Nature and Modernity: J. C. Atkinson and Rural Ministry in England c. 1850–1900

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 366-395
Author(s):  
William Sheils
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Rural Ministry ◽  
Religion And Ecology ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
The Social ◽  
Clean Air ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Rapid Transformation

The impact of industrialization and urbanization in the second half of the nineteenth century, and the Churches’ responses to it, in terms of meeting pastoral needs and devotional impulses, has produced an extensive literature since Owen Chadwick’s magisterial study of forty years ago. Much of that has focussed on the social mission of the Church, but the publication of Darwin’s Origin of Species and the rapid transformation of parts of the physical landscape following industrialization and urbanization in the later nineteenth century also raised issues about humanity’s relationship to the natural world and in particular, for the purposes of this paper, the English countryside. Questions about that relationship have become even more pressing as industrialization has made a global impact and our use — and abuse — of the world’s natural resources threaten to deplete those life-giving assets upon which our future depends: clean air and clean water. Historians have much to contribute to the debate and the publication of The Oxford Handbook to Religion and Ecology in 2006 indicates the contemporary importance of the theme to theologians also.

Liszt at the Piano: The Impact of Iconography on mid-Nineteenth Century Musicology

2014 ◽  
Vol 55 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 131-144
Author(s):  
Suzanne Marie Francis
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Music History ◽  
Collective Identities ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Maximum Benefit ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Iconic Status ◽  
The Impact

By the time of his death in 1827, the image of Beethoven as we recognise him today was firmly fixed in the minds of his contemporaries, and the career of Liszt was beginning to flower into that of the virtuosic performer he would be recognised as by the end of the 1830s. By analysing the seminal artwork Liszt at the Piano of 1840 by Josef Danhauser, we can see how a seemingly unremarkable head-and-shoulders bust of Beethoven in fact holds the key to unlocking the layers of commentary on both Liszt and Beethoven beneath the surface of the image. Taking the analysis by Alessandra Comini as a starting point, this paper will look deeper into the subtle connections discernible between the protagonists of the picture. These reveal how the collective identities of the artist and his painted assembly contribute directly to Beethoven’s already iconic status within music history around 1840 and reflect the reception of Liszt at this time. Set against the background of Romanticism predominant in the social and cultural contexts of the mid 1800s, it becomes apparent that it is no longer enough to look at a picture of a composer or performer in isolation to understand its impact on the construction of an overall identity. Each image must be viewed in relation to those that preceded and came after it to gain the maximum benefit from what it can tell us.

Thomas Moore and Victorian Ireland

1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-62
Author(s):  
Deborah McWilliams Consalvo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Religious Ideology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Landscape ◽  
Religious Ideals ◽  
The Impact

This essay examines the political environment in Ireland during the nineteenth century and evaluates the impact of national patriotism upon the social landscape. In analyzing the changing topography of Victorian Ireland, religious ideology played a significant role in carving out the model of Irish culture at the close of the century. Thomas Moore's poetry reflects the cultural significance of both political and religious ideals by his use of imagery and language to unite these two social forces and represent them as thematic cooperatives essential to the identity and survival of Irish nationhood.

Myth, metaphor and hypothesis: how anthropomorphism defeats science

1995 ◽  
Vol 349 (1328) ◽  
pp. 215-218 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Evolutionary Theory ◽  
Natural World ◽  
The State ◽  
Selfish Gene ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
Biological Phenomena ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scientific Rationalism

Dawkin’s theory of the selfish gene has achieved an hegemony quite out of proportion to its intellectual finesse. Its popularity among not just sociobiologists, but biologists proper, provides yet another illustration of the susceptibility of scientific rationalism to the social and political ideologies of the day, to which scientists, being only too human, are heir. A singular achievement of nineteenth century biology, through such writers as Darwin and Huxley, was the construction of an objectifying language for the description of biological phenomena. Transposed into evolutionary theory, this language carefully deanthropomorphizes the processes of mutation, competition and survival, which were defined as central to the state of being of the natural world. Implications of motivation and intention were excluded from the meaning of these terms, as improper for the species and operations involved.

scholarly journals The Convergence of The Systems of Education at Scottish and Ukrainian Universities in the Context of Ethic Leadership

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.3) ◽  
pp. 550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denys Zagirniak ◽  
Inna Khovrak ◽  
Viktoriia Perevozniuk
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Synergetic Effect ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

The globalization of educational space shows that university education should meet the needs of society based on the ethical principles of interaction between participants of educational process and use innovative teaching methods. Therefore the purpose of the study is to substantiate the importance of convergence of systems of education at Scottish and Ukrainian universities in order to provide ethical leadership in the field of education. A systematic approach to the realization of the purpose of the study allowed solving the main tasks: systematization of the strengths of Scottish education, justification of the impact of university social responsibility on providing ethical leadership in education, comparing the main indicators of the process of providing educational services in Scotland and Ukraine.As a result, it is established that the synergetic effect from the application of the concept of ethical leadership is achieved as a result of the interaction of all participants in the educational process, namely: the state (awareness and realization of the social mission to develop the potential of youth); universities (development of educational programs taking into account the needs of modern society and the use of teaching methods capable of forming the necessary competences for future specialists); students (interest in obtaining quality education).  

