Why the call to Love Thy Body? To counter a pervasive hostility toward the body and biology that drives today's headline stories: Transgenderism: Activists detach gender from biology. Kids down to kindergarten are being taught their body is irrelevant to their authentic self. Is this affirming, or does it demean the body? Homosexuality: Advocates disconnect sexuality from biological identity as male or female. Is this liberating, or does it denigrate...

The author of The Power of Positive Thinking, the number one New York Times best-selling book, explains how to turn optimism and confidence into tangible, real-world results. There is a clear link between optimistic thinking and positive or favorable outcomes. In his landmark book, The Power of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peale, one of the twentieth century's most famous self-help specialists and spiritual leaders, revealed his practical and...

For millennia, plant and animal species have received little sustained attention as subjects of Christian theology and ethics in their own right. Focused on the human dilemma of sin and redemptive grace, theology has considered the doctrine of creation to be mainly an overture to the main drama of humanity's relationship to God. What value does the natural world have within the framework of religious belief? The crisis of biodiversity in our day,...

"Take a walk in someone else's shoes in this fascinating examination of shoes and feet around the world! This one-of-a-kind A-Z reference work contains over 150 fascinating entries and intriguing sidebars that look at feet and adornment of feet across the many cultures of the world throughout time. A wide range of international and multicultural topics are covered, including foot binding, fetishes, diseases of the foot, customs and beliefs related...

The papers are organized in three parts according to the following perspectives: scientific, health and healing, spiritual and mythological.