Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2001 / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Willow Creek's celebrated seeker-sensitivemodel ostensibly offers an alluring alternative ecclesiology for many congregations seeking a differentway to 'do chuch' viz an attractive communication ambience and an effective process of persuasion. It reflects both the strengths of evangelical entrepreneurial ecclesiolgy as well as the weaknesses of first generation independent ecclesiology. It espouses a pragmatic, populist approach, reliant on managerial, therapeutic and marketing techniques. Whilst there is much to commend in the Willow Creek model, uncritical imitation of the attempt to reach a secularized post-modern North American society results in unwitting theological reductionism and cultural accomodation of the gospel not least in the following respects: The temptation of image places a premium on performance and appearance. The allure of psychology distorts the ethical framework of Willow Creek. The stress on marketing and measurasble results unduly shapes the gospel. A 'user-friendly' canon within a canon results in a minimalist dualism. A marginalization of theology leads to baptised pragmatism and a deprecation of truth. The resultant re-imaged ministry model owes more to contemporary business methodolgy than it does to the historic theological magisterium of the church. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Willow Creek se beroemde soekersensitiewe model bied klaarblyklik 'n aanloklike alternatiewe eklesiologie vir baie gemeentes wat 'n anderrnanier van 'kerk-doen' soek, aan, te wete, 'n aantreklike kommunikasie ambience en 'n doeltreffende oortuigings proses. Oit weerspieel beide die sterkte van evangeliesgesinde ondernemingsekklesiologie so wei as die swakheid van eerste geslag onafhanklike ekklesiologie. Oit omhels 'n pragmatiese populis benadering vertrouend op bestuurs-, teraputiese- en bernarkinqsteqnieke. Alhoewel daar baie in die Willow Creek model is wat aanbevelings- I waard~g is, kan onkritiese navolging van die poging om 'n sekulariseerde post-moderne Noord Amerikaanse samelewingte bereik, eindig in 'n onbewuste teologiese reduksie en kult~rele aanpassing van die evangelie, ten minste in die volgende opsigte, te wete: die versoeking van beeld plaas 'n premie op vertoon en voorkoms; die aantreklikheid van sielkunde verdraai die etiese raamwerk van Willow Creek; die klem op bemarking en meetbare resultate vorm uiteindelik die evangelie; 'n verbruikervriendelike kanon binne In kanon lei tot 'n minimalistiese dualisme; die vermindering van teologie lei tot 'gedoopte' pragmatisme en afkeuring van die waarheid. Gevolglik het die nuwe beeld , r: van die bedieningspraktyk smId- meer te danke aan eietydse besigheidsmetodes as die historiese magisterium van die kerk.

O sistema de emissoras afiliadas da Rede Globo de Televisão consolidou-se no Brasil na década de 1970, já no período técnico, científico e informacional, com a intensificação de densidades técnicas, informacionais e normativas no território nacional. A empresa, ao organizar este sistema, cria uma divisão territorial do trabalho que transforma as afiliadas em unidades de produção de informações para a sede, enquanto ela produz a maior parte da programação que é transmitida pelas afiliadas. A existência de uma tecnosfera (torres de recepção e retransmissão, links de microondas e captação do sinal do satélite, etc.) e de uma psicosfera (ideologia do progresso que se transmite com a programação da emissora nacional tradicionalmente reconhecida pela sua qualidade técnica) cria as condições para que este sistema funcione com uma alta capilaridade territorial e se imponha verticalmente nos lugares. A empresa Rede Globo de Televisão estabelece uma solidariedade organizacional no território brasileiro através da relação com suas emissoras afiliadas, utilizando-se de normas rígidas com padrão comercial, jornalístico e técnico. As emissoras locais, por acatarem estas ordens, deixam de criar suas próprias regras baseadas nas necessidades dos lugares onde estão instaladas. A programação nacional é produzida a partir das referências culturais, sociais e morais da Região Concentrada (onde se localizam as duas principais emissoras próprias da empresa) e é oferecida ao país como legítima expressão da cultura brasileira. A produção de programação local, verificada em quatro afiliadas do Estado de São Paulo (TV TEM Bauru, EPTV Campinas, TV Fronteira de Presidente Prudente e TV Tribuna de Santos), corresponde a menos de 5% da programação total da Rede Globo, o que revela o predomínio da programação nacional como um vetor nos lugares. / The system of broadcast affiliated of Rede Globo Television consolidated in the Brazil in the 1970s, in the scientific and technical information era, with the intensification of technical, informational and normative densities within the national territory. The company, in order to organize this system, established a territorial division of labor that transforms the affiliates in the production units of information to headquarters, while it produces the bulk of programming that is transmitted by affiliates. The existence of a technosfera (for the reception and relay towers, microwave links, and capture the signal from the satellite, etc.). And a psichosfera (ideology of progress that is transmitted with the national broadcaster signal, traditionally recognized for its technical quality) creates the conditions so that this system operates with a high territorial capillarity and vertically imposes its transmittion everywhere. The Rede Globo Television Company provides an organizational solidarity in Brazilian territory through the relationship with its affiliated stations, using rigid rules - with commercial, technical and journalistic standards. Local broadcasters by accepting these orders no longer dare to create their own rules based on the needs of the places where they are installed. The national programming is produced from the cultural, social and moral references of Concentrated Area (where are located the two main broadcasters owned by the company) and is offered to the country as a legitimate expression of Brazilian culture. The production of local programming, found in four affiliates of the State of Sao Paulo (TV TEM Bauru, EPTV Campinas, TV Fronteira de Presidente Prudente and TV Tribuna de Santos) represents less than 5% of the total programming of Rede Globo, revealing the predominance of national programming as a vector in all the places achieved by the company signal.

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Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006. / Includes abstract and vita. "November 2006" Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-143).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-166).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-159).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-166).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-159).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-166).