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Moore, Mark. "Kenotic politics : the reconfiguration of power in Jesus' political praxis." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683248.
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Elenäs, Arvid. "Jesus, en skattemotståndare." Thesis, Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ths:diva-1134.
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The objective of this study is to investigate if the historical Jesus was a tax resister and what the motives may have been for that. The study presents a survey of the ancient Galilean economy, with a focus on the taxes paid by the general population, and looks at ancient tax resistance movements in the Galilean community and nearby. Three gospel texts containing accusations of Jesus for tax resistance are analyzed in detail. The study shows that it is reasonable to suggest that the historical Jesus resisted the payment of taxes to the Roman (and possibly Herodian) authorities, based on that Jesus sympathized with the same agendas as the fourth philosophy did, and that Jesus had a compassion for the peasants who lived under an exploiting taxation.
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Jackson, David. "Jesus warrior in the temple? a study investigating differing interpretations of Jesus (with a special focus on the Temple cleansing) and his relationship with the Zealots and violence /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.
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Kinman, Brent. "Jesus' entry into Jerusalem : in the context of Lukan theology and the politics of his days /." Leiden ; New York ; Köln : E. J. Brill, 1995. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36685795j.
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Koyles, John Patrick. "The trace of the face in the politics of Jesus experimental comparisons between the work of John Howard Yoder and Emmanuel Levinas /." This edition also available online via Florida State University:, 2009. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04042009-132424.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2009.Advisors: John Kelsay, Martin Kavka, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Religion. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Aug. 18, 2009). Document formatted into pages; contains v, 177 pages. Includes bibliographical references.
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Newswander, Lynita Kay. "Biopolitics and Belief: Governance in the Church of Christ, Scientist, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26685.
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This dissertation offers an analysis of two American religions–the Church of Christ, Scientist (CS), and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)–and the ways that their particular/peculiar ideologies regarding the body govern the everyday realities of their respective memberships. Biopower is the political power used to control bodies and bodily actions, such as the care of oneself, and the details of personal family life. Belief can act as an especially powerful agent of biopolitical power as it inspires a lived faithfulness through its various theologies. What is more, the effects of biopolitical belief are often complicated by the mixed interests of Church and State, leaving the territory of the individual body a disputed claim.
To better understand these disputes, this project utilizes a Foucaultian interpretation of the CS and LDS churches to better understand the roots of the biopolitical conflicts they confront. Specifically, the histories and contemporary practices of these religious organizations are analyzed through a genealogical method, using Foucaultian interpretations of the biopolitical, pastoral, and psychiatric powers they use to effectively govern the minds, bodies, and spirits of their people. A historical background of the CS and LDS churches traces the emergence of the biopolitical practices of each group by evaluating their groundedness in their current social-political milieus, and by making connections between their respective religious beliefs, practices, and government and the broader Jacksonian American political culture into which they were born. Additionally, this particular form of analysis poses important questions for the study of religion and politics today. Although most of the examples used in this study are historical, both the LDS and CS churches continue to hold on to many if not all of the theologies and doctrines which historically brought them into conflict with the US government. What has changed is not the belief itself, but the embodiment of it, and also the state and federal government reaction to it. Therefore, the theological histories and founding stories of these religions remain relevant to their contemporary status as extra-statal biopolitical forces within the US today.Ph. D.
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Gabrielson, Jeremy. "Paul's non-violent Gospel : the theological politics of peace in Paul's life and letters." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1889.
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This thesis advances a claim for the centrality of a politics of peace in early Christianity, with particular focus given to the letters of Paul and the Gospel of Matthew. In brief, I argue that Paul’s task of announcing the gospel to the nations involved calling and equipping assemblies of people whose common life was ordered by a politics (by which I mean, chiefly, a mode of corporate conduct) characterised by peaceableness, and this theological politics was a deliberate participation in the political order announced and inaugurated by Jesus of Nazareth. To this end, there are three main components of the thesis. Chapter Two is focused on the Gospel of Matthew, particularly the way in which violence (and peace) are constructed by the evangelist. Chapter Three bridges the first and third components of the thesis, attending to the important question of the continuity between Jesus and Paul on the issue of non-violence. The third component involves two chapters. Chapter Four attempts to identify the trajectory of violence and peace in Paul’s biography and in the “biography” of his Galatian converts (as he portrays it), and the fifth chapter traces the presence of this non-violent gospel in (arguably) Paul’s earliest letter. The intended effect is to show that a politics of non-violence was an early, central, non-negotiable component of the gospel, that its presence can be detected in a variety of geographical expressions of early Christianity, that this (normally) “ethical” dimension of the gospel has a political aspect as well, and that this political dimension of the gospel stands in stark contrast to the politics of both the contemporary imperial power and those who would seek to replace it through violence.
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Gellrich, Arne L. "...And Reconcile Us With Evil : A Critical Investigation of the Imagery of Good and Evil in Western Religion, Film and Politics." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-311275.
