Thesis (D. Min.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2005. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 241-249).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2005. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 241-249).

The dissertation is a study of the origins, development and contemporary manifestations of Christian retreats. It traces origins from the Biblical record until current retreats. Christian retreat is a period of withdrawal from usual activities to experience encounter with God through Christian prayer. Jesus' pattern of engagement in ministry and withdrawal is a vital basis for retreat. Other Biblical descriptions of retreat are studied. There is an examination of retreat experiences in Church history with a particular focus on monasticism, as a major expression of retreat life, and Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the modern retreat movement. Varieties of subsequent retreat types in the spiritualities of different traditions from the Protestant Reformation onwards are considered. The spectrum of study includes Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Pentecostal spiritualities. The study culminates in focusing on current Ignatian and other retreats in their many forms. This includes private devotions to lengthy periods of retreat. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M.Th. (Christian Spirituality)

Research in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) in marketing mainly consists of increasing value for retailers or ethical issues related to consumers, in contrast, academic research regarding consumers perception of AI in marketing is vague at best. This research explores the perception of machine-generated advertising campaigns and how these campaigns are experienced by consumers. This research aims to explore the uncharted phenomenon of consumer perception related to receiving and evaluating advertisements through short message services and emails. An exploratory research question was used and formulated as: What are the perceptions of machine-generated advertisements among consumers. In order to answer the research question, two sub-questions were used as follows; what themes constitute the consumers’ perception of machine-generated advertisements and what is the consumers’ discernment ability of machine-generated advertisements. Using a mixed-method approach, this research gathered data conducting interviews that resulted in themes describing consumers' perception and an online questionnaire that was used in a univariate analysis, showing the consumer's discernment ability. Additionally, z-tests were conducted to increase the coverage of the discernment ability between different sample groups. The study concludes a descriptive theory for consumer perception of intelligent marketing campaigns and shows that consumers have a low distinguishing ability between machine and human made advertisements. This research concludes that further research is needed as the result of this study merely scratches the surface of a complex phenomenon. The results can however, be used as a springboard for further research on the topic as more comprehensive understanding is still achievable. / Forskning om AI i marknadsföring består huvudsakligen av att öka värdet för återförsäljare eller etiska frågor relaterade till konsumenter, däremot är akademisk forskning om konsumenternas uppfattning om AI i marknadsföring i bästa fall vag. I denna uppsats utforskas uppfattningen om maskin genererade reklamkampanjer och hur konsumenterna upplever dessa kampanjer. Denna forskning syftar till att börja utforska det okända fenomenet konsument uppfattning relaterat till att ta emot och utvärdera annonser genom sms-tjänster och e-postmeddelanden. En utforskande forskningsfråga användes och formulerades enligt följande; Vilka uppfattningar har konsumenter om maskin-genererade reklamkampanjer. För att besvara forskningsfrågan användes två delfrågor enligt följande; vilka teman bygger upp konsumentens uppfattning av maskin genererade reklamkampanjer och vilken särskiljningsförmåga har konsumenter mot maskin genererade reklamkampanjer. Med hjälp av en mixad metod samlade denna forskning in data genom intervjuer som resulterade i teman som beskriver konsumenternas uppfattning och en enkät som underlag för en univariat analys som visar konsumentens urskiljningsförmåga. Ytterligare genomfördes z-tester för att belysa täckningen av särskiljningsförmågan mellan olika provgrupper. Studien avslutas med en beskrivande teori för konsumenternas uppfattning om intelligenta marknadsföringskampanjer och visar att konsumenterna har låg urskiljningsförmåga mellan maskin och mänskligt skapade annonser. Denna forskning drar slutsatsen att ytterligare forskning behövs eftersom resultatet av denna studie bara skrapar på ytan av ett komplext fenomen. Resultaten kan användas som en språngbräda för vidare forskning om ämnet eftersom mer omfattande förståelse fortfarande kan uppnås.

