The Life Cycle Completed (Extended Version): Erik H. Erikson, Joan M. Erikson: 8601300247670: Amazon.com: Books

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For decades Erik H. Erikson's concept of the stages of human development has deeply influenced the field of contemporary psychology. Here, with new material by Joan M. Erikson, is an expanded edition of his final work. The Life Cycle Completedeloquently closes the circle of Erikson's theories, outlining the unique rewards and challenges―for both individuals and society―of very old age.------------







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M. Strabala
5.0 out of 5 starsPsychology in poetryFebruary 28, 2018
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An inspiring read. While this is a book on psychosocial development the Ericksons have skilled playfulness with language which draws the reader into a poetic comprehension of nine levels of human development from fancy to old age, the primary challenge of each phase, and the relational capacity opened up by the resolution of each challenge. They then explore how each conflict and capacity, either as a prefigurement or an echo potentially influences the individual’s psyche and social relations across time. Written at the intersection of psychology, sociology and spirituality, this book offers a hopeful and holistic perspective of human development and aging.

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2.0 out of 5 starsIt's pretty horribly writtenNovember 16, 2014
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Erik Erikson's Life Cycle Completed is a book I'd been looking forward to reading for a long time. Having had some experience reading about Erikson's theory of personality, which mostly involves his eight stages of human development, I thought this might be an illuminating read. It wasn't. It's pretty horribly written, and unnecessarily abstruse.

I'll give you an example of what I mean. Here's a quote from the book that I chose randomly from the earlier portion which is representative of the Erikson's writing:

In summary, the process of identity formation emerges as an evolving configuration—a configuration that gradually integrates constitutional givens, idiosyncratic libidinal needs, favored capacities, significant identifications, effective defenses, successful sublimations, and consistent roles. All these, however, can only emerge from a mutual adaptation of individual potentials, technological world views, and religious or political ideologies.

The spontaneous ritualizations of this stage can, of course, appear surprising, confusing, and aggravating in the shiftiness of the adolescents’ first attempts to ritualize their interplay with age mates and to create small group rituals. But they also foster participation in public events on sports fields and concert grounds and in political and religious arenas. In all of these, young people can be seen to seek a form of ideological confirmation, and here spontaneous rites and formal rituals merge. Such search, however, can also lead to fanatic participation in militant ritualisms marked by totalism; that is, a totalization of the world image so illusory that it lacks the power of self-renewal and can become destructively fanatic.

Erikson, Erik H.; Erikson, Joan M. (1998-06-17). The Life Cycle Completed (Extended Version) (p. 74). W. W. Norton & Company. Kindle Edition.

One of the obvious problems with the writing is not only that it's jargon-filled but that he loves to nominalize--make words into or rely heavily upon abstract nouns. As a little exercise here, I'll try to put into plain English as best I can what he said above. Here goes.
Forming your identity is about drawing upon different areas of your life that make you 'you.' From your innate characteristics and your basic drives toward food, clothes, shelter, and love to the capacities you've cultivated in yourself or the groups and roles you identify with and on down to your defense mechanisms--all of these play a role in making you 'you,' and there's this complex interplay with all these factors and your ever-changing (political, religious, technological) worldview.

This period if identity formation is difficult and turbulent for adolescents but it can also be a great time for new kinds of spontaneous activity to emerge. Of course, we should always be mindful of how some of the habits we form during this period could be bad in the sense they became dangerous or become such a matter of ritual that they're conformist.

By the way, if you don't like my paraphrase, at least I gave a shot at clarity, which is more than I can say for Erikson's writing.

My advice to the reader who would like to read this book to absorb Erikson's theory is to read from Chapter 5 onward. As far as I can tell, this is the portion of the book that his wife Joan Erikson wrote, and it's very lucid and explains Erikson's theory much better than anything else in the earlier, chunkier part of the book.
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4.0 out of 5 starsIf you are looking for a good review of his work this will do itApril 27, 2016
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If you are looking for a good review of his work this will do it. I used it to write a paper on conflict and adolescence. It was helpful.

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4.0 out of 5 starsReference for SchoolJune 3, 2016
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I bought this book because I needed an in depth analysis of Erikson's Theory. I was happy to buy this book because it not only referenced his work and explained it well, but there was added perspective by the author that was helpful. Would suggest this book to anyone that is studying the field of psychology.

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5.0 out of 5 starsRecommended for adult development learners and researchersMay 30, 2014
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Excellent book- I utilized this book in my dissertation on adult development of a grandmother. This book provides a detailed look in to the life cycle and the completion- death. A psychosocial approach was evident throughout the reading. Very useful in research and therapy tools.

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Joan Develder
5.0 out of 5 starsProfound Final Stage!October 10, 2016
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I have always liked Erikson's developmental model...now, with the edition of Joan Erikson's final stage, it is even more relevant and tender.

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5.0 out of 5 starsit is a bit of a boring read, but essential to understanding his thoughts and ...April 2, 2018
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I mean, it is a bit of a boring read, but essential to understanding his thoughts and processes.


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Informational, but more suited for someone in the field of psychology!


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The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi: Mohandas K. Gandhi, Mahadev Desai: 9781617203336: Amazon.com: Books

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My first acquaintance with the Gita began in 1888-89 with the verse translation by Sir Edwin Arnold known as the Song Celestial. On reading it, I felt a keen desire to read a Gujarati translation. And I read as many translations as I could lay hold of. But all such reading can give me no passport for presenting my own translation. Then again my knowledge of Sanskrit is limited, my knowledge of Gujarati too is in no way scholarly. How could I then dare present the public with my translation? It has been my endeavor, as also that of some companions, to reduce to practice the teaching of the Gita as I have understood it. The Gita has become for us a spiritual reference book. I am aware that we ever fail to act in perfect accord with the teaching. The failure is not due to want of effort, but is in spite of it. Even though the failures we seem to see rays of hope. The accompanying rendering contains the meaning of the Gita message which this little band is trying to enforce in its daily conduct.--Mahatma Gandhi Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.

