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2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-135
Author(s):  
João Ferreira Santiago

Este artigo trata da relação próxima e recíproca entre religião e direitos humanos a partir da autocompreensão cristã enquanto ponte que liga e religa o ser humano a si mesmo; os seres humanos entre si; e toda a humanidade ao seu criador. Desse modo, opta-se por uma contribuição teológica para a reflexão acerca dos direitos humanos fundamentais que possam auxiliar a pessoa de fé a reconhecer nessa agenda pública algo que lhe é particular. A saber, em linguagem confessional, reconhecer direitos humanos como vontade de Deus. Com um ponto de partida antropológico, busca-se uma fidelidade à tradição profética judaico-cristã. Desse modo, o presente texto assume a virada hermenêutica da teologia ocorrida no século XX diante de novas demandas humanas e, consequentemente, de novos modos de ler e atualizar a sabedoria da fé no horizonte de uma sociedade do Bem-Viver. This article deals with the close and reciprocal relation between religion and human rights from the Christian self-comprehension while a bridge that connects and reconnects the human being to itself; the human beings with each other; and all mankind with its creator. Therefore, it opts for a theological contribution to a reflection about the fundamental human rights that can help people with faith to recognize in this public agenda. Namely, in confessional language, the work recognizes human rights as the will of God. With an anthropological starting point, it aims to be faithful to the Judeo-Christian prophetic tradition. In this way, the present text assumes the hermeneutical turn of theology that took place in the twentieth century in the face of new human demands and, consequently, of new ways of reading and updating the wisdom of faith in the horizon of a society of Good Living.


Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1086
Author(s):  
Tadeáš Vala

In the last 10 years, we have seen an increased frequency of fear and criticism of Islam and Muslims in the Czech media scene. Even though the percentage of Muslims in the Czech Republic is tiny (approx. estimate is 0.2%), there are active groups and movements in the country that seek to stop the spread of Islam in the Czech Republic, and the discussion of threats from Muslims routinely permeates political statements. A very common argumentation of Czech anti-Islamic claims uses the presentation of jihad as evidence of the danger that threatens the Western world from Muslims. The most widespread understanding of this phenomenon still presents jihad as armed violence against non-Muslims, which is supposed to be clear evidence of the warlike and violent nature of Islam. However, in the Czech-language milieu in recent years, there have also been descriptions of other forms of so-called “creeping” or “stealth” jihad. The article focused on the analysis of the concepts of “population jihad” or “demographic jihad”, violent “sexual jihad”, “womb jihad” or “wombfare”, and the so-called “great replacement” as presented on websites, radio, and social networks by the authors of the Czech-language anti-Islamic milieu. The present text thus illustrated the use of interpretations of sexual and demographic jihad to rationalize the fear and hatred of Muslims and Islam in the Czech Republic.


2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 139-152
Author(s):  
Boštjan Marko Turk

Civilization is a concept that ontologically defines the individual and the communities in which it develops. The most global civilization is the one that has emerged in the West. Civilization is not something static, but an organism that draws its roots from the distant past. In this sense, it is fundamental to answer the question of what are the constitutive elements that define Western civilization. This question only makes sense if it is asked in a historical perspective. In this direction the Freemasonry, A Very Short Introduction is a crucial one. It presents the analysis revealing how the history of freemasonry is related to the evolution of Western identity. It has to be read in the light of Niall Ferguson’s monograph The West and the Rest. The present text does so. The book then brings to light the contribution of the brotherhood to the intellectual habitus of what is called the Judeo-Christian civilization, at the present time still predominant on the Planet. The intellectual apparatus of the Freemasonry, A Very Short Introduction permits to elucidate the history of the masonic movement and its influence on events that seem unconnected and coincidental. Thus, this article tries to explain certain historical turning points in South-Eastern Europe, precisely in the light of the masonic alliances, in particular the case of the Illyrian Provinces and the first Slovenian poet, Valentin Vodnik, and secondly, what concerns the emergence of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which the author of the article defines as the result of the masonic strategy (the Grand Lodge of France and the Grand Orient of France).


