Recording as the Re-Membering Work of the People: A Catholic-Jewish Dialogue on the Body and Liturgical Memory

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-142
Author(s):  
Kimberly H. Belcher ◽  
Kevin G. Grove ◽  
Sonja K. Pilz
Keyword(s):  
Public Life ◽  
The Body ◽  
The People ◽  
Christian Worship ◽  
Public Worship

The word leitourgia, meaning the work of the people, is often used to describe Christian worship and has also been adopted by many scholars of Jewish public worship. This word implies that liturgical worship in the Jewish and Christian traditions is a work that incorporates a people or assembly. The time- and place-shifting afforded by new recording technologies, however, alters the nature of liturgical work and its relationship to tradition, memory, and the assembly. In this article, phenomenology and reflexivity are deployed to examine the role of the body and its liturgical formation on producing and revisiting recorded liturgy. Liturgical work is already practiced by worshippers who (often in defiance of official leadership) record and view recorded liturgies. The embodied work of this displaced assembly reveals unexpected similarities in Jewish and Catholic ordained leaders’ “flattening” before the physical and metaphorical cameras of Western public life. Finally, diverse experiences of recorded liturgy are used to compare theological concepts of liturgical memory in Jewish and Catholic thought.

Embodied meaning-making in the experiences and behaviours of persons with dementia

Dementia ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 147130122110429
Author(s):  
Tor-Arne Isene ◽  
Hilde Thygesen ◽  
Lars J Danbolt ◽  
Hans Stifoss-Hanssen
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Severe Dementia ◽  
The People ◽  
Embodied Meaning ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Psychiatric Department

Background The aim of the study was to explore and articulate how meaning-making appears and how meaningfulness is experienced in persons with severe dementia. Although there is little knowledge about meaning-making and experience of meaningfulness for this group, this article assumes that persons with dementia are as much in need of meaningfulness in life as any others, and hence, that they are involved in the process of meaning-making. Methods The study was conducted using a qualitative method with exploratory design. Ten patients with severe dementia at a specialized dementia ward at an old age psychiatric department in hospital were observed through participant observation performed over four months. The field-notes from the observation contained narratives carrying with them a dimension of meaning played out in an everyday setting and thus named Meaning-making dramas. The narratives were analyzed looking for expressions where experiences of meaning-making and meaningfulness could be identified. Results The narratives demonstrate that persons with severe dementia are involved in processes of meaning-making. The narratives include expressions of meaning-making, and of interactions that include apparent crises of meaning, but also transitions into what may be interpreted as meaningfulness based on experiences of significance, orientation and belonging. The role of the body and the senses has proved significant in these processes. The findings also suggest that experiences of meaning contribute to experience of personhood. Conclusions The relevance to clinical practice indicates that working from a person-centred approach in dementia care also includes paying attention to the dimension of meaning. This dimension is important both for the person living with dementia and for the people caring for them. Acknowledging meaning as a central human concern, it is crucial to seek understanding and knowledge about the significance of meaning in vulnerable groups such as persons with dementia.

The Selection of Judges in Chicago, and the Rôle of the Local Bar Therein

1936 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward M. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Body Politic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Judicial Selection ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Bar Association ◽  
The University ◽  
Democratic Procedure

For many years, the organized Bar has sought to guide the process of judicial selection. Its greatest activity has been in metropolitan communities where the choice is nominally by vote of the people. Such participation by a quasi-public group in a democratic procedure raises several pertinent questions. For example, what effect will it probably have on methods of selection now in force? Is such activity likely to become an accepted feature of our political life? Is such participation to be regarded as in the public interest? Is it a specific corrective that the body politic has developed to counterbalance too much democracy in judicial selection?To shed some light on these and related questions, the writer (as a graduate student at the University of Chicago) made a study of judicial selection in Chicago from 1870 to 1933, particular attention being given to the rôle of the Chicago Bar Association in the process.

