Kindness the Currency of a Civil Society
Kindness the Currency of a Civil Society

Author: Q. Yunus

Publisher:

Published: 2015-04-18

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9781511713122

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This book introduces the currency of Kindness as an alternative route to acquire success, happiness and a wealth that increases every time it is shared.By introducing Kindness as a currency, the reader is presented to each of the ten denominations of Kindness with explanations of what each denomination is, why it benefits both the giver and the receiver and how to spend it. Organisational usage of each denomination is also covered and enlightens the reader to the economic benefits of the use of this currency.This book aims to increase the awareness of the currency of Kindness, increase its circulation, its usage, thereby resulting in the increase in the wealth of the reader and the prosperity of society.Kindness - The Currency of a Civil Society is a practical guide as it invites the reader to select one or more denominations of their choosing and start spending it with their family, friends, their community and all of humanity. Kindness is not only the giving of money or material things. Kindness is itself a currency, whose ten denominations are Compassion, Courage, Creativity, Celebration, Forgiveness, Loyalty, Listening, Generativity, Humour and Respect. One of the objectives of this book is to allow the reader to develop a state of mind in which kindness becomes the underlying mode of operation. This book intends to allow you to see yourself as an individual with a higher purpose. The aim is to instill an awareness of what a great feeling it is to go through the hum drum of everyday life knowing that you actually have a higher mission. For the majority of us, our jobs are not who we are. Knowing in your mind that you have a greater purpose allows you to truly identify yourself. By making the giving of kindness, both to yourself and to others, your mission. You can lift yourself to a point where you see the obstacles in your path for what they really are, insignificant in the bigger picture. Having a higher purpose or an overwhelming objective in your life, is like a compass's true north. It guides us and gives us courage because it is profound and meaningful.This book will look at 10 methods of being kind without necessary giving money.

How Compassion Can Transform Our Politics, Economy and Society
How Compassion Can Transform Our Politics, Economy and Society

Author: Taylor & Francis Group

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-10-28

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780367353940

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How Compassion can Transform our Politics, Economy and Society draws together experts across disciplines - ranging from psychology to climate science, philosophy to economics, history to business - to explore the power of compassion to transform politics, our society, and our economy. The book shows that compassion can be used as the basis of a new political, economic, and social philosophy as well as a practical tool to address climate breakdown, inequality, homelessness, and more. Crucially, it also provides a detailed plan for its execution. It marks the first time that the study of compassion has been applied across multiple disciplines. The book provides a template for the study of compassion on an interdisciplinary basis and will appeal to academics, professionals and the general reader searching for a fresh and inspiring approach to the seemingly intractable problems facing the world.

Morality, Normativity, and Society
Morality, Normativity, and Society

Author: David Copp

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780195144017

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Offering new perspectives on reason and rational choice, Copp's approach to morality and normativity raises a number of important issues in moral theory, as well as in metaphysics and the philosophy of language.

The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion
The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion

Author: Robert Wuthnow

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-04

Total Pages: 800

ISBN-13: 1136284931

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Containing over 200 articles from prominent scholars, The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion examines ways in which politics and religion have combined to affect social attitudes, spark collective action and influence policy over the last two hundred years. With a focus that covers broad themes like millenarian movements and pluralism, and a scope that takes in religious and political systems throughout the world, the Encyclopedia is essential for its contemporary as well as historical coverage. Special Features: * Encompasses religions, individuals, geographical regions, institutions and events * Describes the history of relations between religion and politics * Longer articles contain brief bibliographies * Attractively designed and produced The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion will be invaluable for any library, public and academic, which serves those interested in politics, sociology, religious studies, international affairs and history. Contents include: ^ Abortion * Algeria * Anabaptists * China * Christian Democracy * Ethnic Cleansing * Gandhi * Israel * Italy * Jesuits * Jihad * Just War * Missionaries * Moral Majority * Muslim Brethren * Temperance Movements * Unification Church * War * Zionism

The Logic of Personal Knowledge
The Logic of Personal Knowledge

Author: Polanyi Festschrift Committee

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-06-05

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1317440226

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Originally published in 1961. Michael Polanyi was a polymath who influenced economics and the sciences as well as philosophy. His wide-ranging research in physical science is as well-known as his work on freedom and knowledge and his arguments against positivism and reductionism. This collection of essays written for him touches on all aspects of his influence but rotates around his published lectures Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy. The contributors address four areas – The Scientist as Knower, Historical Perspectives, The Knowledge of Society and the Knowledge of Living Things.

