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Rights List
Spring 2018
The publishing group that
captures the spirit of life
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EDITORIAL
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are delighted to present to you our new rights list for Spring 2018 and would like to invite
you to find out more about the latest titles as well as strong backlist titles of our imprints
Patmos – Thorbecke – Grünewald – Eschbach – Schwaben
Our list offers a wide range of titles, covering psychology, self-help, memoirs, parenting, spiri-
tuality, religion and theology, as well as gift books and children’s books. While we have had a
rich tradition in publishing religious children’s books, we have ventured into publishing gen-
eral children’s books, including fiction, encouraging children to become more aware of values
and what really matters in life.
Our imprint Thorbecke specializes in books on cookery, lifestyle and gardening, on the one
hand, as well as books on history and cultural history, on the other hand.
To find out more about our authors and titles, please visit our foreign rights website at
www.verlagsgruppe-patmos.de/foreign_rights.php. A click on the logo of the respective im-
print on the right-hand side will take you to the specific rights section of each imprint, for ex-
ample, http://www.patmos.de/foreign_rights.php for titles published by our imprint Patmos.
Using the navigation bar on the left-hand side, you can select individual titles from different
categories. You will then be able to view English summaries, key selling points, up-to-date in-
formation on rights sold as well as biographies of our authors, illustrators and photographers.
Also, there are information sheets, synopses and sample translations available for download. A
detailed search function will help you find the information you need even faster!
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like to receive advance materials, reading copies
or any further information on our titles and upcoming co-editions.
We would also be delighted to discuss our list with you at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Octo-
ber! Please don’t hesitate to contact us to arrange a meeting.
We look forward to hearing from you!
With best wishes,
Foreign Rights Department
Luisa Lehnerer and Sonja Wieland-Hartlieb
lizenzen@verlagsgruppe-patmos.de
t: +49 711 4406 148
f: +49 711 4406 177
Verlagsgruppe Patmos in der Schwabenverlag AG
Patmos – Eschbach – Grünewald – Thorbecke – Schwaben
Senefelderstr. 12
73760 Ostfildern
Germany
www.verlagsgruppe-patmos.de
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Memoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Parenting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Self-Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Analytical Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Loss & Grieving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Religion & Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Religion & Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
World Religions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Children’s Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Gift Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Our Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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MEMOIR
Max Rinneberg with Ulrich Beckers
You Wake Up and Your Life is Gone
The story of my memory loss
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0873-2 | Patmos | Hardcover with dust jacket | 232 pages |
14 x 22 cm | € 20.00
How do you live without your past?
The 17-year old Max Rinneberg lost his memory after he fell down the stairs.
When he woke up in hospital, he didn’t recognize his parents and friends any-
more. He didn’t even get anything out of his former hobbies like running mar-
athon or playing soccer. Although he can still speak and write and knows ev-
eryday objects, he has lost his episodic memory, the archive of the personal
history. A moving life story which questions your own identity in an unusual
way.
Hans Jürgen Herber with Ulrich Beckers
The Long Goodbye
When my wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at 40
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0625-7 | Patmos | Hardback with jacket | 188 pages
with numerous pictures | 14 x 22 cm | € 19.99
A promise for life
Hans Jürgen Herber recounts bravely and with disarming openness what hat
it means to gradually lose his young wife and the mother of his son to
Alzheimer’s disease. He describes the journey of a relationship that is
ven
touching, but may be irritating or even provocative. Perhaps it will even
ver
inspire you to search for unusual solutions. This is a book that will never
let you go.
Maria Hagenschneider
Days Full of Life
Our shared time in hospice
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0898-5 | Patmos | Hardcover with dust jacket | 184 pages |
14 x 22 cm | € 17.00
The process of saying goodbye
What happens when someone moves into a hospice in order to die there? Ma-
ria Hagenschneider relates what happened when she moved into a hospice cen-
ter with her mortally ill husband and lived there for a surprisingly long ten
weeks, with all the highs and lows, challenges and opportunities for her per-
sonally and for them as a couple. Days Full of Life provides a glimpse of life
inside a hospice, and the experiences and conversations this couple had.
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Death is not the end
MEMOIR
▶ A courageous path through grief
▶ Told in a sensitive and stirring way
▶ An affirming book for everyone who has lost someone
close to them
Flor Schmidt
Further Than the End
How Something New Began with
the Death of My Son
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1024-7
Patmos
Hardcover with dust jacket
248 pages with b/w photos
14 x 22 cm
€ 20.00
When her 17-year-old son dies in a traffic accident, Flor Schmidt realizes Flor Schmidt is a German philologist
that the extremes of life are often unbelievably close to each other: Death, and grief counsellor. She offers herb semi-
horror and pain on the one hand – grace, happiness and love on the other. nars, holds lectures and is a cofounder of
On her path through the grief, she searches for answers that cannot exist JugendLichter, a discussion group for par-
and ultimately finds something that is much more valuable: an intensive ents who have also lost an adolescent child.
inner connection to her deceased son, which helps her to accept life and She lives in Freiburg with her family.
love it as it is. And the trust that death is not just an end but can also be a www.carpe-florem.de/trauerarbeit
new start.
Also available:
Susanne Preusker
I Will Just Keep Texting
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0990-6
Patmos
Gabi and Tine are best friends. When Tine is diagnosed with
cancer and later moves into a hospice, they text each other
heart wrenching, encouraging and sad messages. The frag-
mentary style of this exceptional correspondence has its own
charm.
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Nico Knörr
Nicole
MEMOIR
Lean Years
Lea
How I Overcame My Eating Disorder
ISBN:
BN 978-3-8436-0988-3 | Patmos | Softcover with flaps | 184 pages | 14 x 22 cm |
ISB
19.00
€ 19
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Not enough to live
Whe Nicole Knörr was 13 years old she started eating less and less. With the progres-
When
sion of her anorexia, she only consumed 300ml of non-fat broth with which you cannot
survive. When her body temperature fell to under 34° Celsius and she felt nothing more
surv
than inner bone-chilling coldness, she is rushed to hospital. Just one day later would
probably have meant too late. But the now 20 year-old is a fighter …
prob
Lea Ackermann Peter Schmidt Peter Schmidt Peter Schmidt
The Fight Goes On – So The Street Collector This Connection Is Not in A Valentine’s Day Cactus
Women Can Live in Dignity ISBN: 978-3-8436-0832-9 Service ISBN: 978-3-8436-0211-2
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0884-8 Patmos ISBN: 978-3-8436-0517-5 Patmos
Patmos Autistic people hate unpredict- Patmos He cannot understand others’
Lea Ackermann left her career in ability. That makes it all the He doesn’t recognize his col- feelings, nor can he interpret
banking and went to Africa as an more surprising that Peter leagues’ faces, and he is so honest their facial expressions. All this
ordained nun. Encounters with Schmidt, diagnosed with As- with clients that he undermines doesn’t exactly make him Prince
the misery of forced prostitution perger’s syndrome, wants to col- his boss’s marketing strategy. Charming, but he is nevertheless
changed her life. Her relief orga- lect all the roads of the world. He This is because Peter Schmidt happily married with children.
