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Erratum: A praxis-based approach to theological training in Cape Town

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
No abstract available.
Selena D. Headley
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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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The Art of Contextual Theology : Doing Theology in the Era of World Christianity

, 2021
Christianity has an inherent capability to assume, as its novel mode of expression, the local idioms, customs, and thought forms of a new cultural frontier that it encounters. As a result, Christianity has become multicultural and multilingual.
Ezigbo, Victor I
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Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
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Born from below: Urban regeneration through incarnational theological formation in Guatemala City and beyond

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018
This article sets out to describe the development of and engagement with a global training collaborative around the formation of urban ministry leadership committed to the act of loving cities and working for peace.
Michael L. Ribbens, Joel van Dyke
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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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The contextual theology of Kosuke Koyama and its contribution to Asian theology

, 1985
IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to present, analyze and critically evaluate the theology of Kosuke Koyama in so far as it attempts to offer a fresh, relevant and unique way of doing theology in Asia. A well-known Japanese theologian, missionary
Vergara, Wenifredo B.
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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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Interrupting separateness, disrupting comfort: An autoethnographic account of lived religion, ubuntu and spatial justice

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016
This article uses a fictionalised encounter as the basis for an autoethnographic exploration of the intersections between the South African social value of ubuntu and the notion of spatial justice.
John Eliastam
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The Hour for Democracy Songbook

, 1994
A song booklet created by the Institute for Contextual Theology (ICT) to promote democracy and prepare South Africans for the 1994 general election.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/saelection/1005/thumbnail ...
Institute for Contextual Theology
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