Bøger af Fiona Gardner

Given their rhetoric on safeguarding, theresponse of religious organisations to abuse by the clergy - sexual, physicaland spiritual - has been inept, thoughtless, mean, and without any sense ofurgency. Sex, Power, Control explores the underlying reasons for themishandling of recent abuse cases.Using psychoanalytical and sociologicalinsights, and including her own experiences as shown in the BBC documentaryExposed: The Church's Darkest Secret, Gardner asks why the Churches findthemselves in such a crisis, and how issues of power and control havecontributed to secrecy, deception and heartache.Drawing on survivor accounts and delving intothe psychology of clergy abusers, she reveals a culture of avoidance anddenial, while an examination of power dynamics highlights institutionalnarcissism and a hierarchical structure based on deference, with defensiveassumptions linked to sex, gender and class. Sex, Power, Control is an invaluable resource for all those in thechurch or similar institutions, and for anyone concerned about child abuse. 

Searching for meaning, truth or just to understand yourself better - then this is for you!

What do we mean by spiritual? How does this relate to religion? How do we work with the spiritual in ways that recognise and value difference, without accepting abusive relationships? And what are the limits to spiritual tolerance, if any? This book explores these issues. It provides a number of practical tools.

Many students and practitioners are familiar with critical reflection but struggle to make space for it in their everyday practice. This book provides an accessible and practical introduction not only to doing critical reflection, but to being critically reflective.* It demonstrates how reflective capacity can be developed in different practice contexts and applied productively to supervision, teamwork and interprofessional working. * It outlines the different theoretical underpinnings and methods of critical reflection, exploring the use of visual images, writing techniques and group meetings. * It is rich with engaging case studies and questions for the reader that will help them to make critical reflection an integral part of their everyday practice.This book is an ideal guide to dealing with challenge and change across a range of social and healthcare services, including social work, nursing, youth and community work, counselling and allied healthcare professions.

Journeying Home is intended for those interested in their own inner journey - especially for those who feel they have lost their way or who feel trapped by their past and separated from God. Drawing on a rich blend of biblical and literary narritives, case studies and practical suggestions, Fiono Gardner offers an invitation to make changes, to be open to ways of healing and to make a choice between staying partly living in the past, to be more fully available in the present.

An imaginative engagement with Thomas Merton's view of childhood spirituality, suggesting that a rediscovery of the 'child mind' is the route to a mature relationship with God.