In and through his experience of nature, Henry David Thoreau imagined and developed a distinctly American theology of the wild.

In Wildness: Henry David Thoreau and the Making of an American Theology, Lydia Willsky-Ciollo articulates how Thoreau was enmeshed in a decades-spanning project of crafting a theology of wildness. During Thoreau's post-college years and his time at Walden Pond, he evolved from hopeful writer to observant theologian, whose primary work as a surveyor enabled his theological vocation.

Willsky-Ciollo skillfully guides readers through Thoreau's writings and life as his theology emerges and evolves. The focus of Thoreau's theology-wildness itself-centers on the divinity extant in every person and in every molecule of creation. Definitively American in its ethos, Thoreau's theology reflects a distinctly American set of tensions: progress and tradition, wilderness and civilization, the destructive and the generative nature of work, the individual and the society, the local and the universal, and the Christian and the pluralist. While remaining critical of dogmatism and institutional rigidity, he formed his theological vision in conversation with the Christianity of his own time and place.

Ultimately, theology is an active process, and interpreting the wild experience of divine revelation is the purview of all. Thoreau left the door open to his readers, who he hoped would pick up the pen where he left off and write their own theologies of wildness.

This book is a bold, timely and deeply human call to action for one of Australia's most trusted - and most undervalued - professions. Teachers are not just leaving classrooms; they're leaving a profession they once loved. Brad Gaynor explains why - and what must change.

Drawing on real stories from the frontline, compelling research and decades of leadership insight, he exposes the teacher workforce crisis with honesty, compassion and practical urgency. Structured in three clear parts - understanding the crisis, taking immediate action and building long-term solutions - it offers powerful insights and practical tools to restore the purpose, sustainability and dignity of teaching. From boundary-setting strategies for teachers, to trust-building practices for principals, to low cost system reforms that can begin now, the author shows that meaningful change is possible and already underway in schools across the country.

Written for teachers, school leaders and system decision makers alike, this book is a blueprint. Whether you've worked in education for three years or thirty, it speaks to your experience, your fatigue and your hope. Because saving the profession starts by listening to the people who know it best.

Coaching Academic Fundamentals is an educator's playbook for building academic fundamentals-routines and habits that help students plan effectively, learn deeply, and practice with purpose. Drawing from nearly two decades of teaching and coaching, the author lays out a clear progression of nine essential skills that can be taught, coached, and repeated across the classroom and at home. With practical strategies, real student anecdotes, and an unflinching focus on doing hard things, this book shows how attention, structure, and discipline can be taught like footwork or a jump shot. Educators and parents will walk away with simple routines they can implement immediately, and students will gain a model for developing the independence that school demands. Whether you're helping one kid or redesigning your entire academic support program, these are the fundamentals worth your time. Coaching Academic Fundamentals is written for teachers, executive functioning coaches, parents, and anyone committed to helping students succeed by coaching them to master the basics.

This book provides a comprehensive account of the long-neglected but fascinating figure Marie-Therese Charlotte (1778-1851), the only surviving daughter of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, Duchesse d'Angouleme, then dauphine and de jure Queen of France.

Using a vast array of iconographic sources as proof that the princess was far from unknown to her contemporaries, Mensch explores the evolution of Marie-Therese Charlotte's image, arguing that although her life was marked by many exiles, she occupied and redefined the role of a queen during the Bourbon Restoration (1814-1830). A de facto queen during the reign of her uncles, Louis XVIII and Charles X, she truly became one in exile. The last avatar of an Ancien Regime society that had disappeared, she continued to represent a certain idea of monarchy at the heart of a Europe in the throes of revolutions. Her life raises questions about queenship in France and the role, place and definition of women in the royal family after more than 20 years, marked by the Revolution and the Empire.

This volume stands as valuable resource for students and scholars of French history, the long nineteenth century, the Napoleonic period, and queenship and court studies. For general readers, the book presents a unique opportunity to discover a little-known historical figure.

