Dignity Discourse And Destiny

Author : Darwin H. Stapleton,Donna Heckman Stapleton
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : College presidents
ISBN : 0874138337

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Dignity, Discourse, and Destiny by Darwin H. Stapleton,Donna Heckman Stapleton Pdf

Childhood -- Harvard, Oxford, and marriage -- In the Navy -- Return to education : Princeton -- The Woodrow Wilson Program years -- Swarthmore College at mid-century -- Swarthmore looks for Courtney -- Inauguration -- The case for the liberal arts college -- Faculty -- "There is strength-- in having a variety of sources of support" : funding the liberal arts tradition -- Networks of support and service : behind the presidency -- "Nature shaped to advantage" : preserving campus viability -- Student activism : "to care about social justice"--Two decades of student life at Swarthmore -- "Personal things"--Administration of a college -- The final year -- Conclusion

Author : John F. Kilner
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802867643

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Dignity and Destiny by John F. Kilner Pdf

Misunderstandings about what it means for humans to be created in God's image have wreaked devastation throughout history -- for example, slavery in the U. S., genocide in Nazi Germany, and the demeaning of women everywhere. In Dignity and Destiny John Kilner explores what the Bible itself teaches about humanity being in God's image. He discusses in detail all of the biblical references to the image of God, interacts extensively with other work on the topic, and documents how misunderstandings of it have been so problematic. People made according to God's image, Kilner says, have a special connection with God and are intended to be a meaningful reflection of him. Because of sin, they don't actually reflect him very well, but Kilner shows why the popular idea that sin has damaged the image of God is mistaken. He also clarifies the biblical difference between being God's image (which Christ is) and being in God's image (which humans are). He explains how humanity's creation and renewal in God's image are central, respectively, to human dignity and destiny. Locating Christ at the center of what God's image means, Kilner charts a constructive way forward and reflects on the tremendously liberating impact that a sound understanding of the image of God can have in the world today.

Author : David Kretzmer,Eckart Klein
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004478190

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The Concept of Human Dignity in Human Rights Discourse by David Kretzmer,Eckart Klein Pdf

The notion of human dignity plays a central role in human rights discourse. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognition of the inherent dignity and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. The international Covenants on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and on Civil and Political Rights state that all human rights derive from inherent dignity of the human person. Some modern constitutions include human dignity as a fundamental non-derogable right; others mention it as a right to be protected alongside other rights. It is not only lawyers concerned with human rights who have to contend with the concept of human dignity. The concept has been discussed by, inter alia, theologians, philosophers, and anthropologists. In this book leading scholars in constitutional and international law, human rights, theology, philosophy, history and classics, from various countries, discuss the concept of human dignity from differing perspectives. These perspectives help to elucidate the meaning of the concept in human rights discourse.

Author : Ruth Shoemaker Wood
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781611493719

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Transforming Campus Culture by Ruth Shoemaker Wood Pdf

At a time in American history when football ruled the American campus and fraternities dominated student life, Frank Aydelotte, through his determination to specialize exclusively in initiating an Honors program of study, accomplished a feat virtually unknown in American higher education. That is, he succeeded in shaping one regional, run of the mill, Quaker school - Swarthmore College - into an intellectually-charged, academically-focused institution able to command national respectability, prestige, and financial support and commit itself to intellectual life at a time when higher education in the United States met with pressures against such change. Under Aydelotte's leadership, Swarthmore was able to hold out in a period of tremendous expansion of higher education and staggering growth of intercollegiate athletics, "student activities," and vocational education. While oxymoronic in the early 20th century to suggest to mainstream America that a college would define itself by a commitment to the life of the mind, Aydelotte did just that, indelibly shaping the culture of Swarthmore in a manner so deep-seated as to persist to the present day. The ways in which Swarthmore changed as a college under Aydelotte's leadership shed light on how change occurs and persists in higher education and how change on a single campus can bring about wide-spread educational reform that affects a nation. Frank Aydelotte returned from his time in England as a Rhodes Scholar fully committed to affording to America's highest achieving college students the educational experiences that had shaped him while abroad. A complicated combination of idealism and elitism, mixed with a deep reformer's drive to spread the Oxford gospel in America, led to his focus on pedagogy when he returned to the US. Aydelotte undertook concrete and highly strategic steps toward the long-term goal of introducing to American higher education Oxford-like methods aimed at empowering intellectually-oriented students to excel far beyond the barriers present in American education that resulted from high achievers being held back by the "pace of the average." This mission became his personal crusade for the rest of his life and played out most vividly on the campus of tiny Swarthmore College where he served as president from 1921 to 1940.

