Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010. / Thesis Advisor(s): Crawford, Alice M. ; Thornberry, Neal E. "March 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 28, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Manpower; Recruiting; Retention; Personnel/Attrition; Special Studies; Training; Leadership. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-110). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010. / Thesis Advisor(s): Mehay, Stephen L. ; Hudgens, Bryan. "March 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 26, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Attrition, U.S. Air Force Pilots, Commissioning Source, Logit Model, Retention. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-52). Also available in print.

Esta pesquisa pretende investigar a participação da experiência de arrependimento na constituição humana. Uma das fontes que nos utilizaremos para tal, será a partir das contribuições que o psicanalista Donald Winnicott (1896-1971) faz sobre o surgimento do sentimento de culpa na vida de um bebê na relação com sua mãe, e a passagem desse sentimento para o que ele denomina de \"capacidade de consideração\" (concern). Também recorreremos à teologia cristã, e mais especificamente, ortodoxa, que compreende o fenômeno do arrependimento e sua relação com a condição humana a partir do conceito de metanoia, termo emprestado da cultura grega que guarda o sentido de \"transformação de consciência\", ou ainda, da passagem de um ser humano para uma nova postura existencial. Esses dois possíveis olhares para o arrependimento serão colocados em diálogo, a fim de enriquecer a investigação sobre o tema em questão e servir de análise sobre convergências e divergências entre os dois modelos e suas perspectivas paradigmáticas subjacentes. A pesquisa ainda se valerá da compreensão que o arrependimento parece ter no filme \"A Canção dos Pardais\", do diretor iraniano Majid Majidi. O filme contribuirá para o aprofundamento da discussão sobre o arrependimento e sua relação com a constituição humana. As diversas perspectivas oferecidas permitem com que tratemos nossa investigação em profundidade e complexidade, favorecendo ainda na formação de um olhar sobre a própria condição humana, que compreende a necessidade de tal experiência como elemento fundamental de amadurecimento. Procuraremos por fim fazer alguns apontamentos sobre a discussão realizada frente ao trabalho clínico e suas vicissitudes / This study aims to investigate the experience of repentance within human constitution. One of our sources to do so, will be through Donald Winnicott\'s (1896-1971) psychoanalytic contributions regarding the surging of the sense of guilt in a baby-mother relationship, and the transformation of this sense in what he named \"the capacity for concern\", or the \"stage of concern\". We will also approach Christian Theology, more specifically the Orthodox perspective, as a way to understand our subject. It presents repentance and its relations to the human condition through the concept of metanoia. This word was borrowed from the Ancient Greek Culture and has the meaning of \"change of mind\", or rather, \"a life change\", in which a human being finds a new perspective to life existence. These two ways of comprehending repentance will meet in a dialogue, and through it we can point out some commonalities and discrepancies between them, as well as their inner paradigms. Our research will add the understanding of repentance that can be taken from the movie \"The Song of the Sparrows\", of the iranian director, Majid Majidi. This movie can contribute with our discussion since it brings a live and poetic narrative concerning the subject in question. All the presented perspectives enable us to treat our investigation in a deep and complex way, and lead us to a specific look to the human condition that confirms the necessity of such transformational experience as a fundamental element of human constitution. In conclusion, all the theoretical contributions will be related to the clinical work and its peculiarities

Part 2 of the present paper delineates the position of the Holy Spirit (respectively of pneumatology) in the history of the church! of theology in general as well as in the present missiology in particular. Some aspects in the work of the Holy Spirit which are relevant to mission are named separately and explained. Part 3 looks at the example of the revival among the Mennonites in Southern Russia around 1860. Therefore, first the early Anabaptists of the 16th century are described in their relation to the Holy Spirit. After this, the relation of the Mennonites in Russia to the Holy Spirit (mainly in the events around the revival of 1860) is depicted. Positive and negative results of the revival are shown. Part 4 combines the results of the previous parts of the paper and shows (in eight points) a wholesome and balanced way of mission and church for bapto - mennonite churches of today. / Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology / (M. Th. Missiology))

