John-Stewart Gordon Bücher

Das vorliegende Buch ist nicht nur ein anspruchsvoller philosophischer Ratgeber mit Blick auf das gute Leben in Zeiten der Orientierungslosigkeit, sondern eine Hommage an die Philosophie und die Relevanz des philosophischen Denkens fur unser alltagliches Leben. Der antike Philosoph Sokrates hat einmal gesagt, dass ein Leben, das nicht hinterfragt wird, nicht lebenswert sei. Damit meint er, dass man seine eigenen Handlungen und die ethisch-moralische Ausrichtung seines Lebens bzw. seiner eigenen Lebensweise stets kritisch hinterfragen muss. Was soll ich tun? Wie kann ich ein gutes Leben fuhren? Welche Handlungen sollte ich vermeiden und wie werde ich ein moralisch besserer Mensch? Was sind die Grundlagen der Moral? In welchem Staat gedeiht das beste Leben am besten? Diese und ahnliche Fragen stehen im Mittelpunkt des Buches.

Das vorliegende Buch ist eine verständliche und kompakte Einführung in die Grundfragen der Philosophie. Dabei geht es weniger darum, alle wichtigen Themen abzudecken, sondern gezielt einige derjenigen grundlegenden Fragen anzugehen, die in der Geschichte der Philosophie einen besonderen Platz einnehmen. Grundsätzlich richtet sich das Buch an alle philosophisch interessierten Personen, ganz gleich ob sie keinerlei Erfahrungen mitbringen oder bereits einen ersten Kontakt mit Philosophie hatten. Es sind keine Fachkenntnisse erforderlich, da alles in verständlicher Weise erklärt wird. Die Kapitel geben jeweils einen kurzen Überblick über einige der spannenden Fragen der Philosophie und sollen dabei zum Mit- und Weiterdenken anregen.

In these shimmering "analects", photographer John Stewart offers gleanings of vivid experiences from more than ninety years of living. Though he has discovered no "avowed meaning" to his life, Stewart finds moments where he "touched something here and there" -- where he experienced moments of "being awake". Stewart shares his encounters with the famous and fascinating: drawing with Henri Cartier-Bresson in the south of France; on the set of The Bridge on the River Kwai in Sri Lanka; a comical meeting with John Cage on the Williamsburg Bridge at midnight; Picasso at a cafe; Matisse in his bedroom; Muhammad Ali; Isak Dinesen; Francis Poulenc; Diana Vreeland. From these accounts of travels far and wide to a poignant elegy for his son, Stewart's Flotsam is full of wit and tenderness.

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A novel of gay urban Afro-boho interracial romance set over one sweaty summer following a night of shocking violence in a post-9/11 London of vinyl records, video-cassettes and mix-tapes, seething with passion and oil-paint, music and dance. Meet bebop-cool Malcolm, wigger rudeboy Luke, Jamaican choreographer George and schizophrenic African artist Ziggy, seekers for love, on the run from buried truths that by the summer's end they all must face. Murder, bereavement, Vodou, twins and new love on the rack. Will it - will they, survive?

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Reflecting a wealth of ministerial experience, this accessible and instructive book is designed to equip lay leaders and pastors of Protestant churches to better envision and practice gospel-driven ministry amid the challenges of our twenty-first-century context.Especially addressing Baby Boomer and Gen X leaders, seasoned pastor and practical theologian John Stewart presents and explains five biblically mandated, foundational practices for being and nurturing the church: belonging, discipling, witnessing, serving, and worshiping. Stewart believes that these five practices are “essential markers” for congregations that seek to remain faithful to their risen Lord, and he offers memorable examples of how specific churches are carrying them out well.Church leaders of every generation will find in these pages much practical wisdom on how to enhance their congregational life and mission. For any congregations wanting to remain faithful to their biblical heritage and mandate, Stewart’s Envisioning the Congregation, Practicing the Gospel provides an excellent roadmap for doing what God calls the church to do.

This is the first full biography of an unjustly forgotten man: Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1799 - 1861), architect, artist, traveller extraordinaire, author - and bigamist. Famous in his lifetime as 'the Siberian traveller', he spent seven years travelling nearly 40,000 miles through the Urals, Kazakhstan and Siberia with special authorisation from the Tsar, producing 560 watercolour sketches - many published here for the first time - of the often dramatic scenery and exotic peoples. He kept a detailed daily journal, now extensively quoted for the first time with his descendants' cooperation.This is also the story of Lucy, his spirited and intrepid wife and their son Alatau Tamchiboulac, called after their favourite places and born in a remote Cossack fort. They both shared his many adventures and extremes of heat and cold, travelling with him on horseback up and down precipices and across dangerous rivers, escaping a murder plot atop a great cliff and befriending the famous Decembrist exiles.

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