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The necessity of studying Arabic dialects has attracted more attention in the recent years. Qatar University chose to support the growing academic interest and research in the field by hosting the Association Internationale de Dialectologie Arabe (AIDA) conference on 11 - 13 November 2013. The AIDA10 conference and the tenth volume of AIDA proceedings show that a good deal of change and development in the field is occurring. Fewer papers deal on hitherto unknown dialects as the white spots on the map of Arabic dialects have significantly shrunk. More papers focus on syntactical issues because we now possess more and larger text collections. Papers using'change'in their titles indicate that Arabic dialectology has a long history. Perhaps the time has come to re-examine the studies of the 1940s, 50s and 60s concerning the dialects of certain regions.

The book presents the results of a long research into the life and work of the German theologian and teacher Fritz Jahr (1895–1953) from Halle an der Saale, who was the first to use the term'bioethics', as early as 1926. It is a revised history of bioethics with an overview of all 22 of Jahr's known published papers. The analysis follows the diffusion after 1997 of the discovery of Fritz Jahr worldwide and particularly the contribution of Croatian bioethicists to it.

In this non-fictional biography, Helga Thieroff relates the life of her gifted son Kai from his birth up until his suicide at the age of 21. She not only gives a vivid account of the various stages of Kai's life from the perspective of a mother who experiences a rollercoaster ride of emotions in accompanying her child; she also describes the'different'nature of gifted children and adolescents from a professional viewpoint and outlines the problems and misunderstandings these young people encounter at school and in society at large. Helga Thieroff studied educational science, psychology and general linguistics in Bayreuth and Berlin. Motivated by her experience with her own gifted son, she founded the'Children's Club', the first preschool project for gifted children in Berlin, in 1990. Since her move to Rhineland-Palatinate in the mid-nineties, she has operated a specialised psychological and educational practice for gifted children. In 2000 she founded the'Children's College'in Neuwied (Begabtenzentrum Rheinland-Pfalz), an extracurricular support facility for gifted children and adolescents, which she has since managed. Helga Thieroff was awarded the Order of Merit with Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2011 for her longstanding commitment to gifted people.'We hope this book about Kai's unusual life journey can give orientation and help to other gifted young people who are searching for their place in this world, and to their parents.'(Prof. Franz J. Mönks)

This celebratory publication is an expression of deepest gratitude to Herta Nagl-Docekal. With this volume, colleagues, graduates and friends want to celebrate her collected philosophical works. Her entire life's work has been characterized by both humanitarian and humanist commitment: to seek the principles of justice in the co-existence of human beings, but that philosophy also provides the basic yardstick, to highlight distortions on recent theories. Her philosophical work is alive with the commitment to a philosophy which is compelled to seek the principles of greater justice and solidarity.

Anlässlich des 65. Geburtstages des Grazer Wirtschafts- und Sozialhistorikers Peter Teibenbacher haben sich in diesem Sammelband Autorinnen und Autoren aus verschiedenen Wissenschaftsdisziplinen zusammengefunden. Die Themenpalette der Beiträge spiegelt die breiten Forschungsinteressen des Jubilars wider: Sie reicht von unterschiedlichen Aspekten der Historischen Demographie über vielschichtige Wechselwirkungen zwischen Ökonomie und Politik bis hin zu ausgewählten Fragestellungen aus dem Bereich Erinnerung, Identität und Gesellschaft.

Gemeinsam ringen Synagoge und Kirche um eine systematische Zuordnung der messianischen Juden, die sich selbst als Teil des Judentums betrachten, aber zugleich signifikante Glaubensinhalte des Christentums integrieren. Besonders im Staat Israel führt ihre Existenz und ihre organisierte Judenmission zu theologischen, aber auch juristischen Kontroversen. Obwohl jüdische Instanzen die Frage, wer Jude sei, in der Vergangenheit durchaus unterschiedlich beantwortet haben, ist die Zuordnung der messianischen Juden heute eine hochkomplexe und problematische Angelegenheit. Die Herangehensweise an das Thema erfolgt durch konkrete Einblicke in Geschichte und Gegenwart ihrer Gemeinden in Jerusalem. Deutlich wird dabei, dass z.B. die Hebräisch sprechenden Katholiken, zu denen auch Jüdinnen und Juden gehören, sich selbst nicht den messianischen Juden zurechnen und zudem die Judenmission ablehnen.

