scholarly journals THERAVADA BUDDHISM IN KHMER PEOPLE’S LIFE IN THE MEKONG DELTA – FROM THE ANGLE OF MARRIAGE

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Oanh Thi Kim Dang
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Mekong River ◽  
Theravada Buddhism ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Agricultural Society ◽  
Indirect Impacts ◽  
Social Management

Theravada Buddhism, although it is a religion based on the principle of “ly gia cat ái” which means “leaving family and cutting off love, in reality, for the Khmer people in the Mekong River Delta, Theravada Buddhism has very clearly shown secularization into all aspects of Khmer people’s life. In Khmer traditional society, Theravada Buddhism teachings are the foundation for rules which operate social relationship, social management including both the power of community and of pagodas, which creates special features of Khmer traditional agricultural society, completely different from Vietnamese villages and communes. Particularly, in the field of marriage and family, from concepts, rules to wedding rituals, from rites and customs in daily life to funeral rituals of family life etc. all are absorbed and profoundly influenced by Theravada Buddhism ideology and philosophy. The paper aims to learn about influences, and direct as well as indirect impacts of Theravada Buddhism on marriage and family life of the Khmer in the Mekong Delta, contributing more data to prove the role of Theravada Buddhism in the life of Khmer people in the Mekong Delta.

scholarly journals Pastoral care and the agony of female singleness in the African christian context

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (3/4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M.E. Baloyi
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Community Or ◽  
Church And Society ◽  
Programme Of Care ◽  
The Church

In our society the norm is thatevery adult should get married one day. This could imply thatunmarried people do not feel welcome either in the community or the church. They may feel neglected or even like outcasts. It is a pity that the church, which also finds itself within the community, is composed of people who still continue to havethe kind of attitude that excludes singles, even inside church circles. While churches run programmes that have a strong emphasis on marriage and family life, nothing is being doneto address singleness and its related problems. As a result, singles often regard themselves as unimportant and worthless. This article is aimed at un-covering the role of the church through its leadership (pastors in particular) to assist and helpto redeem the damaged image and self-esteem that singles may have in their respective communities and churches. The article focuses on singles in the African church and society. It is crucial that a church programme of care and counselling be structured in order to minister to persons who are separated, divorced, widowed or never married for whatever reason.

Adultery in early Anglo-Saxon society: Æthelberht 31 in comparison with continental Germanic law

1991 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore John Rivers
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Marriage And Family

As in other societies, adultery was a punishable offence among the Germanic peoples. Although it is a topic which has commanded considerable attention, it has been given attention not so much because it deals with family law and its significance to social history, as because it concerns the treatment of women. But closely related to the question of women, of course, is that of how men view each other. Even as early as Tacitus, evidence exists that Germanic women were treated with respect, and were subject to the protection or mundium of male relatives. Although exaggerated, the account in the Germania gives us some understanding of the role of Germanic women in respect of betrothal, marriage and family life. But it also leaves us with questions to which we most likely will never find answers.

scholarly journals Flooding in the Mekong Delta: Impact of dyke systems on downstream hydrodynamics

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vo Quoc Thanh ◽  
Dano Roelvink ◽  
Mick van der Wegen ◽  
Johan Reyns ◽  
Herman Kernkamp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mekong Delta ◽  
River System ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Mekong River ◽  
Flood Season ◽  
Tidal Propagation ◽  
River Outflow ◽  
Year 2000

Abstract. Building high dykes is a common measure to cope with floods and plays an important role in agricultural management in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. However, the construction of high dykes cause considerable changes in hydrodynamics of the Mekong River. Therefore, this paper aims to assess the impacts of the high dyke system on water level fluctuation and tidal propagation on the Mekong River branches using a modelling approach. In order to consider interaction between rivers and seas, an unstructured modelling grid was generated, with 1D–2D coupling, covering the Mekong Delta and extending to the East (South China Sea) and West (Gulf of Thailand) seas. The model was manually calibrated for the flood season of the year 2000. To assess the role of floodplains, scenarios consisting of high dykes built in different regions of the Long Xuyen Quadrangle (LXQ), Plains of Reeds (PoR) and TransBassac were carried out. Results show that the percentage of river outflow at Dinh An sharply increases in the dry season in comparison to the flood season while the other Mekong estuarine outflows rise slightly. In contrast, the lateral river flows of the Mekong River system to the seas by the Soai Rap mouth and the LXQ decrease somewhat in the dry season compared to the flood season due to overflow reduction at the Cambodia–Vietnam border. Additionally, the high dykes in the regions that are directly connected to a branch of the Mekong River, not only have an influence on the hydrodynamics in their own branch, but also on other branches because of the connecting channel of Vam Nao. Moreover, the high dykes built in the PoR, LXQ and TransBassac regions are the most important factor for changing water levels at Tan Chau, Chau Doc and Can Tho, respectively. The LXQ high dykes result in an increase of daily mean water levels and a decrease of tidal amplitudes on the Song Tien (downstream of the connecting channel of Vam Nao). A similar interaction is also found for the the PoR high dykes and the Song Hau.

Sharing Seoul: Appropriating Alleys as Communal Space through Localized Sharing Practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-114
Author(s):  
Im Sik Cho ◽  
Blaž Križnik
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Spatial Dimension ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Communal Life ◽  
Relationship Networks ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Communal Space

Sharing practices are an important part of urban life. This article examines the appropriation of alleys as communal space to understand how sharing practices are embedded in localities, how communal space is constituted and maintained, and how this sustains communal life. In this way, the article aims to understand the spatial dimension of sharing practices, and the role of communal space in strengthening social relationship networks and urban sustainability. Seowon Maeul and Samdeok Maeul in Seoul are compared in terms of their urban regeneration approaches, community engagement in planning, street improvement, and the consequences that the transformation had on the appropriation of alleys as communal space. The research findings show that community engagement in planning is as important as the provision of public space if streets are to be appropriated as communal space. Community engagement has changed residents' perception and use of alleys as a shared resource in the neighbourhood by improving their capacity to act collectively and collaborate with other stakeholders in addressing problems and opportunities in cities.

The Synod on the Family

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Dillon
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Language Group ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Church Teaching

This chapter provides a case analysis of the Catholic Church’s Synod on the Family, an assembly of bishops convened in Rome in October 2014 and October 2015, to address the changing nature of Catholics’ lived experiences of marriage and family life. The chapter argues that the Synod can be considered a postsecular event owing to its deft negotiation of the mutual relevance of doctrinal ideas and Catholic secular realities. It shows how its extensive pre-Synod empirical surveys of Catholics worldwide, its language-group dialogical structure, and the content and outcomes of its deliberations, by and large, met postsecular expectations, despite impediments posed by clericalism and doctrinal politics. The chapter traces the Synod’s deliberations, and shows how it managed to forge a more inclusive understanding of divorced and remarried Catholics, even as it reaffirmed Church teaching on marriage and also set aside a more inclusive recognition of same-sex relationships.

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