scholarly journals Critism of the methods of Christian missions in China from a sociological point of view

1916 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Dora Otis Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Christian Missions ◽  
Christian Mission ◽  
Mission Work ◽  
Personal Opinion ◽  
The Social

Text from page 1: "Christian Missions have been a powerful agency toward the social transformation of mission lands. While it has been as a rule the avowed purpose of missionaries to work for individuals, they have from time to time been drawn into the struggle against social evils. lt is the purpose of this thesis to criticise the methods by which missionaries have attacked the colossal social evils of China. The motive for Christian mission work is religious. While it is my personal opinion and the opinion of all who engage in mission work that their success is due to this fact, it is not the province of this thesis to deal with that important phase of mission work. It is the province of this thesis to deal with the purely social results of missions and to criticise the methods of missionaries from the point of view of their influence on the social life of the Chinese people."

Jaziret Fadel

2021 ◽  
pp. 104-126
Author(s):  
Amal Adel Abdrabo
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Mutual Interaction ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Preliminary Research ◽  
The Village ◽  
Key Questions

The plight of refugees fleeing from Palestine in 1948 raises several key questions regarding their historical fragmentation as a nation and their future. From a social anthropological point of view, the existing literature seems to tackle the Palestinian case from different perspectives influenced by the mass exodus of Palestinians from their homeland. Such perceptions took for granted the recognition of the state of “refugeeness” of the exiled Palestinians around the globe, while, in reality, it is a mutual interaction between people, place, and time. In the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli War at the beginning of the year 1948, more than 700,000 Palestinians fled their homes in Palestine to the nearby Arab countries, among them was Egypt. Some thousands settled in different areas all over Egypt. Based on a preliminary research on the literature, the author can argue that this is the first ethnographic study of the social life of the village of Jaziret Fadel and its Palestinian inhabitants in Egypt. The chapter is about tackling the historical trajectories, genealogies, memories, and present of the inhabitants of this village who seemed to be torn between two nostalgic pasts. The author's emphasis within this chapter is about how the narratives of the past memories could reveal a lot about the present time of the human societies and their future.

scholarly journals In Search of a Touchable Body: Christian Mission and Dalit Conversions

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 644
Author(s):  
Chakali Chandra Sekhar
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Christian Community ◽  
Christian Mission ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mass Conversion ◽  
Caste Structure

This paper significantly wishes to unpack the social and cultural impact of the mass religious conversion movements in Rayalaseema society with specific reference to Dalits during the period 1850 to 1880. This paper will use the archival material such as missionary records, magazines, pamphlets, and books written by missionaries; further, it will also utilize oral interviews collected from the field. The mass conversion movements established a relationship between Dalits and missionaries and brought them together. In their efforts to create a new Christian community of Dalit converts, missionaries had interacted with Dalits, shared meal with them, stayed with them and transformed forbidden and “polluted” ghettos into social spaces. The present paper argues that the practices of the missionaries were liberating and humanizing for Dalits. It will examine how these practices led to unintended consequences. It needs to be remembered that the missionaries’ aim was not to abolish caste but to develop Christianity. How did the missionaries contribute to social interaction and build a spirit of solidarity among the Dalit converts? Based on specific situations, incidents, and examples recorded in the missionary archives and oral interviews, the article observes that community conversion movements destabilized the caste structure and brought significant changes in the social life of Dalits in colonial Rayalaseema.

La santa prole. Il frutto del matrimonio cristiano nella teologia di Clemente di Alessandria

Augustinianum ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-65
Author(s):  
Miklós Gyurkovics ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Second Century ◽  
The Third ◽  
Clement Of Alexandria ◽  
The Social ◽  
Unique Method ◽  
Insight Into

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the teaching of Clement of Alexandria on marriage is closely related to the author’s soteriology and cosmology. The study focuses on the Third Book of Stromateis, which provides insight into the different Christian views on marriage at the end of the second century. Study of the Third Book of Stromateis also reveals Clement’s unique method of argument, by means of which he corrects the theological positions of his opponents. Last but not least, Clement’s discussions of family life provide a window onto the social life of the Late Empire from the point of view of a second-century Christian philosopher.

