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Reversing the Gaze: An Autoethnographic Critique of Transracial–Transnational Adoption to Australia

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we engage with rescue and saviour narratives surrounding transracial–transnational adoption (also known as intercountry adoption) as a provocation and as manufactured myths. These myths have erased the nuances and complexities of transracial–transnational adoption by commodifying adoptees as pitiful orphans in need of rescue ...
Samara Kim, Kathomi Gatwiri, Lynne McPherson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abuse in the church? A social constructionist challenge to pastoral ministry

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013
The article focuses on abusive practices in the faith community. It indicates that abusive behaviour is more often than not unintentional and is ostensibly driven by a zeal for God and the church.
Rosemaré A. Visser, Yolanda Dreyer
doaj  

Reconsidering the Terminology: Study Participants as "Subjects" or Not? [PDF]

Subst Abuse, 2023
Corpuz JC.
europepmc   +1 more source

Posterity or Prosperity? Critiquing and Refiguring Prosperity Theologies in an Ecological Age

, 2015
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, prosperity theologies have simultaneously received a warm reception by some and a critical cold shoulder by others.
Swoboda, A.J.
core  

Social disharmony, inauthenticity and patriarchy: an Ubuntu perspective on the practice of female genital mutilation

Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
Abstract Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a universal issue which affects girls in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and South America, and immigrant communities in Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. FGM is a cultural practice in approximately 29 countries in Africa, affecting over 140 million girls.
Tauseef Ahmad Ally, Lizeka Amanda Tandwa
wiley   +1 more source

The Symbolistic Christology in Frantz Fanon's Existentialist Thought

Dialog, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article attempts to answer a provocative question: Can existentialist thought provide insights into the nature of Christ? Specifically, what might we learn about Christ from existentialist such as Frantz Fanon, even if only implicitly? In offering a response to the question, I propose a symbolistic Christology through an examination of ...
Chammah J. Kaunda
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Anthropocene: Construction of Human Agency within Lutheran Eco‐Theology

Dialog, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For several decades, Lutheran theologians have wrestled with the issue of the climate crisis. This has resulted in a body of scholarship that utilizes Christological frameworks to articulate agential constructs. While recognizing such contributions as inherently valuable and highly significant, this article suggests that Lutheran eco ...
Hilla Lahtinen
wiley   +1 more source

Practical Theology [PDF]

, 2023
Reynolds, Susan Bigelow
core   +1 more source

Signature of Attention: Historical Ambiguities and Elisions in Contemporary Psychological Framings of Attending

Educational Theory, EarlyView.
Abstract In contemporary contexts of digitalization, proliferating media, and generative AI, various “life hacks” are regularly recommended to disconnect and resist distraction, ranging from meditation to getting back to nature to unplugging. This paper traces contemporary concerns over “the attention crisis” into a longer signature — the frequently ...
Antti Saari, Bernadette M. Baker
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing self-management in chronic pain: Reflections on a qualitative study. [PDF]

Can J Pain
Toledo JPC.
europepmc   +1 more source