If you can't make a case for a discipline on the basis of the actual objects
studied by that discipline, it's doomed.
Not exact matches
Sufi orders have been banned
by the government of Turkey, but Sufism continues there as a powerful factor in the Islamic life of the country; both intellectuals and common people
study the writings of their famous Sufis and continue their personal Sufi
disciplines.
The three questions can serve as horizons within which to conduct rigorous inquiry into any of the array of subject matters implied
by the nature of congregations,
disciplined by any relevant scholarly method, in such a way that attention is focused on the theological significance of what is
studied:
Rather, the proposal is that
study of every subject matter that is selected for
study (using whatever academic
disciplines are appropriate) be shaped and guided
by an interest in the question: What is that subject matter's bearing on, or role in, the practices that constitute actual enactments, in specific concrete circumstances, of various construals of the Christian thing in and as Christian congregations?
Mission
Study or Missiology (as we interchangeably use the two terms) as an academic discipline is closely related to the study of (other) living religions, and the discipline itself by definition is incomplete without its biblical - theological, historical, and practical - ethical dimensions and foundat
Study or Missiology (as we interchangeably use the two terms) as an academic
discipline is closely related to the
study of (other) living religions, and the discipline itself by definition is incomplete without its biblical - theological, historical, and practical - ethical dimensions and foundat
study of (other) living religions, and the
discipline itself
by definition is incomplete without its biblical - theological, historical, and practical - ethical dimensions and foundations.
But
by the time «catechetics,» as the
study of instruction, became a theological
discipline in the seventeenth or eighteenth century, a curious reversal had taken place, and most of the talk was about dealing with children.
In the process of my slow reconciliation to the term I have been especially aided
by experts in child
study, who have been redefining
discipline as protection of the child from that from which he is not yet ready to protect himself.
By the time I had graduated, the field had become «one that maintains its interest in literary texts but explores all forms of aesthetic speech and that views performance as an art and recognizes its communicative potential and function» There were three challenges to those of us graduating with doctoral degrees in this
discipline: 1) to locate which performances within art and / or culture we would focus our attention on as scholars and performers; 2) to interpret the core concepts generating from the cultural turn in our
discipline to other
studies of culture and human communication and 3) to develop «performance - centered» methods of research and instruction in whatever parts of the university we found ourselves.
As noted
by Greeny, I was distinguishing between the commonly accepted qualifications for successful scholarship in virtually every secular
discipline as opposed to the apparent extra requirements to «objectively» qualify one to
study and comment upon questions of theology.
With the advent of National Socialism the official philosophical and racial teachings of the Third Reich, prepared
by its ideological forerunners, began to make themselves felt in all
disciplines concerned with the
study of religion and of society.
Many — if not most —
studies — such as literature, philosophy, history, religion, geography, and anthropology (to name only some of them)--
by their very nature draw upon a variety of other fields of
study and thus are particularly suited to general education, provided they are not ruined for that purpose
by professional zeal to make them into precise, technical, exclusive
disciplines — as occurs even in such a naturally general field as literature, when its promoters restrict it to technical textual analysis.
The rigors of academic
discipline were supplanted
by painless
studies which everyone could enjoy — but which few were able to respect.
Studies in language, mathematics, science, art, history, and philosophy are not made liberal merely
by recognizing and calling attention to the creative factors in these
disciplines and in the human activities with which they deal.
There are, therefore, two sets of
studies or academic
disciplines, those that
study the phenomena, which are what we mean
by nature, and those that
study the distinctively human.
In this way religious
studies can more closely approximate the university norm, where academic
disciplines are distinguished
by particular subject matters, not
by perspectives, and the subject matters are not themselves defined as perspectives.
I now propose to show more concretely just how liberal
studies entail the practice of freedom,
by examining briefly the nature of the knowing process in some of the main
disciplines in the liberal arts and sciences.
Every field of
disciplined study is defined
by certain characteristic methods and concepts.
The ministry requires
disciplined study and hard work, but creativity in these can be maintained only
by alternating with periods for recharging the batteries.
Their bodies were subjected to physical
discipline, and their souls were in - formed
by ancient Greece's traditions and customs, chiefly
by studying Homer, so that the young would emerge deeply shaped
by the dispositions that make for good citizens.
Two (Noel and Gier) discuss Altizer's relation to other nontraditional options for religious thought, and two are written
by historians of religions (King and Eliade), who view Altizer in perspectives provided
by the
discipline in which he did his doctoral
study.
Social action was not informed
by a lively sense of Christian community, rigorous prayer, and
disciplined Bible
study; our secular critics and our conservative brothers and sisters were not far off the mark in describing Christian social analysis as warmed - over liberalism.
In fact, all students and especially young people deeply appreciate and value academic
discipline if
by discipline we mean both the subject - matter to be
studied and some set requirements in the mastering of it.
Of course, such negative impact of religious
studies on religious faith is mitigated
by many other persons in the
discipline who entered the field as an extension of their religious calling and whose more positive perspectives are apparent despite pressures not to reveal any explicit religious commitment.
By refining its focus on «performance» as both cultural and aesthetic phenomena, the
discipline formerly named «oral interpretation» has employed dramatistic and theatrical metaphors to broaden definitions of «texts,» «speakers,» «audiences,» and «events» (or sites) in the
study of performance activity.
The purpose of this essay is to reconstitute the term for homiletics
by grounding it in the emergent
discipline of «performance
studies.»
Moreover, in its examination of problems of government in theological schools, the
study continues in the tradition of the University of Berlin
by voicing a powerful protest against patterns of school governance that «seem to have little confidence in the power of God to establish the victory of truth» and an eloquent plea for the freedom of inquiry that
disciplined critical inquiry requires.
