Missions involvement and interfaith relations: Forming pathways of commonality

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-98
Author(s):  
Arville Earl ◽  
Shelia Earl
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Religious Pluralism ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
Interfaith Relations ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Boundary Lines

The reality of an ever-accelerating globalization, accompanied by an expanding religious pluralism, presents significant challenges to many long-enduring concepts of doing missions. This article will focus on identifying some of those challenges and offering some possible options for ongoing missions involvement. Particular attention will be given to the potential of melding missions practices with the nurturing of interfaith relationships with the prospect of forming covenants of commonality. It is our premise that continuing interfaith conversations will break down barriers of misunderstanding and facilitate the growth of mutually compatible relationships across delicate cultural and religious boundary lines. Within the context of these developing cross-faith relationships, probable new opportunities for effectual missions ministry will emerge. In developing this article, we will draw from multiple sources, including published works by notable scholars of missiology, theology, ethics, and sociology. Songs, hymns, poems, and prayers will provide helpful illustrations. Additional material will come from real-life interfaith interchanges and from our personal experiences while serving as missions practitioners in West Africa and Eastern Europe.

scholarly journals The Importance of Individual Memories of Slovenian Emigrants When Interpreting Slovenian Emigration Processes

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-190
Author(s):  
Mojca Ilc Klun
Keyword(s):  
Life Stories ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
General Data ◽  
Place Of Origin ◽  
The Individual

Slovenian emigration is often presented with a general overview in which general data and statistical facts prevail, while the individual experiences and memories of Slovenian emigrants are omitted from these descriptions. In the study, which was conducted using a biographical-narrative methodological approach among members of the Slovenian diaspora from the United States of America, Canada and Australia, we were interested in the personal experiences and memories of those who emigrated from Slovenia themselves, or whose ancestors did. Through those life stories and memories, we can illustrate Slovenian emigration processes in such a way that people would better understand global migration processes. In the article we present three real life stories of members of the Slovenian diaspora, their individual memories and perceptions of their place of origin, homeland, the memories of emigration and immigration processes and memories of integration to the new social environments.

scholarly journals Postcolonial Literature and World Englishes: A Corpus-Based Approach of Modes of Representation of the Non-Standard in Writing

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Percillier ◽  
Catherine Paulin
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Postcolonial Literature ◽  
World Englishes ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Modes Of Representation ◽  
Linguistic Means

The present study investigates the representation of non-standardised varieties of English in literary prose texts. This is achieved by creating and annotating a corpus of literary texts from Scotland, West Africa, and Southeast Asia. The analysis addresses two major topics. Firstly, the extent of representation reveals clearly distinct feature profiles across regions, coupled with varying feature densities. Feature profiles are also relevant to individual characters, as certain traits such as social status, ethnicity, or age can be signalled by linguistic means. The second topic, accuracy of representation, compares the features observed in literary texts with descriptions of the actual varieties, and suggests that representations of varieties may differ from their real-life models in the sense that highly frequent features may be absent from texts, while less frequent but more emblematic ones, or even invented ones, may be used by authors to render a variety of English in their texts.

INSPIRE sustainability internships

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 452-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Susan Hayles
Keyword(s):  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Life Context ◽  
The University

Purpose This paper aims to explore the outputs of an internship programme, one of a number of campus-based sustainability activities that have been introduced at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, to encourage student-led campus-based greening initiatives. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach was undertaken, allowing the researcher to investigate the programme in its real-life context. The researcher used multiple sources of evidence to gain as holistic a picture as possible. Findings Interns report positive changes in their behaviours towards sustainability, s well as encouraging feedback on their experiential learning, the development of their soft skills and the creation of new knowledge. Moreover, students communicated perceived benefits for their future careers. The reported outcomes reflect mutually beneficial relationships for student and institution, for example, raising the profile of campus greening activities and supporting the University’s aim to embed sustainability throughout its campus, community and culture. Research limitations/implications The researcher recognises the limitations of the research, in particular, the small sample size, which has resulted primarily in qualitative results being presented. Practical implications Feedback from previous interns will be used to shape future internships. In particular, Institute of Sustainable Practice, Innovation and Resource Effectiveness (INSPIRE) will look for opportunities to work more closely with University operations, departments, faculties and alongside University staff, both academic and support staff. Social implications Following student feedback, INSPIRE will give students opportunities for wider involvement, including an opportunity to propose their own projects to shape future internships that meet the needs of student body on campus. Originality/value Despite being one case study from one institution, the research highlights the value of such programmes for other institutions.

