Divining the Martyr is a project developed in order to achieve the Master of Arts (Research) degree. This is composed of 70% creative work displayed in an exhibition and 30% written work contained in this exegesis. The project was developed through practice-led research in order to answer the question “In what ways can creative practice synthesize and illuminate issues of martyrdom in contemporary makeover culture?” The question is answered using a postmodern framework about martyrdom as it is manifested in contemporary society. The themes analyzed throughout this exegesis relate to concepts about sainthood and makeover culture combined with actual examples of tragic cases of cosmetic procedures. The outcomes of this project fused three elements: Mexican cultural history, Mexican (Catholic) religious traditions, and cosmetic makeover surgery. The final outcomes were a series of installations integrating contemporary and traditional interdisciplinary media, such as sound, light, x-ray technology, sculpture, video and aspects of performance. These creative works complement each other in their presentation and concept, promoting an original contribution to the theme of contemporary martyrdom in makeover culture.

Thesis (Master of Military Studies)-Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. / Title from title page of PDF document (viewed on: Feb 5, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.

Trabalho sobre as práticas utilizadas em centros espíritas localizados nas cidades de Recife, Olinda, Jaboatão dos Guararapes e Paulista, com foco na doutrina organizada por Allan Kardec. A pesquisa foi elaborada com o objetivo de analisar os relatos de lideranças dos centros espíritas sobre como eram realizadas as práticas doutrinárias, buscando interpretar, compreender e explicar tais fenômenos e suas causalidades, atentando-se à subjetividade e suas representações. Com essa finalidade, uma metodologia qualitativa foi utilizada para obter os melhores resultados possíveis. Como instrumento de pesquisa optou-se pela observação em 11 centros espíritas, além de entrevistas com 19 líderes espíritas e aplicação de questionários. Os dados coletados foram categoriz ados e analisados, com base na fundamentação dos teóricos da Sociologia da Religião, da Antropologia, da Pedagogia Espírita e os preceitos da doutrina espírita, codificados por Allan Kardec. O estudo possibilitou constatar que, dentro do "universo espírita", existem diferenças nas práticas da doutrina, tendo em vista a herança cultural, isto é, os símbolos e mitos arraigados na sociedade e transmitidos através dos tempos, que resultam em uma resistência a novos costumes, o que influenciou diretamente as práticas espíritas. Desse modo, o motivo da variação na diversidade das práticas está relacionado com o nível de conhecimento da doutrina, pelos seus praticantes

Orientador: Eliane Moura da Silva / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T17:43:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RigoloFilho_Pedro_M.pdf: 6453348 bytes, checksum: 36c4d82805e14d6ba98083620689580a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Sob a perspectiva da História Cultural, esta dissertação analisa algumas práticas de leitura realizadas sobre o movimento da romanização brasileira, especialmente na diocese de Campinas, sob o governo pastoral de D. João Batista Correa Nery, entre os anos de 1908 a 1920. O objetivo deste estudo é compreender aquele contexto através das práticas sociais e religiosas daquele bispo. Ela procura demonstrar que, na busca em se criar uma cultura católica capaz de tomar o país uma nação católica, as práticas sociais e discursivas do episcopado brasileiro foram motivadas por preceptivas religiosas, especialmente a doutrina sacramental que interpreta a Igreja como um sinal de Deus no mundo. Desta forma, o episcopado e, em especial, D. Nery promoveu a visibilidade da Igreja através de diversos empreendimentos materiais, da renovação litúrgica e espiritual, estimulando assim, a sensibilidade religiosa e a materialidade da fé. De vital importância para a romanização foi a propagação da doutrina católica através de material impresso. Conclui-se que esta cultura religiosa garantiu, simultaneamente, o sucesso das reformas internas que, progressivamente,. aconteceram na Instituição e das articulações políticas realizadas junto a diversos segmentos da sociedade brasileira / Abstract: Under the perspective of the Cultural History, this dissertation analyzes some practices of reading made on the movement of the Brazilian romanization, especia1ly, in the Campinas' diocese, under the D. João Batista Correa Nery' pastoral govemment, between 1908 and 1920. The aim of this study is to understand this historical context through the social and religious practices of this bishop. This study demonstrates that, in the search of creating a Catholic culture capable of transforming Brazil into a Catholic nation, the social and discursive practices of the Brazilian episcopacy were motivated by religious precepts, particularly, the sacramental doctrine that interprets the Church as a sign of God in the world. In doing so, the episcopacy and, especia1ly, D. Nery, promoted the visibility of the Church through liturgical and spiritual renewal, introducing new elements in order to stimulate the religious sensibility and the materiality of faith. A crucial aspect for the romanization was the propagation of the Catholic doctrine through printed material. In conc1usion, this religious culture guaranteed the success of both the internal reforms, which happened, progressively, in the Catholic institution, and the political articulations made by Catholic Church with different segments of Brazilian society / Mestrado / Historia Cultural / Mestre em História

