scholarly journals Religion, theology and cosmology

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Study ◽  
World Religions ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Modern Cosmology ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Cosmology is one of the predominant research areas of the contemporary world. Advances in modern cosmology have prompted renewed interest in the intersections between religion, theology and cosmology. This article, which is intended as a brief introduction to the series of studies on theological cosmology in this journal, identifies three general areas of theological interest stemming from the modern scientific study of cosmology: contemporary theology and ethics; cosmology and world religions; and ancient cosmologies. These intersections raise important questions about the relationship of religion and cosmology, which has recently been addressed by William Scott Green and is the focus of the final portion of the article.Kosmologie is tans een van die belangrikste navorsings-terreine en ontwikkelings in moderne kosmologie. Dit het ‘n nuwe belangstelling wakker gemaak in die verband wat tussen godsdiens, teologie en kosmologie bestaan. Hierdie artikel, wat bedoel is as ‘n bondige inleiding tot die artikelreeks oor die teologiese kosmologie in hierdie tydskrif, identifiseer drie algemene areas wat van teologiese belang is: die hedendaagse teologie en etiek; die kosmologie en wêreldgodsdienste; en die antieke kosmologieë. Die verband wat tussen hierdie velde bestaan, opper belangrike vrae oor die verhouding tussen godsdiens en kosmologie wat onlangs deur William Scott Green behandel is. Dit is die fokus van die laaste deel van die artikel.

Small trenches. Archaeology and the postcolonial gaze

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
Audrey Horning
Keyword(s):  
Potential Significance ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Past ◽  
Critical Scholarship ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
Colonial Legacies ◽  
European Colonialism ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The comments of Nicholas Sarkozy provide a powerful and forceful opening to Dr Richard's article and remind us of the potential significance of academic considerations of colonial legacies in the contemporary world. Dr Richard argues strongly against static conceptualizations of pre-‘Atlantic-era’ Africa and seeks to recast Africans not as victims, but as active ‘producers of history and culture’ (p. 26). In so doing he aligns himself with current trends in critical scholarship on colonial encounters in the Atlantic worlds of the last four centuries, scholarship that overtly criticizes dichotomous understandings of such encounters in favour of approaches that emphasize ambiguity (e.g. Hall 2000; Silliman 2001; 2009; Stahl 2007). Dr Richard's introductory suggestion that we should formulate ‘new questions instead of supplying different answers to the quandaries of an earlier generation of historians’ (p. 3) is clearly applicable to studies of colonial arenas beyond West Africa. In all parts of the world touched by European colonialism (including, of course, Europe itself) the ways in which scholars approach their subjects are very much conditioned by more widely held cultural memories, whatever the relationship of those memories may be to whatever may have occurred in the past.

scholarly journals Tecnologia, ciência e o papel da educação: a ponderação da crítica de Theodor W. Adorno

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscila Monteiro Chaves ◽  
Gomercindo Ghiggi
Keyword(s):  
Human Action ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Theodor Adorno ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Critical Consideration

Resumo: Considerando o avanço das tecnologias bem como o binômio indissociável formado por ela e pela ciência – e consequentemente atrelados à educação –, configurando práticas enraizadas culturalmente na sociedade atual, o presente artigo traz como objetivo central discutir a relação da técnica (tékhné) com a concepção de homem que se quer formar, à luz das críticas adornianas. Ponderando o imperativo de subverter a ideologia utilitarista da educação, tal reflexão se justifica pela necessidade de compreensão do papel do educador, bem como da instituição escolar, mediante tal avanço nos últimos tempos. Concluindo que esta relação não pode suceder de maneira alienada, acrítica e indiferente, pois uma educação após Auschwitz deve certamente estar receptiva à relevância essencial da tecnologia em um mundo contemporâneo. No entanto, não é o sujeito que está a serviço dela e sim a relação contrária, em que o educando possa valer-se dos recursos tecnológicos como mais uma dimensão do agir humano. Como potente braço prolongado do operari humano, pensada como acontecimento paradigmático na história do ser. Palavras-chave: Theodor Adorno; tecnologia; educação; professor. TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE AND THE ROLE OF EDUCATION: A CRITICAL CONSIDERATION OF THEODOR W. ADORNO Abstract: Considering the advancement of technologies as well as the inseparable duo formed by her and science - and thus tied to education - setting culturally rooted practices in today's society, this paper aims at discussing the relationship of technique (tékhné) with the concept of man constructed in the light of adornian criticism. Given the imperative to subvert the utilitarian ideology of education. Such reflection is justified by the necessity of understanding the role of the educator as well as the school, by this advance in recent times. Concluding that this relationship can not succeed in an alienated, uncritical and indifferent way, since an education after Auschwitz should certainly be receptive to the special importance of technology in a contemporary world. However, it is not the subject who is in her service, but the opposite relationship, in which the student can make use of technological resources as another dimension of human action. A powerful extended arm of human operari, thought as paradigmatic event in the history of being. Keywords: Theodor Adorno; technology; education; teacher.  

