Politics, Conversion, and Christianization, 616–867

2018 ◽  
pp. 93-127
Author(s):  
Thomas Pickles
Keyword(s):  
Social Process ◽  
Ninth Century ◽  
Eighth Century ◽  
Political Context ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Social Strategy ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Public Demonstrations

Chapter 3 investigates the impact of the formation of the ‘ecclesiastical aristocracy’ on kingship. It uses eighth-century histories, and eighth- and ninth-century annals, letters, poems, and coins, to consider transformations in kingship. It suggests that the formation of the ‘ecclesiastical aristocracy’ conditioned the chronology of official conversion: a generation or two after political centralization, kin groups began pursuing conversion as a social strategy; kings reacted first to the emergence of a political constituency of converts amongst the Deirans and then a generation later to the conversion of the majority of kin groups. It argues that the social process of conversion required powerful political arguments and public demonstrations of religious change. It observes that the socio-political context made episcopal sees and churches less attractive than religious communities, and produced enthusiastic investment in religious communities followed by instability in kingship and expropriation of religious communities.

The ‘Ecclesiastical Aristocracy’, 600–730

2018 ◽  
pp. 57-92
Author(s):  
Thomas Pickles
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Eighth Century ◽  
Three Generations ◽  
Social Strategy ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

Chapter 2 charts the formation and dynamics of a new social fraction amongst the Deirans—the ‘ecclesiastical aristocracy’. It uses early eighth-century histories to consider the relationship between the social uncertainties faced by members of local free kin groups and the utility of conversion as a social strategy, and to explore the identity of those who entered the church. It suggests that conversion was a gradual social process, beginning before the official conversion of the Deirans and proceeding over two to three generations, as those born and brought up as Christians entered the church and made manifest the value of conversion as a social strategy. It argues that the ‘ecclesiastical aristocracy’ had a distinctive social identity, but one whose reproduction was resource intensive and fragile.

scholarly journals Transformations of Temporal Dimensions of Social Reality and Their Consequences for Human Resources Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
Piotr Górski ◽  
Ewa Ryłko
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Family Roles ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Social Time ◽  
The Social ◽  
Temporal Dimensions ◽  
The Impact

The paper considers in a historical perspective the consequences of the social time constructing for work of an organization and for individuals. It shows how this social process of time constructing is related to shaping modern society and to the changes described as post-modernity. In the context of the organization, the impact of the temporal dynamics of managers and employees on the change in the organization and in their personal life is considered. We describe the consequences of different perceptions of time for attitudes, behaviors and aspirations of contemporary employees are discussed in the context of reconciling professional and family roles.

scholarly journals Choice of Innovative Technologies as a Factor of Modernization of the Industrial Plants

2015 ◽  
pp. 261-268
Author(s):  
E. A. Panfilova
Keyword(s):  
Social Process ◽  
Industrial Facilities ◽  
Industrial Plants ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Social Time ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Reality ◽  
The Impact

The article analyzes the need to develop a new type of interaction between providers of the equipment and its end-users in a changing social and cultural reality. This type of interaction is a guarantee of innovative modernization of Russian industrial facilities, as it is based on a revision of the social reality in light of new information and/or knowledge. The choice of innovative technologies that contribute to fruitful and qualitative relationships among the actors of the social process acquires significance since there have been changes in the role, objectives and potential of technology. The author focuses on the changes in perceptions of social time and space, reflection of consumers (the impact of economic, social and psychological factors on their decision to purchase), and suppliers. There is a reflection of the habitus of social actors in the context of social interaction, based on the organization of innovative practices. Today technology is also reflecting, its symbolic characteristics, contained in the codes of signification, become more important, than technical ones. The research is based on in-depth interviews with experts from the pharmaceutical industry aimed at identifying the factors influencing the decision to purchase an innovative high-quality imported equipments and machinery, which would contribute to the modernization of the existing production process. The author concludes that adequate reflection which promotes the creation and dissemination of new social practices based on close and confidential contacts and development of flexible communication tools would provide for successful modernization of Russia.

Kingship, Society, and the Church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Pickles
Keyword(s):  
Religious Communities ◽  
Local Churches ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
The North ◽  
Social Strategy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Church Building ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
The Church

Inspired by studies of Carolingian Europe, Kingship, Society, and the Church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire argues that the social strategies of local kin groups drove conversion to Christianity and church building in Yorkshire from AD 400 to 1066. It challenges an emphasis on the role and agency of Anglo-Saxon kings in conversion and church building. It moves forward debates surrounding the ‘minster hypothesis’ through an interdisciplinary case study. The kingdom of the Deirans stretched from the Humber to the Tees and the North Sea to the Pennines between 600 and 867. The Scandinavian kings at York probably established an administration for much of this area between 867 and 954. The West Saxon kings incorporated it into an English kingdom between 954 and 1066 and established the ‘shire’ from which the name Yorkshire derives. Members of Deiran kin groups faced uncertainties that predisposed them to consider conversion as a social strategy. Their decisions to convert produced a new social fraction—the ‘ecclesiastical aristocracy’—with a distinctive but fragile identity. The ‘ecclesiastical aristocracy’ transformed kingship, established a network of religious communities, and engaged in the conversion of the laity. The social and political instabilities produced by conversion along with the fragility of ecclesiastical identity resulted in the expropriation and reorganization of many religious communities. Nevertheless, the Scandinavian and West Saxon kings and their nobles allied with wealthy and influential archbishops of York, and there is evidence for the survival, revival, or foundation of religious communities as well as the establishment of local churches.

scholarly journals Polityka wyznaniowa w myśli austriackiej Partii Chrześcijańsko-Społecznej w latach 1918−1934