We Need to Talk about Menopause uses engaging storytelling and sharp analysis to explore the lived experiences of women going through menopause, breaking the silence around a topic that is often considered taboo. Written by a team of psychologists and anthropologists, it aims to provide support, understanding, and visibility for women navigating this major life transition and to reframe menopause as a time of transformation rather than deficiency.

Through the stories of 60 different women, this book explores the physical and emotional toll of menopause, the impacts it can have on work and personal lives, and how these women navigated relationships, aging, and body image in a world that often stigmatizes this transition. This book shares personal stories about intrusive symptoms, feelings of isolation, and the struggle to talk openly about menopause. It encourages women and their families to start honest conversations, learn from each other, and recognize menopause as a unique and transformative experience

It is valuable reading for those going through the menopause transition, their partners, and families, as well as for medical professionals, to hear the stories that don't often make it to their consultations. Amplifying these voices fosters a collective understanding of menopause as a natural, multifaceted experience.

The authors have created a dedicated website to complement this book, offering a wealth of resources and support for women navigating menopause. Visit https://carleton.ca/conversations-about-menopause/ to explore additional insights, tools, and guidance.

Black Doctoral Students' Experiences in Academia is a vital and timely anthology that brings together the powerful narratives of Black doctoral students and graduates who have navigated and challenged academic systems. These stories speak not only to struggle, but also to joy, care, community, and self-definition. From the first steps into graduate programs to moments of resistance, reclamation, and transformation, the contributors reveal what it means to create belonging, build power, and thrive. This book seeks to provide a platform for these scholars to share their insights and advocate for systemic changes within the often exclusionary environments of higher education. This book is an essential read for scholars, educators, and administrators committed to fostering inclusive and supportive environments within higher education.

This new edition of Black Feminist Sociology offers revised and updated chapters on the history, contours, and prospects of the Black feminist tradition in sociology.

This volume offers new writings by established and emerging scholars working in a Black feminist sociological tradition that provide important attention to transnational Black feminist perspectives, Black feminist inspirations toward abolition and imagination, and Black feminist sociology in connection to other women of color feminisms. Additionally, this new edition incorporates further pedagogical enhancements, such as an instructor's appendix that includes examples that map how to use the text in the classroom, questions to consider, and links to digital resources. The book overall centers Black feminist sociology (BFS) within the sociology canon and widens it to feature Black feminist sociologists both outside the US and the academy. Inspired by a BFS lens, the chapters are critical, personal, political, and oriented toward social justice. Key themes include the origins of BFS, expositions of BFS orientations to research that extend disciplinary norms, and contradictions of the pleasures and costs of such an approach both academically and personally. Authors explore their own sociological legacy of intellectual development to raise critical questions of intellectual thought and self-reflexivity.

The book highlights the dynamism of BFS so future generations of scholars can expand upon and beyond the book's key themes. This new edition will be an essential and valuable resource for students and instructors in introductory and intermediate courses in sociology, social theory, race and ethnic studies, Black studies, feminist and womanist studies, and cultural studies.

This book focuses on conceptualizing "God" not as a static entity but as an ephemeral event or, more precisely, an atmospheric reality. It presents, discusses, and elaborates on the claim that God is identical with the divine effects, i.e., God's existence is God's effective essence. The thesis of the book implies a repudiation of 'metaphysical' accounts that conceptualize God as a supranatural entity based on a rigid ontology. If God is not a metaphysical supplement to the world, the question arises as to how one must think about God to be truly referring to God. The author deals with this question by elaborating on three claims: (1) God's being is identical with God's acting; (2) divine action towards humans is constituted by God's revelation; and (3) the revelatory divine action results in a new understanding of humans and the world. Combining these claims leads to relocating God's works and thus the divine being. There is no separate referent that has been added to the world, but a new and irreducible reference to the world. This transformation from substance-metaphysical thinking to an understanding in performances is called a modalization of faith. The consequences of this theological upheaval for a post-metaphysical conception of God are worked out in a dialogue with hermeneutical theology and its philosophical foundations.

