TY - THES A1 - Lan, Yangyang T1 - Bamboo-branch Songs (\({zhuzhici}\)) of Shandong Province: Lyrical Records of Local Life, Traveling and Local History T1 - Bambuszweig-Lieder (\({zhuzhici}\) 竹枝詞) der Provinz Shandong: Lyrische Aufzeichnungen des lokalen Lebens, des Reisens und der lokalen Geschichte N2 - This dissertation presents a comprehensive exploration of the bamboo branch song (zhuzhici 竹枝詞), a classical Chinese poetry genre. One of the defining features of the bamboo branch song genre is its emphasis on all aspects of local culture. As a result, these poems typically have a specific focus on a particular place. This dissertation takes the bamboo branch songs of Shandong Province as its primary subject. The dissertation is divided into two parts. The first section focuses on a cultural study of the bamboo branch song genre. By examining the genre, this dissertation concludes that the bamboo branch song is a genre of vernacular poetry in imperial China. The language has a vernacular style, and the content has a clear focus on local affairs. The subsequent section delves into the Bamboo Branch Songs of Shandong Province, with almost 2,000 poems collected from different sources. From everyday routines to customs, travel culture, and historical episodes, the poems cover a wide range of topics, offering a detailed glimpse into the various facets of the region's society. Women play a significant role in the poems about social life in Bamboo Branch Songs of Shandong Province. They were often the central figures in the ceremonies of festivals, and their behaviour was given special attention. The bamboo branch song genre has an internal character as a form of travel writing. The poems were usually written by authors who had made observations on their journeys. This dissertation delves into the travel culture of the capital Ji'nan, through the lens of bamboo branch songs, providing valuable insights into the region. Another common motif of bamboo branch songs is history. Some nostalgic poems deal with local historical sites, events, legends and personalities. This dissertation finds that these poems contain unique historical information with a microcosmic and individual perspective. N2 - In dieser Dissertation wird eine Untersuchung der klassischen chinesischen Gedichtgattung des Bambuszweig-Lieds (zhuzhici 竹枝詞) vorgelegt. Eines der charakteristischen Merkmale der Gattung ist die Betonung der lokalen Kultur. Folglich haben diese Gedichte in der Regel einen spezifischen Fokus auf einen bestimmten Ort. Diese Dissertation befasst sich mit den Bambuszweig-Liedern der Provinz Shandong und gliedert sich in zwei Teile: Der erste Teil konzentriert sich auf eine kulturelle Untersuchung des Genres, die zu dem Schluss führt, dass das Bambuszweig-Lied ein Genre der volkstümlichen Poesie im kaiserlichen China ist. Seine Sprache hat einen volkstümlichen Stil, und der Inhalt ist eindeutig auf lokale Angelegenheiten ausgerichtet. Der zweite Abschnitt befasst sich mit den Bambuszweig-Liedern der Provinz Shandong, wo fast 2.000 Gedichte aus verschiedenen Quellen gesammelt wurden. Von alltäglichen Abläufen bis zu Bräuchen, Reisekultur und historischen Episoden decken die Gedichte ein breites Themenspektrum ab und bieten einen detaillierten Einblick in die verschiedenen Facetten der Gesellschaft der Region. Frauen spielen in den Gedichten über das gesellschaftliche Leben in den Bambuszweig-Liedern der Provinz Shandong eine wichtige Rolle. Sie waren oft die zentralen Figuren in Feierlichkeiten, und ihrem Verhalten wurde besondere Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Die Gedichte wurden in der Regel von Autoren verfasst, die auf ihren Reisen Beobachtungen gemacht hatten. In dieser Dissertation wird die Reisekultur der Hauptstadt Ji'nan durch die Bambuszweig-Lieder beleuchtet, was wertvolle Einblicke in die Region ermöglicht. Ein weiteres gemeinsames Motiv der Bambuszweig-Lieder ist Geschichte. Einige nostalgische Gedichte befassen sich mit lokalen historischen Stätten, Ereignissen, Legenden und Persönlichkeiten. In dieser Dissertation wird festgestellt, dass diese Gedichte einzigartige historische Informationen mit einer mikrokosmischen und individuellen Perspektive enthalten. KW - Bamboo-branch songs KW - Local KW - Daily life KW - Traveling culture KW - History KW - Vernacular poety Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-328687 ER - TY - THES A1 - Nwadinobi, Chinedum Bede T1 - Environmental problems and sustainable development (a study of the Niger-Delta Region of Nigeria) : a terra incognita T1 - Umweltprobleme und nachhaltige Entwicklung (eine Studie des Niger Delta Region von Nigeria) N2 - The tendency towards the exploitation of the resources of creation is the result of a long historical and cultural process. The modern African Communities have witnessed man’s growing capacity for environmental transformative intervention. The aspect of the conquest and exploitation of resources in rural communities such as in the Niger Delta of Nigeria has become predominant and invasive, and has even reached the point of threatening the