INTRODUCTION. The Common Foundation of Religious Diversity

2015 ◽  
pp. xvii-xxxvi
Keyword(s):  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Common Foundation ◽  
The Common

Public Theology as Christian Witness: Exploring the Genre

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
John de Gruchy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Public Theology ◽  
The Political ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
The Common ◽  
Christian Witness

AbstractThis article explores the genre of public theology from the specific context of South Africa, while looking for the points of commonality set out by Duncan Forrester. Since the phrase 'public theology' refers to an engagement between theology and politics in specific locations, its content will be diverse and, yet, there is much that diverse public theologies share. Moreover, good practice in public theology requires that secularity and religious diversity are taken seriously. Consequently, Christian witness in secular democratic society means promoting the common good by witnessing to core values rather than seeking privilege for the Christian religion. In particular, this article offers the anti-apartheid and other activities of Joseph Wing and Douglas Bax, as well as the academic work of Denise Ackermann and the political service of Alex Boraine as examples of good practice in public theology in South Africa. The article concludes with the affirmation that public theology implies engagement in matters of public importance either through debate or action and always with self-critical theological reflection.

Christian Democracy in Italy

1947 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Einaudi
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Action ◽  
The United States ◽  
Clearing House ◽  
Christian Democracy ◽  
American Mind ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Common Foundation ◽  
The Common ◽  
Simple Definition

The American mind has been traditionally more ready to accept the validity of political parties which tend to reflect the complexity of political and economic problems and are not based on any simple ideology. For a nation's mind is not a simple one, nor are its interests capable of simple definition. In a free society, a political party with any claim to national scope and to a lasting identification with the task of solving the particular problems of the country in which it operates, will probably be found to be a composite movement, a meeting ground where different groups bring their different attitudes, a clearing house from which compromises emerge. This is the kind of party to which the United States has grown accustomed. It satisfies an instinctive desire to avoid those clashes on a straight ideological basis which would divide the country and endanger the maintenance of the common foundation and the survival of methods of political action accepted by all.

Pluralism in Religion and American Education

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana L. Eck ◽  
Brendan Randall
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Century ◽  
American Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Established Fact ◽  
The Common

The United States is among the most religiously diverse countries in the world. Although such diversity is not a new phenomenon, its degree and visibility have increased dramatically in the past fifty years, reigniting the debate over a fundamental civic question: What is the common identity that binds us together? How we respond to religious diversity in the context of education has enormous implications for our democratic society. To the extent that previous frameworks such as exclusion or assimilation ever were desirable or effective, they no longer are. Increased religious diversity is an established fact and growing trend. The United States needs a more inclusive and robust civic framework for religious diversity in the twenty-first century—pluralism—and this framework should be an essential component of civic education.

Contemporary Integrated Community Planning – Mixed-age, Sustainability, and Disaster Resilient Approaches

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jieh-Jiuh Wang ◽  
Ning-Yu Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Social Reform ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Community Planning ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Common Foundation ◽  
Resilient Communities ◽  
Aging Populations ◽  
The Common ◽  
Mixed Age

Abstract In recent years, conventional concepts of social reform planning for sustainable, secure, and disaster-resilient communities have continuously driven the thought and practice of community planning and management; furthermore, environmental safety has become the common foundation of these visionary community models. Additionally, low birth rates and aging populations have become common social problems in numerous developed countries. This study integrated the design and planning of sustainable, disaster-resilient, and intergenerational collective communities to develop factors and models of an intergenerational community. Moreover, this study constructed evaluation indicators for intergenerational communities under a safety basis, which were used as the foundation for planning and designing strategies.

scholarly journals Existence and Needs: A case for the equal moral considerability of non-human animals

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Yamikani Ndasauka ◽  
Grivas M. Kayange
Keyword(s):  
Moral Status ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Hierarchy Of Needs ◽  
Abraham Maslow ◽  
Moral Considerability ◽  
The World ◽  
Common Foundation ◽  
The Common

This paper reflects on the question, “Is there a sound justification for the existential view that humans have a higher moral status than other animals?” It argues that the existential view that humans have a higher moral status than animals is founded on a weak and inconclusive foundation. While acknowledging various arguments raised for a common foundation between human and non-human animals, the paper attempts to establish a common ground for moral considerability of human and non-human animals. The first common foundation is based on the existential notion of being in the world, which is common for both human and non-human animals. The second idea is based on the common desire to actualize different needs. The paper demonstrates these common foundations by referring to Heidegger and Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.  

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