This book presents a novel Biblical ethical hermeneutic approach that emerges from an understanding of the presence of the kingdom of God in the Biblical text. The approach is predicated upon the use of speech act theory (abbreviated as SAT) in relation to `kingdom language'in the Biblical text. The approach shows how the notion of kingdom language, as God's divine activity, is elicited in the contemporary Christian's life by allowing it to operate beyond the world of the Biblical text. In other words, this approach establishes a Biblical-ethical hermeneutic bridge between the text (and its context) and the context of contemporary readers of the text. The alternative linguistic epistemology in SAT considers the principle of the kingdom of God in the past (locution level), the present (illocutionary level) and the future (perlocutionary level). The dynamic equivalences of the past, present and future of the kingdom of God based on an SAT approach to the Biblical text can inform Christian ethical theory and moral action in the present world. It can also provide a new moral sensibility in relation to God's sovereignty and the responsibility of Christians in contemporary society.

Seeking an ethical formula that would prove useful for evaluating actions and events occurring in the sphere of business and economics, the author focuses on dialogue. The need for dialogue is justified by the fact that interlocutors share a conviction that the relationship between them is valuable. Although the manner for assessing business experiences in the proposed formula is narrowed down to the interactive criterion of fairness, this criterion is sufficient for enabling partners to agree, or for them to reach a consensus. It reveals to them the ethically and praxeologically destructive effects of refusing to exchange information about their own accomplishments and plans and, sometimes, the consequences of refusing to accept responsibility for the process of others taking on the role of business partners.

Der vorliegende Sammelband bringt wesentliche Ergebnisse eines Symposiums im Wiener Erzbischöflichen Palais im Oktober 2018, dem großen und doppelten Gedenkjahr der Republik. Zu Abläufen und Hintergründen der beiden Schlüsseljahre werden neue Perspektiven aus den Beständen kirchlicher Archive geboten. Es wird das Verhalten der Institution Kirche beleuchtet, aber auch die Erinnerung an die Menschen, die sich in teils dramatischen Umbruchssituationen zu bewähren hatten, lebendig erhalten. Mit dem Einblick in ihre unterschiedlichen Einschätzungen, Befürchtungen, Hoffnungen und Entscheidungen in unsicheren Zeiten, aber auch in die von verschiedenen Gruppen angelegten Kriterien ihres Handelns wird ein wichtiger Beitrag zu einer wertorientierten Bildung geleistet. Sie kann ohne Erinnerung an Vergangenes nicht für die Zukunft stärken. Es ging ja 1918 um nicht weniger als um die Frage nach Wahrung von Kontinuität oder Bereitschaft zum Wandel, 1938 um die wahrscheinlich noch grundlegendere Entscheidung zwischen Widerstand und Anpassung. Nicht zuletzt wird aufgezeigt, wie sich gerade in diesen angefochtenen Zeiten das Modell der'Freien Kirche im freien Staat'_ nach 1945 entwickeln konnte.

Rumänien ist ein Land, das nach 30 Jahren Demokratie immer noch durch Nepotismus und Korruption auffällt. Warum der Weg zu einem modernen Staat mühsam verläuft, ist eine zentrale Frage in der rumänischen Öffentlichkeit. Dieses Buch verfolgt die Ursachen des schwierigen Transformationsprozesses zurück in die 70er und 80er Jahre, indem es erklärt, unter welchen Bedingungen die TrägerInnen der postsozialistischen rumänischen Gesellschaft sozialisiert und welchen Diskursen sie ausgesetzt wurden. Es handelt sich dabei um eine Analyse, die zur Vergangenheitsbewältigung in der rumänischen Gesellschaft beitragen soll, denn nur wer seine Vergangenheit versteht und annimmt, kann die Gegenwart neugestalten.