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 35-51
Author(s):  
Piotr Bukowczyk
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
Political Context ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Religious Policy ◽  
Italian Fascism ◽  
The Social ◽  
First Republic ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact

Religious policy in the thought of the Austrian Christian Social Party 1918−1934In the paper I present the vision of a relation between the state and religious denominations and the status of atheists and free-thinkers delineated in the political thought of the Christian Social Party Christlichsoziale Partei, active in Austria-Hungary and the First Republic of Austria, Christian-democratic, after 1931 influenced by Italian fascism and inclining towards authoritarianism. I infer it from its propaganda materials books, brochures, press articles, leaflets, posters and legislation enacted under its governmentI also show the impact of the social, cultural and political context on the postulates of the Christian Social Party with regard to religious policy.

scholarly journals Keeping the Faith: The Role of the Irish House during the Penal Era and beyond

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Hilary Bishop
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Domestic Space ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Catholic Identity ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Catholic Faith ◽  
Irish Identity ◽  
Widespread Acceptance ◽  
The Impact

Despite widespread acceptance of the impact of the Penal Laws on Irish society, authors have focused on the more secular parts of society, tending to dismiss the religious aspect of Penal legislation as something of a ‘sideline’ to the main event and discounting vital dimensions such as faith and belief. Whilst there has been a shift towards an appreciation of the diverse nature of religious change during this period, few authors have attempted to discuss the link between persecution and the retention of Catholicism. This paper explores the role played by the Irish home in articulating Catholic identity throughout the Penal era and asks what this domestic space can tell us about the Catholic communities of the period. It analyses how this domestic space helped to reflect and reinforce very separate and different Catholic identities as religious communities were forced to create new spaces for worship and ritual, search for precedents and develop their own concepts of how space should be apportioned and organised. The paper concludes that Irish homes became the vessels of a sacred force that played a crucial role in maintaining Catholic identity and ensuring the survival of the Catholic faith. In an era of rapid cultural change, the Irish home continues to reflect, and help reconstruct, contemporary Irish identity whilst also providing a tangible and experiential connection to Irish heritage and tradition.

scholarly journals Religious Regimes: Rethinking the Societal Role of Religion in Post-War Europe

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER VAN DAM ◽  
PAUL VAN TRIGT
Keyword(s):  
Religious Communities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Post War ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Christian Nation ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Societal Role

AbstractThis article discusses the concept of ‘religious regimes’ in order to identify institutionalised arrangements regulating the social position of religion. By analysing such regimes and the views underpinning them, three visions of the societal role of religion come into focus: segmented pluralism, the Christian nation and the secular nation. Taking up Dutch post-war history as a case study, it becomes clear that religious regimes regularly result from fragile compromises. The concept thus yields insight into the gradual transitions between different institutional arrangements regarding religion and into the impact of changing views on the societal role of religion within and outside religious communities.

Religionization from the Bottom up: Religiosity Trends and Institutional Change Mechanisms in Israeli Public Services

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 489-514
Author(s):  
Amos Zehavi
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
The Social ◽  
Military Healthcare ◽  
Institutional Layering ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Empirical Foundation

AbstractThis study asks how religious change at the social level (as expressed in increased religiosity) influences the religious behavior of public organizations. The study's empirical foundation is three Israeli case studies that focus on the impact of growing religiosity in Israeli Jewish society on three large public institutions: the military, healthcare, and schools. Based on comparative analysis of the three case studies, it is shown that variation in the extent of religionization in public organizations is influenced primarily by the religious composition of workers and consumers of a specific public organization. The influence of political pressure from above, however, is marginal. In addition, this study demonstrates how organizational religionization is differentially mediated by institutional mechanisms/structures: institutional layering or conversion.

Je suis Charlie? Reflections on the Public Demonstrations against the Attacks in Paris

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Kim
Keyword(s):  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Public Theology ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Presentation Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Public Demonstrations ◽  
Public Demonstration

As a response against the terrorist attacks in Paris in January 2015, people adapted ‘Je suis Charlie’ as a slogan to show their solidarity with the victims. In this article, while condemning the killings, I would like to examine the situation from the perspective of public theology: 1) the nature of laïcité and the tension between the freedom of expression and respect for faith; 2) the problem of the marginalisation of minority religious groups in a secular public sphere; 3) the impact of the public demonstration and the creation of a platform for secular and sacred interactions. I shall incooperate in my presentation media reports, articles and interviews on the topic and also some of the scholarly discussions on laïcité, on ‘interactive pluralism’ by Rowan Williams, and on the public engagement of religious communities.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VALUE CONFLICT AND ACADEMIC ADJUSTMENT AMONG STUDENTS AT THE HIGHER INSTITUTE OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION (KSAR SAÏD) UNIVERSITY OF MANOUBA, TUNISIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aymen Hawani ◽  
Anis Ben Chikha
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Academic Adjustment ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Value Conflict ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Domain ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed to identify the impact of value conflict a negative social process that involves exposure to two opposing, contradictory concepts and requires violation of at least one of the values on the academic adjustment of students at the “Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education (Ksar saïd)” of “University of Manouba”. Two questionnaires were designed to measure: 1) the extent to which students experience value conflict and 2) students’ levels of academic adjustment in terms of curriculum, goals, time management and personal relationships. The questionnaire was administered to a random sample of 739 students. Participant responses to these questionnaires indicate average levels of value conflict and academic adjustment. Results reveal a moderate level of value conflict among the “Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education (Ksar saïd)” students with the highest level found in the economic domain, followed by the social domain and cultural domain in third among. In terms of academic adjustment, students reported a moderate level, indicating some difficulties in adjusting to the “Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education (Ksar saïd)” life. Academic adjustment levels were highest in relation to students’ goals, followed by personal relationships, which are closely related areas. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0720/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

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