Satanic Ritual Abuse and Legend Ostension

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Ritual Abuse ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Personal Experiences

Folklorists have proposed the term ostension to describe real-life actions that are guided by a pre-existing legend. In its purest form, ostension is the literal acting out of a story in real life. An example might be if a group of child abusers, hearing rumors about Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA), were to change their modus operandi to include some of the atrocities mentioned, to confuse children and make prosecution difficult. Such a situation is possible, but folklore research suggests that it is far rarer in reality than three other forms of ostension: pseudo-ostension, quasi-ostension, and proto-ostension. In pseudo-ostension, individuals fabricate details of SRA to lead others to believe that satanists are responsible, when the child abuse has a different nature and motivation. In quasi-ostension, over-anxious authorities may overinter-pret evidence to make it coordinate with notions of “classic” SRA, when in fact the situation is less clear-cut. Finally, in proto-ostension, individuals may, for a variety of sincere reasons, claim events of other people as their own personal experiences. Analysts of the SRA controversy should be careful not to commit themselves to extreme positions of belief or disbelief; facts can become narrative and narrative can become fact.

scholarly journals Phenotypes of COPD patients with a smoking history in Central and Eastern Europe: the POPE Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 1601446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Koblizek ◽  
Branislava Milenkovic ◽  
Adam Barczyk ◽  
Ruzena Tkacova ◽  
Attila Somfay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Chronic Bronchitis ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Smoking History ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Major Health Problem ◽  
Real Life Setting ◽  
Symptom Load

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents a major health problem in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries; however, there are no data regarding clinical phenotypes of these patients in this region.Participation in the Phenotypes of COPD in Central and Eastern Europe (POPE) study was offered to stable patients with COPD in a real-life setting. The primary aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of phenotypes according to predefined criteria. Secondary aims included analysis of differences in symptom load, comorbidities and pharmacological treatment.3362 patients with COPD were recruited in 10 CEE countries. 63% of the population were nonexacerbators, 20.4% frequent exacerbators with chronic bronchitis, 9.5% frequent exacerbators without chronic bronchitis and 6.9% were classified as asthma–COPD overlap. Differences in the distribution of phenotypes between countries were observed, with the highest heterogeneity observed in the nonexacerbator cohort and the lowest heterogeneity observed in the asthma–COPD cohort. There were statistically significant differences in symptom load, lung function, comorbidities and treatment between these phenotypes.The majority of patients with stable COPD in CEE are nonexacerbators; however, there are distinct differences in surrogates of disease severity and therapy between predefined COPD phenotypes.

Improved clinical, functional and work outcomes in spondyloarthritides during real-life adalimumab treatment in central–eastern Europe

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 475-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sándor Szántó ◽  
Gyula Poór ◽  
Daniela Opris ◽  
Oleg Iaremenko ◽  
Leona Procházková ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Central Eastern Europe ◽  
Adalimumab Treatment ◽  
Central Eastern

scholarly journals - Architecture of the Islamic West North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, 700-1800 - Architecture in Global Socialism Eastern Europe, West Africa, and The Middle East in the Cold War - Architecture of Coexistence Building Pluralism

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tammy Gaber
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Middle East ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
North Africa ◽  
The Cold War

Architecture of the Islamic West North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, 700-1800 (by Jonathan M. Bloom) Architecture in Global Socialism Eastern Europe, West Africa, and The Middle East in the Cold War (by Łukasz Stanek) Architecture of Coexistence Building Pluralism (by Azra Akšamija, ed.)

scholarly journals Answering the Min-Cost Quality-Aware Query on Multi-Sources in Sensor-Cloud Systems

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 4486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohan Li ◽  
Yanbin Sun ◽  
Yu Jiang ◽  
Zhihong Tian
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Parameter Setting ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
High Quality ◽  
High Quality Data ◽  
Real Life Data ◽  
Sensor Cloud

In sensor-based systems, the data of an object is often provided by multiple sources. Since the data quality of these sources might be different, when querying the observations, it is necessary to carefully select the sources to make sure that high quality data is accessed. A solution is to perform a quality evaluation in the cloud and select a set of high-quality, low-cost data sources (i.e., sensors or small sensor networks) that can answer queries. This paper studies the problem of min-cost quality-aware query which aims to find high quality results from multi-sources with the minimized cost. The measurement of the query results is provided, and two methods for answering min-cost quality-aware query are proposed. How to get a reasonable parameter setting is also discussed. Experiments on real-life data verify that the proposed techniques are efficient and effective.

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