scholarly journals Malachi’s concern for social justice: Malachi 2:17 and 3:5 and its ethical imperatives for faith communities

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Blessing O. Bọlọjẹ ◽  
Alphonso Groenewald
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Human Society ◽  
The Many ◽  
Historical Developments ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Civil Order ◽  
Past Wrongs

Any time humans in any culture consider primary ethical concepts, justice will be to the fore. Much seems to hinge upon it whether human society is to function with any semblance of civil order, security and harmony. When justice is pervasively trampled upon, the very fabric of liveable society crumbles. The apprehension for justice is clearly reflected in almost all of the Old Testament (OT). It is an important theological motif in the OT. This is found in such OT literature as historical, legal, prophetic and wisdom writings. This evidence thus reveals that the apprehension for the issue of justice was one of the many ways by which Israel’s multifaceted social life was knit together throughout its various ancient historical developments. No aspect of the life of Israel was excluded from this kind of apprehension for justice, and Yahweh was understood to be actively involved in its entire phase. This article examines Malachi’s fourth disputation in the light of the lawlessness alluded to in Malachi 2:17 and the corruption of personal and civil morality in Malachi 3:5. In the discussions that follow, this article examines the need for the justice of Yahweh; that is, Yahweh’s righting of past wrongs and the reversal of sinful societal order. The purpose is to enact a communal ethic for those who generously care for the neighbourhood and are firm in their devotion to Him, that is, God.

Niemcy w Warszawie po raz pierwszy. Nowsze opracowania na temat niemieckiej okupacji 1915–1918

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1 (464)) ◽  
pp. 129-140
Author(s):  
Maciej Górny
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
World War I ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
World War ◽  
Proper Place ◽  
The Many ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Great War

The article describes the newer works devoted to the occupation of Polish lands, especially of Warsaw during World War I. Recently, this subject, so far neglected, has drown the attention of numerous scientists, both from Poland and from abroad. Their point of view is different not only from the older perspectives, but also from the perspectives of slightly newer works on the other occupied areas and emphasizing the connection between the experience of the Great War and genocide during World War II. In the most precious fragments, the new historiography gives a very wide image of social life, in which the proper place is taken by previously marginalised social groups. Differently from the older works, the policy of the occupants on the Polish lands is not treated only as a unilateral dictate, but rather as a dynamic process of negotiation, in which the strength and position of each of the (many) sides has been changed. And, this change is accompanied by the new arrangements concerning almost all aspects of the German policy and the conditions of living during World War I.

The Nightmare and the Dream: Edward Bellamy and the Travails of Socialist Thought

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAMUEL HABER
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Eighth Century ◽  
Edward Bellamy ◽  
Surplus Value ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Utopian Socialism ◽  
The Many ◽  
Almost All

In the light of recent events, the once widely accepted Marxist distinction between “scientific” and “utopian” socialism is fading rapidly. For it has become increasingly difficult to believe that any form of socialism is inherent in the workings of history, as the Marxists had claimed for their “scientific” variety. Today Marxism, in its own terms, turns out to be “utopian.” One can now more readily recognize the kinship of the many different socialisms as well as the significance of their link to the social ideals of the past. What had previously been a somewhat antiquarian literature on “precursors,” “forerunners,” and “schismatics” of socialism suddenly appears as especially pertinent and perhaps even central. Today, without difficulty, one turns away from the various contradistinctions developed in this scholarship and toward the interconnections implicit in it.1Surveying this literature, we can recognize three preeminent social ideals that went into the making of the various socialisms – the call for social justice, the aspiration toward a society of brotherly love, and the belief that one could rid society of poverty. It was the eighth-century prophets of the Hebrew Bible who advanced the audacious demand for justice in society. They urged an end to oppression, cruelty, abuse, and more generally that people be given what was rightfully theirs. This demand recurs in almost all the socialist programs. In the Marxist scheme, it takes the form of the theory of surplus value which describes capitalist profit as a surplus product stolen (“entwandt”) from the worker who creates it.

scholarly journals DIGITALIZATION AS A REVOLUTION IN MANAGEMENT

2019 ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
L. Ivanovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Class Structure ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Information Revolution ◽  
The Social ◽  
Theoretical Standpoint

A new opportunities in managing large, complex and dynamic social systems of individual countries and regions as well as managing economic, political and information systems of the whole world has been investigated. In general, their historical emergence as a result of the «information revolution», digital economy and digitalization of social life has been considered. Such technologies serve as a foundation of ambitions of different classes and elites to monopolize the power, which is a danger to the human society. However, this opens other prospects like creating the social justice» society. These two tendencies have been analyzed briefly in the article. The problem of our society’s class structure also from a theoretical standpoint has been reviewed.

"Judaizing" Christian Interpretations of the Prophets As Seen by Saint Jerome

2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Graves
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Literal Meaning ◽  
The Future ◽  
Saint Jerome ◽  
The Many ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Church

AbstractAmong the many differing interpretations reported by St. Jerome is the set ascribed to "our Judaizers," who are in reality Christian interpreters with whom Jerome disagrees. In his own exegesis of the prophets, Jerome accepts both the literal/historical meaning of the "Hebrews" (Jews) as it relates to Israel's past (Old Testament history), and the spiritual/allegorical meaning of the church as it relates to the present or future. The interpretations that Jerome regards as "Judaizing" are almost all attempts to assign a literal meaning to the future. It is this combination (literal and future) that Jerome rejects as "Judaizing."

scholarly journals The Importance and Necessity of Paying Attention to Law and Legalism in Social Areas from the Perspective of the Holy Quran

