Liberalism is often criticized as too moralistic and removed from the realities of politics; and too complacently accepting of injustices. Such criticisms, familiar among contemporary political theorists, were expressed far more forcefully in the earlier twentieth century. Liberalism then came under attack from anti-liberals who wholly rejected the institutional and ethical limits on the political deployment of violence and fear insisted upon by liberals. Such anti-liberals advanced arguments for political ruthlessness on behalf of a truer morality - either the morality of pursuing morally imperative political goals; or the morality of "realistically" responding to threats to public order. Liberals found themselves faced with a dilemma: to adhere to their principles at the price of hampering their ability to combat both existing injustices, and the threat posed by ruthless anti-liberal movements; or to abandon their scruples in seeking to defend, or transform, liberal society. The criticisms and challenges confronting liberalism between the end of World War I, and the end of the Cold War, thus centered on opposing responses to problems of political ethics. They were also shaped by opposed ideals of political ethos - the "spirit", dispositions of character, sensibility and patterns of perception and response, which characterize the way in which actors pursue their values and goals in practice. In this dissertation I reconstruct these debates, and explicate the ethical claims and questions involved, presenting accounts of the opposed - yet often convergent - positions of moral purism, end-maximalism, and realism. I offer accounts of the ethical arguments and ethos of such anti-liberals as Lenin, Trotsky, and Lukacs; and explore the ambivalent commitments and ambiguous arguments of Max Weber, who influenced both critics and defenders of liberalism. Finally, and primarily, I reconstruct the ethical arguments and ethos of "tempered liberalism" - a strain of liberalism, represented by Reinhold Niebuhr, Isaiah Berlin, and Adam Michnik, which sought to re-imagine liberalism as an ethos which rejected both the innocence and complacency of some earlier liberalisms, and the ruthlessness of anti-liberalism, and steered a "moderate" ethical path between hard-headed, skeptical realism, and values of individual integrity and idealism. / Government

