The Evangelical movement is a significant Christian movement in the life of the Zambian Nation and it is to this movement that the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement belongs. Undoubtedly this movement has become to be a vital player in enhancing the voice of hope and change that Evangelicals have trumpeted in the past twenty years. Emerging in the shadows of formidable established Christian movements such as the Evangelical fellowship of Zambia and Christian Council of Zambia, the movement is yet to consolidate itself as one of the influencing groups within the Evangelical movement. For this to happen, they has to be realization of the potential there is to become an agent of change in the Nation. In order to attain this, the movement needs introspection in their perception and involvement in socio-economic development and theological response to matters which affect communities they serve. This work endeavors to high light historical factors which have contributed to the development and growth of the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement in Zambia. Roles and contributions of the movement towards the Evangelical movement as well us short comings. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M. Th. (Missiology)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:19:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ROBSON WANDER DE PAIVA.pdf: 826036 bytes, checksum: 761961caa1e564768dabda84eab92cb4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-21 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This research analyzes the Prosperity Theology, especially its power to adapt religion to the logic of the consumer society. This theology arises in the United States in 1940, quickly establishing itself among evangelical influence reached even the so-called traditional churches. Its focus is the promise of prosperity for his people. The research aims to describe the roots and context of the emergence of this theology, their arrival and spread in Brazil, its main exponents and its appropriation by neo-Pentecostal churches. The suspicion that guides the research is that the success of Prosperity Theology is due to its ability to adapt religion to the logic of the consumer society. / Esta dissertação analisa a Teologia da Prosperidade, especialmente seu poder de adaptar a religião à lógica da sociedade de consumo. Essa teologia surge nos Estados Unidos na década de 1940, consolidando-se rapidamente no meio evangélico, chegou a influenciar inclusive as igrejas denominadas tradicionais. Sua ênfase está na promessa da prosperidade para seus fiéis. A pesquisa pretende descrever as raízes e o contexto do surgimento desta teologia, sua chegada e propagação no Brasil, seus principais expoentes e sua apropriação pelas igrejas neopentecostais. A suspeita que orienta a pesquisa é a de que o êxito da Teologia da Prosperidade se deve à sua capacidade de adaptar a religião à lógica da sociedade de consumo.

O presente trabalho discute como uma mudança de paradigma econômico pode contribuir para uma economia ecologicamente responsável. Em linha com esse propósito num primeiro momento são apresentados os sinais da necessidade dessa mudança. Nessa primeira parte são apresentadas algumas das insuficiências das ferramentas econômicas tradicionais para uma harmonização com o meio ambiente. Num segundo momento são discutidas ideias alternativas para a abordagem da relação entre crescimento econômico e meio ambiente: economia e entropia, estado estacionário e prosperidade sem crescimento. Nessas discussões foi dada ênfase aos estudos dos economistas Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Herman Daly e Timothy Jackson. Na parte seguinte são discutidas as implicações éticas para o desenvolvimento de um modelo econômico ecologicamente responsável. Por fim, por meio do estudo da Comissão Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi, do Índice de Progresso Social e de Índices de Felicidade argumenta-se como novas medidas de desenvolvimento econômico, social e ambiental podem contribuir para um paradigma econômico ecologicamente responsável. / This study discuss how a change of economic paradigm could contribute to an environmentally responsible economy. In order to do this, at first, the signs of the need for this paradigm shift are presented. On this matter the shortcomings of traditional economic tools for harmonization with the environment are analysed. Secondly, alternative ideias to address the relationship between economic growth and the environment, such as economy and entropy, steady state, and prosperity without growth are discussed. In these discussions the studies of economists like Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Herman Daly and Timothy Jackson, are emphasized. In the next part of this study the ethical implications for the development of an environmentally responsible economic model are approached. Finally, through the study of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Comssion, the Social Progress Index and Happiness Index, it is shown how new measures of economic, social and environmental development could contribute to an environmentally responsible economic paradigm.

