Conclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 248-254
Author(s):  
Manoela Carpenedo
Keyword(s):  
Orthodox Judaism ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Christian Zionism ◽  
Messianic Judaism ◽  
Contemporary Christian ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Evangelical Women ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Social Markers

The conclusion summarizes the main arguments of the book. It explores themes such as the rationale of the Judaizing Evangelical revival and how it relates with wider discussions of religious change. It debates how social markers gender and ethnicity are intertwined in the case of the Judaizing Evangelicals in Brazil. At the micro level, it reveals how former Charismatic Evangelical women gradually adopt a set of religious norms in their daily lives through a curious negotiation of their Charismatic Evangelical pasts and the strict rules of Orthodox Judaism. At the macro level, describes the birth of a new tendency within Christianity that differs from similar Christian philo-Semitic movements such as Messianic Judaism and Christian Zionism. It concludes by stating how the rise of Judaizing Evangelicalism pushes forward key issues related to contemporary Christian philo-Semitism and World Christianities. Rather than an emic concept, it suggests that Judaizing Evangelicalism should be understood as an analytical concept that describes an unique interaction between Jewish and Christian monotheisms.

Gender and Moral Transformation

2021 ◽  
pp. 191-247
Author(s):  
Manoela Carpenedo
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identity ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Women's Agency ◽  
Moral Transformation ◽  
Evangelical Women ◽  
Women’S Agency ◽  
Transformation Processes

This chapter focuses on the gender dimension of the Judaizing Evangelical change in the lives of female converts. By focusing on women’s moral transformation processes through their adherence to Judaizing Evangelical ethos—modesty rules, menstrual taboos, ritual roles, and more—it describes how women’s agency is articulated in their transformation. In a context where religious rules are not inherited or socially enforced, the chapter explores the ways in which Judaizing Evangelical women are willing to be the bearers and creators of this new religious identity. The chapter also discusses the cultural assemblages and the “moral torment” involved in the dramatic religious change project of Judaizing Evangelical women.

scholarly journals The Mediatized Conditions of Contemporary Religion: Critical Status and Future Directions

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Lövheim ◽  
Stig Hjarvard
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Process ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Institutional Approach ◽  
The North ◽  
Contemporary Religion ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
North Western

During the last decade the framework of mediatization theory has been introduced in the field of media, religion and culture as a parallel perspective to the “mediation of religion” approach, allowing new questions to be posed that align with religious change within Europe. This article provides a critical review of existing research applying mediatization of religion theory, focusing on key issues raised by its critics as well as how the theory have moved the research field forward. These issues concern the concept of religion, institution and social change, religious authority, and the application of mediatization theory outside the North-Western European context where it originated. The article argues that an institutional approach to mediatization is a relevant tool for analyzing change as a dynamic process in which the logics of particular forms of media influence practices, values and relations within particular manifestations of religion across various levels of analysis.

The contours and issues of contemporary apologetics

2014 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-237
Author(s):  
Michael Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
Religious Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Faith And Reason ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Contemporary Christian ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Trinity

In this article, I examine five important components of the apologetic enterprise. Specifically, based on two biblical examples, I note that apologetics occurs within particular and broad cultural contexts, addresses perennial religious and philosophical concerns, involves defending diverse Christian traditions, and sometimes necessitates clarification or even development of theological insights. I also discuss several key issues facing contemporary apologists, issues arising from our own modern and now postmodern historical context. Among those issues are concerns over how religious knowledge may be accrued, how faith and reason relate, whether God’s existence or nature can be established by reason, whether it is reasonable to believe miracles have happened or are even possible, whether the Bible is trustworthy, how science and Christianity relate, whether core doctrines of Christianity—like the Incarnation or the Trinity—are coherent, why God allows evil, and how Christianity and other religions interrelate. By describing these various features of apologetics, I hope to aid the reader in seeing the complex and intricate nature of the contemporary Christian apologetic task.

scholarly journals A pandemia intramuros: (in)comunicabilidade de mulheres encarceradas em João Pessoa-PB

2020 ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
JOSILENE RIBEIRO DE OLIVEIRA ◽  
ROSILENE OLIVEIRA ROCHA ◽  
ANNE KELLY MACÊDO DE ABREU
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Television News ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
National Council ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Prison Policy ◽  
Social Markers ◽  
The Government

