Jesuits and Jews, and the way we dare to think: A Jesuit’s reflections on James Bernauer’s Jesuit Kaddish

2021 ◽  
pp. 019145372110426
Author(s):  
Francis X. Clooney
Keyword(s):  
Critical Distance ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Moral Failure ◽  
Extended Reflection ◽  
Intellectual Journey ◽  
Spiritual Resistance ◽  
The Way

This essay explores James Bernauer’s Jesuit Kaddish as an extended reflection on the centuries-long troubled relationship between Jesuits and Jews, with attention to egregious instances of moral failure on the part of Jesuits. It investigates too Bernauer’s highlighting of instances of Jesuit spiritual resistance both to evil and to the undue prudence of cautious institutions. Forthright in weaving his own intellectual journey into the book, Bernauer movingly renders himself a theme for reflection, a scholar’s life-long interrogation of his own religious community, as gratitude, loyalty, and critical distance stand side by side. The concluding statement of Jesuit Repentance perfectly marks the transition from understanding to a performative expression of responsibility for the personal and systemic failures to which we are heirs.

War and media: Constancy and convulsion

2005 ◽  
Vol 87 (860) ◽  
pp. 649-659
Author(s):  
Arnaud Mercier
Keyword(s):  
Critical Distance ◽  
The Political ◽  
Stage Management ◽  
Media Spectacle ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Globalization ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

AbstractTo consider the relationship between war and the media is to look at the way in which the media are involved in conflict, either as targets (war on the media) or as an auxiliary (war thanks to the media). On the basis of this distinction, four major developments may be cited that today combine to make war above all a media spectacle: photography, which opened the door to manipulation through stage-management; live technologies, which raise the question of journalists' critical distance vis-à-vis the material they broadcast and which can facilitate the process of using them; pressure on the media and media globalization, which have led to a change in the way the political and military authorities go about making propaganda; and, finally, the fact that censorship has increasingly come into disrepute, which has prompted the authorities to think of novel ways of controlling journalists.

scholarly journals Aspects of the Christian Missionary in Nationalist China: Mrs. Jiang Jieshi and the Missions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenza Cinzia Capristo
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Strong Point ◽  
Potential Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Church ◽  
Family Dimension ◽  
The Way

The present essay, beginning with Catholic press and various authors known in the sector of Missiology, underlines a connection between Song Meiling and Mission in general, particularly the Catholic ones. This work aims at adding a further piece to complete the already well-known Song Meiling’s career, after her marriage to Chiang Kai-shek. Further on, it will be clearly underlined the way she managed to established relationships with representatives of Missions, both Catholic and Protestant, thanks to the reform movement “New Life”, which brought Chinese people closer to Christian values. All this was possible by starting from the family dimension, thus enhancing the link between civil and religious society. Song Meiling’s strong point was the way she promoted social inclusion of the religious confessions, especially of the Catholic Missions, through solidarity initiatives, considering the religious community on the same level as the social community. This was a factor of potential development for the Church in China.

scholarly journals Religious Community Harmony In Hadith Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naimatus Tsaniyah
Keyword(s):  
Social Conflict ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Way

The study of religious harmony is essential as religious sentiments often lead to conflict of tension. Not only in Indonesia, but also in other parts of the world, although social, political, economic factors are quite coloring, but religion cannot be denied its role in social conflict. This is meanly related to the lack of tolerance towards other faiths. Among the way to create religious harmony is to examine the framework of Islamic epistemology analysis on the basis of religious harmony. Islamic epistemology believes in the source of the truth of revelation, reason, empirical, and intuition. The methods and tools used in the search of truth are the guidance of revelation, reason, empirical, and intuition. The Theological basis examined in this study is derived from The Hadiths of The Prophet Muhammad that are relevant with religious harmony. This study is included in the literature study category with primary data taken from the books of hadiths and supported by secondary data from various books that examine the religious harmony. Islamic epistemology is used as an analytical blade of foundation for exploring sources of truth which are related to the foundations of religious harmony in the hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad which later expected to grow awareness to respect each other. This step is expected to be one of intersection that bridges the realization of religious harmony, especially in Indonesia.