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D. Krajnovich
5.0 out of 5 starsComparison of three versions of "The Gita According to Gandhi"December 19, 2016
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Many versions of The Gita According to Gandhi have been published. This review compares three that I have read (cf. thumbnail image at bottom of review).

As far as the Gita verses themselves are concerned, they are the same or nearly so in all three books. In other respects, the books differ substantially. Here is a brief chronology followed by a comparison.

1926-27: Gandhi translated the Gita from Sanskrit to Gujarati. In 1926 he gave a nine month series of teachings to members of his ashram. Mahadev Desai and another ashram member took notes on these teachings.
1929: Gandhi wrote an introduction to his translation in Gujarati, and the whole was published in Gujarati.
1931: Gandhi translated his introduction into English while serving a prison term. The introduction was published in English in Young India in 1931.
1933-34: Mahadev Desai, while in prison, translated Gandhi’s Gujarati version of the Gita into English. Desai also wrote a long supplementary introduction (“My Submission”), and added extensive notes of his own to the brief notes that Gandhi had interleaved with the Gita verses, in order to make the Gita more accessible to the English-speaking public.
1942: Desai died before his English translation was published.
1946: Gandhi explains in a Foreword how a collaborator of Desai proof-read Desai’s manuscript after his death and readied it for publication. Gandhi vouches for the accuracy of the English translation. The first edition of Desai’s posthumously published book – complete with Gandhi’s introduction and brief notes; Desai’s supplementary introduction and lengthy notes; and Gandhi’s Foreword – appeared in August 1946. I bought the fifteenth reprint, published in 2012. This version (with orange cover) is still available on Amazon.

The edition with the most reviews on Amazon is a stripped-down version from Wilder Publications. This is the first edition that I purchased and read. It contains Gandhi’s Foreword, Introduction, and brief notes, but it completely omits Desai’s supplementary introduction and all of Desai's notes. Most of what Gandhi praises in the Foreword has been left out. As other reviewers here have pointed out, the Wilder Publications edition suffers from the fact that the notes are not set off from the Gita verses by line spaces, indentation, or a smaller font. To make matters worse, nowhere is it explicitly stated that all of the notes are due to Gandhi. I believe they are (i.e., none of the notes are due to Desai), but this fact should have been made clear by the publisher. The Wilder edition does not have a Glossary or Index.

The Desai edition is superior in both form and content. It gives each verse in Gandhi’s Gujarati; then Desai’s English translation of Gandhi’s Gujarati; followed by Gandhi’s notes (if any) in a smaller font; followed by Desai’s notes in square brackets and a yet smaller font. You can read all of it, or easily skip the parts that don’t interest you. Desai’s supplementary introduction alone is worth the price of the book. At 120 pp., “My Submission” is a book within a book. It contains a wealth of helpful information, presented in an accessible way. Desai’s writing style reminds me somewhat of Montaigne: - by liberal use of quotes, he connects the Gita, Ghandi, and his own thoughts with the whole universe of eastern and western thought. You will find quotes from the Bible and the Koran; Buddha and Lao Tze; philosophers from Plato to Plotinus to Hume to William James; mystics like Meister Eckhart and Shankara; poets from Shakespeare to Browning to Keats. Even a few scientists are mentioned. (How many other Gita commentaries quote Max Planck?!) All in all, Desai’s contributions make for challenging and delightful reading. This edition has a good Index.

The last edition reviewed here makes a wonderful companion volume and complement to Desai. It was edited by John Strohmeier and published by North Atlantic Books in 2009. Strohmeier went back to the notes that Desai and another ashram member took in real time while Gandhi was giving his nine-month-long course in 1926. These transcripts first appeared in English in "The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi" (1969). Strohmeier’s edition is based on these transcripts. In his own words:
“In an effort to bring forward and clarify the essence of Gandhi’s teaching, I have abridged the commentary considerably, and rearranged it in a few sections. The original presentation of the material was unrehearsed and relatively spontaneous, and includes many of the redundancies, contradictions, ellipses, false starts, and situational digressions of everyday conversation. Some of these I have deleted after pursuing the trail of Gandhi’s thought carefully and respectfully… Others I have let stand where they illuminated important ideas, or explained the context in which he made his remarks. For example, his references to an impending flood, the killing of a snake, and the tormenting of a dog by some boys, although quite specific to ashram events, carry lessons that apply to the world beyond the ashram walls.”

The comments and illustrations in Strohmeier are more spontaneous, less polished than the comments in the other books. The reader gets to be the proverbial “fly on the wall” at the ashram in 1926. This book has a combined Glossary and Index.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFascinating ExplanationNovember 1, 2013
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Very worth while reading this. From my perspective not having a background into the sacred scripture The Bhagavad Gita, Gandhi's translation is eloquent and explained many things to me. I always appreciate such intelligence within a text and marvel how the writer, in this case Gandhi, translated the text so that I can understand the text as well as benefit from the text. The Bhagavad Gita has many lessons that apply to everyday life. I read also that Gandhi would read a portion of the text each day an admiral practice and one that I follow. When you enrich your mind daily with wisdom it has a most profound effect within you.

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5.0 out of 5 starsSharing My ExperienceMay 21, 2014
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I have no rights to comment or give feedback on Holy book all I am doing is sharing my experience. After reading many self help books this is the last book that gave the proper Guidence. Its core concept if Detachment of action, Recouncement of Fruits of action and Even Mindness in any condition is what makes a real person. Dedicating all work as a work to god with devotion gives you the true essence of Karma Yoga. This book answer al you querries. With help of Mahatma Gandhijis Lucid explanation it makes reading more interesting.

