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Health is weird. Health is weird in a way that resists simple explanations or elegant theorizing. This book is a philosophical explanation of that weirdness, and an argument that grappling with the distinctive weirdness of health can give us insight into how we might approach difficult questions about social reality.

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Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenon-a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off. To be physically disabled is not to have a defective body, but simply to have a minority body.

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This book showcases a range of views on topics at the forefront of current controversies in the field of metaphysics. It will give readers a varied and alive introduction to the field, and cover such key issues as: modality, fundamentality, composition, the object/property distinction, and indeterminacy. The contributors include some of the most

Come possono le figure professionali gestire il confine tra il coinvolgimento personale e il distacco professionale, quando sono continuamente esposte alla relazione con persone sofferenti?" Gli autori esplorano una varietà di punti di vista su questo tema, a partire dai presupposti di natura più filosofica fino ai dilemmi che caratterizzano la pratica quotidiana, attingendo alla comune esperienza di formazione all'approccio psicosociale press...

Lacie Lue and Maddie Sue is based on two dogs from author Elizabeth Barnes' childhood, one of which is a fancy store-bought dog and one who is a stray. These two must learn to coexist under the same roof. Lacie Lue is a spoiled dog who has the best of everything until her human family brings home a scruffy, smelly dog named Maddie Sue. Lacie Lue despises Maddie Sue at first, until Maddie Sue takes her on an adventure to her old stomping ground...

Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenon¿a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off. To be physically disabled is not to have a defective body, but simply to have a minority body.

When Elizabeth Barnes discovered that her son was on the autism spectrum she realized she had a lot to learn. She also discovered a talent for finding fun ways to teach her son about his autism through his own interests. One of those interests, which she shared, was Star Trek.Barnes writes with empathy and experience about raising a child on the autism spectrum, and the challenges they can face in understanding their own and others' behavior. ...

This is a biography of Samuel Harrison who was born in Philadelphia in 1818 to enslaved parents. They were given their freedom when he was three years old. He grew up in NYC and Philadelphia, became a minister in the Congregational Church in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1850. The Rev. Samuel Harrison, Abolitionist, Activist, and Chaplain of the Massachusetts 54th, the First Black Regiment Raised in the North to fight in the Civil War highlight...

Jack Martin and Sarah Martin with their two children, William and Melissa Martin, lived in Windy Valley, Riverland. The river flows through the valley, across the woodlands. Windy Valley is the valley of beautiful farms and fields. The Martin's generation lived in this valley for many years, farming. The Martin family is well known in this amazing valley. Their nearest busy town is the town of Greenville with its market, beautiful parks, and g...

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Temperance Green Smith wonders what would have happened if she and her best friend, Rhonda Edwards, had gone to the early movie that hot Saturday in July of 1954 in Lenoirville, North Carolina. The only descendant of North Carolina textile workers, Mae and Stedman, as well sa a daughter of twentieth-century social strife, Temperance knows things would have gone differently, much differently.Many years later, she still bears guilt over the hate...

Temperance Green Smith wonders what would have happened if she and her best friend, Rhonda Edwards, had gone to the early movie that hot Saturday in July of 1954 in Lenoirville, North Carolina. The only descendant of North Carolina textile workers, Mae and Stedman, as well sa a daughter of twentieth-century social strife, Temperance knows things would have gone differently, much differently.Many years later, she still bears guilt over the hate...

This fictional story is inspired by Canada's real-life Child Immigration Scheme, a largely forgotten program that brought upwards of 100, 000 supposedly orphaned and abandoned British children to Canada to act as much-needed farm labourers and servants ("home children") from 1860 to the 1920s. The Reluctant Canadian follows the unforgettable and haunting journey of Sidney, a spirited victim of this immigration scheme who, after the death of hi...

This fictional story is inspired by Canada's real-life Child Immigration Scheme, a largely forgotten program that brought upwards of 100, 000 supposedly orphaned and abandoned British children to Canada to act as much-needed farm labourers and servants ("home children") from 1860 to the 1920s. The Reluctant Canadian follows the unforgettable and haunting journey of Sidney, a spirited victim of this immigration scheme who, after the death of hi...

Working to reconcile the Christian dictum to "love one's neighbour as oneself” with evidence of US sociopolitical aggression, including slavery, corporal punishment of children, and Indian removal, Elizabeth Barnes focuses her attention on aggressors to suggest ways of understanding paradoxical relationships between empathy, violence, and religion that took hold so strongly in nineteenth-century American culture.

The Story of Discipleship turns a critical eye to certain stories which can help us better understand three central biblical narratives: that of Jesus, that of fallen humanity, and that of the community of disciples known as the church. Drawing on a variety of sources, including contemporary fiction, Barnes provides a creative and persuasive argument as to how narrative can enrich the church's understanding of the gospel.

First published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A Family Guidebook on Bullies, Self-Esteem & Hidden Hurts! is the first interactive guidebook for families and their elementary-school children. This guidebook offers information on specific topics and related worksheets that represent the social and emotional interests and issues of children in grades one through five. Each worksheet and role-play is designed to improve communication, resilience, self-esteem and encourage relationship buildin...