[pt] A pesquisa mostra as dificuldades da ação pastoral da Igreja dentro dos Contextos urbano industrial e pós- industrial nos centros de cidade. O primeiro capítulo desta dissertação estuda o conceito de urbanização e suas diversas etapas: os contextos pré-urbano, urbano industrial e pós-industrial analisando as principais características destes contextos e suas implicações nos centros de cidade. O segundo capítulo apresenta uma pesquisa na região metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro em quatro centros de cidade: Duque de Caxias, Itaguaí, Nova Iguaçu e Rio de janeiro. Nesta pesquisa se estuda a formação histórica destes centros, sua contextualização e a presença da Igreja no passado e hoje. O terceiro capítulo apresenta as aproximações pastorais da Igreja nos centros urbanos; como a Igreja na sua função de evangelizar deve agir. Esta dissertação quer mostrar a ação pastoral da Igreja nos centros de cidade e como a Igreja poderia desenvolver uma pastoral adequada nesta realidade. / [fr] La recherche montre les difficultés de l action pastorale de l Eglise dans les contextes urbain industriel et pos- industriel dans un centre urbain. Le premier chapitre de cette dissertation étudie le concept d urbanization et ses diverses étapes : dans les contextes pré-urbain, urbain industriel et postindustriel ; en analysant les principales caractéristiques de ces contextes et ses implications au sein de cette urbanisation. Le second chapitre présente une recherche dans la région métropolitaine de Rio de Janeiro dans quatre centres urbains : Duque de Caxias, Itaguaí, Nova Iguaçu et Rio de Janeiro. Il a éte pris en compte les aspects suivants : l histoire de la formation de ces centres, leur contextualisation et la présence de l Eglise dans le passé et aujourd hui. Le troisiéme chapitre présente les approches pastorales de l Eglise à l interieur de la ville ; comment l Eglise dans son action pastorale doit exercer son influence pour promouvoir l evangélisation. Cette dissertation veux montrer l action pastorale de l Eglise dans le centre urbain et comment l Eglise pourrait développer une pastorale adequate dans cette réalité.

Zugl.: Göttingen, Universiẗat, Diss., 2006.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Münster (Westfalen), 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-524).

This dissertation shows the theological impact of Handmaid Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Mpunde community. Data was collected through structured interviews and questionnaires from Sisters and members of the community. The dissertation covers Evangelisation in general beginning with the coming of the Roman Catholic Church through Missionary White Fathers and Jesuits in Zambia and thereafter the coming of Women international congregations offering education, pastoral and health services and later the birth of local congregations. Similarities in formation, collaboration and works between international and local congregations are highlighted. The dissertation traces the history and establishment of Handmaid Sisters and its developments up to date focusing on the theology of Mary, who is their model and her influence, position in the church and in the Congregation itself. Finally, the dissertation looks at the structure of Governance and Operations of the Congregation as it carries its Mission especially empowering girls and women. / (M. A. (Religious studies))

This work reflects on how the Seventh-day Adventist Church meets the challenges of postmodernism, despite itself having its roots deep in the modern era. The first part deals with the origin of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the development of its dogma. It primarily focuses on the Thomas Reid?s philosophy of common sense and describes the Adventist statements of dogma that are typical of this church and were influenced by the philosophy of common sense. The second part analyses how this church deals with the challenges of the postmodern era. It describes the current categorisation of Adventist theology on the basis of the differing macro-hermeneutic of the individual streams that depend on how they view the relationship between God and time. It also indicates the practical impacts that these various approaches to church praxis lead to. The aim of this work is to be as objective as possible in describing the current situation and show the potential risks and solutions that the church and its members face. In the author?s opinion, an adequate response to the problems of Adventism in the postmodern era can be found in shifting the emphasis to a general Christian perspective and in redefining specifically Adventist teachings.