nization for women in crisis, takes us with him on his bizarre has autism. He doesn’t let this Sold: Polish, Slovak, German
SOLWODI, has long drawn in- trip around the globe. stop him and builds a career in paperback rights, English sam-
ternational acclaim. the field of IT. ple translation available
4 0 .0 0 0
CO P IE S
SOLD
Andy Holzer Sabine Mehne Elena Pirin Gudrun Pflüger
Balancing Act Light Without Shadows My Lion Cub Wolf Spirit
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0043-9 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0162-7 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0767-4
IS 978-3-8436-076 767-
7-44 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0141-2
Patmos Patmos Patmos Patmos
Blind mountaineer Andy Holzer Sabine Mehne left her body. Leo does just fine, just not at the When diagnosed with an aggres-
has climbed the world’s highest Suddenly she saw herself from pace that development tests and sive brain tumor, Pflüger was
mountain peaks. His optimism above. This book is an authentic school plans expect. Elena Pirin told she had 18 months left to
and mental strength are inspir- report of a near-death experi- loves her now ten-year son above live. Taking the wolf as model,
ing. ence and life thereafter. everything else, but sometimes she trusts in her own powers of
Sold: Italian, Korean, German Sold: Czech, German paperback she is discouraged by the diffi- self-healing and overcomes her
paperback rights, English sam- rights, English sample transla- culties that everyday life with a illness.
ple translation available tion available disabled child entails. Sold: English (World)
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Domestic tyrannicide
MEMOIR
▶ Explosive topic – violence against women
▶ Bestseller author
Brigitte Biermann
Murdered or
The Terror in My Marriage
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0974-6
Patmos
Hardcover with dust jacket
224 pages
14 x 21 cm
€ 20,00
Andrea’s marriage is a disaster. Humiliation and violence are the order of Brigitte Biermann is a journalist and
the day. book author. She was a correspondent and
Her attempts to flee from her husband fail. He finds her everywhere, and court reporter for BRIGITTE magazine
she falls for his promises that he will change for the better. As the situation and writes for newspapers such as the
worsens, he threatens her and she sees no way out. She kills her husband DIE ZEIT and the Stuttgarter Zeitung.
and immediately turns herself over to the police. Sentenced to 12 years in
prison for murder, she writes letters to her daughter that she intends to give
her when she becomes an adult. As a result, readers witness how Andrea
becomes more self-confident in prison – also in dealing with her crime –
learns to stand upright. These touching letters, which Brigitte Biermann
has written based on Andrea’s true story, are characterised by much sensi-
tivity and expertise. They also encourage a discussion on guilt and the jus-
tice of court decisions.
Also available:
Susanne Preusker
Susa
Seven Hours in April
Seve
ISBN:
ISBNN 978-3-8436-0038-5
Patmos
Patm
m
Ten ddays before her wedding, Susanne Preusker experienced a
catastrophe. At her workplace, a high security prison, the
catas
prison psychologist was held captive for seven hours by an in-
priso
mate convicted of sexual offenses…
Sold:
S old:: Dutch, Italian, Korean, Film rights | English sample
ttranslation
ranss available | Over 20,000 copies sold in Germany
alonee
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Regina Groot Bramel
PARENTING
On Foot Through the Universe
Parents on the Move with a Little Human Being
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1030-8 | Patmos | Hardcover with reading ribbon | 196 pages |
14 x 22 cm | € 19.00
The greatest adventure of life
In lovingly written letters to a small child, Regina Groot Bramel encourages young par-
ents to be self-confident and courageous, serene and joyful, confident and imaginative,
realistic and loving towards the child just as it is. This helps them to be mindful of the
miracle that has been entrusted to the hands of mothers and fathers. It not only supports
the parents but will also shape the child when its paths lead away from home.
Felicitas Römer Felicitas Römer Heinz-Peter
Heinz Peter Röhr Rita Steininger
Raising Children Chill Out, Mom! How I Can Help my Child The Little Anti-Anger Book
with Less Stress ISBN: 978-3-8436-0528-1
IS 978-3-8436-052528-
8-11 Gain Strong Self-Esteem ISBN: 978-3-8436-0556-4
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0916-6 Patmos ISBN: 978-3-8436-0995-1 Patmos
Patmos Even if it isn’t always “easy”, Patmos Coping with children’s rage
Preschool-aged children insist there’s no reason to panic about Röhr shows how parents can rec- costs parents a lot of nerves. And
on more and more freedom. But puberty. With lots of practical ognize negative inner workings it is anything but easy not to re-
how should parents react when tips, Felicitas Römer describes of their children and how they act aggressive or with anger. Rita
their kids won’t take no for an an- how parents can make it through can deal with it in a helpful way. Steininger, mother of two sons,
swer? Experienced family thera- their children’s puberty with It is possible to strengthen chil- explains what anger and aggres-
pist Felicitas Römer provides ease. So when the kids command dren´s self-esteem so they can sion mean for children’s develop-
answers and ways to raise chil- you to “Chill out!”, you can cope with life while grow ing up! ment. This little book has a great
dren with more calmness. calmly answer, “I’d be glad to!”. Sold: Czech impact!
