scholarly journals Liberation Theologies of the Twentieth Century: Insights for Integral Development of Africa in the Twenty-First Century

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Samuel O. Okanlawon
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
First Century ◽  
Public Theology ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Integral Development ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Role Of Religion

Development ideas and programmes in Africa generally overlook the role of religion. But contrary to this attitude, religion, in this context, Christianity, can be a catalyst to the development of Africa in the twenty-first century. The theological discourse of the twentieth century propelled progressive socio-economic and political developments. Thus, the paper examines the liberation theologies of the twentieth century and contextualizes the lessons learned from them for development in Africa and as an exemplar exercise in public theology. This is done using the historical method of research within the ambit of the theory of theological reflection. The liberation theologies affirmed the biblical ethos of liberation for all people under God with a focus on poverty, racism, and gender inequality. They became the platform for galvanizing efforts towards humanization and the betterment of people’s lives. Their propositions can be integrated into thinking and quest for development in Africa. Keywords: Theology, Liberation, Liberation Theologies, Development, Feminist, Africa, Black, Public Theology.

scholarly journals Corporate headquarters in the twenty-first century: an organization design perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Kunisch ◽  
Markus Menz ◽  
David Collis
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Organization Design ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
First Century ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Corporate Headquarters ◽  
Special Collection ◽  
Design Perspective ◽  
Twenty First Century

Abstract The corporate headquarters (CHQ) of the multi-business enterprise, which emerged as the dominant organizational form for the conduct of business in the twentieth century, has attracted considerable scholarly attention. As the business environment undergoes a fundamental transition in the twenty-first century, we believe that understanding the evolving role of the CHQ from an organization design perspective will offer unique insights into the nature of business activity in the future. The purpose of this article, in keeping with the theme of the Journal of Organization Design Special Collection, is thus to invigorate research into the CHQ. We begin by explicating four canonical questions related to the design of the CHQ. We then survey fundamental changes in the business environment occurring in the twenty-first century, and discuss their potential implications for CHQ design. When suitable here we also refer to the contributions published in our Special Collection. Finally, we put forward recommendations for advancements and new directions for future research to foster a deeper and broader understanding of the topic. We believe that we are on the cusp of a change in the CHQ as radical as that which saw its initial emergence in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. Exactly what form that change will take remains for practitioners and researchers to inform.

Conflicts Within the Anglican Communion

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Gay Marriage ◽  
First Century ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
The West ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Church

The churches of the Anglican Communion discussed issues of sex and gender throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century. Arguments about gender focused on the ordination of women to the diaconate, priesthood, and episcopate. Debates about sexuality covered polygamy, divorce and remarriage, and homosexuality. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, these debates became intensely focused on homosexuality and were particularly fierce as liberals and conservatives responded to openly gay bishops and the blessing and marriage of same-sex couples. By the second decade of the twenty-first century, the sex and gender debates had become less acrimonious, the Anglican Communion had not split on these issues as some feared, but the ‘disconnect’ between society and the Church, at least in the West, on issues such as the Church of England’s prevarication on female bishops and opposition to gay marriage, had decreased the Church’s credibility for many.

Maurice and Religion

2020 ◽  
pp. 154-174
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Fordoński
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
British Society ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
The World ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
Changing Role

This chapter explores the role and representation of religion in the text of Maurice and in critical readings of the novel. Concentrating primarily on the text itself, the chapter offers close readings of those parts of the novel where religion/religions play a part, stressing their importance in the structure of the novel. This analysis retraces the influence of religion (predominantly Christianity but also ancient Greek and pagan religious thought) on the main characters’ psychological development and behaviour, especially on the way they try to deal with irreconcilable demands of religion and their own psyche. The chapter thus reflects on Forster’s attitude towards religious institutions and the changing role religion played in early twentieth-century British society and among Edwardian writers. The chapter also considers the role of religion in the reception of the novel, both in scholarship and among twenty-first-century readers. The chapter concludes by considering questions of reception and the relevance of Maurice to twenty-first-century (queer) readers as concepts of homosexuality have undergone considerable changes in parts of the world.