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With an eye on the current social and political situation in Europe, and with regards to the so-termed refugee crisis, this study aims to map the discourse on assumed good and evil shared among Western cultures, as represented by Sweden, Germany and the United States. The thesis takes its point of departure from essayistic reflections of the philosophical tradition and theological and religious analytical positions respectively. These are then followed by two investigative main chapters, designed along the lines of Norman Fairclough’s approach to critical discourse analysis (CDA). The first of these chapters studies the narratives of good and evil employed in the mainstream cinema of the past ten years in the mentioned countries. The second analysis is made up of three case studies, in turn looking at similar narratives in the campaigns of the two main competitors in the 2016 presidential race, a German protest movement against free trade agreements, and the everyday political communication of Swedish Facebook users. In a final chapter, findings from all four preceding chapters are brought together in an attempt to sketch an image of the congruences and discrepancies of narratives on good and evil in the overall discursive field. The thesis finds that the discursive field shared by the three investigated societies is largely homogenous, with certain imagery permeating all analysed orders of discourse. Many of the reoccurring images are however likely rooted in the human psyche and therefore less dependent on discourse practice. Furthermore, certain principles are agreed upon in theory while not reproduced in social practice. Themes assigned to either good or evil often seem to take on secondary functions next to assumed fixed identities of in- and out-groups. Being a qualitative study, this thesis aims at giving an overview and delivering a base for further investigations rather than providing definitive answers.
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Birch, Jonathan C. P. "Enlightenment Messiah, 1627-1778 : Jesus in history, morality and political theology." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2012. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/4240/.
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This is a study of intellectual encounters with the figure of Christ during the European Enlightenment. In the first instance, it contributes to a body of research which has sought to revise the customary view in New Testament studies, that the historical study of Jesus began with the posthumous publication of Herman Samuel Reimarus's Von dem Zwecke Jesu und seiner Jünger (1778), the last in a series of Fragments published by G. E. Lessing. The thesis proposed here is that Reimarus’s writings on Jesus are a notable but relatively late entry, by the German intellectual establishment, into arguments about Jesus and Christian origins which had been raging across Europe for more than a century: arguments concerning history, morality and political theology. In my Introduction I explain the rationale for this study within the context of contemporary scholarship and contemporary culture, giving a brief outline of my methodology. In Part I of the thesis I outline my project, its themes and methods. In Chapter One I introduce the ‘quest for the historical Jesus’ as a major concern in modern New Testament studies, and a persistent source of interest in wider intellectual discourse. I then take the reader back into the eighteenth century, placing Reimarus’s seminal contribution to the discipline within the context of the wider publishing controversy in which it featured (the Fragmentenstreit). In Chapter Two I explain the historical, moral and political theological dimensions of my analysis; in particular, I define the relationship between my history of scholarship on Jesus, and the one offered by Albert Schweitzer in Von Reimarus zu Wrede (1906), the single most influential work on the rise of historical Jesus studies. In Chapter Three I outline my periodisation and interpretive stance on the main context for my study: the European Enlightenment. Part II of the thesis concerns history. In Chapter Four I review a range of literature on the origins of historical Jesus studies, discussing the advances made since Schweitzer, and sketching the contours of a new, more comprehensive interpretation. In Chapters Five and Six I supplement that sketch with my own account of the emergence of the modern historical-critical conscience within European intellectual culture during the Enlightenment, and its application to the Bible. I profile some of the scholars who blazed the trail for Reimarus, showing where, and by whom, he was anticipated in some of his critical stances regarding Jesus and Christian origins. Part III of the thesis addresses morality. In Chapters Seven and Eight I consider why for so many thinkers in the Enlightenment, including Reimarus, morality came to be seen as central to Jesus' historical mission and his most important theological legacy. I locate this ethical turn within a long history of Western philosophical and theological disputation, with origins in antiquity, culminating in early modernity with the reassertion of moral-theological rationalism which was buttressed by an early modern Thomist revival. I also argue for the influence of a particular vision of Christian reform which prioritised freedom over predestination, and the moral example of Jesus and primitive Christian piety. Part IV of the thesis concerns political theology. In Chapter Nine I consider this generally neglected dimension of Reimarus’ work, placing him in a tradition of Enlightenment intellectuals who drew upon Jesus and primitive Christianity, in conjunction with theological metaphysics, to give weight to their own particular arguments for religious toleration. In my Conclusion, as throughout this thesis, I argue that some of the writers who paved the way of Reimarus’s writings on Jesus and Christian origins have their roots in much older, theological preoccupations, and often in heretical versions of Christianity. While these perspectives on Jesus and Christian origins constituted some of the most radical challenges to mainstream religious thought during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, they do not submit to a vision of Enlightenment characterised by a straightforward process of overcoming theological worldviews through the emergence of a new secular critique. For the most part, this tradition of scholarship is best understood as a radicalisation of existing tendencies within the history of classical and Christian thought, which continued to understand Jesus, or at least his teachings, as either a path to personal salvation, or as a theologically authoritative court of appeal in the Enlightenment’s protest against religio-political tyranny.
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Scheffler, Lisa K. (Lisa Kathryn). "A Study in Cultural Conflict: the Controversy Surrounding Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278589/.
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When the filmed version of The Last Temptation of Christ was released in the United States, it met with significant protests from conservative Christians who felt it was blasphemous. Using the controversy surrounding the film and its reception in Austin, Texas, this is a case study in censorship as a social process and in the cultural conflict it signifies. Certain societal factors must converge to create an art controversy. Through an examination of the film, the groups involved in the protest, and the social and political climate at the time, some of these factors are described. Imbedded in this controversy are the underlying tensions that permeate many modern cultural debates: shifting ideas of the sacred and the profane and definitions of moral authority.
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Dall, igna Sirlene Fagundes. "A emancipação politico-administrativa de Bom Jesus - SC e seus efeitos no desenvolvimento local." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2011. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/138.
