scholarly journals Devotional fitness: aspects of a contemporary religious system

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 313-343
Author(s):  
Martin Radermacher
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Third ◽  
Religious System ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Analytical Section ◽  
Christian Congregations ◽  
Body Ideals

The aim of this paper is to describe some more or less representative groups within the area of devotional fitness in the USA, to compare their ideas­ to those held in Christian congregations in Germany and to extract some of the most important features of these movements. The descriptive section, ‘Examples of fitness in US evangelicalism’, will have a short look at three of these movements and then examine one of them more thoroughly, namely, the concept of ‘Shaped by Faith’. The next part of the descriptive section (‘Aspects of religion and fitness in Germany’) will look into the connections between sports and religion in Christian congregations in Germany. In the third section, some of the historical trajec­tories which have influenced contemporary body ideals in both ‘religious’ and ‘secular’ contexts in the United States and Germany are briefly described. In the analytical section, the material is screened for striking similarities and recurring motifs and a preliminary definition of ‘devotional fitness’ is suggested. One particular feature of these currents, the blurring of genres, is dealt with more thoroughly in section ‘The blurring of genres in devotional fitness’. The article ends with some ideas as to how these concepts of devotional fitness could be researched within the analytical frame of cultural semiotics.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE LEGISLATION OF THE USA AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON CIVIL LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY GOODS WITH INCREASED HAZARDOUS PROPERTIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 86-90
Author(s):  
S.M. Salikhova ◽  
◽  
A.M. Shakhaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Civil Liability ◽  
The United States ◽  
Important Place ◽  
State Laws ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Usa ◽  
American Legal System ◽  
Definition Of

The relevance of the consideration of the problem of civil liability for harm caused by goods with increased hazardous properties is determined by the fact that such cases occupy an increasingly important place in judicial practice. This shows that not only the legal awareness of citizens is growing, but the very definition of “goods with increased dangerous properties” does not have all the principles of specificity. In this regard, one can turn to the experience of other countries, especially those where consumer protection has proven effective. The United States is one of such countries, where not only the culture of consumption is high, but also the legal culture. This combination allows the American legal system to respond to citizens ’appeals in a timely manner and resolve issues with an objective review of cases where liability for damage caused by goods with increased dangerous properties is considered. In the United States, the definition of civil liability for manufacturers and sellers of goods and services is governed by federal and state laws. Moreover, it is the laws of the states in most cases that govern the most important aspects related to determining the shortage of goods, services and work. It should be noted the importance of the precedent in the US legal system, which also determines many cases for determining civil liability for harm caused by some properties of goods. To compare the fundamentals of the legislation of the two countries in the studied area, the comparative legal research method was applied, which allows us to highlight general and excellent legislative norms. Based on the results of the comparison, it was concluded that the similarities and differences between the American and Russian legislation in terms of civil-steam liability for damage caused by goods with dangerous properties.

A Critical Reassessment of Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” Thesis

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-76
Author(s):  
Zahra Seif-Amirhosseini
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Science ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Clash Of Civilizations ◽  
Democratic Development ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
The Third ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Traditional Understanding

My critique of Samuel Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” thesis is divided into three sections. The first section provides a critical reassessment of his definition of civilization, modernization and westernization from an Islamic perspective, or, more broadly, a religio-traditional understanding of civilization and its various historical manifestations. I also present an academic critique from the perspective of political science and sociology. Consequently, these two perspectives are sometimes set out separately and sometimes intertwined. The second section attempts to demonstrate how his analysis of Islam is based on cultural essentialism, which views Islam as an inherent threat and a stumbling block to democratic development, and to explain how his theories are both inaccurate and extremely dangerous in terms of their political and policy implications. The third section comprises an analysis of his theory’s impact on policy and its consequences for the United States.

A Critical Reassessment of Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” Thesis

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-76
Author(s):  
Zahra Seif-Amirhosseini
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Science ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Clash Of Civilizations ◽  
Democratic Development ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
The Third ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Traditional Understanding

My critique of Samuel Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” thesis is divided into three sections. The first section provides a critical reassessment of his definition of civilization, modernization and westernization from an Islamic perspective, or, more broadly, a religio-traditional understanding of civilization and its various historical manifestations. I also present an academic critique from the perspective of political science and sociology. Consequently, these two perspectives are sometimes set out separately and sometimes intertwined. The second section attempts to demonstrate how his analysis of Islam is based on cultural essentialism, which views Islam as an inherent threat and a stumbling block to democratic development, and to explain how his theories are both inaccurate and extremely dangerous in terms of their political and policy implications. The third section comprises an analysis of his theory’s impact on policy and its consequences for the United States.

scholarly journals Genus Acalvolia (Acari: Winterschmidtiidae), with the description of a new species from the USA

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2719 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
QING-HAI FAN ◽  
SHERLY GEORGE ◽  
LALITH KUMARASINGHE
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Mite Genus

The definition of the mite genus Acalvolia is revised. A new species, Acalvolia americana, with conidia of Cladosporium sp. in its gut, intercepted on orange from the United States is described. Currently the genus consists of only one species, and the new species is distinguished from that species by having smooth supracoxal setae, longer setae sci (ratio sce: sci = 2.5–2.7), and longer dorsal idiosomal setae c1, d1 and e1 (reaching to or overlapping the bases of setae in the next row).