Orientador: Eliane Moura da Silva / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T06:52:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pires_Tiago_M.pdf: 2713906 bytes, checksum: a93d6b6470091eb5a27be9dd9bb5e9da (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: A presente pesquisa consiste na interpretação das práticas religiosas de fins do século XIX e início do XX na Arquidiocese de Mariana vinculadas à espiritualidade do bom pastor e à representação do sacerdote como um pastor das almas. Tal estudo foi perspectivado pela análise da trajetória eclesiástica do monsenhor José Silvério Horta (1859-1933) que, por meio de suas atuações e narrativas, foi construído como um modelo exemplar de pastor das almas em Minas Gerais. Em seus escritos (auto)biográficos, documentação central da nossa pesquisa, monsenhor Horta delineou um perfil religioso de fortalecimento da instituição e de atendimento às demandas socioculturais da população mineira. Para realizar nossa análise, nos embasamos em uma abordagem da história cultural das religiões, que visa compreender as práticas religiosas dentro de uma sociedade por meio de suas representações, mediações e apropriações / Abstract: This research consists in the interpretation of the religious practices of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the Archdiocese of Mariana linked to the spirituality of the Good Shepherd and the representation of the priest as a shepherd of souls. This study was conducted by analyzing the ecclesiastical trajectory of the Monsignor José Silvério Horta (1859-1933) that, through his performances and narratives, was built as an exemplary model of shepherd of souls in Minas Gerais. In his (auto) biographical writings, central documentation of our research, Monsignor Horta outlined a religious profile of the strengthening of the institution and incorporating the socio-cultural demands of the population. To execute our analysis, we rely on an approach of the cultural history of religions, which aims to understand the religious practices within a society through its representations, mediations and appropriations / Mestrado / Historia Cultural / Mestre em História

From introduction: The intention of this thesis is to develop a model for multi-cultural ministry, and, in so doing, to enable Trinity Methodist Church, Charles Street, Bloemfontein to provide a comprehensive and meaningful ministry to all people, one that is not limited by the constraints of language and culture but which transcends them. The fact that Trinity is a Methodist Church means that I will be establishing the "Model for Multi-Cultural Ministry" firmly within Wesleyan theology. South Africa has undergone far-reaching political change since the general elections of April 1994. This political transformation has emphasised a need for the bringing together of people across the barriers of race, culture and religion. In this thesis I will be focusing my attention on the latter - the realm of religion - and specifically that of Christianity. Furthermore, I will be restricting my attention to a specific congregation within the denomination of Methodism, within the religion of Christianity, namely Trinity Methodist Church, Charles Street, Bloemfontein'. The "Model for MultiCultural Ministry" developed in this thesis will therefore be 'congregation specific'. The Methodist ChurcQ of Southern Africa2 proclaims itself to be a Church "one and undivided" (Minutes: 1980: 65: para l(a) ), where people from all racial groups can worship God together in a meaningful way. In many respects this is not the case. The years of political pressure that the (MCSA) has endured, in particular the years of legislated Apartheid (1948-1989), ensured that existing divisions between the Methodist congregations became entrenched along racial, cultural and religious lines (Thompson: 1990: 187ff). The Group Areas Act (1950) is but one such example where the National Party Government "divided urban areas into zones where members of one specified race alone could live and work" (Thompson: 1990: 194). The homeland policy (implemented from 1963, but legislated from 1971 in the Bantu Homelands Constitution Act).

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:12:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_adauria_azevedo.pdf: 541695 bytes, checksum: 23b5ffdf6b91cc590cd6614751ce12a8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-22 / This work explain the practices inside of Spirit Centers in the cities of Recife, Olinda, Paulista and Jaboatão dos Guararapes, focusing doctrine organized by Allan Kardec. The research was conducted with the aim of analyzing the reports of leaders of the Spirit Centers on how to perform doctrinal practices, seeking to interpret, understand and explain these phenomena and their causes, paying attention to the subjectivity and its representations. For this purpose, a qualitative methodology was used to obtain the best possible results. As a research tool was chosen for observation on 11 spiritual centers, and interviews and questionnaires with its 19 leaders. The collected data were categorized and analyzed based on the theoretical foundations of the Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, Spirit Pedagogy and the precepts of spiritual doctrine, codified by Allan Kardec. The study made it possible to see that, inside of "The Spiritism's Universe", there are differences among the practice of the doctrine based on the cultural inheritance, in other words, the symbols and myths ingrained in society and transmitted through time, resulting in a resistance to new behaviors, which directly influences the Spiritism practices. Thus the "reason" for the variation in the diversity of practice is related to the level of knowledge of doctrine, by its practitioners / Trabalho sobre as práticas utilizadas em centros espíritas localizados nas cidades de Recife, Olinda, Jaboatão dos Guararapes e Paulista, com foco na doutrina organizada por Allan Kardec. A pesquisa foi elaborada com o objetivo de analisar os relatos de lideranças dos centros espíritas sobre como eram realizadas as práticas doutrinárias, buscando interpretar, compreender e explicar tais fenômenos e suas causalidades, atentando-se à subjetividade e suas representações. Com essa finalidade, uma metodologia qualitativa foi utilizada para obter os melhores resultados possíveis. Como instrumento de pesquisa optou-se pela observação em 11 centros espíritas, além de entrevistas com 19 líderes espíritas e aplicação de questionários. Os dados coletados foram categoriz ados e analisados, com base na fundamentação dos teóricos da Sociologia da Religião, da Antropologia, da Pedagogia Espírita e os preceitos da doutrina espírita, codificados por Allan Kardec. O estudo possibilitou constatar que, dentro do "universo espírita", existem diferenças nas práticas da doutrina, tendo em vista a herança cultural, isto é, os símbolos e mitos arraigados na sociedade e transmitidos através dos tempos, que resultam em uma resistência a novos costumes, o que influenciou diretamente as práticas espíritas. Desse modo, o motivo da variação na diversidade das práticas está relacionado com o nível de conhecimento da doutrina, pelos seus praticantes