Syftet med föreliggande studie är att jämföra två nattvandrarföreningar i två diametralt motsatta områden i Stockholm, en i ett välbärgat område och en i ett socialt och ekonomiskt utsatt område. De bostadsområdena som har valts är Lidingö och Hallunda-Norsborg. Metoden utgår från en kvalitativ metod där det genom intervjuer undersöks hur segregation och demokrati i ett socialt och ekonomiskt utsatt område respektive välbärgat område påverkar dess civilsamhällesorganisering. Resultatet visade att föreningen i Hallunda-Norsborg var mer demokratiskt då de bland annat har en ledare som gemensamt röstats fram av medlemmarna. Föreningen har även goda relationer och samarbetar med kommun, polis och sjukvård. Hur väl ställt ett område är spelar med andra ord inte någon roll för varken det civila engagemanget eller demokratin inom nattvandrargrupperna. Det handlar mer om vad som pågår inom ett område. I det socialt och ekonomiskt utsatta området krävdes mer resurser och en strukturerad förening på grund av oroligheterna i området. Detta gjorde att de fick en förening som var uppbyggd på demokrati och jämlikhet. / The purpose of the present study is to compare two night-hiking associations in two diametrically opposite areas in Stockholm, one in a prosperous area and one in a socially and economically vulnerable area. The residential areas that have been selected are Lidingö and Hallunda-Norsborg. The method is based on a qualitative method where through interviews it is examined how segregation and democracy in a socially and economically vulnerable area and well-off area, respectively, affect its civil society organization. The result showed that in Hallunda-Norsborg it is more democratic as they have a leader who is voted by the members. The association also has good relations and cooperates with the municipality, police and medical services. In other words, how well-positioned an area is does not matter for either the civil commitment or democracy within the night-hiker groups. It's more about what's going on in an area. In the socially and economically vulnerable area, more resources and a structured association were required due to the disturbance in the area. This meant that they got an association built on democracy and equality.

Välfärd, eller välstånd, är komplexa men vanligt förekommande begrepp som används för att beskriva människors välbefinnande i ett samhälle. Hög ekonomisk tillväxt har länge varit synonymt med god välfärd, men med tanke på omställningen till ett samhälle i linje med hållbar utveckling har begreppet välfärd breddats till att innefatta både ekonomiska, sociala och ekologiska faktorer.  I denna rapport används index och indikatorer för att urskilja trender i hur just välfärden i Sverige har utvecklats sedan nittiotalet. En sammanställning över utvecklingen inom sex olika välfärdsindex samt regeringens mått på välstånd, som sedan 2017 varit en del i den årliga vårpropositionen, presenteras.  Resultatet visar att från ett socialt och ekonomiskt perspektiv har välfärden i Sverige ökat något. Utifrån ett miljömässigt perspektiv är utvecklingen dock inte lika tydlig, utan beror i större utsträckning på vilka indikatorer som mäts och vilken metodik som används för att beräkna indexet. En brist på kontinuerligt uppdaterad data inom framförallt miljöområdet bidrar dessutom till att välfärdsutvecklingen inom miljöområdet är svårare att bedöma. Slutligen framkommer det i regeringens mått på välstånd att det socialt sett råder skillnader i välfärden beroende på vilka samhällsgrupper som undersöks. Det är därför av vikt att välfärd inte enbart studeras på befolkningsnivå, utan dessutom undersöks utifrån olika sociala samhällsgrupper och geografiska områden för att identifiera ojämlikheter i välfärden. / Welfare is a complex but common concept used to describe the well-being of people in a society. Economic growth has long been synonymous with good welfare but, as society transitions towards sustainable development, welfare has been broadened to include both  economical, social and ecological factors.  In this report indexes and indicators are used to identify trends in Swedish welfare development. The study presents a compilation of the country’s results in six different welfare indexes, along with the Swedish Government’s measure of prosperity.  The result shows that social and economical welfare has increased in Sweden over the studied  time period. However, the same can not be said about environmental, or ecological, welfare.  It has furthermore been observed that differences in methodology between separate welfare  measurements can influence the result. A lack of data within the environmental welfare field  further obstructs the investigation of these topics. Finally, in addition to measuring welfare on  a population scale, social groups should be studied individually to identify disparities within societies.