Seeking Stillness or The Sound of Wings
Seeking Stillness or The Sound of Wings

Author: Hector Acero Ferrer

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-03-11

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 1725295709

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Seeking Stillness or The Sound of Wings pays tribute to Lambert Zuidervaart, one of the most productive Reformational philosophers of the present generation, by picking up the central concerns of his philosophical work—art, truth, and society—and working with the legacy of his published concern to see what more can be understood about our world in light of that legacy. Zuidervaart is an internationally recognized expert in critical theory, especially the work of Theodor Adorno, and a leading systematic philosopher in the reformational tradition. His research and teaching range across continental philosophy, epistemology, social philosophy, and philosophy of art, with an emphasis on Kant, Hegel, Marx, Heidegger, Gadamer, and Habermas. He is currently developing a new conception of truth for an allegedly post-truth society. At the Institute for Christian Studies (2002-2016), Zuidervaart held the Herman Dooyeweerd Chair in Social and Political Philosophy and served as founding Director of the Centre for Philosophy, Religion, and Social Ethics. He was also an Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty and Full Professor, status only, in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, and a member of the Advanced Degree Faculty at the Toronto School of Theology. Zuidervaart is currently a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Philosophy at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Seeking Stillness or The Sound of Wings seeks to promote new scholarship emerging from the rich and dynamic tradition of reformational intellectual inquiry. Believing that all scholarly endeavor is rooted in and oriented by deep spiritual commitments, reformational scholarship seeks to add its unique Christian voice to discussions about leading questions of life and society. From this source, it seeks to contribute to the redemptive transformation and renewal of the various aspects of contemporary society, developing currents of thought that open human imagination to alternative future possibilities that may helpfully address the damage we find in present reality. As part of this work, Currents in Reformational thought will bring to light the inter–and multi–disciplinary dimensions of this intellectual tradition, and promote reformational scholarship that intentionally invites dialogue with other traditions or streams of thought.

Rethinking Money
Rethinking Money

Author: Bernard Lietaer

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2013-02-04

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1609942965

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Many of the world's economic ills - short-termism, compulsory growth pressure, cyclical recessions, unrelenting concentration of wealth, and erosion of social capital can be traced to our competitive money system, in which there is built-in economic scarcity and never enough money for people to pay off their debts. We need an economic system that is both cooperative and competitive, with each balancing and complimenting the other. Lietaer and Dunne tell how such a balanced system can be created and, in fact, how it is already being built in many places around the world. Individual citizens, entrepreneurs, businesses, communities, and governments are creating new cooperative money systems that link unused resources with unmet needs. Over the past 30 years there has been a tremendous growth of cooperative currencies from fewer than 100 in 1980 to over 4,000 today. But we need many more of them spread more consistently all over the globe. We also need more large-scale cooperative currencies. The emergent cooperative currency movement needs to grow up. Dodging the dogma of both left or right Rethinking Money provides the roadmap for this to happen.

Beyond Belief
Beyond Belief

Author: Hugh Mackay

Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.

Published: 2016-04-26

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1925479218

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What do people actually mean when they say 'God'? Around two-thirds of us say we believe in God or some 'higher power', but fewer than one in ten Australians attend church weekly. In Beyond Belief, Hugh Mackay presents this discrepancy as one of the great unexamined topics of our time. He argues that while our attachment to a traditional idea of God may be waning, our desire for a life of meaning remains as strong as ever. Mackay interviews dozens of Australians representing many different points on the spectrum of faith, including some who are part of the emerging 'spiritual but not religious' movement. He exposes the deep vein of ambivalence about religion that runs through our society: we may not actively worship, but we still like to see local churches operating in our midst, and we use 'our' church to marry, christen our babies, educate our children and commemorate our dead. He points out some uncomfortable truths, such as our tendency to call on God only in a crisis, and unpacks our human need for 'answers', even when science can't find them. He endorses the Christian ideal of the good life - a life lived for others - but acknowledges that there are many pathways to that same goal, not all of them religious. Written with all the insight and compassion we have come to expect of our leading chronicler of Australian life, Beyond Belief is an engrossing exploration of the ways we find spiritual fulfilment in an avowedly secular age.