Micro-literature and Parodic Games in John Crace’s Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century

Tekstualia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 95-108
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Szeremeta
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
First Century ◽  
Critical Attention ◽  
Transformative Process ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Literary Classics ◽  
Role Of The Reader ◽  
The Guardian

The following article aims to discuss parodic reworkings of literary classics for the twenty-first century readers as a form of micro-literature. The short format initiated in 2000 by the British satirist John Crace in The Guardian has become increasingly popular and outshone longer, traditional narratives. Although it generated significant critical attention it has not been exhausted by other researchers. Thus, the main objective is the analysis of the transformative process of digestion between source-texts and their abridged versions. The most relevant aspects investigated here include generic boundaries of parody and pastiche, intertextual strategies and the role of the reader.

scholarly journals Fragments and Fakes: The Arbor consanguinitatis of the Fondation Martin Bodmer and a Contemporary Forgery

Fragmentology ◽  
10.24446/uau ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 121-153
Author(s):  
William Duba ◽  
Christoph Flüeler
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
First Century ◽  
New Class ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
First Folio ◽  
Changing Role

A tree of consanguinity (arbor consanguinitatis) contained in a manuscript published on e-codices (Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 28), served as the model for a new class of forgery. An analysis of the Bodmer leaf in the context of other arbores consanguinitatis shows how the leaf relates to tradition; an examination of the leaf’s history and provenance reveals that the leaf was mutilated, probably in the mid-twentieth century. The forgery is proven to be such through a paleographical and content analysis of the script, and through an examination of the leaf’s method of composition. A second forgery is examined, a fragment of Jerome’s Epistle 53, fabricated from the first folio of another e-codices manuscript, Aarau, Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek MsWettF 11. The forgeries and their circulation provides the opportunity for an assessment of the changing role of manuscript fragments and fakes in the twenty-first century.

scholarly journals Aesthetic Views and Ideas of F. Busoni in the Development of Musical Art of the XX Century

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-169
Author(s):  
Yan Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Electronic Music ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Main Direction ◽  
First Century ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Aesthetic

Summary: The main direction of the article is the study of the leading aesthetic attitudes and ideas of F. Busoni, who influenced the development of music in the twentieth century. The purpose of the work is to systematize and generalize the representations of musicians of the twentieth century on the role of F. Busoni in the development of composer and performing musical art. For this, a comprehensive, hermeneutic, comparative approach is applied. In his books, F. Busoni outlined many ways in which the music of the twentieth century subsequently developed – from an expanded interpretation of tonality, harmony and harmony to new ways of composition, which he summarized in his letter to P. Becker as “new classicism”. The aesthetic views and ideas of F. Busoni expressed by him in relation to both composer and performing creativity were repeatedly discussed by the composer in a polemic with A. Schoenberg and G. Pfitsner, were supported by his students L. Grünberg, O. Luning, as well as many other composers and performers in the twentieth century. Attempts at creating F. Busoni’s new modal structures summarized the leading directions in the search for “new expressiveness” from N. Rimsky-Korsakov, M. Mussorgsky and the late A. Scriabin to O. Messian, P. Hindemith and B. Bartok. The composer’s desire to expand the ability of the fret by dividing it not by semitones, but by quarter tones and less influenced his creation of plans for the production of a new instrument – harmonium for producing a third of tones, which anticipated subsequent experiments and achievements in the field of electronic music. His aesthetic attitudes regarding the expression of feelings in the measures of art “opened” the discussion regarding the art of interpretation, dividing the music audience into two camps – who welcomed the freedom of expression of the musician-performer and who considered the requirements of musical objectivity to be quite justified, like M. Ravel, P. Hindemith and I. Stravinsky. It was they who supported the aesthetic essence of “new classicism” formulated by F. Busoni in the ideals of clear logic, a sense of style and the high art of polyphony – all those qualities that were his guide in the music of I.S. Bach. Formulated in the works of the composer, aesthetic views and ideas continue to develop and make sense in the musical art of the twenty-first century.

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