Thesis (D. Miss.)--Western Seminary, Portland, OR, 2008. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 250-255).

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the foundations of prejudiced attitudes toward Mexicans held by White Americans and to investigate a means of reducing it, paying specific attention to prejudice found within a subpopulation of White Americans. The origins of American prejudice toward Mexicans are outlined using both historical and psychological explanations. An understanding of these origins leads to the notion that increased favorable contact is the best method for reducing prejudice. A field study focusing on prejudice toward Mexicans among ecclesiastical volunteers demonstrated that missionary service can be considered a means of favorable contact. Eighty-one White American Latter-day Saints were measured on their levels of prejudice toward Mexicans and the amount of favorable contact with Mexicans before and during their service assignments in the American Southwest. Results indicated that individuals reported significantly more favorable contact after six months of service and significantly less prejudice. There were no significant differences in the amount of favorable contact or levels of prejudice between individuals who were assigned to Spanish-speaking or English-speaking service assignments.

A dissertação tem como objetivo compreender a atuação da Junta das Missões de Pernambuco que, instituída em 1681, funcionou ao longo da primeira metade do século XVIII, sendo extinta apenas em 1759. A Junta das Missões de Pernambuco foi criada no contexto de consolidação da economia da pecuária e do conseqüente incremento do número de ordens religiosas envolvidas no processo de missionação. A necessidade de conquistar novos territórios, de garantir a estabilidade do povoamento na região e, portanto, o inevitável contato com populações indígenas desconhecidas e que, via de regra, tornaram-se os maiores obstáculos aos anseios portugueses, levou a Coroa a desenvolver novas estratégias de domínio e conquista com base nas contingências e especificidades locais. Pretende-se estudar a referida instituição buscando identificar suas competências, sua esfera de atuação, e seus mecanismos de funcionamento, observando como se chegavam às soluções e a maneira que se davam os encaminhamentos, tendo em vista que, em virtude da diversidade de sua composição, a Junta das Missões de Pernambuco constituiu-se num espaço privilegiado para a percepção dos diferentes interesses em jogo. Considerando a jurisdição que a Junta exercia nas chamadas capitanias de fora do sertão norte do Estado do Brasil, buscarse- á investigar seu papel na configuração da política indigenista, uma vez que se trata de uma instituição especializada no gerenciamento do projeto missionário, bem como na consecução dos interesses metropolitanos na região. Pretende-se observar, em outras palavras, não apenas sua dimensão missionária, mas também sua dimensão política, como uma instituição que, direta ou indiretamente, zelava pela estabilidade do domínio português em Pernambuco e em suas capitanias anexas. / This master thesis aims to comprehend the action of the Junta das Missões de Pernambuco, institution that was founded in 1681 and continued to work during the first half of 18th century, ending its activities in 1759. The Junta das Missões de Pernambuco was created in the course of the consolidation of the cattle economy and of the increase of the number of the religious orders involved in the missionary work. The need to acquire new territories, to settle the people in the area and, therefore, the inevitable contact with unknown indian people who, in general, represented the main obstacles to the Portuguese willings, estimulated the development of new strategies of control and conquest by the Crown based on local aspects and contexts. We intend to study the institution in order to identify its competences, its area of influence and the mecanisms of its work, observing the making of its resolutions and the ways the directions were made, considering that, due to the diversity of its composition, the Junta das Missões de Pernambuco became a privileged locus to comprehend the different interests in dispute. Considering the jurisdiction of the Junta on the capitanias de fora of northern backlands of the State of Brazil, we intend to investigate its action in the configuration of policies for the indians, knowing that the institution dedicated its efforts to the management of the missionary project, as well as to the viabilization of the metropolitan interests in the area. In other words, we intend to observate not only its missionary dimension, but also its political dimension, keeping in mind that it was an institution that mantained, directly or undirectly, the stability of the Portuguese domain in Pernambuco and in its annexed captaincies.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Karen Alejandra Arriagada Valdivia.pdf: 730302 bytes, checksum: 20e0cdfc0c2cf3c4bbd76713a485a7c2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-11-03 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The method structured by friar Bernardino de Sahagún to describe the ancient rituals of the mexica feasts, reveals a deepest sense behind the enormous compilation of the ancient mexica habits and beliefs done by the Franciscan in his chronicle Historia General de las cosas de Nueva España (General History of the things of New Spain). Once Sahagún considered the ancient mexica feasts as idolatry ceremonies , such descriptions expressed two of the main purposes of the missionary: to know the ancient indigenous ritualistic practices and identify any clue of its survival. On the other hand, the descriptions brought to light the main difficulties that Sahagún faced trying to understand and to translate the diversity, the other, that goes much further than the systematic descriptions of the mexica rituals, the organization of its terms and