Conclusion: The Social Dimension of Infant Well-being

Author(s):  
Nicola Shelton
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-112
Author(s):  
Herry Susanto

Salah satu unsur penting dalam pelayanan gereja yang terabaikan adalah peran sosial gereja untuk mewujudkan kesejahteraan. Padahal warga jemaat berhadapan dengan berbagai isu sosial. Salah satu yang cukup krusial adalah kemiskinan. Dalam upaya merevitalisasi pelayanan gereja, salah satu yang perlu diwujudkan adalah integrasi antara kepedulian sosial dan pelayanan gereja. Artikel ini akan menjelaskan bahwa gereja memiliki panggilan dan tanggung jawab sosial. Fondasi bagi gagasan ini adalah karakteristik pelayanan Yesus yang termuat dalam Lukas 4:18-19, yang merupakan kutipan dari Yesaya 61:1-2; 58:6. Berdasarkan penggunaan Yesaya 61:1-2 yang dikombinasikan dengan Yesaya 58:6, artikel ini menunjukkan bahwa penulis Injil Ketiga memodifikasi kutipan tersebut untuk memperkuat karakteristik sosial dalam pelayanan Yesus. Dimensi sosial pelayanan Yesus merupakan landasan penting untuk membangun pelayanan gerejawi yang memiliki kesadaran sosial untuk membentuk kehidupan umat secara menyeluruh. Dalam menguraikan gagasannya, artikel ini akan menerapkan metode kualitatif yang berorientasi pada studi literatur dan analisis hermeneutika. Adapun pendekatan hermeneutika yang akan diterapkan berfokus pada pembacaan Injil sebagai biografi Yunani-Romawi. Prinsip-prinsip yang umum digunakan dalam metode kritik naratif juga akan diterapkan. Karena adanya kutipan dari Kitab Yesaya, pendekatan hermenutika yang digunakan juga akan menganalisis cara penulis Injil Ketiga menggunakan teks Yesaya tersebut. Artikel ini akan berfokus pada tiga aspek, yaitu karakteristik sosial Injil Ketiga, karakteristik sosial pelayanan Yesus berdasarkan Lukas 4:18-19, dan implikasi dimensi sosial pelayanan Yesus bagi upaya revitalisasi pelayanan gereja. One important element that neglected in church ministry is the social responsibility of the church in realizing the well-being of the community. Whereas the congregation is dealing with various social issues. One that is quite crucial is poverty. In an effort to revitalize church ministry, one that needs to be realized is the integration of social care and church ministry. This article will explain that the church has social calling and responsibility. The foundation for this idea is the characteristics of Jesus' ministry conveyed by Luke 4:18-19, which is a quotation from Isaiah 61:1-2; 58:6. Based on the use of Isaiah 61:1-2 combined with Isaiah 58:6, this article shows that the writer of the Third Gospel modified the quotation to strengthen social characteristics in Jesus' ministry. The social dimension of Jesus' ministry is an important foundation for building church ministries that have social awareness to shape the lives of believers holistically. This article will apply qualitative methods that focus on literary study and hermeneutical analysis. The hermeneutical approach applied here focuses on reading the Gospels as Greco-Roman biography. The principles commonly used in narrative criticism will also be applied. Because of the quotation from the Book of Isaiah, this article will also analyze the way the writer of the Third Gospel used the text of Isaiah. This article will focus on three aspects, namely the social characteristics of the Third Gospel, the social characteristics of Jesus' ministry based on Luke 4: 18-19, and the implications of the social dimension of Jesus' ministry for revitalizing church ministry.


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Stephan Treuke

This research assesses the impact of neighborhood effects on the well-being of thirty inhabitants in Calabar, a shanty-town set within an upper-class area of Salvador (Brazil). We adopted a threefold methodological framework in order to explore the material, social and symbolic dimensions of the neighborhood effects based on a set of interviews. With regard to  the material dimension, cross-class interactions via the employment nexus are fostered through geographic proximity; however social segmentation regarding access to schools, hospitals and leisure activities have reinforced the social hierarchies. In the social dimension, a high degree of cohesion and solidarity has entailed positive implications for the job search processes, access to resources and a strengthening of territorial identity. With the symbolic dimension, statistical discrimination has entailed deleterious effects on economic integration. In conclusion, the hypothesis of an opportunity-enriching environment should be subjected to careful scrutiny since the economic integration of the inhabitants neither bridges the social distances nor impedes place-based discrimination.


2018 ◽  
pp. 1038-1058
Author(s):  
Dolores Gallardo Vázquez ◽  
María Teresa Nevado Gil

Cities play an important role in the development of economies, generating wealth and well-being for citizens, providing better, energy efficient and sustainable services and giving residents their rightful place as the cornerstone of city management. Spain has a quite unique example of a smart city, Vitoria-Gasteiz. This is an emblematic city for Europe, which awarded this municipality the title of European Green Capital 2012. This paper seeks to analyse the best sustainable practices through a case study based on content analysis of this city's website. In the social dimension, the results highlight the promotion of resident participation through municipal services, to ensure public debate and transparency. In the environmental dimension, the city has a sustainable mobility plan that aims to reverse the trend towards an increased use of private vehicles by promoting the use of buses, trams and bicycles. Finally, in the economic dimension, the findings underscore the city's economic rigour, transparency in management and economic recovery.


