scholarly journals Particular and universal norms of Shinran's religious experience

Author(s):  
Hoyu Ishida

The author, Professor of Religious Studies and English at the University Center for Intercultural Education, University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan,and Guest Professor of the University of the Air, is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and Stanford University, USA. He has published many articles and papers in the areas of comparative studies of Eastern and Western thought with emphasis on Buddhism. Professor Ishida is the author of several books - one of which is on John Lennon, the former leader of the Beatles. He is currently working on a book on Shinran and Dogen, two of the leading figures of the "reformed Buddhism" of the Kamakura period (1185- 1333) in Japan. The text that follows is a slightly revised and edited version of a paper presented by the author at the international symposion on "Globalization and Local Identity", organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Kuna ◽  
Michal Gajewski ◽  
Beata Szostakowska ◽  
Waclaw L. Nahorski ◽  
Przemyslaw Myjak ◽  
...  

Malaria is, along with tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, one of the three most dangerous infectious diseases in the world. In the absence of native cases since 1963, malaria has remained in Poland an exclusively imported disease, mainly occurring in people travelling to tropical and subtropical areas for professional reasons. The aim of this study was the epidemiological and clinical analysis of 82 patients admitted to the University Center for Maritime and Tropical Medicine (UCMTM), Gdynia, Poland, with a diagnosis of malaria between 2002 and 2014. The “typical” patient with malaria was male, middle-aged, returned from Africa within the preceding 4 weeks, had not used appropriate chemoprophylaxis, and had not applied nonpharmacological methods of prophylaxis, except for window insect screens.P. falciparumwas the most frequent species. The most common symptoms included fever, shivers and intensive sweating, thrombocytopenia, elevated creatinine, LDH, D-dimers and CRP, hepatomegaly, and splenomegaly. Within the analyzed group, severe malaria according to WHO standards was diagnosed in 20.7% of patients. Our report presents analysis of the largest series of patients treated for imported malaria in Poland.


Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
June McDaniel

This special issue of Religions brings together a talented group of international scholars who have studied and written on the Hindu tradition. The topic of religious experience is much debated in the field of Religious Studies, and here we present studies of Hindu religious experience explored from a variety of regions and perspectives. They are intended to show that religious experience has long been an important part of Hinduism, and we consider them to be important and relevant. As a body of scholarship, these articles refine our understanding of the range and variety of religious experience in Hinduism. In addition to their substantive contributions, the authors also show important new directions in the study of the third-largest religion in the world, with over one billion followers. This introduction will discuss some relevant issues in the field of Indology, some problems of language, and the difficulties faced in the study of religious experience. It will also give a brief sketch of the religious experiences described by our authors in some major types of Hinduism.


Author(s):  
Dieter Frick

The author, after studying architecture in Munich and Berlin, and working in a large number of international architectural offices, served as Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Technische Universität Berlin, and as a member of the Deutsche Akademie für Städtebau und Landesplanung. Dr Frick is also Senior Fellow, Center for Metropolitan Planning and Research, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. His numerous publications have been published extensively in Germany and internationally. He is a member of the World Society for Ekistics. The text that follows is a slightly edited and revised version of a paper presented at the international symposion on "Globalization and Local Identity, " organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19- 24 September, 2005.


Aldaba ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Blas Jesús Imbroda Ortiz

El artículo realiza un recorrido histórico por muchos aspectos que vinculan el desarrollo de la abogacía en Melilla con la formación en la carrera de Derecho impartida en el Centro Universitario UNED Melilla. Tras valorar históricamente la constitución del Colegio de Abogados de Melilla, y sus primeros pasos, el autor vincula la importancia que el Centro UNED ha tenido en el mundo de la abogacía melillense, en su constitución y el importante peso en cuanto a las titulaciones obtenidas en esta universidad en los componentes actuales del citado Colegio. También se abordan importantes hitos en el desarrollo cultural y formativo, jornadas, conferencias y donde también se produce esta estrecha colaboración entre instituciones.This article realises a historical tour throughout many aspects that link the legal profession development in Melilla with the academic training in law degree at the university center “UNED Melilla”. After valuing historically, the formation of the Bar Association in Melilla, and its first steps, the author links the importance that the centre UNED has had in the world of legal profession amongst Melilla’s inhabitants, in its creation and in the importance weight according to the degrees obtained in the current components of the mentioned Bar in this university. Furthermore, important milestones are dealing with the cultural and educational development, conferences, speeches where it is produced a narrow cooperation between institutions.