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Previous issue date: 2011-08-02This research presents as main objective to analyze in what degree the emancipation of Bom Jesus SC city, made possible conditions viable to the local development. In this way, an evaluation of the movement of emancipation is considered, understood as a strategy for the development, stand out the involved motivations, objectives and actors in the process. At the same time, we intend to analyze the performance of the State, the local public administration and the civil society, in order to verify the directioned actions to social, economic, cultural, ambient and politic in the city in question. Moreover, we verified the degree of satisfaction of the local population how much to the occurred improvements after the emancipation, emphasizing the participation of the same one in the quarrel spaces, elaboration and execution of programs and public politics tied with the local development. For such, we carried through bibliographical research, collect and data handling secondary collection of historical information and we carry though interviews with inhabitants of the place.
Esta pesquisa apresenta como objetivo principal avaliar em que grau a emancipação do município de Bom Jesus-SC, possibilitou condições viáveis ao desenvolvimento local. Deste modo, propõe-se uma avaliação do movimento de emancipação, compreendido como uma estratégia para o desenvolvimento, ressaltando as motivações, objetivos e os atores envolvidos no processo. Ao mesmo tempo, pretendemos analisar a atuação do Estado, da gestão pública local e da sociedade civil, a fim de verificar as ações direcionadas à transformação social, econômica, cultural, ambiental e política no município em questão. Além disso, verificamos o grau de satisfação da população local quanto às melhorias ocorridas após a emancipação, enfatizando a participação da mesma nos espaços de discussão, elaboração e execução de programas e políticas públicas vinculadas ao desenvolvimento local. Para tal, realizamos pesquisa bibliográfica, coleta e tratamento de dados secundários, coleta de informações históricas e realizamos entrevistas com moradores do local.
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Driedger, Hesslein Susannah Kayko. "'Overlapping membership' and the two natures of Jesus Christ| A nonsupersessionist Christology." Thesis, Graduate Theological Union, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3576263.
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This dissertation fills a gap in nonsupersessionist theologies by constructing a Christology that brings together Jesus' particular Jewish existence (his human nature) and his universal transcendence (his divine nature), while maintaining the equality, unity, and full participation of both natures. This Christology proposes that both natures interact in a relationship of multiple-formativity to constitute the one person of the Incarnation through 'contextual universalism' and 'overlapping membership.'
Using frameworks from the areas of multicultural theory and political theory, this dissertation first identifies the processes by which classical and contextual Christologies negotiate difference in the Incarnation. In doing so, it exposes that Jesus' Jewishness is problematically supplanted as Christologies unite the two natures of Christ through assimilationism, a process undergirded by the presupposition that coexistent differences cause untenable conflict that can be resolved only through a single agent that homogenizes difference.
Destabilizing this presupposition and counteracting its results, this project then constructs a new conceptual framework for Christology that simultaneously differentiates and unites the two natures without assimilating either nature or dispensing with Jesus' Jewish particularity. Building from Toni Erskine's work in international relations theory and her model of 'embedded cosmopolitanism,' this work proposes 'contextual universalism' for understanding the differentiated unity of the two natures. To accommodate this new understanding, Laurel C. Schneider's theological anthropology and Rita Dhamoon's theory of difference are brought together to define Jesus Christ's human nature as constituted of a unique constellation of multiple, relationally-engaged contexts. Through an integration of Bikhu Parekh's political theory and Mayra Rivera's theology, the divine nature is interpreted as the unassimilable and transcendent Other that protects and connects innumerable differences. This dissertation then adapts Erskine's concept of 'overlapping membership' to propose a Christology wherein the particular, Jewish, human nature and the universal, divine nature of Jesus Christ engage in a relationship of interactivity and multiple-formativity in the one person of the Incarnation.
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Ligthart, Richard J. "Political and religious economic factors in first-century Jerusalem as a background for understanding the crucifixion of Jesus Christ." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Brown, Kristin Alexis. "The Political, Social, Historical, and Literary Significance of the Writings of Carolina Maria de Jesus." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2598.
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The writings of Carolina Maria de Jesus, specifically Quarto de despejo, Casa de alvenaria, Diario de Bitita, and poetry selections from her collection Minha antologia are oft times excluded from "canonical" literature. Many critics both in the press and in academic circles refuse to recognize her writings and story as works of merit, focusing primarily on surface issues without addressing the content of her works. The reason for this is complex, spanning the issues of race, education, socio-economic status, and gender. Contrary to the arguments of many critics over the past sixty years, Carolina's writings are valuable in a political, social, historical, and literary sense. She wrote of her fight against hunger, poverty, and prejudice, and spoke out against the practices of politicians and members of the middle and upper classes towards the poor. Her works contain experiences from a member of Brazil's marginalized population during the mid-twentieth century, something that had never before been published.
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Ferreira, Valdivino José. "A DIMENSÃO POLÍTICA DA PRÁXIS DE JESUS NO EVANGELHO DE LUCAS." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, 2009. http://localhost:8080/tede/handle/tede/1012.
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Previous issue date: 2009-08-14This research is about the political dimension of the Jesus praxis on the Gospel of Luke. From the fact that this gospel is the popular and historical memory of the communities on the person of Jesus and his project, we discuss the conflicts in Jesus times and after 80 s a.C., especially, the conflicts with the temple of Jerusalem and the Roman Empire. The desire and the practice that intended a transformation on the reality is what we mention as the Jesus political praxis. It is about a releasing praxis that faced the Temple and the Empire. A praxis that intended the ideological release of the Roman Empire, that made people slave through taxes, and intended the liberation from the oppression caused by the religious an political ideology justified by the name of God. Several bible pericope from Luke s gospel are analyzed through this point of view in our research. To conclude we descant about the political praxis of Jesus and it s reflects in present times, in other words, the implications of Jesus political praxis in the political praxis nowadays.