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D. Bachelor
3.0 out of 5 starsneeds better formattingApril 4, 2010
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The text of the Bhagavad Gita and Gandhi's commentary are not as distinct from each other as I would have liked. The exact same text of both Gita and commentary can be found in "Anasaktiyoga: The Gospel of Selfless Action- the Gita according to Gandhi", edited by Jim Rankin. In Rankin's edition the text of the Gita is very distinct from Gandhi's commentary, and Rankin even labels who is speaking in the Gita so it is easy for someone (like myself)not familiar with the Gita to follow the flow of the discourse. Unfortunately Rankin does not include even half of the commentary included in "The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi" (edited by John Strohmeier) so if you are seeking Gandhi's thoughts on the Gita this is the better edition to purchase.

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An Old Hippie Chick
4.0 out of 5 starsHeavy material, great translationApril 21, 2013
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After reading Ram Dass' book 'Love, service, Devotion, and the Ultimate Surrender,' about the Gita, I wanted to read the original material. I study comparative religion, and have read quite a bit about Hinduism, and know that the Gita is one of the holiest source materials. It's deep, though, and I'm struggling to get through it.

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Allen Levey
5.0 out of 5 starsA practical study of the GitaNovember 22, 2013
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The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi is excellent for a number of reasons. Initially, to me, it will always be excellent to write on the Bhagavad Gita, because it is so useful. Secondly, Gandhi brings his own personal humility to his writing, which invites a similar sense of study to the reader, and without which, I feel, the meaning of the book will not be seen correctly. Certainly a worthy read.

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Walter Lovelace
5.0 out of 5 starsGandhi EssentialsMarch 31, 2014
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Gandhi Essentials
The Gita is not easy to understand but seen through the eyes of Gandhi it becomes a pleasure to read and re-read. One need not agree with all of his comments but his down to earth attitude strkes home. A perfect companion read is Gandhi "A Spiritual Biography" by Arvind Sharma. They cover a very large amount of everything worth knowing about Gandhi.

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Robert
5.0 out of 5 starsPractical discussion and a Spiritual ClassicSeptember 20, 2010
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The Gita is an old friend...So is the Mahatma. One, a book of instruction from ancient wisdom; The other, thoughts from a life of learning on the path... A life from our own time. Go to this book if you want a companion on the journey. I am grateful.

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Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi (9780195156348): Stanley Wolpert: Books

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More than half a century after his death, Mahatma Gandhi continues to inspire millions throughout the world. Yet modern India, most strikingly in its decision to join the nuclear arms race, seems to have abandoned much of his nonviolent vision. Inspired by recent events in India, Stanley Wolpert offers this subtle and profound biography of India's "Great Soul."

Wolpert compellingly chronicles the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his early days as a child of privilege to his humble rise to power and his assassination at the hands of a man of his own faith. This trajectory, like that of Christ, was the result of Gandhi's passion: his conscious courting of suffering as the means to reach divine truth. From his early campaigns to stop discrimination in South Africa to his leadership of a people's revolution to end the British imperial domination of India, Gandhi emerges as a man of inner conflicts obscured by his political genius and moral vision. Influenced early on by nonviolent teachings in Hinduism, Jainism, Christianity, and Buddhism, he came to insist on the primacy of love for one's adversary in any conflict as the invincible power for change. His unyielding opposition to intolerance and oppression would inspire India like no leader since the Buddha--creating a legacy that would encourage Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, and other global leaders to demand a better world through peaceful civil disobedience.

By boldly considering Gandhi the man, rather than the living god depicted by his disciples, Wolpert provides an unprecedented representation of Gandhi's personality and the profound complexities that compelled his actions and brought freedom to India.
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"The fruit of more than 50 years of reflection by a distinguished Asian scholar, Wolpert's biography cuts through the misconceptions surrounding the father of modern India, untangling the complex relationship between his personal spirituality and his public influence."--Booklist


"A dense, comprehensive survey of the events of Gandhi's life, tracing his metamorphosis from pampered child to 'great soul'....A clear-eyed chronicle of an exemplary life....Appropriately complex biography, deftly maintaining a balance of sophistication and explication."--Kirkus Reviews


"In reminding us of the details of his extraordinary life, Stanley Wolpert has done the Mahatma--and all of us--a signal service."--The Washinton Post Book World


"There have been many books about Gandhi, including those by the subject himself. What has always been needed is a full, literate account by someone closely familiar with India and Indian history who is also an accomplished writer and historian. This, we now have. Henceforth no one can claim knowledge of one of the greatest and most enigmatic figures of the last century who hasn't read it. And, I might add, no one will read it without interest and approval."--John Kenneth Galbraith


"An excellent introduction to the work of the most compelling of 20th century leaders."--The Christian Century


"[Wolpert] presents what many other biographers have failed to supply: a rationale for the indisputably great leader's seeming inconsistencies."--The Associated Press





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Stanley Wolpert is Distinguished Professor of South Asian History Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published twenty books on South Asia, including Nehru: A Tryst with Destiny, A New History of India, and Jinnah of Pakistan.



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5.0 out of 5 starsA compelling readApril 20, 2014
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I had never read anything about Ghandi so I was very interested in learning more about his life and political career. The book was very well written but at times did come off as a bit of a "hero-worship" effort, discussing but downplaying Ghandi's very strange relationship with his wife and often tumultous relationships with his sons. The author does give a very detailed account of Ghandi's efforts and the incredible challenges to overcome during the 25 years preceding India's independence in 1947, providing a lot of detail on the political players and the British viewpoint throughout the years. Recommended highly for anyone who has an interest in understanding this very unique historic figure.


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Yet an other political biography of Gandhi!January 26, 2007
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Overwhelmed by the hundreds of books already available scrutinizing, criticizing and or eulogizing the controversial life of Gandhi, Wolpert's dilemma when he thought of writing a book about Gandhi was what would he write that others have not written yet. Nevertheless, after so much introspection he has decided to write this book tempted by the significance of Gandhi's teachings in the wake of India's nuclear test of 1998. But, unfortunately, his attempt is falling woefully short of providing any new information on the life of Gandhi or is unable to challenge a critical mind on the life of one of the great and yet controversial figures of the 20th century.