2019 ◽  
pp. 41-62
Author(s):  
J.P.S. Uberoi

This is a chapter that comprises an analysis of modern Western sociology and philosophy. It opens with a discussion of systems of knowledge as rulers of the world as opposed to systems of politics or religion and goes on to discuss modern ways of knowledge as they are institutionalized in the university, the structure of knowledge that emerged from the modern positivist dualism of the Enlightenment; the shared dualisms of fact and value, theory and practice, ends and means; the hierarchy of the sciences, the opposed sides of the European brain, empiricism, rationalism and dialectics in modern Western thought. There is extensive discussion of the three main streams of modern Western sociology as represented by Marx, Weber and Durkheim.


e-CUCBA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 65-71
Author(s):  
Delia Guillermina González-Aguilar ◽  
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Zoila Gómez-Cruz ◽  
Patricia Landeros-Ramírez ◽  
Kenya Regina Morales-Ángel ◽  
...  

Food insecurity is a public health problem throughout the world, since a growing number of households present this situation of vulnerability. The objective of this study was to carry out a diagnosis of the situation regarding food security in The homes of the students of the University Center for Biological and Agricultural Sciences of the University of Guadalajara, in Mexico. An online survey was applied to 225 undergraduate students through a platform based on the Latin American and Caribbean Scale of Food Security. 52% of the households present some level of food insecurity, of which 76 present mild insecurity (33.77%), 30 moderate insecurity (13.33%) and 11 severe insecurity (4.88%). The largest number of “yes” answers (85) was for the question “Have you ever worried that food would run out at home?”. The data presented suggest a worrying reality regarding food security in the families of the University Center students, five out of 10 students live in families with food insecurity, that is, the students are suffering from hunger and malnutrition and are concerned about it.


Author(s):  
Tom W. Fookes

The author is an Associate Professor and has been leading research and development on Ekistics in Education in the Planning Department, University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has worked variously through the past 36 years as a geographer-planner, academic, environmental impact assessor, policy analyst, and professional planner. A defining moment in his career path was the two years spent as a student with C.A. Doxiadis at the Athens Center of Ekistics in Greece. As a consequence he has carried through the principles and practices developed in Athens into his professional life. He has recently retired but continues his association with the University of Auckland. The text that follows is a slightly edited version of a paper presented by the author at the international symposion on "Globalization and LocalIdentity," organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 45-62
Author(s):  
Luciano Marins ◽  
Edson De Paula Carvalho ◽  
Walkiria Silva Soares Marins ◽  
Douglas Do Couto Soares ◽  
Francilaine Calixto Gouveia

The present work describes an exchange of experiences among students of the State School CIEP 291 - Dom Martinho Schlude in the City of Pinheiral, RJ, with the Advertising and Propaganda students, Information Systems and Engineering of the University Center of Volta Redonda (UniFOA) during a period of six months. The partnership arose due to a school´s need to develop some actions to participate in the Jaguar Land Rover Competition, 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge. The challenge required technological changes in a prototype of a 4x4 vehicle approximately 20 cm long, 10 cm wide and 10 cm high. A micro-enterprise was create, with a logo and marketing actions, approaching an entrepreneurial vision. All actions taken were on display on a given day through verbal presentations and visualization of the team's booth. In addition to fulfill these needs, each team were evaluate on the performance test of the prototype in an obstacle course to take time. A partnership with UniFOA  was created to assist in project development and support in the area of technology, strategy and marketing. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) led the industry's support in research and development for strategic planning for the team's actions. The students of the courses of Design, Information Systems, Advertising and Propaganda and Electrical and Mechanical Engineering assigned two hours a week for approximately six months to a technical monitoring involving the needs of the Team.          In the end, the secondary students were able to elaborate all the necessary requirements according to the regulation participating in the National Stage and later of the World Stage. The UniFOA students were able to apply the concepts using Project Based Learning as a methodology fulfilling the role of the university in the society that is to produce knowledge, generate critical thinking, organize and articulate knowledge, forming citizens and professionals. The experience was very enriching providing for all involved strengthening of numerous cognitive and socio emotional skills. As a result of the project, the AUTO291 team was the champion in the National Stage, conquering the opportunity to represent the country in the world event, being the champion team in the category of "Best Media Dissemination" and was among the top three in the "in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates..  


Author(s):  
Wu Liangyong

The author is Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies , Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China; member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; and Director of both the Institute of Architectural and Urban Studies and the Center for Human Settlements, Tsinghua University. He is also a member and former President of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). The text that follows is a slightly edited and revised version of a paper presented at the international symposion on "Globalization and Local Identity," organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.


Author(s):  
David Langridge

The author trained and worked initially as an urban planner with workin England and Australia. He was Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Environmental Studies (Architecture Planning, Landscape Architecture), Cheltenham College of Art, between 1971 and 1983. Since 1983, he has lived and worked in Edinburgh as an artist, developing a visual language. His subject matter is the City and its visual form, drawing inspiration from the city of Edinburgh. He is a graduate of the Athens Center of Ekistics and since 2003 a member of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). The text that follows is the co-ordinator's report of the Poster Session on the afternoon of Friday, 23 September, 2005, with Nobuyuki Sekiguchi as Chairman, at the international symposion on "Globalization and Local Identity," organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.


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