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Monika Specht-Tomann n Monika Specht-Tomann Petra Wiegers Christine Rankl
Supporting Grieving What Is That Monster Doing Only Love Is Missing Sleeping Through the Night
Children Under the Bed? ISBN: 978-3-8436-0698-1 at Last
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0750-6 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0644-8 Patmos ISBN: 978-3-8436-0748-3
Patmos Patmos Having a baby is the greatest joy Patmos
Some children refuse to talk Fear of the dark or of saying of all!? However, ten to twenty One in four young children has
when they are mourning. Others goodbye – children live through percent of all mothers fall into difficulty sleeping through the
cry continuously. The empathic many troubling experiences. postpartum depression. Journal- night. Renowned psychothera-
approach of this book opens new The author demonstrates how ist Petra Wiegers tells the mov- pist Christine Rankl has a solu-
perspectives and helps children parents can help their children ing stories of four women who tion for every kind of sleeping
and adults alike to find their tame the monster under the bed. rediscover their courage and issue.
footing. Sold: Romanian love for their child. Sold: Italian
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We have puberty!
PARENTING
▶ Popular expert in the media
▶ New approach for a supportive parental role
▶ All parents were once pubescents
Elisabeth Raffauf
They Don’t Just Do Nothing:
They Lie There and Grow
What Helps During Puberty
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1019-3
Patmos
Paperback
Ca. 180 pages
14 x 21 cm
Ca. € 18.00
All of us somehow survive it – puberty. And most of us have even turned Elisabeth Raffauf, a certified psychol-
into decent human beings. So why are we afraid that our pubescent chil- ogist, leads group discussions for parents
dren will never get their act together? Was it different for us in earlier times? of adolescents, for young girls and for chil-
Or were we exactly the same but our point of view has fundamentally dren of divorced parents. She works for the
changed from the perspective of a parent? Elisabeth Raffauf tells true pu- educational show »Herzfunk« on West
berty stories, reminding readers of their own chaos years with a conspirato- German Television’s (»WDR«) series
rial wink. This book is enormously helping in understanding today’s young »Lilipuz« and belongs to the advisory
people in their conflict between a need for affection and rebellion, as well team of the children’s news program
as exploring the role of the parent in a new way. »Logo« on Germany’s Channel 2
(»ZDF«). She is the author of many educa-
tional books as well as brochures for Ger-
many’s Federal Center for Health Educa-
tion. Elisabeth Raffauf is the mother of a
Also available: daughter and two sons.
Elisabth Raffauf
How to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0213-6
Patmos
Elisabeth Raffauf shows what sensible prevention looks like.
And she concretely describes what parents and educators
can do to make children strong and thereby protect them
from sexual abuse.
Sold: Romanian
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Rita Steininger
For Bright Minds
SELF-HELP
SELF HELP
Fitness for the Brain
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0937-1 | Patmos | Paperback | 128 pages | 12 x 19 cm | € 13.00
The special kind of brain training
We are exercising the whole body - but pay way too little attention to our mental fitness
although the brain needs lifelong, regular stimuli, not only in old age! Rita Steininger
shows there are many varied possibilities to get the mind running at full capacity – be-
yond brain-teasers and brain jogging.
This practical and compact guidebook teaches many easy exercises to help bring the
brain and mind back into shape. With this we are able to live up to the daily challenges in
work and private life.
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Katharina Ceming Stefan Steinert Sabine Dankbar / Heinz-Peter Röhr
Thinking Helps! How to Break Out of the Monika Homann The Art of Appreciating
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0968-5 Hamster Wheel The Gratitude Principle Yourself
Patmos ISBN: 978-3-8436-0959-3 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0910-4 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0391-1
Thinking about yourself and Patmos Patmos Patmos
what you are doing offers real ad- This book shows how to de- Many people suffer under the Heinz-Peter Röhr shows how it
vantages. This book asks for all crease stress with exercises ori- pressure to be perfect. What can is possible to develop apprecia-
aspects of a successful life and ented towards the five principles help us be more satisfied and se- tion for oneself and find a way to
gives easily readable answers in a wood, fire, earth, metal and wa- rene? The Dankbar-Prinzip® create a happy and successful
philosophic way. The impulses ter from Traditional Chinese provides a way to find your own life. Over 10,000 copies sold.
in this book make philosophy Medicine, enabling the reader to sources of strength that allow Sold: Complex Chinese, Czech,
something creative and fun! attain a calmer and more succes- you to master daily challenges Polish
ful life. with optimism.
Andrea Länger Jo Eckardt Jörg Fengler Rita Steininger
A Zest for Life in Every Talking is Gold – The Little Anti-Burnout The Little Trust Yourself
Situation How Conversation Book Book
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0790-2 Strengthens Love ISBN: 978-3-8436-0332-4 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0830-5
Patmos ISBN: 978-3-8436-0746-9 Patmos Patmos
In a humorous way, the author Patmos Jörg Fengler, a renowned expert Everyday situations can be tor-
shows how a zest for life can be- When partners have nothing on burnout and burnout preven- ture for shy people. This is where
come a lifestyle. She has devel- more to say, the emotional con- tion, has put together 25 quick, this book comes in: It offers sim-
oped exercises suitable for vari- nection suffers and leads to more simple and effective measures ple exercises and concrete guide-
ous personality types and stages silence. This book shows how that can help us prevent burnout. lines to strengthen self-esteem
of life. Find out how to awaken this vicious circle can be broken. Sold: Dutch, Italian, Latvian, Ro- and increase confidence.
the zest for life! Sold: Italian manian Sold: Turkish
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SELF-HELP
What we really need
▶ New impulses for more joy in life
▶ With many questions for reflecting on a good life
Cornelia Dehner-Rau
In Tune with Yourself
Recognizing Your Own Needs and
Taking Them Seriously
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0992-0
Patmos
Paperback
Ca. 192 pages
14 x 22 cm
Ca. € 18.00
Finding out what you really need is not that easy. And neither is mee
meeting Cornelia Dehner-Rau, MD, is a spe-
these needs. However, both belong to good self-care and therefore to a cialist for psychosomatic medicine and
goodd life.
lif The
Th physical
h i l andd emotional
ti l needsd suchh as security,
it relationships
l ti psychotherapy. She has worked as the se-
or protection of self-esteem must not be neglected. People who know how nior physician in the Psychosomatic De-
to meet these needs are less likely to be manipulated and can take a more partment of Heiligenfeld Clinic Group in
active approach to their own lives. With the help of many reflective ques- Bad Kissingen since 2017. Her previous
tions and practical exercises, the experienced psychotherapist Cornelia position was at the Clinic for Psychothera-
Dehner-Rau enables readers to find ways of recognising their own needs peutic and Psychosomatic Medicine at the
and searching for their own sources of strength. Protestant Hospital of Bielefeld for 15
years. One of her main work areas is the
treatment of people with trauma-related
disorders.