TAVERNS IN INDRA IN THE 1930s FROM A HISTORICAL POINT OF VIEW

Via Latgalica ◽  
2008 ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Olga Krēgere
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Main Function ◽  
Popular Entertainment ◽  
Rural Municipality ◽  
Brass Band ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
Live Stock

Based on the sources and literature available to the author, as well as on data obtained during field study, the paper describes the origins and functions of a tavern in Daugavpils region (now Kraslava region) in the rural Indra municipality in the 1930s. The chronology of the paper is determined by the founding of the establishment in 1929 and its operation until 1940 when Latvia was occupied by the USSR army. The paper is organized into three topical parts: first, the origins of the tavern are described, then the environment and its development over time, and finally the fulfillment of the tavern’s objectives in the economic and cultural life. The paper is based on the following: 1) documents of the Latvian State Historical Archives (hereinafter LSHA): The 1935 census materials of the State Statistics committee; Orders to the authorities issued by the head of the administration of Daugavpils County; Notices of the Indra rural municipality (until 1937 Piedruja rural municipality) to the head of the administration of Daugavpils Region; Lists of taxpayers (1929–1940); Population statistics (1941– 1943), 2) Audiotape-recorded narrations of the tavern building heir Anna Šiško obtained during Rezekne University College’s (2007), as well as factual material obtained during the interview (2008). Judging by Jānis Šiško’s family’s purposeful construction of the tavern and its role in Indra’s economic and social culture in the 30’s of the 20th century, it can be considered that its main function was customer service. The operation and the use of the tavern was adjusted to the particular needs of the social life according to the conditions during that period. The location of the tavern within reach of the railway station and the market square provided advantageous lodging and recreation facilities. These were used by the buyers of agricultural goods and corners, called „uzkupči”, arriving on a regular weekly basis from far away, mainly from Riga, by the producers of these goods from the wide neighbourhood, as well as by local farmers in the periods of supply and sale of sugar-beet, flax, and live stock. Therefore, the operation of the tavern contributed greatly to the economic activity of the municipality. Organized recreation – dances and open-air parties in the tavern yard on the playground and in the specially arranged spacious premises of a shed with the border guards brass band, and regular theatre performances and celebrations at the occasion of public holidays – introduced the tavern to the social life of Indra and made it a popular entertainment place in the finest sense of the word and thereby contributed to the enrichment of the county’s cultural life.

scholarly journals Conviviality as a Spatial Planning Goal for Public Open Spaces

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 4382-4387
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Modern Democracy ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human Tendency ◽  
Public Open Spaces

Conviviality is a popular concept in urban design while referring to the good qualities of public spaces. This concept is the need for current times when social life in physical public spaces is declining away largely to forces like social media and the virtual world. The human tendency to feel satisfied and happy exists in existence with others. The social media has taken away the role that established Greek agora as the first centre of public interaction which initiated the concepts of modern democracy. Where popular public spaces have big roles to perform, the small public spaces in the neighbourhood and markets perform an important role to stage the everyday local nuisance in people's life. Even If public space is satisfactory enough to take away the loneliness and boredom of everyday course of modern living a lot can be achieved. Conviviality is one such factor which helps to elevate the satisfaction of spending time with others. This paper is an attempt to understand conviviality and relate it to public open spaces from the physical planning point of view.

scholarly journals Pandangan Dunia Pengarang Terhadap Kehidupan Sosial Masyarakat Dayak Benuaq dalam Novel Api Awan Asap Karya Korrie Layun Rampan

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-107
Author(s):  
Tefan Randika Putra ◽  
Suseno W S ◽  
Maharani Intan Andalas IRP
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Poor People ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Forest Sustainability ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Rich

Karya sastra merupakan sebuah struktur, namun bukan sesuatu yang statis. Karya sastra adalah cermin dari masyarakat yang mewakilinya. Oleh karena itu, lewat sebuah karya sastra pengarang bisa mengekspresikan gagasannya. Untuk mengetahui pandangan dunia pengarang terhadap kehidupan sosial masyarakat Dayak Benuaq, penelitian ini menggunakan kajian teori strukturalisme genetik Lucien Goldmann. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan pandangan dunia pengarang terhadap kehidupan masyarakat Dayak Benuaq yang  tercermin dalam Api Awan Asap. Hasil dari penelitian ini disimpulkan bahwa struktur karya sastra dalam novel Api Awan Asap meliputi tokoh, alur, latar, sudut pandang, dan tema yang menggambarkan pandangan dunia Korrie. Kemudian pandangan dunia pengarang dijelaskan melalui latar belakang sosial pengarang, pandangan terhadap kehidupan sosial, dan dialektika. Korrie mengekspresikan bentuk gagasannya bahwa Masyarakat Dayak Benuaq bukan oknum yang merusak hutan. Masyarakat Dayak sangat menjaga hutan dengan sistem masyarakat Dayak Benuaq yang diwariskan oleh nenek moyang. Sistem sosial masyarakat dijelaskan melalui kepercayaan masyarakat, interaksi sosial kemasyarakatan, ekonomi masyarakat, kesenian masyarakat, serta sistem pemeliharaan dan hukum masyarakat Dayak Benuaq. Kemudian pengarang sebagai subjek kolektif menggambarkan perbedaan kelas sosial antara kaum borjuis dengan kaum biasa. Dari penelitian skripsi ini dapat dilihat bahwa masyarakat Dayak memiliki konsep hidup untuk melestarikan alam dan sangat menghargai alam raya. Literature is a structure, but not something static. Literature is a reflection of society that represent it. Therefore, through a literary author can express his ideas. To know the author’s view towards the Dayak Benuaq’s social life, this research uses genetic structuralism theory proposed by Lucien Goldmann. The purpose of this study is to describe the author’s view towards the Dayak Benuaq’s social life that is reflected on a novel entitled Api Awan Asap. The finding of this study concludes that the literary stucture on the novel entitled Api Awan Asap includes character, plot, setting, point of view, and theme which describe the Korrie’s life. Then, the author’s life view is explained through the author’s social background, social life view, and dialectal. Korrie expreesses his ideas that Dayak Benuaq Society is not the doer who destroy the forest. Dayak Benuaq Society maintains the forest sustainability uses their own system that is innherited by their ancestors. Social Society system is exeplained through the society belief, social interaction, scoiety economy, society art, and as well as the maintenance and low system of Dayak Benuaq Society. Then, the author as the collective subject describes the social classes differentiation between the rich and poor people. Build on this study, it can be seen that Dayak Benuaq Society has a living concept to preserve the nature and appreciate the natural kingdom.

