@article{Keul2022,
  author    = {Keul, Hildegund},
  title     = {Vulnerability, vulnerance and resilience — spiritual abuse and sexual violence in new spiritual communities},
  series = {Religions},
  volume    = {13},
  journal   = {Religions},
  number    = {5},
  issn      = {2077-1444},
  doi       = {10.3390/rel13050425},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-275264},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {In February 2017, Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, acknowledged in an interview that some 70 "new spiritual movements" were under investigation for abusive behavior committed by their founders. The number of cases that remain undetected is probably large. This article uses the example of these communities to analyze the precarious tension between vulnerability, vulnerance, and resilience. It draws on C{\´e}line Hoyeau's excellent study of those founders of new spiritual movements in France who were later exposed as abusers. It also presents my research on the sacred in its dangerous connection to the victimizing sacrifice. My basic thesis is that exploring the link between vulnerability and resilience is not enough. Rather, vulnerance needs to be systematically included in the analyses. This new approach opens up a more complex understanding of abuse, cover-ups, and disclosure. It can tackle both the vulnerant resilience of the perpetrators and the voluntary vulnerability of survivors in disclosing abuse.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Chikezie2017,
  author    = {Chikezie, Aloysius Cheta},
  title     = {THE VALUE OF WORK IN NIGERIA with Reference to Laborem Exercens},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-147592},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Work is seen by many thinkers as the fundamental dimension of man`s existence on earth. Through work, he provides his basic necessities on earth and co-operate with God in the work of creation. He received this mandate to work from the very beginning of creation by God. In carrying out this mandate, man every human being reflects the very action of the creator of the Universe. God worked and intended that man who is created in His image and likeness continues the work of creation by working. Even though Man suffers and sweats through work and yet, in spite of all this toil-perhaps in a sense because of it - work is a good thing for man. It is not only good in the sense that it is useful or something to enjoy; it is also good as being something worthy, that is to say something that corresponds to man's dignity that expresses this dignity and increases it. This project examines man as a creature called to work and born into work. It is true that through work, man provides himself and his family with the basic necessities of life and everyday needs for the reason he charges wages for his sweat. Work goes beyond and should exceed the boundaries of the material benefit that comes out of it to the satisfaction and fulfilment for the very purpose we should work. The modern society has attached so much importance to money and material possession, the question then is how do we go along working in the spirit of improvement and renewal of the earth? The modern man understands work only as a means of making his daily bread. For this reason, he engages himself in an occupation that he has little or no interest in. He ends up quarrelling everyday with the people that he or she is supposed to serve through work. The result is low work output and waste of talents and the society loses an opportunity for improvement as every creature is supposed to contribute uniquely. A good example is Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation with a population estimate of about over 170,000,000 people and the sixth Oil producing Nation.},
  subject      = {Nigeria},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Ezenwa2017,
  author    = {Ezenwa, Paul Chinedu},
  title     = {The Value of Human Dignity: A Socio-Cultural Approach to Analyzing the Crisis of Values among Igbo People of Nigeria},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-147603},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Starting from conception till death, man as a being relates with others. In this relationship he often encounters lots of problems that threaten his existence. One of them is the threat to his dignity. This experience is vivid in many countries particularly in Africa. But my work is limited to an ethnic group in Nigeria, namely Igbo people. The work discloses the extent 'displacement of value' in Igboland has contributed to the devaluation of human dignity and the attempts made to combat it. This displacement resulted in what we can call "value crisis". Some elements, like Igbo culture and cultural communication with foreign cultures that have tentacles in modernized orientation, are discussed as 'transmission carriers'. In order to x-ray properly the heart of this research and communicate the necessary messages, the work is presented in six chapters. However, this summary will not be presented in chapters. Thus the need for a research on the reason for the failings and crisis of approach regarding this aspect of Igbo life that deals with the value of human dignity. This comes to term with the question which asked has the interest in the enhancement of the dignity of man waned because the effort towards this goal seem futile and unnecessary…Or is human dignity something we care about but take for granted as a cultural inheritance that no longer needs defence?" This question arouses thoughts on the value of HD. The entire work tried to justify the view that the protection of HD is for all times a true assignment of all. This must neither be considered to be relevant only for a time nor only for a portion or a group of individuals. Thus a special attention on this regard is demanded especially in modern day Igbo society.},
  subject      = {Nigeria},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Ziebertz2021,
  author    = {Ziebertz, Hans-Georg},
  title     = {Introduction to the special issue: Religion and human rights: complementary or contrary},
  series = {Religions},
  volume    = {12},
  journal   = {Religions},
  number    = {2},
  issn      = {2077-1444},
  doi       = {10.3390/rel12020109},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-228798},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  language  = {en}
}