The Christian canon comprises of sixty six book. Of these the majority, thirty nine to be precise, stem from the Jewish religion. These books, comprising the Hebrew Bible direct or guide the adherents of Judaism till today. Christians consider the Hebrew Bible as the Old Testament in the light of a new revelation in Jesus Christ. This thesis questions the last premise, firstly in the light that Messianic Jews or present day Jewish Christians, also still adhere to their heritage as stemming from the Old Testament. Secondly, it should be noted that due to missionary influence both the Old Testament (Hebrew) culture and African culture were discarded. In the light of so many correlations between the Old Testament values and culture and African values and culture I set out to trace whether there is more to the Old Testament than the deductions we, Africans, have inherited from the Western minds down the centuries, as we in the process could have tapped into their (unconscious?) anti-Jewish motivations. As a start in this wide field, I focus on the three pilgrimage festivals, Passover, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles, prescribed in the Old Testament. I go back in history, through the eyes of Messianic Jews, to learn about the celebrations and interpretations that surround these festivals. Once I have gained that insight I contrast it with the general Christian interpretations and celebrations and where there is room for implementation of Messianic Jewish insight I put these forward towards liturgical enrichment and worship enhancement in the Lutheran Church. / Thesis (M.Th.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1999.

This thesis examines the violent punishments undergone by various martyrs in Prudentius’ Peristephanon. In particular, it explores how the poet’s depiction of this violence and suffering might affect readers of the collection. Four poems (poems II, III, IX and XI) are studied from the point of view of the emotions they are likely to evoke in the reader. The question of whether different types of readers might undergo different emotional experiences while reading these poems arises as a result of the proposed study. The first chapter of this thesis thus examines the nature of emotions, focussing on their sources and composition. This examination suggests that an individual’s emotional experience can be influenced both by biological factors and by social and cultural environment. With this in mind, an examination follows of various aspects of Roman society and culture which were likely to influence the ways in which its citizens, in particular, reacted to the violent scenes in the poems. We will also consider how our own specific cultural milieu may influence modern readers to sometimes react differently to Roman readers. In particular, it is proposed that most readers of the Peristephanon will react with varying shades of disgust and horror. These two emotions are thus used as a framework for discussing reader reactions to the poems. Disgust and horror are understood in a very broad sense, allowing for different varieties of these emotions, which at times even give rise to contradiction and paradox. The remaining chapters of the thesis are devoted to examinations of the four chosen poems which explore the various ways in which they might evoke horror and disgust among both Roman and modern readers. Often, there is considerable overlap between these two groups. These examinations provide a way of understanding why these poems are so striking, and have impacted so strongly on readers through the ages. / Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Humanities, 2009

This thesis examines the violent punishments undergone by various martyrs in Prudentius’ Peristephanon. In particular, it explores how the poet’s depiction of this violence and suffering might affect readers of the collection. Four poems (poems II, III, IX and XI) are studied from the point of view of the emotions they are likely to evoke in the reader. The question of whether different types of readers might undergo different emotional experiences while reading these poems arises as a result of the proposed study. The first chapter of this thesis thus examines the nature of emotions, focussing on their sources and composition. This examination suggests that an individual’s emotional experience can be influenced both by biological factors and by social and cultural environment. With this in mind, an examination follows of various aspects of Roman society and culture which were likely to influence the ways in which its citizens, in particular, reacted to the violent scenes in the poems. We will also consider how our own specific cultural milieu may influence modern readers to sometimes react differently to Roman readers. In particular, it is proposed that most readers of the Peristephanon will react with varying shades of disgust and horror. These two emotions are thus used as a framework for discussing reader reactions to the poems. Disgust and horror are understood in a very broad sense, allowing for different varieties of these emotions, which at times even give rise to contradiction and paradox. The remaining chapters of the thesis are devoted to examinations of the four chosen poems which explore the various ways in which they might evoke horror and disgust among both Roman and modern readers. Often, there is considerable overlap between these two groups. These examinations provide a way of understanding why these poems are so striking, and have impacted so strongly on readers through the ages. / Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Humanities, 2009