vocables, and the questions that were part of his questionnaire. They also reflected the complex missionary context which friar Bernardino was inserted and which was reflected in his chronicle. Among the eighteen feasts that took place throughout the mexica solar calendar, we have chosen seven of them, connected to the agricultural cycle and which main elements they remitted to, formed an extremely important group in the native cosmovision: water, rain, corn, hills and fire. They are rituals of the vintenas: I Atlcaoalo; IV Huey tozoztli; VI Etzalcualiztli; XI Ochpaniztli; XIII Tepeílhuitl; XVI Atemoztli e XVIII Izcalli. The purpose of this research is to analyze the method structured by friar Bernardino to describe the rituals of these specific vintenas, which was his path of description and what he would be actually saying / O método estruturado por frei Bernardino de Sahagún para descrever os antigos rituais das festas mexica, revela o sentido mais profundo que estaria por trás de toda a enorme compilação dos antigos costumes e crenças mexica feita pelo franciscano em sua crônica Historia General de las cosas de Nueva España. Uma vez que Sahagún considerava as antigas festas mexica como cerimônias idolátricas , tais descrições expressavam dois dos principais objetivos do missionário: conhecer as antigas práticas ritualísticas indígenas, e identificar qualquer vestígio de sua sobrevivência. Por outro lado, ditas descrições traziam à luz as principais problemáticas que Sahagún enfrentou ao tentar entender e traduzir a alteridade, que iam muito mais além das descrições sistemáticas dos rituais mexica, da organização de seus termos e vocábulos, e das perguntas que faziam parte de seu questionário. Elas são reflexo também de um complexo contexto missionário no qual frei Bernardino se insere e que se reflete em seu trabalho. Dentre as dezoito festas que eram feitas ao longo do calendário solar mexica, escolhemos sete delas, ligadas ao ciclo agrícola e cujos principais elementos aos quais remetiam, formavam um conjunto importantíssimo na cosmovisão indígena: água, chuva, milho, montes e fogo. São os rituais das vintenas I Atlcaoalo; IV Huey tozoztli; VI Etzalcualiztli; XI Ochpaniztli; XIII Tepeílhuitl; XVI Atemoztli e XVIII Izcalli. O objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar o método estruturado por Sahagún para descrever rituais destas vintenas específicas, qual seu caminho de descrição, o que estaria dizendo de fato

A dissertação tem como objetivo compreender a atuação da Junta das Missões de Pernambuco que, instituída em 1681, funcionou ao longo da primeira metade do século XVIII, sendo extinta apenas em 1759. A Junta das Missões de Pernambuco foi criada no contexto de consolidação da economia da pecuária e do conseqüente incremento do número de ordens religiosas envolvidas no processo de missionação. A necessidade de conquistar novos territórios, de garantir a estabilidade do povoamento na região e, portanto, o inevitável contato com populações indígenas desconhecidas e que, via de regra, tornaram-se os maiores obstáculos aos anseios portugueses, levou a Coroa a desenvolver novas estratégias de domínio e conquista com base nas contingências e especificidades locais. Pretende-se estudar a referida instituição buscando identificar suas competências, sua esfera de atuação, e seus mecanismos de funcionamento, observando como se chegavam às soluções e a maneira que se davam os encaminhamentos, tendo em vista que, em virtude da diversidade de sua composição, a Junta das Missões de Pernambuco constituiu-se num espaço privilegiado para a percepção dos diferentes interesses em jogo. Considerando a jurisdição que a Junta exercia nas chamadas capitanias de fora do sertão norte do Estado do Brasil, buscarse- á investigar seu papel na configuração da política indigenista, uma vez que se trata de uma instituição especializada no gerenciamento do projeto missionário, bem como na consecução dos interesses metropolitanos na região. Pretende-se observar, em outras palavras, não apenas sua dimensão missionária, mas também sua dimensão política, como uma instituição que, direta ou indiretamente, zelava pela estabilidade do domínio português em Pernambuco e em suas capitanias anexas. / This master thesis aims to comprehend the action of the Junta das Missões de Pernambuco, institution that was founded in 1681 and continued to work during the first half of 18th century, ending its activities in 1759. The Junta das Missões de Pernambuco was created in the course of the consolidation of the cattle economy and of the increase of the number of the religious orders involved in the missionary work. The need to acquire new territories, to settle the people in the area and, therefore, the inevitable contact with unknown indian people who, in general, represented the main obstacles to the Portuguese willings, estimulated the development of new strategies of control and conquest by the Crown based on local aspects and contexts. We intend to study the institution in order to identify its competences, its area of influence and the mecanisms of its work, observing the making of its resolutions and the ways the directions were made, considering that, due to the diversity of its composition, the Junta das Missões de Pernambuco became a privileged locus to comprehend the different interests in dispute. Considering the jurisdiction of the Junta on the capitanias de fora of northern backlands of the State of Brazil, we intend to investigate its action in the configuration of policies for the indians, knowing that the institution dedicated its efforts to the management of the missionary project, as well as to the viabilization of the metropolitan interests in the area. In other words, we intend to observate not only its missionary dimension, but also its political dimension, keeping in mind that it was an institution that mantained, directly or undirectly, the stability of the Portuguese domain in Pernambuco and in its annexed captaincies.

