief is all-consuming. Shattering. In times of sorrow, we ask questions about the meaning of life, the whys of death, and how to carry on. In The Spirituality of Grief, spiritual director Fran Tilton Shelton honors the complex nature of grief and offers spiritual practices that help those of us who remain to carry our sorrow and love.