Also available:
Rita Steininger
The Little Be-Good-to-Yourself-Book
ISBN:
ISBNN 978-3-8436-0642-4
Patmos
Patm
m
Stop constantly criticizing yourself. Many women between
and 50 would like to be kinder to themselves. Rita
40 an
Steininger gives her readers lots of tangible tips for framing
Stein
this time
t of change with energy and joy.
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Christian Firus
Finding Land Again
SELF-HELP
SELF HELP
Facing Depression with Courage and Determination
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0742-1 | Patmos | Softcover with flaps | 160 pages | 12 x 19 cm |
€ 14.99
The most helpful strategies to counter depression!
Depression is on the rise and can happen to anyone! But there is effective help. The au-
thor highlights the most important strategies. His approach: the first and most import-
ant step out of depression is to take good care of yourself, and to recognize where you
have freedom to act. This involves simple things such as what you eat, exercise and help-
ful rituals, but also knowing your own values, limitations and when to say no. A compact
and insightful handbook!
Hans Morschitzky Udo Rauchfleisch Erich Schechner Hans Morschitzky
Taking Back Control from m Narcissists are Only Human Live Your Possibilities When Agoraphobia
Fear and Worries as Well ISBN: 978-3-8436-1003-2 Constricts Your Life
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0939-5 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0994-4 Patmos ISBN: 978-3-8436-0912-8
Patmos Patmos The stunning life journey of Patmos
Where does a generalized anxi- Narcissism is the disorder of our Viktor Frankl led to the founda- Experienced psychotherapist
ety disorder come from? What time. The author explains this tion of a form of psychotherapy, Hans Morschitzky describes in
can be done if unrealistic fears phenomenon and its background guided by the meaning of exis- clear terms what agoraphobia
take on disease-like dimensions? and provides understanding for tence which helps to say Yes to and claustrophobia are, and how
This practical guidebook offers a narcissistic personalities. On life even in abysmal situations. they originate. In 7-steps based
therapeutic 9-step-program to this basis we can learn how to The author explains Viktor on behavioral therapy, he pro-
help those affected to better handle them without falling for Frankl’s impulses for all pur- vides competent support for
cope with their fears and wor- their tricks or demonizing them. pose-seekers of our time. those afflicted.
ries.
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Hans Morschitzky/ Udo Rauchfleisch Burkhard Ciupka-Schön Heinz-Peter Röhr
Thomas Hartl Living (and Loving) with Overcoming Compulsions Narcissism
Understanding and Borderline Personality ISBN: 978-3-8436-0914-2 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0047-7
Overcoming
O i FFear off Illness
Ill Disorder Patmos Patmos
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0153-5 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0636-3 People who struggle with com- People with narcissistic person-
Patmos Patmos pulsions often have a long road ality disorder feel trapped inside
A guidebook for people suffering The author and experienced psy- of suffering behind them. Be- an inner prison. This book is
from excessive fear of illness fea- chotherapist helps friends and havioral therapy in conjunction about the origin of narcissism,
turing a self-help program in partners of people with border- with exposure has proven effec- its progression and healing pos-
seven steps for those affected. line disorder to understand this tive therapy. This book provides sibilities.
Sold: Complex Chinese, Italian, serious psychological illness and the most important information. Sold: Czech, English translation
Romanian gives many concrete suggestions. available
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SELF-HELP
Christian Firus
The Long Shadow of Childhood
Overcoming Emotional Injuries and Traumas
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1015-5 | Patmos | Paperback |
172 pages | 14 x 21 cm | € 17.00
The soul does not forget
Emotional injuries and traumatic experiences in childhood
can have an impact on a person’s entire life. Even if the suf-
fering occurred long ago, feeling, thinking and actions can
still be impaired. Experienced trauma therapist Christian
Firus looks at the whole range of traumatic experiences:
This involves physical and sexual violence, as well as emo-
tional injuries such as neglect or emotional abuse. Firus de-
votes a separate chapter to the splitting off of traumatic ex-
periences, called dissociation, since this phenomenon
occurs with much greater frequency than previously as-
sumed. The book provides tips on how adults can cope
with their “difficult childhood” and gain a greater enjoy-
ment of life.
Martin Duda
Light in the Night of the Soul
How Reading Helps in Case of Depression
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1059-9 | Patmos | Softcover with flaps |
ca. 180 pages | 14 x 21 cm | ca. € 18.00
The healing power of reading for depression
Depression is a frequently recurring topic in literature. Un-
like many scientists and medical practitioners, poets and
writers have direct and holistic access to the shadow as-
pects of human experiences. Many works of world litera-
ture have a therapeutic effect on readers with depressive
moods. When reading, the thoughts that were previously
running in circles calm down, become organized and clear.
Positive feelings arise and we see the reality with different
eyes, increasingly finding the way back to ourselves. With
his selected texts and book tips, bibliotherapist Martin
Duda offers support for self-help. He shows how reading
can contribute to escaping the hopelessness of depression.
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Eugen Drewermann
ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY
If I Could Only Shudder!
Fear and Overcoming It
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1027-8 | Patmos | Hardcover with dust jacket | 342 pages |
14 x 22 cm | € 29.00
Grimm’s fairy tales interpreted in the light of Depth Psychology
Eugen Drewermann has spent many years intensively exploring the wisdom of fairy tales,
especially with the Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm. He interprets the following
fairy tales in this first publication: “The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn
What Fear Was”, “The Brave Little Tailor” and “The Owl”. Fairy tales interpreted for the
first time by E. Drewermann!
Verena Kast Luise Reddemann/ Stephan Marks Stephan Marks
Fairytale Love Sylvia Wetzel The Dignity of Men is Shame
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1018-6 May all Beings be Happy Vulnerable ISBN: 978-3-8436-0052-1
Patmos ISBN: 978-3-8436-0996-8 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0935-7 Patmos
Love makes us develop and ma- Patmos Patmos What types of shame are there?
ture together. Analytical psy- What is the significance of sym- Every day we witness how vul- How does it come about? What
chologist Verena Kast has been pathy and justice for the devel- nerable our dignity is: racism, is the significance of shame
interpreting fairy tales for over opment of the individual and the sexism or xenophobia make life avoidance mechanisms for com-
thirty years, shedding new light international community? The hard. The author analyses degra- munal living, or even entire peo-
on these classic stories. This renowned authors Redemann dations which poison our human ples? Marks answers these and
book contains a collection of her and Wetzel show how important relations. He shows many practi- other questions comprehen-
most interesting analyses on the sympathy and justice are for be- cal opportunities for taking ac- sively and clearly.
topics of love and partnership.
p p ing human and for humanity. tion, for a humane society.