In his work, Wolpert portrays a dutiful Gandhi of esteemed ideas and vision. But by often succumbing to Gandhi's saintly aura, Wolpert is unable to provide valuable insight from a historian's perspective on the circumstances and events leading to the spiritual development of Gandhi that we saw in him starting in South Africa, a topic that not many historians (may be except Judith Brown) tried their hands on and succeeded. Without any analysis of that sort, his work is nothing but yet another addition to the mundane category of political biography of Gandhi.

Contrary to the popular belief that Gandhi is the culprit for the partition, Wolpert has given many proofs from history for how the partition could not have been avoided despite Gandhi's many overtures and thus was absolving Gandhi completely from the crime. While that should be the right thing to do, Wolpert is also pointing out Gandhi's reluctance to listen to C.R. Das's (one of Gandhi's staunch supporters) candid and most plausible plea to Gandhi to accept Jinnah's proposal and work towards a peaceful partition. Gandhi who knew British's indifference to India's plea for political reforms after the First World War was not quite optimistic nor was he willing to sway from his stubborn position on the idea of unified India. Then at the end, Gandhi was completely sidelined by Nehru from the final politics of Mountbatten and was not even been consulted for his advice on partition. Wolpert could have done an excellent comparative study on the positive impacts of a partition with the whole Muslim population transmigrating leaving India's fate in the hands of its Hindu majority who nonetheless is the true denizen of the land. None of the historians I know have used this lost chance judiciously in repudiating Gandhi for not having taken that stance when Jinnah could not be budged from his insistence on partition. The partition should not had to be bloody had the leaders of both India and Britain shown more patience and done more planning. Though the freedom may have come late, the constitutional method for achieving India's freedom would have been less bloody.

Another `failure' that is blamed on Gandhi and which Wolpert roughly touched on is his handling of his family affairs. When he was trying to bring up a whole country in line with his principles, doing anything contrary for his children would be very un-Gandhian, and none can deny the fact that he loved all his kids and given basic education and support. One has to look into the details of the events leading to the alienation of some of his kids before putting blame on Gandhi. Wolpert having surely known some of these events has not attempted to put blame on Gandhi. In his wife's case, Gandhi had given complete liberty for her to break away from him if she chosen so. Kasturba, being an illiterate and having nothing to stand on her own, have nothing else to do than supporting her husband. It was too late by the time Gandhi realized that a man devoted to the service of people should never have a family or indulge in pleasures.

Gandhi had many qualms for western civilization but was not quite so for industrialization. What he against was machines stealing the jobs of millions of India's idle hands. He found imperative that these idle hands had to be employed first before bringing in machines. In fact Gandhi said that he was not against machines and would welcome it for anything that is beyond the capacity of people. He was wary about accepting a civilization, of which industrialization is a part of, that was (still is) in it's infancy in the place of a seasoned civilization that is thousands of years old. Gandhi's was a vision in which everything had its own time and place. For him one step at a time was good enough.

Even for freedom, Gandhi gave a proper time and place for its happening. He asked what difference it makes whether India is ruled by British or Indians as long as both have little knowledge of the real problems of India. Gandhi had a clear vision of India's future where both India and Britain work together as equal partners in a commonwealth enterprise not in a system of masters and slaves. Jalianwala Bagh massacre, Rowlatt act and the atrocities that followed in Punjab made him realize that British was not willing to see India on par and there started his opposition to the crown. Wolpert is unable to substantiate this most crucial transformation of Gandhi's political life that had had far reaching repercussions in the India's freedom struggle.

On the controversial topic of Gandhi's experiments with girls, Wolpert is groping in the dark unable to grasp the spiritual and psychological connotations of such experiments. One would have to believe that Gandhi never had any physical relations with any of his female disciples because none of the historians have made any indication on the contrary. In Manu's (one of the girls with whom he slept) book on Gandhi too she considered him only as her own `Mother'.

Wolpert's work is not devoid of blemishes either. He seems to have mistaken the meaning of Surendranath (in Hindu mythology it means king of all skies) as `Surrender Not' while referring to Surendranath Banerjea, a foremost political leader of British India. The fact is `Surrender Not' is the nickname that the British had given to Surendranath Banerjea (because Surendranath sounded more like `Surrender Not' when pronounced by the British) for his steadfast support for political reforms in British India. On another occasion Wolpert erroneously assumed Gandhi a true nationalist as early as in 1905 while referring him for indirectly supporting the British rule in the West Bengal by the statement Gandhi made in which he said it was the responsibility of British to quell the communal riots that broke out in Bengal in the wake of the partition, than blaming British for the partition itself. Gandhi considered himself as a true British loyalist as late as 1919 and on no account his loyalty to the crown had ever been questioned as early as in 1905.

Topics on Gandhi should not have to run out especially when our world is in such a sad state of affairs (I am not trying to be cynical here) in spite of all the `advancements' we made. What we need is a new generation of writers who have gone through the effects of modern wars, proliferations of nuclear weapons, impact of globalization, disintegration of morals, effects of depletion of natural resources, environmental pollution, economical imbalance, starvation of millions etc. to take a fresh look at his teachings and interpret them in the context of aforementioned impacts in the world. Gandhi said that so much advancement is made in the field of `violence' and equal amount of advancement could be made in the field of `non-violence' also. What Gandhi did was laying the foundation of that institute. Sadly, in the last 50 years since his death, not many studies have been conducted in that institute.

Despite its cerebral shortcomings, Wolpert's book on Gandhi could be recommended for anyone who is looking for a rudimentary introduction to Gandhi and the struggle in which he was part of during the early 20th century.
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F. Andrews
5.0 out of 5 starsA life which has become a voice crying in the desertAugust 14, 2012
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Somewhere in the present time, we have lost the lesson that Gandhi lived - not to mention Dr. Martin Luther King. This book describes Gandhi as a simple man who was human - but with a vision and commitment that he just wouldn't let go of. Where is that commitment now?


