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Diaconia and the challenge of contextualization: feeding the hope for an abundant table of bread and communion
No full textO presente artigo trata do processo de contextualização da diaconia na América Latina como desafio para a teologia e para as igrejas. Lembra a lógica da exclusão imposta pela economia neoliberal como fato maior do mundo atual. Mas, chama a atenção para a existência dos "mais pobres entre os pobres", destacando a realidade da população afrodescendente, como segmento da sociedade brasileira colocada historicamente num espaço comparável ao "debaixo da mesa". Considerando que a teologia latino-americana ensina a realizar a reflexão teológica a partir do contexto, o "debaixo da mesa" torna-se o locus epistemológico da teologia diaconal. Esta teologia tem nas comunhões de mesa de Jesus um apoio significativo: nelas se alimenta a esperança por um lugar "ao redor da mesa" para todas as pessoas, sem discriminações de qualquer ordem, para a superação da fome de pão e da sede de comunhão.The present article describes the process of contextualization of diaconia in Latin America as a challenge to theology and the churches. It remembers the logic of exclusion imposed by neoliberal economics as a major fact in the world today. It also points to the existence of the "poorest of the poor", highlighting the reality of people of African descent as a segment of Brazilian society historically placed in an area comparable to the "under the table". Whereas the Latin American theology teaches to do theological reflection from the context, "under the table" becomes the locus of epistemological diaconal theology. This theology has a significant support in the communion table of Jesus: they feed the hopes of a place "around the table" for all people, without any kind of discrimination, in order to overcome hunger of bread and thirst of communion
Leitura diaconal do Catecismo Maior de Martim Lutero
Full text linkNa reforma protestante, a ênfase teológica sobre o tema da salvação por graça e fé conflitua com as obras humanas em sua busca por autojustificação. Esta constatação isenta a Igreja da necessidade de boas obras? O Catecismo Maior de Lutero, como documento que apresenta o cerne da teologia da Reforma, responde a esta pergunta, alicerçando a ação solidária das pessoas que crêem na diaconia de Deus. No Credo nos é ensinado como Deus coloca todos os seus bens a nosso serviço. Na oração do Senhor, aprendemos como pedir os benefícios de Deus em nosso favor e em favor do próximo necessitado. Mas a ajuda de Deus pode fluir através de atos humanos. Aliás, nos Dez Mandamentos, Deus ordena as obras de amor. Em obediência a Deus, a partir da fé, “não temos então mãos a medir no que diz respeito a boas obras”.En la reforma protestante, el énfasis teológico sobre el tema de la salvación por gracia y fe entra en conflicto con las obras humanas, en su búsqueda por la auto justificación. ¿Esta constatación deja exenta a la iglesia de la necesidad de las buenas obras? El Catecismo mayor de Lutero, como documento que presenta el cerne de la teología de la Reforma, responde a esta pregunta, fundamentando la acción solidaria de las personas que creen en la diaconia de Dios. En el credo nos es ensenado como Dios coloca todos sus bienes a nuestro servicio. En la oración del Señor, aprendemos como pedir los beneficios de Dios en nuestro favor y a favor del prójimo necesitado. Mas la ayuda de Dios puede fluir a través de actos humanos. Por otra parte, en los Diez Mandamientos Dios ordena las obras de amor. En obediencia a Dios, a partir de la fe, “no tenemos entonces manos para medir a lo que dice respecto a las buenas obras”.In the Protestant Reformation, the theological emphasis on the theme of salvation by grace and faith conflicts with human works, in the quest for self-justification. Does this affirmation exempt the church of the need for good works? Luther’s Large Catechism, as a document that presents the core of the Reformation theology, answers this question, basing the solidary action of believing people on the diaconia of God. We are taught in the Creed how God puts all God’s goods at our service. In the Lord’s Prayer we learn to ask for God’s gifts to benefit us and our needy neighbor. Also, God’s help can flow through human acts. In fact, in the Ten Commandments God mandates works of love. In obedience to God, through faith, “there is no way of measuring the issue of good works”
Diaconia and caretaking in the fi rst centuries of Christianity
Full text linkEste artigo trata de práticas diaconais e de cuidado do ser humano desenvolvidas pelas comunidades cristãs dos primeiros séculos. Entre muitas formas de amor ao próximo exercitadas nesse período histórico, este texto referencia as seguintes: a) o ágape, através do qual se saciava a fome de grande número de pessoas empobrecidas; b) a solidariedade em situações emergenciais, como as epidemias; c) a hospitalidade, especialmente praticada em relação a pessoas forasteiras; d) a caixa comunitária, com cujos fundos se socorriam pessoas e grupos em situação de sofrimento; e) campanhas de ofertas, que expressavam a unidade da igreja através da solidariedade; f) e o sepultamento digno das pessoas, especialmente as empobrecidas e indigentes.This article deals with diaconal practices and the caretaking of the human being developed by the Christian communities of the fi rst centuries. Among the many forms of loving the neighbor practiced in this historic period, this text references the following: a) agape, through which a great number of poor people were fed; b) solidarity in emergency situations, such as epidemics; c) hospitality, especially practiced with regard to foreigners; d) a community box from which funds were taken to help people and groups in situations of suffering; e) offering campaigns which expressed the unity of the Church through solidarity; f) the dignifi ed burial of people, especially of the impoverished and indigent
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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