The integration of generative AI into higher education presents a unique opportunity to enhance sustainability. AI-driven solutions can optimize resources and processes and provide tools to tap into the potential of generative AI in creating more personalized, efficient, and sustainable educational environments. This book discusses the role of generative AI in higher education and provides a clear vision of how to integrate AI technology within the framework of sustainability. It balances theoretical insights with practical applications and ethical considerations. Readers will learn how to navigate the ethical and social implications, understand sustainability initiatives, and foresee future trends.

Features

• Provides a holistic explanation of complex AI concepts for readers without technical backgrounds.
• Includes detailed real-world case studies and practical examples showcasing generative AI's impact on education.
• Incorporates sustainability and highlights eco-friendly approaches and sustainable practices in educational settings.
• Offers insights into the ethical considerations and responsible use of AI in education.
• Forecasts future trends and advancements, helping educators stay ahead in the fast-evolving educational landscape.

This is an excellent resource for everyone interested in implementing AI technologies in higher education to enhance students' learning experience and outcomes and for all readers who are interested in the latest trends and applications of AI in higher education.

Handbook of Race, Equity, and Asset-Based Research in Educational Psychology offers a profound vision of contemporary educational psychology scholarship, practice, policy, teaching, and research design that is both informed by and empowering of social justice.

Despite the ubiquity of educational psychology's body of knowledge, the discipline has long neglected the academic success, well-being, and other outcomes of historically and systemically marginalized learners and research partners, and the field remains complicit in imposing normative standards and social stratification across diverse populations. This expansive and rigorous volume charts a new course in educational psychology that supports equity-focused research agendas, refined theoretical syntheses, and meaningful attention to the complexities of race, culture, and class. Each chapter vividly contextualizes critical approaches to theory, methodology, philosophy, pedagogy, and other topics, including the direct integration of decolonial, socioecological, translingual, trauma-informed, and community-engaged praxis.

This book's substantive and deeply considered contributions constitute a significant scholarly reckoning with the exclusionary hierarchies that pervade the field today and an exciting articulation of its future.

Intellectual shifts in the late 20th century led to profound change in the questions that could be asked about the ancient world; the chapters in this volume are inspired by the way these shifts have affected scholars' attitude towards and use of Athenian oratory in the study of social history.

Readers will encounter some of the most up-to-date directions of enquiry in the social-historical study of the Athenian orators. Case studies from across the corpus of the orators explore themes in gender, status, and space as well as their intersections. The contributors to this volume, primarily early-career researchers representing a range of nationalities and academic positions, combine philological and social-historical methodologies with disciplinarily diverse contemporary theoretical frameworks, including spatial analysis, queer theory, and disability theory.

Gender, Status, and Space in Athenian Oratory and Society is intended for students and scholars of the Athenian orators and of Athenian social history and is designed to be accessible to readers without extensive knowledge of ancient Greek.

This book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to explore how constructivist learning theories can meaningfully guide teacher preparation for today's dynamic and diverse classrooms. It examines the theoretical implications of the constructivist theory, shares practical examples of educators fostering constructivist principles through their practices, and discusses challenges they face in embracing such practices.

Chapters are organized into three parts: Theoretical Foundations, Constructivism in Action, and Beyond the Classroom. Each part provides frameworks, ideas, and strategies for designing transformative learning experiences. From relational teaching and reflective practice to community engagement and hybrid learning, contributors illuminate how constructivism fosters agency, connection, and authentic understanding.

Ideal for teacher educators, graduate students, curriculum leaders, and professional development providers, this book bridges theory and practice to provide affirming examples of constructivism at work in teacher education. It confers valuable insights into how constructivist theories are shaping teacher education and invites all who prepare teachers to cultivate classrooms where curiosity, reflection, and love of learning thrive.