2019 ◽  
pp. 1031-1051
Author(s):  
Dolores Gallardo Vázquez ◽  
María Teresa Nevado Gil

Cities play an important role in the development of economies, generating wealth and well-being for citizens, providing better, energy efficient and sustainable services and giving residents their rightful place as the cornerstone of city management. Spain has a quite unique example of a smart city, Vitoria-Gasteiz. This is an emblematic city for Europe, which awarded this municipality the title of European Green Capital 2012. This paper seeks to analyse the best sustainable practices through a case study based on content analysis of this city's website. In the social dimension, the results highlight the promotion of resident participation through municipal services, to ensure public debate and transparency. In the environmental dimension, the city has a sustainable mobility plan that aims to reverse the trend towards an increased use of private vehicles by promoting the use of buses, trams and bicycles. Finally, in the economic dimension, the findings underscore the city's economic rigour, transparency in management and economic recovery.


2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-56
Author(s):  
Nyaradzo Dhliwayo ◽  
Nelson Chanza ◽  
Anton De Wit

There is now considerable interest to understand how local communities experiencing climatic risks can benefit from climate change responses. As this agenda unfolds, there is need to understand the impact of climate-related interventions from the perspective of local populations targeted by such projects. Existing assessment approaches tend to concentrate on the environmental and economic impacts of projects that minimise greenhouse gas emissions. This study assesses the social aspect of a domestic biogas project that was intended to address the twin challenges of poverty and climate change in Sogwala village, Zimbabwe. A three-tier methodological execution process was adopted, involving field reconnaissance, household survey and key informant interviews. The focus was on measuring the social dimension of the changes brought about by the project, from the experiences of participating households. With a consciousness of assessment challenges associated with community projects, social capital parameters were used to assess the project’s contribution to the social well-being of the villagers. Overall, results show that the biogas project has the potential to facilitate social development through improved trust and social networks. Despite the contested climatic benefits associated with small-scale household biogas digesters, projects of this nature can enhance community relationships and networks, upon which other development interventions can be operationalised.


Sleep, along with the sleep-related behaviors that impact sleep quality, have emerged as one of the major determinants of health and well-being (alongside good diet, regular exercise, and not smoking). In turn research is beginning to identify that sleep is strongly socially patterned—by socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, immigrant status, stage of the life course, work experiences, stress, and neighborhood contexts. Yet no textbook currently exists that brings together the accumulated evidence on the social epidemiology of sleep. This book is targeted toward (a) social epidemiologists who wish to study sleep as a health outcome, (b) sleep epidemiologists who want to learn about the social determinants of sleep, and (c) other scholars working in the intersection between sleep health, social epidemiology, and health disparities. The textbook begins with an introduction of social epidemiology and sleep epidemiology, that is, a brief overview of the social epidemiology of sleep as well as the methods of assessment in sleep epidemiology and their validity, the descriptive epidemiology of sleep, and some basic biology of sleep. Part II focuses on what is known about the basic descriptive epidemiology of sleep, including consideration of sleep across the life span and among special populations. Each chapter of the remaining sections of the book (Part III) covers the major social determinants of sleep (socioeconomic status, immigration status, neighborhood contexts, etc.) from the accumulated research as well as research needs/opportunities as they relate to that social dimension of health.


2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Domingos Manuel Salgado

RESUMO: O mandamento do amor ao próximo constitui o âmago das Obras do Amor de Kierkegaard. Nesta obra, o amor cristão é definido em contraposição ao amor natural, nomeadamente ao amor erótico e à amizade. Em virtude da sua natureza passional, o amor natural é uma forma de amor de si mesmo e não comporta exigência ética. No amor cristão, pelo contrário, o outro é amado como próximo, não em resultado de predileção, mas porque Deus ordena esse amor. Não obstante as dissemelhanças entre o amor natural e o amor cristão, não existe relação antitética entre estas duas formas de amor. Do ponto de vista cristão, o que é problemático no amor natural é a exclusividade egoísta, que o mandamento do amor ao próximo erradica ao estabelecer a equidade no amor. A proeminência dada ao mandamento do amor será considerada à luz da concomitante ênfase de Kierkegaard em esforço e dom, obras e graça, lei e amor. A interpretação Kierke­gaardiana da doutrina do amor tem sido frequentemente criticada por descurar a dimensão social da ética cristã e espiritualizar o amor ao próximo. Embora seja inegável a existência de um certo desapreço por uma ética do amor orientada para transformações sociais, tal não implica menosprezo pela importância de promover o bem-estar social e material da pessoa humana. Kierkegaard visa antes mostrar a diferença qualitativa que existe entre a prática do amor cristão e a expressão política e social de generosidade organizada.ABSTRACT: The command of loving one’s neighbor is at the core of Kiekegaard’s Works of Love. In this book, Christian love is defined in opposition to natural love, namely erotic love and friendship. Due to its passionate nature, natural love is aform of self-love and contains no ethical demand. In Christian love, on the con­trary, the other is loved as one’s neighbor, not because of preference, but because God commands that love. Notwithstanding the dissimilarities between natural love and Christian love, these two forms of love are not antithetically related. From a Christian point of view, what is problematic in natural love is its egotistic exclusivity, which love for the neighbor eliminates by establishing equality in loving. The prominence given to the command of love will be considered in light of Kierkegaard’s simultaneous emphasis on effort and gift, works and grace, law and love. The Kierkegaardian interpretation of the doctrine of love has often been criticized for neglecting the social dimension of Christian ethics. While a certain disregard for an ethic of love directed towards social change is undeniably pres­ent, this does not imply disdain for the importance of promoting the social and material well-being of the human person. Kierkegaard’s concern is, rather, to show that a qualitative difference exists between the practice of Christian love and the political and social expression of organized generosity.


