This is the first published edition of Suita Maryjna (1987), a nine-movement Marian suite intended for three-part treble chorus, string quartet and two flutes composed by the Polish neoclassicist composer Irena Pfeiffer (1912-1986). The work was most likely intended for performance during Pope John Paul II’s pilgrimage to the Wawel Cathedral in Cracow, Poland in June 1987. It is structured according to a Marian prayer service known as the Jasna Góra Appeal, first prayed in the Jasna Góra Sanctuary in Częstochowa, Poland when the nation gained its sovereignty in 1918. The appeal was popularized by Pope John Paul II, who prayed it across Poland during his pilgrimages. Following the 1987 pilgrimage, Pfeiffer sent a manuscript of Suita Maryjna to the Lira Ensemble, a professional ensemble in Chicago specializing in Polish music, song and dance. Pfeiffer played an important role in the Lira by serving as a long-distance artistic advisor and by providing co-founder and current artistic advisor Lucyna Migala with modern Polish compositions for nearly twenty-five years. Suita Maryjna became a cornerstone of the ensemble’s repertory and was performed frequently, including in a studio recording in 1996. This edition of Suita Maryjna is placed in the context of Pfeiffer’s career, with particular attention to her working relationship with Pope John Paul II and the Lira Ensemble. Moreover, it discusses how Suita Maryjna reflects archaism, one of several strands of Polish neoclassicism in which diverse styles from earlier historical periods are fused.

The role of religion in shaping geopolitics and its associated norms is often overlooked by international relations scholars. This influence can be examined through the lives of transnational religious leaders (TRLs), particularly those who contribute to new definitions of state sovereignty through their involvement in regime change. Two seemingly incomparable figures center in this paper's case studies- Pope John Paul II and Abdullah Yusuf Azzam. Pope John Paul, through the roles of pastor to a transnational community and head of an international organization, lent international legitimacy to the Solidarity movement, which contributed to the fall of Communism in Poland. Abdullah Yusuf Azzam authored the theological concept of "defensive jihad", led the transnational Afghan Arabs in armed resistance against Soviet invasion in Afghanistan during the Soviet Afghan war, and contributed to the creation of a global jihadist movement. Traditionally, Westphalian sovereignty claims that the territorial state holds ultimate authority over the affairs within its borders and that it is the primary actor in the international system. This dissertation examines how the characteristics of a TRL and the characteristics of the associated transnational social movement (TSM) qualify regime change as an indicator of challenges to conceptions of Westphalian sovereignty and modern state sovereignty. Characteristics of TRL include leadership style, hard versus soft power, relationship to secularization, and relationship to modernity. Characteristics of TSM include political theology, mobilizing structures, political opportunity structures, and nature of transnational activism. In both case studies, a transnational leader used soft power, based in a transnational religious identity and civil society, to contribute to a transnational social movement that helped alter the domestic authority structures in Poland and Afghanistan. As individual actors determining the actions of nation states, these TRLs ultimately challenged state sovereignty. Pope John Paul II's theological worldview was compatible with the Westphalian system, and he contributed to the birth of a stable, democratic Poland with sovereign authority within internationally respected borders. Azzam, however, envisioned an alternate world order based on religiously defined, pre-Westphalian boundaries. His theological and pragmatic contributions to the Afghan Arabs and the modern day jihadist movement further challenged the Westphalian system. / 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tendo como pressuposto a Doença de Alzheimer uma doença cerebral degenerativa primária e de etiologia desconhecida que acomete potencialmente indivíduos acima de 65 anos de idade esta tese destaca a importância da divulgação científica no âmbito de um assunto que ainda é mistério para a ciência e para o jornalismo. O fio condutor é a misteriosa doença do papa João Paulo II que o deixou completamente fragilizado. Foi Alzheimer? A mídia impressa desempenha um papel importante na compreensão de significados, especialmente aqueles referentes ao risco de adoecimento. A Doença de Alzheimer é analisada na cobertura jornalística em três meios: jornais O Estado de S. Paulo, Folha de S. Paulo e L´Ossevatore Romano, veículo oficial do Vaticano, no período de 2000 a 2005. / Given the assumption as Alzheimer\'s disease - a degenerative brain disease of unknown aetiology primary and that potentially affects individuals over 65 years of age - this thesis stresses the importance of science within a matter that is still a mystery to science and the journalism. The leitmotif is the mysterious illness of Pope John Paul II that has completely undermined. It was Alzheimer? The printed media plays an important role in the understanding of meanings, especially those relating to the risk of illness. The Alzheimer\'s Disease is analyzed in the journalistic coverage in three media: newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, Folha de S. Paulo and L\'Ossevatore Romano, the Vatican official vehicle for the period 2000 to 2005.