7 TH
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E D IT IO
Verena Kast Verena Kast Ingrid Riedel Ingrid Riedel
Dreams Aging – Always Good forr a Mirror, Mirror on the WallWaall The Wise Woman
ISBN:
IS 978-3-8436-0373-7
978-3-8436-037 373-
3-77 Surprise ISBN:
IS 978-3-8436-0220-4
978-3-8436-022220-
0-44 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0752-0
Patmos ISBN: 978-3-8436-0736-0 Patmos Patmos
Renowned Jungian analyst Ver- Patmos The renowned Jungian analyst Riedel explains how meaningful
ena Kast explores the fascinating The sometimes difficult changes Ingrid Riedel interprets five fairy it is to get in touch with the ar-
language of our subconscious of aging provide lots of new chal- tales, including »Snow White« chetypical image of the wise
and demonstrates that when we lenges. How to go about sur- and »The Goose Girl«, which woman. She shows that experi-
engage ourselves with our prises life brings our way during demonstrate how envy and re- encing various aspects of femi-
dreams, they help us to better this aging process is what the re- sentment can be overcome, and nine wisdom can contribute to
understand ourselves. nowned Jungian analyst Verena how people can achieve a benev- imbuing old age with new mean-
Sold: Czech, Italian, Russian Kast, describes in this book. olent sense of coexistence. ing dignity.
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ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Mysterious images of the soul
▶ Presentation of previously unseen, spectacular pictures
▶ With articles by authors such as Verena Kast and
Ingrid Riedel
Ruth Ammann / Verena Kast /
Ingrid Riedel (Ed.)
The Book of Pictures
Treasures from the C. G. Jung
Institute Zurich’s Archive
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1017-9
Patmos
Hardcover
Ca. 208 pages, four-color throughout
with ca. 250 illustrations
19.5 x 26 cm
Ca. € 36.00
Ruth Ammann, curator of the C. G. Jung
Institute Zurich’s Archive, qualified archi-
tect, Jungian psychoanalyst and sandplay
therapist, is training analyst and lecturer at
the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich and was
the President of the International Society
of Sandplay Therpay.
The picture archive of the C. G. Jung Institute Zurich contains treasures
Verena Kast is a former Professor of
that few people have seen up to now: More than 4000 original images,
Psychology at the University of Zurich,
drawings and painted pictures by C. G. Jung’s patients, dated from 1917 to
Switzerland. Today she is a lecturer and
about 1950. Many of these images have an entirely extraordinary, emo-
teaching analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute
tional and artistic expressive power and some are reminiscent of C. G.
in Zurich, as well as a psychoanalyst in pri-
Jung’s pictures in the Red Book.
vate practice. She has published numerous
In this large-format, elaborately designed book of images, the most beauti- books on subjects including emotional
ful pictures are now finally accessible to a larger circle of people. Explana- psychology, principles of psychotherapy,
tory texts by renowned experts – including Verena Kast and Ingrid Riedel and the interpretation of fairy tales and
– provide help in understanding the most important picture series. This dreams. Her works – many of them
book opens the doors to the hidden picture treasures at the C. G. Jung In- long-sellers – have been translated into nu-
stitute Zurich. merous languages.
Ingrid Riedel, honorary professor of
the psychology of religion and privately
Also available: practicing psychotherapist in Constance,
Verena Kast Germany, is a lecturer and teaching analyst
The Dynamics of Symbols at the C.G. Jung Institutes in Zurich, Swit-
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0846-6
Patmos zerland, and Stuttgart, Germany. She has
In this classic introduction to analytical psychology, Verena published numerous books with Patmos.
Kast offers a clear overview of Jungian terminology and con-
cepts.
Sold: Czech, Portuguese (World), English translation
available
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Nicole Rinder
Death Doesn’t Kill Me
LOSS & GRIEVING
Why I Became a Mortician
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0944-9 | Patmos | Hardcover with dust jacket | 128 pages |
14 x 22 cm | € 18.00
When death becomes a vital subject in life
Her son lived only four days. It was a preannounced death, a long good-bye. The experi-
ence changed Nicole Rinder’s life and led her to her calling. She started to get involved in
the topic of death and grieving, trained as grief counselor and now helps people cope
with death. In her book, she talks about her journey and gives authentic insights in her
daily work as mortician. Her journey shows that it can be possible to not only bear life
after a grievous loss but to give your life a new direction.
Sabine Rachl Mechthild Schroeter- Christine Fleck- Claudia Cardinal
Soon I Will be Living in the Ru pieper Bohaumilitzky Anything But Child’s Play
Timeless Room Stories that Tell a Life, When Children Grieve ISBN: 978-3-8436-0223-5
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0966-1 Becausee Death Wrote ISBN: 978-3-8436-0792-6 Patmos
Patmos Them Patmos The author reveals many ways to
This book recounts the stories of ISBN: 978-3-8436-0882-4 Children grieve not only when a support grieving children and
dying children, siblings, parents Patmos person or a pet dies, but also the teenagers, thus giving parents,
and grand-parents. These are With the stories drawn from loss of a stuffed animal or when a relatives and friends advice on
stories of laughing and crying, of grief counselor Schroeter-Ru- friend moves away. The author how to best help them cope. In
pain and joy and of the connec- pieper´s very typical work expe- describes in a sensitive, compe- addition, this book encourages
tion which will always remain – riences, she wants to demon- tent and helpful way how to help adults to think about death to
encouraging stories because strate that her work is often children deal with such losses. prepare for a sympathetic rela-
they show dying is part of life. joyful, even if grief isn’t ban- tionship with grieving children.
ished.
Ralf T. Vogel Angelika Daiker/ Angelika Daiker Carmen Birkholz
Death Is Great, We Belong Judith Bader-Reissing “Life Will Be Alright Again, Until My Life Sprouts New
to It Making Peace with Death But Different” Buds
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0593-9 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0531-1 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0338-6 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0594-6
Patmos Patmos Patmos Patmos
More and more people want to This book develops the spiritual This book is an insightful guide Almost all partings, whether
come to terms with death in or- and existential meaning of the for widowed women and points they are sudden or descend upon
der to live their lives more pur- last seven words of Jesus and the way to the continuation of you or are freely chosen, leave
posefully. This book offers the connects them with experiences life including grief. It will be dif- behind painful empty places.
possibility to discover their own occuring daily in hospices. Thus ferent, but perhaps in time be al- Carmen Birkholz finds words
understanding about death and the authors develop a new ap- right again. that gently and carefully provide
dying. proach to palliative care. Sold: Czech the gift of a new springtime.