The Blind Storyteller

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Berent
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Science ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Greek Tragedy ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
The Difference ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Intellectual Journey ◽  
The Way

Do newborns think? Do they know that 3 is greater than 2? Do they prefer right to wrong? What about emotions? Do newborns recognize happiness or anger? If they do, then how are our inborn thoughts and feelings encoded in our bodies? Could they persist after we die? Going all the way back to ancient Greece, human nature and the mind–body link are the topics of age-old scholarly debates. But laypeople also have strong opinions about such matters. Most people believe, for example, that newborn babies don’t know the difference between right and wrong—such knowledge, they insist, can only be learned. For emotions, they presume the opposite—that our capacity to feel fear, for example, is both inborn and embodied. These beliefs are stories we tell ourselves about what we know and who we are. They reflect and influence our understanding of ourselves and others, and they guide every aspect of our lives. In a twist that could have come out of a Greek tragedy, Berent proposes that our errors are our fate. These mistakes emanate from the very principles that make our minds tick: Our blindness to human nature is rooted in human nature itself. An intellectual journey that draws on philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, cognitive science, and Berent’s own cutting-edge research, The Blind Storyteller grapples with a host of provocative questions, from why we are so infatuated with our brains to what happens when we die. The end result is a startling new perspective on our humanity.

Researching New Religious Movements from the Inside Out and the Outside In

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Gleig
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Approach ◽  
Critical Distance ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Religious Movements ◽  
New Religious Movements ◽  
Sri Aurobindo ◽  
Integral Yoga ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Inside Out

Drawing on my own fieldwork experiences with the transnational Integral Yoga community, this essay offers some reflections on two possible approaches to bridging insider-outsider perspectives in the study of new religious movements. First, I consider Gerald Larson's suggestion of a “relationship of mutual reciprocity” between researcher and religious community. Second, I discuss the value of a participatory approach that attempts to integrate engaged participation with critical distance in the study of religion. I use my collaborative experience co-authoring an academic article on Sri Aurobindo and the contemporary yoga scene with an Integral Yoga practitioner to argue that while Larson's reciprocal enterprise risks either sacrificing critical concerns to apologetic agendas, or polarizing the insider as apologetic and the outsider as reductive, a participatory approach proposes a way to put insider-outsider perspectives into a more creative relation.

scholarly journals Teologi Universal: Solusi Mencegah Kekerasan Berlatar Agama

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Anwar Firdausi
Keyword(s):  
Religious Community ◽  
Truth Claim ◽  
Plural Society ◽  
Mutual Tolerance ◽  
The Way

No religion teaches the ugliness and the violence. All religions are<br />expecting goodness and peace for all people. Even no text (Scriptures)<br />allow people to do crime or violence to another religious community. The<br />Phenomenon in Indonesia that mutual tolerance towards all religions<br />(Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity and Catholicism<br />in Chinese) was an example that religion could give benefction and<br />make soul people peace. But, to achieve that goal was not easy. The<br />Differenciations in the perception, a shallow understanding of doctrine<br />and narrow understanding were the triggers of violence based on religion,<br />because of each group has their own truth claim. One of the way to<br />make them peace and more sympathy was through contextualization of<br />a plural society.<br />Tidaklah ada agama yang mengajarkan keburukan dan kekerasan.<br />Semua agama mengharapkan kebaikan dan kedamaian bagi seluruh<br />umat manusia. Bahkan dalam teks (Kitab Suci) tidak ada satupun<br />ayat yang menghalalkan untuk berbuat  kejahatan apalagi  kekerasan<br />antar kelompok yang berlatar agama. Fenomena di Indonesia yang saling<br />toleransi terhadap semua agama (Islam, Kristen, Budha, Hindu, Kristen<br />Katolik dan Tionghoa)  adalah contoh bahwa agama sesungguhnya bisa<br />menjadikan dasar jiwa manusia untuk selalu berbuat kebajikan demi<br />mencapai kedamaian. Namun untuk mencapai tujuan luhur tersebut<br />tidaklah mudah. Perbedaan persepsi,  doktrin, dan pemahaman yang<br />dangkal dianggap sebagai pemicu terjadinya kekerasan yang berlatar<br />agama, sebab masing-masing kelompok memiliki klaim kebenaran. <br />Klaim kebenaran sangatlah melekat kuat pada semua agama. Untuk mendamaikan<br />klaim kebenaran tersebut adalah dengan cara menempatkannya dalam<br />konteks masyarakat yang plural.<br /><br />

scholarly journals The Dutch Colonial Policy on Islam: Reading the Intellectual Journey of Snouck Hurgronje

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jajat Burhanudin
Keyword(s):  
Colonial Policy ◽  
Dutch Policy ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Colonial Policies ◽  
Intellectual Journey ◽  
Dutch Colonial ◽  
The Way