Digital communication refers to human-to-human, human-to-machine or machine-to-machine communication. This dissertation focuses on human-to-human communication in professional relationships based on hardware innovations like tablets, smartphones, or wearables as well as internet-based services like email, instant messaging or social media. Intended consequences of using social communication technologies are often increased freedom of action or faster communication. However, digital communication does also lead to unintended consequences like new social controls, less freedom of action or a lack of time. The aim of the dissertation is to explore explanation attempts why these consequences occur as well as to elucidate how organizations could deal with it. The key message of the dissertation is that using digital communication technologies requires well-trained moral discernment to better understand unintended consequences as well as to better cope with them.:1. Introduction 2. Digital communication: a new challenge for moral discernment 3. Digital communication in and beyond organizations: unintended consequences of new freedom 4. Digital communication in organizations: acceleration and lack of time 5. Further articles in the field of digital communication and acceleration

This work is concerned with The Spiritual Teachings of St. Dorotheos of Gaza and also with Palestine monasticism of the 6th century, about the life of St. Dorotheos and his teachers and it explains his teachings and its influence in the following centuries. This work deals with the Orthodox Christian Spirituality and it presents its results using historical and hermeneutical method. St. Dorotheos belongs to the Fathers of the Desert. He lived in the sixth century and with his spiritual instructions proved himself to be a personality of exceptional greatness for all ages. He used in his works the Septuagint, Apophthegmata Patrum and The Fathers of the Church and Greek philosophers, and so on. The Spiritual Teachings of Abba Dorotheos are to be foud in monastic libraries of whole Christianity and are constantly published. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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This research seeks to acquire a deep understanding of how spirituality and mission correlate and shape each other. An initial review of missiological texts has revealed that spirituality is not often (nor explicitly) taken into consideration by missiologists. Likewise, mission generally does not occupy a central place within the academic discipline of spirituality. I contend that spirituality is the motor of mission and missiology and therefore cannot be only briefly mentioned or omitted from missiological discourse. This thesis explores this relationship with a specific focus on the Comboni Missionary Sisters. It explores the mission spirituality of their founder, Daniel Comboni, how this is taken up by the Comboni Missionary Sisters and how it shapes their lives and their being in mission. The research also aims to foster some transformations. It explores new ways for the Sisters to express their ways of being in mission in the context(s) in which they live, in order to be faithful to Comboni’s charism as well as to be a relevant presence today. The thesis proposes that mission spirituality be studied and lived by making use a Mission spirituality spiral. Its six dimensions are: spirituality, at the centre and all along the spiral; encounter with other(s) and with the context; context analysis; theological reflection (encounter with Scripture and Tradition); discernment for transformative ways of being in mission and reflexivity. A qualitative analysis is presented from interviews conducted with fifteen Comboni Missionary Sisters working in various continents. Genuine encounter with the Triune God, with the other(s), with the context and its analysis, and encounter with Scripture and Tradition lead to transformation in the person and subsequently to finding new ways of being in mission. The mission spirituality spiral is used as an analytical tool to study the mission spirituality of Comboni and the Comboni Missionary Sisters and also as a mobilising tool. Suggestions for further areas of research are made. The thesis concludes with some personal learning and transformation. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th. (Missiology)