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Svenska kyrkan har flera gånger offentligt engagerat sig i migrationsfrågan. I den här uppsatsen analyseras, utifrån en dekonstruktion av skriften ”Detta vill vi! Kyrkorna och migrationsfrågorna”, hur Svenska kyrkans nationella ledning använder kärleksbudskapet för att motivera sitt engagemang i migrationspolitiken. I dekonstruktionen identifieras tre temor som berör rörelse, inkludering respektive makt. Materialet från dekonstruktionen diskuteras även utifrån Reinhold Niebuhrs och Jacques Derridas etik. Ett resultat från dekonstruktionen är att begreppet kyrkan som något transcendent eller som en organisation har betydelse för hur kärleksbudskapet kommuniceras. Vidare föreslås utifrån arbetet i uppsatsen att även människans egenkärlek skulle behöva diskuteras i en skrift som ”Detta vill vi! Kyrkorna och migrationsfrågorna”. Ett annat resultat är att i kyrkornas budskap finns en inneboende maktkamp mellan kärleksbudskapet och de politiska lagarna, vilket skulle behöva belysas i skriften. / The church of Sweden has several times engaged in migration politics. In this study the use of the love commandment by national level of the church of Sweden to motivate its engagement in migration politics. The analysis is based on deconstruction of the leaflet “Detta vill vi! Kyrkorna och migrationsfrågorna”. Within the deconstruction three themes are identified that relate to movement, inclusion and power, respectively. Further, the material from the deconstruction is discussed from the ethics of Reinhold Niebuhr and Jacques Derrida. A result of the deconstruction is that the concept church as something transcendent or as an organization has an impact on the communication of the love commandment. Based on the results of the study, it is recommended that the self-love of the human being should be brought up in a leaflet as ”Detta vill vi! Kyrkorna och migrationsfrågorna”. Another result is that within the message of the church there is an inherent conflict between Jesus’ message of love and the political laws, and this conflict would need to be illustrated in the text.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2016-08-17T16:22:19Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Allan Macedo de Novaes.pdf: 4096992 bytes, checksum: 32899c0334416704d985aa844e1f6421 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T16:22:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Allan Macedo de Novaes.pdf: 4096992 bytes, checksum: 32899c0334416704d985aa844e1f6421 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-17 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo / This thesis seeks to identify and analyze the Adventist thinking about television based on H. Richard Niebuhr’s typology presented in Christ and culture. The research aimed to trace the theological, social and communicational presuppositions behind the Adventist thinking about TV that were inherited from the social history of the denomination. Thus, it was chosen as a corpus of analysis the English-speaking Adventists editorial publications about the relationship between the believer and the television. After a historiagrafic analysis about the Adventism-TV problem and the reading of the Adventist literature about TV a Niebuhrian typology was constructed based in a binomial structure. As research results, it was observed that the responses of the religious movement to Adventism-TV problem are multifaceted and complex, and can be better understood through: (1) the identity marks revealed by the social history of the denomination, which Millerite legacy is very influent and (2) the binary oppositions image-text, demonizationsacralization, autonomy-manipulation, protagonism-assistance and abstinencemoderation. In the analyzed literature, the Adventist thinking between the 1950s until the early 1990s is characterized by strong rejection to the television media, because of the idea of rivalry that is perceived between image and text in a denomination orientated by the text. Furthermore, it is believed that the best option on the interaction with the TV is abstinence because of the belief in the subliminal power and the mind control skill of media. The Adventist thinking was also characterized by the notion that TV is the protagonist of Christian spirituality, being responsible for promoting the sanctification or eternal damnation. Adventist literature justifies the use of television only in a religious context and missionary purposes, mainly due to the eschatological vocation and the religious imperative of the proclamation of Jesus' return to Earth. However, the later books of the corpus, published between 1990 and 2000, represent a shift in the understanding of how should be the believer's interaction with the TV. Despite the prevalence of text on the image endures and the predominance of idea of emergency, other perspectives are privileged, among them the sacredness of the TV, which can now also be used in “secular” context and not exclusively for evangelistic purposes, and moderation as a practical solution to the problem Adventism-TV / A presente tese consiste em identificar e analisar o pensamento adventista sobre a televisão com base na tipologia de H. Richard Niebuhr no clássico Cristo e cultura. A pesquisa objetivou traçar as pressuposições teológicas, sociais e comunicacionais por trás do pensamento adventista acerca da TV e que foram herdadas da história social da denominação. Para tanto, foi escolhido como corpus de análise publicações editoriais adventistas de língua inglesa que discorriam sobre a relação entre o crente e a televisão. A análise documental das publicações se deu por meio de uma tipologia de matriz niebuhriana construída a partir de binômios. Como resultados da pesquisa, foi possível observar que as respostas do movimento ao problema adventismo-televisão são multifacetadas e complexas, e podem ser mais bem compreendidas através: (1) das marcas identitárias reveladas pela história social da denominação, cujo legado milerita é bastante influente, e (2) das oposições binárias imagem-texto, demonização-sacralização, autonomia-manipulação, protagonismo-coadjuvação e abstinência-moderação. Na literatura analisada, o pensamento adventista entre os anos 1950 até início dos anos 1990 é caracterizado por forte rejeição à mídia televisiva, por conta da ideia de rivalidade que se percebe entre imagem e texto em um movimento de orientação textocentrada. Além disso, acredita-se que a melhor opção diante da interação com a TV é a abstinência, por causa da crença no poder subliminar e de manipulação mental da mídia. O pensamento adventista também se caracterizou pela noção de que a TV é protagonista na vida cristã, sendo responsável por promover a santificação ou a condenação eterna. A literatura adventista justifica o uso da televisão apenas em contexto religioso e para fins evangelísticos, principalmente por conta da vocação escatológica e pelo imperativo religioso da proclamação da volta de Jesus à Terra. Contudo, os últimos livros do corpus, publicados entre os anos 1990 e 2000, representam uma mudança na compreensão adventista da TV. Apesar da prevalência do texto sobre a imagem continuar e do predomínio da ideia de urgência, outras perspectivas são privilegiadas, entre elas, a sacralização da TV, que agora pode ser utilizada também em contextos “seculares” e não exclusivamente para propósitos evangelísticos, o enfraquecimento da noção de TV como obstáculo à santificação, e a moderação como solução prática para o problema adventismo-televisão

Thesis (Th. M.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-144).