L'objectif de cette thèse est d'analyser la façon dont les pratiques picturales des Andes coloniales se nouent et se dénouent autour d'une « matière » européenne. La nature d'un tableau répond à des exigences politiques occidentales (l'évangélisation des Indigènes) mais sa fonction va progressivement être démembrée au profit d'une peinture qui s'américanise.C'est d'abord en étudiant le contexte artistique de l'Europe des XVIe et XVIIe siècles, ses pratiques ainsi que ses transferts humains et matériels dans la vice-royauté péruvienne que l'on peut par la suite juger des différences, des nouveautés, mais aussi des transgressions des oeuvres produites sur place, la dimension régionale étant l'un des premiers facteurs de ces changements. Les médiateurs de cette circulation, acteurs sociaux et vecteurs de nouveaux codes, redéfinissent les qualités du peintre indien qui met un terme définitif à sa condition de « main d'oeuvre » pour devenir un artiste indépendant.Alors que tout porterait à croire que l'Espagne refuse l'américanisation de cette peinture, les fondements théoriques de l'art occidental sont pourtant à l'origine de formes et de thèmes nouveaux qui caractérisent essentiellement le XVIIIe siècle andin. L'adoption d'un système iconographique européen par des peintres principalement métis et indiens permet paradoxalement la réappropriation d'un support longtemps utilisé comme un objet de domination, de soumission et de contrôle de la part des autorités espagnoles. / This thesis aims to analyse the way pictorial practices of the colonial Andes are formed and dissolved around a “European matter”. The nature of a painting complies with occidental political requirements (the evangelisation of the Indigenous) but its function will be progressively “dismembered” in favour of a painting which is becoming Americanised.The regional dimension being one of the factors of these changes, we will first study the artistic context of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Through the study of its practices and also its human and material transfers in the Peruvian viceroyalty, we can thereafter judge of the differences, the innovations, but also the transgressions of the artworks made on site. The mediators of this circulation, the social actors and the carriers of new codes, redefine the qualities of the Indian painter who put a definitive end to his condition of “labour” to become an independent artist.While we could be led to believe that Spain refuses the Americanisation of this form of painting, yet the theoretical foundations of Western art are at the starting point of forms and new themes which essentially characterise Andean’s 18th century. The adoption of a European iconographic system, mostly by mixed-race and Indian painters, paradoxically allows the reapropriation of a medium used for a long time by the Spanish authorities, as an object of domination, submission, and control.

Text in German / Zusammenfassung Das heute zu Russland gehörende Kaliningrader Gebiet gehörte vor dem zweiten Weltkrieg mit der Hauptstadt Königsberg Ostpreußen. Nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg wurde Königsberg 1945 mit einem Teil des Ostpreußengebiets Russland zugeteilt. Am 4. Juli 1946 wurde Königsberg in Kaliningrad umbenannt und damit eine neue Epoche für das Gebiet eingeleitet. Nach dem Krieg wurden alle Deutschen nach Deutschland deportiert und mit Russen aus Westrussland besiedelt. Unter den umgesiedelten Leuten kamen auch Christen mit, die sich in Kaliningrader Gebiet ansiedelten und begannen ihren Glauben zu leben. Bald darauf organisierten sie sich in kleinere Gruppen und bemühten sich Präsenz nach außen hin zu zeigen. Besonders in den 1990er Jahren erlebte das Kaliningrader Gebiet ein reges Wachstum der evangelikalen Gemeinden. Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist, diese evangelikalen Gemeinden auf ihre Präsenz nach außen, ihr inneres Gemeindeleben, ihre evangelistischen und sozial-diakonischen Bemühungen hin empirisch mittels Interviews zu untersuchen und die Ergebnisse aus missions-theologischen Perspektive zu reflektieren. Summary The area of Kaliningrad, which belongs to Russia today, was with it´s capital Königsberg a part of Ostpreußen before the second world war. 1945, after the second world war, Königsberg and parts of the area of Ostpreußen became a part of Russia. On July 4th in 1946 Königsberg was renamed into Kaliningrad and so a new era was instituted for this area. After the war all Germans were deported to Germany and the area was recolonized with Russians from Westrussia. Among these settlers there even were christians, who settled down in Kaliningrad and began to act out their beliefs. Especially in the 1990ties Kaliningrad experienced a large growth of evangelical churches. Not long after that, they organized themselves in small groups and tied to be a representative outwards. The intention of the present dissertation is the empirical analysis of these churches by dint of interviews; Especially the analysis of how the churches represent theirselves outwards and how they endeavor in regard of social deaconry. The deliverables has been deliberated from the perspective of theological mission. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M.Th.

