Although raised Roman Catholic, Susan Stabile was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun and devoted 20 years of her life to practicing Buddhism before returning to Catholicism in 2001. In Growing in Love and Wisdom, she draws on this unique dual perspective to explore the value of interreligious dialogue, the spiritual dynamics that operate across faith traditions, and how Buddhist meditation practices can deepen Christian prayer. She begins by examining the values and principles shared by the two faiths and shows that both traditions seek to effect a fundamental transformation in the lives of believers. Both stress the need for experiences with deep emotional resonance that goes beyond the level of concepts to touch the heart. The center of the book offers 15 Tibetan Buddhist contemplative practices, adapted for Christian use. Stabile provides clear instructions on how to do these meditations and helpful commentary on each, explaining its purpose and the relation between the Buddhist original and her Christian adaptation of it. Throughout, she highlights the many remarkably close parallels between the teachings of Jesus and the Buddha. The meditations offered in this unusual book will be extremely useful to thoughtful Christians, to those responsible for giving spiritual direction, and also to Buddhist sympathizers who will be intrigued and pleased to see familiar contemplations handled so skillfully by a former Buddhist practitioner who has gratefully learned so much from her former religion and now introduces the riches of that tradition to her fellow Christians.

Growing in Love and Wisdom

Religion & Spirituality

Susan J Stabile

Christian Books & Bibles

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

<p>ERISA cases are complex and often contain multiple issues that are difficult to untangle in order to analyze and litigate each issue effectively. ERISA Litigation, Fourth Edition supplies complete analysis of the developments in heavily litigated areas such as standard of review, preemption, fiduciary duties, pension plan investments, and retiree welfare benefits, as well as of cutting-edge problem areas such as privacy, contingent workers, managed care, and RICO. ERISA Litigation provides clear and straightforward analysis of complex areas of ERISA, as well as of recent important Supreme Court decisions that affect benefits, including CIGNA Corp. v. Amara, Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., Conkright v. Frommert, Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for DuPont Savings &amp; Investment Plan, and others. The treatise covers critical information on remedies, the appropriate standard of review in benefits cases, managed care litigation, exhaustion of internal remedies, attorneys fees, proper parties, fiduciary status, 401(k)/employer securities litigation, and many other topics. Contributing authors participate with chapters relevant to their practice areas. Experienced ERISA attorneys who are ERISA specialists and some of the leading ERISA litigators in the nation serve as contributors on many chapters. The new Fourth Edition includes one completely new chapter and eleven chapters that are revised and significantly updated by new contributing authors. ERISA Litigation has been overhauled since the publication of the previous edition to take into account changes in pleading requirements as a result of the Supreme Court s decision in Ashcroft v. Iqbal; the availability of remedies after Amara and LaRue; factors applicable to the determination of attorneys fees after Hardt; the appropriate standard of review after Glenn and Frommert; and the proliferation of mutual fund fees cases and class actions. Other new topics discussed in the Fourth Edition include: CIGNA Corp. v. Amara s dichotomy in which plan terms trump SPDs but the door opens for remedies to redress faulty SPDs The fact that erroneous interpretations of plan terms do not strip a plan administrator of discretionary authority in subsequent related decisions, under Frommert Conflicts of interest after Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn Prevailing party status in attorneys fees cases following Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. Ongoing developments in class action litigation and fiduciary duty litigation, especially in 401(k) and ESOP investments in employer stock Fees and expenses litigation in defined contribution plans.</p>

Erisa Litigation, 4th Edition

Lawrence A. Frolik

Jayne E. Zanglein

Business

BNA Books, A Division of Bureau of National Affairs

This is the 2007 Supplement to Langbein and Wolk's Pension and Employee Benefit Law, 4th Edition law school casebook. It features edited cases and original text released since the casebook.

Pension and Employee Benefit Law, 4th Edition, 2007 Supplement (University Casebook)

John H. Langbein

Bruce A. Wolk

Tax Law

Foundation Press

<p>ERISA cases are complex and often contain multiple issues that are difficult to untangle in order to analyze and litigate each issue effectively. ERISA Litigation, Fifth Edition supplies complete analysis of the developments in heavily litigated areas such as standard of review, preemption, fiduciary duties, pension plan investments, and retiree welfare benefits, as well as of cutting-edge problem areas such as privacy, contingent workers, managed care, and RICO. The Fifth Edition contains three new chapters (Affordable Care Act, Disability Benefits, and Insured Benefits) and major revisions to many other chapters, including chapters on remedies, standard of review, jury trials, standing, enumerated parties, discovery, exhaustion of remedies, COBRA, interference with protected rights, managed care, ESOPs and 401(k) plans, and delinquent contributions. Coverage of new Supreme Court cases includes Windsor (DOMA), Hobby Lobby (contraceptive coverage), McCutchen (equitable remedies), Dukes (class actions), Heimeshoff (statute of limitations), Fifth Third Bancorp (stock drop case), National Federation of Independent Business (PPACA), and Atlantic Marine Construction (forum selection clauses).</p>

Erisa Litigation, Fifth Edition

Bloomberg BNA

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