‘The Habitual Nobility of Being’: British Officers and the Social Construction of the Bengal Army in the Early Nineteenth Century

1991 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas M. Peers
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Complex Matrix ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
The Social ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Indian Mutiny ◽  
The Impact

The ethnocentric and racialist overtones of the Victorian empire have long been acknowledged. Most work in this field has generally centred on the mid to late nineteenth century and, by emphasizing the intellectual and cultural currents in domestic society, has focused our attention on the metropole. This reveals only part of the equation; British attitudes towards the outside world arose from a complex matrix of ideas, assumptions and contacts that linked the metropole and colonial environments. In order to understand more fully British responses to non-European societies, and the impact these had on imperial developments, this paper will examine the Bengal army in the 1820s and demonstrate that it was during this period, and under this institution, that many of the assumptions were established under which the later Raj would operate. Of great importance were experiences in the Burma War (1824–26) and the simultaneous mutiny at Barrackpore which, by bringing to the surface doubts about the loyalty and reliability of the Bengal army, hastened a transition from an army modelled on caste lines to one that rested principally on race. This transformation from a caste-based army to an army of martial races was not fully completed, although the foundations were laid, in the years before the Indian Mutiny of 1857, largely because even those who rejected Bengal's dependence upon the highest castes could not bring themselves to argue for the recruitment of the lowest castes no matter what ‘race’ they were drawn from.

The Travails of Domestic Visiting: Manchester, 1830–70

1998 ◽  
Vol 71 (175) ◽  
pp. 196-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Geography ◽  
Community Or ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Discipline ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Abstract This article seeks to re-examine mid nineteenth century ‘home missionary’ activity or domestic visiting. It focuses on Manchester, a typical urban case in that it could boast an almost bewildering array of associations which sponsored such visiting, whose supporters were ever willing to laud the impact of their activities. It argues, however, that closer examination suggests that the feverish activity and public vindications masked deep flaws. The social geography of the city prevented them from either covering the whole community or from visiting comprehensively within those areas which were occupied. The visits were asked to bear an ideological load which far outstripped their capacity. While missionaries could help sustain a vibrant and significant minority religious sub-culture in the ‘slums’, they were scarcely the agents of social discipline suggested by recent commentators.

scholarly journals Corporate governance practices and outcomes in social enterprises in the UK

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Mswaka ◽  
Olu Aluko
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Governance Models ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Enterprise Governance ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the growth of social enterprise in the UK in the context of the renewed interest in the creative use of organisations with a social mission to complement public service delivery. Given the impact of globalisation and increased demands for effective social welfare interventions, this paper specifically focuses on the nature and type of social enterprise governance models and how they influence their outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – The study utilises a mixed method approach involving the complementary use of quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. Findings – The paper finds that the way in which the social enterprise governance structure is designed ultimately influences its outcomes. In particular, those with stewardship governance models tend to perform better than those with democratic models of governance. This leads to a conclusion that in the social context of the UK, social enterprise should aim for a paradigm shift in the design and selection of governance models. Research limitations/implications – Comparative regional experiences in other regions or social contexts could enrich our understanding of whether these results are applicable across the board. Practical implications – This paper is of potential benefit to researchers and particularly those designing policies for the governance of social enterprise. Originality/value – The study employs innovative analytical theoretical lenses not normally associated with the social economy, namely agency, stewardship and resource dependency theories to provide a more in-depth analysis of the governance of contemporary social enterprise.

scholarly journals Predicting The Impact of Commercialization Factors on The Social Mission of Islamic Microfinance Institutions for Muslim Community

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Hesi Eka Puteri
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
The Social ◽  
Community Banking ◽  
The Impact

<p class="abstrak">As a community banking operating in Islamic principles, Islamic rural banks are faced with two performance targets namely financial performance and social performance which are both interrelated. This study examined the impact of commercialization factors covering profitability, regulation, and competition on the social performance of Islamic rural banks. This study was quantitative research based on a survey on six units of Islamic rural banks in West Sumatera province of Indonesia from 2012 to 2018. Data collected from the publication of financial services authority and other financial documents at Islamic rural banks then analyzed with panel data regression. The findings of this research showed that profitability and competition influenced social performance. Meanwhile, there was no regulation’s impact on social performance.  Regulatory factors that were initially expected to strengthen the social responsibility mission of Islamic rural banks, did not stimulate the increase of social performance. This study reveals the importance of the commercialization factor in improving the social performance of Islamic rural banks by increasing the social benefits through providing financial services for the low-income Muslim community.</p><p class="abstrak" align="left"> <em>Sebagai sebuah community banking yang beroperasi dalam prinsip-prinsip Islam, BPR Syariah dihadapkan pada dua target kinerja yaitu kinerja keuangan dan kinerja sosial yang keduanya saling terkait. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji dampak dari faktor-faktor komersialisasi yang meliputi profitabilitas, regulasi dan kompetisi terhadap kinerja sosial BPR Syariah. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif berdasarkan survei pada enam unit BPR Syariah di provinsi Sumatera Barat Indonesia dari tahun 2012 hingga 2018. Data dikumpulkan dari publikasi Otoritas Jasa Keuangan dan dokumen keuangan lainnya di BPR Syariah kemudian dianalisis dengan regresi data panel. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa profitabilitas dan persaingan berpengaruh terhadap kinerja sosial, sedangkan regulasi tidak berpengaruh terhadap kinerja sosial. Faktor regulasi yang semula diharapkan memperkuat misi tanggung jawab sosial BPR syariah, ternyata tidak merangsang peningkatan kinerja sosial. Studi ini mengungkap akan pentingnya faktor komersialisasi dalam meningkatkan kinerja sosial BPR syariah dengan meningkatkan manfaat sosial melalui pemberian layanan keuangan untuk masyarakat muslim berpenghasilan rendah.</em></p><p class="abstrak"> </p>