Esta pesquisa aborda a dimensão política da práxis de Jesus no Evangelho de Lucas. Partindo do pressuposto de que o Evangelho de Lucas é a memória popular e histórica de comunidades na pessoa e no projeto de Jesus, refletimos os conflitos que existiam tanto na época de Jesus como posteriormente na década de 80 d.C., em especial, os conflitos com o Templo de Jerusalém e com o Império Romano. O desejo e a prática que visaram a transformação da realidade é o que mencionamos como práxis política de Jesus. Trata-se de uma práxis libertadora que se chocou diretamente com o Templo e o Império. Uma práxis que visou a libertação ideológica do Império Romano, que escravizava e oprimia o povo por meio de impostos, e a libertação da opressão gerada pela ideologia religiosa-política, que se justificava em nome de Deus. Diversas perícopes do Evangelho de Lucas são analisadas nesta perspectiva em nossa pesquisa. Por fim discorremos sobre a práxis política de Jesus e suas nuanças na contemporaneidade, ou seja, as implicâncias da práxis política de Jesus para a nossa práxis política hoje.
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Kelty, Mark J. "Jesusa Rodriguez : Mexico City's postmodern/permanent revolutionary /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9901247.
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Paier, Leci Salete. "A trajetória da Escola Menino Jesus (1941-2008): princípios, identidade e cultura Notre Dame." Universidade do Vale do Rio do Sinos, 2009. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/1967.
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Este estudo aborda as origens da Congregação Notre Dame (ND), seus princípios e suas principais ações, que culminaram com a criação da Escola Menino Jesus que, em Passo Fundo/RS, desenvolve expressivo trabalho na formação de estudantes. Faz uma retomada dos princípios de um de seus inspiradores, Bernard Overberg que, junto com o carisma e a prática da fundadora Julia Billiart, constituíram os princípios educativos da Rede ND e chegaram à prática na Escola Menino Jesus e em outras unidades da Rede. Procuramos mapear os desafios da educação ND, suas possibilidades e limites, no contexto contemporâneo marcado pela lógica do mercado, da globalização, que confronta diretamente com os princípios humanistas. Apresentamos uma análise da Visão da Rede ND, retomando a sua história e identificando como ela se articula ou se contrapõe às exigências do neoliberalismo e como a escola Menino Jesus convive com esta contradição, fazendo frente e/ou subsistindo aos princípios neoliberais, dando vida aos princípios humanizantes
This study discusses the origins of Notre Dame Congregation (ND), its principles and its main activities, which culminated in the creation of Menino Jesus School that, in Passo Fundo, develops expressive work in the students training. It makes a resume of the principles of one of its inspirers, Bernard Overberg who, with charisma and the founder practice of Julia Billiart, had constituted the educative principles of ND Net and had started the practice at Menino Jesus School and other units of the Net. We tried to identify the challenges of ND education, its possibilities and limits in the contemporary context marked by the logic of the market, globalization, which directly confronts with the humanists principles. We present an analysis of ND Net Vision, resuming its history and identifying how it articulates or opposes itself to the requirements of the neoliberalism and how Menino Jesus school lives with this contradiction, making front and/or remaining to the neoliberal principles, giving life to inherent hu
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Charles, Carter. "L'intégration politique des mormons aux États-Unis : de Reed Smoot à Mitt Romney." Thesis, Bordeaux 3, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013BOR30054.
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L’Église de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours, ou « Église mormone », émargea au cours de la première moitié du XIXe siècle dans une Amérique en proie à des mutations sociales et religieuses. Joseph Smith, son prophète-fondateur, l’inscrivit dès le départ dans une radicalité doctrinale en « protestant » les fondamentaux du christianisme tels qu’ils avaient été définis et acceptés auparavant. Il s’attira de ce fait le courroux des « Églises établies », en particulier de celles du protestantisme évangélique. Malgré une américanité foncière, sa religion fut affublée de l’étiquette « un-american » et ses disciples furent persécutés, poussés à édifier leur « Sion » sur la « Frontière », puis dans l’Ouest, à la périphérie de la société américaine. Contrairement à bien d’autres groupes religieux ou de mouvements utopiques, les « mormons » réussirent à transformer leur marginalisation en force, développant par la même occasion des particularismes qui firent d’eux un « peuple à part ». Or, ils s’éveillèrent aussi à l’évidence que pour échapper aux persécutions, ils devaient se positionner au cœur de l’action politique du pays. L’investiture de Mitt Romney par le Parti républicain pour l’élection présidentielle de 2012 témoigne de leur réussite. Mais comment cela fut-il possible ? Romney fut aussi l’objet d’une formidable opposition religieuse au cours de la phase des primaires du Parti qui n’est pas sans rappeler celles fomentées par les protestants contre les catholiques Al Smith (1928) et John F. Kennedy (1960). Comment expliquer ce refus de voir un mormon à la Maison blanche ? Nous répondons dans cette thèse à ces questions, et à bien d’autres, notamment en illustrant le fait que Romney, J. F. Kennedy et Al Smith eurent un prédécesseur en Reed Smoot, apôtre mormon dont l’élection en 1902 au Sénat fédéral fut à l’origine du plus grand procès politico-religieux d’AmériqueThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or “Mormon Church,” emerged during the first half of the 19th century while America was undergoing social and religious changes. Right from the outset, Joseph Smith, the prophet-founder, set the Church in a radical opposition, “protesting” the dogma of traditional Christianity as they had been defined and accepted for centuries. He attracted the ire of the “established Churches” of Evangelical Protestantism. In spite of the profound Americanness of his religion, it was labeled un-american and his followers were persecuted, driven out, and forced to build their “Zion” on the Frontier, and then in the West, on the margins of American society. Unlike several other religious groups and utopian movements, the “Mormons” managed to turn their marginalization into strength, developing thereby traits that made them “a peculiar people.” Yet, they also realized that to escape persecutions, they had to be at the center of the nation’s politics. The nomination of Mitt Romney by the Republican Party for the 2012 presidential election testifies to their success. How did that come about? Romney was also the object of a sturdy religious opposition during the Party’s primaries that reminded the ones set up by the Protestants in the cases of Al Smith (1928) and of John F. Kennedy (1960). How does one account for this refusal to see a Mormon in the White House? In this dissertation, we answer these questions, and to many more, particularly as we illustrate the fact that Romney, J. F. Kennedy and Al Smith had a predecessor in Reed Smoot, a Mormon apostle whose election in 1902 to the U.S. Senate set the tone for the greatest religiously and politically-motivated trial ever in American history
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Mwani, Joshua Tepillah. "Jesus and Legion: A socio-political perspective on demon possession and exorcism in Mark 5:1-20 and in African Pentecostal Churches." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78485.