Artists, Cities, and Tourism

2020 ◽  
pp. 50-69
Author(s):  
Ezequiel Azevedo Santos ◽  
Graça Joaquim
Keyword(s):  
Creative Industries ◽  
International Tourism ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Recovery ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Within the framework of the “Tourfly” project, in which cultural and creative industries are central research areas, the authors investigated the relationship of artists with the city of Lisbon by analyzing six emblematic cases where artists are core in the emergence of creative tourism in the city, in terms of both domestic and international tourism. Between the gentrification problem and the social recovery of human communities, the presence of simulacra in tourist offer as opposing to authenticity experiences, the data from six focus group is presented, discussed, and theorized along this current chapter bringing a contribution for the understanding of artists' role in the design of both innovative and social sustainable tourist practices.

The Morphology of Mpondomise Descent Groups

Africa ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. D. Hammond-Tooke
Keyword(s):  
World Religions ◽  
Ancestor Cult ◽  
Opening Paragraph ◽  
Sphere Of Influence ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Structural Aspects ◽  
Strong Contrast ◽  
Supreme Being

Opening ParagraphThis paper had its genesis in an attempt to understand certain aspects of the ancestor cult of the Mpondomise, a Cape Nguni people of the Transkei, South Africa. Like all Southern Bantu, the Mpondomise have only a vague idea of a supreme being and effective ritual behaviour is directed towards the shades of deceased agnatic forebears, the izinyanya. It was immediately obvious that any understanding, particularly of the structural aspects of the cult, depended on a clear picture of the lineage, of what is, in effect, its ‘congregation’ (in the Durkheimian sense). It is an anthropological truism that ancestor cults exhibit to a high degree that congruence between ritual behaviour and social structure emphasized by Durkheim. In strong contrast to the universalistic world religions, recruitment to the cult group is in terms of a kinship idiom, either through birth, marriage, or adoption, the beings to whom worship is directed are highly differentiated and structurally defined, and their sphere of influence is similarly bounded. There is evidence that the ancestor cult is inversely correlated with a highly developed cult of a supreme being and that sacrifice to the manes tends to symbolize commensalism (as one would expect with erstwhile kinsmen) rather than the explicit identification of the worshipper with the offering found, for example, both among the Nuer, with their conceptualization of an omnipotent High God, and, in some of its symbolism at least, in the Christian Eucharist. Be this as it may, ancestor cults have been particularly congenial to the structural interests of modern social anthropologists and the growing number of detailed studies has greatly increased our knowledge of this religious form. It was thus essential, as a preliminary exercise, to define the congregation of the cult, the locus of ritual authority within it, and the relationship of the living members of the group to the dead.

Ethnic Identity Politics and Contemporary Experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Sarah Terwse Shittu ◽  
Ogbedu Michael
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Human Society ◽  
New Host ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper investigates the complex developments of identity in contemporary Africa considering that the emergence of identity politics is a consequence of the extraordinarily rapid and profound upheavals and transformations of human society at the turn of the 21stcentury. Contemporary world has considerably opened up and extraordinarily shrunk in specific historical circumstances. The act of migration particularly, is one that profoundly changes the individual, transforming the relationship of the migrant with his home country and new host country and then impacting their identity as a result. The expanding use of the term, identity politics, is scrutinized in this work and attempts are made at delineating its unwieldy parameters. This in turn reflects the socio-political composition of African societies.

Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks

2010 ◽  
pp. 72-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samir Dani
Keyword(s):  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Enterprise Networks ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
Managing Risk ◽  
Informal Structure ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

A virtual enterprise is a temporary relationship of participating members, which is formed for a specific objective or project and dissolved once the objective or project is fulfilled. The temporary nature of the relationship and the informal structure of the network can be the source of various challenges and risks. This chapter reviews the literature and investigates the risks associated with Virtual Enterprise Networks. It also argues that innovation is very important for managing/ mitigating risks and supports this argument by proposing a framework which defines a risk mitigation process under the perspective of supply chain innovation. This chapter also discusses ways to innovate within the virtual enterprise network and facilitating newfound innovation. The chapter ends with a brief discussion of future research areas and items of conclusion.