Research has highlighted the significant implications of spirituality for mental health and therapy. However, a key facet of spirituality yet to receive adequate research attention is people’s experience of their relationship with God. One useful theoretical framework recently applied to this relationship is attachment theory. Research suggests that many people experience their relationship with God as an attachment bond, and that styles of attachment to God (ATG) may have implications for mental health similar to human attachment. However, few studies have directly investigated the relationship between ATG and mental health, and limitations of these studies make it difficult to draw conclusions. The present study provides a more rigorous exploration of this relationship through the use of a cross-lagged research design, advanced statistical modelling, and investigation of potential moderators (gender and negative events). A convenience sample of 531 Christian adults was surveyed at two time points approximately four months apart. ATG was measured on two dimensions: ATG-avoidance (avoidance of intimacy with/dependence on God) and ATG-anxiety (preoccupations and fears regarding God’s rejection). Higher levels of baseline ATG-anxiety predicted poorer emotional wellbeing at Time 2, after controlling for baseline emotional wellbeing. This effect was stronger amongst participants experiencing a high level of negative events. Findings also indicate a potential mechanism for this effect. Specifically, ATG-anxiety was associated with a tendency to appraise negative events as indicating God’s abandonment/punishment. These appraisals mediated the relationship between ATG-anxiety and emotional wellbeing. In contrast, low levels of ATG-anxiety buffered the effects of negative events. The effects of ATG-anxiety were significant only amongst males, contrary to hypotheses. ATG-avoidance did not show hypothesised effects on emotional wellbeing in either gender. Possible limitations of the ATG-avoidance measure were noted, and may have influenced findings. Suggestions were made as to how future studies might address this potential measurement issue and other limitations of the study. Findings indicate that ATG theory may have useful therapeutic applications, as proposed by previous researchers. Specifically, the ATG framework may be useful for conceptualising clients’ relationship with God and its effects on mental health, although establishing this will ultimately require testing in clinical samples.

Ind., University, Diss. u.d.T.: Curran, Thomas F.: "The weapons of our warfare are not carnal": civil war pacifism, perfectionism, and roots of post-war radicalism (postwar)--Notre Dame, 1993.

Selon une opinion commune couramment répandue dans les pays occidentaux, le sport institué serait une école d’apprentissage, du sens du collectif, de la solidarité, du partage et des règles de vie : en bref, il socialiserait naturellement les jeunes en les intégrant dans la société. Cette recherche nous a amené à nous intéresser aux formes de socialisation que la société libanaise offre aux « sportifs ». Si le fait de penser le sport d’une part comme apolitique et, d’autre part, comme une passion partagée par l’ensemble de la jeunesse ne date pas d’aujourd’hui, cette question se lit différemment au Liban, pays qui a subi des conflits internes et régionaux depuis plus de 500 ans. Organisé politiquement et socialement en « communautés », le Liban propose ainsi un modèle politique à base religieuse qui imprègne la vie quotidienne des libanais, y compris au sein du monde sportif. Chaque communauté est gouvernée par une autorité spécifique, régie par ses institutions et soumise à une juridiction autonome formée de membres appartenant à la hiérarchie religieuse, à laquelle l’Etat a reconnu la compétence d’appliquer ses lois et coutumes. Mis à l’épreuve du terrain, ce constat est pourtant à relativiser. L’enquête révèle que les clivages communautaires affectent profondément les instances de gestion des fédérations sportives et provoquent une répartition confessionnelle dans les comités de direction. Cependant, dans le sport comme dans d’autres domaines de la vie sociale, la communauté n’est jamais « pure » et l’on observe aussi des coalitions intercommunautaires dans le but de conquérir le pouvoir sportif. Partant d’une approche macrosociologique, la thèse propose d’étudier le regroupement communautaire dans le sport associatif à travers deux monographies de club réalisées à Beyrouth afin d’analyser ces dynamiques confessionnelles: le Ryadi, à dominante confessionnelle musulmane, et son pendant chrétien, le club de la Sagesse. L’analyse sociologique montre à voir deux micro sociétés qui pratiquent « l’entre soi » sportif mais qui, dans le même temps, présentent une ouverture à la rencontre intercommunautaire. / According to a common opinion held in Western countries, the Instituted Sport would be a school of learning, sense of community, solidarity, sharing and rules of life; in short, it will socialize young people by integrating them into society. This research draws our attention to the forms of socialization that Lebanese society offers to “athletes”. If the act of thinking about sport first, as a non-political and, secondly, as a passion shared by all of the youth did not start today, this question reads differently in Lebanon, a country that has suffered from internal and regional conflicts for over 500 years. Politically and socially organized in ‘’community’’, Lebanon offer thereby a faith-based political model that permeates daily life, including the sports world. Each community is governed by a specific authority, ruled by its institutions and submitted to a court composed of independent members from the religious hierarchy, in which the state has recognized the jurisdiction to enforce its laws and customs. Tested in the field, the finding is yet to put into perspective. The survey reveals that the communal cleavages deeply affect the management bodies of sports federations and cause a religious breakdown in the management of committees. However, in sport as in other area of social life, the community is never “pure” and there are also inter-community coalitions in order to gain the sport’s power. Starting from a macro-sociological approach, the thesis propose to study the communal consolidation in the associative sport through two monographs club conducted in Beirut in order to analyze the sectarian dynamic: le Riyadi (Sporting club), a Muslim religious ruling, and for Christians, La Sagesse club. Sociological analysis shows two micro societies that practice sport in “between the self” format, but at the same time, have an opening at the inter-communal stage.