This work proposes that the foundation for justice in society begins with an understanding of personhood that begins with Christian theology. While ethical stances such as the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights are helpful in articulating the bounds of justice in society, such humanistic declarations and programs may reach an impasse if they do not incorporate the depth and complexity of human personhood revealed in Jesus Christ. I will make this argument by comparing the Christian anthropologies of two prominent advocates for social justice in the Catholic and Protestant traditions: Karol Wojytla/Pope John Paul II and Karl Barth. Parts One and Two of this thesis will examine the strong critique which both of these men offered within their own historical context toward systems which denied the vital connection between Christian theology and persons in society. These parts will outline the distinctly Christian anthropologies that each theologian proposed as a basis for social justice. The final part of this thesis will set these two anthropologies in critical interaction with one another in the key area of divergence: the ontology of human personhood and the methodological issues integral to it. While John Paul has raised critical issues which are central to social ethics and has articulated many of the complexities of human action, Karl Barth's Christological anthropology proposes an ontological construct of being which critically critiques human motivation and behaviour while also providing a social starting point for personal ethics.

[pt] A presente dissertação tem como objetivo interrogar sobre o problema do sofrimento e do sentido de vida no mundo contemporâneo, partindo de uma análise que contextualiza a compreensão e a vivência do sofrimento na atual sociedade. Estudaremos o livro Homo Patiens, do psiquiatra vienense Viktor E. Frankl, e a Carta Apostólica Salvifici Doloris, do Papa João Paulo II, buscando, através dos pontos em comum no pensamento dos dois autores, realizar um diálogo entre fé e cultura. Diante das propostas que a sociedade contemporânea apresenta para suprimir o sofrimento e que, muitas vezes, resulta em vazio existencial, desprezo dos mais fracos e em distanciamento de Deus, buscaremos respostas mais adequadas sobre o sentido do sofrimento, sobre o valor da pessoa humana e sobre a relação entre Deus e o sofrimento humano. / [en] This dissertation aims to examine the problem of suffering and the meaning of life in the contemporary world, starting from an analysis that contextualizes the understanding and the experience of suffering in the present society. We will study the book Homo Patiens, by the viennese psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl, and the Apostolic Letter Salvifici Doloris by Pope John Paul II, seeking a dialogue between faith and culture, through the common points in the authors thoughts. In the face of contemporary society s proposals to suppress suffering, which often results in an existential emptiness, contempt for the weakest and distancing from God, we will search for more adequate answers about the meaning of suffering, about the value of the human person and about the relation between God and the human suffering.

Tendo como pressuposto a Doença de Alzheimer uma doença cerebral degenerativa primária e de etiologia desconhecida que acomete potencialmente indivíduos acima de 65 anos de idade esta tese destaca a importância da divulgação científica no âmbito de um assunto que ainda é mistério para a ciência e para o jornalismo. O fio condutor é a misteriosa doença do papa João Paulo II que o deixou completamente fragilizado. Foi Alzheimer? A mídia impressa desempenha um papel importante na compreensão de significados, especialmente aqueles referentes ao risco de adoecimento. A Doença de Alzheimer é analisada na cobertura jornalística em três meios: jornais O Estado de S. Paulo, Folha de S. Paulo e L´Ossevatore Romano, veículo oficial do Vaticano, no período de 2000 a 2005. / Given the assumption as Alzheimer\'s disease - a degenerative brain disease of unknown aetiology primary and that potentially affects individuals over 65 years of age - this thesis stresses the importance of science within a matter that is still a mystery to science and the journalism. The leitmotif is the mysterious illness of Pope John Paul II that has completely undermined. It was Alzheimer? The printed media plays an important role in the understanding of meanings, especially those relating to the risk of illness. The Alzheimer\'s Disease is analyzed in the journalistic coverage in three media: newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, Folha de S. Paulo and L\'Ossevatore Romano, the Vatican official vehicle for the period 2000 to 2005.

The Pope's visits are important social, political, and media events. The pope always comes to the host country with a predetermined agenda, not unlike the one for state visits by politicians. The Pope's speeches are at the center of the public part of the agenda. This thesis aims to analyze the messages that the two popes presented to the nation and the world during their visits to Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. And also how the media captured, interpreted, and brought these messages to their audiences. The results show that the popes emphasized several topics, from spiritual renewal, return to tradition, reorganization of the Church to the commemoration of Christianity as the basis of European culture. However, the media largely ignored these frames, because even the use of frames does not guarantee preferred decoding. The analysis of selected newspapers showed that the papal messages were spread the best in Lidové noviny, a paper focused on strong opinion texts. This is all the more surprising because Lidové noviny was built on the traditional anti-Catholic tradition. The narrowly focused Catholic weekly did not spread the message to such an extent. In the case of the mainstream Mladá fronta Dnes, the form of the visit prevailed over the content, and the main role was played by the...