Decolonizing Educational Research examines the ways through which coloniality manifests in contexts of knowledge and meaning making, specifically within educational research and formal schooling. Purposefully situated beyond popular deconstructionist theory and anthropocentric perspectives, this 10th Anniversary Edition continues to investigate the longstanding traditions of oppression, racism, and white supremacy that are systemically reseated and reinforced by learning and social interaction. Through meaningful explorations into the unfixed and often interrupted narratives of culture, history, place, and identity, a bold, timely, and hopeful vision emerges to conceive of how research on and within higher education institutions might break free of colonial genealogies and their widespread complicities.

The new edition invites intergeneration knowing and contains rich stories about ways of learning, including curriculum, grief, research frameworks, and abolition. It includes a fully updated introduction by the author that addresses the current context, as well as scholarly commentary from leaders in the field reacting to each chapter from the original publication.

The 10th Anniversary Edition of Decolonizing Educational Research is essential reading for Foundations of Research, Research Methods in Education, Research Ethics, and Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies courses.

Now in its third edition, Understanding Education Research is designed to help students learn to read educational research articles carefully, systematically, and critically.

Readers learn how to categorize titles, decode abstracts, find research questions, characterize research arguments, break down methods and procedures, explore references, apply analysis strategies, and interpret findings. This textbook doubles as a quick reference guide that shows students how to easily develop the skills they need to become research literate, and this third edition has been updated to offer simple guidelines for qualitative, quantitative, and statistical approaches; up-to-date information on complex and confusing methodologies; discussions on understanding the role of AI; and insights on how students will use education research going forward.

Understanding Education Research is essential reading for teacher preparation educational research courses.

This essential collection is a transformative guide for academics at all career stages, offering practical strategies and research-driven insights to help them flourish in Higher Education. With a core focus on social justice, diversity, and inclusion, the book empowers readers to navigate the complexities of academia while fostering personal and professional growth.

Divided into three parts, the book begins by exploring academic identity, socio-emotional intelligence, and belonging, encouraging readers to reflect on their values and aspirations. The second part delves into enhancing teaching practice, presenting evidence-based strategies to engage students, enrich learning experiences, and embrace inclusive practices. The final part examines how Higher Education leaders can create supportive, inclusive environments that prioritise wellbeing, challenge systemic barriers, and champion social justice, ensuring long-term success for academics and their communities. Throughout, readers are shown effective ways to refine their teaching practice, develop a strong academic identity, and foster a thriving academic environment.

The Flourishing Academic is an invaluable resource for academics at any stage of their journey, from early career researchers to senior leaders. Packed with tools and guidance from expert voices across different Higher Education environments, it is a must-read for anyone committed to advancing excellence, inclusion, and wellbeing in Higher Education.

Through a fusion of autoethnography and critical theory, this bold, cutting-edge volume examines how South African universities, instead of fulfilling their post-apartheid promise of democratic transformation, have become sites of bureaucratic control, epistemic erasure, and neoliberal authoritarianism.

Drawing on African critical theorists such as Frantz Fanon, Achille Mbembe, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o, the book interrogates the coloniality of knowledge, the corporate instrumentalisation of higher education, and the role of AI-driven surveillance in policing thought. It critically engages with movements like #FeesMustFall, positing that universities have become complicit in state repression. Amidst this backdrop, the book envisions an alternative - one where the university is reclaimed as a site of insurgent knowledge, radical democracy, and epistemic justice.

Positioned as both a theoretical intervention and a real-world call to action, the book encourages students, scholars, and educators to reclaim higher education as a practice of freedom, resistance, and liberation.