[pt] O discernimento é uma dimensão intrínseca à vida cristã. No contato com textos bíblicos podemos atestá-la desde os profetas passando por Jesus, Paulo e João. O discernimento nos insere numa vida de fé dinâmica, constantemente interpelada pela ação do Espírito Santo. Essas interpelações devem nos levar a atitudes concretas, onde o ser humano investe sua liberdade no projeto salvífico de Deus. Nessa dissertação propomos uma compreensão dessa realidade a partir da ótica de Inácio de Loyola, o que representa o modo como ele buscou captar e interpretar a vontade de Deus em sua vida e de como este modo proporciona mais qualidade no seguimento a Jesus Cristo. A marca da sua espiritualidade é o discernimento, o qual é baseado na sua forte experiência de Deus. Inácio enfatiza que Deus se faz ouvir e compreender nos condicionamentos humanos de cada época, nas experiências mais cotidianas; pode ser buscado e encontrado em todas as coisas. Neste panorama, ele resgata a dimensão pessoal da vida cristã, ao mesmo tempo em que proporciona uma unidade antropológica. Pois fala de um estar atento aos movimentos interiores (moções) de consolação e desolação, fazendo disso critério de discernimento. Mais, o discernimento inaciano restaura a liberdade e a responsabilidade na vida cristã, ao admitir que a busca e o encontro da vontade de Deus na vida de cada um cabe à pessoa. Esse traço do discernimento inaciano desemboca numa abertura mais confiante à ação do Espírito Santo e numa vida com mais sentido. / [en] Discernment is an intrinsic dimension of the Christian life. In contact with biblical texts, we can attest it from the prophets through Jesus, Paul and John. Discernment inserts us into a life of dynamic faith, constantly challenged by the action of the Holy Spirit. These challenges should lead us to concrete actions in which the human being invests his freedom into the salvific plan of God. In this thesis, we propose a comprehension of this reality from the perspective of Ignatius of Loyola, which represents the way how he sought to capture and interpret the will of God, and how this provides better quality in the following of Jesus Christ. The mark of Ignatius spirituality is discernment, which is based on his strong experience of God. Ignatius emphasizes that God is heard and understood from the human conditioning of each epoch, from the most everyday experiences; God can be sought and found in all things. Ignatius rescues the personal dimension of Christian life while providing an anthropological unit since he speaks about being aware of the inner movements (motions) of consolation and desolation, making of these the criterion of discernment. Further, ignatian discernment restores freedom and responsibility in the Christian life, since he admits that the search and the meeting of the will of God is up to each person. This feature of the discernment ends in an opening confident to the Holy Spirit and in a more meaningful life.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-11-21T08:58:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Célia Maria Ribeiro.pdf: 1742445 bytes, checksum: a8dea33a0619c23b8118adceaf216235 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-21T08:58:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Célia Maria Ribeiro.pdf: 1742445 bytes, checksum: a8dea33a0619c23b8118adceaf216235 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-09-28 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This work introduces Pope Francis ministry in a different light, an approach which has not been usually adopted, so far: Ignatian spirituality. From the start, it narrates Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s spiritual and intellectual backgrounds, which were firstly incorporated from his own family and further developed when he joined in the Society of Jesus. His trajectory as a clergyman highlights his struggles with his fellow brothers in his religious congregation, where he experienced both setbacks and advancements, especially, when we consider the Latin America historical context at the time, during which Argentina, where he was born and raised, was under a military dictatorship. Nevertheless, in spite of all the political tensions, his decisions always go in the direction of pastoral work and spiritual discernment. Following that, this work highlights the Second Vatican Council major influence over the Church new policies in our contemporary cultural scenario, a context full of challenges which were long felt in the successive Church crisis. This was an important aspect for Pope Benedict XVI resignation, which is also assessed in this work, a resignation that was followed by the conclave ending up in the election of the first Jesuit Pope. The circumstances for his choice and the facts triggered by the new Bishop of Rome, beginning with his decision to be called “Francis” and advancing to the traits of his Petrine ministry, are taken into account, especially in the light of Ignatian spirituality, when references to time, places and people are underlined. Nevertheless, it is a work that introduces Pope Francis inner language in the context of his outspoken life / Este trabalho apresenta o ministério do Papa Francisco sob um enfoque com poucos precedentes, até então: a espiritualidade inaciana. De início, narra a formação espiritual e intelectual de Jorge Mario Bergoglio, obtida a partir de sua própria família e desenvolvimento na Companhia de Jesus. Em sua trajetória, destacam-se as nuances e os reveses da convivência na congregação religiosa, sobretudo, no contexto latino-americano, em decorrência da ditadura militar na Argentina, país de sua origem e crescimento pessoal e eclesial; assim como as tensões para a tomada de decisão, porém sempre baseada no discernimento espiritual e pastoral. A seguir, sinaliza para a influência do Concílio Ecumênico Vaticano II na reorientação da Igreja e na relação com a cultura contemporânea, repleta de desafios, os quais foram sentidos na longa crise da instituição milenar. Este, um aspecto considerado relevante na renúncia do Papa Bento XVI, também abordado na pesquisa, seguido do conclave que culminou na eleição do primeiro Papa jesuíta. As circunstâncias de sua escolha e os fatos desencadeados pelo novo Bispo de Roma, desde a opção por chamar-se “Francisco” às características próprias do seu ministério petrino, são levados em consideração, especialmente à luz da espiritualidade inaciana, quando se assinalam as referências aos tempos, lugares e pessoas. Contudo, trata-se de um trabalho que analisa a linguagem interior do Papa Francisco baseada na exterioridade de sua vida