Part 2 of the present paper delineates the position of the Holy Spirit (respectively of pneumatology) in the history of the church! of theology in general as well as in the present missiology in particular. Some aspects in the work of the Holy Spirit which are relevant to mission are named separately and explained. Part 3 looks at the example of the revival among the Mennonites in Southern Russia around 1860. Therefore, first the early Anabaptists of the 16th century are described in their relation to the Holy Spirit. After this, the relation of the Mennonites in Russia to the Holy Spirit (mainly in the events around the revival of 1860) is depicted. Positive and negative results of the revival are shown. Part 4 combines the results of the previous parts of the paper and shows (in eight points) a wholesome and balanced way of mission and church for bapto - mennonite churches of today. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / (M. Th. Missiology))

The thesis is focused on the issue of active repentance in criminal law. The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive view of the institute of active repentance and its importance in the area of extinction of criminal liability, and to verify whether this underused institute in criminal law has its merits. In addition, the thesis tries to draw attention to some shortcomings and problems that this area of criminal law is facing, especially considering relevant court case law. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with the extinction of criminal liability in general, focusing on all reasons causing the extinction of criminal liability of the offender. An essential part of the first chapter is also a brief historical excursion, which allows comparison with previously effective legislation. The second chapter covers active repentance itself and describes the conditions of application of active repentance not only in relation to adult offenders, but also in relation to juvenile offenders and legal entities, where the active repentance shows some differences. The third chapter contains special cases of active repentance contained in a special part of the Criminal Code. It deals with all five crimes that have their own special arrangements for active repentance. The...

Basé sur des documents originaux et les statuts consulaires de sœurs de Sainte-Catherine de 1339 conservés aux archives municipales de Montpellier, ce mémoire tente d’approfondir la thématique des maisons de repenties à Montpellier entre 1245 et 1498. Cette recherche se focalise avant tout sur la mise en place d’un établissement de récupération sociale des anciennes prostituées par les autorités communales et les relations qu’ont pu avoir ces deux groupes sociaux ainsi que l’implication sociale de l’état de repentie sur les perceptions de la société montpelliéraine. Cette étude traite de l’histoire des repenties en Occident, puis à Montpellier et enfin aborde la vie de la congrégation des repenties de Sainte-Catherine. Ce mémoire aborde aussi les conséquences qu’a pu avoir cette transition sociale sur la vie de femmes qui avaient fait le choix de quitter le monde de la rue pour entrer dans les ordres. C’est ainsi qu’il est possible de voir que les sœurs étaient intégrées à la société urbaine, légitimées par une existence juridique et leur qualité de pénitentes.

