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Focusing on the shared belief in God, this book encourages individuals from all religious backgrounds to unite rather than dwell on differences. It emphasizes the significance of faith in a secular world, highlighting that God's saving love transcends barriers and is meant to be shared. The text invites readers to reflect on their beliefs and the importance of faith in shaping their lives, asserting that there is no true substitute for worshiping God. Ultimately, it challenges readers to confront their beliefs and the impact of faith on their existence.

This book looks at the way theatre works in order to make 'space for living'. It provides the means to help one feel more deeply, think more clearly, relate more personally, by giving audiences and actors the opportunity to rehearse their roles within a setting which is imagined, but to make use of feelings and thoughts which are real. This book extends the territory explored by Peter Brook in The Empty Space. It adds a new psychological recognising that not only do we ourselves make space for theatre, but it is also true that theatre makes space for us -- a 'space for living'. Roger Grainger looks in turn at the different kinds of space theatre creates, using written sources and the spoken testimony of actors and members of the audience. The author's own discoveries as a professional actor give passion and immediacy to the acting/audience participation opportunities these insights provide. Based on genuine experience of, and love for, the theatre, this book does notpresent plays solely

The book examines the various ways in which theatre responds to our psychological needs. It begins with how we present our own personal drama and goes on to look at theatre as the means by which we give events personal and corporate significance. Theatre enables us to overcome our reluctance to face psychological pain and so helps us towards healing, concentrating on its balance of protection and exposure-its principal contribution to health and its significance for human relationship.

Roger Grainger has addressed an issue which he is well versed in and has written some books on it in past. This study, however, is extremely relevant since it has been done specifically from a perspective of the Church of England. Although a lot has been written on small groups in the United States, and elsewhere, the focus of the present study is unique and will be an asset not only to the Church of England in the United Kingdom but also, as one commentator has written, to the entire Christian Fraternity on the issue of Group Learning. The basic premise is that a more experimental approach to Group Work might usefully be adopted. The Bible provides evidence in both the Old and New Testaments of the awareness involved in group belonging. Within the UK the Church of England concentrates its congregational training in one kind group-based process evangelism'. But this format neglects more experiential and less directive kinds of group work, which may more effectivelyeducate church members in

The author, a parish minister and chartered counseling psychologist, navigates the secular world while drawing on his Christian background. He engages with clients who seek psychological support rather than religious guidance, using everyday language to communicate effectively. Despite the secular focus, his insights resonate in both secular and faith-based contexts, highlighting the universal relevance of his ideas.

This book is about experiences of personal chaos and their relationship to creativity. It presents evidence that creativity emerges where it seems totally unlikely, in things and places which are not usually associated with it: catastrophe, utter hopelessness and desperation, grief and depression, social oppression and injustice, failure and boredom. All these are chaotically disruptive of what we usually call ‘quality of life’. In fact, they are different kinds of chaos, which represents the effective reversal of human meanings, thus bringing home the limitations of simple theorising. In this book the author concentrates on ways in which chaos impels us to make new kinds of sense of life, and to start living in a world which we experience as authentically different from whatever went before. This is chaos as a sustaining presence which is essential for life as it alone permits real change to take place.

Historically speaking, religious ritual and theatre appear to have evolved together. But what is the relationship between catharsis and liturgy? How liturgical is theatre, and how theatrical is liturgy? This book explores the characteristics of liturgical experience - concentration, single mindedness, intentionality, and emotional catharsis.

Shakespeare’s plays present the dynamics of personal relationships in a way that is direct and unambiguous, and with unparalleled forcefulness. This book concentrates on three of Shakespeare’s last plays, King Lear, Pericles and The Tempest, allowing them to demonstrate the underlying dynamic of theatre as it is embodied within the work of a master craftsman. The three plays are widely dissimilar from one another at the surface level, yet they all concentrate on a particular relationship – that between fathers and daughters – working outwards from the centre of human experience and using the fundamental relational paradigm as it is enshrined in theatre, especially Shakespeare’s. As a professional actor as well as an academic, the author combines an actor’s understanding with psychodynamics and literary criticism.

Exploring the motivations behind attending theatre and the reasons actors perform, this book delves into the concept of escapism. It examines what audiences seek to escape from, offering insights into the deeper significance of theatrical experiences. Through thoughtful analysis, it invites readers to reflect on the emotional and psychological aspects of the art form.

Exploring the dynamics of group spirituality, this book delves into the unique outcomes and insights that emerge from collective experiences, highlighting how working in groups can lead to deeper connections and transformative moments that differ significantly from individual encounters. It emphasizes the value of shared spiritual journeys and the impact of community on personal growth.