<p>This study examines medieval edification in all of its rich senses: moral improvement, the building up of community, and the construction of a city or edifice. Drawing from medieval literature, religious writing and architectural sources, my dissertation investigates virtue formation and explores what kinds of communities nourish or hinder those virtues. The Christian virtue of love stands at the center of my project. Drawing from the work of Alasdair MacIntyre, I show that medieval Christians learn the craft of love in a lifelong process into which they are initiated as apprentices to those who teach the craft in the Church. For parishioners in late medieval England, apprenticeship in the craft of love entails participation in sacramental practice, particularly in the sacrament of penance.</p> <p>Chapter one considers <italic>Jacob's Well </italic>, a fifteenth-century penitential manual written by an anonymous author that uses architectural allegory to describes the penitential process. I argue that the author, a self-proclaimed "man of craft," apprentices the reader into sacramental practice. The author is both an exemplar to the reader and apprenticed to Christ. In chapter two, I explore the role of the narrative exempla in <italic>Jacob's Well</italic>. The exempla often resist the paradigm set forth in the allegory of the well. My chapter shows that learning to read these stories trains the reader to recognize forgiveness and sin in others and then to use this recognition to evaluate one's own story. Chapter three considers William Langland's richly complex fourteenth-century poem, <italic>Piers Plowman</italic>. The horrible failures of the sacrament of penance in this poem cause the Church to crumble. The allegorical Wille is left within this Church with the enjoinder to "learn the craft of love." For Wille to learn the craft of love means more than learning to forgive and to be forgiven - it means learning to be charitable. For Langland, a charitable Church is yet to be practiced, yet to be constructed. My last chapter examines <italic>Pearl</italic>, a late fourteenth-century apocalyptic allegory written by an anonymous poet. The poem opens with a jeweler lamenting the loss of his pearl in a garden. As the poem progresses it becomes clear that the jeweler is a father who mourns the death of his infant daughter. In a dream vision, his daughter appears to him as a Pearl Maiden, one of the 144,000 virgins from the Book of Revelations. In an inversion of the usual parent-child relationship, the Pearl Maiden teaches the jeweler to recognize that their interlocking narratives stem from the same Christian tradition, although his particular narrative is one of penitential practice and hers is one of grace. The Pearl poet's architectural allegory focuses on the completed City of New Jerusalem rather than on the upbuilding or crumbling of the Church.</p> / Dissertation

Méconnue en France, la littérature fantastique espagnole est souvent considérée comme inexistante ou mineure par rapport à d’autres traditions européennes ou au fantastique latino-américain. Une forte présence de thématiques morales et religieuses au XIXe siècle peut contribuer à expliquer qu’elle soit placée hors du canon fantastique. La relation qu’entretient le fantastique espagnol avec la morale et la religion doit tout d’abord être envisagée au travers d’une étude du contexte socio-culturel, qui semble peu enclin au développement du genre. Dans un deuxième temps, nous porterons notre attention sur les différentes manifestations de l’hispanisation du genre : l’étude de la réception des textes étrangers ainsi que de la production d’œuvres nationales, telles que la légende, montrera les transformations subies par le fantastique en Espagne, notamment sa moralisation. Une perspective comparatiste nous permettra d’appréhender les phénomènes d’hybridation complexes qui configurent notre corpus de 1830 à 1890. Enfin, les implications de la cohabitation entre les poétiques fantastique et exemplaire seront étudiées. L’analyse des stratégies édifiantes et des illustrations sera complétée par des apports de la théorie psychanalytique dans une recherche de sens, par-delà les mécanismes exemplaires conscients. / Almost unknown in France, Spanish fantastic literature is frequently considered as nonexistent or minor, in comparison with other traditions from Europe or Latin America. A strong presence of moral and religious thematics in the nineteenth century can contribute to explain the fact that she is placed out of the fantastic canon. First, the relationship between Spanish fantastic and morality and religion must be considered through a study of the socio-cultural context, which seems reluctant to the development of the genre. In a second time, we will concentrate on the different manifestations of the hispanization of the genre: the reception of foreign texts, and the national production, as the legend, will be studied in order to show how the fantastic changes in Spain, in particular how it becomes more moral. A comparative perspective will permit to understand the complex phenomenon of hybridization, characteristic of the corpus between 1830 and 1890. Finally, the consequences of cohabitation of fantastic and exemplar poetics will be analyzed. The study of edifying strategies and of illustrations will be completed by psychoanalytical theory in a search of sense, beyond the conscious mechanisms of exemplarity.