Text in English / This dissertation has examined the University Christian Movement (UCM) over its turbulent five year history from 1967 to 1972 in terms of the original hopes of the sponsoring ecumenical denominations. Contextual factors within the socio-political arena of South Africa as well as broader youth cultural influences are shown to have had a decisive influence. These factors help to explain the negative reaction from the founding churches. While this is not a thesis on Black Consciousness, nevertheless the contribution of the UCM to the rise of Black Consciousness and Black Theology is evaluated. UCM is shown to be a movement well ahead of its time as a forerunner in South Africa of Black Theology, contextual theology, feminism, modem liturgical styles, and intercommunion. As such it was held in suspicion. It suffered repressive action from the government and alienation from the churches. Constant cross referencing to other organisations such as the World Student Christian Federation, the National Union of South African Students, the South African Council of Churches, the Christian Institute, and the Sllldents Christian Association, helps to locate the UCM within the flow of contemporary history. The concluding evaluation differs markedly from the report of the Schlebusch Commission by making both critical and positive judgement from the perspective of the UCM as an ecumenical mission to students. / Christain Spirituality, Church History & Missiology / M.Th. (Missiology)

Text in English / This dissertation has examined the University Christian Movement (UCM) over its turbulent five year history from 1967 to 1972 in terms of the original hopes of the sponsoring ecumenical denominations. Contextual factors within the socio-political arena of South Africa as well as broader youth cultural influences are shown to have had a decisive influence. These factors help to explain the negative reaction from the founding churches. While this is not a thesis on Black Consciousness, nevertheless the contribution of the UCM to the rise of Black Consciousness and Black Theology is evaluated. UCM is shown to be a movement well ahead of its time as a forerunner in South Africa of Black Theology, contextual theology, feminism, modem liturgical styles, and intercommunion. As such it was held in suspicion. It suffered repressive action from the government and alienation from the churches. Constant cross referencing to other organisations such as the World Student Christian Federation, the National Union of South African Students, the South African Council of Churches, the Christian Institute, and the Sllldents Christian Association, helps to locate the UCM within the flow of contemporary history. The concluding evaluation differs markedly from the report of the Schlebusch Commission by making both critical and positive judgement from the perspective of the UCM as an ecumenical mission to students. / Christain Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M.Th. (Missiology)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its membership felt a substantial impact from the effects of World War I. Although other authors have attempted to bring forward the events of these hostilities, they are few in number and the research in this area is small. Additionally, few have focused on the effects of the war on the Church. In order to increase the understanding of this influence, this work examines how the First World War affected the lives of Latter-day Saints both during and after the conflict. The entire world felt the effects of the world war and the Latter-day Saints were not exempt. Yet during this war, the LDS soldiers had an opportunity to change the way that others viewed the Church. Whether during times of training or on the battlefield, the valiant actions of these men often caused other soldiers to rethink the way they felt about the Saints. One incorrect stereotype that these men helped to remove was that the Latter-day Saints had no feelings of national loyalty. Soldiers of other faiths could not continue to hold such misconceptions after having spent time working with LDS servicemen. In addition to attitude-changing influences, Church President Joseph F. Smith was particularly conscious of the effects this conflict would have on the Church. The war would disrupt missionary work as its violence closed certain areas and missionary age young men were called on to bolster the armed forces. President Smith also feared the cost of the war in lives, which deaths increased with the outbreak of the influenza epidemic. In addition to these misgivings, the president of the Church worried about the possibility that Latter-day Saints of opposing countries would have to fight one another. it would have on missionary work, the cost in lives, and the possibility of LDS servicemen having to fight against other Saints. The influence of the war was not only felt by the soldiers. Those who remained at home learned to live thriftily and to give generously to the war effort. In addition to the general ways in which the war influenced the Church, individual soldiers also had a chance to help the Church. During this war the Church appointed for the first time multiple chaplains: Brigham H. Roberts, Calvin S. Smith, and Herbert B. Maw. These three men had opportunities to work with individual soldiers and influence them for good. Veterans from this war returned home and served in positions of leadership. Some continued military service, while others sought political positions and yet others were called to serve in general leadership positions. So, in both broad and specific ways, World War I changed the lives of Latter-day Saints.

