scholarly journals Legacies of Love, Peace and Hope: How Bioethics Education can Overcome Hatred and Divide

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-42
Author(s):  
Darryl R.J. Macer
Keyword(s):  
Good Life ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Bioethics Education ◽  
The World

In our pursuit of a good life (eubios), both individuals and societies, need to educate themselves on the pursuit of love of life in all domains, self-love, love of others, loving good and love of life.  In this paper I reflect on my own journey through growing up in Christchurch, and experiences around the world, that are the basis for that conclusion.  In our efforts to pursuit bioethics education we can enhance peaceful and harmonius coexistence in our world, through nurturing good decisions that we should all make. 

Interfaith Families

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-104
Author(s):  
Halima Krausen
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
New Normal ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
Interfaith Marriages ◽  
Plural Society

In our plural society, interfaith marriages and multicultural families have become a new normal and are either considered problematic for the religious communities or welcomed as a contribution to a secular and more peaceful world. In the course of my work with European Muslims, I could accompany such families through a few generations. In this article, I am going to outline some typical challenges and crises in such relationships and their effects on young people growing up in mixed families, adding my observations of how they can be dealt with. Ultimately, there is a chance that, through dialogue, it provides a meaningful learning environment that prepares young people for the diverse reality of the world today.

YOGAINTOCLASSROOM PRACTICES:NEED OF THEHOUR

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (36) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmeet Bedi
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Mental Stress ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Educational Organization ◽  
Psychological Performance ◽  
The World ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Classroom Studies ◽  
Day By Day

We are living in the world of 21st century which is known as the world of ‘Mental Stress’ in these circumstances, knowledge amplifies day by day. There is a knowledge explosion in the world, hence each and every person tries to get this knowledge by new andmost recent mediasand they also use it. In this direction there is a qualitative growing up in the person for in receipt of knowledge and its use by appreciative. In the same way, we notice the qualitative addition in the educational organization, teachers and students, which are going to get knowledge. In these circumstances teachers and students feel a perplexity. Learner or student of today is not only physically unhealthy but also mentally or emotionally. So it becomes duty or responsibility of a teacher to incorporate such practices in his classroom so that stress, tension, anxiety, frustration etc. of their students reduces which ultimately affect upon their academic as well as socio-psychological performance. The present paper throws light on benefits of yoga into classroom, studies conducted on the same, challenges before a teacher.

scholarly journals Beyond Religiosity: A Model to Explain Spirituality Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 413-414
Author(s):  
Carlyn Vogel ◽  
Debra Dobbs ◽  
Brent Small
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
College Experience ◽  
The United States ◽  
Strong Connection ◽  
Deep Appreciation ◽  
The World ◽  
High Level

Abstract Spirituality is difficult to define as researchers assign it different meanings and individuals’ perceptions can vary. For example, spirituality may connect to religiosity, while others consider religiosity a less significant part of spirituality. This study investigates factors outside of religiosity that are significantly associated with spirituality to inform the characteristics of the concept. Webster’s (2004) existential framework of spirituality was used to guide variable selection. The National Survey of Midlife in the United States wave three (MIDUS 3; 2013-2014; n = 2,594; Mage = 63.5, SD = 11, range = 39–92) was used to examine individuals’ reported levels of spirituality. Multinomial logistic regression was conducted to examine factors related to low and high levels of spirituality compared to a moderate level. Participants with low spirituality were more likely to be male, less likely to be mindful, mediate/chant, feel a strong connection to all life, to indicate that they cannot make sense of the world, and to be religious. Participants with high spirituality were more likely to be female, have at least some college experience, be mindful, meditate/chant, feel deep inner peace, have a sense of deep appreciation, think that a sense of purpose is important for a good life, and have a high level of religiosity. Framed by Webster’s conceptual model, the current study observed that religiosity is significantly associated with spirituality and that other mindfulness-based aspects are also present within this concept. Incorporating mindfulness with religious efforts will more accurately and holistically address spirituality.

Number of Siblings in Childhood, Social Outcomes in Adulthood

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-234
Author(s):  
Joseph J. Merry ◽  
Donna Bobbitt-Zeher ◽  
Douglas B. Downey
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Social Outcomes ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
The Past ◽  
National Longitudinal Study ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

In many parts of the world, fertility has declined in important ways in the past century. What are the consequences of this demographic change? Our study expands the empirical basis for understanding the relationship between number of siblings in childhood and social outcomes among adults. An important recent study found that for each additional sibling an individual grows up with, the likelihood of divorce as an adult declines by 3%. We expand this work by (a) determining whether the original pattern replicates in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and (b) extending the analysis beyond divorce to consider whether growing up with siblings is related to prosocial adult behaviors (relationships with parents, friends, and views on conflict management with one’s partner). Our results confirm a negative association between number of siblings and divorce in adulthood. We find mixed results related to other prosocial adult behaviors.

Is Faith the Purpose of Christian Education?

1997 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Signe Sandsmark
Keyword(s):  
Christian Education ◽  
Liberal Education ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Good Place ◽  
Purpose Of Education ◽  
The World

FAITH IS THE overall purpose of everything we do as Christians, but education has a purpose in itself. Luther's model of the two governments is useful in thinking about the purpose of education. According to this, God governs his world through both his spiritual and his secular government. He has two purposes in what he does — both to save people and to make the world a good place to live. Education is primarily part of God's secular government, and its ultimate aim is the service of God by doing good to other people. Christian education, unlike liberal education, claims that there is basically only one good life, namely the service of God. It teaches pupils about God and his salvation, but it cannot create or maintain faith.