scholarly journals DISFUNGSIONAL PERAN KARANG TARUNA DALAM PELESTARIAN KEARIFAN LOKAL DI KAMPUNG CIREUNDEU

SOSIETAS ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ainun Ramadhan
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Organization Performance ◽  
Social Ministry ◽  
Work Program ◽  
Youth Organization ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Village People ◽  
Role Based

The Youth Organization of 10 Citizens Associations (RW) that has duty at Cirendeu Village on Leuwi Gajah Administered Dictrict in Cimahi District is an organization that does not do its role well. Hopefulness, according to the Social Ministry Regulation number 77/HUK/2010 the Basic Guidance of Youth Organization on chapter VII concerning the work program article 9 has said “Every Youth Organization has responsibility to determine its work program based on the mechanism, potential, source, ability and local needs of the Youth Organization.” In fact, the Youth Organization of 10 Citizens Associations does not touch the local wisdom potential which existence at Cirendeu Village at all. So, the functions of this organization are not felt by Cirendeu Village people. The purpose of conducting this research was to know the performance of Youth Organization at Cirendeu Village recently. Beside that, the researcher wanted to fix this organization on its function and its role based on the people wish. The people of Cirendeu Village wanted to feel the evidence of Youth Organization performance that was profitable for Cirendeu Vilaage. This research used descriptive method with qualitatif approach. To be able to answered the furmolations of the problem, the researher conducted collecting data from interviewee by interview technique, observation and documentation. The datas had been collected, processed, and then analized so that it could be drawing a conclusion. The result of the research showed that there were some the role of dysfunctional Youth Organization such as there was no balancing work program among to custom people. The function of this organization as communicator among the youth was not happened. On the body of this organization itself was not clear because it did not have an organization attribute which should be had by Youth Organization.

scholarly journals Social support for pregnant women

2015 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Skurzak ◽  
Mariola Kicia ◽  
Krzysztof Wiktor ◽  
Grażyna Iwanowicz-Palus ◽  
Henryk Wiktor
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Pregnant Woman ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
The Body ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
The People ◽  
Risk Pregnancy

Abstract This paper is a review of the literature concerning the importance of social support during pregnancy. Being pregnant is a special event in every woman’s life, since it is associated with physical and mental changes. In addition to being a physiological event, pregnancy creates a burden for the body and induces stress. Pregnant women tend to suffer from fear of the unknown, especially regarding: baby, themselves, course of delivery, the need for a new role – of a mother, economic, professional, emotional situations and relationship with partner. The diagnosis of high-risk pregnancy and the need for hospitalization increase the incidence of negative emotions and experiences such as: permanent anxiety about the child’s life, anger, sadness, doubts about the diagnosis, fear of pregnancy complications, frustration and dissatisfaction with the implementation of the functions of maternal concerns during the stay in the hospital. Anxiety and fear that appear during pregnancy affect the attitude of women in pregnancy and after childbirth. Various authors frequently use the term “pregnancy-specific stress”. There is a relationship between concerns, stress in the mother during pregnancy and lifestyle, duration of pregnancy, and the possible complications during intrauterine and neonatal life. Social support significantly influences the quality of coping with stress in pregnant women. If a pregnant woman receives strong social support from her network, the negative emotions and concerns would be reduced. Receiving support also boosts the chances of successful pregnancy completion. The people from the immediate social network of a pregnant woman, like their partner, spouse, family, friends, midwife, doctor, are the most vital source of support.

scholarly journals The Role of Programmes of Adapted Physical Activities in Improving the Somato-Functional Parameters of the Elderly

GYMNASIUM ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol XX (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
George Dănuț Mocanu ◽  
Florentina Cristea
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
The Body ◽  
Active Lifestyle ◽  
The People ◽  
The University ◽  
Efficient Selection

