Jim Powell is een Britse romanschrijver die de traditie voortzet van zijn voorouder, de 19e-eeuwse romanschrijver Thomas Love Peacock. Zijn werk wordt gekenmerkt door diepgaande inzichten in de menselijke natuur en sociale relaties, waarbij hij vaak de complexiteit van interpersoonlijke communicatie en de zoektocht naar betekenis in de moderne wereld onderzoekt. Powell's stijl is opmerkelijk vanwege zijn precisie en elegantie, die lezers meesleept in de rijk weergegeven werelden van zijn verhalen. Deze aanpak heeft hem erkenning opgeleverd als een belangrijke stem in de hedendaagse Britse literatuur.
The book explores the intricate and defining culture of a church, emphasizing how its unique blend of norms, beliefs, and practices shapes the ministry environment. This culture significantly affects the effectiveness of God's Word among the congregation, often more than the specific techniques or programs employed. By understanding this cultural framework, readers can better grasp how it influences the church's overall impact and effectiveness in fulfilling its mission.
Sappho is celebrated as the supreme ancient Greek poet of love and of the personal lyric, and noted also for her vivid participation in a living paganism. Jim Powell's translation is recognized for its unique combination of poetic mastery and scholarly penetration of the original.
If you are like most people, you're not sure what Postmodernism is. And if this were like most books on the subject, it probably wouldn't tell you. Jim Powell takes the position that Postmodernism is a series of `maps' that help people find their way through a changing world. Postmodernism For Beginners features the thoughts of Foucault on power and knowledge, Jameson on mapping the postmodern, Baudrillard on the media, Harvey on time-space compression, Derrida on deconstruction and Deleuze and Guattari on rhizomes.
Since 1968, in coffeehouses around the world, intellectuals have been talking about Jacques Derrida and Deconstruction. Jim Powell has written the most lucid introduction available on this important philosopher, whose abstruse mode of philosophizing remains incomprehensible to even the best-educated minds. Speaking tours.
The spiritual rewards and intellectual challenges of Eastern philosophy are revealed in this visually stunning book, illustrated by Joe Lee and with 19th-century engravings. Eastern philosophy is not only an intellectual pursuit, but one that involves one’s entire being. Much of it is so deeply entwined with the non-intellectual art of meditation, that the two are impossible to separate. In this survey of the major philosophies of India, China, Tibet and Japan, Jim Powell draws upon his knowledge of Sanskrit and Chinese, as well as decades of meditation. Whether tackling Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tzu, Dogen, the Dalai Lama or Patanjal–Powell’s insights are deeply illuminating. All the major philosophies of India, China, Tibet and Japan are explained and everyone, from beginner to expert, will find Eastern Philosophy For Beginners an insightful overview.
The story covers the time period from the mid 1860's to the late 1880's. By the age of ten, Samuel Tucker has endured more hardship and tragedy than most of us will see in a lifetime. With the exception of his grandfather, he is alone. Grandpa cares for him and teaches him that life, for a black man in the post civil war era, is all about survival. He must not fight battles he can't win. The old man and the boy also make a pact: some day, when the time is right, they will square up with the three powerful white men who visited so much carnage on the Tucker family.At the age of sixteen, Sammy leaves Pine Bluff and travels west. He becomes a skilled horseman and incredibly proficient with a revolver. He lives a solitary, mostly nomadic, life for several years, working, at times, as a cowboy and a horse trainer. Life for him is, truly, about surviving until the time comes to go back to Pine Bluff and settle up with the Coolidge brothers and James Howard.As he grows into a man, he earns a reputation and a name given to him derisively, but one that comes to strike fear in the hearts of his adversaries. He also falls in love, and that, along with his innate humanity and decency, makes things a lot more complicated. He's in his mid-twenties when circumstances tell him the time is right to go back to Pine Bluff. Grandpa is there, waiting for him.