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LOSS & GRIEVING
Walking the path of grief with each other
▶ Successful author and popular speaker
▶ For full-time staff and volunteers in grief counselling
▶ Creative methods for Grief Cafés at any time of the year
Mechthild Schroeter-Rupieper
Manual for the Grief Café
The Basics and Methods
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1023-0
Patmos
Paperback
Ca. 144 pages
14 x 22 cm
Ca. € 14.00
Grief Cafés offer a low threshold framework in which grieving individuals Mechthild Schroeter-Rupieper,
find an open ear, can allow space for their feelings and meet people who are born in 1964, is a grief counselor. In her
on a similar path. In her new book, Mechthild Schroeter-Rupieper shares grief institute she offers families, in partic-
her experiences with this open form of grief counselling. She provides a ular, the opportunity to learn to live with
well-founded explanation of all the backgrounds that should be observed: their sadness, together and individually,
models of grief, target groups, preparations, pitfalls, etc. In the practical and also to find their way back into the
section, she demonstrates lively and vivid methods that have proven to be mainstream of life. In addition she teaches
successful for this form of accompanying the grieving. courses for grief counselors, and is in espe-
cially great demand among pastoral care
workers and teachers. She is married, has
three sons and lives in North Rhine-West-
phalia, Germany.
By the same author:
Mechthild Schroeter-Rupieper
Manual for Grief Support Groups
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0674-5
Patmos
United in grief, and yet shaped by a unique story. Mechthild
Schroeter-Rupieper provides sound and practical answers
for leaders of grief support groups, teachers and pastors,
covering all the basics.
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Andrea Schwarz
Day of the Open Heaven’s Gates:
RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
Just a Fairy Tale?
With color illustrations by Thomas Plassmann
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1044-5 | Patmos | Hardcover | 56 pages | 12 x 19 cm | € 12.00
Open gates in the Kingdom of Heaven!
Saint Peter, who is entrusted with the keys to Heaven’s gate, can no longer find them. Is
running Heaven too much work for him? So he has no choice but to ask others about the
key and good advice… and experiences an unimaginable surprise in the end! Just this
will be revealed: God is up to every trick… Just a fairy tale? Parallels to reality are not
purely coincidental but rather hoped for …
Gisela Matthiae Angelika B. Hirsch Hildegard König Pierre Stutz
Boisterous Where We Encounter A Break with an Angel Don’t Let Yourself Down
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0949-4 Blessing ISBN: 978-3-8436-0808-4 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0950-0
Patmos ISBN: 978-3-8436-0961-6 Patmos Patmos
This year-long companion fits Patmos When we least expect it, we Pierre Stutz demonstrates that
perfectly in our overloaded day. In all religions and cultures come across angels…Only those anger, rage and fury are part of
Treat yourself to a break and let there are blessings. Some of who are set to receive, who have being human and deciphers the
yourself stumble upon unex- them are expressed in due form, the fitting bearing can perceive spiritual message they hold. Of-
pected things that will sway you some are scarcely noticed any- them. Experience short stories ten especially spiritually gifted
in new directions. For every more. This book traces small with surprises and healing ener- people forbid themselves these
week of the year there are inspir- and big, open and hidden forms gies and let yourself be sensi- “bad emotions” but rage and
ing wordplays, observations, in- of blessings and illustrates why tized for all the wonder in your fury are part of the basic equip-
sights and impulses. life is better with blessings. life! ment of humans just like love.
Pierre Stutz Juli Gudehus Thomas Knöller Katharina Plehn-Martins
The Spiritual Wisdom of Genesis Because you are Great Blessings at Sea
Trees ISBN: 978-3-8436-0963-0 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0893-0 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0853-4
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0875-6 Patmos Patmos Patmos
Patmos Juli Gudehus translated the bib- Every child knows how import- In 19 brief and often humorous
The texts in this volume were lical story of creation into signs ant a good diet is for the body. essays, the chaplain lets us peek
created in dialogue with trees. from daily life: logos, picto- But how do you nourish your into her varied activities on
They tell of the divine life force grams, punctuation marks. Even soul? The texts of Thomas board and on land, without be-
that animates all things. Pierre people who stay well clear of the Knöller are just that: soul food. ing indiscreet. We learn about
Stutz’s poems and thoughts en- bible will be amazed by this old Our recommendation: once per longings, grief, companionship,
gage in a deep dialogue with the text in modern hieroglyphs. day whenever you feel like it! immense gratitude, and travel-
life force of the trees. ing viruses.
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RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
Jan Frerichs
Barefoot and Wild
Paths to Your Own Spirituality
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1032-2 | Patmos | Hardcover with
reading ribbon | ca. 208 pages | 14 x 22 cm | € 19.00
Spirituality for men
It is a challenge to rediscover nature as a spiritual guide.de.
Nature is the first Bible. People have always gone into na-
ture to read this book and get to the bottom of everything. ng.
This current book also leads to many exercises in nature. re.
However, it is not about wilderness or survival training. ng.
The willingness to accept an inner path is decisive. On thishis
path, the living tradition knows other signposts: The Holy oly
Scripture, the Franciscan way of life, mysticism, a life in the
balance of contemplation and action, of dedication to God od
and the resulting dedication to life. Jan Frerichs invites his
readers on an exciting path to a spirituality of their own wn
that will support them.
Gisbert Greshake
Walking
Paths – Detours – Crossroads
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1041-4 | Patmos | Hardcover with
reading ribbon | 128 pages | 13 x 21,3 cm | € 14.00
Walking as a Spiritual Experience
Walking is vital, not only in regard to physical health. Most
psychological problems also arise or persist due to the lack
of walking on a regular basis! Is it possible that many prob-
lems of the modern lifestyle are related to the fact that peo-
ple no longer go places by foot? Gisbert Greshake, theolo-
gian and passionate hiker, explores the phenomenon of
walking with a holistic perspective: from the question of
what happens to the body and soul when walking to the
path as the biblical archetypical image of spirituality. This
is a spiritual invitation to walking, it encourages readers to
take the first step, with which every path begins.
