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For contextual therapists, contextually oriented pastoral counselors and their students, this is a longawaited textbook on the approach founded by Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, one of the pioneers of family therapy which has been updated with a new terminology and new explanations in a highly understandable language. For readers coming from the field of individual therapy, couple and family therapy of any school, and for practitioners in the field of health and human services, this book can open new ways of thinking and new strategies to address many of the situations they are likely to encounter. The book offers answers to questions such as: How to help children and families who have been affected...
‘We believe that a person always stands before God, hand in hand with others, and at the same time with others before God.’ With these words the authors, theologians and therapists, alert us to the importance of understanding a person within her or his relational network (context). This context refers not only to the current relational network but also to the generations before us and the generations to come. In this way the conflicts of the past generations but also their resources, influence the people of the current generation and this in turn has an influence on the unborn generations. Family loyalty predetermines the choices we make and the priorities we set. How can family loyalty ...
This issue of the yearbook "Analecta Bruxellensia" contains different essays which show in what way(s) scholars from different fields are engaged in theology, in particular related to meaning and pastoral care. The authors are all working or studying at the Faculty of Protestant Theology in Brussels Dr. Johannes Taschner is professor of Old Testament at FPG Brussels and chaplain at the Comenius-Gymnasium in DÃ?1⁄4sseldorf. He is specially interested in canonical approaches to he Hebrew Bible and the Jewish-Christian dialogue. Dr. Johan Temmerman is dean and professor of systematic theology at FPG Brussels. His interests include the philosophy of religion and currents of alternative Christianity.
Hermes is the Greek god of the Word, of thought and magic, the swift-moving messenger of the Divine and guardian of souls in the Afterlife. In Ancient Egypt he was the majestic god Thoth, the Recorder, the lord of measurement and science, the brother/husband of Isis. In Rome, he was of course Mercury, flying through the Empyrean at the speed of idea by the aid of his winged helmet and boots. In this broad survey of the Hermetic arts, author Jacob Slavenburg brings an unparalleled depth of insight to the subject. He examines the historical Hermetic literature and details its relevance to modern occultism, from the symbolism of architecture and art to the mysteries of Freemasonry. The heavenly...