Als Weiterentwicklung der sog. personalisierten Medizin ermöglicht die Systemmedizin durch die Verarbeitung großer Mengen an Daten eine systemische Sichtweise auf Krankheitszustände und steht damit auch für einen Paradigmenwechsel. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Auswirkungen dieses innovativen Konzepts aus der Perspektive des Rechts und antizipiert mögliche Probleme. Dabei werden vor allem datenschutz- und persönlichkeitsrechtliche Fragestellungen des Umgangs mit Gesundheitsdaten und -informationen im Sinne der Systemmedizin in der medizinischen Versorgung und Forschung beleuchtet. Einen Schwerpunkt der Untersuchung bilden die Herausforderungen der'Omics'-Technologien für das Gendiagnostikgesetz und die Auswirkung der Systemmedizin auf den normativen Status genetischer Information.

At the intersection of Derrida's philosophy and Spivak's influence on narrative studies, this study offers a critical effort that goes against the mainstream of contemporary studies about autobiographical texts, here Reading Lolita in Tehran and Persepolis. On another level, this book is an attempt to interrogate critically the relation of subalternity and autobiographical writing, which is only made possible by extending the range of the genre of autobiography so that it can bear witness to what has been condemned to be unnarratable and, consequently, unheard.

This research based on the Jasadipoeran Sêrat Déwaruci, the Ki Nartosabdan Déwaruci play, and the dhalangs'interpretation of the Déwaruci play they performed. Using three divisions of the horizontal tripartite of the Déwaruci play, and of the vertical tripartite of the wayang kulit cosmology, together with the Javanese concepts of lair, batin, and rasa, the examination of Bhīma's quest reveals three stages of the Javanese spiritual growth, which can be systematically summarized as the purification of the corporeal feelings, the purification of the emotional feelings, and the purification of the intuitive feelings which culminates in the union with God, the so-called manunggaling kawula-Gustia.

Die vorliegende Monografie behandelt im ersten Teil die politischen, soziokulturellen, administrativ-territorialen, ethnisch-nationalen und bildungsorganisatorischen Voraussetzungen und Bedingungen für die Entwicklung der Methodik des Fremdsprachenunterrichts sowie den Status des Deutschen (als Fremdsprache) in der Bukowina. Kapitel zwei und drei sind der Entstehung und Entwicklung der Methodik des Fremdsprachenunterrichts in der Bukowina gewidmet. Dabei werden Lehrprogramme, Lehrbücher für Deutsch, Französisch und Englisch sowie Besonderheiten bei der Umsetzung der Unterrichtsmethoden analysiert und der Fremdsprachenunterricht in der Bukowina und in Wien verglichen.

It is the conviction of Sacramentum Caritatis as well as the fathers of the Second Vatican Council that active participation at Eucharistic celebration cannot be easily disassociated from active involvement in the Church's mission in the world. This present study in the light of the foregoing presuppositions, exposes some of such challenges confronting the Afro-Igbo Christian, with special focus on the menace of the osu caste system, and proposes ways towards its eradication. One of such ways remains strengthening the Eucharistic celebration through the process of the inculturation.

The Kurdish independence movement is in retreat. Contributing factors for this withdrawal are the new outbreak of the Kurdish war in Turkey, the structural weakening of the autonomous region'Rojava'in Syria, proclaimed by the DUP, and the setbacks in Iraqi Kurdistan, caused by political and economic blockades. The Kurdish autonomy projects will be reduced to a minimum. The independence referendum in Iraq and the Iraqi and Shiite militias'military response are indicative of the reluctance of the Middle-Eastern ruling forces to accept political and ethnical pluralism. External actors as the USA, the EU and the UN, support the return of the'strong'state in order to support regional stability. Kurdish elites and their political organisations are facing a crisis of their own. The Kurdistan Workers'Party propagates postmodern concepts of a post-nation state in a region requiring stable political structures more than ever before. In Iraqi Kurdistan ongoing internal fighting between the main actors sets back Nation and State building processes by decades. All these factors are part of a phase of transition aiming at a new regional order, whose outlines can't be anticipated yet.