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Franz Kamphaus
When Faith Becomes Concrete
RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
The Sermon on the Mount
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1034-6 | Patmos | Hardcover with reading ribbon | 144 pages |
13 x 21,5 cm | € 18.00
Franz Kamphaus on the Sermon on the Mount
Franz Kamphaus does not evade the claim made by the Sermon on the Mount. He has
meditated on it throughout his life and tried to live it, but never become accustomed to it.
This book contains his interpretations of the most important sections. In concise, accu-
rate words, he explores the unreasonable demands of the Sermon on the Mount in his
own special way and translates them into today’s world of life. The end of each section
offers impulses for the reader’s own meditation.
Niklaus Brantschen Martin Kämpchen Josef Epp Erni Kutter
Home Between Worlds Being Authentic Setting the Course The Years That Are Granted
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0965-4 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0821-3 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0819-0 to Us
Patmos Patmos Patmos ISBN: 978-3-8436-0717-9
Niklaus Brantschen is a wan- Martin Kämpchen, whose own Our long life expectancy also Patmos
derer between worlds: between life straddles Christian beliefs provides new challenges and we Erni Kutter develops a spiritual-
the world of the Christian West and Indian philosophy, has de- are called upon to responsibly ity of growing older with special
and the Zen-Buddhist and the veloped seven steps to the art of manage our own ageing. This consideration for the experi-
world of the Jesuit Order and living that draw equally from book encourages readers to con- ences and needs of courageous
Secularism. His experiences can Christian faith and his experi- sciously address important ques- women who want to consciously
support us in a world that has be- ences of life in India. From these tions about ageing and to take enjoy and make the most of the
come complex and help us find experiences in two cultures arise helpful steps. years they have been given.
orientation in turbulent times. refreshingly new perspectives.
Dietmar Mieth (ed.) Paul J. Kohtes Klaus Koziol Klaus Koziol
Meister Eckhart – One w with
ith Meister Eckhart Daring a Second Look The Art of Living as a
God ISBN: 978-3-8436-0501-4 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0904-3 Christian
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0494-9 Patmos Patmos ISBN: 978-3-8436-0729-2
Patmos With aid of aphorisms and in- Can the wisdom of monks and Patmos
Dietmar Mieth has collected and structions of Meister Eckhart, nuns who lived centuries ago be Being Christian is not just fol-
commentated on Meister Eck- experienced meditation teacher of any help for us today? Yes, es- lowing commandments; it’s an
hart’s most important writings Paul J. Kohtes takes his readers pecially if you look critically for artful way of life. Klaus Koziol
in this Eckhart reader that has along on a journey of discovery. the central idea and motivations encourages readers to shape life
yet to meet its match. Featuring This is a moving book that en- in their writings just like Klaus as an artist would. This artful
an extensive introduction. courages thoughtfulness and Koziol does in this book. way of living, inspired by Christ,
Sold: Korean thinking in new ways. allows us to say yes to life!
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A spiritual path for the 21st century
RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
▶ For spiritual seekers
▶ New connection on the level of depth psychology and
Sufi tradition
▶ With many practical exercises for self-awareness
Brigitte Dorst
Everything Begins with Longing
and Searching
Development of the Heart on the
Sufi Path
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0922-7
Patmos
Hardcover with dust jacket
Ca. 176 pages
14 x 22 cm
Ca. € 20.00
In the broad current of a new spirituality, new Sufi paths have also emerged. Brigitte Dorst is Professor of Psychol-
Sufism is often referred to as Islamic mysticism, but it is older than Islam ogy at the Cologne University of Applied
and trans-confessional in its core. Brigitte Dorst describes a new, contem- Sciences and has her own psychotherapy
porary Sufi path in which the insights and methods of C. G. Jung’s Analytic practice in Münster, Germany. She is also
Psychology are connected with the rich legacy of Sufism. Vividly and with the Scientific Director of the International
the help many exercises, she demonstrates that the teaching and learning in Society for Depth Psychology and the
a modern Sufi group occurs through approaches such as spiritual dream Chairperson of the C. G. Jung Society in
work, studying the wisdom texts, psycho-spiritual group work and individ- Cologne.
ual conversations, as well as the work with Sufi stories and symbols. The
Heart Mediation is at the center of the spiritual practice. This is about
opening the heart and expanding the consciousness – in a process of trans-
formation that is connected with longing, devotion and love.
Also available:
Ingrid Riedel
The World as Reflected in the Soul
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0920-3
Patmos
To see the world as reflected in the soul: that means living
holistically and being open to messages coming from the
subconscious. The connections between responsibility for
the world and personal development – how spirituality can
be lived in everyday life – this is what renowned Jungian an-
alyst Ingrid Riedel describes in this book.
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Paul M. Zulehner
“I Dream of a Church That Is a Mother and a Shepherdess”
RELIGION & SOCIETY
The New Pastoral Culture by Pope Francis
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1029-2 | Patmos | Softcover with flaps | 168 pages | 12 x 19 cm |
€ 15.00
A new basic melody of the pastoral culture
In just a few years, Pope Francis has profoundly changed the pastoral culture of the Cath-
olic Church. In spite of all the resistance, the Pope constantly campaigns for a change of
course to one Church, of which he says: “I dream of a Church that is a mother and a shep-
herdess.” Paul M. Zulehner follows Francis in his attempt to strengthen the pastoral cul-
ture of the Church by going to the roots and orienting the actions of the Church upon
God’s mercy. This will change the Church’s life and impact.
Paul M. Zulehner Paul M. Zulehner Paul M. Zulehner Paul M. Zulehner
New Wine into New From Law to Love Discontinued Model Set Aside Your Fear!
Wineskins 978-3-8436-0860-2
ISBN: 978-3-8436-086
IS 860-
0-22 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0668-4 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0760-5
IS 978-3-8436-076760-
0-55
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0984-5 Patmos Patmos Patmos
Patmos The document Amoris laetitia Beginning with the pope’s life, For months, refugees have been
The time of the people’s church has been greatly underrated in the author demonstrates his con- coming to us in huge numbers:
is over. The churches are on the its reception. The experienced cerns: his commitment to a women, men, young children.
way into a new era in which they pastoral theologian Paul M. Zu- Church of the poor and a new That generates emotions that
will come closer to the biblical lehner outlines its pioneering culture of interaction within the run in very different directions.
norm. The author encourages significance. What is needed are Church, for example during the In this timely interjection, Paul
the search for a new form of experienced pastoral workers preparation and conduct of the M. Zulehner explores the origins
church which will be on the side open to new ways, who do not synod of bishops on the family. of fears in the populace as well as
of the people in deep rootedness just apply the law. Sold: Czech, Hungarian possible ways to overcome them.
with god.