Text in German / This thesis deals primarily with the questions: Is Israel constantly chosen by God or have the devine promises gone over to the chuch? Are jews to be saved without the sacrifice of Christ? Should jews be missionised as gentiles alike? To give responses, the followings steps are worked out: At first an overview on the israelological models that have been opined during church- history is presented. Secondly church-documents are analyzed in spite of their missiological content. Thirdly an exegesis of Romans 9-11 is offered. Following this, those of the church-documents, whose israelology is closest to the witness of scripture, are presented. Finally a conclusion is offered, which states, that jews are constantly chosen, but not to be saved in another manner as gentiles. Therefore the church is continually obliged to bear the Gospel also to Israel. Jews and gentiles alike are to be saved by nothing but the blood of Jesus. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M. Th. (Missiology)

Text in German / Zusammenfassung Das heute zu Russland gehörende Kaliningrader Gebiet gehörte vor dem zweiten Weltkrieg mit der Hauptstadt Königsberg Ostpreußen. Nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg wurde Königsberg 1945 mit einem Teil des Ostpreußengebiets Russland zugeteilt. Am 4. Juli 1946 wurde Königsberg in Kaliningrad umbenannt und damit eine neue Epoche für das Gebiet eingeleitet. Nach dem Krieg wurden alle Deutschen nach Deutschland deportiert und mit Russen aus Westrussland besiedelt. Unter den umgesiedelten Leuten kamen auch Christen mit, die sich in Kaliningrader Gebiet ansiedelten und begannen ihren Glauben zu leben. Bald darauf organisierten sie sich in kleinere Gruppen und bemühten sich Präsenz nach außen hin zu zeigen. Besonders in den 1990er Jahren erlebte das Kaliningrader Gebiet ein reges Wachstum der evangelikalen Gemeinden. Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist, diese evangelikalen Gemeinden auf ihre Präsenz nach außen, ihr inneres Gemeindeleben, ihre evangelistischen und sozial-diakonischen Bemühungen hin empirisch mittels Interviews zu untersuchen und die Ergebnisse aus missions-theologischen Perspektive zu reflektieren. Summary The area of Kaliningrad, which belongs to Russia today, was with it´s capital Königsberg a part of Ostpreußen before the second world war. 1945, after the second world war, Königsberg and parts of the area of Ostpreußen became a part of Russia. On July 4th in 1946 Königsberg was renamed into Kaliningrad and so a new era was instituted for this area. After the war all Germans were deported to Germany and the area was recolonized with Russians from Westrussia. Among these settlers there even were christians, who settled down in Kaliningrad and began to act out their beliefs. Especially in the 1990ties Kaliningrad experienced a large growth of evangelical churches. Not long after that, they organized themselves in small groups and tied to be a representative outwards. The intention of the present dissertation is the empirical analysis of these churches by dint of interviews; Especially the analysis of how the churches represent theirselves outwards and how they endeavor in regard of social deaconry. The deliverables has been deliberated from the perspective of theological mission. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M.Th.

Consecrated life or religious life as it is sometimes called within the Catholic Church is almost as old as Christianity. All baptised persons are consecrated persons by virtue of their baptism, but the consecrated life to which some people feel called, is a special and fruitful deepening of the consecration received in baptism and confirmation.. This dissertation explores Christian spirituality as it is manifested in consecrated life with relation to inculturation and religious life. The scope has been limited to a study of one congregation, the Companions of St Angela as a case study. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M.Th. (Christian Spirituality)