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To Be like Children in a World Come of Age: Some Considerations Related to a Christian Theology of Childhood

Социология власти
The article presents an analysis of the main aspects of the Christian theology of childhood based on the works of outstanding theologians of the 20th century: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Karl Rahner, Paul Tillich, and Jurgen Moltmann ...
A. S. Serebryakov
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Child, Church and Protection: A Historical Theology Perspective and Its Implications for Churches in Africa [PDF]

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
Children have the right to protection. As a result, all institutions, including churches are expected to take concrete steps to safeguard children. There is a growing interest in the role of churches in child protection.
Ebenezer Tetteh Kpalam
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The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
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'Known by God': The Meaning and Value of a Neglected Biblical Concept

Tyndale Bulletin, 2008
Despite the fact that being known by God is a critical concept in biblical theology it is sorely neglected in biblical exegesis and theology. This introductory article seeks to revive interest in the doctrine by reflecting on its definition and by ...
Brian S. Rosner
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Introduction: Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI Introduction : vers une anthropologie linguistique de l'IA

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This essay introduces the themed cluster of articles, ‘Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI’. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in large language models capable of producing coherent discourse mimicking conversational interaction, is exerting unprecedented pressure on prevailing concepts of language, personhood, and the human ...
Webb Keane, Constantine V. Nakassis
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Children’s narrative identity formation: Towards a childist narrative theology of praxis

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This article explores children’s narrative identity formation and the impact of adult–child relationships on shaping a child’s narrative. The formation of identity in all children is vulnerable to a culture of ‘adultism’, wherein the authority wielded by
Jozine G. Botha, Hannelie Yates, Manitza Kotze   +2 more
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The role of parents in the development of faith from birth to seven years of age

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018
Scholars have researched the role of parents in the development of the child. Families play a critical role in the development of a young child. According to Freud, many adult symptoms of anxieties are rooted in childhood experiences, and that a child’s ...
Marsulize van Niekerk, Gert Breed
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Book Review: III. Practical Theology: The Christ, the Church, and the Child [PDF]

Review & Expositor, 1912
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From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction, semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots Des outils parlants aux métahumains : interactions sociales, compétences sémiotiques et autorité des robots conversationnels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
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Engaging children as ‘agents of change’: The Grahamstown Scout Group

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
This article, as a narrative, offers a ‘learning journey’ of the Grahamstown Scout Group, and reveals how ‘the child’s right to participation’ (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNCRC 1989) is actualised in the life and workings of ...
Nora E. Saneka, Anna L. Prest Talbot
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