This book explores critical and thought- provoking questions about the role and impact of psychotherapy in addressing societal, environmental, and economic challenges. It examines whether the therapeutic practices we offer benefit our clients at the expense of others or even their own broader well- being. Through an analysis of concepts such as 'acceptance,' 'the unconscious,' and 'the relational,' the book interrogates whether psychotherapy contributes to societal problems or perpetuates self- centered colonialism, making catastrophe inevitable. It challenges psychotherapists to consider their responsibility for their clients' accountability to others and explores how insights from non- Western cultures, which emphasize collective social identity, can enrich therapeutic practices. Additionally, the book delves into how interdisciplinary approaches from sociology, anthropology, economics, history, politics, and psycho- social studies can help psychotherapists transcend traditional boundaries and foster a more impactful education for trainees.

This book is an essential read for students and scholars in social sciences, cultural studies, and psycho- social disciplines who are interested in the intersection of psychotherapy, societal issues, and global perspectives. It will also appeal to psychotherapists, counsellors, mental health professionals, and trainees seeking to critically reflect on their practice and its broader implications.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling.

Beauty: The Body as Artefact traces the history of physical beauty in Western art and thought from antiquity to the eighteenth century. Bringing together foundational texts and newly translated works accompanied by scholarly commentaries, this volume explores how the human body was understood as both a product of nature and an artistic creation.

Examining the intersections of aesthetics, art theory, medical practices and cosmetics, it reveals how ideals of beauty and beautification shaped conceptions of gender, the body and artistic creation. The book focuses on the early modern period, when the cosmetic transformation of the body became closely associated with artistic imagery and techniques. Drawing on art-historical, philosophical and cultural perspectives, the volume presents key writings by figures from Cicero and Alberti to Behn and Hogarth, highlighting shifting notions of imitation, ornament and naturalness.

Suitable for undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars in art history, cultural history and gender studies, Beauty: The Body as Artefact offers a framework for understanding physical beauty as a historical and artistic category at the intersection of image, body and knowledge.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has
been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
(CC BY) license

AI Unplugged: The Hype and Hope in Education Futures addresses a comprehensive range of challenging and potential-rich scenarios for the integration of generative artificial intelligence into curriculum, instruction and assessment in schools. It does so from a critical perspective, seeing teaching and learning as an intensely human activity. AI can help but not replace the work that skilled, professional teachers do.

Many school professionals are concerned about the impact that AI tools will have on academic integrity, job security, teacher-student relationships, algorithmic bias, digital privacy and beyond, particularly as young learners become proficient in free-to-use tools and other AI resources. This book provides graduate students, teaching faculty and scholars of teacher education, as well as school and district leadership, with accessible background information, practical use cases and change management approaches pertaining to generative AI. Teacher unions will also gain insight into what their peers are doing regarding AI and the profession.

School professionals in training will come away with a substantive, evidence-based means of discovering and integrating AI in ways that accommodate common uncertainties and greater preparation to manage risks and lead change.

Understanding the Brain: A Short Guide tackles some of the most profound questions about what it means to be human, exploring the origins of consciousness, the development of language, and the future of brain research. This book examines the brain's mysteries through the lens of cognitive neuroscience, offering readers a compelling journey from historical discoveries to cutting-edge advancements. It also poses intriguing questions about the possibilities of decoding dreams and thoughts by analyzing neural activity, pushing the boundaries of what we know about the brain.
This concise guide synthesizes the evolution of cognitive neuroscience, beginning with Paul Broca's groundbreaking work in the 19th century and progressing to modern breakthroughs in imaging and behavioural analysis. It highlights practical applications of brain research, such as combating organ aging and understanding neurological pathologies like stroke and Parkinson's disease. By combining historical context with the latest scientific insights, the book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the brain's complexities and its influence on human behaviour and abilities.
Understanding the Brain: A Short Guide is an essential read for anyone fascinated by the science of the brain and its impact on human life. Whether you are a student, researcher, or simply curious about neuroscience, this book offers an accessible yet thought-provoking exploration of the brain's workings. With its blend of historical perspective and forward-looking questions, it appeals to readers eager to deepen their knowledge of one of science's most enigmatic frontiers.

Re-imagining Feminist Leadership Praxis in Higher Education takes an approach that is grounded in feminist principles and practices.

