EAST AS A CULTURAL TREND

The article is devoted to one of the most complex phenomena of the dialectic of cultural development – individual spiritual identification through the selection and development of individual components of a foreign cultural spiritual resource, in this case – the traditional cultures of China and Japan. Contrary to its predominantly factual scientific consideration in the context of issues of cultural borrowing, "spiritual migration" to the East is analyzed as a stable trend, which has its source in the essential intentions of man, remaining not only constant in the centuries-old past of mankind, but also inescapable in its further cultural movement. In this context, the author considers the historical manifestations of heightened interest in the treasures of the Far Eastern cultural area, its transformation from a simple admiration for exotics to confessing the philosophical and worldview guidelines presented by them. The phenomenon of the cultural trend studied in this way, having demonstrated its ability to identify and preserve spiritual recreation, is revealed in its direct connection with the dialectical processes of the cultural development of mankind. In culturology, fashion and the processes of trend formation belong to the issues of the essential series, because they reveal a person's constant desire for change motivated by self-development. According to historical evidence, the orbit of fashion as a way of cultural identification includes not only material and procedural phenomena, but also cultural and ideological complexes with their own model of worldview and behavioral regulations. The emphasis on them arises from the needs of personal self-identification, problematized by the circumstances of personal or public life. The motive for such a choice is the search for a spiritual optimum conducive to self-realization and inner freedom of self-expression. Its absence forms compensatory "trend nodes", the appearance of which is thus predictable, as well as the resource needed to meet this cultural demand. It is at the disposal of cultures formed on the basis of philosophical and worldview universals that consider man as a significant unit of the universe. Some of them are gone, but the cultural memory of mankind preserves the memory of their legacy left to intellectuals. The existing traditional cultures, which for thousands of years nurtured their spiritual core, becoming a Mecca for the spiritually thirsty, have the integral effectiveness of the resource.

Tolerance in the Communicative Culture of Modern Educational Manager

The main results of the study are the analysis of the source base from the standpoint of scientific approaches to various fields of knowledge (economics, sociology, psychology, pedagogy, management, culturology, etc.), which made it possible to identify a modern interpretation of "education management". The determinants of educational management as a component of social in the context of intangible, spiritual resource of education have been revealed. The similar and different characteristics of the managerial activity of the education manager and the pedagogical worker have been outlined. The essence, origin, structure, types and directions of functioning of communicative culture of the manager of education have been determined.

MULTIDIMENSIONALITY OF GENRE SYNTHESIS IN CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL ART

The purpose of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of the phenomenon of polygranism (genre synthesis) and its varieties in contemporary musical art. The methods of the study are based on a combination of historical and theoretical approaches of scientific knowledge. The historical method allows us to trace the origin, flourishing, complication and improvement of the phenomenon of genre synthesis in musical art, first of all, during the postmodern day (the last third of the twentieth century – the beginning of the XXI century). Dialectic, comparative, empirical (observation and generalization) methods of research, and contributes for a deep understanding of the various approaches of modern composers to the combination of signs of different genres in one musical also work are used. The scientific novelty of the research consis in generalizing the views of scientists on the problem of genre synthesis and its projection into contemporary works of Ukrainian music, especially, the concert genre as one of the leading composers (among others – Rhapsody Concerto for Viola and Mezzo Soprano Natalia Boyeva). Conclusions. The musical genre as a cultural phenomenon characterizing the classification of musical creativity by genera and species has historical origin and certain conditions of existence; it reveals to the composer the broad style of cultural potential, makes choosing and expanding her spiritual resource, develop and embody new stylistic ways of understanding the musical form. In the genre plane, we can note the constant interaction of traditional and new genres, the emergence of new in accordance to a new imagery, especially at the present stage. The technique of representing musical material and aesthetic demands of the new world stylistics, which gave rise to the emergence thinking both have a permanent impact on the development of the genre palette.