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Nordberg, Thomas G. "The centrality of the cross in Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian theology and ethics /." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=75871.
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In this dissertation it is contended that central to Reinhold Niebuhr's theology and ethics is his understanding of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a revelation of the suffering of God. Keeping in mind the theologia crucis of Martin Luther, Part I examines the significance of the Christian symbol of the cross during Niebuhr's formative years and as he later sought to relate the moral and ethical insights of the Christian faith to the more tragic social and political events of his age.Part II begins with a systematic appraisal of Niebuhr's theology of the cross in reference to his understanding of Christian anthropology, theology proper, the atonement, history and eschatology. The theological similarities of Niebuhr's thought to the theologia crucis of Luther are made explicit. A delineation is then made of Niebuhr's social ethic of the cross. It is an ethic which seeks to underscore the true but limited relevance of the norm of sacrificial love to issues of relative justice. This ethic is then contrasted to the ethica crucis of Luther.
The dissertation concludes with an examination of the current debate regarding Niebuhr's ultimate political position. It is suggested that an understanding of Niebuhr's theology and ethic of the cross is essential to any thorough appreciation of the major shifts which occurred within his political thought.
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Amador, Josy Ramos de Oliveira. "A prática do serviço social no plantão: análise da inserção profissional na seguridade social em Bom Jesus do Itabapoana/RJ." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2008. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=849.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorO presente trabalho analisa a realidade do plantão do Serviço Social no âmbito da seguridade social, no Município de Bom Jesus do Itabapoana/RJ, tendo como referência o projeto ético-político profissional do Serviço Social, expresso no Código de Ética profissional, na lei que regulamenta a profissão, bem como nas diretrizes curriculares da ABEPSS. A partir deste projeto, entendemos o plantão como um espaço de atuação desafiante para os profissionais comprometidos com a construção de práticas democráticas e coletivas de atendimento às demandas no contexto institucional. Assim, o objetivo do presente trabalho foi o de analisar teoricamente o espaço do plantão, buscando verificar se os assistentes sociais utilizam o referencial teórico crítico-dialético presente na produção do Serviço Social, para pensar alternativas no espaço cotidiano do plantão, buscando o desenvolvimento de práticas coletivas e não apenas individualistas no atendimento às demandas. O estudo mostrou que a maioria dos assistentes sociais defende os direitos sociais, no entanto, esta defesa não se materializa em ações, no cotidiano profissional, que fortaleçam e favoreçam os usuários no acesso aos serviços na saúde, na previdência e na assistência, como direitos sociais.
This study analyzes the reality of Social Work duty period in the social security system area, in Bom Jesus do Itabapoana/RJ, having the Social Work professional political ethical project as reference, stated in the Professional Ethic Code, in the Law that rules the profession and also in the ABEPSS curricular guidelines. From this project, we can see duty period as a place for challenging acting to the professionals committed with building democratic and collective care practices in the institutional context. Thus, the purpose of this study was to analyse theorically the duty period place, searching for verifying if Social Workers make use of the theoretical critical dialectic reference present in the Social Work literature in order to think about alternatives in the duty period daily place, looking for the development of collective practices and not only individualists in the care demands. This study showed that the majority of Social Workers defend Social Rights however, these discourses arent turned into actions which fortify and favor users to access the health, providence and assistance, as social rights.
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Aires, KÃlia da Silva. "Assessment of social security policy on access perspective of rural workers : Community Case Study Bom Jesus , Fixing Maceià - Itapipoca -Ce." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2013. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=13577.