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Joyce Van Dermark
4.0 out of 5 starsVery revealing.December 10, 2012
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This book is the most definitive one I've read on Gandhi. His incredible life and works were amazing. I learned a lot about this long suffering, compassionate man, who with all his faults, was a force for peace in this world.


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4.0 out of 5 starsGandhi's PassionApril 20, 2013
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A very informative book about the situation in India under colonial rule and what Gandhi eventually accomplished. He gave up a life as a member of a rich family and shared with the poor. His concern was especially to lift up the Untouchables and free India to become an independent country. At least some parts of the world have changed for the better since he was arrested in South Africa because he was "colored".


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Your Daily Brain: 24 Hours in the Life of Your Brain Paperback – August 18, 2015
by Marbles: The Brain Store (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars 11 customer reviews

Want to stop losing your car keys? Will a creative idea into existence? Have more productive arguments with your spouse?

In Your Daily Brain, the team behind Marbles: The Brain Store, a chain devoted to building better brains, shows you all the weird and wonderful ways your brain works throughout the day—even when you think it’s not working at all, like when you’re on the treadmill or picking the kids up from school.

Consider this book a wake-up call, a chance to take a closer look at and jump start your brain. From the minute your alarm clock buzzes in the morning until your head hits the pillow at night, your daily activities—everything from doing a crossword puzzle to parallel parking—are part of a process for how you evaluate the world, make choices and decisions, and reach short-term goals while keeping your eyes on the bigger ones. In each, you have the opportunity to use your brain for better or worse, whether it’s what to listen to you on your morning commute or avoiding mental traps at the grocery store.

Packed with information as well as useful tips and tricks, Your Daily Brain is the brain hack you’ve been looking for!


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MARBLES: THE BRAIN STORE is in malls across the country. They and their branded products have been featured in Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, USA Today, and Wired, as well as on the Today show and Martha Stewart Living.

GARTH SUNDEM is the author of books including Geek Logik, The Geeks’ Guide to World Domination, Brain Candy, Brain Trust, and Beyond IQ. He lives and writes in Boulder, Colorado.


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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (August 18, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0804140111
ISBN-13: 978-0804140119
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.4 x 8 inches
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Garth works at the intersection of math, science, business and humor, with a background including a growing list of bestselling books, a Magna Cum Laude pre-med/music degree from Cornell University, and keynotes for tech and data companies. In addition to conferences, colleges, and bookstores, you may have seen Garth's work on the Science Channel where he's been a frequent onscreen contributor, online at GeekDad.com or PsychologyToday.com, or in magazines including Esquire, Wired, Publisher's Weekly, and Congressional Quarterly.

Garth grew up on Bainbridge Island, a short ferry ride from Seattle, where his dad -- a former President of the American Accounting Association -- taught for 37 years in the University of Washington business school. Garth lives in Boulder, CO with his wife, two small kids, and a pack of labradors.
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4.0 out of 5 starsMore than just a blobby organ fueled by caffeineSeptember 25, 2015
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I generally think of my brain as a blobby organ that causes me to spout random nonsense on a regular basis, and chugs steadily along on doses of caffeine, but according to the authors of Your Daily Brain, there’s more to it than that. During the course of twenty-four hours, your brain will be called upon to prioritize, decide, categorize, and evaluate—sometimes all at once. That’s a lot of stress for a couple of pounds of gray cells. Your Daily Brain attempts to explain the why and where of the decision making process and how best to maximize your brain’s potential.

The book is organized into sections according to ten or fifteen minute periods throughout the typical day. Each time period has snippets on what a brain may be doing, and advice on how to help it function better. It starts with waking up at 6:00 am (don’t use the snooze alarm) and ends at 9:00 pm (forgive yourself for a good night’s sleep). Want to jump-start your brain power at 7:15 in the morning? Leave the Sugar Frosted Flakes in the pantry and eat a breakfast with a low glycemic index like steel cut oatmeal. Shopping for groceries in the afternoon? Favor your amygdala over the prefrontal cortex. The amygdala wants the Snickers, the cortex screams you’re a lard butt and makes you put it back. The book deals with such far-flung topics as how best to use your brain to search the internet to why you should fine an exercise routine (the chemicals secreted are the same ones oozed out when you’re in love.) My favorite was the 6:15 pm, love in the evening, section. Apparently, the following three questions are all you need to determine a mate’s compatibility. Do you like horror movies? Have you ever traveled around the country alone? Wouldn’t it be fun to chuck it all and live on a sailboat?

I'd recommend this book for anyone who likes odd facts and interesting science tidbits. All the articles are short and easy to read for the non-sciency type. Since they are keyed to a particular time, you can finish this book in a day in short bursts, or skip from one article to another. The latter is actually a better idea. According to Your Daily Brain, creativity comes from shaking things up.

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.
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4.0 out of 5 starsFun facts from brain studies with easy to apply take-awaysSeptember 4, 2015
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"Your Daily Brain" is a collection of various studies about the brain which the authors summarize and explain in plain English in a casual, humorous tone. The authors also suggested things you can do to make use of these insights into your brain. It was more fun facts than life-changing insights, but I found it interesting from start to finish. Their suggestions were all do-able with minimal effort, so it's likely I'll apply what I learned in this book.

Each study was given a time-of-day heading though most also applied to other times of day. The "morning time" studies had more to do with getting your brain engaged and plans made for the day. Mid-day covered relating to people and tasks on the job. Evening times covered things like interacting with your family and how your brain knows it's time to sleep. We learn things like should you hit the snooze button? Eat breakfast and, if so, what types of foods? Aim for optimism or positive thinking? Multi-task? And what types of things help with creativity and problem solving? How does anger--or distraction--affect your judgment?

If you like brain studies, you may have heard some of this information before. Or you might have heard things that aren't actually backed up by studies (like different learning styles--using your preferred learning style won't necessarily help you learn better). But if you like learning about how your brain works and prefer the summary version of the studies, you'll likely to find something new and interesting in this book.