Author(s):  
Erkut Akkartal ◽  
G. Yiğit Aras

Purpose: This paper aims to discuss sustainability in fleet management at companies considering simultaneously the three dimensions of sustainability, which are economic, environmental, and social, corresponding to the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) approach. Approach/Methodology/Design: This paper examines the subject and employs a theory-building-descriptive design. Three key themes in the aspect of sustainability and in terms of fleet management were examined: economic, environmental, and social. Findings: In today’s world, almost every company operates vehicle fleets to perform business requirements and irrespective of the size of vehicles, these companies need to execute some certain fleet operations under the phenomenon of fleet management. Fleet management entails a transition to a more sustainable model which should try to adopt economic, environmental, social dimensions. While the economic dimension of sustainability brings about a new model called the TCM, the environmental dimension constructs a road map to greener fleets and delivers quick wins that companies can easily implement in their agendas. The social dimension concerns the well-being of people and society which seeks to find a balance between their needs and the requirements of fleet management. Practical Implications: The paper recommends a subsequent study through an empirical way that would investigate the actual sustainability behaviours and initiatives of companies present in Turkey. Originality/value: In recent years, sustainability has become an interesting topic for scholars in many areas of research. However, the literature is lacking ample studies concerning sustainability in corporate fleet management. Therefore, the main contribution and novelty of this paper is to provide companies with policy advice regarding the three pillars of sustainability for their applications to vehicle fleet management.


2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Domingos Manuel Salgado

RESUMO: O mandamento do amor ao próximo constitui o âmago das Obras do Amor de Kierkegaard. Nesta obra, o amor cristão é definido em contraposição ao amor natural, nomeadamente ao amor erótico e à amizade. Em virtude da sua natureza passional, o amor natural é uma forma de amor de si mesmo e não comporta exigência ética. No amor cristão, pelo contrário, o outro é amado como próximo, não em resultado de predileção, mas porque Deus ordena esse amor. Não obstante as dissemelhanças entre o amor natural e o amor cristão, não existe relação antitética entre estas duas formas de amor. Do ponto de vista cristão, o que é problemático no amor natural é a exclusividade egoísta, que o mandamento do amor ao próximo erradica ao estabelecer a equidade no amor. A proeminência dada ao mandamento do amor será considerada à luz da concomitante ênfase de Kierkegaard em esforço e dom, obras e graça, lei e amor. A interpretação Kierke­gaardiana da doutrina do amor tem sido frequentemente criticada por descurar a dimensão social da ética cristã e espiritualizar o amor ao próximo. Embora seja inegável a existência de um certo desapreço por uma ética do amor orientada para transformações sociais, tal não implica menosprezo pela importância de promover o bem-estar social e material da pessoa humana. Kierkegaard visa antes mostrar a diferença qualitativa que existe entre a prática do amor cristão e a expressão política e social de generosidade organizada.ABSTRACT: The command of loving one’s neighbor is at the core of Kiekegaard’s Works of Love. In this book, Christian love is defined in opposition to natural love, namely erotic love and friendship. Due to its passionate nature, natural love is aform of self-love and contains no ethical demand. In Christian love, on the con­trary, the other is loved as one’s neighbor, not because of preference, but because God commands that love. Notwithstanding the dissimilarities between natural love and Christian love, these two forms of love are not antithetically related. From a Christian point of view, what is problematic in natural love is its egotistic exclusivity, which love for the neighbor eliminates by establishing equality in loving. The prominence given to the command of love will be considered in light of Kierkegaard’s simultaneous emphasis on effort and gift, works and grace, law and love. The Kierkegaardian interpretation of the doctrine of love has often been criticized for neglecting the social dimension of Christian ethics. While a certain disregard for an ethic of love directed towards social change is undeniably pres­ent, this does not imply disdain for the importance of promoting the social and material well-being of the human person. Kierkegaard’s concern is, rather, to show that a qualitative difference exists between the practice of Christian love and the political and social expression of organized generosity.


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