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nÃo hÃA proposta desenvolvida neste trabalho à avaliar a polÃtica de PrevidÃncia Social na perspectiva do acesso das trabalhadoras rurais da comunidade Bom Jesus, Assentamento Maceià â Itapipoca- CE. A pesquisa tem enfoque qualitativo e a investigaÃÃo se procedeu por meio de um estudo de caso que investigou os fatores limitantes desse acesso. Para tanto foi realizada uma avaliaÃÃo de processo e resultados inspirada nos preceitos da avaliaÃÃo em profundidade. SÃo sujeitos da pesquisa avaliativa os trabalhadores rurais (homens e mulheres) da referida comunidade, servidores do Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS) lotados na agÃncia do municÃpio de Itapipoca e integrantes do Sindicato dos Trabalhadores Rurais de Itapipoca. Para a realizaÃÃo da avaliaÃÃo tambÃm fora realizado amplo levantamento bibliogrÃfico acerca da legislaÃÃo previdenciÃria e do histÃrico de acesso da categoria dos trabalhadores rurais à polÃtica de previdÃncia social. Para a pesquisa de campo foram utilizados como tÃcnicas e instrumentos para a coleta dos dados observaÃÃes, observaÃÃo participante, conversas informais, anotaÃÃes em diÃrio de campo e entrevistas semi-estruturadas realizadas com os sujeitos envolvidos, alÃm de registros fotogrÃficos e audiovisuais. A pesquisa tem como objetivos especÃficos: identificar os fatores que influenciam no acesso das mulheres à polÃtica de previdÃncia social; relacionar o papel dos sujeitos sociais envolvidos no processo de implementaÃÃo da polÃtica; e analisar trajetÃrias de mulheres em busca do acesso aos benefÃcios preconizados pela referida polÃtica. Assim, dentre os resultados obtidos destacam-se as dificuldades de acesso a informaÃÃo por parte dos beneficiÃrios da polÃtica, as dificuldades logÃsticas e de recursos humanos vivenciada pelo INSS, e a contribuiÃÃo do sindicato para o acesso dos trabalhadores rurais à polÃtica.
The proposal developed in this work is to evaluate the Social Security policy in the context of access for community rural workers Bom Jesus, Settlement Maceio - Itapipoca- EC. The research is qualitative approach and the research was carried through a case study that investigated the factors limiting such access. To this end it carried out a process and outcome measures inspired by the in-depth evaluation of precepts. Rural workers evaluative research are subjects (men and women) of the said Community servers of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) crowded the agency of the municipality of Itapipoca and members of the Union of Rural Workers of Itapipoca. To perform the evaluation also carried out extensive literature about the social security legislation and category access history of rural workers to social security policy. For field research were used as techniques and instruments for data collection observations, participant observation, informal conversations in daily field notes and semi-structured interviews with those involved, as well as photographic and audiovisual records. The research has the following objectives: to identify the factors that influence women's access to social security policy; relate the role of social subjects involved in the policy implementation process; and analyze trajectories of women seeking access to the benefits envisaged by the policy. Thus, among the results we highlight the difficulties of access to information by policy beneficiaries, logistical difficulties and human resources experienced by the INSS, and the union contribution to the access of rural workers to politics.
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Santiago, Fabian. "The Fellowship of the Throne in John's Apocalypse : a theo-political inquiry into (divine) authority and liturgical sociality, as redefined by the exalted Jesus, guided by and in critical interaction with Oliver O'Donovan's political theology." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2014. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-fellowship-of-the-throne-in-johns-apocalypse(4cb9be07-92bb-4b40-b68b-469507e9e0ed).html.
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From amongst modern inquiries into what constitutes the political, and within the current environment of hostility towards what the field of theology can offer to its study, Oliver O’Donovan emerges with his unique brand of political theology. His method of inquiry, resourced by Scripture and Christian tradition, and predicated on Christology, offers a construal of authority distilled from the Bible’s own account of God’s kingly rule as understood within the biblical narrative of salvation history, with momentous implications for the realm of the political, in particular as relates to the categories of authority and society and their interplay. Given O’Donovan’s manifest interest in the Book of Revelation and the centrality within the book’s narrative of themes intrinsic to O’Donovan’s political theology, the Apocalypse, we argue, offers the ultimate ground for a discussion about the political in the terms suggested by O’Donovan. In undertaking this exercise we find that the Apocalypse’s own construal of authority is in fact about divine authority conceived around the throne of God, the seat of divine power, which has undergone a Christological shift brought about by the exalted Jesus. We then go on to argue that throughout the Apocalypse a correlation gradually becomes apparent between the divine authority and a liturgical sociality defined by the presence of the exalted Jesus. This correlation of divine authority and liturgical sociality which is mediated by the very same exalted Jesus we have called the Fellowship of the Throne. And it is this Fellowship of Throne, we argue, which must now become the ultimate horizon of the political.
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Moody, David L. III. "Political Melodies in the Pews?: Is Black Christian Rap the New Voice of Black Liberation Theology?" Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1269285586.
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Alves, Maria Jeane dos Santos. "Mulheres contra o arbítrio: as Missionárias de Jesus Crucificado e a Escola de Serviço Social Padre Anchieta em Maceió em tempos de AI5." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2009. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=264.