RESUMOEste artigo versa sobre os impactos da Pandemia de COVID-19 para as mulheres encarceradas na Penitenciária Feminina Maria Júlia Maranhão, localizada em João Pessoa/PB. Trata-se de um estudo de natureza qualitativa, metodologicamente embasado em entrevistas semiestruturadas e conversas informais, realizadas por telefone, junto a representantes e funcionários da unidade prisional; Revisão bibliográfica na literatura específica; Pesquisa documental junto a publicações oficiais do Governo do Estado da Paraíba, do Conselho Nacional de Justiça e Departamento Penitenciário Nacional e levantamento de informação em sites de notícias e noticiários televisivos. A abordagem em tela chama atenção para os gargalos históricos observados na interseccionalidade entre as relações de gênero, as dimensões de “raça/cor” e de classe, além de outros marcadores sociais, no contexto do Sistema Prisional Brasileiro. Os resultados permitem compreender a evolução dos casos de COVID-19 nas penitenciárias paraibanas, os impactos da Pandemia e as mudanças provocadas sobre o cotidiano de mulheres encarceradas. Palavras-Chaves: Mulheres. Prisões. Pandemia. Comunicação. Direitos Humanos. Política Prisional. The pandemic in prison: (in) communicability of women jailed, in João Pessoa / PBABSTRACTThis paper analyses the impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic for women incarcerated at the Maria Júlia Maranhão Penitentiary, located in João Pessoa/PB/Brazil. It is a qualitative study, methodologically based on semi-structured interviews and informal conversations, conducted by telephone, with representatives and employees of that prison unit; Literature review; Documentary research with official publications of the Government of the State of Paraíba, the National Council of Justice and the National Penitentiary Department and gathering information in the news sites and television news. Our study also aims to show the historical challenges about the intersectionality between gender relations, the dimensions of “race/color”, social classes and other social markers, in the reality of the Brazilian Prison System. The results of this study show the evolution of covid-19 cases in the Paraíba penitentiaries, the impacts of the Pandemic and the changes brought about in the daily lives of women in prison.Keywords: Women. Prision. Pandemic. Comunication. Human rights. Prison Policy. 

scholarly journals The Municipal Council in the Polish Local Government Structure: Selected Aspects

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 128-143
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Kmak
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Government Structure ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Municipal Council ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
European Standards

The article presents selected aspects being a consequence of the evolution of local government in Poland. The main attention is focused on the presentation of the structure and competences of the municipal council, in the context of systemic changes of local government. The article is of a review nature character and its aim is to diagnose organisational solutions concerning the municipal council in Poland. The main premise of the article implies that the process of evaluation of the structure and functioning of the municipal council is conditioned by involvement of the local residents who experience its influence on their daily lives, including meeting their needs. Decentralisation and participation of local community members in local government structures such as the municipal council or other bodies are key issues in civil society development. The process of local government evolution has not been completed and localgovernment organisation and functionality does not deviate from European standards.

The Rise of Philo-Semitic Attitudes and Zionist Discourses in Christianity

2021 ◽  
pp. 15-44
Author(s):  
Manoela Carpenedo
Keyword(s):  
Background Information ◽  
Christian Zionism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Messianic Judaism ◽  
World Christianity

This chapter explores the rise of philo-Semitic attitudes and Zionist discourses in World Christianity. By comparing the similarities and the differences between different Christian Philo-Semitic attitudes, it provides a categorization of Messianic Judaism, Christian Zionism, and Judaizing Evangelicalism. An overview of the Brazilian religious field is also offered, where particular focus is given to the growth of Charismatic Evangelicalism in the country. The chapter also investigates background information including the social structuration and the origins of “Judaizing Evangelical revival” within the community under study. The chapter concludes by situating the Judaizing Evangelical community within the emerging philo-Semitic attitudes and Zionist tendencies in World Christianities.

Becoming Jewish, Believing in Jesus

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoela Carpenedo
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Orthodox Judaism ◽  
Religious Movement ◽  
Strict Adherence ◽  
Christian Zionism ◽  
Conversion Narratives ◽  
Jewish Heritage ◽  
Kosher Food