Author : L. Juliana Claassens,Klaas Spronk
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589838963

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Fragile Dignity by L. Juliana Claassens,Klaas Spronk Pdf

Human dignity insists that every human deserves respect and a safe place to live. For many, this is not a reality. The essays collected here analyze the background of this problem in contemporary family life and society at large, with special emphasis on the role of women and on the Bible as a source of inspiration and transformation. The collection is the product of a six-year conversation on family, violence, and human dignity between the Protestant Theological University in Kampen, The Netherlands, and the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, a North-South dialogue that included annual conferences, a series of responsive letters, and additional external responses. The contributors are Cheryl B. Anderson, Hendrik Bosman, Gerrit Brand, Athalya Brenner, L. Juliana Claassens, Dorothea Erbele-Küster, Leo J. Koffeman, Frits de Lange, Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon, Magda Misset-van de Weg, Beverly Eileen Mitchell, Anne-Claire Mulder, Ian Nell, Mary-Anne Plaatjies-van Huffel, Jeremy Punt, Petruschka Schaafsma, D. Xolile Simon, Lee-Ann J. Simon, Gé Speelman, Klaas Spronk, Ciska Stark, Elsa Tamez, Charlene van der Walt, Robert Vosloo, and Yusef Waghid.

Author : Ethna Regan
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589016583

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Theology and the Boundary Discourse of Human Rights by Ethna Regan Pdf

What are human rights? Can theology acknowledge human rights discourse? Is theological engagement with human rights justified? What place should this discourse occupy within ethics? Ethna Regan seeks to answer these questions about human rights, Christian theology, and philosophical ethics. The main purpose of this book is to justify and explore theological engagement with human rights. Regan illustrates how that engagement is both ecumenical and diverse, citing the emerging engagement with human rights discourse by evangelical theologians in response to the War on Terror. The book examines where the themes and concerns of key modern theologians—Karl Rahner, J. B. Metz, Jon Sobrino, and Ignacio Ellacuría—converge with the themes and concerns of those committed to the advancement of human rights. Regan also critically engages with the “disdain” for rights discourse that is found in the postliberal critiques of John Milbank and Stanley Hauerwas. This interdisciplinary volume will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of systematic theology, theological ethics, human rights, religion and politics, and political theory.

Author : Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781596983014

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Oration on the Dignity of Man by Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola Pdf

An ardent treatise for the Dignity of Man, which elevates Humanism to a truly Christian level, making this writing as pertinent today as it was in the Fifteenth Century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Volunteer workers in social service
ISBN : UOM:39015050412397

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ARNOVA News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rüdiger Braun,Hüseyin I. Cicek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Dignity
ISBN : 1443898619

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New Approaches to Human Dignity in the Context of Qur'ānic Anthropology by Rüdiger Braun,Hüseyin I. Cicek Pdf

"In recent years, the challenge of relating one's own theological concept of man and his destiny to secular topics, such as the inviolability of human dignity, has generated a dynamic discourse about how Islamic anthropology can help cultivate and perfect the individual self and social 'humanisation'. This anthology brings together contemporary Muslim and non-Muslim approaches to the secular notion of human dignity with reference to the Islamic tradition in general and the anthropology of the Qur'�n in particular.The collection presents approaches to Islamic theological anthropology, across a range of fields, especially with regard to the narrative of Adam and Iblīs, which occurs in all monotheistic traditions. It focuses on the specific 'grammars' of anthropological narratives at the levels of the canonical text of the Qur'�n itself (Section I) and the interpretations that focus on its performative discourse (Section II). Further to this, the normative implications of the human images that are derived from the canonical text and its interpretations are discussed in Section III. The dynamic interdependencies between the hermeneutics of the Qur'�n, theological anthropology and legal philosophy, particularly in the European context, are a promising field of research that not only allows a deeper insight into the multiperspectivity and indexicality of theological anthropology, but also has the potential to facilitate the long-overdue discursive cooperation and rapprochement between Muslim and non-Muslim scholarship."