Text in German / Forschungsgegenstand dieser Arbeit ist Johannes Lepsius' Missiologie. Aufgabe der Untersuchung ist es, die wichtigsten missiologischen Auffassungen und Überzeugungen von Johannes Lepsius aus der Vielzahl seiner veröffentlichten Schriften zu erheben und sie dann erstmals systematisiert in einem Ge¬samtüberblick darzustellen. Die Besonderheit besteht dabei darin, dass sich die Missiologie von Johan¬nes Lepsius nur aus der Zusammenschau von zahlreichen Einzeläußerungen erschließen lässt, die sich zumeist in kleineren Aufsätzen und Zeitschriftenartikeln finden lassen. Somit ist es notwendig, seine einzelnen Schriften in ihrem jeweiligen - auch biographischen - Kontext wahrzunehmen und zu inter¬pretieren. Aus der Aufarbeitung der theologischen Grundlagen von Johannes Lepsius' Missiologie, sei¬ner Ansichten bezüglich der Missionsarbeit unter Muslimen und einiger weiterer spezieller missiologi¬scher Fragestellungen wird deutlich, dass Johannes Lepsius trotz durchaus vorhandener Parallelen zu anderen missiologischen Entwürfen in theologischer und missiologischer Hinsicht als eigenständiger Denker zu betrachten ist. Die Kenntnis der missiologischen Überzeugungen, die hinter Lepsius' so viel¬fältigen missionarischem, theologischem, sozialdiakonischem und politischem Wirken stehen, macht es möglich, seine äußerlich so wechselhafte Biographie besser zu verstehen. Darüber hinaus bietet seine Missiologie - besonders sein Reich Gottes-Verständnis - interessante Impulse für die heutige missiolo¬gische Diskussion, insbesondere was die Frage nach dem Verhältnis von Missionsauftrag und gesell¬schaftlichem Engagement betrifft. SUMMARY The object of this research work is the missiology of Johannes Lepsius. The task of the investigation is to collate the most important missiological opinions and beliefs of Johannes Lepsius from the large number of his published writing and then to present them in a systematic overview for the first time. They are characterised specifically by the fact that the missiology of Johannes Lepsius can only be de¬veloped from an overview summary of numerous individual statements which are generally to be found in smaller papers and journal articles. Therefore it is necessary to appreciate and interpret his individual writings in their specific - and also biographical - contexts. From the reworking of the theological prin¬ciples of Johannes Lepsius' missiology, his views on mission work amongst Muslims and some other special missiological questions, it becomes clear that Johannes Lepsius - despite existing parallels with other missiological models from a theological and missiological point of view - is to be viewed as an independent thinker. The knowledge of the missiological beliefs which underpin Lepsius' very varied missionary, theological, socio-diaconical and political activities makes it possible to have a better un¬derstanding of his biography that from the outside seems so incoherent. His missiology - especially his un¬derstanding of the Kingdom of God - also offers interesting inputs for today's missiological discus¬sions, especially as far as the question of the relationship between missionary work and social commit¬ment is concerned. / The object of this research is the missiology of Johannes Lepsius. The task of the investigation is to collate the most important missiological opinions and beliefs of Johannes Lepsius from the large number of his published writing and then to present them in a systematic overview for the first time. They are characterised specifically by the fact that the missiology of Johannes Lepsius can only be developed from an overview summary of numerous individual statements which are generally to be found in smaller papers and journal articles. Therefore it is neccessary to appreciate and interpret his individual writings in their specific - and also biographical - contexts. From the reworking of the theological principles of Johannes Lepsius' missiology, his views on mission work amongst Muslims and some other special missiological questions, it becomes clear that Johannes Lepsius - despite existing parallels with other missiological models from a theological and missiological point of view - is to be viewed as an independent thinker. The knowledge of the missiological beliefs which underpin Lepsius' very varied missionary, theological, socio-diaconical and political activities makes it possible to have a better understanding of his biography that from the outside seems so incoherent. His missiology - especially his understanding of the Kingdom of God - also offers interesting inputs for today's missiological discussions, especially as far as the question of the relationship between msiionary work and social commitment is concerned. / Christian Spirituality, Church History, Missiology / D.Th.(Missiology)