An active lifestyle represents both a goal and a challenge for the people from the elderly category. The modern society is responsible for finding some optimal solutions for activating this category of the population, in view of the long term development of its potential and experience, as well as for avoiding social isolation physical activities – adapted to the specific requests and problems of this segment – may successfully contribute to optimizing the physical and mental tonus, thus enabling the improvement of the problems related to the general motricity, the body weight indicators or the functional values. The study performed on a group of students registered within the University of the Elderly of Galați emphasizes that, by the efficient selection and planning of several categories of physical exercises, the aimed results can be obtained, by aiming the specific parameters; moreover, certain limits of favourable influencing can be identified regarding other measured indicators

scholarly journals This role is also that of Science

Motricidade ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
António José Silva
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
The Body ◽  
Primitive Form ◽  
The People ◽  
International Setting ◽  
Sport And Exercise ◽  
General Society

 It may seem redundant to address Sport as a development trigger but, sometimes, redundancy is necessary for someone to be heard.The commanding voices of Philosophy in the XXth century take sciences as trivial, by expressing the notion that Science has nothing to do with the ontological and metaphysical statutes of men.What is at stake is too much important, as the attack is not aimed at Sciences, organizations and institutions, nor at the people, but rather against Reason itself.We found ourselves immersed in irrationalities and superstitions in the most primitive form of belief. Worldwide there are three times more astrologists than there are physics. In Portugal, also in Sport, there are numberless stand-coaches and pseudo-writers, which all speak and write about exercise and appear as public opinion makers, stating banalities that discredit Sport and its professionals.In western science, what is axiomatic is not merely the concept of progress, but rather the concept of constant and unlimited progress. And we take for granted this lack of limits… Indeed, it seems …… In fact, it is a deeply enigmatic assumption, taking into account the metaphysical meaning of the term. And it is from these assumptions that we must analyse the role of Sport and Exercise. Biological life may be increased in duration, but death will come: and the challenge is therefore the quality of an extended life. In Sport and exercise, progress has more than a technical relevance, it has an ontological relevance: the enhancement of a life cycle.Sport is, therefore, an immeasurable asset and holds opportunity to induce peace and be a promoter of several social causes.Sport is one of the possible, perhaps the main, cultural objectification and historical form of movement. This is only possible by valuing the fundamental character of the body in motion, because it is upon it that the sports body is installed and merges. Even giving it a fundamental meaning, it has not yet found its value due to the failure in the evaluation of its return, whether educational, social, health, economic or structural.The importance of Sport and its institutions cannot be measured, as much as some state so, by performance indicators in an international setting (this leads to unfair, unproportioned comparisons among sports with different density and international coverage).A message that, unfortunately, has passed to general society, involving risks to lower even more the national sport involvement is: resources must be mainly focused in the few sports with international merit. With time, this will end up in an overall failure of national Sport, and subsequently a progressive underfinancing of the Sport will appear.Every organization that deal with Sport cannot deviate from what is its main mission, to organize, promote and spread the Sport for a permanent and constant demonstration that what is done and how it’s done fully respect the high public interest and, ultimately, serves the people.This role is also that of Science.

Early Christian Worship

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul F. Bradshaw
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Religious Discourse ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
The People ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Christian Worship ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Rites Of Initiation ◽  
The Church

The forms of Christian worship changed and developed considerably during the first four centuries of its existence, not least from a distinctive local or regional diversity to an increasing standardization of practice throughout the ancient world. One of the major factors influencing these changes was the eventual adoption of the New Testament as the Christian scripture, and another was the emergence of the church into public life early in the 4th century. Rites of initiation chiefly involving baptism in water marked the entry of new converts into the community of believers. The central observance was the Eucharist, celebrated every Sunday from at least the end of the 1st century. This was supplemented by services of the word on certain days of the week and by regular times of prayer each day undertaken by individuals or small groups of believers. Annual festal celebrations, the majority of which were associated with the anniversaries of martyrs and others who had died, also increased in number as time passed. Christians understood the worship that they offered through Jesus Christ to be the spiritual fulfillment of the sacrificial cult of the Old Testament. Although at first insisting that they were not a religion like others around them—indeed, they were regarded as atheists by their contemporaries—they ultimately came to adopt the language, images, and terminology of standard religious discourse once their persecution had ceased and the Church had emerged as a cultus publicus in the 4th century. This also coincided with a shift from an understanding of worship as an essentially corporate action presided over by its appointed ministers to one where those ministers were seen as carrying out its liturgy on behalf of the people.