Anhand ausgewählter Beispiele beleuchtet der Sammelband die Prozesshaftigkeit von Geschichte aus österreichischer Perspektive: Es geht um innen- und außenpolitische Entwicklungen seit 1918, vor allem aber auch um die Positionierung und Rolle der Republik Österreich in Europa und in der Welt. Expertinnen und Experten aus den Bereichen Geschichte, Rechtswissenschaften, Ökonomie, Demographie und Entwicklungspolitik spannen mit ihren Aufsätzen einen weiten Bogen: von den letzten Jahren der Habsburgermonarchie, den Krisen der Zwischenkriegszeit und dem Ende Österreichs durch den'Anschluss'1938 über die Rolle der neutralen Alpenrepublik im Kalten Krieg, ihren Weg in die EU und ihre Bedeutung im Kontext einer (gesamt)europäischen Außenpolitik bis hin zur jüngsten Schulden-, Euro- und Finanzkrise und schließlich zur Rolle Österreichs in der internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und in internationalen Organisationen.

Over the last decade traditional Indian temple towns have transformed into centres for urban lifestyles and tourist activities. One of these is the historic temple town Vrindavan in North India, on which this study focuses. Exploring the multiple socio-cultural realities present in the town, the author engages with the narratives of the residents as they respond to the socio-environmental changes against the backdrop of national and regional modernisation processes. Here the imaginaries of a mythic Vrindavan, with its pristine and sacred environment, are evoked in narrations on contemporary modernity.

This volume assembles Pulitzer Prize-decorated critical reviews from 22 journalists in various fields of the performing arts, containing, among others, the names of these artists: Opera Singers Luciano Pavarotti, Grace Bumbry, Leontyne Price and Placido Domingo; Film Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Jessica Lange, Katharina Hepburn and Tom Cruise; TV Hosts Dean Martin, Matt Lauer, Howard Cosell and David Letterman; Orchestra Conductors George Szell, John Barbirolli, Leonard Slatkin and Seiji Ozawa; Movie Directors Roman Polanski, Federico Fellini, Billy Wilder and Steven Spielberg.

Der Thematik der Sprache bzw. Sprachen in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur widmet sich der Band unter drei Gesichtspunkten: Sprachenerwerb als Möglichkeit, die Welt zu erfassen, die Beziehung zwischen Identitäten und Sprache(n), erfundene Sprachen und deren Übersetzungsproblematik. Die 13 Beiträge umfassen ein mehrsprachiges Textkorpus unterschiedlichster Gattungen. Ausgangsprinzip aller Studien ist die dezidierte Aufwertung der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur gegenüber der allgemeinen Literatur. Les articles réunis dans ce recueil étudient des œuvres destinées à la jeunesse dans lesquelles la (ou les) langue(s) constituent un enjeu, à l'instar de ce qui se passe dans la littérature « générale ». La question est envisagée sous trois angles : l'apprentissage des langues comme apprentissage du monde, le rapport entre langue(s) et identités, les langues inventées et leur traduction. Autant de pistes polyglottes qui sont explorées ici dans plusieurs genres et traditions : française et allemande, britannique et américaine, mais également belge et portugaise, polonaise, russe et tchèque, voire dans une perspective « weltlittéraire » (Knauth).

'Analecta Bruxellansia'is the yearbook of the Faculty of Protestant Theology and Religious Studies in Brussels. Different scholars from the French speaking faculty (FUTP) and from the Dutch speaking faculty (FPTR) gathered their scientific research and selected the articles you will find in this issue. The Faculty in Brussels houses three research groups that perform scientific work in the fields of Biblical Studies, Historical and Reformation Theology and Religious Studies. This edition therefore offers a platform for articles from these three areas of theology. The new section'Reviews'closes this'Analecta Bruxellensia Vol. 19.'

The authority-oriented pastoral/catechetical planning method, which characterizes the African mission transmission, has been problematic as it subtly neglects in its pedagogy the culture and daily life of the subject. Hence, the people operate a Christian/cultural double standard. This book proffers an alternative as the author makes the concept of the relationship hermeneutics model to a creative writing that aims towards an empirical application in the theology of inculturation, which is a subject-oriented and dialogical method that draws its strength from the incarnation prototype.