But today in our Third World contexts, for obvious reasons, theological enterprise needs to be nurtured
by other
disciplines such as social sciences, cultural anthropology,
study of religions, political sciences, economy, etc..
More importantly, theological
study must attend to those
disciplines by which to assess the truth of old and new claims about how persons» identities and societies» power arrangements are shaped and changed.
Graduate
study was canalized
by these
disciplines and their sub-
disciplines.
American Catholic history may not be so booming a
discipline as biblical
studies or medical ethics, but even the most cursory survey of the American Catholic Studies Newsletter (published by the Cushwa Center for the study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, itself an institutional expression of the growth of the field) reveals an extraordinary breadth of research, ranging from classic institutional histories and biographies of key figures to the new social history, with its emphases on patterns of community, spirituality, family life, and edu
studies or medical ethics, but even the most cursory survey of the American Catholic
Studies Newsletter (published by the Cushwa Center for the study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, itself an institutional expression of the growth of the field) reveals an extraordinary breadth of research, ranging from classic institutional histories and biographies of key figures to the new social history, with its emphases on patterns of community, spirituality, family life, and edu
Studies Newsletter (published
by the Cushwa Center for the
study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, itself an institutional expression of the growth of the field) reveals an extraordinary breadth of research, ranging from classic institutional histories and biographies of key figures to the new social history, with its emphases on patterns of community, spirituality, family life, and education.
As the weeks went
by, it became clear that Father Staupitz was wanting the brilliant young priest to hasten on with his
studies so that he could begin to lecture eventually in Staupitz's own
discipline.
The two
disciplines of Tafsir and Hadith — learned commentary and
study of traditions — served the development of theology and law, but before turning to them a few words must be said about the auxiliary
disciplines needed
by Tafsir and Hadith.
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studies teachers and instructors of other
disciplines that require some knowledge of Catholic theology.
Rhetoric, logic, metaphysics, Latin, and some Greek were the major
disciplines to be mastered for the bachelor of arts degree; and in the
study of these
disciplines, even in colleges dominated
by Puritan influence, Aristotle, Cicero, Ovid, Demosthenes, and Homer occupied a conspicuous place.
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To judge the prize, the Council will be joined
by leading experts in related
disciplines, including US food scientist and writer Harold McGee; Massimo Montanari, a professor of Medieval History at Bologna University and one of the leading world experts in Food
Studies; renowned novelist Laura Esquivel; and Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
One major finding of the MTA
Study conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health (2) was that the children of parents who developed a disciplined yet positive approach to parenting were able to maintain treatment gains during the 14 month period of the s
Study conducted
by the National Institute of Mental Health (2) was that the children of parents who developed a
disciplined yet positive approach to parenting were able to maintain treatment gains during the 14 month period of the
studystudy.
By expanding and deepening our understanding of the cyber revolution, the Programme will create a new body of knowledge with potentially profound implications for the
study of politics and related
disciplines, as well as for the practice of government and diplomacy.
To show how information builds up and flows among scientific
disciplines, Columbia University computer scientist W. Bradford Paley, along with colleagues Kevin Boyack and Dick Klavans, categorized about 800,000 scholarly papers into 776 areas of scientific
study (shown as colored circular nodes) based on how often the papers were cited together
by other papers.
Preschool teachers and staff show signs of implicit bias in administering
discipline, but the race of the teacher plays a big role in the outcome, according to research conducted
by the Yale Child
Study Center.
A
study section which wants to «protect its turf» will seize on the statement «fostering the health and propagation of
disciplines is not the function of NIH, but rather of universities» as an excuse to shoot down basic research proposals
by people who they perceive as being outside their own
discipline.
Women received tenure less often than men with equal productivity in three
disciplines studied by Kate Weisshaar, a Ph.D. student in sociology at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
The
studies are part of an emerging
discipline called neuroaesthetics, founded just over 10 years ago
by Semir Zeki of University College London.
Focused both on discovery and on mentoring future generations of researchers, Salk scientists make groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of cancer, aging, Alzheimer's, diabetes and infectious diseases
by studying neuroscience, genetics, cell and plant biology and related
disciplines.
The aim of the Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Research training program is to train young scientists to design and conduct research on significant problems in cancer
by combining information and approaches from different scientific
disciplines, including basic cellular and molecular biology, epidemiology, clinical trials and
studies, and behavioral - social sciences.
Vasculata combines a self -
study program and seminars from leaders in the field with optional hands - on workshops, thus providing attendees with a unique learning experience in a
discipline not comprehensively covered in textbooks or even
by courses in most universities.
Through her
studies and experience, Marta has developed her own system of plyometrics and resistance exercises used
by professional athletes across a variety of
disciplines.
Pattabhi Jois had mastered the yoga teachings
by a strict
discipline of
study and through a yoga sadhana that included in - depth memorization of traditional text — harking back to the days when yogic teachings were limited to oral transmission.
The British Columbia
Study Abroad (BCSA) Consortium is a group of BC post-secondary institutions that work together to encourage students to gain international academic experience by offering short - term study abroad programs across disciplines and countries around the w
Study Abroad (BCSA) Consortium is a group of BC post-secondary institutions that work together to encourage students to gain international academic experience
by offering short - term
study abroad programs across disciplines and countries around the w
study abroad programs across
disciplines and countries around the world.
Cinephilia, like film
studies and film criticism, has tended to be torn between two opposing goals: breaking down the barriers between
disciplines and traditional conceptions of art, and shoring up its own legitimacy
by appealing to those very categories it sought to undermine.