This book highlights inclusivity, equity, empathy, collaboration and actively confronts and dismantles entrenched hierarchical power structures that reinforce gender inequality and other oppressions. Its carefully curated chapters explore the progressive theories, principles, and politics guiding leadership within higher education. Direct voices of feminist leaders emerge through critical, self-reflective engagement with their equity-driven leadership practices, while scholars of feminist leadership contribute by employing the framework of transformative leadership praxis to interpret and explain their empirical research.

A must-read for anyone interested in how feminists do leadership, rather than how many women do leadership, this key title breaks new ground in the field of women, gender and feminism in educational leadership and amplifies examples of professional activism that will embolden feminist leadership within higher education.

All About Adolescence provides a comprehensive and current introduction to all key aspects of adolescent development. Building on the success of The Nature of Adolescence, this book addresses the unprecedented changes affecting young people's lives, including the social media explosion, artificial intelligence (AI) emergence, pandemic impacts and growing climate emergency awareness. It covers critical contemporary topics including advances in neuroscience and brain development research, evolving discourses around racial and gender identity, mental health and well-being concerns and the lasting effects of Covid-19 on adolescent development.

What sets this book apart is the authentic voice of young people themselves. Interviews with individuals aged 14-18 from diverse backgrounds are woven throughout all 11 chapters, providing vivid, real-world insights into what it means to be an adolescent in today's world. The book emphasizes a positive perspective on adolescence while developing the innovative STAGE theoretical framework, examining how young people actively construct their own developmental pathways through this crucial life transition. From brain development and identity formation to peer relationships and resilience strategies, each chapter combines cutting-edge research with genuine adolescent perspectives.

This authoritative text is essential for anyone studying human development at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as professionals including teachers, social workers, health workers, counsellors and youth workers seeking to understand and support young people navigating this complex and formative period.

Homeschooling in the United States is expanding and diversifying, creating urgent demand for rigorous research to inform policy and practice. This first volume-one of two derived from a special issue of the Journal of School Choice-responds to long-standing critiques that homeschool scholarship lacks rigour and is too often shaped by advocacy.

Featuring research studies from 26 authors across 13 institutions, the collection offers empirically grounded insights into a rapidly evolving educational landscape. Several years after the COVID-19 pandemic prompted millions of families to reconsider traditional schooling, homeschooling participation remains elevated and continues to grow. The studies examine who is homeschooling, how families navigate in-and-out of public schools, and how increasingly diverse demographic groups shape varied approaches to the practice. Authors introduce innovative methods for estimating homeschool participation in data-limited states, situate U.S. homeschooling within an international research context, and share perspectives from a national policy summit. Together, these findings challenge persistent stereotypes and counter false narratives about who homeschools and why.

This volume will be of interest to education researchers, policymakers, school administrators, and homeschooling families seeking evidence-based insights into contemporary home education practices. The comprehensive, peer-reviewed foundation supports evidence-driven decisions that benefit all students and families, including those choosing homeschooling.

Trinity and Inculturation offers a renewed examination of the naming of God in the context of contemporary fundamental theology and African inculturation theology.

In the past decades, missionary discourse has developed an intentional theological awareness of the intricacies of African traditional religions. Its aim of counteracting the prevalent devaluation of African culture throughout history, however, has come at the expense of foundational components of Trinitarian theology. Trinity and Inculturation seeks to reconcile the disjunction between theology and Christology present in African inculturation theology by re-centering the conversation on the Trinitarian nature of the Christian God revealed through Jesus Christ and the activities of the Holy Spirit.

Father Bede Uche Ukwuije uses the work of German theologian Eberhard Juengel, and more specifically his idea of the humanity of God, to overcome the dependence of African theology on Western theism. Through this dialogue, Ukwuije crafts a thorough, Trinitarian argument that calls for a reconsideration of fundamental Christian apologetics and the renewal of Christian mission and interreligious dialogue.