La primavera gris. Sobre el declive de las abejas

2014 ◽  
pp. 2299-2325
Author(s):  
Mercedes ORTIZ GARCÍA
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Good Work ◽  
The World ◽  
Economic Sphere

LABURPENA: Udaberri grisa edo lorerik gabekoa, kolorerik gabekoa —erleekin batera ari baita desagertzen hain funtsezkoa den polinizazioa—, ingurumena ongi kudeatu beharrari buruzko gogoeta da. Arlo horretantxe nabarmentzen zen Demetrio Loperena Rota, gure irakasle bizizale eta maitea, eta haren oroitzapenak eta lan onak ingurumenaren gobernantza bideratzen laguntzen digu. Batik bat erleek egiten duten polinizazioak ekosisteman duen garrantzia eta haien gainbeheraren arrazoiak aurkeztu ostean, biodibertsitatearen galera kezkagarri horri aurre egiteko soluzioak proposatzen ditugu. Hala, mugak jarri dizkiogu ekonomiaren hazkundeari, kontserbaziorako estrategia moduan bada ere, eta lurraldeen eta ekosistema-zerbitzuen erabilerari buruzko arautegi kolektibo berritu bat ezarri dugu, denok hobeto bizitzeko balio izango duelakoan. RESUMEN: La primavera gris o primavera sin flores, sin colores —dada la masiva desaparición de abejas y con ellas la acción clave de la polinización— es una reflexión sobre la necesidad y urgencia de gestionar ambientalmente bien el planeta. Precisamente en dicha materia destacaba nuestro vitalista y querido profesor Demetrio Loperena Rota, cuyo recuerdo y buen hacer coadyuvan para encauzar la gobernanza ambiental. El trabajo, después de exponer la importancia de los servicios ecosistémicos de la polinización que realizan fundamentalmente las abejas y las causas de su declive, propone soluciones para abordar tan alarmante pérdida de biodiversidad. Las propuestas consisten, fundamentalmente, en establecer límites a la expansión de la esfera económica, aunque sea como estrategia conservacionista, mediante la implantación de una regulación colectiva renovada sobre los usos de los territorios y de sus servicios ecosistémicos, augurando una vida buena para todos. ABSTRACT: Grey spring or spring without flowers, without colours —due to the massive disparition of bees and with them the key action to pollination— is a reflection on the necessity and urgency to manage environmentally the world. Precisely on this subject our vital and beloved professor Demetrio Loperena Rota used to stand out, whose memory and good work help to straighten out the environmental governance. This work, after explaining the importance of ecosistemic services of pollination that are mainly carried out by bees and the causes of its deterioration, proposes solutions to deal with the so alarming lost of biodiversity. The proposal to respond to the challege of the crisis of biodiversity sets limits to the expansion of the economic sphere albeit as a conservationist strategy, by means of a renewed colective regulaton on the uses of territories and their ecosistemic services, predicting a good life for all of them.

Using technology to find out about the world

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. S12-S13
Author(s):  
Claire Hewson
Keyword(s):  
Search Engines ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Laboratory Equipment ◽  
The World

Each day technology helps us to build more knowledge, from laboratory equipment to search engines. As children are growing up in a digital age it is vital to incorporate technology as part of their everyday discovery of the world around them.

Conclusion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah C. M. Bulloch
Keyword(s):  
Good Life ◽  
Societal Change ◽  
The World ◽  
Life Aspirations ◽  
World Development

This book shows that far from simply a narrative about societal change, for many people throughout the world development is a narrative about transforming selves. As such, it both shapes and is shaped by local categories of difference and intergenerational life aspirations. It also shows that notions of development vary not only across localities and between groups, but individuals can at once hold multiple and even contending ideals of development, prioritizing different views in different contexts. These contending notions are underscored by wider tensions in society regarding what constitutes a good life and how we should relate to one another morally, as social and economic beings.

Growing up in Japan

2020 ◽  
pp. 176-199
Author(s):  
Gracia Liu-Farrer
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Japanese Society ◽  
Immigrant Children ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Changing Environments ◽  
The World ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
Identity Choice ◽  
Immigrants In Japan

This chapter studies immigrant children's diverse strategies to make sense of their subjectivities and establish their relationships with Japanese society. In particular, it examines how changing environments, especially the different institutional contexts they go through in the course of their growing up, contribute to the shaping of their identities. Born to foreign parents, immigrant children in Japan are surrounded by a complex cultural and social environment and have to continually adjust their relationships to such contexts and modify their subjectivities in the course of doing so. Because nationality is a powerful identification, they also have to negotiate their own identity between Japan—the place where they live and are acculturated to but at times rejected by—and the country or countries where their parents are from and where their passports say they are from. This process of encounters and negotiations enhances their awareness of the limits and freedom of being immigrants in Japan. In the end, among a group of them, a cosmopolitan self emerges as a response to the limited repertoire of identity choice. In other words, many immigrant children, unwilling to resign to either nationality, choose to become citizens of the world.

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