Author : Zaynab El Bernoussi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108997904

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Dignity in the Egyptian Revolution by Zaynab El Bernoussi Pdf

Dignity, or karama in Arabic, is a nebulous concept that challenges us to reflect on issues such as identity, human rights, and faith. During the Arab uprisings of 2010 and 2011, Egyptians that participated in these uprisings frequently used the concept of dignity as a way to underscore their opposition to the Mubarak regime. Protesting against the indignity of the poverty, lack of freedom and social justice, the idea of karama gained salience in Egyptian cinema, popular literature, street art, music, social media and protest banners, slogans and literature. Based on interviews with participants in the 2011 protests and analysis of the art forms that emerged during protests, Zaynab El Bernoussi explores understandings of the concept of dignity, showing how protestors conceived of this concept in their organisation of protest and uprising, and their memories of karama in the aftermath of the protests, revisiting these claims in the years subsequent to the uprising.

Author : Dr Mojtaba Mahdavi,Professor W Andy Knight
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 733 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781409483519

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Towards the Dignity of Difference? by Dr Mojtaba Mahdavi,Professor W Andy Knight Pdf

This volume suggests that there is a 'third way' of addressing global tensions - one that rejects the extremes of both universalism and particularism. This third way acknowledges the 'dignity of difference' and promotes both self-respect and respect for others. It is also a radical call for an epistemic shift in our understanding of 'us-other' and 'good-evil'. The authors strengthen their alternative approach with a practical policy guide, by challenging existing policies that either exclude or assimilate other cultures, that wage the constructed 'global war on terror', and that impose a western neo-liberal discourse on non-western societies.

Author : Jeremy Waldron,Wai-chee Dimock,Don Herzog,Michael Rosen
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199915439

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Dignity, Rank, and Rights by Jeremy Waldron,Wai-chee Dimock,Don Herzog,Michael Rosen Pdf

"Delivered as a Tanner lecture on human values at the University of California, Berkeley, April 21, 2009 and April 22, 2009"--T.p. verso.

Author : Faiz Sathi Abdullah,Mardziah Hayati Abdullah,Tan Bee Hoon
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443808101

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Critical Perspectives on Language and Discourse in the New World Order by Faiz Sathi Abdullah,Mardziah Hayati Abdullah,Tan Bee Hoon Pdf

The papers in this book explore language use in a broad range of discourse fields. They provide theoretical perspectives on global orientations to social, political and economic transformations in the “New World Order” (NWO), and extend these with studies on the impacts of such transformations at the local, national, regional and global levels. The discussions highlight current concerns among academics and political commentators about the potential social impact of representations of the NWO in language and discourse. The present work is important in raising social consciousness towards the central role that language and discourse play in the construction of shifting/multiple identities. In this way, the roles of critical discourse analysis and indeed that of the analysts themselves are emancipative and socially transformative. The value of such consciousness-raising for potential social action in language user empowerment terms cannot be overstressed, particularly given the ascendant position of the English language in the NWO. This collection is a significant contribution to the ongoing critical discussion on global order discourse.

Author : Jeff Malpas,Norelle Lickiss
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781402062810

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Perspectives on Human Dignity: A Conversation by Jeff Malpas,Norelle Lickiss Pdf

The idea of human dignity is central to any reflection on the nature of human worth. However, the idea is a complex one that also takes on many different forms. This unique collection explores the idea of human dignity as it arises within these many different domains, opening up the possibility of a multidisciplinary conversation that illuminates the concept itself. The book includes essays by leading Australian and International figures.

Author : Francis Fukuyama
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780374717483

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Identity by Francis Fukuyama Pdf

The New York Times bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order offers a provocative examination of modern identity politics: its origins, its effects, and what it means for domestic and international affairs of state In 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions were in decay, as the state was progressively captured by powerful interest groups. Two years later, his predictions were borne out by the rise to power of a series of political outsiders whose economic nationalism and authoritarian tendencies threatened to destabilize the entire international order. These populist nationalists seek direct charismatic connection to “the people,” who are usually defined in narrow identity terms that offer an irresistible call to an in-group and exclude large parts of the population as a whole. Demand for recognition of one’s identity is a master concept that unifies much of what is going on in world politics today. The universal recognition on which liberal democracy is based has been increasingly challenged by narrower forms of recognition based on nation, religion, sect, race, ethnicity, or gender, which have resulted in anti-immigrant populism, the upsurge of politicized Islam, the fractious “identity liberalism” of college campuses, and the emergence of white nationalism. Populist nationalism, said to be rooted in economic motivation, actually springs from the demand for recognition and therefore cannot simply be satisfied by economic means. The demand for identity cannot be transcended; we must begin to shape identity in a way that supports rather than undermines democracy. Identity is an urgent and necessary book—a sharp warning that unless we forge a universal understanding of human dignity, we will doom ourselves to continuing conflict.