I received an ebook review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
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4.0 out of 5 starsNever waste a day using your brainsNovember 1, 2015
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In Your Daily Brain: 24 Hours in the Life of your Brain, Garth Sundem presents recent scientific findings in neurology, psychology, biology and behavioural economics. The book's chapters are structured in time slots throughout the day, from getting up (don't set your alarm clock, your brain knows when sleep time's over) to going to bed at night (turn off the lights, stop reading, put your smartphone away). Serious stuff like mirror neurons firing at your company's emotions, the effects of alcohol and drugs to losing your brains due to anger. You learn about microexpressions to detect liars, the importance of exercise and taking another type of puzzle instead of a daily sudoku or crossword puzzle. You can choose to pursue happiness, hug your partner and stimulate bonding. Neuroplasticity and resilience, our incredible brain power and psychological themes like fairness and motivation, emotions and nurture or nature debates. Your Daily Brain is packed with tips and tricks, and gives an actual overview of what we're capable of using our brains.

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Amazon.com: Discovering Evolutionary Ecology: Bringing Together Ecology and Evolution (9780198525288): Peter J. Mayhew: Books

Amazon.com: Discovering Evolutionary Ecology: Bringing Together Ecology and Evolution (9780198525288): Peter J. Mayhew: Books

A concise, rigorous, and readable introduction to evolutionary ecology, a field of questions united by the intermix of evolutionary and ecological knowledge. Although not designed as a textbook, the author's enthusiastic and accessible style will inspire students (both undergraduate and graduate) to use the book in conjunction with the primary literture and more extensive reviews of individual topics.

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A concise, rigorous, and readable introduction to evolutionary ecology, a field of questions united by the intermix of evolutionary and ecological knowledge. Although not designed as a textbook, the author's enthusiastic and accessible style will inspire students (both undergraduate and graduate) to use the book in conjunction with the primary literture and more extensive reviews of individual topics.

Amazon.com: What is Life? A Guide to Biology (9781464135958): Jay Phelan: Books

Amazon.com: What is Life? A Guide to Biology (9781464135958): Jay Phelan: Books




From the front of the classroom to the top of the bestseller’s list, award-winning educator Jay Phelan knows how to tell the story of how scientists investigate the big questions about life. He is also a master at using biology as a springboard for developing the critical thinking skills and scientific literacy that are essential to students through college and throughout their lives.





Phelan’s dynamic approach to teaching biology is the driving force behind What Is Life?—the most successful new non-majors biology textbook of the millennium. The rigorously updated new edition brings forward the features that made the book a classroom favorite (chapters anchored to intriguing questions about life, spectacular original illustrations, innovative learning tools) with new features, enhanced art, and full integration with its own dedicated version of LaunchPad—W.H. Freeman’s breakthrough online course space, which fully integrates an interactive e-Book, all student media, a wide range of assessment and course management features, in a new interface in which power and simplicity go hand in hand. See what's in the LaunchPad

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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Book for Biology for Non Majors

March 7, 2014
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I really enjoyed this book. It's written simply. The complex concepts are simply stated. Illustrations abound. Everyday examples are included that support the material. For example, homeostasis was supported by an athlete who died from heat exhaustion. The supplemental online support that the publisher created has great videos so students who despise biology (like myself) can understand complex topics such as the Kreb's cycle of photosynthesis. I actually started to like biology a little. Great job! I have not sold this book back; it's a keeper!

PS: There are many versions of this book. I have the instructor's edition, which is exactly the same as the student version. I spoke to my professor and he was fine with me using this book, but buyer beware. Some instructors will panic if they see a student with an instructor copy as they often have to re-write tests.

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Amazon.com: The Oxford Handbook of Emotion, Social Cognition, and Problem Solving in Adulthood (Oxford Library of Psychology) (9780199899463): Paul Verhaeghen, Christopher Hertzog: Books

Amazon.com: The Oxford Handbook of Emotion, Social Cognition, and Problem Solving in Adulthood (Oxford Library of Psychology) (9780199899463): Paul Verhaeghen, Christopher Hertzog: Books




Over the last decade, the field of socio-emotional development and aging has rapidly expanded, with many new theories and empirical findings emerging. This trend is consistent with the broader movement in psychology to consider social, motivational, and emotional influences on cognition and behavior.

The Oxford Handbook of Emotion, Social Cognition, and Problem Solving in Adulthood provides the first overview of a new field of adult development that has emerged out of conceptualizations and research at the intersections between socioemotional development, social cognition, emotion, coping, and everyday problem solving. This field roundly rejects a universal deficit model of aging, highlighting instead the dynamic nature of socio-emotional development and the differentiation of individual trajectories of development as a function of variation in contextual and experiential influences. It emphasizes the need for a cross-level examination (from biology and neuroscience to cognitive and social psychology) of the determinants of emotional and socio-emotional behavior. This volume also serves as a tribute to the late Fredda Blanchard-Fields, whose thinking and empirical research contributed extensively to a life-span developmental view of emotion, problem solving, and social cognition. Its chapters cover multiple aspects of adulthood and aging, presenting developmental perspectives on emotion; antecedents and consequences of emotion in context; everyday problem solving; social cognition; goals and goal-related behaviors; and wisdom. The landmark volume in this new field, The Oxford Handbook of Emotion, Social Cognition, and Problem Solving in Adulthood is an important resource for cognitive, developmental, and social psychologists, as well as researchers and graduate students in the field of aging, emotion studies, and social psychology.