BROAD-CHURCH HOMILETICS, KINGSLEY'SHYPATIA, AND THE CULTIVATED READER IN THE PEW

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 491-509
Author(s):  
Daniel Cook
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Charles Kingsley ◽  
Freedom Of Conscience ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scientific Mind ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The Church ◽  
Vast Range ◽  
Looking Back

The first issue and numberof theNineteenth Century, 1877, included a searching article by J. Baldwin Brown entitled “Is the Pulpit Losing Its Power?” Looking back over the decades, Brown marked a generational decline in England's preaching, which he argued had now been eclipsed by a print market distributing “freest discussion of the most sacred truths.” Brown lamented that fewer talented men now joined the Anglican ministry, while the Church had increasingly withdrawn from the social mission which had animated mid-century preachers like Charles Kingsley (107–09). More troublingly, Brown speculated that modern Britons had become constitutionally averse to the homiletic situation. The preacher, he writes, often “seems as if he came down on the vast range of subjects which he is tempted to handle as from a superior height; and this is what the scientific mind can never endure. . . . [T]here has always been a sort of omniscient tone in the pulpit method of handling intellectual questions which stirs fierce rebellion in cultivated minds and hearts” (109–10). Brown pulls up short of blaming theology per se; for him its language of “above” and “beyond” has continuing relevance (110). Still, he broaches the possibility that by its very nature preaching risks antagonizing what current scholarship would term the “liberal subject”: one which prizes freedom of conscience, empirical exploration, and debate.

scholarly journals A literatura como via de reconstrução nacional: o contexto curitibano no período posterior à Revolução Federalista (1890-1900) * Literature as a means of national reconstruction: Curitiba’s context during the period after the federalist revolution...

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
CAROLINE BARON MARACH
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Brazilian State ◽  
The Federalist ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Reconstruction ◽  
The Impact

<p><strong>Resumo: </strong>O artigo objetiva tratar do impacto da Revolução Federalista sobre os discursos dos literatos paranaenses do contexto do final do século XIX. Também busca discutir o papel do literato naquela sociedade, explorando as fontes que tratam desse assunto. O corpo documental deste trabalho compreende duas revistas importantes do período para o meio literato local, o <em>Clube Curitibano (1890-1912)</em> e <em>O Cenáculo (1895-1897)</em>. Além desses periódicos, a análise também abrange obras biográficas sobre os escritores e colaboradores mais assíduos dos dois periódicos. Tais agentes são entendidos aqui como “atores linguísticos”, expressão utilizada por John Pocock para designar os que operam como articuladores da linguagem de uma época, visando à defesa de interesses e à expressão de determinadas ideias e valores. Foram, portanto, mediadores da cultura de sua época, pois assumiram, de maneira engajada, posicionamentos referentes à vida em sociedade, nela desempenhando, a um só tempo, os papéis de atores, testemunhas e consciências do contexto por eles vivenciado.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave:</strong> Revolução – Literatura – Intelectuais.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstract: </strong>This article intends to examine the impact of Federalistic War on the writer’s ideas in the context of the Nineteenth Century in the Brazilian state of Parana. It also intends to discuss the social role of the <em>literati</em> in that society, exploring the magazines as historic sources. The documental corpus of this work covers the <em>Club Curitibano</em> <em>Magazine</em> (Revista do Clube Curitibano) (1890-1912) and <em>The Cenacle</em> (1895-1897). Besides theses sources, the analysis covers biographical works about the main contributors of the magazines already mentioned. We understand that these writers are "linguistic actors", a term used by John Pocock to designate the ones who operate as language articulators of an epoch, aimed at defending interests and the expression of certain ideas and values. Therefore, they were the culture mediators of their time, since they assumed, in an engaged way, positions concerning life in society, performing on it, at the same time, the roles of actors, witnesses and consciences of the context experienced by them.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Revolution – Literature – Intelectuals.<strong></strong></p>

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