From Joy to Joy

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-124
Author(s):  
Jesse J. Thomas ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Experience ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Human Relationships

C. S. Lewis acknowledged Rudolf Otto's influence in his use of the term numinous to describe the uniqueness of religious experience, the experience of awe and with it the reality of absolutes, in contrast to prevailing naturalistic, materialistic, and subjectivist interpretations of morality and religion. Otto hints at and Lewis develops in more detail the idea of the numinous in human relationships. In Lewis' personal life, he does this in his relationship to his wife, Joy Davidman Lewis, In his writings, he does this in Till We Have Faces and other works. In each case, Lewis provides apt illustrations of how the numinous is at the heart of what by almost any staruiards are meaningful and satisfying relationships. Intense personal relationships become ideal environments for the experience of the numinous, even in situations of tragedy and loss. This is a message that a postmodern, secularized world needs to hear.

scholarly journals Understanding Rivalry: Staging Jealousy in Karnad’s “Broken Images”

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Nithin Varghese ◽  
Suman Sigroha
Keyword(s):  
Sibling Relationship ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Indian English ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Regional Language ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Acclaimed Kannada and English playwright, Girish Karnad’s play Broken Images focuses on human relationships and their intricacies, as well as on the relationship between languages. Outwardly, it addresses the sibling relationship and focuses on its destructive side. However, on a close reading, this monologue unfolds a series of diverse human relationships, viz., the relationship of the two sisters, Manjula and Malini; the husband-wife relationship between Manjula and Pramod; the camaraderie of Pramod and Malini; the friendship between Pramod and Lucy; and the amity between Lucy and Manjula. Besides these personal relationships, the play deals with and explores at length another important relationship, the one between two languages, one regional and one global, the legacy of the erstwhile colonizers. The relationship between Manjula and Malini acts as a metaphor for the mismatch and the hierarchy between regional language writers and Indian English writers on the Indian literary scene. This paper, therefore, examines the aforementioned human relationships in the play to reveal the motives behind the enmity and the causes which lead to sinful actions that remain invisible at all times, and in the process comments upon the relationship between different language writers, as well as what leads to the formation of existing hierarchies. First, the paper investigates the sororal bond between Manjula and Malini; second, it examines the tripartite relationships and how the third party is perceived as a rival in the relationships of Manjula-Lucy-Pramod and Manjula-Malini-Pramod; and finally, it looks at the relationship that exists between the Bhasha writers and Indian English writers, and exposes the enmity in these relationships and its various causes.

scholarly journals The National Specifics of Betrayal Metaphors Actualization in English Language Consciousness

2020 ◽  
pp. 205-220
Author(s):  
Mariia Yu. Ivanchenko
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Cognitive Structure ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Main Issue ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Private Interests

The article deals with metaphors of betrayal in English. The concept of betrayal studied concerning the peculiarities of its national and cultural actualization. The main issue of the work is to identify the principles of knowledge and ideas about the extra lingual reality presentation in English language consciousness. The significance of the study lies in identifying the axiological dominants of the researched concept cognitive structure, its ethnocultural specificity. The research data includes 543 examples naming betrayal inventoried through the complete selection from dictionaries, the thesaurus of English metaphors, fiction texts, etc. The method applied in this research corresponds to the objectives and data. The semantic and contextual analysis provided in lexicographical sources and fiction texts helps sort out the data collected. All examples divided into blocks: to betray- to scam, to deceive, to betray – to reveal the secret, to betray relations, to betray yourself. The analysis showed that betrayal actualized with the verbs, which contain semes to send a beep, to move in space, to remove, to leave, to put something over something, to leave; nouns – somatics; fauna; geographical objects; artifacts; adjectives with the semantic imperfect; adverbs – out, away. The result of the study shows that to respect confidentiality, personal life, ability to keep the secrets, to be honest, decent, to respect private interests are of primary importance for the English. They mostly appreciate loyalty, devotion, reliability, respect, tolerance in human relationships.

Building a Family

2019 ◽  
pp. 77-88
Author(s):  
Andrew E. Clark ◽  
Sarah Flèche ◽  
Richard Layard ◽  
Nattavudh Powdthavee ◽  
George Ward
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Family History ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Sense Of Satisfaction ◽  
Important Evidence

This chapter examines the sense of satisfaction and fulfillment most people gain from close personal relationships. Life-course data provide important evidence on this, although the chapter notes that for children, the question of close personal relationships is more nuanced. And as the chapter shows, human relationships at the most intimate level make a huge difference to a person's happiness. However, family history, in so far as it can be measured, contributes little toward explaining who becomes and remains partnered. This suggests that later interventions to help people's social skills may have as much a role to play as childhood interventions.

scholarly journals Speaking against Silence: Finding a Voice in Hong Kong Chinese Families through the Umbrella Movement

Sociology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 966-982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petula Sik Ying Ho ◽  
Stevi Jackson ◽  
Shirley Sui-Ting Kong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Chinese Families ◽  
Personal Lives

Social movement researchers have investigated how personal relationships and emotional attachments are implicated in activism, but less attention has been given to the ways in which activism affects personal lives. This article addresses this issue, drawing on interviews and focus groups with Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement’s active participants, bystanders and opponents to explore its consequences for family life. While those who were not involved in the movement articulated an acceptance of hierarchical family structures and their imposed silences, movement activists saw their experience of the occupation as enabling them to find a voice within their families. The Umbrella Movement, we suggest, has opened up a space for the reflexive exploration of personal life and raised the possibility of modifying Hong Kong family practices.