The Role of the Catholic Laity in Yorkshire, 1850–1900

1987 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-317
Author(s):  
Jennifer F. Supple
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
The People ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Church

THE ROLE of the laity in the Church is a topic of great interest today. Since the second Vatican Council the part which the people could, and should, play in the Church has been discussed at length, and the shortage of priests has led to demands for the laity to become more actively involved in spiritual affairs. Some, however, still maintain that spiritual tasks must be left to the ordained, but would like to see the laity take a much more active role, as Catholics, in the secular sphere, representing and defending Catholic values in public life. In the light of the current debate, it is interesting to look at the role of the laity in the Catholic Church in Yorkshire during the last century. At that time, too, there was a shortage of priests, while the role of Catholics in public life did not always fulfil the desires of Church leaders.

scholarly journals Studi In Vitro: Efek Anti Kolesterol Ekstrak Daun Rambusa (Passiflora foetida L)

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-65
Author(s):  
Evi Mulyani
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Extract ◽  
Positive Control ◽  
The Body ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
Cholesterol Levels ◽  
The People ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Passiflora Foetida

The Rambusa plant (Passiflora foetida L) is known to contain compounds for various treatments, empirically the people in Indonesia, especially Central Kalimantan, use the leaves of rambusa known as the cemot plant to reduce cholesterol levels in the blood. Chemically, cholesterol is a complex compound produced by the body with various functions, including producing sex hormones, adrenal cortex hormones, vitamin D, and the production of bile salts that help the intestines to absorb fat. So, if the dose is right or reasonable, the role of cholesterol in the body will be optimal. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of anticholesterol in rambusa leaf extract. This study is an experimental study. The anticolesterol effect was tested by the modified enzymatic endpoint cholesterol method. The leaf extract of Rambusa was made with a concentration of 0.5 mg/ml, 1 mg/ml and 1.5 mg/ml as a positive control (multiplier) using simvastatin which was then reacted with reagent R1 and read the results using a photometer and UV-spectrophotometer. Vis with a wavelength of 546 nm. The measurement results using a photometer showed standard cholesterol levels (control negative) 200 mg/dl, positive control 195 mg/dl, 144 mg/dl (extract 0.5 mg/ml), 108 mg/dl (extract 1 mg/ml) and 103 mg/dl (extract 1.5 mg/ml). While the measurement of cholesterol absorbance and concentration using a UV-Vis spectrophotometer at a wavelength of 546 nm 0.179�159.8 mg/dl (Control positive), 0.123�109.8 mg/dl (extract 0.5 mg/ml), 0.110�98.2 mg/dl (extract 1 mg/ml), and 0.109�97.3 mg/dl (extract 1.5 mg/ml). As a conclusion, Rambusa leaf extract can reduce cholesterol levels in vitro.

The Role of Polyphenols in the Modulation of Plasma Non-Enzymatic Antioxidant Capacity (NEAC)

2012 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Serafini ◽  
Giuseppa Morabito
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Dietary Intervention ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dietary Polyphenols ◽  
Enzymatic Antioxidant ◽  
Endogenous Antioxidant

Dietary polyphenols have been shown to scavenge free radicals, modulating cellular redox transcription factors in different in vitro and ex vivo models. Dietary intervention studies have shown that consumption of plant foods modulates plasma Non-Enzymatic Antioxidant Capacity (NEAC), a biomarker of the endogenous antioxidant network, in human subjects. However, the identification of the molecules responsible for this effect are yet to be obtained and evidences of an antioxidant in vivo action of polyphenols are conflicting. There is a clear discrepancy between polyphenols (PP) concentration in body fluids and the extent of increase of plasma NEAC. The low degree of absorption and the extensive metabolism of PP within the body have raised questions about their contribution to the endogenous antioxidant network. This work will discuss the role of polyphenols from galenic preparation, food extracts, and selected dietary sources as modulators of plasma NEAC in humans.

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