March 9, 2010
Dr. Stephen Sapp, Professor and Chair of Religion Studies at the University of Miami, recently wrote an interesting article in The Gerontologist titled What Have Religion and Spirituality to Do with Aging? Three Approaches.
Sapp’s three approaches consisted of three recently published books on aging and spirituality, one in which was a Templeton Press publication, Aging in the Church by Neal M. Krause.
Neal Krause says that the purpose of Aging in the Church “is to examine how social relationships that arise in church affect the physical and mental health of older men and women” (p. 3). He accomplishes his goal in this comprehensive yet comprehensible compilation of a great deal of social–scientific research (both his own and that of others) on the role that involvement in Christian congregations plays in various health outcomes among elders. The most empirical of the three books, this one pulls together a wealth of information in one place for researchers interested in its subject, as well as for those who might want to make a case that “going to church is good for you.”
To learn more about Aging in the Church, click here.
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December 17, 2009
In its December 2009 issue, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith states “The second edition of Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice is a timely update that fulfills its specified goals. The book constitutes an excellent addition to the nursing and allied health literature.”
Ever since the first edition of Verna Benner Carson’s Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice went out of print, second-hand copies have been highly sought after by practitioners in the field and nursing school faculty who appreciated the comprehensive scope of the seminal work on spirituality and health. In this highly anticipated revised edition, Carson and her co-editor, Harold G. Koenig, have thoroughly revised and updated this classic in the field.
Click here for more information on Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice.
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June 9, 2009
David Blankenhorn, the principal editor of both Thrift: A Cyclopedia and Franklin’s Thrift, just published another great article on the topic of thrift. This one appears in next week’s edition of The Weekly Standard and deals specifically with “the paradox of thrift.”
He provides a spirited rebuke of the popular theory that thrift is a bad thing during economic downturns and offers the top five reasons why that theory simply isn’t true.
You can find the article, in its entirety at the website of The Weekly Standard. It’s definitely worth a read.
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May 22, 2008
Earlier this month, there was a great article in the Washington Post on project that is being led by David Blankenhorn, the author of the soon-to-be-released TFP volume, Thrift: A Cyclopedia.
You can read the full text of the article here: Let’s Make it Cool to Save
We’ll have more information on our site about the book as we approach the official publication date (August 2008), but in the meantime, the article will give you a great preview of some of the timely wisdom that will be featured in the book.
Happy reading!
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