scholarly journals MENCARI KEBENARAN DI DALAM SAINS Kajian atas Gagasan Ian G. Barbour dalam Buku Issues in Science and Religion

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Islah Gusmian
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Science And Religion ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Theory Of Science ◽  
Human Relationships

Abstract: This article tries to describe the main idea ofBarbour‟s work on Issues in Science and Religion related to scientificmethods. According to Barbour, three criteria are used to evaluate atheory: it should match with observations, the internal relationshipbetween the theories and concepts, and its comprehension. Barbouroutlines some views in relation to the theory of science tradition. Thereare four views, all of which have differences to apply the theory in thestudy of science, namely positivism, instrumentalism, Idealism, andRealism. Models of scientific discovery do not only give blessing forhuman life, but also a challenge for religious philosophical outlook.Scientific thoughts will be also able to open the forms of truth that liesin the sphere of personal life and human relationships

scholarly journals Sociologies of Personal Relationships and the Challenge of Climate Change

Sociology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-236
Author(s):  
Lynn Jamieson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Sociology ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Topic Area ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Global Challenge

The substantive concerns and theoretical insights of sociologies of family, intimate and personal life ought to place this body of work in closer dialogue with environmental sociology over the ‘big issue’ of climate change. However, its research active practitioners typically have a narrower repertoire of engagement with global issues and those who are outside the topic area often miss the value of its contributions. This article discusses common ground between this specialist area and sociologies of environmental issues in unpacking processes of social change through empirically grounded theoretical work. This includes the renewed theoretical emphasis on relationality, empirically based critique of the ‘individualisation thesis’, uses of ‘practice’ to transcend ‘micro’–‘macro’ and ‘social’–‘natural’ divisions, and interest in I/we boundary shifts. More fully recognising the potential of this overlapping territory may help leverage more effective sociological responses to the global challenge of climate change.

The Doctrine of al-Walla’ wal-Bara’ in the Salafi-Jihadi Perspective: Flexibility within Rigidity

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-61
Author(s):  
Eli Alshech
Keyword(s):  
Work Environments ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Political Leader ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
Interpretive Flexibility

Salafi-jihadi scholars typically take conservative positions on matters relating to the doctrine of al-wala’ wa’l-bara’. Often, their stances are more restrictive than those of non-militant Salafi scholars (known in the academic literature as Taqlidis). However, an analysis of their responses to questions pertaining to the doctrine of al-wala’ wa’l-bara’ indicates that, under certain circumstances, the Salafi-jihadi scholars exercise an interpretive flexibility that results in more flexible edicts. In general, it appears that in matters with political and/or public implications (such as declaring takfir on a political leader, declaring jihad against apostates, and representing an apostate ruler), the Salafi-jihadis will often express opinions that are inflexible and restrictive. When the matter at hand pertains to personal life, however, even in the case of the doctrine of al-wala’ wa’l-bara’, Salafi-jihadis often express opinions that are surprisingly flexible. The detailed explanations that appear in Salafi-jihadi responses indicate that Salafi-jihadi scholars understand the complexity faced by Muslims who live in non-Muslim societies and states and who face uncertainty as to application of the doctrine of al-wala’ wa’l-bara’ to their day-to-day lives. Accordingly, when responding to practical questions about how such Muslims may function within close personal relationships and/or work environments shared with non-Muslims, Salafi-jihadi scholars tread carefully and attempt to provide creative solutions. In so doing, they skirt the edges of doctrinal interpretation.

Emily Brontë and Dogs: Transformation Within the Human-Dog Bond

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen Adams
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Emily Bronte ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Animal Abuse ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Wuthering Heights ◽  
Caring Relationship

AbstractThis paper examines the bond between humans and dogs as demonstrated in the life and work of Emily Brontë (1818-1848). The nineteenth century author, publishing under the pseudonym, Ellis Bell, evinced, both in her personal and professional life, the complex range of emotions explicit in the human-dog bond: attachment and companionship to domination and abuse. In Wuthering Heights, Brontë portrays the dog as scapegoat, illustrating the dark side of the bond found in many cultures. Moreover, she writes with awareness of connections - unknown in the nineteenth century - between animal abuse and domestic violence. In her personal life, Brontë's early power struggles with her companion animal mastiff, Keeper, evolve into a caring relationship. In a human-dog bond transformation that survives Brontë's death, Keeper, becomes both bridge and barrier to other human relationships. A dog may, and in this case Keeper does, take on a comprehensive role in which he both mourns his own loss and comforts others in their collective grief.

scholarly journals Ethics as Transformative Love: The Moral World of Etty Hillesum

Horizons ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis T. Hannafey
Keyword(s):  
Religious Experience ◽  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Moral Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Moral Vision ◽  
Moral Thought ◽  
Moral Transformation ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Moral World ◽  
Love Of Neighbor

ABSTRACTEtty Hillesum, a Dutch Jew who died at Auschwitz at the age of twenty-nine, left behind a diary and letters written during the last two years of her life. In An Interrupted Life and Letters from Westerbork, Hillesum tells a deeply moving story of religious experience, evil and suffering, spiritual growth, and interior and exterior moral transformation. While current scholarship on Hillesum focuses almost entirely on her personal life and religious journey, this essay examines the moral vision that emerges in her writings. Hillesum's diaries and letters present an engaging vision of the moral life—one that points with clarity to the importance of love of God and love of neighbor. This essay proposes that a love ethic is at the center of Hillesum's worldview and examines major influences on her religious and moral thought.

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