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Esta pesquisa aborda, do ponto de vista das Ciências da Religião, o trabalho que a Congregação das Missionárias de Jesus Crucificado desenvolveu na Escola de Serviço Social Padre Anchieta de Maceió, desde sua criação, em 1957, até o momento em que a Escola foi, em 1971 incorporada à Universidade Federal de Alagoas. Interessa-se pela tomada de uma posição sócio-política-educacional engajada, por parte de mulheres pertencentes a uma Congregação religiosa, no seio de uma Igreja, a Católica Romana, que passava por um significativo momento de renovação, em função do Concílio Vaticano II (1962-1965). Serão abordados, por suas implicações na criação e rumo da Escola: o momento social, político e eclesial do Estado de Alagoas, nas vésperas e na seqüência do Golpe Militar de Abril de 1964; a postura do Arcebispo de Maceió, Dom Adelmo Cavalcanti Machado nesse contexto, e seu convite às Missionárias de Jesus Crucificado para que assumissem a direção da Escola; as características específicas dessa Congregação, que contribuíram para definir o rumo progressista que a Escola tomou, mesmo em condições adversas; a primeira direção, com Madre Zilda Galrão e principalmente, a administração de Madre Zelly Perdigão Lopes, no período compreendido entre 1963 e 1972. Naquele momento histórico, em que a direita civil e militar valiam-se do medo do comunismo, como principal arma publicitária, na busca de consenso para bloquear o crescimento de consciência e organização das camadas populares. Quaisquer ações a favor delas passaram a ser incompreendidas, e perseguidas, como uma ação comunista. Em tal cenário, Madre Zelly e suas co-irmãs, transformaram a Escola em um espaço democrático de estudos, reuniões, debates, discussões e ações, numa atitude oposta ao que se esperava de mulheres obedientes, quando a própria hierarquia da Igreja de Maceió respaldava as ações repressivas do poder militar.The objective of this research is to analyze, using the point of view of the Sciences of Religion, the work that the Congregation of Missionaries of Jesus Crucified developed at the School of Social Service of Maceió Padre Anchieta, since its creation in 1957 until the time the school was built in 1971 at the Federal University of Alagoas. Our interest is to study a socio-political-educational position, engaged by the women belonging to a religious congregation, the Roman Catholic Church which spent a significant time of renewal in the light of Vatican II (1962-1965). The following position will be addressed, for its implications in the creation and direction of the School:1) the time social, political and Church of the State of Alagoas, on the eve and the sequence of the military coup of April 1964, 2) the position of Archbishop of Maceió, Dom Machado Cavalcanti Adelmo and his invitation to the Missionaries of Jesus Crucified to take the direction of the School, the specific characteristics of that congregation, which helped define the progressive direction that the School has, even in adverse conditions, the first direction, and with Mother Galrão Zilda mainly, the administration of Mother Zelly Perdigão Lopes, the period between 1963 and 1972. At that historic moment in which the civil and military used the "fear of communism", as the main gun advertising ploy in the search for consensus to block the growth of consciousness and organization of social classes, any actions in favor of the religions were misunderstood, and persecuted as being Communist. In such a circumstance, Zelly Mother, and her colleagues transformed the school into a democratic space for studies, meetings, debates, discussions and activities, an attitude, opposite to what was expected of "obedient" women, where the hierarchical church in Maceió supported the actions of the repressive military power.
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Mitchell, Michael. "The Mormons in Wilhelmie Germany, 1870-1914 : making a place for a unwanted American religion in a changing German society /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 1994. http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/u?/MTGM,33264.
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Ruiz, José Salvador. "De bandidos, mendigos, campesinos e indios : ciudadanía y letras en la literatura mexicana /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3120721.
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Stirling, Gordon John. "Elder Stephen L. Richards on Peace and War: An Examination of Elder Richards' Views on the Causes of War and his Prescription for Peace, Based on the Analytical Framework Contained in Kenneth N. Waltz' Man, the State and War." BYU ScholarsArchive, 1985. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5143.
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In Man, the State and War, Kenneth N. Waltz claims that for a peace prescription to be valid, it must be based on a proper view of the causes of war. Waltz analyzes the validity of three basic causes of war: man himself, the characteristics of the nation-state, and the international system.I have examined the views of Elder Stephen L Richards on peace and war in the context of the Waltz framework. Elders Richards believed that the failings of men were the primary causes of war. His prescription for peace was widespread acceptance of the Gospel. He disagreed with the Waltz view that men are unchanging and that peace plans based on the reform of men are futile. Elder Richards' views coincided with Waltz' that democracies are more likely to be peaceful than dictatorships. He recognized, too, that aspects of the international system contribute to conflict. Elder Richards was ambivalent, however, about the prospects of the Gospel being accepted by enough people for peace to be established.
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DeBrosse, Jim. ""Lost in the Master's Mansion": How the Mainstream Media Have Marginalized Alternative Theories of the JFK Assassination." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1406818924.
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Parler, Branson L. "The Politics of Jesus and the Power of Creation." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10756/290728.
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This study examines the theology and social ethics of John Howard Yoder with a view toward how creation and redemption are related in his theology. The first chapter examines Yoder's aversion to certain construals of creation and argues that he is not inherently hostile to creation as such, but is cautious with respect to the possible abuse of creation as a theological and ethical category. The second chapter evaluates the nature of the state in Yoder's theology, examines his view of the Powers in this context, and argues that his view of redemption can be seen as a restoration of an eschatologically open creation. The third chapter compares Yoder's theology and social ethics with those of J. Richard Middleton, arguing that there may be a potential for interconnection between Yoder's Anabaptistic focus on the politics of Jesus and Middleton's Reformational emphasis upon the goodness of the power of creation seen in the imago Dei of Genesis I.
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Turner, John Geoffrey. "Selling Jesus to modern America Campus Crusade for Christ, evangelical culture, and conservative politics /." 2005. http://etd.nd.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-09122005-095241/.
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Grobelný, Miroslav. "Křesťan a politika ve světle novozákonních textů." Master's thesis, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-449021.
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The title of this degree work is "Christians and Politics from the View of the New Testamental Texts". The main purpose is to identify various aspects of the view at the political power in the texts of the New Testament, to make a judgement about these texts on the background of its historical and literary context and to look for its common topics. In this thesis we went into details about relatively great number of passages with the goal to attain the global point of view. At the beginning we justified why to look for the inspiration in the life of Jesus Christ. Then we focused on Jesus' political principles. We treated conflicts between John the Baptist and Herod Antipas and conflicts between Jesus and political and religious leaders of his days. We focused mainly on the conflicts connected with the Jewish Law and paying taxes. Then we treated the conflict between Jesus and Pilate, which ended in Jesus' crucifixion. Then we briefly touched on the Paul's point of view and we mentioned several examples of the persecution of the Christians from the pagans. At the end we made an attempt to resume briefly what the New Testament says about the relationship of the Christians to the political power and we joined the short mention about the relationship between the Church and the state in the social doctrine of...