Heribert Schlensok Peter Balleis SJ Jürgen Moltmann / George Augustin
Home will Become More Human Longing Eckart Löhr The Soul of the Ecumenical
When we Share it ISBN: 978-3-8436-0878-7 Hope for an Incomplete Movement
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0955-5 Patmos World ISBN: 978-3-8436-0890-9
Patmos The temptations of power are ISBN: 978-3-8436-0755-1 Patmos
This book tells the story of Mar- mainsprings of violence and Patmos The unity of Christians will not
wah from Iraq, of Hazzaa from wars. Even Jesus was confronted Moltmann is known as the polit- be the result of administrative
Syria, of Friedel who repairs old with them. Looking to his exam- ical theological with social and measures. The unity of Chris-
bikes and of the elderly woman ple shows how we can cope with religious relevance. This book tians is instead grounded in a
who screw up her courage to the temptation of power in a reflects on his eventful theologi- personal relationship to Jesus
bring the foreign new neighbors spiritual and constructive way. cal and political life. Christ and is a gift from the Holy
home-baked cake. Sold: Spanish Spirit.
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RELIGION & SOCIETY
Jürgen Erbacher
Thinking Further
Francis as the Pope and a Politician
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1038-4 | Patmos | Hardcover with
reading ribbon | 176 pages | 14 x 22 cm | ca. € 19.00
The political pope: 5 years of Francis
Pope Francis cultivates not only a new style of executing ng
his official duties, but also sets unaccustomed focal points.
nts.
For him, the church doesn’t stand outside of the world but
is a part of it – in both the good and the bad sense. His con-
on-
cern is that no one is excluded from the church or society. ty.
Everyone should be able to live a humane life in freedom om
and security. “More of the same” does not adequately serve rve
this purpose. Francis sets standards, working on the basics ics
and structures. Jürgen Erbacher takes stock of what has
been achieved. He shows why Francis is a profoundly polit- lit-
ical pope, even though he – from his own point of view w–
“only” implements what Jesus asks.
Annette Schavan
The God Who Renews
Experiences of Hope and Freedom
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1053-7 | Patmos | Hardcover with
reading ribbon | ca. 160 pages | 13 x 21,5 cm | ca. € 18.00
000
Faith that leads to expansiveness
Annette Schavan brings the Bible and the present into nto a
conversation with each other. In key texts of the Old and
the New Testament, she discovers models for dealing with
the questions that life continues to ask. Especially Jesus’
esus’
message that God has once and for all embraced human n be-
ings changes how people see their own lives, their contem-
tem-
poraries and the world. As a believing Christian, Annette
nette
Schavan also interprets contemporary events of the church
urch
and politics as experiences of the God who became a man
in order to be close to human beings. In various areasas of
life, she shows examples of how that certainty of God’s od’s
closeness is still reliable and powerful to this day.
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George Augustin
I Am a Mission
RELIGION & SOCIETY
Steps of Evangelization
ISBN: 978-3-8436-1040-7 | Patmos | Hardcover with dust jacket and reading ribbon |
ca. 176 pages | 13 x 21 cm | € 18.00
For a viable spirituality of self-confident Christianity
The path of being a Christian is not retreating from the world but co-creating the world
in the power of the Gospel. Pope Francis has always given new impetus on bringing the
proclamation of the Gospel into our contemporary society. How has our world changed?
Which aspects of evangelization are especially important today? A wake-up call: The
path of evangelization is not the defensive preservation of Church administrative struc-
tures but courageous new paths into the future!
Josef Imbach Katharina D. Oppel Hermann-Josef Frisch Chrsitoph Kardinal
Intrigues, Sex and Bonhoeffer and Gandhi Instead of Conserving Schönborn
Homicide in the Bible ISBN: 978-3-8436-1005-6 Ashes, Pass Along the Fire Time of the Attentive Heart
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0969-2 Patmos ISBN: 978-3-8436-0664-6 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0958-6
Patmos Katharina D. Oppel explores the Patmos Patmos
Who reads the bible is not only accordance of the thinking of In order for parishes to have a fu- This book puts together Cardi-
encountering God-seekers but the two contemporaries from ture, dramatic change in the role nal Schönborn´s interpretations
also intriguers, murderers, adul- different cultural backgrounds of priests and dedicated Chris- of the gospel texts from the first
terers and imposters. Although and religions and their longing tians is urgently needed. En- Sunday in Advent until the
the bible is constantly talking for lived spirituality and peace. couragement for this can be Lord´s baptism. This book is an
about God, nothing human is Their thinking portrays per- found in the life of Jesus, in early appealing companion for Advent
foreign. Insights into the most spectives, which point to the fu- Christianity and also in the Sec- and Christmas!
suspenseful side of the Bible. ture. ond Vatican Council.
Renate Schoof Uwe Birnstein Niklaus Kuster Niklaus Kuster
Secrets of Christianity Martin, The Man Francis and Claire of Assisi Intimate Love from a
ISBN: 978-3-8436-0545-8 ISBN: 978-3-8436-0858-9 ISBN: 978-3-7867-2801-6 Distance
Patmos Patmos Grünewald ISBN: 978-3-8436-0876-3
A wealth of buried and long-for- Using many anecdotes and ev- Niklaus Kuster provides a com- Patmos
gotten knowledge about God, eryday stories, Birnstein por- prehensive analysis of the lives Nicholas of Flüe, national saint
people and the world is incorpo- trays Martin Luther apart from and spirituality of the two fig- of the Swiss, is unthinkable with-
rated in Christian images, pack- church politics and theological ures from Assisi in interaction out Dorothea. This book lets
aged in parables and symbols. significance. This is not a short with each other. He presents the Dorothea have her say as she tells
Renate Schoof brings to light biography, but rather a book that external and spiritual develop- about the life in Switzerland, 20
unexpected and astonishing per- brings us closer to Luther and ment of both saints. years of married life and about
spectives. highlights his motives. Sold: French, Spanish (Spain) her own growth and becoming.
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