According to this study, research indicates that there is not a lot of information surrounding the focus on prayer in church polity and therefore attention is lacking in this field during the training of office bearers and thus the content and composition of prayers leaves one untouched. The focus of this study is a theoretical approach to the place and content of prayer in church polity according to the practical ministry of prayer during three consecutive synods of the Reformed Churches in South Africa. The content of chapter one focuses on the idea that both Scripture and theological literature offer material to be integrated into a synthesis of what the ius constituendum imply and where to the practise as ius constitutum is measured with the purpose on an increased focus on prayer in church polity. Chapter two elaborates on the different aspects of prayer in conjunction with church polity in which the communal prayer of church leaders imposes certain requirements to the prayer leader in connection with the use of language, content and agenda that is embedded on the confession that Christ is the Head of and reigns over his Church. In the third chapter the focus is fixed on the four core elements of the church: unity, holiness, catholicity, apostolicity and the implication it has on prayer in the reformed church polity regarding more explicit intercession in prayer. The fourth chapter is an empirical examination of 121 prayers that was recorded during the 2003, 2006 and 2009 synods of the GKSA in accordance to the ius constituendum as discussed in chapters two and three summarised under twenty headings. The final chapter suggests corrections based on hermeneutical interaction between the ius constituendum and ius constitutum and resulting in improved formulated prayers that focus on the affairs of the agenda. Prayer ministry should not be left to the improvisation of the moment, but detail preparation should be done. Errors which were pointed out in this study, should thus be prevented. In church government, prayers should reflect the agenda in all prayer elements focusing on the kingdom of God from within the church with an outward spiral to the whole cosmos. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Church Polity))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011

Master's thesis "Comparison of popularly educational weekly youth magazines Mladý Hlasatel and Vpřed in 1930s through 1950s" contrasts two youth titles that were published around the WWII. Both titles, connected not only through the editor and father-like figure Jaroslav Foglar, were immensely popular in their time and constitute the phenomenon of journalism for children of that era. Both magazines were published during uneasy times, firstly during the dawn of the war and during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; secondly, after ten years, during the rise of communists' influence and subsequent Communist coup d'état in 1948. This master's thesis follows my bachelor thesis "Mladý Hlasatel and it's authors" describing history, authors and specifics of this magazine. Master's thesis adds comparably detailed information about the magazine Vpřed, but its main objective is to compare the titles published in "free" era before the WWII and after it, and the ones that were published during the limited freedom of the press during the war and after the year 1948. This work seeks not only to compare the content, authors and information in both magazines, but also to comprehend the contemporary context of that era, observe the impact of ideological and political influences, as well as describe different...

Title: Issue connected with people of legal age leaving surrogate care. Author: Bc. Zdeňka Vološínová Department: Pedagogy Supervisor: PhDr. Jarmila Mojžíšová PhD. Key words: childen's home, socialization, value orientation, communication, edification Abstract This thesis deals with the phenomena of the departure of the young people from the surrogate care when they become of age. It describes the character of the institutional care in the Czech Republic. The thesis is focused on the form of professional help to the young people, who are about to leave their children's home and thus entering an adult life. The main goal of the thesis is to present and describe a project, that project aims to work with the young people in the children's home, who are preparing to leave this facility. The aim of the project is to facilitate specific communication between the young people and the staff of the children's home to talk to each other about the topic of leaving. During the implementation were used observational, activating and an interviewing methods. The sample of respondents consisted of adolescents aged 15-18 years. The outcome of the project is the booklet entitled Vodchod a co dál?, which serves as a methodological tool when working with the target group. This thesis maps out the environment in which this...

According to this study, research indicates that there is not a lot of information surrounding the focus on prayer in church polity and therefore attention is lacking in this field during the training of office bearers and thus the content and composition of prayers leaves one untouched. The focus of this study is a theoretical approach to the place and content of prayer in church polity according to the practical ministry of prayer during three consecutive synods of the Reformed Churches in South Africa. The content of chapter one focuses on the idea that both Scripture and theological literature offer material to be integrated into a synthesis of what the ius constituendum imply and where to the practise as ius constitutum is measured with the purpose on an increased focus on prayer in church polity. Chapter two elaborates on the different aspects of prayer in conjunction with church polity in which the communal prayer of church leaders imposes certain requirements to the prayer leader in connection with the use of language, content and agenda that is embedded on the confession that Christ is the Head of and reigns over his Church. In the third chapter the focus is fixed on the four core elements of the church: unity, holiness, catholicity, apostolicity and the implication it has on prayer in the reformed church polity regarding more explicit intercession in prayer. The fourth chapter is an empirical examination of 121 prayers that was recorded during the 2003, 2006 and 2009 synods of the GKSA in accordance to the ius constituendum as discussed in chapters two and three summarised under twenty headings. The final chapter suggests corrections based on hermeneutical interaction between the ius constituendum and ius constitutum and resulting in improved formulated prayers that focus on the affairs of the agenda. Prayer ministry should not be left to the improvisation of the moment, but detail preparation should be done. Errors which were pointed out in this study, should thus be prevented. In church government, prayers should reflect the agenda in all prayer elements focusing on the kingdom of God from within the church with an outward spiral to the whole cosmos. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Church Polity))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011

