The Persecuted Church: The Case Of The Southern Peruvian Evangelical Church And Shining Path (1980-1992)

Abstract This article shows clearly the experiences of the author concerning the social restart of Germany after 1945. The ZEE was and is a place for reflection and reorientation. Personal encounters with personalities of the »first hour« constitute the opening. This is followed by five central situations which were witnessed and devised by the author. They had a direct effect on the ZEE. 1. The participation in the senior staff of Willy Brandt had an effect on the contemplation of an »ethos of inner reforms«. 2. The reform process in South Africa with its »peaceful revolution« brought the author there, having intense working relations to the leaders of the »black majority«. These experiences found their way into the ZEE. 3. As chairman of the chamber for social order of the EKD (Evangelical Church in Germany) the author worked nearly 20 years intensively on memoranda concerning the reorientation of the welfare state in many dimensions. The ZEE was a central place of scientific debate. 4. and 5. As head of the Diakoniewissenschaftliches Institut (I. for Christian social work) of the University of Heidelberg basic questions of deaconry theologically and at the same time world wide aspects were at the centre of interest also at the ZEE

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Current Manifestations of the Ethnic Identity of Transylvanian Saxons

Ethnologia Actualis ◽

10.1515/eas-2015-0016 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 46-65

Author(s):

Tomáš Drs

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Identity ◽

Large Scale ◽

Field Research ◽

Self Concept ◽

Interethnic Relations ◽

Evangelical Church ◽

Theoretical Concepts ◽

Majority Culture ◽

Future Direction ◽

The Relationship

Abstract The study ‘Current Manifestations of the Ethnic Identity of Transylvanian Saxons’ presents this ethnic minority in Romania. Based on the theoretical concepts of T. H. Eriksen, it deals with the issues of the ethnic identity and its contemporary manifestations in the culture of Transylvanian Saxons. Information gathered during the qualitative field research make it possible to capture changes in the manifestations of the ethnic identity and the relationship between the minority and the majority culture. As a result of modernization processes and large-scale emigration, there has been a change of the group’s mentality, with traditional behaviour patterns and models of social coexistence disintegrating. The need has arisen to revise the ethnic identity of the community. The observed aspects of the ethnic identity include ethnicity and Saxon self-concept, Saxon dialect, Saxon Evangelical Church, festivities, minority education and interethnic relations. Attention is also paid to the opinions of Saxon politicians and intellectuals of the current situation of the society and its future direction.

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Entdecken und Entwickeln von Praxiswissen mit PATONGO-Storm

i-com ◽

10.1524/icom.2012.0013 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 46-52

Author(s):

Till Schümmer ◽

Martin Mühlpfordt

Keyword(s):

Organizational Learning ◽

Practical Knowledge ◽

Practical Experience ◽

Learning Tool ◽

Evangelical Church ◽

Positive Effects ◽

E Learning ◽

Organizational Exchange

Summary An important factor for individual and organizational learning is the identification and the sharing of practical experience. This article presents PATONGO-Storm, a process and an e-Learning tool for supporting workshops that initiate cross-organizational exchange of practical knowledge. The tool collects and relates experiences and challenges. Practitioners with related contributions are then brought into a discourse where they develop solutions for relevant challenges. The approach was validated in the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) where it showed first positive effects.

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