Judith Thompson – författare

This collection challenges the traditional focus on solitary genius by examining the rich diversity of collaborations from the early modern to the post-modern period. "Literary Couplings" explores some of the best-known literary partnerships - from the Sidneys to Boswell and Johnson to Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes - and also includes lesser-known collaborators such as Daphne Marlatt and Betsy Warland. The essays place famous authors such as Samuel Coleridge, Oscar Wilde, and William Butler Yeats in new contexts; reassess overlooked members of writing partnerships; and throws new light on texts marginalized due to their collaborative nature.

Ministry, the authors contend, is a range of energies freely bestowed by the Spirit. Our task is to channel it mindfully and reflectively. Through the use of imaginative exercises based on scripture, focusing exercises directed at practical situations, and theological reflection that is rooted in the authors' own experience of ministry as Anglican priests, the following 'colours' of the ministerial rainbow are explored: •The Apostle: Mindful Representing, the Christlike shape of ministry.•The Holy One: Mindful Praying, the still centre of ministry.•The Pastor: Mindful Serving, the hard-working body of ministry.•The Teacher: Mindful Nurture, the wise soul of ministry•The Leader: Mindful Organising, the overseeing mind of ministry.•The Go-Between: Mindful Collaboration, Conviviality and Communication, the interlinking and encouraging hands of ministry.•The Herald of Good Tidings: Mindful Evangelism, the swift, urgent feet of ministry.•The Liberator: Mindful Subversion, the courageous heart of ministry.

Since it was first published, the SCM Studyguide to Theological Reflection has quickly gained a reputation for being a vital and accessible guide to the subject for all who embark on it for the first time. This studyguide offers newcomers a step by step introduction to understanding what theological reflection is and helps them to explore which of the methods introduced best suits them and their particular situation. It is practical in emphasis, providing students with a wide variety of worked examples and opportunities to carry out their own exercises.This 2nd edition will bring the content up to date, offering a revised and improved bibliography and updated and refreshed examples and exercises, including new sections on scriptural reasoning and contemplative theology.

Ana Burns is lying in an abandoned farmer’s field, falling asleep as the sun sets, when her mind is transported to her childhood, to another time, another field, where her life changed forever.Growing up in Middletown, Connecticut, in the 1960s, Ana lives mostly in her imagination. One day, while collecting wildflowers in Crow’s Field with a friend, two older boys approach to ask what they’re doing. So begins the reliving of a violent attack that shaped the lives of the young girls.When her family moves to Kingston, Ontario, amid Canada’s Centennial celebrations, Ana is determined to start anew. She will no longer be the quiet girl who follows someone else’s lead. She will be her own person. Her teenage years are a time of new friends and sexual discoveries, but also severe bullying. Though she continues to be haunted by the events in Crow’s Field, Ana becomes a woman willing to act and to speak.In the debut novel from one of Canada’s leading playwrights, Judith Thompson delivers a transformative story of a young woman’s path out of silence.

A searing triptych of three monologues all exposing the ugly truth behind the headlines of the current situation in Iraq.In America, a disgraced female soldier defends the chaotic events that took place in Abu Ghraib prison. In England, weapons inspector David Kelly confronts the human consequences of lies that spiralled out of control. And in Baghdad, a mother tells the story of a country that no longer exists. This gripping play strips away the modern myths of war to imagine three people who are all, in different ways, preparing to take their place in history…