Der Begriff'Elementar'lässt viele Konnotationen zu: Elementarisierung, elementares Wissen und elementare Fähigkeiten sind nur einige Begrifflichkeiten, die in den Bildungswissenschaften, Fachdidaktiken und auch in den künstlerisch-pädagogischen Fachwissenschaften immer wieder zu Diskursen anregen. Im Spektrum an Auffassungen, die für das Elementare zentral scheinen, dürfte ein besonderes Potenzial liegen. Gleichsam gilt es, elementare Bildungsprozesse innerhalb einzelner Fachdisziplinen näher zu bestimmen, etwa um Verengungen auf das Einfache, Anfängliche oder die frühe Kindheit zu vermeiden. Die Publikation zeigt in elf Beiträgen unterschiedliche Vorstellungen und Ansätze des Elementaren. Damit sollen Impulse für die fachwissenschaftliche und praktische Arbeit im Kontext der Musik- und Kunstpädagogik gegeben und eine vitale ebenso wie eine kritische Diskussion zum Elementarbegriff angeregt werden.

John Fernandes walked on Unbeaten Paths and presents a theologically reflected autobiography on it. He studied in Mangaluru, Pune, Innsbruck and Trier. As Pastor and Professor of Theology in India he committed himself to justice and peace. Living on the Periphery, Crossing Borders, Building Bridges aptly summarises the author's life. This book includes a lived Liberation Theology, examples of ecumenical and interfaith cooperation and commitment to justice, peace and ecology. Thus it is a contribution to narrative mission theology. The Indian artist Jyoti Sahi has illustrated the book.

Im Kindergarten und in der Schule erfolgt die Grundlegung von Bildung. Daher tragen beide Institutionen Verantwortung für die Kontinuität von Erziehung und Bildung der Kinder. Die Beiträge dieses Studienbuches zeigen die Herausforderungen der Transition von elementaren Bildungseinrichtungen in die Schule aus unterschiedlichen pädagogischen und didaktischen Perspektiven auf. Unter anderem werden folgende Fragen und Themen diskutiert: Welche systemischen Voraussetzungen sind in Österreich für den Übergang von elementaren Bildungsinstitutionen in die Schule gegeben? Wie wird Transition und Schulfähigkeit aus entwicklungspsychologischer Perspektive betrachtet? Inwiefern kann Religion als heterogenitätssensibles Merkmal in der Schuleingangsphase angesehen werden? Welche Möglichkeiten und Chancen eröffnen sich für Inklusion im Anfangsunterricht? Wie können Lernentwicklungen und förderdiagnostische Maßnahmen in den Unterrichtsgegenständen Deutsch, Lesen, Schreiben und Mathematik dokumentiert werden? Vor welchen Herausforderungen steht der Sachunterricht in der Schuleingangsphase? Wie kann früher Fremdsprachenunterricht (Englisch) konzipiert werden? Welchen Stellenwert haben Motorik, Rhythmik, Bewegung und Sport in der Schuleingangsphase? Welche Schwerpunkte können im letzten Kindergartenjahr gesetzt werden? Wie kann selbstgesteuertes Lernen im Anfangsunterricht ermöglicht werden?

Pour accéder aux faits qui dévoilent notre constitution et nos motivations et qui nous indiquent ce qui initie nos actions, la théologie se doit d'en connaître les langages. Avec ses technologies nouvelles, la science est à même de modifier les environnements qui façonnent nos comportements. La théologie doit surmonter la tentation qui ossifie son discours, elle doit le traduire dans une communication intelligible et accueillante à l'écoute ‘séculière'. Cette étude vise à mener au clair les mouvements au carrefour des savoirs rencontrés en vue d'une réflexion théologique revigorée.

This volume brings together ten essays focusing on the diversity of operatic institutions, their protagonists, and historical fortunes in Europe from 1730 to 1917. Its aim is not to understand operatic institutions as locally distinct and isolated organizations, but rather to perceive them as a part of a historically fluctuating, transnational network: a network that was shaped among other things by individual professionals and groups in the opera business (and beyond), as well as by specific socio-cultural and political surroundings. The volume offers new perspectives on a wide range of topics, including networks of cultural exchange, singers as agents in shaping institutional structures, and the influence of socio-cultural, diplomatic, and political factors on operatic production across international borders.

