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Association Between Acculturation Variables and Life Satisfaction Among Israeli Immigrants from Four English-Speaking Countries
No full textThis study’s primary purpose was to examine the hypothesis that there would be a positive association between acculturation and life satisfaction for English-speaking diaspora immigrants to Israel regardless of country of origin (after adjusting for demographic characteristics including gender, age, years in the host country, reason for immigration and family support). Informed by Bornstein’s Specificity Principle in Acculturation Science, acculturation was defined by levels of: language acquisition, having realised/met expectations, and self-identification with host country. Using a cross-sectional study design, a convenience sample of English-speaking participants was recruited through a link on a well-known English-language internet site targeting immigrants to Israel. Due to the diversity of respondents, only questionnaires completed by immigrants from the following four countries were included (n = 641): Canada (n = 40), South Africa (n = 66), the United Kingdom (n = 132) and the United States (n = 403). Life satisfaction only was linked to the acculturation variable of having a higher level of realised expectations for life after immigration and reporting good health, but not associated with the other acculturation variables of language acquisition or self-identification with host country. While having realised expectations was related to life satisfaction, the number of years in the host country and language acquisition was not. Having realistic expectations (related to greater life satisfaction) may be increased by providing prospective immigrants information on the new country’s culture while they are still in the host country and planning their immigration
Women’s ways of leading: the environmental effect
No full textThis paper aims to present a model describing how women enact executive leadership, taking into account gendered organizational patterns that may constrain women to perform leadership in context-specific ways. Design/methodology/approach
This paper discusses gendered organizations, role congruity theory and organizational culture and work context. These strands of theory are interwoven to construct a model describing ways in which executive-level women are constrained to self-monitor based on context. Findings
The pressure on women to conform to an organization’s executive leadership culture is enormous. Executive women in strongly male-normed executive leadership contexts must exercise strong gendered self-constraint to break through the glass ceiling. Women in strongly male-normed contexts using lessened gendered self-constraint may encounter a glass cliff. Women in gender-diverse-normed contexts may still operate using strong gendered self-constraint due to internalized gender scripts. Only in gender-diverse-normed contexts with lessened gendered-self-restraint can executive women operate from their authentic selves. Practical implications
Organizational leaders should examine their leadership culture to determine levels of pressure on women to act with gendered self-constraint and to work toward creating change. Women may use the model to make strategic choices regarding whether or how much to self-monitor based on their career aspirations and life goals. Originality/value
Little has been written on male-normed and gender-diverse-normed contexts as a marker for how executive-level women perform leadership. This paper offers a model describing how different contexts constrain women to behave in specific, gendered ways
Exploring advocacy in psychology in Italy: Exporting a term from the U.S. to a different cultural context.
No full textMulticultural competence includes the ability to negotiate meaning of an ambiguous term with humility and respect. What if the term is advocacy? This article introduces a 3-step technique based on the theory of social representations to examine the meaning and implications of advocacy in the cultural context of Italian psychology compared with the North American guidelines set by the American Psychological Association. Because there is no translation of the term advocacy in Italian, exploration of this particular context appears as especially relevant in light of linking advocacy with multicultural competence. Inspired by the structural approach in social representations research, this article proposes 3 steps: word association, a definition check, and focus on areas of application. A study of the meaning of advocacy with 145 Italian psychologists provides an example of each of the steps. Participants associated advocacy primarily with influence, patronage, and support, as well as promotion, lobby, power, defense, and advertising. Their replies coincided with the official definition provided by an Italian encyclopedia only in terms of support and influence. Priority areas for psychologists’ advocacy in Italy are identified as human rights issues; children, youth, and families; and trauma, violence, and abuse. Although on the surface advocacy does not play a vital part of psychological training (with the exception of community psychology graduate programs) or national associations’ concerns, in reality, participants are sensitive to what it implies
Evaluating the relationships among religion, social virtues, and meaning in life
No full texthere is growing evidence that a sense of meaning in life may emerge, in part, from the social relationships that people maintain. But it is not clear how the relationship between social ties and a sense of meaning might arise. The purpose of this study is to see if meaning in life is associated with three socially focused virtues: compassion, forgiveness of others, and providing social support to others. In the process, an effort is made to see if these social virtues arise from social relationships in religious institutions. Two main findings emerge from a recent nationwide survey. First, people who are more compassionate, more forgiving, and who help others more often have a stronger sense of meaning in life. Second, individuals who receive more spiritual support from fellow church members are more likely to adopt these social virtues. The theoretical basis of these relationships is discussed