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanjiao Qi ◽  
Mingyang Wang ◽  
Bo Zhang ◽  
Yue Liu ◽  
Hong Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract Hydroxyanthraquinones and anthraquinone glucoside derivatives are always considered as the active antibacterial components. In the present text, a comprehensive comparison and analysis of these compounds were performed for their structure characteristics and antibacterial effect by applying quantum chemical calculations, atoms in molecules theory and molecular docking procedure. The molecular geometric configuration, electrostatic potential, the frontier orbital energies and topological properties were analyzed. Once glucose ring is introduced into the hydroxyanthraquinone rings, almost all of the positive molecular potentials are distributed among the hydroxyl hydrogen atoms of the glucose rings. The anthraquinone glucoside compounds have generally higher intermolecular binding energies than the corresponding aglycones due to the strong interaction between the glucose rings and the surrounding amino acids. Once glucoside ring is introduced into the emodin, low electron density ρ(r) and positive Laplacian value of the O-H bond are the evidences of the highly polarized and covalently decreased bonding interactions. The type of carboxyl, hydroxyl, hydroxylmethyl groups on phenyl ring and the substituent glucose rings are important to the interactions with the topoisomerase type II enzyme DNA gyrase B.


2021 ◽  
pp. 475
Author(s):  
Raimundo Nonato Assunção Viana ◽  
Beleni Saléte Grando

O presente texto aborda compreensões sobre as práticas corporais no âmbito dos fazeres e saberesna comunidade quilombola de São José dos Pretos, localizada no município de Guimarães, no litoral ocidental do Maranhão. Tem sua centralidade nos estudos do corpo com bases fi losófi cas da Fenomenologia de Maurice Merleau-Ponty, realizando interlocuções com a Sociologia e Antropologia. Busca compreender as práticas corporais manifestadas nos fazeres e saberes construídos nos fenômenos vividos nessa comunidade como uma educação que se faz a partir do corpo, e o corpo que se faz a partir da educação.Infere-se sobre um corpo que se constrói mediado pela cultura e por esta produz conhecimentos, a educação a partir do corpo e o corpo a partir da educação.Palavras-chave: saberes e fazeres; comunidades quilombolas; educação do corpo. CORPORATIZED EDUCATION IN THE LIFE-WORLD OF THE QUILOMBOLA COMMUNITY “SÃO JOSÉ DOS PRETOS” - GUIMARÃES - MA Abstract The present text addresses comprehensions about body practices in the scope of the doings and knowledges in the quilombola community of São José dos Pretos located in the municipality of Guimarães, on the western côas tof Maranhão. It is centered on body studies, with philosophical bases in Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology, making interlocutions with Sociology and Anthropology. It seeks to understand the body practices manifested in the actions and knowledge built in the phenomen alived in this community as na education that is made from the body, and the body that is made from education. It is inferred that thebody is built through culture and produces knowledge through it, the education from the body and the body from education. Keywords:  knowledge and actions; quilombola communities; body education. LA EDUCACIÓN ENCARNADA EM EL MUNDO-VIDA DE LA COMUNIDAD QUILOMBOLA “SÃO JOSÉ DOS PRETOS” - GUIMARÃES - MA Resumen El presente texto aborda lãs comprensiones sobre lãs prácticas corporales em El ámbito de los haceres y saberes em La comunidad quilombola de São José dos Pretos ubicada em El municipio de Guimarães, em el litoral occidental de Maranhão. Se centra em los estúdios Del cuerpo, basados em La Fenomenología filosófica de Maurice Merleau-Ponty, estableciendo conexiones com La Sociología y La Antropología. Busca mos entender lãs prácticas corporales que se manifiestan em La sacciones y conocimientos construídos en los fenómenos vividos en esta comunidad como una educación que se hace desde El cuerpo, y El cuerpo que se hace desde La educación. Se infiere sobre um cuerpo que se construye a si mismo mediado por la cultura y produce conocimiento a través de ella, la educación basada en el cuerpo y el cuerpo basada en la educación Palabras clave: saberes y haceres; comunidades quilombolas; educación corporal.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-187
Author(s):  
Guilherme Augusto Marietto Gonçalves ◽  
Alexandre Alberto Tonin

Fungal dermatitis is classified into superficial, cutaneous and subcutaneous mycoses. However, the incidence of fungal dermatitis in small mammals is relatively low. Among rodents guinea pig the most affected specie, however it usually has an asymptomatic pattern. The present text reports an unusual case of fungal dermatitis in Caviaporcelluscaused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis. The animal was received with complaint of alteration of coat around the neck, as well as report of incorrect feeding management. During the physical examination the presence of a dry and crusty dermatitis, negative on fluorescence test of wood. Samples of blood, skin, scabs and hair were collected for parasitic and mycological analysis. The hematological evaluation showed only a discrete eosinophilia; no ectoparasites were observed, but it was noticed the presence of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis. The animal underwent terbinafine and griseofulvin protocol, with total regression of the lesions after 30 days. S. brevicaulis is an unusual geophilic fungus causing animal mycosis, presenting more pathological reports in human mycoses, thus, representing a zoonotic potential. According to the clinical findings and results obtained from mycology assay, it was diagnosed dermatitis by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, secondary to nutritional deficiency. The combined use of topical terbinafine with systemic griseofulvin was efficient in the treatment. Finally, it was recommended a dietary correction.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Costa Baciu