This thesis seeks to illuminate the nature, extent and complexity of Templar interactions with their associates, particularly non-Christians, women and Mozarabs, by examining these interactions where the most evidence exists for them---northeastern Spain. Evidence for Temple associations with both Christians and non-Christians is strongest and most prolonged here. The overall nature of these interactions was friendlier than expected in a crusading group. In fact, Templars actively competed with the secular Church, nobility and the king in the Crown of Aragon for lordship over non-Christians because non-Christians were a lucrative tax base. Some non-Christians also sought association with the Templars because the Templars were a strong, international group with friendly ties to the Aragonese kings. The Temple could therefore offer protection from other lords against excessive taxation and exploitation, and physical attack. Documentary evidence shows mutually beneficial interactions as the Temple's (and its non-Christian associates') ongoing preference over time and space. Chapter one examines Templar interactions in general, both with associates and non-associates. Chapter two looks at Templar associations in Novillas, the first Templar house founded in the Crown of Aragon. Chapter three deals with the Tortosa and the lower Ebro Valley, which has the most varied surviving Templar documentation in the areas studied. Chapter four deals with Gardeny (in Lleida/Lerida), which has the largest number of surviving documents for all of the areas in the study. Chapter five looks at Monzon and Barcelona, the main Templar houses for Aragon and Catalonia respectively. The last chapter deals with Huesca, the northernmost house in the study.

Christian rock music isn´t an unfamiliar concept, but its development in Czech lands dates back only to the nineties of the last century. The author tries to compare Western and domestic musical culture to chart the history of rock music for Christians, its origin, meaning and development in the world as well as in Czech Republic.