Die frühe Kindheit gilt im Hinblick auf den späteren Lern- und Bildungserfolg als besonders wirkungsvoll. Die Themen'Sprachentwicklung'und'Frühe Sprachförderung'spielen dabei eine wesentliche Rolle. Denn je früher das Kind bei der Entwicklung seiner sprachlichen Kompetenzen unterstützt wird, desto eher steigen seine Bildungschancen. Dieses Buch liefert mit den Themen Sprachentwicklung sowie Erst- und Zweitspracherwerb Altersnormen - Schwierigkeit oder Chance? Soziales Umfeld: Vorbild und Input Sprache, Dialog und Interaktion als Basis für Bildungsprozesse sowie Anwendung sprachförderlicher Maßnahmen in elementarpädagogischen Einrichtungen einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Faktoren einer gelingenden Sprachentwicklung.

Sowohl das Thema - die sexuelle Nötigung und Verleumdung eines ausländischen Sklaven - als auch die mit erotischen und ironischen Doppeldeutigkeiten gespickte Sprache machen Gen 39 zu einem außergewöhnlichen Kapitel der Bibel. Die vorliegende Arbeit analysiert die Erzählung und zieht Vergleiche zu biblischen Texten (z.B. über die'fremde Frau') sowie zu außerbiblischer Literatur (z. B. zur griechischen Komödie). Dabei zeigt sich, dass die Episode weisheitliche und komödiantische Elemente verbindet und womöglich im hellenistischen Ägypten entstanden ist.

This volume assembles Vietnam War-related stories by twenty Pulitzer Prize laureates - reporters, cartoonists, photographers and book authors - about various phases and aspects of the fightings. There are articles about the origins of the conflict, shocking reports from the combat zones or disclosures of American war crimes; there are book portions re President Nixon's war conduct, anti-war demonstrations in Washington or the death of soldiers; there are cartoons expressing U.S. illusions about alleged war successes or the loss of thousands of casualties; and there are pictures showing Vietnamese civilians facing the war: family members fleeing across a river or children escaping from a war zone after napalm bombings.

How does EU apply conditionality towards potential candidate countries in the Europeanization process? Is EU applying also deliberation for defining and applying conditions towards local institutions? This study analyzes the Europeanization process of newly established country, Kosovo by focusing on the application of EU conditionality and deliberation as enlargement tools. Deliberation is used for the first time in combination to EU conditionality. The research base of this study is the High Representative Meeting between EU and Kosovo representatives in the Stabilization and Association Process Dialogue: Sectorial Meeting on Justice, Freedom and Security, which was held in Prishtina in 2016. This case study has been qualitatively analyzed with a discourse analysis of thirty dialogues. As novelty, this study introduces an index of three measurement levels of EU conditionality, whereas Discourse Quality Index (DQI) was applied for deliberation. In a combination of theory and practice, the study presents concrete results, which are interesting for academia, EU institutions and public politics in Kosovo.'Lushaku shows in her book that real politics is more complex with a mixture of conditionality and deliberation, where sometimes preferences are changed by the force of the better argument. Her book will help that the general public becomes more aware of this complexity and learns that politics can be much more interesting than simply a power game.'Jürg Steiner, Professor Emeritus at North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA and Universität Bern, Switzerland.

Van Rensselaer Potter (1911-2001), the biochemist-oncologist of University of Wisconsin-Madison, was long been related to the invention of the term'bioethics'. Even today, knowing that the German theologian Fritz Jahr (1895-1953) is to be credited for this invention, Potter's ideas do not lose on their importance, primarily for his opposition to a bioethics narrowed down onto biomedical issues. The book represents the first monograph on Potter's life and work worldwide, telling a fascinating story about a concerned top scientist and humanist.

Today, we can no longer hide under the pretence that the grace of God alone suffices to make one a good priest. A close study of the history of priestly formation has shown that not just the training of priests can ensure an authentic priest-product, rather a continuous effort to adapt the training to the current world situation so that priests would be in the position to discharge their duties effectively. Such readiness to adaptability should, of course, not lose sight of the meaning and function of the priest as revealed in the person of Jesus: a service to the world. In the bid to assess the models for the training of priests in South-eastern Nigeria, the author using a historical-critical method traced the history of the models and events that shaped the current modules for the training of priests in South-eastern Nigeria. At the end of the historical research, he proffered some suggestions for improvement, amendment and solidification of the training of priests in the area. As one of the younger African churches, the examination of the training of priests in South-eastern Nigeria will also serve as a paradigm or typology for understanding the dynamics and the process of training of priests in other African countries, since most of these local churches share relatively similar historical, cultural, economic and socio-political circumstances.