Creativity is found in artworks as well as in the color-ful feathers of paradise birds. Diversity is found in ecosystems as well as in cities. Digital signals are found in nerve cells as well as in computer systems. Can causal models explain why life is at once creative and diverse, and why it uses digital systems? This present text builds on common empirical observations as well as long accumulated modeling experience to develop a unified framework for causal modeling that applies to all sciences including physics, biology, and cultural studies. In this framework, life can be diverse, creative, and digital all at once.


Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 721
Author(s):  
Nicolae Turcan

The Orthodox liturgy is a religious phenomenon that can be analyzed phenomenologically and theologically alike, given the emphasis that both phenomenology and Orthodox theology place on experience. By proposing the Kingdom of God instead of the natural world without being able to annihilate the latter in the name of the former, the liturgy seeks divine-human communion. Through the dialogue of prayer, through symbolic and iconic openings, as well as through apophatic theology, the liturgy emphasizes the horizon of mystery as a horizon essential to the way man positions himself before God. The present text attempts to demonstrate that apophaticism, understood as an experience of the mysterious presence of God, is one of the crucial dimensions of the Orthodox liturgy; and that this apophatic presence of God reveals a way of thinking which does not become onto-theology, not even when using concepts borrowed from metaphysics. The overcoming of onto-theology is achieved here not by abandoning concepts such as “being” and “cause” but by placing the language game in the field of prayer and apophatic theology.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-498
Author(s):  
Raffaella Maddaluno

In a former hotel, bought and remodeled by a seed Portuguese producer, in Switzerland, in one of the underground spaces, an architect and a sculptor, also Portuguese, worked together to give life to an egg-shaped space. A space born from the need to give hospitality to a sculpture, Semente by Rui Chafes, has become a pretext for the reflection on numerous themes; the creative and process interaction between art and architecture, the symbolic force of a form like the egg, the possibility of creating a place inside the space and out of time. This collaboration opens the doors to a second chance of project, the client is the same, the place is Portuguese: Grandola, in Alentejo. This time the theme is housing, a concept that brings with it a series of reflections on the relationship between the identity of the person who designs the space and who will then live in it. The collaboration of the two protagonists is measured on this occasion not only with elements experimented in the previous project (the matter, the material, the form), but also with the landscape (its heights, its extensions), with nature (the colors, the smells, the temperature), with the time that will pass and that will put all this to the test. The present text aims to analyze the artistic path of both architect and sculptor, starting from the story of these two occasions in which art and architecture reach a moment of harmonious tangency in the silence and universality of forms. This analysis will reflect on their creative modes, possibly trying to recognize similarities, tangencies or deep divergences. It will also be an opportunity to continue to reflect on the timeless question of the interconnection between art and architecture.


Author(s):  
Rie Raffing ◽  
Thor Bern Jensen ◽  
Sanne Larsen ◽  
Lars Konge ◽  
Christine Møller ◽  
...  

Although scientific publication is often mandatory in medical professions, writing the first research article for publication is challenging, especially as medical curricula have only a minor focus on scientific writing. The aim was therefore to identify facilitators and barriers experienced by medical doctors writing their first scientific article for publication. An explorative inductive approach made use of semi-structured interviews for collecting data until saturation. Data were analyzed with systematic text condensation. Several barriers were identified: (a) writing in general; (b) writing in English; (c) dealing with content, structure, and presentation; and (d) navigating in the author group. Good supervision in the initial writing phase was a facilitating factor. Medical doctors requested a course in which they could work on their own articles and give feedback to fellow students. They valued skilled lecturers and individual supervision, and they wanted to learn about author instructions, how to present text correctly, and how to sell their core message. Their goal was to create a useful end product and to obtain European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) points. The facilitators and barriers that medical doctors experience when writing their first scientific article for publication and their course requests should be reflected in the learning objectives and content of future courses.


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