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Reza Alami ◽  
Farzad Emamian ◽  
Seyed Nima Karimi ◽  
Seyed Sadegh Mousavi Takami ◽  
Mahdi Rezaei
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Natural Rights ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Holy Quran ◽  
The Holy Quran ◽  
The Law ◽  
Laws And Regulations

<p>Social life is an inevitable necessity for human beings and order, security and justice is required for social life. In this regard, everything that can be effective social life of for human beings should be seriously considered. Law is among these phenomena that people can benefit from social life in its light in addition to benefiting from their natural rights. Therefore, it can be said that the strength and cohesion of any society is paying attention to the law and obeying it. Obviously, this religion in order to convey its purpose should have a plan for them. Therefore, God, as the drafter of this religion sent the Quran to people which is full of solutions and values and a better life for them. In Islam and Quran, the condition of salvation and happiness of a society depends on adherence to God's laws and regulations in all facets and social arenas. The results of this study show that in the shadow of respecting law and order the possibility of planning, implementing and guiding in human society is done. A society can only be lawful by fulfilling God's commandments in Quran.</p>

scholarly journals Penal Measures and Policies Governing the Phenomenon of Human Trafficking with a Look at International Documents

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Ahmad Purebrahim ◽  
Iraj Goldozian
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Human Growth ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Theological Virtues ◽  
Important Position ◽  
International Instruments

Human dignity, and respect and commitment to it, is considered as one of fundamental principles of divine religions and international instruments on human rights. Benefit from valuable moral and theological virtues in order to provide of human growth and development exclusively is in the light of fundamental rights and the principle of preserving human dignity. Accordingly, today the concept of human rights and commitment to follow it in the international and national legal systems has a very important position. Rejection of all forms of exploitation humiliation and torture is one of the first underlying layer of human rights which known as negative human rights or social Don'ts. Although as the interpretation of the famous French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the eighteenth century, human is born free but in the process of social life and adapting to social situations in different ways to be distracted from their pure nature. Countless people in the world today are subject to oppression, even are subject to varying degrees of slavery instances including humiliation and degradation and prostitution. This research attempts to analyze the irreparable consequences of this phenomenon on human society, and also to look beyond national and transnational criminal measures and policies on this phenomenon.

scholarly journals Neural Prosthetics:A Review of Empirical vs. Systems Engineering Strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald E. Loeb
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Neural Control ◽  
Cardiac Pacemaker ◽  
Clinical Problem ◽  
Neural Prosthetic ◽  
The Many ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Electronic Technologies ◽  
Interface Materials

Implantable electrical interfaces with the nervous system were first enabled by cardiac pacemaker technology over 50 years ago and have since diverged into almost all of the physiological functions controlled by the nervous system. There have been a few major clinical and commercial successes, many contentious claims, and some outright failures. These tend to be reviewed within each clinical subspecialty, obscuring the many commonalities of neural control, biophysics, interface materials, electronic technologies, and medical device regulation that they share. This review cites a selection of foundational and recent journal articles and reviews for all major applications of neural prosthetic interfaces in clinical use, trials, or development. The hard-won knowledge and experience across all of these fields can now be amalgamated and distilled into more systematic processes for development of clinical products instead of the often empirical (trial and error) approaches to date. These include a frank assessment of a specific clinical problem, the state of its underlying science, the identification of feasible targets, the availability of suitable technologies, and the path to regulatory and reimbursement approval. Increasing commercial interest and investment facilitates this systematic approach, but it also motivates projects and products whose claims are dubious.

Haunting Wholeness: Inviting Ghosts on the Bridge So We Can Transform

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 1022-1038
Author(s):  
Cristina M. Dominguez
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Community Member ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Way Of Knowing

In this article, I share my journey toward haunting wholeness in the social justice work that I am beginning to take up as a scholar, teacher, and community member. I evoke Avery Gordon’s notion of haunting, defining it as an experience in which “that which appears to be not there is often a seething presence, acting on and often meddling with taken-for-granted realities.” Investigating hauntings that take place in our lives can take us to a “dense site where history and subjectivity make social life.” Should we dwell and work in this site, should we take up hauntings and their “ghostly things,” I believe, as Gordon does, that we can conjure “a very particular way of knowing what has happened or is happening,” an affective and transformative way of knowing about our moving and relating in the world with others as social beings.

scholarly journals AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE RELAXATION OF BOLTS

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Abid ◽  
Muhammad Shahid Khalil ◽  
Hafiz Abdul Wajid
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Behaviour ◽  
Relaxation Behaviour ◽  
Bolted Joint ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Elastic Interactions ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
The Many ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Static Behaviour

Loss of pre-load with time, commonly known as ‘Relaxation’ is an established phenomena. Behaviour of a bolted joint depends upon the pre-load in the bolts in use, not the pre-load introduced by the mechanic. Loss of pre-load is expected due to the many factors such as embedment relaxation, gasket creep, elastic interactions, and vibration loosening or stress relaxation. In a gasketed joint, due to the gasket flexibility, relaxation is always substantial during preliminary passes, as 80 to 100% loss is not uncommon in almost all the bolts, resulting in a dynamic behaviour. Pre-load in a gasketed joint is stabilized and retained to certain extent in the final passes only. In a non-gasketed joint, due to no gasket and no rotation its static behaviour is concluded. This paper highlights the factors affecting the amount of relaxation with time and presents important considerations that can reduce this. Both the short and long term relaxations are recorded and a ‘best fit’ model for relaxation behaviour is derived.

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