The Discarded Image and the Debunked Tao: Objective Value in C.S. Lewis’ Medieval Model and His Critique of Modernity †

This paper considers C.S. Lewis’ “doctrine of objective value” in two of his major works, The Abolition of Man and The Discarded Image. Lewis uses the Chinese name Tao, albeit with an incomplete understanding of its origins, for the objective worldview. The paper argues that Tao, as an explicit theme of The Abolition of Man, is also a determining undercurrent in The Discarded Image. In the former work, Tao is what Lewis wants to defend and restore against twentieth-century secular ideologies, which Lewis condemns as infected with “the poison of subjectivism”. In the latter work, where Lewis presents one of the best accounts of the European medieval model of the Universe, objective value (the Tao in Lewis’ argument) underlies both how the model has been shaped, and how Lewis, as a medievalist, accounts for and draws upon it as an intellectual and spiritual resource. The purpose of this parallel study is to show that Lewis’ explication of the Tao in The Abolition of Man, which is a “built-in”, implicit belief in The Discarded Image, provides a critique of tendencies towards the subjectivism prevalent in Lewis’ lifetime. These tendencies can be traced into the moral relativism, pluralism and reductionism of the twenty-first century, giving Lewis’ work the status of twentieth-century prophecy.

THE ISSUES OF SCIENCE AND CONSIENCE IN THE DOCTRINE OF A. GIJDUVANI

This article analyzes the spiritual and moral teachings of the founder of the Sufi tariqah ofHodjagon-Naqshbandi, Abdukhalik Gizhduvani. Being famous all over the world, the founder of Naqshbandiya way, the great Sufi Khojai Jakhon Abdukholiq Gijduvoni says that comprising education and belief will serve as a spiritual resource for upbringing the young generation as a perfect wholeness.As well as his ethical views on science, creativity, humanity, conscience, spiritual purity, noble deeds, spiritual exaltation

‘But I Still Read The Bible!’

While it might be assumed that post-Christian women have rejected the sacred texts of Christianity, this chapter highlights their continued use of the Bible to resource their spiritual lives, and in doing so raises two questions for gendered religious reading practices. First, post-Christian women’s biblicalism crosses the distinction between sacred and secular literatures, and reading processes sometimes made in religious feminisms. Second, despite the emphasis on ‘women’s experience’, feminist theology has focused on the text to the extent that actual readers and their spiritual reading practices are often overlooked. Yet, qualitatively interviewing post-Christian women reveals the biblical reading and the ‘filtering’ strategies they employ to monitor their use of the Bile. This questions the assumption that women who use literature as a spiritual resource are doing so because they have found the Christian testaments lacking in opportunities to access the divine and have therefore excluded them from their personal collections of spiritual texts. While post-Christian women readers in this study are critical of scripture and question its relevancy, they are still reading the Bible.

Development of existential aspects of professional competence of penitentiary system prospective employees

The paper discusses the problem of professional competence of penitentiary system employees. The author says that employees of the penal system should be ready for the challenges of the vital and professional way. The author defines existential aspect as part of holistic professional competence. Existential setting is included in the existential aspect of professional competence. Existential setting is defined as readiness of a future specialist for self-development and self-improvement. Existential setting is a spiritual resource of a person. Existential setting helps to maintain interest in the professional activity of penitentiary system employee in difficult situations. Existential setting is formed in the process of reflection development. The paper considers forms of educational work: existential dialogue, essays, solution of situational problems. The author gives a brief description of these forms of work and specific examples. The paper contains indicators of effectiveness: students interest in the spiritual side of life as well as in problems of the meaning of life and professional activities.

Spiritual Suffering

Chapter 4 explores the experience of spiritual suffering and how spiritual suffering might influence other aspects of biopsychosocial functioning. Spirituality can have a profound effect on how patients cope with terminal illness (Hills, Pace, Cameron, & Shott, 2005; Lukoff, n.d.), which can be a source of relief or significant distress (Peteet & Balboni, 2013; Edwards, Pang, Shiu, & Chan, 2010; Murray, Kendall, Boyd, Worth, & Benton, 2004; Puchalski, 2008c; Pargament, Feuille, & Burdzy, 2011). There are a variety of resources can help patients build and/or sustain spiritual resilience as they face the end of life. This chapter ends with a call for hospice social workers to cultivate a type of therapeutic relationship that serves as a spiritual resource for every patient.