Race and Racial Discrimination

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Zack
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Racial Difference ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Century ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Fourth Section ◽  
The Third ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Made In

This article attempts to develop an accessible approach to race and racism in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The second section is about the concept of racism, and, by derivation, racists and racist behavior. Any acceptable definition of racism would seem to presuppose the existence of races and racial difference. Therefore, the third section, ‘Race’, is an examination of those concepts. The fourth section ‘Remedies’, is a discussion of practical correctives to racism in the light of the progress made in second and third sections.

scholarly journals ZAGADNIENIE KARY ŚMIERCI W STANACh ZJEDNOCZONYCH AMERYKI

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Wojciech Kwiatkowski
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Representation ◽  
Capital Trials ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of

THE ISSUE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES Summary This article describes the issue of capital punishment in the United States, including the history of the death penalty as administered in the USA and the main court rulings on this matter (e.g. the definition of categories of exemption or restrictions on the methods or conditions of execution). The article also describes numerous efforts (mostly on the grounds of court rulings) to improve the quality of legal representation and enhance the fairness of capital trials and appeals for defendants facing the death penalty. The article concludes with statistics which show that states with capital punishment on the statute book do not generally have lower murder or crime rates and that since 1973 138 persons sentenced to death have been acquitted in outcome of the discovery and proof of miscarriage of justice.

scholarly journals The Threat from European Missile Defence System to Russian National Security

2014 ◽  
pp. 54-63
Author(s):  
A. I. Podberezkin ◽  
J. Y. Parshkova
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Financial Economic ◽  
The Political ◽  
Missile Defense ◽  
Adaptive Approach ◽  
The Third ◽  
Strategic Stability ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The U.S

The article analyses the political and military aspects of progress in the dialogue between Russia and the U.S./NATO on cooperation in missile defense; investigates the past experiences and current state of cooperation between Russia and the Alliance on missile defense issues; examines the technical features of American missile defence systems today; finds a solution to question whether or not the European Missile Defence Program actually threatens Russia's nuclear deterrent and strategic stability in general; identifies both potential benefits and possible losses for Russia stemming from the development of cooperation with the United States and NATO in countering ballistic missile threats, or from refusal to have such cooperation. Evidently, the initiative of creation of a missile defense in Europe surely belongs to the USA. Washington has enormous technological, financial, economic, military and institutional capabilities in the field of a missile defense, exceeding by far other NATO member-states. In February 2010, the President of the United States B. Obama adopted a project "European Phased Adaptive Approach" (EPAA) as an alternative to G. Bush's global strategic missile defense plan. The first two stages of the Phased Adaptive Approach are focused on creating a system capable of intercepting small, medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The possibility of intercepting long-range missiles is postponed to the third (2018) and forth phases (2020). Moscow finds especially troublesome the third and the fourth phases of Washington's project of creating a European segment of the global antiballistic missile system, considering prospective capabilities of the U.S. interceptor missiles 61 and the envisioned areas of their deployment. The U.S. counter-evidence is that phase four interceptors do not exist yet. Russia insists on getting the political and legal guarantees from the U.S. and NATO that their missile defense systems will not slash the efficiency of Russian nuclear deterrence forces.

scholarly journals Historia imigracji Chińczyków do Stanów Zjednoczonych – trzecia fala

2020 ◽  
pp. 94-102
Author(s):  
Monika Paliszewska-Mojsiuk
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Chinese Exclusion ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cultural Alienation ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of

The third wave of Chinese immigration to the United States of America This article offers an exploration of the history of the third wave of Chinese immigration to the USA which began after 1943. After a brief introduction to previous legislation promoting Chinese exclusion from America, the article provides a detailed description of immigration policies that influenced the influx of Chinese. Moreover, it considers background information relating to the socio-economic challenges that the Chinese faced in their new homeland. Chinese Americans also experienced cultural alienation, which they expressed, among other ways, in literature. After years of exclusion, since the second half of the 20th century, Chinese may finally immigrate to the United States on equal terms to those enjoyed by representatives of other nationalities.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SUCCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN UKRAINE AND THE USA

10.23856/4211 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 78-87
Author(s):  
Olena Kozmenko ◽  
Andrzej Kryński
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Gradual Change ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Definition Of

The article is devoted to the study of the success in the system of higher education in the USA and Ukraine. This concept in higher education has interested scholars in recent decades and has caused many debates about determining student progress. At the end of the twentieth century in the United States, student achievement was measured by quantitative indicators that demonstrated the effectiveness of higher education. But the gradual change in the higher education priorities, the characteristics of the students, the need to improve the educational process has led to a revision of the definition of this phenomenon and provoked a number of studies to expand this concept, creating models of success. The modern definition of student success in US higher education establishments involves academic success and the development of the necessary personality traits, skills and abilities for further self-realization. Ukrainian researchers consider success as a category of pedagogical psychology, as this concept concerns, first of all, the personal development of the student, the skills and abilities of useful interaction. At the same time, a number of studies made by Ukrainian educators are devoted to the issue of academic success, which is also considered as a qualitative development of the student`s personality. Unfortunately, compared to the United States, Ukraine does not have sufficient data on the quality of higher education, there are no experimental studies of success models for students. There is a lack of information on further self-realization of students, their employment. Thus comparing student success in the two countries, it can be concluded that there is a difference in understanding of this concept by American and Ukrainian scholars, the issue of retention, persistence and graduation is not sufficiently developed by Ukrainian educators. The problem to find the ways to improve higher education is common, but its development, as well as the creation of models for achieving success is not sufficiently represented in Ukrainian scientific discourses.

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