scholarly journals Institutions: Definition, Attributes and Research Areas

Upravlenie ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
Клейнер ◽  
Gyeorgiy Klyeynyer
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Subsequent Research ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Institutional Architecture ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The author explores the essence and content of the concept of «institute» in terms of the different approaches of contemporary institutional theory. The author shows the relationship of institutions with cultural, social, legal norms, norms of behavior, routines, and habits. The author offers his own original picture of the institutional architecture of the socio-economic system and proves subsequent research areas of institutional economics.

scholarly journals Perspektif Psikologi dan Retorik Al-Quran terhadap Aspek Emosi dan Kesopanan Komunikasi dalam Al-Quran

Sains Insani ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Fazullah Mohd Zainal Abidin ◽  
Wan Azura Wan Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Word Order ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Emotional Aspect ◽  
Human Psyche ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstrak: Aspek emosi dan hubungannya dengan ciri-ciri komunikasi yang sejahtera merupakan perkara penting dalam interaksi manusia. Kajian berkaitan kedua-dua bidang tersebut banyak dibincangkan dalam disiplin ilmu masing-masing. Namun, fokus perbincangan makalah ini merujuk kepada hubungan emosi dengan kesopanan komunikasi khusus dalam konteks ilmu psikologi dan retorik al-Quran. Justeru, makalah ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji perspektif psikologi dan retorik al-Quran terhadap aspek emosi dan kesopanan komunikasi dalam al-Quran. Kajian kualitatif ini cuba menjelaskan beberapa ayat-ayat Al-Quran bertemakan emosi dan kesopanan komunikasi dengan fokus ulasan daripada sudut psikologi dan retorik al-Quran. Dapatan menunjukkan bahawa tema emosi dan kesopanan komunikasi dalam al-Quran mengandungi prinsip psikologi dan retorik al-Quran (seperti kosa kata, struktur ayat dan makna). Pertama, ayat al-Quran bertemakan emosi dan kesopanan komunikasi memaparkan keterikatan emosi yang memberi impak emosi terhadap jiwa manusia. Kedua, ayat-ayat kesopanan komunikasi mengandungi unsur retorik al-Ma’ani yang menggalakkan komunikasi harmoni dan sejahtera. Satu kerangka konsepsual komunikasi berasaskan prinsip kesopanan dan emosi dibentuk bagi menggambarkan konsep ini. Kajian ini merupakan salah satu bidang penyelidikan yang menggabungjalinkan pelbagai bidang iaitu bidang psikologi dan retorik bahasa Arab (dalam konteks al-Quran) dalam menjelaskan tema-tema kemanusiaan dalam al-Quran sebagai panduan kepada manusia sejagat.   Abstract: The emotional aspect and its relationship with the characteristics of communication politeness are important in human interaction. Various studies of these fields are widely discussed in their respective disciplines. However, the focus of discussion refers to the relationship of emotion and communication politeness specifically in the psychological and Quranic rhetorical contexts. Thus, this paper aims to examine the psychological and rhetorical perspectives of the Quran toward the emotion and communication politeness in the Quran. This qualitative study attempts to explain some of the Quranic verses on emotions and communication politeness themes from the perspectives psychology and Quranic rhetoric. The findings indicate that emotion and communication politeness themes in the Qur’an contain the psychological and Quranic rhetorical principles (such as vocabulary, sentence structure and meaning). First, the Quranic-based emotions and communication politeness displays specific emotional attachment that have an emotional impact on human psyche. Second, the Quranic-based communication politeness contain rhetorical discipline of ilm al-Ma’ani (word order) that encourages harmonious and prosperous communication. A conceptual framework of communication based on the principles of politeness and emotion was formed to illustrate this concept. This study is one of the upward research areas that tries to combine multidisciplinary- psychology and applied rhetoric Arabic-al-Quran in explaining the themes of humanity in the Quran as a guide to universal human beings.

Ethnic Identity Politics and Contemporary Experience

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
Host Country ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Human Society ◽  
New Host ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper investigates the complex developments of identity in contemporary Africa considering that the emergence of identity politics is a consequence of the extraordinarily rapid and profound upheavals and transformations of human society at the turn of the 21st century. Contemporary world has considerably opened up and extraordinarily shrunk in specific historical circumstances. The act of migration particularly, is one that profoundly changes the individual, transforming the relationship of the migrant with his home country and new host country and then impacting their identity as a result. The expanding use of the term, identity politics, is scrutinized in this work and attempts are made at delineating its unwieldy parameters. This in turn reflects the socio-political composition of African societies.

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