<p>This article will explore the intellectual journey of Snouck Hurgonje as a hired scholar for the colonial agenda. His life in Mecca and then the Indies, his knowledge on Islam and the Muslims as revealed in the works he produced, and the way it was transformed into the colonial policies, are the main subjects of the discussion. The way Snouck Hurgronje dealt with Muslims on his tour of duty, for example by collaborating with the penghulu, and working together with the Arab, Said Oesman, will also be explored. It should be stated that, in line with Snouck Hurgonje’s advice, the Dutch policy on Islam was directed (among other things) to draw the native elite --in this particular case the penghulu-- into the colonial orbit.</p><p>[Artikel ini membahas perjalanan intelektual Snouck Hurgonje, seorang ilmuwan yang bekerja di bawah dan untuk kepentingan colonial Belanda di Indonesia. Kehidupannya di Mekah, kemudian kembali lagi ke Indonesia, pengetahuannya tentang agama dan orang Islam yang tertuang dalam kerya-karyanya, serta proses pengetahuan itu semua dalam mempengaruhi kebijakan pemerintah kolonial menjadi tema utama diskusi dalam tulisan ini. Selain itu, akan dibahas pula cara-cara Snouck Hurgonje dalam berhubungan dengan orang-orang Islam selama menjalani tugasnya, misalnya ketika bekerjasama dengan para penghulu atau ketika bekerjasama dengan tokoh Arab, Said Oesman. Perlu ditegaskan pula bahwa sejalan dengan saran-saran Snouck Hurgonje, kebijakan pemerintah kolonial Belanda tentang Islam antara lain lebih ditujukan untuk menarik kalangan elit pribumi, dalam hal ini adalah para penghulu, ke lingkaran pemerintah kolonial.]

scholarly journals The Word of the Cross and Christian Theology: Paul’s Theological Temperament for Today

2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-76
Author(s):  
R. David Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Christian Theology ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Intellectual Journey ◽  
The Way

In this article I explore the uneasy relationship between Paul’s word of the cross and the work of Christian theology today. I show that Paul’s understanding of the cross challenges the way we conceive the time of Christian theology. Paul’s own biography illustrates the sense in which theological existence is an intellectual journey that is fundamentally interrupted and radically shaped by the encounter with the crucified Christ. What we learn from Paul’s word of the cross, I argue, is that the cross stands over against our theological work as crisis and judge. Paul’s witness urges us to advance in theological knowledge while never moving our gaze from the cross as the original mystery of faith.

scholarly journals Teletrauma

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
György Fogarasi
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
Critical Distance ◽  
Intermediate Position ◽  
Specific Question ◽  
Conceptual Tool ◽  
The Sublime ◽  
Simple Notion ◽  
Aesthetic Distance ◽  
The Way

This paper seeks to trace the notion of distance in Edmund Burke’s Philosophical Enquiry, by first indicating how the critical distance between Burke and Kant can be rethought in terms of an intrapersonal distance within both; then, as a second move, by looking at Burke’s general theory of the passions as it differs from that of Locke; and thirdly, by moving to the more specific question of how the passion of fear or terror is related to both pain and the sublime – an investigation which in turn necessitates a focus on the way attention figures as a duplicitous shifter between an-aesthesis and suffering. Interestingly enough, while Burke conceptualizes the sublime as a passion based on mediation or distance, and therefore distinguishes it from “simple” fear, later it turns out that fear itself is far from being a “simple” notion for immediacy, since immediate danger or threat still presupposes a mere apprehension of pain, rather than pure pain itself. This double distance (between fear and the sublime, as well as between fear and pain), puts fear in an intermediate position, which is more traumatic than that of the sublime, but which contains an element of distance with relation to pain, and is therefore a form of “teletrauma,” an amalgam of an-aesthesis and suffering. Being thus positioned between the sublime and pain, fear appears as the site of contamination, where detachment and involvement merge. In this respect, it may serve as a conceptual tool for a critical rethinking of the problematic nature of both aesthetic distance and perceptual immediacy.

Were the Ancient Jews a Nation?

Early Judaism ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 71-96
Author(s):  
Seth Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Jewish Identity ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
The Way

Historians’ definitions of ancient Jewish identity, whether as a race, a people, a nation, an ethnic group, or a religious community, have been influenced by modern ideologies, which do not always take the realities of antiquity fully into account. Despite ample evidence of Jewish diversity in this period, there is no support for the idea that Jews then thought of there being distinct “Judaisms” in the way some modern scholars have suggested. Until the time of Constantine, Jews constituted an ethnos and were often allowed to use their own laws; however, after the events of 70 CE they became a religion.

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