environment’s hospitable function: the environment only as resource risks threatening the environment as home. In this respect, the ethical judgement of the social realities on ground is very decisive. And this is the very important aspect where the Catholic Social Ethics has a role to play. Because of the environmental crisis in this region through technological advancement, there is urgent need for a balance through the introduction of the model of a sustainable development. The socio-ethical model of sustainability in this work is a framework so constructed that women, men, families and communities in the Niger Delta are to be the agents which determine what their developmental strategies are. Although their developmental opportunities and decisions are sometimes constrained by various factors, it remains the fact that they alone bear responsibility for their environment and must live with the consequences. So if sustainable development in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria is to extend beyond narrow technical understanding, it must one that generally seek to embrace the cultural and social systems of the people. This will go a long way in reducing dependency and increase self-empowerment and will place more value on what the people understand and practice. Bede Chinedum Nwadinobi, a native of Alike Obowo in Imo State (Nigeria), is a Catholic Priest of Okigwe Diocese (Nigeria). He studied Philosophy and Theology at St. Joseph Major Seminary Ikot-Ekpene. He also worked as a Vice-Principal of Queen of Apostles College Okigwe (Nigeria). At the University of Würzburg (Germany), he earned his doctorate in Catholic Theology specializing in Catholic Social Science. N2 - Umweltprobleme und nachhaltige Entwicklung (eine Studie des Niger Delta Region von Nigeria) KW - Catholic Social Ethics KW - Nigeria KW - Nigerdelta KW - Umweltpolitik Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-117624 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ziebertz, Hans-Georg T1 - Introduction to the special issue: Religion and human rights: complementary or contrary JF - Religions N2 - No abstract available KW - human rights Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-228798 SN - 2077-1444 VL - 12 IS - 2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nord, Ilona T1 - Jan Peter Grevel, Mit Gott im Grünen. Eine Praktische Theologie der Naturerfahrung (Research in Contemporary Religion, Vol. 17), Göttingen (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht) 2015, 357 pp, ISBN 9783525604519, Eur (D) 110. JF - International Journal of Practical Theology N2 - No abstract available. KW - Rezension Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-194900 SN - 1612-9768 SN - 1430-6921 N1 - This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. VL - 20 IS - 2 ER - TY - THES A1 - Awadallah, Abdelhaleem Aly Ahmed T1 - The Crew of the Sun Bark in the Amduat T1 - Die Mannschaft der Sonnenbarke im Amduat N2 - The Amduat is one of the most important Netherworld Books which was recorded in various kinds of Ancient Egyptian sources since the beginning of the 18th dynasty, especially the walls of the royal tombs. The main theme of the Amduat is the journey of the sun god through the underworld where the solar bark and its crew is the central scene of the journey. The study focuses on finding the reasons of choosing the crew’s members who manage the sun bark’s journey in the Amduat. It also aims at illustrating the functions and responsibilities of each crew member. Following a historical approach, the study analyzes the Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts as the most important documents before the New Kingdom, and proceeding to the inscriptions and writings of the monuments which contain portrayals and inscriptions of the Amduat in the New Kingdom. Furthermore, it sheds some light on the solar cycle’s main features and primary aspects, and tries to scrutinize the date, meaning, and symbolisms of the Amduat and its indications in the earlier sources. N2 - Das Amduat ist eines der wichtigsten altägyptischen Unterweltbücher, das seit dem Anfang der 18. Dynastie durch zahlreiche Textzeugen auf unterschiedlichen Schrifträgern, insbesondere aber auf den Wänden der königlichen Gräber, überliefert ist. Die vorliegende Untersuchung gilt der Darstellung der Mannschaft der Sonnenbarke im Amduat. Sie konzentriert sich darauf, die Funktionen und Zuständigkeiten der einzelnen Mannschaftsmitglieder darzulegen und festzustellen, aus welchen Gründen sie jeweils für diese ausgewählt wurden. Des weiteren werden die hauptsächlichen Aspekte und Phasen des Sonnenzyklus ermittelt. Außerdem wird das Entstehungsdatum des Amduat bestimmt und seine Struktur, sein Bedeutungs- und sein Symbolgehalt untersucht. Dabei wird auch auf die Vorgeschichte und historischen Entwicklung des Amduat einge¬gangen, beginnend mit den Vorläuferfassungen einzelner Sprüche in den Pyramiden- und den Sargtexten als den bedeutendsten Texten vor dem Neuen Reich bis hin zu Inschriften und Darstellungen des Neuen Reiches, in denen sich einzelne Szenen