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"Demographers have estimated that about 10,000 people will turn 65 every day between 2011 and 2030, transforming the age structure of our society. Verhaeghen and Hertzog have compiled a remarkable volume to help fill the void in knowledge about cognitive and emotional development across adulthood. The volume promises to be a landmark contribution." -John T. Cacioppo, Ph.D., Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor, and Director, Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, University of Chicago


"Understanding adult development means understanding the dynamic interplay between emotional, social, and cognitive changes. The Oxford Handbook of Emotion, Social Cognition, and Problem Solving in Adulthood provides both a comprehensive portrait of this multifaceted research program and much-needed integration. In doing so, it celebrates the legacy of Fredda Blanchard-Fields, one of the most enthusiastic promoters of an integrated life-span perspective, and it sets critical guideposts for those keen on further moving this ambitious research enterprise forward." -Ulrich Mayr, Dr. Phil., Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon, and Editor, Psychology and Aging


"The Oxford Handbook of Emotion, Social Cognition, and Problem Solving in Adulthood speaks volumes on the latest theory and research. A fitting tribute to Dr. Fredda Blanchard-Fields, this book captures the breadth of her path-breaking work and takes it to a new level. The chapters are written by a stellar set of authors, a virtual who's who of social cognition in adulthood. This is an invaluable, must-have resource with each chapter providing a state-of-the-art treatise and spearheading a new frontier of research." -Margie E. Lachman, Minnie and Harold Fierman Professor of Psychology, Brandeis University


"Chapters are consistently formatted with an abstract, key words, conclusions, directions for future research, notes, and references. Numerous tables and figures help clarify the information. This well-written book shows how the aging process impacts cognitive, social, and emotional functioning. " --Gary B Kaniuk, Doody's Health Sciences Book Review


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Paul Verhaeghen, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is interested in working memory, attention, executive control, creativity, aging, and the interfaces between them.


Christopher K. Hertzog, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology. He specializes in adult development and aging, with an emphasis on understanding individual differences in cognitive changes in old age and variables that can help predict and explain successful cognitive aging, including health, lifestyle, and adaptive self-regulation.



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Series: Oxford Library of Psychology

Hardcover: 330 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (April 17, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0199899460
ISBN-13: 978-0199899463
Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 1.1 x 7.3 inches
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The Cosmic Perspective (8th Edition): Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan O. Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, Mark Voit: 9780134059068: Amazon.com: Books

The Cosmic Perspective (8th Edition): Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan O. Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, Mark Voit: 9780134059068: Amazon.com: Books





The Cosmic Perspective (8th Edition) 8th Edition
by Jeffrey O. Bennett (Author), Megan O. Donahue (Author), Nicholas Schneider (Author), Mark Voit (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars 480 customer reviews







August 15, 2013


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I would rate book 4/5 due to the poor quality of the paperback cover, but the information in the book is so good I have to rate it a 5/5. I wish this book was a hardcover because I'm planning on keeping it the rest of my life, but the paperback cover quality is very poor. The quality of the pages and ink are very good though. I would highly recommend this book for anyone interested in our universe.




Anyways, I used this textbook for my Introduction to Astronomy course. This textbook is great in explaining concepts with only basic math (for a simple derivation of Einstein's Special Relativity, you only need to remember highschool geometry). The 1st chapter of the book is absolutely mindblowing as it ventures into the vast scale of the universe. The 3rd chapter, which address the nature of science, is well-written to give you a feel for how the scientific method works (everyone should read this section because there are so many misconceptions about the scientific method). The 2nd part of the book goes into key concepts mandatory for astronomy. These sections will be harder for people without a scientific background (i.e. those not in a science or engineering major). A lot of the students in the class struggled during these chapters not due to the mathematics, but due to the amount of information present in these chapters. What I learned during 3 years of physics and engineering is shrunken down to 3 compact chapters. But the authors do their best job to simplify concepts, and these sections were really fun to read. These chapters will show you how beautiful physics really is, and more importantly will set the foundation for the rest of the book.




Parts 3-7 will be the most interesting parts of the book (about 20 chapters total), depending on which subfield you enjoy. These parts include planets (and exoplanets), stars, galaxies, cosmology, and a few other topics like quantum mechanics, special/general relativity, and exobiology. I would sit and read these chapters in awe. It's not worth getting into detail about each chapter, but I can't express enough how great these chapters were written. There are a ton of pictures, graphs, and tables to help with the concepts. I read this book word for word from front to back. For anyone without a strong mathematical background, but wants to learn about astronomy, I would highly recommend this textbook.




Edit: I used this textbook last school year. This year I've began my 3-course astronomy minor and I keep this introductory book by my desk because the picture references are great. My professor even uses the diagrams in our astrophysics class because they are so colorful and, more importantly, informative (the HR diagram included is color-coded and merges the theorist's and observer's diagrams together. I have yet to see a better HR diagram than the one in this book).


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Book was in good shape and served it's purpose well for the college course. The price for rental was good as well. I hope amazon continues to keep good prices since when you're renting you're only borrowing the book for a few months. I'm very glad Amazon is doing this. Books at university store prices are insanely overpriced. Very happy about being able to rent here.










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5.0 out of 5 starsA Cosmically Good Reference Book!

November 22, 2013


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I'm a professional science writer and curriculum developer who is long out of college. This book is organizer beautifully for conceptually developing planetary geology, geophysics and astronomy on a readable level. Up-to-date with excellent graphics and a nicely done index, it is my go to reference guide. I prefer it over the Internet to help with the "big picture" ideas. I've read other textbooks cover to cover and the organizational flow, coupled with the through chapter development is outstanding. He begins with a page on pedagogy that says it all: Focus on the big picture, work on conceptual ideas, relate the material to what students already know and then idea more obscure details. I've taught for more than 20 years and this is a sound way to impart complex information.

