The main goal of this study is to demonstrate the role of the Holy Spirit in building up Church unity, based on the exegesis of I Corinthians. The current theme is urgent; however, little attention has been paid to it in research literature. We have noted that it is not human wisdom but the Holy Spirit who is the key to our faith, salvation, and understanding of divine mysteries. The Holy Spirit along with Christ brings forward the building of the Church and guides it. One Spirit is the foundation for Church unity. The Holy Spirit administers spiritual gifts according to His will and establishes their orderly operation. Seeking the guidance of the Spirit, trusting and obeying Him brings unity, whereas following different authorities, mistrusting and disobeying Him results in disunity. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / M. Th. (New Testament)

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Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2016-09-19T18:15:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Fabiano Fernandes Martins.pdf: 1507324 bytes, checksum: 3cfef9597cdd060101f2de64d41105ed (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-19T18:15:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fabiano Fernandes Martins.pdf: 1507324 bytes, checksum: 3cfef9597cdd060101f2de64d41105ed (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-12 / The cultural and socio-economic importance of football in the country is portrayed in the Brazilian daily. The sport exhibition has great space in all forms of communication and has been a strategic partner to transmit the messages from different companies. In this context, the demand for sports marketing has grown each year and football has become a major player. However, sports organizations increasingly need of revenue to keep doing football entertainment, an event and an attractive sport. This is the moment where relationship marketing, through partner programs fans, reveals a great ally. Through a case study of the relationship and loyalty program of the Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, called Faithful Fan, it was revealed that the socio fan program creates differentiation, loyalty and strengthens the sports brand, becoming a powerful means of consumer supporter transformation / A importância cultural e socioeconômica do futebol no país é retratada no cotidiano dos brasileiros. A exposição do esporte tem grande espaço em todas as formas de comunicação e tem sido parceira estratégica para transmitir as mensagens das mais diversas empresas. Nesse contexto, a demanda pelo marketing esportivo tem crescido a cada ano, e o futebol, se tornado um grande protagonista. Contudo, as entidades esportivas precisam cada vez mais de receitas para continuar fazendo do futebol um entretenimento, um evento e uma prática esportiva atraente. É nesse momento que o marketing de relacionamento, através dos programas de sócio-torcedores, revela-se um grande aliado. Por meio de um estudo de caso do programa de relacionamento e fidelização do Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, denominado Fiel Torcedor, revelou-se que o programa sócio-torcedor cria diferenciação, fideliza e fortalece a marca esportiva, tornando-se um poderoso meio de transformação do torcedor em consumidor

Many recent studies in contemporary social anthropology have noted the vital import of the concepts of honour and shame and how these are able both to generate ideas of social identity within a community, and, in particular, to elucidate patterns of social behaviour. This has been notably evident amongst the communities of the Mediterranean littoral. At the same time, multi-disciplinary research exploring the communities of the Ancient Near East, especially those undertaken by social historians investigating the ancient societies of Israel, Greece, and Rome, have revealed that these, too, lived within the social constraints of honour and shame. These twin concepts are said to have had a profound influence upon such ancient communities, and, for some, are seen to represent the pivotal values of Greco-Roman social life. Unsurprisingly then, these same values are also evident within the narrative discourses of the Old and New Testaments, and a wide number of studies have sought to examine a particular text or social scenario through the lens of honour and shame. But despite having had a voluminous number of monographs and articles written on it, the letter of 1 Corinthians has remained relatively untouched by studies of honour-shame; yet it presents a unique expose of numerous aspects of social life in Greco-Roman first-century CE culture. My aim here is to examine the extent to which the social constraints of honour and shame may have had a direct influence upon the multifarious problems of social behaviour so evident within the community (not least the factionalism and strife which caused so many internal problems). In so doing, it presents a fresh reading of the letter, and the thesis it proposes is that the honour-shame model provides an appropriate and compelling framework within which to view the letter holistically within its social context.

Embodying Christ: Meaning and Significance of the Ritual in 1Cor 12-14 This work understands 1Cor 12-14 as a text concerned with early Christian ritual and addresses the question: What does the text of 1Cor 12-14 reveal about the symbolic universe and social implications of this ritual? Early Christian meetings are understood as a complex ritual which has meaning and significance that could be interpreted on the basis of exegeting 1Cor 12-14. Meaning denotes the worldview communicated through it, significance denotes the influence of the ritual on the lives of the believers and their community. As its meaning, three metaphors appear out of the exegesis: a temple in construction, Christ's body with many members, and an image of the Spirit working in believers. These images are being played out, strengthened, and embodied in the ritual action. Apart from communicating the worldview and corresponding values, the significance of the ritual lies in that it creates a space of liminal freedom. Charismata are a dynamic reality and are not bound to particular persons. That is true especially in the case of prophesying and speaking in tongues, which based on analysis of the primary sources are in this work understood as speaking in an inspired state by a person who is being filled with the Spirit. Generally,...

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D.Litt.et Phil. / The world in which the Christian community finds themselves today, is a world that has in many ways spiritually lost its way. This has led to the ethical and moral decay that has as a result, social problems, as well as social and political corruption. The Church is also experiencing a crisis. The Church, until recently was the centre of many people‟s existence, but now increasingly people are removed from the church and churchless. Is there an antidote to counteract this assault on the Christian faith? As per the argument in this dissertation, the answer lies in the lifestyle of the faithful, according to their confession. A way of life that confirms and not renounces the Biblical truths is the only way in which the Church‟s credibility can be restored in a post modern milieu. It is also one of the most important ways in which the decay in society can be counteracted; a Church that can yet again, as a bride of Christ perform her missiological duty as the salt and light of the world. This conclusion has forced the relevance of this research to the forefront. Paul describes the Corinthians as the holy temple of God in which the Holy Spirit resides (1 Cor 3:16-17). Two questions immediately arise: what relevance does this metaphor have on a Christian lifestyle and can a metaphor, applied 2000 years ago to the Christians in Corinthians, have any hermeneutical value, today? Can it serve as an ethical core moment in the post-modern time in which we find ourselves? These are some of the questions addressed in this research. The temple motif is a central theme found throughout the Bible. This is born through God‟s desire to live amidst his people. He instructs Moses to build a tent tabernacle, so that He “can live in their midst” (Ex 25:8). This tabernacle moved with the Israelites, everywhere they went. This was the place where God revealed his special presence, where daily offerings were made as atonement for the people‟s sins and where, once a year on the Great Day of Reconciliation the high priest went into the Most Holy to atone for the sins of the people as well as his own. Everything in and around the tabernacle was characterized by holiness.