Robert Reese Bücher

The book presents a proven counseling model that empowers students to become effective helpers through a practical three-stage process. It incorporates recent research and addresses various complex situations that helpers may face. By integrating key elements from humanistic, cognitive, behavioral, and solution-focused theories, it offers a comprehensive and pragmatic approach to helping others, enhancing both confidence and competence in the helping profession.

The book explores the evolution of Christian missions over the past twenty centuries, emphasizing the significance of the first three centuries as a model for contemporary practices. It argues that in an era where Christianity is less tied to powerful nations, understanding historical methods can offer valuable insights into effective mission strategies today. By examining past approaches, the author aims to identify what remains relevant and beneficial for modern Christian outreach.

This open access book explores the emotional agency of images in the construction of ‘humanitarian crises’ from the nineteenth century to the present. Using the prism of the histories of emotions and the senses, the chapters examine the pivotal role images have in shaping cultural, social and political reactions to the suffering of others and to the establishment of the international networks of solidarity. Questioning certain emotions assumed to underlie humanitarianism such as sympathy, empathy and compassion, they demonstrate how the experience of such emotions has shifted over time. Understanding images as emotional objects, contributors from a wide horizon of disciplines explore how their production, circulation and reception has been crucial to the perception of humanitarian crises in a long-term historical perspective.