In Metaphysical Poetry, there is an emphasis on religious experience, which often touches on diverse kinds of turning. Among them are religious conversion (a turn to God), spatial movement (turning in space), divine transformation (turning from one kind into another), musical tuning (turning as a requisite for harmony) and circular turning. Moreover, there is a strong link between turning and its realisation through the language of the poems. Focussing on John Donne and George Herbert, this study explores various aspects of turning, as well as their interrelation.

Anna J. Cooper, Mary Church Terrell, and Eva B. Dykes shaped the educational landscape in Washington, D.C., in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These three pioneer educators serve as examples to describe the societal circles they were involved in. The many facets of their educational achievements are analyzed in the context of the educational elite of Washington. Cooper, Terrell, and Dykes not only had to live with race discrimination but also with gender discrimination. Unpublished archive material is used to illustrate how they interacted and how they treated each other.

In Spanish Literature, Crisis and Spectrality: Notes on a Haunted Canon, Prof. Dr. Pablo Valdivia analyses the contradictions and complexities of the Spanish traditional canon from a transnational approach. Valdivia explores this particular canon as a ‘haunted house'by focusing on the specific dialectics of presence, absence and (in)visibilization offered in relevant case studies: José Ricardo Morales, Cervantes or Jesús Carrasco, among others. Under the new term of ‘disinherited literature', Valdivia advocates for coining critical categories that enrich the study of Spanish texts and shed new light on their radical specificities far from biased political and power strategic interests.

This book puts forward an ethical case against promoting neuroenhancement in modern society. It does so by invoking a normative platform that can be couched in three S'es: synapses, self, and society —themselves symbolizing the three main sources of influence in neuroethics. From this platform, it seeks to protect the individual's right to choose the good over what is purportedly better, thereby contributing a philosophical perspective not only to the neuroenhancement debate, but to the other debates in neuroethics as well.

Living in global villages where different world-views and cultures daily traverse each other, and the hegemonic power of the West is being challenged by other powerful role-players, numerous political and ethical challenges emerge. This traversing of narratives is interpreted and developed into a trans-fictional praxis, as a praxis that takes this global experience seriously. The book also acknowledges the role of Christianity in the construction of global villages and therefore seeks a Christ-poiēsis as a way for non-colonial spaces to emerge from the shadows of these villages.

Gegenwärtig sind die Gottesfrage und ihre zuweilen zerstörerischen Folgen so konflikthaft geworden, dass bisweilen die Abschaffung Gottes zugunsten eines friedlicheren Zusammenlebens gefordert wird. So ist die'Rede von Gott'ein Themenfeld, das die Internationale Gesellschaft für interkulturelle Theologie und Studium der Religionen (ISRIT) diskutiert und dabei Expertinnen und Experten aus diversen Fachgebieten (Theologie, Psychologie, Physik etc.) mit historischen wie aktuellen Implikationen der Gottesproblematik aus interdisziplinären und interkulturellen Perspektiven zu Wort kommen lässt. In our present time, talking about God with reference to its at times destructive consequences has become so much conflictive that sometimes even the abolition of God to the advantage of a more peaceful mutual co-existence is demanded.

This longitudinal study has followed nineteen Swedish service members as they have transitioned from military to civilian life and grappled with their own questions of losing profound military identities, communities, meanings, and purposes in life, in addition to exploring alternate cultural identities. The findings present existential, implicit religious and spiritual ways of reconsidering the uniform through new and/or preexisting identities.

As climate change is becoming more severe, drought is threatening to disrupt agrarian societies. This book investigates the connections between drought and social conflict over land and water. It is a comparative study of eight dryland regions in Sub-saharan Africa, South and East Asia and South America. Sören Köpke looks at different agricultural production systems and analyses environmental conflicts linked to drought. Through the political ecology approach, the author highlights the power imbalances underpinning these conflicts. A central finding: Development strategies decide if a conflict escalates or not. The book contributes to the on-going debate on the link between climate change and conflict.

