scholarly journals The Ecumenical Struggle in South Africa: The Role of Ecumenical Movements and Liberation Organisations from 1966

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Duncan ◽  
Anthony Egan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
First Century ◽  
Significant Activity ◽  
Significant Reversal ◽  
The Future ◽  
Twenty First Century

 In contemporary South Africa, it would be true to say that there is no longer any urgency with regard to organic union as an aim of ecumenism. This marks a significant reversal of the pre-1994 situation where political and other motives stimulated the impulse. This is not only a local situation, for ecumenism has taken on a different character globally. Former alignments have weakened, and emerging alignments challenge former assumptions regarding ecumenism—and are no less political than formerly within the Pentecostal bloc, which has ousted the SACC from its former place of privilege in the government’s affections. This is not to say that nothing has been happening on the ecumenical scene. There has been significant activity which is ongoing and offers hope for the future of cooperation. This article includes material up to the present and explores these recent activities of the twenty-first century.

scholarly journals Theology, Metaphysics, and Science: Twenty-First Century Hermeneutical Allies, Strangers, or Enemies?

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Antoci
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
First Century ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Scientific Endeavor

This article answers the question of whether the study of theology and metaphysics can be classified currently, or ever qualify in the future, as a scientific endeavor. Rather than choose a particular theology or metaphysics as the subject of inquiry, this essay argues that it is not only necessary to recognize the role of hermeneutics within different fields of study, but that it is also necessary to begin a human hermeneutic with human experience. Changes in our global context, whether social, economic, political, or environmental, are important drivers of hermeneutical evolution. We should expect no less change in the areas of theology, metaphysics, and science. The question of truth, whether subjective or objective, is a hermeneutical one.

scholarly journals Studying development in the 21st Century

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-356
Author(s):  
Michael S. C. Thomas ◽  
Gert Westermann ◽  
Denis Mareschal ◽  
Mark H. Johnson ◽  
Sylvain Sirois ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Future Study ◽  
First Century ◽  
Target Article ◽  
The Future ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn this response, we consider four main issues arising from the commentaries to the target article. These include further details of the theory of interactive specialization, the relationship between neuroconstructivism and selectionism, the implications of neuroconstructivism for the notion of representation, and the role of genetics in theories of development. We conclude by stressing the importance of multidisciplinary approaches in the future study of cognitive development and by identifying the directions in which neuroconstructivism can expand in the Twenty-first Century.

Justice Deprived, Justice Demanded: Afropentecostalisms and the Task of World Pentecostal Theology Today

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amos Yong
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
North America ◽  
First Century ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
Pentecostal Theology ◽  
The Future ◽  
Twenty First Century

AbstractBy and large, Pentecostal theology has proceeded with little attention to black Pentecostalism except as `objects' of historical or sociological analysis. But what does Afropentecostalism—black Pentecostalism in its global contexts—have to contribute to the formulation of a world Pentecostal theology for the twenty-first century? The works of Frank Chikane in South Africa, Robert Beckford in Britain, and Cheryl Sanders in North America are discussed and analyzed as points of entry into the theology of Afropentecostal churches. This essay assumes that the future of world Pentecostal theology cannot ignore the important contributions of Afropentecostal theological traditions.

Habad, the Rebbe, and the Messiah in the Twenty-First Century

2020 ◽  
pp. 357-384
Author(s):  
Naftali Loewenthal
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
First Century ◽  
Jewish Society ◽  
The Future ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Individual

We have looked at a number of aspects of the Habad-Lubavitch movement in their historical context: its relationship with general Jewish society, the theme of outreach, including beyond the Jewish community, rationalism, the role of the individual, contemplation, women, the messianic idea, and the fact that Rabbi Menachem Mendel passed away without a successor. This concluding chapter explores some further theological questions: What are the positions within Habad in relation to the teachings of the last Rebbe and his messianic thrust? What might the contemporary movement have to say for the future?

The future of the doctrine of economic duress in South African contract law: The influence of Roman-Dutch law, English law and the Constitution of the Republic

Acta Juridica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 107-140
Author(s):  
D Bhana
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Future ◽  
English Law ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Normative Content

In England, the contractual doctrine of economic duress is an important mechanism for curbing abuses of superior bargaining power. In contrast, in South Africa, the courts are yet to articulate a definitive doctrine. In this article, I argue for a twenty-first century South African doctrine of economic duress that is delineated primarily in terms of South Africa’s foundational constitutional value of equality. For this purpose, I consider English contract law and show how it is a concern for ‘equity’ that has been central to its treatment of economic duress. I then highlight the normative limitations of the English doctrine, but argue that the English legal experience of economic duress remains valuable for corresponding developments in the modern South African commercial context, especially in light of the latter’s post-apartheid constitutional framework, which provides the normative content of baseline standards that must inform its doctrine of economic duress.

scholarly journals Changes in Foreign Direct Investment in Brazil in the Twenty-First Century

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Maria F.S.C. Previdelli ◽  
Luiz E.S. Souza ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
First Century ◽  
Main Subject ◽  
Coup D'etat ◽  
Twenty First Century

The insertion role of Brazil in the international scenario, in particular, the change regarding the foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country, is the main subject of this paper that seeks to demonstrate what occurred in the twenty-first century. The first 15 years of the new century saw an increase in the participation of Brazil in the multipolar scenario with China’s growing approach. After the coup d’etat of 2016, the country changed that trend and began to review its foreign partnerships, positioning itself as a representative of US interests in Latin America and seeking to distance itself from the group of former BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) partners.

scholarly journals Corporate headquarters in the twenty-first century: an organization design perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Kunisch ◽  
Markus Menz ◽  
David Collis
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Organization Design ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
First Century ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Corporate Headquarters ◽  
Special Collection ◽  
Design Perspective ◽  
Twenty First Century

Abstract The corporate headquarters (CHQ) of the multi-business enterprise, which emerged as the dominant organizational form for the conduct of business in the twentieth century, has attracted considerable scholarly attention. As the business environment undergoes a fundamental transition in the twenty-first century, we believe that understanding the evolving role of the CHQ from an organization design perspective will offer unique insights into the nature of business activity in the future. The purpose of this article, in keeping with the theme of the Journal of Organization Design Special Collection, is thus to invigorate research into the CHQ. We begin by explicating four canonical questions related to the design of the CHQ. We then survey fundamental changes in the business environment occurring in the twenty-first century, and discuss their potential implications for CHQ design. When suitable here we also refer to the contributions published in our Special Collection. Finally, we put forward recommendations for advancements and new directions for future research to foster a deeper and broader understanding of the topic. We believe that we are on the cusp of a change in the CHQ as radical as that which saw its initial emergence in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. Exactly what form that change will take remains for practitioners and researchers to inform.

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