This book investigates a growing religious movement fusing beliefs and rituals deriving from Charismatic Evangelicalism and Judaism. Unlike analogous phenomena found in the West, such as Messianic Judaism (where Jewish-born people identify as believers in Jesus) or Christian Zionism (Evangelicals who emphasize the role of the Jews living in Israel by embracing Zionist activism), it addresses a different dimension of this trend emerging from the Global South. Based on an ethnography conducted during 2013–2015 within a religious community in Brazil, this book explains why former Charismatic Evangelicals (with no Jewish background) are adopting Jewish tenets and lifestyles. Focusing particularly on women’s conversion narratives, it investigates the reasons why Brazilian Charismatic Evangelicals are embracing rules derived from Orthodox Judaism, such as strict dress codes, eating kosher food, and observing menstrual taboos, while believing in Jesus as the Messiah. The analysis indicates that Judaizing Evangelical communities should be understood as a revival seeking to restore Christianity. The incorporation of Jewish elements aims to rebuild the authenticity of Christianity while distinguishing them from Charismatic Evangelicalism and its perceived scriptural inaccuracy, moral permissiveness, and materialism. This revival also involves recovering a collective past. References to a hidden Jewish heritage and a “return” to Judaism are mobilized for justifying strict adherence to Jewish practices. Drawing upon a sociocultural analysis, this study examines the historical, theological, religious, and subjective reasons behind this emerging Judaizing trend in Charismatic Evangelicalism. This book also engages with the literature of religious conversion, cultural change, and debates examining religious hybridization processes.

scholarly journals Whence Orthodox Jewish Feminism? Cognitive Dissonance and Religious Change in the United States

Religions ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 332
Author(s):  
Michelle Shain
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Dissonance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Orthodox Jews ◽  
Orthodox Judaism ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Religious Doubt ◽  
Research Survey ◽  
Women’S Roles ◽  
Modern Orthodox

A large literature on feminist theology and philosophy of religion has explored the various ways in which feminism has reshaped religious thought and practice within different faith traditions. This study uses Festinger’s (1965) cognitive dissonance theory and the 2017 Nishma Research Survey of American Modern Orthodox Jews to examine the effect of tension between feminism and Orthodox Judaism on lay men and women. For 14% of Modern Orthodox Jews, issues related to women or women’s roles are what cause them “the most pain or unhappiness” as Orthodox Jews. The paper examines the sociodemographic characteristics associated with this response and tests whether those who experience this cognitive dissonance are more likely to (1) advocate for changes in the role of women within Orthodox Judaism and/or (2) experience religious doubt. The analysis reveals that these individuals overwhelmingly take a feminist stance on issues related to women’s roles in Orthodox Judaism, and they also manifest more religious doubt. The paper discusses the dual potential of cognitive dissonance to either spur changes in women’s religious roles in traditional religious communities and/or threaten the demographic vitality of those communities.

scholarly journals What Do Adolescents Know about Citizenship? Measuring Student’s Knowledge of the Social and Political Aspects of Citizenship

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 234
Author(s):  
Geert Ten Dam ◽  
Anne Bert Dijkstra ◽  
Ineke Van der Veen ◽  
Anne Van Goethem
Keyword(s):  
Private School ◽  
School Size ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
The Political ◽  
Knowledge Test ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Student Background ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
The Social ◽  
Micro Level

This paper analyses how young people’s citizenship knowledge is related to the different domains of citizenship in their daily lives. Based on a representative sample of some 5300 students in the third year of 80 Dutch secondary schools, our study relates citizenship knowledge to student background and school characteristics. The knowledge test developed for this study situates citizenship knowledge in the literature and the societal and political context defining the social structure students live in. The contribution of our study lies in this broad conceptualisation of citizenship, which is reflected in fine-grained, more specific results than the outcomes of earlier research. Gender differences are particularly pronounced in the social aspects of citizenship and are small in the political domain. As far as ethnic background is concerned, we see knowledge differences in the domain of “acting democratically”. This is also the domain where most of the differences in citizenship knowledge between students of the various schools and tracks occur. School size, public/private school, urbanisation and a more heterogeneous student population cannot explain these differences. To mitigate inequalities in citizenship knowledge between and within schools, which are relatively large in the Netherlands, further research is necessary to investigate micro-level mechanisms within schools.

Living Underground: Bomb Shelters and Daily Lives in Wartime Chongqing (1937–1945)

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-399
Author(s):  
Tan Gang
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Public ◽  
Class Differences ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Micro Level

Because of Japan’s large-scale aerial bombing of Chongqing and the surrounding mountainous natural environment during the Anti-Japanese War, shelters became important places where the residents of wartime Chongqing evaded attacks by Japanese planes. In addition, the differences between the public and private bomb shelter facilities reflected the high and low, noble and humble people in the shelters, indicating the social class differences in wartime Chongqing. Shelters, especially public shelters, also provided places for socializing, recreation, and they had political and economic functions. Thus, bomb shelters became new public living spaces. Living in bomb shelters also became an important component of the daily lives of the residents in wartime Chongqing. Discussing their daily lives in the shelter allows us to not only understand and know the diversity and complexity of the daily lives of Chongqing’s wartime citizens but also reveals the significant impact of the all-encompassing invasion waged by Japan at the micro level.

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