scholarly journals Our queen of hearts' - the glorification of Lady Diana Spencer: a critical appraisal of the glorification of celebrities and new pilgrimage

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 71-86
Author(s):  
Céline Grünhagen
Keyword(s):  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Elvis Presley ◽  
Religiosity And Spirituality ◽  
Michael Jackson

Religiosity and spirituality respectively have always been and will be subject to change. The emergence of the manifold forms of new religious and spiritual movements in the last century includes a variety of cult-like vener­ations of specific individuals, such as politicians (e.g. Mao, Lenin) and modern idols (e.g. Elvis Presley, Princess Diana, Michael Jackson), who are glorified like saints. Devotees gather annually for memorials of their departed idols or travel­ long distances to visit the tomb, former home, etc. of a specific person to pay tribute to him or her. Due to the motivations of these devotees, the trouble they take, the practices and the tangible emotionality that are connected with this phenomenon, it can be considered a form of pilgrimage. This article presents some thoughts about the glorification of celebrities which leads to these considerable forms of cult and pilgrimage, using as an example the case of Lady Diana Frances Spencer (d. 1997).

scholarly journals Meanings of living with a chronic wound: a meta-synthesis study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilkslam Alves de Araújo ◽  
Wagner Couto Assis ◽  
Alba Benemérita Alves Vilela ◽  
Rita Narriman Silva de Oliveira Boery ◽  
Vanda Palmarella Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Chronic Wound ◽  
Qualitative Synthesis ◽  
Financial Conditions ◽  
Religiosity And Spirituality ◽  
Critical Appraisal Skills ◽  
Negative Feelings

Objective: explore qualitative research on the meanings of living with a chronic wound. Method: it is a qualitative meta-synthesis. 13 articles were included, totaling a sample of 248 individuals who self-reported living with a chronic wound. The Critical Appraisal Skills Program instrument was used to evaluate the eligible articles, and to report the qualitative synthesis, the recommendations of Enhancing transparency in reporting the synthesis of qualitative research were followed. The analysis and extraction of information and construction of the synthesis were carried out by two independent reviewers, with the assistance of a third expert reviewer. Results: living with a chronic wound involves initial concerns and the appearance of symptoms, especially marked pain. They report that the increase in pain led to low functional capacity, as well as weakened social relationships and financial conditions. The experiences illustrate the challenges of emotional burden and the implications of illness, which contributed to social isolation. Religiosity and spirituality were the main coping strategies. Conclusion: living with a chronic wound means a condition of pain, limits physical and functional capacity, causes negative feelings and emotions that result in people’s isolation.

935: Critical Appraisal of the Role of Ureteroscopy in Treatment of Pediatric Renal and Ureteric Calculi

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 310-310
Author(s):  
Sumit Dave ◽  
Luis H. Braga ◽  
Antoine E. Khoury ◽  
Walid A. Farhat
Keyword(s):  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Ureteric Calculi

Ownership without Legitimacy?

2008 ◽  
pp. 85-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kapeliushnikov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Birth Trauma ◽  
Fair Play ◽  
Different Types

The paper examines the problem of legitimation of the privatization’s outcomes in Russia and provides a critical appraisal of various political proposals for its resolution. The analysis proceeds from a distinction between two different types of ownership illegitimacy: "definite" and "vague" ones. The paper argues that the "vague" illegitimacy that has evolved in Russia is not an absolute obstacle for economic growth but rather an institutional birth trauma which is common for all post-socialist countries and which could be cured only by piecemeal approaching of relationships between "strong" and "weak" economic actors to principles of fair play.

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