We all have a responsibility to care for culture. Artist Makoto Fujimura issues a call to cultural stewardship, in which we feed our culture's soul with beauty, creativity, and generosity. This is a book for artists and all "creative catalysts" who understand how much the culture we all share affects human thriving today and shapes the generations to come.

From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity’s quintessential—and often overlooked—role in the spiritual life “Makoto Fujimura’s art and writings have been a true inspiration to me. In this luminous book, he addresses the question of art and faith and their reconciliation with a quiet and moving eloquence.”—Martin Scorsese “[An] elegant treatise . . . Fujimura’s sensitive, evocative theology will appeal to believers interested in the role religion can play in the creation of art.”—Publishers Weekly Conceived over thirty years of painting and creating in his studio, this book is Makoto Fujimura’s broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of “making.” What he does in the studio is theological work as much as it is aesthetic work. In between pouring precious, pulverized minerals onto handmade paper to create the prismatic, refractive surfaces of his art, he comes into the quiet space in the studio, in a discipline of awareness, waiting, prayer, and praise. Ranging from the Bible to T. S. Eliot, and from Mark Rothko to Japanese Kintsugi technique, he shows how unless we are making something, we cannot know the depth of God’s being and God’s grace permeating our lives. This poignant and beautiful book offers the perspective of, in Christian Wiman’s words, “an accidental theologian,” one who comes to spiritual questions always through the prism of art.

DIVERSITY IS PART OF THE FABRIC of American life. This clinical guide highlights cultural practices related to daily life, transitions, and health/illness care for 32 cultures. All chapters were written by clinicians who are very familiar with the particular cultural group either by group membership or extensive study. We hope that the information contained here will assist with your clinical encounter by bringing awareness, sensitivity, and knowledge of your patient's heritage.

With new research on diverse cultures, this new edition has been thoroughly updated. It offers an introduction to the Sunrise Enabler and the Ethnonursing Research Method - important tools in providing culturally congruent, competent & safe care in a multicultural environment.

Indhold: Madeleine M. Leininger: The Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality. Madeleine M. Leininger: Ethnonursing: A Research Method with Enablers to Study the Theory of Culture Care. Zenaida Spangler: Culture Care of Philippine and Anglo-American Nurses in a Hospital Context. Anna Frances Wenger: The Culture care Theory and the Old Order Amish. David B. Stasiak: Culture Care Theorywith Mexican-Americans in an Urban Context. Irene Zwarycz Bohay: Culture Care Meanings and Experiences of Pregnancy and Childbirth of Ukrainians. Madeleine M. Leininger: Culture Care of the Gadsup Akuna of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea. Marie F. Gates: Culture Care Theory for Study of Dying Patients in Hospital and Hospice Contexts. Janet Rosenbaum: Culture Care Theory and Greek Canadian Widows. Madeleine M. Leininger: Selected Culture Care Findings of Diverse Cultures Using Culture Care Theory and Ethnomethods. Madeleine M. Leininger: Culture Care Theory and Uses in Nursing Administration. Madeleine M. Leininger: Looking to the Future of Nursing and the Relevancy of Culture Care Theory.

Preceded by Culture care diversity and universality: a worldwide nursing theory / [edited by] Madeleine M. Leininger, Marilyn R. McFarland. 2nd ed. c2006.

Internationally renowned artist Makoto Fujimura reflects on Shusaku Endo's novel Silence and grapples with the nature of art, pain and culture. Showing that light is yet present in darkness, he uncovers deep layers of meaning in Japanese history and finds connections to how faith is lived in contexts of trauma.