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Theology has a reputation for being a highly abstract, overly intellectual, and largely irrelevant disciple that distracts Christians from the actual living out of their faith, perhaps epitomised in Karl Barth's 8000-page magnum opus, the Church Dogmatics. However, Barth himself envisioned his theology as something that served the church, in particular, the task of preaching. This article explores Barth's vision of how theology serves proclamation before considering how Barth himself called on the assistance of his own doctrine of sanctification to preach an Easter sermon in Basel Prison. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD DECADE OF THE 19TH CENTURY, THE SUBLIME PORTE DECIDED, MORE BECAUSE OF DISTRUST TOWARD GREEK ADMINISTRATORS OF THE PRINCIPALITIES THAN BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS AND MEMORANDA OF THE NOBLES OF MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA, TO ABANDON THE PHANARIOT RULERS AND REINTRODUCE THE LANDED DOMINIONS. THE WEAKENING OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE'S POLITICAL INFLUENCE ON THE TWO ROMANIAN PRINCIPALITIES WAS TO HAVE A DECISIVE INFLUENCE ON THE PATH THAT MOLDOVA AND WALLACHIA WOULD FOLLOW, AT FIRST SEPARATELY, AND FROM 1859 TOGETHER, IN THE ALMOST ONE HUNDRED YEARS THAT SEPARATED THIS MOMENT FROM THE OUTBREAK OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD DECADE OF THE 19TH CENTURY, THE SUBLIME PORTE DECIDED, MORE BECAUSE OF DISTRUST TOWARD GREEK ADMINISTRATORS OF THE PRINCIPALITIES THAN BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS AND MEMORANDA OF THE NOBLES OF MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA, TO ABANDON THE PHANARIOT RULERS AND REINTRODUCE THE LANDED DOMINIONS. THE WEAKENING OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE'S POLITICAL INFLUENCE ON THE TWO ROMANIAN PRINCIPALITIES WAS TO HAVE A DECISIVE INFLUENCE ON THE PATH THAT MOLDOVA AND WALLACHIA WOULD FOLLOW, AT FIRST SEPARATELY, AND FROM 1859 TOGETHER, IN THE ALMOST ONE HUNDRED YEARS THAT SEPARATED THIS MOMENT FROM THE OUTBREAK OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The historical trends and legal frameworks of CSOs are not identical across countries. Hence, this study gave attention on investigating the historical trends and legal frameworks of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Ethiopia. The result uncovered that the movements of both domestic and foreign CSOs have a recent history which firstly began during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie-I in 1930s. Beginning from that period, the number of CSOs is increasing from time to time. The development of CSOs as well as their legal framework to govern them lacks consistent features. This was especially true both in Derg and EPRDF regime. At the regime of Derg, until the 1973/74 famine, the numbers of CSOs were not grown as expected since the military-socialist regime of Ethiopia was against with the establishment of independent CSOs. By overthrowing the Derg regime when the incumbent government coms to power, it recognized and valued the role CSOs had to play and gradually. by assuming that the imperial legislation (Regulation No. 321/1966) had failed to support the substantial roles of CSOs, the government formulated Proclamation No.621/2009. Recently, the EPRDF amend the Proclamation No.621/2009 with Proclamation No.1113/2019 for the main reason that the former one is more of restrictive and discouraging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Highlights • Environmental NGOs have good contribution in natural resource management. • NGOs role in the land policy cycle is limited by legal and administrative barriers. • There is poor cooperation and networking among NGOs and between NGOs and the state. • NGOs with multiple donors and unrestricted type of fund rely on their own objective. • Most NGOs avoid involvement in policy advocacy in fear of collusions with the state. Abstract By law, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Ethiopia are severely restricted in their activities towards policy development. In this study we explore to what extent these restrictions have affected NGOs in Natural Resource Management in the Oromia regional state of Ethiopia. We quantitatively analyzed 106 semi-structured questionnaires, in order to assess 1) the general characteristics of these NGO, 2) the role of NGOs in natural resource management, 3) the factors that constrain their activities, especially in relation to the proclamation, and 4) the cooperation between NGOs as well as other stakeholders. Results indicate that NGOs are mainly involved in policy implementation, including afforestation, forest management, and soil and water conservation. We find that a more active role in agenda setting and policy formulation is hampered by the 2009 proclamation, which explicitly restricts the role of Ethiopian Residence Charities/Societies (ERCS) and Foreign Charities (FC). Consistently, NGOs, as well as their donors, often avoid involvement in policy development, in fear of potential collusion with the government. In addition, NGOs listed legal and administrative barriers, poor networking and cooperation among NGOs, lack of capacity, lack of information, and a lack of clear role on policy issues as constraints for influencing policies for natural resource management. The extent to which these factors affect NGOs is dependent on their type and the source of their funding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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