scholarly journals Pembentukan Karater dari perspektif Kristen dan budaya

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lchiari
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Peace Of Mind ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Human Social Life

Human social life lately is getting more and more worried. The large number of news for violence between fellow humans is good in people's lives in general, also in families. Not only about violence, disputes, competition, envy and curtains are also coloring that color modern life lately. All people compete to get validation from others, and like the world has lost peace of mind. This paper aims to determine Christianity's point of view on the social life of the present and how a Christian person can stick to the Christ character, who is to love the world, currently filled with hatred, as well as how a character is influenced by culture.

scholarly journals Gift Game Metatheory: Social Interaction and Interpersonal Growth

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Alonso-Bastarreche ◽  
Alberto I. Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Moral Agent ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Philosophical Methodology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Systematic Character ◽  
Philosophical Framework

This paper analyzes Game Theory (GT) from the point of view of moral psychology and makes explicit some of its assumptions regarding the human person as a moral agent, as well as the ends of human action, and reciprocity. Using a largely philosophical methodology, we will argue that GT assumes an instrumental form of rationality underpinned by a logic of self-interest, hence placing individuals, communities, and their social practices in service of external goods and their maximization. Because of this, GT is not adequate to describe the entirety of human social existence and interaction. Nevertheless, by revealing these assumptions, GT can be amplified with another form of rationality based on realist ethics and a personalist anthropology reinforced by the logic of gift. This rationality values the singularity of each person as a holistic unity, as the center of the social realm and as an end in herself called to growth and flourishing with others, nurturing the human community through giving and receiving. We will thus provide a wider philosophical framework for GT with a series of non-mathematical axioms of what can be called a Game Metatheory (GMt). These axioms refer to society as a complex system, not to particular interactions. GMt axioms are not a model of social games, but rather an axiomatic description of social life as a game, revealing its systematic character, complexity, and possible deterioration.

Gruppe und Identität. Der »Social Identity Approach« im Gespräch mit theologischer Anthropologie und Ethik

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-64
Author(s):  
Maximilian Schell
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Ethical Orientation ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Ethical Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One ◽  
Social Identity Approach

Abstract Against the background of the virulent question of destructive conflict dynamics between groups, the present contribution introduces the social-psychological theory complex of the »Social Identity Approach« (SIA) and discusses it from a theological-anthropological and theological-ethical point of view. While the SIA assumes that social identity, which is important for the concept of self, leads to depersonalization and the devaluation of foreign groups, a Christian understanding of identity could on the one hand protect against overidentification with collective identities and on the other hand, following Bonhoeffer's reflections, remind us that collectives, too, must be understood as actors with an ethical orientation and, as collective persons, must be held responsible in a specific way for processes of social transformation. The church, as an actor in civil society, could play the prototypical role of a reconciling collective.

Digital Literacy Training

2022 ◽  
pp. 185-199
Author(s):  
Fatma Ince
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Business And Society ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information Awareness

The new information age technologies influence and shape the social and business life of individuals. Technological changes and their impact on business and society are also seen in cities, countries, and even on a global scale to use resources efficiently and to increase social welfare. As the internet is a fast and convenient communication tool, it is important to make correct decisions by distinguishing functional information while adapting to this change. In the process of digitalization, it is necessary to cooperate with libraries and other memory institutions to interact with digital cultural heritage in obsolete or inaccessible formats. From this point of view, the smart cities are seen as the reflections of digitalization on social life; then the difficulties and opportunities encountered in the process are mentioned in this chapter. In this way, information awareness which can directly affect the level of the ability to use information effectively is expected to increase in the digitalization process.

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