scholarly journals Religious Elements in Embrace of the Serpent (2015): Transforming the Dichotomies between an Amazonian payé and Western Expeditioners in the Wake of the Rubber Industry

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 391
Author(s):  
Isaak Deman
Keyword(s):  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Rubber Industry ◽  
Missionary Movement ◽  
Religious Elements ◽  
The Way

Embrace of the Serpent (2015), directed by Ciro Guerra, narrates the parallel stories of Theo and Evan whose main purpose is to find the yakruna plant in the Amazon rainforest. Both men are guided by the payé Karamakate. The first story depicts Theo’s encounter with Karamakate and their travel through the Amazon for yakruna, which can cure Theo of his disease. Along the way, one comes to witness the parallel often disturbing events in the wake of colonialism, capitalism and the Catholic missionary movement. The second story narrates Evan’s encounter with Karamakate three decennia later, but this time, the viewer is informed about Theo’s preceding story and comes to see the devastating consequences. While Theo ultimately fails to utilize yakruna, Evan manages to find and utilize the plant, which leads him towards a radical self-transformation. In this way, Evan and Karamakate succeed where Theo and Karamakate failed. While Embrace of the Serpent has been hailed for its cinematography, its representation of the ecological decay, and the effects of Western colonialism, further reflection is needed with respect to the religious elements in the film. In doing so, this article proves that the film deals not only with the socio-political and ecological realities on the ground, but also with existential questions.

scholarly journals The moral philosophy of nature: Spiritual Amazonian conceptualizations of the environment

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Gregorio Abad Espinoza
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Physical Condition ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Philosophy Of Nature ◽  
Ecuadorian Amazon ◽  
Intimate Relations ◽  
Harmful Effects ◽  
The Way

It is well known the harmful effects that savage capitalism has been causing to the environment since its introduction in a sphere in which a different logic and approach to nature are the essential conditions for the maintenance of the ecosystem and its complex relations between humans and non-human organisms. The amazon rainforest is a portion of the planet in which for thousands of years its human dwellers have been interacting with nature that it is understood beyond its physical condition. Thus, to what extent Amazonian’s approaches to nature could be considered as a moral philosophy through which the way of conceptualizing nature and its non-human denizens enhances the continuity of life and the intimate relations between entities? To answer this question, I will explore the cosmological system of the Shuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon with whom I lived for 5 months between July and November 2018, and thereby elucidate the spiritual relations that this society has with the metaphysical domain of nature.

scholarly journals Hukum Nafkah Terhadap Keluarga pada Gerakan Transnasional Keagamaan

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-78
Author(s):  
Muhamad Bisri Mustofa, M.Kom.I
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Missionary Movement ◽  
The Family ◽  
Comprehensive Manner ◽  
The Law ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

Abstract Since the emergence of the Transnational Da'wah Movement such as the Tablighi Jama'at, it has created contradictions about the Law of Providing both birth and mentality to the family left in the Khuruj fii sabilillah program (Exiting the Way of Allah) to preach the ummah from house to house, mosque to mosque, inviting listen to Muslims (religious lectures) and invite to pray in congregation in the mosque. From the development of Jama'ah Tabligh's missionary movement in Indonesia, this movement has experienced quite rapid development. Not only is the movement that has a Jama'at quite rapidly, it is marked by the presence of da'wah markers (da'wah centers) in each Province and District of the City. But in the development of the da'wah movement there are several things that become contradictions in the family, in this case the provision of income to children and wives who are left behind when their household heads implement Khuruj fi sabilillah for 3 days, 40 days and 4 months. Therefore, this paper takes the theme of the Law of Livelihood Against Families in the Tabligh Jama Da'wah Movement in a comprehensive manner. Keywords: Family Livelihood, Religious Transnational Movement.

Evangelist at the Gate: Robert Morrison's Views on Mission

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-330
Author(s):  
FUK-TSANG YING
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Missionary Movement ◽  
Traditional Chinese Culture ◽  
Future Work ◽  
True Measure ◽  
The Way

The arrival of Robert Morrison in Macau on 4 September 1807 marked the beginning of the nineteenth-century Protestant missionary movement in China. The most familiar and important legacy of Morrison is his translation of the Bible into Chinese and the compilation of A dictionary of the Chinese language. When Morrison concluded his work in 1832, only ten Chinese had been baptised. However, the true measure of his accomplishment is not to be sought in the harvest of souls, but in the foundations that laid for future work. As a pioneer missionary in the nineteenth century, Morrison lived in an alien ‘heathen’ world for twenty-five years. How did he hold on to his evangelistic vision and passion in such an adverse and unfavourable environment? This essay aims to sketch Robert Morrison's views on mission, focusing on the way in which he responded to traditional Chinese culture and religion and the huge political obstacles in early nineteenth-century China.