This volume widens the scope of Legal Linguistics from the traditional focus on performative texts like statutes to the popularization of legal knowledge for different purposes. The chapters, written in English, German or French, discuss the theoretical basis and methods and investigate popularization efforts by national institutions, law firms and community websites. The objects of study cover a variety of modes and media from different national contexts reaching from print folders over online written texts to YouTube videos and movies.

This book presents a case study on the city of Yangzhou in China from 1853 to 1928. During this time, the local society of Yangzhou experienced profound changes towards modernization, when the nation-state of China gradually took shape at the local level.'Yangzhou under the Qing'was transformed into'Yangzhou under modern China'. The diverse interactions between the Protestant missions and the multiple actors in the local society kept generating new local context and giving special input to the shaping of modernity in the local society. This study analyses the changing situations of the local society as well as the role of Protestant Church as part of the local social fabric, and tries to achieve a better understanding of how modern China developed out of armed conflicts, power-play, and cooperations among different actors in the local society.

Un temps galvaudée, oubliée, la fraternité est aujourd'hui redécouverte au contact d'immenses défis éthiques comme la migration, le terrorisme, l'économie libérale, l'environnement, la médecine … Mais d'où vient-elle? Le christianisme a joué un rôle déterminant dans sa compréhension et l'ouvrage revisite nombre d'écrits bibliques, théologiques, tout en convoquant largement les sciences humaines. La Révolution française l'a bien compris, qui a tenté de se démarquer de cet héritage religieux. Écrit à la lumière d'un colloque international (AETC), l'ouvrage comprend des textes en français, en anglais et en allemand.

Guided by postcolonial theory and the ideas of some Western and African philosophers this study's in-depth analysis of the novels of three Anglophone Cameroonian authors addresses the question of how principles of nation formation and nationalism are influenced by both colonialism and pre-colonial in situ constituents. The analysis focuses on how nations represented in the imaginary worlds constructed by the novelists are dominated by aspects such as ethnicity, corruption, authoritarianism, nepotism, solidarity and communitarianism which marginalize the masses, leaving them in misery and abject poverty. Tracing the historical settings of the novels from 1948 till present day, the study delineates the writers'representation of the Anglophones of Cameroon as being marginalized as well as suffering from self-marginalization and also demonstrates how postcolonial misery in Africa is not caused solely by colonialism but by several other aspects. This study reads the works of these Anglophone novelists not only as representing aspects in a nation but as tools of renegotiating a better society and a way forward for this nation.

Aujourd'hui, on rêve encore de fonder une famille avec l'élu(e) de son cœur, pour toujours … Mais seulement si « la joie de l'amour » perdure. Le couple « électif » se fait, dès lors, espace pour être soi, trouver une forme de vérité et un sens pour sa vie, une authentique quête spirituelle rencontrant des difficultés indéniables. Penser une spiritualité du couple contemporain, la spiritualité coélective, qui soit audible à tous et spécifiable chrétiennement, aide à relever ce défi. Issu d'une thèse de théologie, fruit d'une longue expérience, l'ouvrage espère contribuer au « développement durable de l'amour », une mission qui a saveur d'Évangile pour l'Èglise du Pape François.

Medicine, Faith and Politics in Agogo examines the development of health care delivery at a former mission hospital in Ghana. It reveals confi gurations of interests, values and ideologies that shaped the development and implementation of health care practices, strategies and concepts. By providing an in-depth analysis, the book contributes a particular perspective on the history of health care delivery in rural Africa and beyond. It addresses topics that are still heavily under-researched. These include the `decolonisation'of health care as well as the development and implementation of medical concepts for `developing countries'such as primary health care.

Space Oddities: Difference and Identity in the American City approaches a space (and place) central to the American imagination—the city. In particular, this volume discusses the paradoxes of American cities and American urban life. In this way, Space Oddities critically engages with the paradoxes of the American identity, embodied by cultural practices in, and cultural representations of, urban life in the United States.