Submitted by Leonardo Cavalcante (leo.ocavalcante@gmail.com) on 2018-06-08T15:19:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Arquivototal.pdf: 2723644 bytes, checksum: b7e79401cc2e021297718d9baf7a1016 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-08T15:19:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Arquivototal.pdf: 2723644 bytes, checksum: b7e79401cc2e021297718d9baf7a1016 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-05 / Environmental impacts, which alter the environment and result in the quality of life and well-being of society, can have their causes in the constructive process of buildings. This work presents the results of a research that had as objective to analyze the significance of the environmental impacts resulting from the construction process of three building works. Initially, it was necessary to know the causes of the environmental impacts in the different stages of the constructive process of buildings, as well as to identify these impacts, in order to evaluate their significance, through the criteria used in the method of Seiffert (2011). According to the said method, this significance can be: despicable, moderate and critical. The results showed that 83.78% of the identified environmental impacts represent moderate to critical significance, which is a worrying situation. This demonstrates that the environment is being polluted considerably by the construction industry due to the lack of environmental management and the wrong working method of the companies. The neglect of these companies in the face of environmental issues is notorious, since there is no control in the causes of environmental impacts, that is, there are no actions aimed at eliminating or minimizing them, thereby compromising the quality of life of society. . / Os impactos ambientais, que alteram o meio ambiente e trazem consequência para a qualidade de vida e bem estar da sociedade, podem ter suas causas no processo construtivo de edificações. Este trabalho apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa que teve como objetivo analisar a significância dos impactos ambientais resultantes do processo construtivo de três obras de edificação. Inicialmente, foi necessário conhecer as causas dos impactos ambientais nas diferentes etapas do processo construtivo de edificações, bem como identificar estes impactos, para na sequência avaliar a sua significância, através dos critérios utilizados no método de Seiffert (2011). De acordo com o referido método, essa significância pode ser: desprezível, moderada e crítica. Os resultados mostraram que 83,78% dos impactos ambientais identificados representam significância entre moderada e crítica, o que se constitui numa situação preocupante. Isto demonstra que o meio ambiente está sendo poluído consideravelmente pela indústria da construção, devido à ausência de gestão ambiental e método de trabalho equivocado das empresas. O descaso dessas empresas perante as questões ambientais é notório, pois não há controle nas causas dos impactos ambientais, ou seja, não existem ações que visem eliminá-los ou minimizá-los, comprometendo assim cada vez mais a qualidade de vida da sociedade.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Miami University, Dept. of Family Studies and Social Work, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-21).

Este trabalho estuda a Educação Musical de crianças e jovens enquanto elemento de integração e engajamento dos mesmos na vida comunitária e, também, enquanto promotora da edificação da comunidade. Caracteriza-se como um estudo de caso a partir de uma pesquisa descritiva de caráter qualitativo. A partir da realidade de um projeto de Educação Musical comunitário, foram realizadas entrevistas com pessoas envolvidas no processo, ou seja, alguns estudantes, a professora, os obreiros, presbíteros e familiares dos estudantes. Os dados coletados foram analisados no intuito de identificar as contribuições da Educação Musical na edificação da comunidade. Para subsidiar e fundamentar a análise, buscou-se o embasamento teórico, mediante pesquisa bibliográfica, consultando obras de alguns teóricos na área da Educação e da Teologia. O primeiro capítulo fala sobre a presença da Música na Bíblia e faz um breve resgate da historicidade da Educação Musical no mundo, no Brasil, na Igreja Evangélica de Confissão Luterana no Brasil, no noroeste do estado do Rio Grande do Sul e na comunidade onde o projeto foi realizado. O segundo capítulo apresenta alguns aspectos conceituais da expressão: edificar comunidades e, em seguida, passa a analisar os resultados da pesquisa de campo, confrontando as declarações dos entrevistados com a bibliografia consultada. O terceiro capítulo revela algumas conclusões práticas para o trabalho de Educação Musical, haja vista sua dimensão musical, pessoal e comunitária. Por fim, sugerem- se algumas ações para a organização e a realização de projetos de Educação Musical em comunidades da IECLB e de outras denominações religiosas. / This work studies the Musical Education of children and young people as part of integration and engagement of them in community life and also as promoter of community edification. It is characterized as a study case from a qualitative descriptive study. From the reality of a communitarian Music Education, interviews were conducted with people involved in the project, in other words, some students, the teacher, the workers, presbyters and students relatives. The data collected were analyzed in order to identify the contributions to Musical Education in the community edification. To support and document the analysis the theoretical background was inquired, through bibliographic research, referring to the works of some theorists in the Education and Theology areas. The first chapter talks about the presence of Music in the Bible and makes a brief recovery of the historicity of Musical Education in the world, in Brazil, in the Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil, in the northwest region of Rio Grande do Sul state and in the community where the project was carried out. The second chapter presents some concepts of the expression: edify communities and then proceeds to analyze the results of the field research, comparing the statements of the interviewers with the consulted bibliography. The third chapter reveals some practical conclusions for the work of Music Education, because of its musical, personal and communitarian dimension. Finally, some actions for the organization and implementation of Music Education projects in IECLB communities and other religious denominations are suggested.