The subject of faith has long been a subject of study for both theologians, whose prime concern has usually been with the nature and object of a particular faith, and philosophers of religion who have been more concerned with the relationship between faith and reason. This thesis differs from both such approaches in that its primary aim is to examine the psychological structure, functions and experience of the general phenomenon of human faith; that need to trust, be loyal to and centre one's life in something outside of oneself, It should not be identified with any one school of psychological theory; rather, its intention is to use a psychological description of faith to enhance the theological understanding of faith. Its methodology is to examine the psychology that underlies three particular theologians' understandings of faith: Paul Tillich, H, Richard Niebuhr and Wilfred Cantwell Smith. In addition to examining the psychology of faith, a second aim is to examine what the present author sees as a practical implication of such a psychological understanding of faith as expounded by W. C. Smith in his proposal for the construction of a universal theology. Chapter One is a general introduction to the thesis, a definition of terms and a brief examination of the place a psychology of faith has in the wider field of the psychology of religion. Chapters Two, Three and Four follow a similar format: each is a separate examination of the psychology that underlies Tillich's, Niebuhr's and Smith's understandings of faith respectively. In the case of Tillich and Niebuhr a differentiation is made between an objective psychological understanding of faith which concerns the functions and structure of faith and a subjective understanding which concerns the experience of faith. Chapter Five is in the form of a conclusion and proposes a uniform understanding of the psychology of faith based on the previous three authors. It also examines the main discrepancy between the authors' understandings of faith in their descriptions of the final object and source of faith. Following Chapter Five is a Postscript which examines W. C. Smith's proposal for the construction of a universal theology which the present author sees as a practical application of understanding faith psychologically.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston University Includes bibliographical references (leaves 287-293). Abstract: leaves 294-301.

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<p>“What characterizes an acceptable theory of self-realization?” The thrust of the present dissertation is towards seeking an answer to this central problem, which stems from the fundamental human experience that life involves change, and that in a modern society such change is often expected to be towards a realization of potentials and the good life for the individual. </p><p>The dissertation has a three-fold purpose. The first is to clarify the content of five modern theories of self-realization from three academic fields. The theories are those of the psychologist Abraham H. Maslow, the philosophers Charles Taylor and Alan Gewirth, and the theologians Reinhold Niebuhr and Bernard Lonergan. These are methodologically studied by the help of seven analytical questions. The second purpose is to perform a lengthwise comparatative analysis of the five theories, the results of which lead to the third; namely to critically discuss several elements of the reality of human life which have proven to be missing or supressed in much of the material.</p><p>The theoretical framework for the dissertation runs along two axes: one concerns what is developed as a distinction between internalism and relationalism, and the other is to cast a critical light on the lack of attention paid by the the theories of self-realization to experiences which run counter to optimistic ideas of individual development, such as death, loss and dependence. </p><p>The dissertation concludes with an outline for a constructive position based on the necessity of a theory’s closeness to experience, and on the need for reconcilitation of what may seem to be unabridgeble in human life. A theory of self-realization must do more than formulate positive conditions for change. It must also take into consideration conditions that are not directly related to, and sometimes even run contrary to, realization of the self.</p>

“What characterizes an acceptable theory of self-realization?” The thrust of the present dissertation is towards seeking an answer to this central problem, which stems from the fundamental human experience that life involves change, and that in a modern society such change is often expected to be towards a realization of potentials and the good life for the individual. The dissertation has a three-fold purpose. The first is to clarify the content of five modern theories of self-realization from three academic fields. The theories are those of the psychologist Abraham H. Maslow, the philosophers Charles Taylor and Alan Gewirth, and the theologians Reinhold Niebuhr and Bernard Lonergan. These are methodologically studied by the help of seven analytical questions. The second purpose is to perform a lengthwise comparatative analysis of the five theories, the results of which lead to the third; namely to critically discuss several elements of the reality of human life which have proven to be missing or supressed in much of the material. The theoretical framework for the dissertation runs along two axes: one concerns what is developed as a distinction between internalism and relationalism, and the other is to cast a critical light on the lack of attention paid by the the theories of self-realization to experiences which run counter to optimistic ideas of individual development, such as death, loss and dependence. The dissertation concludes with an outline for a constructive position based on the necessity of a theory’s closeness to experience, and on the need for reconcilitation of what may seem to be unabridgeble in human life. A theory of self-realization must do more than formulate positive conditions for change. It must also take into consideration conditions that are not directly related to, and sometimes even run contrary to, realization of the self.