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Joseph, Sebastian A. "Jesus as a model for political leadership in the Indian context." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/3119.
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Ivanoff, Rebecca F. "POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JESUS DE OTORO, HONDURAS." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10214/3668.
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This study addresses food security in three communities in rural, central Honduras by looking at the interrelationships among nutritious food, environmental and political forces, and cultural behaviours through the collection and analysis of local knowledge and laboratory data. Evaluation of ethnographic research were combined with analysis of policy documents and the nutritional analysis of ninety local varieties of corn. Research showed how households in three rural communities in the mountains of Honduras, struggle to access sufficient, safe and nutritious food while respecting cultural and agricultural diversity. Policies to address food security need to not only address the diversity of environmental niches, and a history of disenfranchisement of most rural farmers from the political process, but also the cultural ideals that impact definitions of hunger and nutrition. Analysis of 90 varieties of local landraces show that coloured varieties of maize have higher nutritional value for protein, anthocyanin, and vitamin A content.Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Ontario Graduate Scholarship, CIDA's CGIAR-Canada Linkage Fund (CCLF)
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Rohlová, Kateřina Jenny. "Politika adaptace jezuitské misie v Japonsku pod vedením Alessandra Valignana." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-321093.
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The aim of this thesis is to discuss the way of leading and managing the Jesuit Mission in Japan by Alessandro Valignano from 1579 to 1603. It focuses mainly on pioneering methods of this Jesuit missionary. Just his methods made the Japanese mission so successful, however, not for the eternity. Particularly it is about his attitude toward the Japanese culture and about a try to adapt both on this culture and on the general conditions. Despite the time Society of Jesus and especially some of its members, including Valignano, were incredibly flexible and capable to respond to the actual needs of the mission. That is why practical side of the mission - financing this project and the very first diplomatic contacts - will be also included in this thesis. Scientific and cultural assets of the Europeans will end the work.
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Kamuanga, Emmanuel Muamba. "The problem of teaching twofold love: Christian education and a culture of peace in the Great Lakes Region." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1996.
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Practical theology has society as its horizon and should not be limited to a clerical paradigm because Christianity is not limited to a church but its horizon is the whole of society.
In line with this understanding of practical theology, this study is a contribution to Christian education for a culture of peace in the Great Lakes region (the DRC, Rwanda and Burundi). Millions of people have been slaughtered in this region where Christianity is the main religion. The Church in this region has lost its credibility and is seen as contributing to a culture of violence through its church leaders and parishioners.
This study focuses on the research question: Can teaching twofold love contribute to a culture of peace in the Great Lakes region? The thesis has empirically argued that the cause of turmoil in the Great Lakes region is the lack of twofold love, which has disguised itself in all evils known in the region, such as corruption, hegemony, predation, indirect rule, divide and rule, tribalism, fetishism, mass killings, prostitution, over-trust in modernism and breaking God's Ten Commandments, more than anything else. Humankind finds it difficult to love the neighbour like oneself and this lack of neighbourly love causes unrest in this region.
The discussion in chapter three has empirically demonstrated through educational psychology that teaching is love of the learner. Therefore, an effective teacher should be able to give loving care to the learner's spiritual, physical and social needs, in a specific context. This is what Jesus did through verbal and behavioural media (Byrskog, 1994: 321). Such a liberationist teaching that should avoid pouring socially irrelevant knowledge on the learner is still an urgent need in the Great Lakes region. Christian education in this region has been learnt in a rote manner without educating Christians to be problem solvers. The fourth chapter makes practical suggestions on how to deal with the dilemmas of teaching Christian education in the region. Thus the study has empirically confirmed the research hypothesis that an effective teaching of twofold love can contribute to a culture of peace in the Great Lakes region.Practical Theology
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Nogar, Anna María. "La monja azul : the political and cultural ramifications of a 17th-century mystical transatlantic journey." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/9428.
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This project sets forth a Mexican American cultural studies treatment of a US Southwestern legend known as the Lady in Blue (La monja azul). The legend is derived from17th-century religious memoriales (accounts) that narrate the miraculous apparition of a living cloistered Spanish nun, Sor María de Agreda, to the Jumano tribe of western New Mexico between the years 1620-1630. However, the Lady in Blue's conversion of the Jumanos was only the first of many recurring appearances she would make in the Americas and Europe over the next three hundred and seventy years. In the American Southwest, northern Mexico and Spain, stories about the apparating nun resurface and are reshaped in response to the demands of their contexts. Her narrative is transatlantic both in terms of what it recounts, and in terms of where it is recounted. She is not only represented on both sides of the ocean, but her portrayal almost always has to do with her being on both side of the ocean. The Lady in Blue narrative brings together dialogues on conquest, both secular and religious, dialogues on the significance of the female body and the feminine written word, and dialogues on the negotiation of space, proximity and identity. Extant research on Lady in Blue focuses on the components of her story as discrete entities, inadvertently divorcing related histories and legends from one another. 20th-century historians have read the account as a medieval holdover in Franciscan mission writing; folklorists as isolated Indo-Hispano accounts; and literary critics as individual anecdotes in twentieth-century literature. In contrast, this dissertation focuses on is the continuity of the narrative-- the way a series of historical figures and documents capture the Lady in Blue as she moves from New Mexico, to Spain, and back to the Franciscan missions of the Southwest, where she is viewed as a proto- or co-missionary. From the missions, the traditions, legends, and folklore about her grew and were contended, resulting in the contemporary dramatic works, novels, short stories and poems about the Lady in Blue.text