und Sprüche aus dem Amduat finden. KW - Amduat KW - Solar bark Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-287115 ER - TY - THES A1 - Ochulor, Okechukwu Hilary T1 - The Function of Dialogue in the Process of Evangelisation. A pastoral-theological appraisal of the relevance of Dialogue in a Nigerian context based on the experience of Igboland T1 - Die Funktion des Dialogs im Prozess der Evangelisation. Eine pastoraltheologische Untersuchung der Bedeutung des Dialogs in Nigeria aufgrund von Erfahrungen in Igboland N2 - The Church is mandated by Jesus Christ to continue the mission for which he was sent into the world. The mission of Christ, which consists in “bringing the good news to the poor, proclaiming liberty to captives, restoring sight to the blind, setting the downtrodden free and the proclamation of the Lord’s year of favour” , remains the fundamental basis of the missionary and evangelising vocation of the Church. She has a message to proclaim and that message is the proclamation of making the kingdom of God present in the lives of the people. Through the ages the Church has responded to this command of the Lord to evangelise, using various methods according to different situations and times. Dialogue is a conditio sine qua non in the Church’s evangelisation. By con-voking the Second Vatican Council, Pope John gave special attention to the Church’s self-knowledge, that is the knowledge of her nature and vocation as well as the realisation of the necessity of dialogue in the Church’s pursuit of Church unity and healthy relationships with non-Christian religions and bod-ies. Besides the emphases on the importance of dialogue in the Church’s exe-cution of her mission and apostolate of building up the people of God, evi-dence from the human sciences portray the indispensable and invaluable roles of dialogue and communication in a globalised world. KW - Nigeria KW - Kirche KW - Dialog KW - Evangelisation KW - Nigeria KW - church KW - dialogue KW - evangelisation Y1 - 2002 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-4770 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Unser, Alexander A1 - Ziebertz, Hans-Georg T1 - The impact of religion and national origin on attitudes towards refugee rights: an international comparative empirical study JF - Religions N2 - This paper is concerned with the rights of refugees. The refugee issue has been an acutely charged item on the political agenda for several years. Although the great waves of influx have flattened out, people are continually venturing into Europe. Europe’s handling of refugees has been subject to strong criticism, and the accusation that various actions contradict internationally agreed law is particularly serious. It remains a question of how to respond appropriately to the influx of people fearing for their lives. This paper examines empirically how young people from different denominations in Germany (n = 2022) and how Roman Catholics from 10 countries (n = 5363) evaluate refugee rights. It also investigates whether individual religiosity moderates the influence of denomination or national context. The results show that there are no significant differences between respondents from different denominations, but there are significant differences between respondents from different countries. However, religiosity was not found to moderate the influence of denomination or national context. These findings suggest that attitudes towards refugee rights depend more on the national context in which people live rather than on their religious affiliation or individual religiosity. KW - refugees KW - human rights KW - religion KW - comparative empirical research KW - youth Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-207923 SN - 2077-1444 VL - 11 IS - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Klug, Florian T1 - The Theologian’s Socratic Role in today’s Scientific World JF - Doctrine & Life N2 - In the scientific search for truth, the correspondence theory is predominant to decipher what counts as true. In this approach, scientific knowledge becomes empirically demonstrable and thus enclosed to the sphere of immanence. However, in theology’s approach to question the given status of being human and the world’s development as creation, theology does not adhere to answers that are contained within the sphere of demonstrable knowledge or mundanity, and thereby theology presents a fundamentally different conception of truth, Jesus Christ the living truth. In opposition to drawing on empirical proof, I want to reread Christian theology in a Socratic manner that employs irony to question overly simple methodologies and seek further insights what it means to be human and be engaged in the scientific search for truth if the authority of knowledge does not lie within humanity’s grasp. In doing so, theology’s role is an annoying, yet necessary irritation within the field of today’s academia. KW - catholicism KW - irony KW - theory of science KW - Socrates KW - truth Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-303554 SN - 0012-4664 VL - 73 IS - 2 ER - TY - THES A1 - Ezenwa, Paul Chinedu T1 - The Value of Human Dignity: A Socio-Cultural Approach to Analyzing the Crisis of Values among Igbo People of Nigeria T1 - Der Wert der Menschenwürde: Ein soziokultureller Ansatz zur Analyse der Krise der Werte unter den Igbo-Menschen in Nigeria N2 - 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. N2 - Von der Zeugung bis zum Tod ist der Mensch ein Wesen in Beziehung zu anderen. Unabhängig davon hat der Mensch ein Problem damit, die Würde des anderen wahr werden zulassen. Daher die Notwendigkeit einer Forschung bezüglich der Annäherungskrise in der Richtung eines Igbo Lebens, das sich mit dem Wert der menschlichen Würde beschäftigt. Das steht im Zusammenhang mit der Frage: Ist die Sorge um die menschliche Würde etwas, womit man sich mal beschäftigt hat, heute aber nicht mehr, weil die Mühe umsonst zu sein scheint, oder ist diese menschliche Würde etwas wichtiges, aber auch als selbstverständliches Kulturerbe, das keiner Verteidigung mehr bedarf? Diese Frage setzt Gedanken hinsichtlich der menschlichen Würde in Bewegung. Das Projekt berechtigt die Annahme, dass die Verteidigung des Werts der menschlichen Würde eine gemeinsame Aufgabe ist. Dabei sollte es nicht als für eine gewisse Zeit relevant angesehen werden, noch für eine bestimmte Gruppierung. Das bedarf einer gewissen Aufmerksamkeit in der modernen Gesellschaft der Igbo. KW - Dignity KW - Socio-Cultural KW - Crisis KW - Value KW - Igbo KW - Soziale-Kulturelle KW - Würde KW - Krise KW - Werte KW - Nigeria KW - Ibo KW - Menschenwürde Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-147603 ER - TY - THES A1 - Chikezie, Aloysius Cheta T1 - THE VALUE OF WORK IN NIGERIA with Reference to Laborem Exercens T1 - DER WERT DER ARBEIT IN NIGERIA in Bezug auf Laborem exercens N2 - 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. N2 - Diese Dissertation betrachet den Mensch als eine Kreatur, die zur Arbeit berufen und in die Arbeit hineingeboren ist. Es ist wahr, dass man durch die Arbeit sich um die Grundbedürfnissen dieses Lebens und um die täglichen Bedarf für selbst und die Familie sorgt, aus diesem Grund verlangt er Lohn für seine Arbeit. Wir alle wissen, wie wichtig das Geld für die Gestaltung des Lebens ist. Allerdings bin ich der Meinung, dass der Grund für die Arbeit die Grenze vom Lohn und vom materiellen Nutzen übersteigen sollte. Vielmehr sollte es bei der Arbeit um die Erfüllung und die Zufriedenheit gehen. In der modernen Gesellschaft, in der viel Wert aufs Geld und auf materiellen Besitz gelegt wird, ist es unbedingt notwendig, sich darüber Gedanken zu machen, wie ernst es den Menschen mit dem Auftrag Gottes die Erde zu erneuern und die Welt zu verbessern ist. Der moderne Mensch versteht den Grund für die Arbeit nur als ein Mittel um das tägliche Brot zu zu erarbeiten. Deshalb sucht er manchmal einen Beruf, für den er keine Interesse hat und am Ende ist er weder mit sich noch mit den anderen die ihre Leistung brauchen zufrieden. Diese Situation raubt der Gesellschaft die Gelegenheit einer Entwicklung, da jeder Mensch etwas dazu beitragen sollte. Ein gutes Beispiel ist Nigeria mit etwa 170.000.000 Einwohnern, dass sehr reich an Mineralöl ist. KW - Nigeria KW - Work KW - Value KW - Laborem KW - Exercens KW - Arbeit KW - Wertschätzung KW - Arbeit KW - Katholische Theologie Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-147592 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Keul, Hildegund T1 - Vulnerability, vulnerance and resilience — spiritual abuse and sexual violence in new spiritual communities JF - Religions N2 - 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 Céline 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. KW - vulnerability KW - vulnerance KW - resilience KW - sexual and spiritual abuse KW - sacrifice KW - the sacred KW - non-survivors KW - spiritual communities KW - “other-power” KW - vulnerability paradox KW - expenditure paradox Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-275264 SN - 2077-1444 VL - 13 IS - 5 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Fuchs, Florian T1 - “Disney Dreams!“ – A Nighttime Spectacular in the Tension Field of Crowds, Communion, Emotion, and Religion N2 - The text deals with the nighttime spectacular of Disneyland Paris´ "Disney Dreams!" from the perspectives of mass, community, religion and emotions. It tries to open up this pop cultural show sociologically and theologically. N2 - Der Text beschäftigt sich mit der Abendshow des Disneyland Paris "Disney Dreams!" aus den Perspektiven Masse, Gemeinschaft, Religion und Emotionen. Es wird versucht, diese popkulturelle Show soziologisch und theologisch zu erschließen. KW - Soziologie KW - Phänomenologische Soziologie KW - Theologie KW - Disney KW - mass KW - emotion KW - theme park KW - event KW - Praktische Theologie KW - Ritual KW - Disney KW - Emotion KW - Event KW - Masse KW - Themenpark Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-159949 N1 - Die englische Fassung dieses Working Papers ist unter folgendem Link verfügbar: nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-159931 ER -