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Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: \u3cem\u3eEcclesial Identities in a Multi-Faith Context: Jesus Truth-Gatherings (Yeshu Satsangs) among Hindus and Sikhs in Northwest India\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Book Review of Ecclesial Identities in a Multi-Faith Context: Jesus Truth-Gatherings (Yeshu Satsangs) among Hindus and Sikhs in Northwest India. Darren Todd Duerksen.
Pohran, Nadya
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From Particle to Purpose: A Systems‐Theoretical Model of Unity and Coherent Adaptation

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper develops a conceptual integration that bridges classical systems theories with insights from the Islamic intellectual tradition, focusing on the notion of zerre (particle) as articulated by Said Nursî. We reinterpret zerre as a systems‐theoretical agent that exhibits lawful responsiveness without autonomy, offering a new lens on how
Erhan Atay
wiley   +1 more source

The contribution of the humanities to the theory and practice of public administration in the 21st century

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This Forum Article integrates a range of four contributions which are all underpinned by the conviction that the rediscovery of the humanities may be beneficial to the field of public administration. The first piece examines the contribution that philosophy, as a key discipline of the humanities, can provide to the field of public ...
Edoardo Ongaro   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tense-Logic and the Revival of Philosophical Theology

open access: yesPhilosophies
The article discusses Nicholas Wolterstorff’s explanations for the flourishing of philosophical theology in analytic philosophy by taking Arthur Norman Prior’s (1914–1969) development of tense-logic into account.
David Jakobsen
doaj   +1 more source

An integrative review (IR) of (intersectional) inclusive pedagogies for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)

open access: yesBritish Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The article conducts an integrative review of articles published from 2013 to 2023 that discuss theoretical, empirical and intersectional dimensions of inclusive pedagogies for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
Anastasia Liasidou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Christian mortalism in protestant theology of the 16th — 17th centuries [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия
One of the most vibrant discussions in Christian Analytic Theology today revolves around the Problem of the Soul. On the one hand, it is connected with the issues of Philosophy of Mind, as the soul is typically understood either as conscious experience ...
Alexey Pavlov
doaj   +1 more source

Analytic theology and contemporary inquiry [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Philosophy and Theology, 2018
Contemporary theology appears to be in a transitional phase that brings with it a search for forms of thought that can support theology’s ongoing work.
openaire   +1 more source

Modeling Mystery

open access: yesScientia et Fides, 2016
The practice of model-building is very common in analytic philosophical theology. Yet many other theologians worry that any attempt to model God must be hubristic and idolatrous.
William Wood
doaj   +1 more source

Serendipitous ritualization: dynamics of lay connectivity in Chinese Buddhist temples and beyond Ritualisation fortuite : dynamique de la connectivité des laïques dans les temples bouddhistes chinois et au‐delà

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
wiley   +1 more source

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