Alphacrucis - Wikipedia

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This article is about the Christian college. For the star in the Southern Cross, see Alpha Crucis.
"Southern Cross College" redirects here. For the university, see Southern Cross University.
Alphacrucis College

Former names Commonwealth Bible College (1948-1993)
Southern Cross College (1993-2009)
Motto Equipping Christian leaders to change the world,
Established 1948 (as Commonwealth Bible College)
President Prof Stephen Fogarty

Administrative staff > 200
Students > 4,500
Location Parramatta, NSW, Australia
33.820448°S 151.007138°ECoordinates: 33.820448°S 151.007138°E
Campus Multiple campuses - Adelaide, Auckland, Brisbane, Finland, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Global Online
Colours
Orange
Affiliations Australian Christian Churches
Assemblies of God
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
Website ac.edu.au


Alphacrucis College (AC, formerly Commonwealth Bible College and Southern Cross College) is a tertiary Christian liberal arts college. In addition to being the largest self-accrediting Christian liberal arts College in Australia, it is the official training college of Australian Christian Churches, the Assemblies of Godin Australia. The College has campuses in every state capital city in Australia, campuses in Auckland and in Finland, and registered sites of offer in other places. Its main campus in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. The College has programmes running in various colleges and churches around Australia. Since the College was founded in 1948, over 20,000 students have been trained and the graduates are engaged in ministry all around the world. Currently, over 3000 students are enrolled in various programs, from VET Certificates, to Bachelors courses, coursework Masters programs and higher degrees by research (Master of Philosophy and PhD) in Education, Ministry, Theology and Business/ Leadership.

AC offers several courses in ministry, business, music, chaplaincy and counselling; accredited by the Australian Skills Quality Authority.[1][2] It is also a self-accrediting higher education institution,[3]authorised to provide a range of theology, ministry, business, leadership, and education degrees up to doctorate level,[4] baccalaureate and postgraduate programs in counselling, and a Korean languageprogramme.[5] The college ethos is based on an evangelical Pentecostal/Charismatic orientation. In 2018, the college had an Equivalent Full Time Student Load of over 1000.[6]


Contents
1History
2Faculty and research
3See also
4References
5External links
History[edit]

AC began as "Commonwealth Bible College" in 1948 in Melbourne, after an abortive attempt by Henry Wiggins to set up the college in the 1930s.[7] In 1949 the college moved to Brisbane,[7] first to New Farm, and in 1961 to a purpose-built campus on the Brisbane River which was destroyed in the 1974 Brisbane flood.[8]

After a year of temporary operation at Glad Tidings Tabernacle in Brisbane,[8] a new campus was obtained and refurbished at Katoomba, New South Wales in the former Palais Royale guesthouse.[9] The facilities of the Illawara Bible College were later added to the campus. The college remained at Katoomba until 1995.[8] In 1993 the name was changed, first to "Southern Cross Bible College" and then to "Southern Cross College of the Assemblies of God in Australia Ltd"[8] (not to be confused with Southern Cross University). From early 1996 to August 2011, the college was at Chester Hill, New South Wales.[8][10] For a period during this time, the college was associated with the Sydney College of Divinity.[6][11]

AC Central - Alphacrucis College Parramatta Campus, 2014

On 27 April 2009 at the Australian Christian Churches National Conference, Southern Cross College officially changed its name to Alphacrucis. The new name derives from the star that sits at the foot of the Southern Cross constellation named Alpha Crucis. The principal, Stephen Fogarty, says, “Alphacrucis is the brightest star in the Southern Cross, and it’s at the foot of the cross. […] We want our students to shine brightly at the foot of the cross.”[12]

In September 2011, AC relocated its main campus to 30 Cowper Street, Parramatta, Sydney (formally opening it in March 2012[13]); and also re-opened its Brisbane campus at the site of iSEE CHURCH – 308 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road, Seventeen Mile Rocks, Brisbane. In early 2014, the AC Brisbane campus relocated to 35 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills, Brisbane – on the grounds of Hope Centre International. In 2016, it opened its own campus in Woolloongabba, to which it has since added campuses at Melville Street, Hobart, and in Melrose Park, Adelaide.

In December 2017, the other official ACC College, Harvest Bible College, merged with Alphacrucis College.[14]
Faculty and research[edit]

The faculty of Alphacrucis includes over thirty staff with doctoral level qualifications, and currently employs 180 staff in all.[15] The college has set up the Australasian Pentecostal Heritage Centre, which includes the largest online repository of historical Pentecostal journals in the Southern Hemisphere – including issues of the Australian Evangel back to 1927. They have also created a refereed journal, Australasian Pentecostal Studies. As of 2018, the college library had over 100,000 volumes, and extensive electronic collections.[16] In addition, in 2017 Alphacrucis established the Centre for the Future of Schooling (http://www.cfs.ac/) to act as a catalyst for research-driven improvement in the independent Schooling sector.
See also[edit]
Bible colleges affiliated with Australian Christian Churches
References[edit]

Jump up^ Degrees and certificates (Alphacrucis)
Jump up^ Organisation details (Australian Government)
Jump up^ TEQSA web site
Jump up^ Australian Government "Study in Australia" web site
Jump up^ New South Wales Government education web site
^ Jump up to:a b Charles Sherlock, Uncovering Theology: The Depth, Reach and Utility of Australian Theological Education, Australian Learning and Teaching Council, 2009.
^ Jump up to:a b Shane Clifton, Pentecostal Churches in Transition: Analysing the Developing Ecclesiology of the Assemblies of God in Australia, BRILL, 2009, ISBN 9004175261, pp. 108–111.
^ Jump up to:a b c d e Our History (Alphacrucis)
Jump up^ History of the Palais Royale Katoomba
Jump up^ Carolyn Cummins, (12 May 2012), Campuses in class of their own, ‘’Sydney Morning Herald’’, p. 53
Jump up^ Neil J. Ormerod and Shane Clifton, Globalization and the Mission of the Church, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2010, ISBN 0567261832, p. ix.
Jump up^ Principal Stephen Fogarty on the rationale behind the college's new name
Jump up^ Votes and Proceedings, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 29 March 2012.
Jump up^ Harvest Bible College is excited to announce the merger of two great Pentecostal Colleges in Australia. Retrieved 9 March 2018
Jump up^ Faculty and staff (Alphacrucis)
Jump up^ ANZTLA EJournal, No. 2, (2009)
External links[edit]
Alphacrucis website