God expresses Himself with emotions. This is well attested in Scripture, with statements of love (1Jn 4:8), anger (Ex 4:14), and delight (Isa 62:4). But the real question is not whether God has emotions, but what is the source of those emotions. If God emotes in the context of our suffering, and our suffering is not abated, does this mean that God is impotent or indifferent? Both possibilities yield a frightening conclusion. Rightly understanding the character and nature of God in this regard is paramount. For the past two thousand years, the prevailing doctrine was that God was in some way impassible, in that He is without passions or emotions with respect to his creation. This means that God does not change his feelings or thoughts about events on the earth. Even though certain passages called the “divine repentance” passages in the Old Testament (Ge 6:6-7; Ex 32:12-14; 1Sa 15:11, 35; Nu 23:19) appeared to contradict God’s impassibility, this was solved through the idea of anthropopathism, that is, the belief that God describes Himself with emotional terms. Prior to 1930, most of the English Bible renderings of the divine repentance passages preferred the word “repent,” because the prevailing theology was rooted in the impassibility of God, and these passages were deemed to be anthropopathic. But with the doctrine of God’s impassibility now in question, English Bible translations began to reflect the view that God actually reacts to our suffering with strong emotion. Words such as “sorry,” “grief,” “regret,” and even “changed his mind” were now used to describe the reaction of God whenever God appeared to be disappointed with his creation, or worse, if He was disappointed with his own plan. The purpose of this study is to provide an exegetical solution to the problem of God’s response in the divine repentance passages in four Old Testament historical texts. These passages are labelled as such because of the use of the Hebrew verb ~xn which describe God as “sorry” or “repenting.” For those who hold to God’s full immutability, the preferred view through the ages was that the Hebrew ~xn was to be taken as anthropopathically. This study will want to explore the possibilities of an alternative view for the Hebrew ~xn in the divine repentance passages which allow for God’s passibility while holding to his full immutability. Specifically, this study not only strives to answer the question “Does God repent?”, but through a sound methodology also wants to answer the larger question of the source of God’s emotion when his judgment or grace is in view. The methodology followed in this study is two-fold. First, it is biblical-theological, meaning that it utilises a whole-Bible theology, and following the work of Walter Kaiser and James Hamilton, posits that the Old Testament contains a theme or centre of grace within judgment. At the Fall in Ge 3, God simultaneously introduced judgment and grace into the world. That judgment and grace has never left. As one looks through the Bible, these are the two unbroken strands that weave their way through every chapter and every book. In addition, this study is also an exegetical study, and follows the grammaticalhistorical- lexical-syntactical methodology of Walter Kaiser. God disclosed Himself objectively through the words of a book. This book records actual historical events, as well as specific declarations and commands from God Himself. It is necessary that the words of this book be correctly understood in their context so that a correct understanding of God will result. Using this methodology, this study will explore the meaning of God’s ~xn in each divine repentance passage. The lexical study will be combined with the biblical-theological approach of a theme or centre of “grace within judgment” that flows through the Old Testament. Because of this, is it possible that God, who is fully immutable, provide us everything that we need to navigate a world of sin, suffering and uncertainty? The answer could very well be in the understanding of God’s ~xn in light of our suffering and sin. / PhD (Old Testament), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

When it comes to moral political endeavors, the good eventually achieved is never identical to the good initially pursued. This is true if for no other reason than the fact that time passes with every new political moment. We move from goods intended to goods achieved. At the same time such movement is not simply a product of the temporal character of our lives. Occupying a middle ground between accounts of human agency as wholly determined or wholly ambiguous there is a sense in which any exercise of the will is fundamentally indeterminate. Said more simply, we are contingent beings. Thus, while it may be possible to speak conceptually of a determinate or atemporal political good, the possibility of a moral political endeavor – that is, a purposive movement toward some political good – rests upon the inescapably contingent and temporal character of our lives. If political endeavors are never entirely under (or out of) our control and always take shape temporally then it is important to insist that the discrepancy between intended goods and actual goods need not be interpreted negatively. That is to say, the indeterminate character of our moral lives need not be seen as a tragic disruption to what would otherwise be seamless political existence. Rather, the indeterminacy is a deliberate (read: good) feature of created existence in time. This allows for recognition of a structure to political morality. Agents seize the opportunity afforded by contingency to pursue identified political goods with purpose and direction. At the same time moral pursuits are always highly conditioned by contingencies of delimited authority, responsibilities of representation, demands of process, etc. The constantly changing political landscape perpetually requires both reactive and anticipatory adjustments of the political good in sight. If contingency and temporality shape and limit any political pursuit of the good, then a chief task of political theology is to illuminate the theological significance of those features of created existence. Political theology bears the burden of articulating the divine origin and purpose of the structures which make political morality possible. In this way contingency comes into view not as an incidental feature of humanity but as the gift of a good creator making possible faithful creaturely response. Similarly, political goods take shape not merely in time but in a particular time between creation and eschaton. This thesis is a study in the theological significance of indeterminacy and temporality in the pursuit of political goods by way of an analysis of the political writings of 20th century moral theologian Paul Ramsey. His reflections on the unique moral structure of political actions provide the theological and analytical resources to animate such a study. Close attention to his work pursues an understanding of how theological language describes, interprets and accounts for the nature of political morality and the function that such descriptions have in defining and shaping concepts of the political good.

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