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By 1942, the Japanese occupied nearly all of East and Southeast Asia and their influence even spread as far as British controlled India. This occupation, known as The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, was an ideological unity of Asia under the facade of mutual benefit and welfare of Japan and the other nations within the Sphere. However, The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere failed because of the inability of the Japanese to form this mutual benefit between the nations within the Sphere. This work evaluates the events that led to The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, life within the Sphere, and the reasons for its failure.

The main issues, which arise in that research project, are connected with health dimensions. There are emphasised points, which contribute to the employees’ health and well-being, solutions, which organisations implement to prevent workers from diseases and illnesses, to track their current condition of body and mind and generally to improve their overall health situation. From the very beginning the main stress was supposed to lie on physical activity promotion being an integral part of health promotion at the workplace but the obtained information from the conducted interviews verified that idea. The research also touches other variables contributing to the employees’ health and cons tituting the idea of health promotion at the workplace, namely health profiles and Corporate Social Responsibility. It is argued who may benefit from workplace physical activities and to which extent such programs may succeed. Interviews showed double points of views according to the necessity to encourage employees to train within the organization. Basis for the discussion of the topic were interviews gained from the interaction with the staff of the organization Xylem located in Sweden in Emmaboda, a world leader in water solutions. The chosen methodology based on the case study appeared to be the most relevant to explore health issues thanks to the clear empirical example. The company was distinguished because of the sport and rehabilitation centre, which it had in its possession and which seemed to make Xylem be different from the competitors and gave advantages for the employees in the form of additional benefits causing going in for sport at the company’s expense. The results of the research indicate that health promotion at the workplace may be viewed as a part of Corporate Social Responsibility. The evidences for IV that perspective are presented with a proper motivation mostly in the conclusion part. The research intended to show to the readers to what extent health promotion at the workplace incorporating physical activities, health profiles and CSR is important, how it is regarded and how much attention, time and efforts is and should be devoted to deal with that dimension in a proper way.

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Pentecostalism has grown from its founding days in 1900 in Topeka, USA and has extended its reach to most parts the world including Africa where it took off in the 1970s and continues to grow with many mega churches being established. In addition to their main role of taking care of the spiritual development of their followers, many Pentecostal churches have begun to get involved in provision of social and economic goods and services. This has however attracted attention to the churches with some of them being labelled as businesses, their founders being considered as entrepreneurs hiding under the guise of churches and seen as exploiting their followers. The purpose of the thesis is to explore, through research questions, if entrepreneurial activities are carried out in the Pentecostal churches in Uganda and if so, whether such activities can be considered productive, unproductive or destructive entrepreneurship and what their implications are. This qualitative study employed qualitative methods of data collection and deductive approach with primary data collected through semi-structured interviews with 6 members of Pentecostal churches in Kampala and 1 non-member that regularly goes to Pentecostal churches to get a feel of their activities. The findings show that there the Pentecostal churches carryout a number of entrepreneurial activities that address spiritual, social and economic aspects of the church members and the community. The study further shows that some of these entrepreneurial activities have a positive impact on the church members and the community and by extension the state whereas some activities do not improve the church members and the community and others have a negative impact on the church members and the community. It is shown through this thesis that determining the implication of the entrepreneurial activities is complicated when such activities are lumped together and not considered individually since some of the activities in the Pentecostal may be productive while some may be unproductive or destructive. The contribution of this thesis is by proposing a matrix as an alternative tool for analysis of the various entrepreneurial activities in the Pentecostal churches by considering their effect on different stakeholders to determine if the activity achieved the reason for its establishment.