Ways of Renewal - A Guidebook for Women: Natural Methods for Clearing Sexual Trauma, Balancing the Emotions and Resurrecting the Spirit approaches rape trauma from a fresh perspective - that of approaching it as a treatable injury. Just as a broken arm will heal correctly if the bones are set and the arm is immobilized for a period, the trauma suffered by rape or sexual assault survivors also requires intervention, but of a different nature. This concise book leads the reader to a basic understanding of the ancient art of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, offering specific acupuncture point prescriptions to use with detailed explanations. The book also describes other related healing modalities which are effective for treating this "invisible injury."

This book will be a resource for those who are interested in starting and sustaining a faith-based small group for women. It will include tools for organizing, creating, and sustaining the group, which the author calls a circle. The book invites women to develop their spiritual side, and to model their relationship with God as they envision ever-new ways to inspire, encourage, and affirm one another.

ÒConceived and developed by two of Europe's most eminent missiologists, in the country where the scientific and sustained study of mission first took shape, [the 'Dictionary of Mission'] represents the finest of the chorus of voices that comprise contemporary missiology . . . The choice of topics and the authors to address them reflects what Christian mission has become: a genuinely worldwide and ecumenical phenomenon. That there would be entries on regional theological developments is indicative of how the world church is developing. A host of other topics here explored show too how the landscape of mission is changing. Taken as a whole, then, the 'Dictionary of Mission' is a road map through this exciting and challenging terrain. --from the Foreword

Through the story of Sister Theresa Kane, this book documents an important period of contemporary Catholic history. It is a period in which Theresa--and so many of her sisters in her own and other communitie--exercised unparalleled leadership in the Catholic Church. They did so by speaking truth to power with love, wisdom, and grace.