scholarly journals SEJARAH GERAKAN DAKWAH ABDUL GHANI KASUBA (JIHAD PERDAMAIAN PADA KONFLIK ANTAR AGAMA DI MALUKU UTARA)

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Siti Nuralfia Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Religious Conflicts ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Missionary Movement ◽  
The Way

<p class="Standard"><em>The way of Islamic preaching from the time of the Prophet to the present can be said to be diverse. In its development, some famous figures, scholars, and religious teachers also emerged in their respective regions. Each figure also has a different path and experience in the preaching of all fields, including the da’wa jihad carried out by Abdul Gani Kasuba in breaking up inter-religious conflicts in North Maluku. This article uses the method of library research in which is data is taken from the main resources, namely “Sejarah Konflik dan Perdamaian di Maluku Utara</em> <em>(Refleksi Terhadap Sejarah Moloku Kie Raha)” and “Konflik Komunal: Maluku 1999-2000”. As a result, the author concludes that the substance of the missionary movement of Abdul Gani Kasuba is showing a humanist person to the community when preaching, regardless of which people he preaches. He prioritizes the characteristics of ukhuwah wathaniyah that implies the importance of brotherhood based on humanity (ukhuwah basyariah).</em></p><p class="Standard"><strong><em>  </em></strong><em>.</em></p>

scholarly journals GERAKAN DAKWAH JAMA’AH TABLIGH DI KALANGAN WANITA DALAM PEMBINAAN KELUARGA MUSLIM DI KOTA BANDARLAMPUNG

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Muhamad Bisri Mustofa
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Head Of Household ◽  
Missionary Movement ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Law ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

Since the emergence of the Transnational Da'wah Movement such as the TablighiJama'at, it has created contradictions about the Law of Providing both birth and mentalityto the family left in the Khuruj fii sabilillah program (Exiting the Way of Allah) to preachthe ummah from house to house, mosque to mosque, inviting listen to Muslims (religiouslectures) and invite to pray in congregation in the mosque. From the development ofJama'ah Tabligh's missionary movement in Indonesia, this movement has experiencedquite rapid development. Not only is the movement that has a strong community, it ismarked by the presence of da'wah markers (da'wah centers) in each of the Provinces andDistricts of the City. But in the development of the da'wah movement there are severalthings that become contradictions in the family, in this case the provision of income forchildren and wives who are left behind when their head of household implements Khurujfii sabilillah for 3 days, 40 days and 4 months. Therefore, this paper takes the theme of theLaw of Livelihood Against Families in the Tabligh Jama Da'wah Movement in acomprehensive manner.

scholarly journals Un lingüista en la selva amazónica perdió su fe en Dios

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-52
Author(s):  
Anamaría Ashwell
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Universal Grammar ◽  
Group Living ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
La Selva ◽  
The Way ◽  
Academic Study

Este artículo muestra las dificultades que encontró un evangelizador, convertido posteriormente en antropólogo, para realizar un estudio académico de la etnia Pirahá que habitan la selva amazónica. Después de veinte años de cohabitación con los Pirahá, este evangelizador/antropólogo pudo comprobar lo que los misioneros anteriores reportaron: a los Pirahá les entretenía y hasta interesaba el relato bíblico pero como una historia más. La autora relata las dificultades linguisticas que impide a estos sujetos, sujetados a un lenguaje casi único que contrasta la gramática universal de Chomsky, atribuírle alguna categoría espiritual o salvífica a la palabra de Dios. La autora también describe el regreso del evangelista / antropólogo, unos años después, a la jungla y la forma en que se reencuentra con los Pirahá, pero esta vez sin su fe ni su dios.Abstract:This article presents the difficulties encountered by an evangelist, later converted into an anthropologist, when conducting an academic study of the Pirahá ethnic group living in the Amazon rainforest. Following twenty years of cohabitation with the Pirahá, this evangelist/anthropologist was able to confirm what previous missionaries had reported: the Pirahá were entertained by the biblical account and they were even interested in it but only as a mere story. The author examines the linguistic difficulties that prevent the Pirahá, subjected to an almost unique language contrasting Chomsky's universal grammar, from assigning any spiritual or salvific category to the Word of God. The author also describes the evangelist/anthropologist’s return, a few years later, to the jungle and the way he is reunited with the Pirahá but this time without his faith and god.

