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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

Fifteen Billion Years of Searching for God: Neither Science nor Theology Can Afford to Be Dogmatic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This essay argues that, in the search for truth, the findings of both science and theology are provisional. The author makes a strong case for clergy to stay informed about current science and technology, so that they can challenge their congregations to
Kaplan, Daniel Lee
core   +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

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

Theology and (or/from/above) Science

open access: yesZygon
This article examines the evolving relationship between theology and science, critically evaluating three untenable approaches: theology or science (separation), theology from science (subordination of theology), and theology above science (subordination
Ligita Ryliškytė
doaj   +2 more sources

Cog and the Creativity of God [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The construction of a humanoid robot may be within reach. The science of artificial intelligence (AI) offers new understandings to contemporary Christian theology.
Heltzel, Peter
core   +1 more source

Conceiving God: Literal and Figurative Prompt for a More Tectonic Distinction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
John Sanders’ Theology in the Flesh, the first comprehensive overview of the toolkit that contemporary cognitive linguistics offers for theological appropriation, despite its remarkable success, gives rather minimal attention to blending theory, one of ...
Masson, Robert
core   +3 more sources

Proposing a Model of "Hypostatic Union" for a Fruitful Science-Religion Relationship [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Karl Rahner affirmed that, methodologically, practical science should be atheistic. This cannot be truer in our time, when science is making giant progressive strides every day, solving serious problems, helping to affirm human autonomy and independence ...
Emeka, Udechukwu Anthony
core   +1 more source

An Aristotelian Account of Evolution and the Contemporary Philosophy of Biology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The anti-reductionist character of the recent philosophy of biology and the dynamic development of the science of emergent properties prove that the time is ripe to reintroduce the thought of Aristotle, the first advocate of a “top-down” approach in life-
Tabaczek, Mariusz
core   +1 more source

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