Holy Scripture under the Auspices of the Holy Trinity: On John Webster’s Trinitarian Doctrine of Scripture
No full textAs he approached the monumental task of writing his own systematic theology, John Webster gave strategic attention to constructing a doctrine of Scripture that was adequate to support such a project. In contrast to some well‐respected modern systematic theologies that got by with less robust bibliologies (those of Pannenberg and Jenson), Webster saw the need to establish from the outset a more fully elaborated doctrine of Holy Scripture. He framed that doctrine of Scripture by appealing above all to his central dogmatic commitment, the doctrine of the Trinity. The trinitarian contours of Webster’s doctrine of Scripture are most conspicuous in his treatment of the missions of the Son and the Spirit. Webster understands the entire Bible as the self‐testimony of the risen Christ (mission of the Son), and explains its cognitive effectiveness in terms of the full range of the work of the Holy Spirit in inspiration and illumination (mission of the Spirit). The trinitarian grounding of his doctrine of Scripture enabled Webster to retrieve the Protestant orthodox doctrine of Scripture’s inspiration
Faith in Hebrews: Analysis within the Context of Christology, Eschatology, and Ethics
No full textVictor (Sung-Yul) Rhee argues that faith in Hebrews is both Christologically and eschatologically oriented. In response to the assertion that faith in Hebrews is removed from Christ, he contends that the author of Hebrews portrays Jesus as both the model and object of faith. Rhee also maintains that the eschatological outlook in Hebrews is not the Hellenistic concept of visible and invisible reality, but the temporal orientation of present and future. The ethical aspects of faith must be interpreted within the context of Christology and eschatology to have a proper understanding of faith in Hebrews.https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/faculty-books/1524/thumbnail.jp
THE LIFE OF DONALD MCGAVRAN: GROWING STRONGER
No full textThe 1980s were the major growth years of the Church GrowthMovement in the USA. Win Arn’s Institute for American Church Growthreached its zenith, and the School of World Mission at Fuller continuedto promote Church Growth thinking. Peter Wagner gradually took overthe primary role as professor of church growth, as McGavran reduced histeaching load. The issue of what is the primary goal of mission—socialjustice or evangelism—continued to be one of McGavran’s major concerns
Finding Quiet: My Story of Overcoming Anxiety and the Practices that Brought Peace
No full textIn May 2003, prominent philosopher, author, and professor J. P. Moreland awoke in the middle of the night to a severe panic attack. Though often anxious by temperament and upbringing, Moreland had never experienced such an incident before. Thus began an extended battle with debilitating anxiety and depression.
More than a decade later, Moreland continues to manage his mental illness. Yet along the way he\u27s moved from shame and despair to vulnerability and hope. In Finding Quiet, Moreland comes alongside fellow sufferers with encouragement and practical, hard-won advice—a distillation of the very best and most helpful things he discovered about dealing with anxiety and depression from his personal experiences and extensive research.
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, nearly 20 percent of Americans suffer from mental illness, and Christians are not immune. J. P. Moreland (who studied philosophy under Dallas Willard) explores the spiritual and physical aspects of mental illness, pointing readers toward sound sources of information, treatment, and recovery from both secular and Christian experts.
Finding Quiet is perfect for: Those looking for a trusted starting point in their own research of anxiety/depression. Christians seeking a holistic approach to healing—one that doesn’t shy from scientific knowledge but maintains a theological and biblical framework. Anyone in need of validation and encouragement in their struggle with mental illness.https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/faculty-books/1636/thumbnail.jp
Anticipating the Kingdom
No full textAfter Lunde focused on awareness, Reformed Theological Seminary fellow, Karen Ellis expanded on the “Kingdom” theme as she highlighted the original identity of Christians as “God’s people.” Ellis pointed to the covenant promise of perfection “with Christ in glory.” Karen A. Ellis, Writer and Speaker, shares about anticipating the Kingdom of God during this presentation at one of the main sessions of Torrey Conference on October 10, 2018
Behind the Veil: Living Within the Revealed Wisdom of God Paperback
No full textShortly before Jesus died on the cross, the Judean governor Pilate mocked the concept of finding an exclusive set of facts that would be applicable to all mankind. He did so with the simple yet provocative and sarcastic statement, “what is truth?” (John 18:38) This taunt has continued down through the ages. In modern times, absolute truth is a touchy subject in our current climate of moral relativism. But there is no getting around it: the bible claims that such truth exists. Jesus was straightforward with Pilate, telling him, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice” (John 18:37). Instead of “what is truth?”, Pilate’s question should have been “what if it’s true?” God welcomes open-minded questions. In fact, honest questions are part of human nature and God’s Word holds up to scrutiny. Honest would be the key word here, because many people come to the bible with incorrect and immovable preconceived notions. Others will not even make time to check out the truth of Christianity. Are you an honest seeker? Would you like to open-mindedly examine the scandalous yet wonderful claims found in the Bible? If so, then you are ready to peer behind the veil and into the revealed wisdom of God.https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/faculty-books/1458/thumbnail.jp