Titles in English and German / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M.Th. (Missiology)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:25:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 HalysonRSO_DISSERT_.pdf: 1341734 bytes, checksum: 52b95328bef17323788a7935c5e3ad60 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-09-10 / Founded in 1536, the Court of the Holy Office of the Portuguese Inquisition was established as an ecclesiastical institution, but at the same time subordinate to the real powers. Among the main victims of persecution effected by the Holy Office, were the New Christians - Jews forcibly converted in 1497 or their descendants - that due to their socio-religious were repeatedly accused of heresy. This paper conducted a survey that sought to understand the historical performance of the Inquisition in Brazil in the sixteenth century on the New Christians, especially those accused of secretly retaining the religious customs of the Mosaic law, given the investigative and punitive procedures employed by the Inquisition as part of a set of actions that produce social insecurities and producers / broadcasters of fear in the populations under scrutiny. In this sense, the approach was based on the analysis of documents produced on the first visit of inspection performed in Brazil inquisitorial sixteenth century, concerning the captaincy of Pernambuco and Paraiba Itamarac? (1593-1595), not excluding, however, the sources of the first stage of visitation that occurred between 1591-1593 in the province of Bahia de Todos os Santos, even though its use is ancillary and punctual. The objective of this research was to understand the consequences of inquisitorial procedures generated on the imaginary, and the Inquisition, using the expressions and signs of fears relating to individuals contained in the New Christian complaints to the Holy Office as documentary evidence of the fear caused by the Holy Tribunal. The adoption of specific behaviors by the New Christians in the home - these spaces are appropriate and adapted to the detriment of the religious practices of Judaism features - characterizes the spatial perspective of the study, thus indicating a further objective of the study: to understand how the New Christians experienced domestic spaces in a historical context marked by behavioral surveillance generally considered morally condemned and suspected of heresy. The research was conducted to analyze the complaints and quantitative survey of some indices of documentation for the understanding of overall charges and how individuals New Christians were concerned with the domestic space, using them to maintain criptojudaica religiosity, transformed places housing often esnogas, makeshift synagogue for meetings and celebrations of Judaizing New Christians. The formulations of Michel de Certeau on appropriations and meanings of space - presented by the author in the metaphor of "practice areas" - were integrated into the workforce in order to understand the ways in which the New Christians appropriated the colonial houses, designed these spaces a very specific language in the Crypto, in which women are prominent figures. The works of Jean Delumeau and Bartholom? Benassar integrate the discussion of the Inquisition and the sensibilities of fear in the work performed. The analysis allowed the documentation to understand the meaning and the extent related to the general fear that the Inquisition represented. Some complaints are indicative of fears that can be perceived implicitly based on behaviors and attitudes adopted by the New Christians, others, however, are direct expressions of fear caused by allusion or initiative of the actions of the Inquisition in colonial Brazil in the sixteenth century / Fundado em 1536, o Tribunal do Santo Of?cio da Inquisi??o portuguesa estabeleceu-se enquanto institui??o eclesi?stica, mas subordinada ao mesmo tempo aos poderes reais. Entre as principais vitimas das persegui??es efetivadas pelo Santo Of?cio, se encontravam os crist?os-novos judeus convertidos compulsoriamente em 1497 ou descendentes destes que devido a sua condi??o s?cio-religiosa foram insistentemente acusados de heresia. Esta disserta??o realizou uma pesquisa hist?rica que buscou compreender a atua??o da Inquisi??o no Brasil do s?culo XVI sobre os crist?os-novos, sobretudo, aqueles acusados de conservarem ocultamente os costumes religiosos da lei mosaica, considerando as medidas de investiga??o e os procedimentos punitivos empregados pela Inquisi??o como parte integrante de um conjunto de a??es produtoras de inseguran?as sociais e produtoras/difusoras de medos nas popula??es sob inspe??o. Nesse sentido, a abordagem partiu da an?lise da documenta??o produzida na primeira visita de inspe??o inquisitorial realizada no Brasil quinhentista, concernentes as capitanias de Pernambuco, Itamarac? e Para?ba (1593-1595), n?o desconsiderando, no entanto, as fontes da primeira etapa da visita??o, ocorrida entre 1591-1593 na Capitania da Bahia de Todos os Santos, mesmo que seu uso seja auxiliar e pontual. O objetivo da pesquisa foi entender as conseq??ncias dos procedimentos inquisitoriais no imagin?rio gerado sobre, e pela Inquisi??o, utilizando as express?es e ind?cios de medos relacionados a indiv?duos crist?os-novos contidas nas den?ncias apresentadas ao Santo Of?cio como evid?ncias documentais do temor causado pelo Santo Tribunal. A ado??o de comportamentos espec?ficos pelos crist?os-novos no espa?o dom?stico sendo estes espa?os apropriados e adaptados em detrimento das pr?ticas religiosas caracter?sticas do juda?smo caracteriza a perspectiva espacial do estudo, indicando assim, mais um objetivo do trabalho: compreender como os crist?os-novos experimentaram os espa?os dom?sticos em um contexto hist?rico marcado pela vigil?ncia de comportamentos moralmente condenados e geralmente considerados suspeitos de heresia. A pesquisa realizou a an?lise das den?ncias e o levantamento quantitativo de alguns ?ndices contidos na documenta??o para a compreens?o do quadro geral de acusa??es e de como os indiv?duos crist?os-novos se relacionavam com o espa?o dom?stico, utilizando-os para a manuten??o da religiosidade criptojudaica, transformado os lugares de moradias muitas vezes em esnogas, sinagogas improvisadas para reuni?es e celebra??es de crist?os-novos judaizantes. As formula??es de Michel de Certeau sobre as apropria??es e significa??es dos espa?os apresentadas pelo autor na met?fora das pr?ticas de espa?os foram integradas ao trabalho no sentido de compreender os modos pelos quais os crist?os-novos apropriaram-se das habita??es coloniais, destinando a estes espa?os uma linguagem muito especifica dentro do criptojudaismo, no qual as mulheres s?o figuras de destaque. Os trabalhos de Jean Delumeau e Bartolom? Benassar se integram na discuss?o sobre a Inquisi??o e as sensibilidades de medo realizadas no trabalho. A an?lise da documenta??o permitiu a compreens?o do sentido e do grau relacionado ao temor geral que a Inquisi??o representava. Algumas den?ncias s?o indicativas de medos que podem ser percebidos implicitamente, baseando-se em comportamentos e atitudes adotadas pelos crist?os-novos, outras, no entanto, s?o express?es diretas dos medos provocados pela alus?o ou iniciativa das a??es da Inquisi??o no Brasil colonial do s?culo XVI