This dissertation is a labor history of the Laie sugar plantation between 1865 and 1931. It explores intercultural and race relations that were inherent to colonial and plantation processes in Hawaii. Particular attention is given to the role of religion in advancing the colonial project. In 1865 Mormon missionaries bought approximately 6,000 acres with the hope of creating a gathering place for Hawaiian converts to settle in. The ideal of the gathering was a metaphor the missionaries brought with them from Utah, and it was a metaphor appropriated by Hawaiians and infused with their own cultural meanings, particularly the importance of the land. In order to economically support the gathering place, the missionaries turned to a plantation model. The plantation they developed was unusual in several respects. First, for most of the plantation's history, labor was done predominantly by Hawaiians. On the majority of other plantations, immigrant labor was used. Second, on Laie Plantation the cultivation of kalo was as important as sugar. Both crops were promoted by both Hawaiians and missionaries. Thus kalo production was one of the chief reasons Hawaiians stayed on Laie Plantation. It appears that many of those who gathered to Laie did so because to a large extent they could reconstruct traditional Hawaiian culture and foodways. Finally, the metaphor of the gathering mitigated some of the most onerous aspects of plantation life. The gathering was for Hawaiians and thus for the first thirty years, only Hawaiians were hired to work as laborers. This created a labor shortage that Hawaiians were able to use as they negotiated labor relations and the continuation of their cultural practices. However, in 1897 the metaphor of gathering began to diminish as a guiding ideal in shaping the structure of the plantation. Hawaiians began to be more dissatisfied with plantation work and increasingly had less voice in choices regarding the land. By the early 1900s, Laie began to resemble other Hawaiian plantations in terms of its ethnic makeup, landscape, and emphasis on capital development. After 1920 very few Hawaiians continued to work on Laie plantation.

L’enseignant d’Éthique et culture religieuse, depuis la mise en place du programme en 2008 dans les écoles du Québec, est appelé à relever d’importants défis inhérents à son rôle professionnel. Si un devoir de neutralité lui incombe officiellement, la posture lui permettant d’aborder les questions relatives à la différence culturelle n’est pourtant pas clairement définie. C’est à la lumière d’orientations ministérielle telles que les finalités du programme d’ÉCR et via la définition de concepts clés comme la laïcité, le relativisme et l’universalisme que l’auteure s’emploie à préciser la posture de l’enseignant d’ÉCR. Cette dernière propose, au terme de sa démarche, la conception de « neutralité mesurée » qui, basée sur des considérations pratiques, vise à soutenir les enseignants dans leur pratique. Cette perspective, s’arrimant aux visées de l’État québécois, se place en amont d’une gestion pluraliste de la diversité et de la mise en application des valeurs communes.

Tableau d’honneur de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, 2008-2009 / Les universitaires de partout dans le monde s'intéressent de plus en plus aux phénomènes religieux contemporains. Même si le concept même de ± religion¿ est sujet à débat, plusieurs travaux académiques se sont arrêtés à la relation entre la religion et la modernité telle que comprise au travers de la théorie de la sécularisation. Le philosophe canadien Charles Taylor a démontré un vif intérêt pour cette question et a étudié en profondeur toutes les différentes facettes du concept académique de la sécularisation. Tout au long de sa carrière, il s'est penché sur ce sujet, processus qui a culminé en 2007 avec la parution de A Secular Age paru chez Harvard University Press. Alors que les études en sciences humaines sur la sécularisation ont eu tendance à adopter, d'une part, la perspective de la fin des religions et, de l'autre, le modèle d'économies religieuses, Taylor, de son côté, a patiemment construit un modèle phénoménologique sophistiqué afin de mieux comprendre le rôle de la religion en Occident et internationalement. Le but de ma thèse est de présenter les éléments majeurs de la philosophie de Charles Taylor pour dévoiler l'importance de sa critique soutenue de l'épistémologie moderne dans sa théorie de la sécularisation. Les lecteurs / lectrices de Taylor sont en train de découvrir ses idées sur le séculier grâce à son nouveau livre, mais ce proj et se base sur la relecture de son oeuvre élaborée au fil des 50 dernières années, afin de situer sa théorie de la sécularisation dans le contexte de sa pensée philosophique jusqu'à la parution de A Secular Age.