Self-sacrifice for in-group's history: A diachronic perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Babińska ◽  
Michal Bilewicz
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Emotional Events ◽  
Reciprocal Process ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe problem of extended fusion and identification can be approached from a diachronic perspective. Based on our own research, as well as findings from the fields of social, political, and clinical psychology, we argue that the way contemporary emotional events shape local fusion is similar to the way in which historical experiences shape extended fusion. We propose a reciprocal process in which historical events shape contemporary identities, whereas contemporary identities shape interpretations of past traumas.

What is the purpose of cognition?

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aba Szollosi ◽  
Ben R. Newell
Keyword(s):  
Infinite Number ◽  
Human Cognition ◽  
The Way

Abstract The purpose of human cognition depends on the problem people try to solve. Defining the purpose is difficult, because people seem capable of representing problems in an infinite number of ways. The way in which the function of cognition develops needs to be central to our theories.

Peculiarity Parameters

1976 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 233-254
Author(s):  
H. M. Maitzen
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Observational Evidence ◽  
Rotator Model ◽  
Peculiar Behaviour ◽  
Field Spectrum ◽  
Oblique Rotator ◽  
Ap Stars ◽  
The Way

Ap stars are peculiar in many aspects. During this century astronomers have been trying to collect data about these and have found a confusing variety of peculiar behaviour even from star to star that Struve stated in 1942 that at least we know that these phenomena are not supernatural. A real push to start deeper theoretical work on Ap stars was given by an additional observational evidence, namely the discovery of magnetic fields on these stars by Babcock (1947). This originated the concept that magnetic fields are the cause for spectroscopic and photometric peculiarities. Great leaps for the astronomical mankind were the Oblique Rotator model by Stibbs (1950) and Deutsch (1954), which by the way provided mathematical tools for the later handling pulsar geometries, anti the discovery of phase coincidence of the extrema of magnetic field, spectrum and photometric variations (e.g. Jarzebowski, 1960).

The mensuration of interfaces

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 216-217
Author(s):  
W.M. Stobbs
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Dynamical Theory ◽  
Large Strains ◽  
Reasonable Approach ◽  
Lattice Resolution ◽  
Analogue To Digital ◽  
The Way

I do not have access to the abstracts of the first meeting of EMSA but at this, the 50th Anniversary meeting of the Electron Microscopy Society of America, I have an excuse to consider the historical origins of the approaches we take to the use of electron microscopy for the characterisation of materials. I have myself been actively involved in the use of TEM for the characterisation of heterogeneities for little more than half of that period. My own view is that it was between the 3rd International Meeting at London, and the 1956 Stockholm meeting, the first of the European series , that the foundations of the approaches we now take to the characterisation of a material using the TEM were laid down. (This was 10 years before I took dynamical theory to be etched in stone.) It was at the 1956 meeting that Menter showed lattice resolution images of sodium faujasite and Hirsch, Home and Whelan showed images of dislocations in the XlVth session on “metallography and other industrial applications”. I have always incidentally been delighted by the way the latter authors misinterpreted astonishingly clear thickness fringes in a beaten (”) foil of Al as being contrast due to “large strains”, an error which they corrected with admirable rapidity as the theory developed. At the London meeting the research described covered a broad range of approaches, including many that are only now being rediscovered as worth further effort: however such is the power of “the image” to persuade that the above two papers set trends which influence, perhaps too strongly, the approaches we take now. Menter was clear that the way the planes in his image tended to be curved was associated with the imaging conditions rather than with lattice strains, and yet it now seems to be common practice to assume that the dots in an “atomic resolution image” can faithfully represent the variations in atomic spacing at a localised defect. Even when the more reasonable approach is taken of matching the image details with a computed simulation for an assumed model, the non-uniqueness of the interpreted fit seems to be rather rarely appreciated. Hirsch et al., on the other hand, made a point of using their images to get numerical data on characteristics of the specimen they examined, such as its dislocation density, which would not be expected to be influenced by uncertainties in the contrast. Nonetheless the trends were set with microscope manufacturers producing higher and higher resolution microscopes, while the blind faith of the users in the image produced as being a near directly interpretable representation of reality seems to have increased rather than been generally questioned. But if we want to test structural models we need numbers and it is the analogue to digital conversion of the information in the image which is required.

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