This paper examines the cultural and theological dimensions of Weet-Bix, an iconic Australian cereal produced by the Sanitarium Health Food Company, a department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA). It argues that Weet-Bix simultaneously embodies SDA principles of health and holiness while concealing these religious origins through secular branding. Drawing on historical and doctrinal foundations of SDA dietary reform, the study shows how Sanitarium’s commitment to plant-based nutrition reflects a theology of bodily purity and moral discipline. At the same time, marketing strategies recast these spiritual imperatives as national virtues of health, sport, and family life. Through analysis of corporate culture and a case study of the Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon, the paper explores the tension between Sanitarium’s public-facing secularity and its religious roots, revealing how SDA foodways persist beneath the surface of Australian consumer culture. This research contributes to understanding the hidden influence of religion on everyday food practices and the construction of national identity.
The complex interwoven crises of climate disruption and biodiversity loss demand not only rapid technological innovation for sustainable development but also major shifts in consumption and behaviour, implying a need for responses rooted in ethical values and a reorientation of attitudes towards the more-than-human world. In this context, given the global significance of faith communities and institutions as motivators and moral authorities, it is important that faith leaders state the challenges for sustainable development and suggest pathways forward to protect the environment and people that live in it. Building on his landmark encyclical of 2015, <i>Laudato Si’</i>, Pope Francis issued <i>Laudate Deum</i>, an apostolic exhortation on the climate crisis, and followed this up with a message to COP 28 for leaders to show leadership in facing up to the climate challenge. We argue that the interventions of Pope Francis point to the crucial importance of an approach to sustainable development that can integrate faith perspectives on social and ecological ethics with the knowledge generated by the natural sciences and by environmental systems science. The <i>interdependence</i> revealed by the emerging scientific understanding of human, animal, and ecosystem life implies the bioethics of care and stewardship, which have the potential to bring people together across religious and disciplinary divides. Unlike other analyses, we argue that it is important to understand how life was created if we are to care for it effectively and sustainably. We also put forward the case for more sustainable land use and the production of more sustainable foods. This article is written from the perspective of the Catholic Church, including its approach to moral theology, but we argue that the implications of the analysis are relevant to all faith communities and religious institutions seeking to promote sustainable development.
Drawing from asexual experience and theory, this essay demonstrates how many Catholic magisterial and progressive theological accounts of the human person mask the realities of asexuality by reflecting and perpetuating compulsory sexuality. To correct this oversight and move Catholic theological anthropologies beyond compulsory sexuality, the author explores underappreciated dimensions of human life that often feature more prominently among asexual persons because of their asexuality. This reflection shows asexuality to be a fecund resource for expanding theological reflection on human relationship to the more-than-human world, to other humans, and to God.
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith’s declaration Dignitas Infinita states two primary purposes: to clarify the meaning of dignity and condemn violations of dignity. Human dignity has come to be a “brand” of Catholic morality and the word has had several meanings. The first task is creative and constructive and offers a narrative on the development of the church’s moral teaching. The Dicastery offers “a fourfold distinction of the concept of dignity.” The second, a list of actions and practices that violate dignity, is a collection of statements from the Vatican. This essay argues that three of the four understandings of dignity are helpful in addressing social issues and that the central idea of the text, ontological dignity, is not developed and pushed through to its conclusions. The essay questions the listing of the “grave violations of human dignity" not seeing correlation and causation between them, condemning without offering ways of responding, and seemingly stating a moral equivalence among them.
An ethical framework for dealing with geriatric communities is mostly absent in developing countries. This article presents an ethics framework for public health that can be used to address older persons' communities and their associated vulnerability. A mixed methods approach was used for the design of this framework. A principal component analysis was employed to summarise the information content. The rotated component matrix identified nine determinants from the survey outcome. A five-point Likert scale rated fifty statements relevant to care for older persons. The rating of the mentioned statements confirmed that social determinants influence older persons' health. Furthermore, such statements' ratings also highlighted the role of government and support systems in the care of older persons. The evident link between social determinants and ethics was noteworthy, as well as the fact that social determinants contribute towards ethical challenges. It was further confirmed that an ethical framework could contribute towards health and judgements concerning older communities.
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‘n Etiese raamwerk met die oog op die hantering van ouer gemeenskappe is meestal nie beskikbaar in ontwikkelende lande nie. Hierdie artikel bied ‘n etiek-raamwerk vir openbare gesondheid wat gebruik kan word om ouerpersone-gemeenskappe en hul gepaardgaande broosheid te hanteer. Vir die ontwerp van hierdie raamwerk is ’n gemengdemetode-benadering gebruik. ‘n Hoofkomponentanalise is aangewend om die inhoud van die inligting op te som. Die gedraaide komponentmatriks het nege faktore geïdentifiseer wat op die uitkoms van die opname/dataversameling gebaseer is. ‘n Vyfpunt-Likertskaal is gebruik om stellings wat op die sorg van ouer persone betrekking het te takseer. Die taksering van die genoemde stellings het bevestig dat sosiale faktore ’n invloed op die gesondheid van ouer persone uitoefen. Voorts het die taksering van die sodanige stellings ook die owerheid en ondersteuningstelsels se rol in ouer persone se versorging beklemtoon. Die voor die hand liggende skakel tussen sosiale faktore en etiek was opmerklik, asook die feit dat sosiale faktore tot etiese uitdagings bygedra het. Daar is verder bevestig dat ’n etiese raamwerk tot die gesondheid van ouer persone en hul versorging kan bydra.
This article begins with an overview of Christian moral arguments that surface in the context of gun violence prevention advocacy. The description focuses on three claims that appear in press events and many web resources: all life is sacred, the sin of idolatry, and a call to nonviolence. Running through these arguments are references to vulnerability that bring significant moral confusion. Is vulnerability something to be addressed as a social problem, accepted as existentially inevitable, or embraced as a sign of faithfulness? The third part of the article returns to the contexts of activism to introduce a third space, the vigil. When participants in the vigil read the names of victims and hear the stories of survivors, we are reminded that gun violence prevention necessitates a distinction between actual vulnerability to gun violence, existential vulnerability as finite creatures in a fragile creation, and a virtuous vulnerability that voluntarily assumes risk as a sign of faith in God. The vigil not only reminds participants of these distinctions, but holds those vulnerable to gun violence at the center of concern around which one organizes a moral and political response that approaches vulnerability as a problem to address and not a virtue to commend.
This essay examines the differences that result from two different ways of framing abortion. The first way is intention based; it evaluates the act primarily on the basis of the purpose of the agent in acting. On this view, abortion is best described as intentional killing of the innocent. The second way is rights based; it evaluates an act on the basis of whether or not it occurs within the agent’s protected sphere of activity. On this view, abortion is best viewed as a legitimate protection of a woman’s bodily integrity. I explore how these different moral frames engage different aspects of the religious imagination. Finally, I suggest ways in which the chasm between intention-based analysis and rights-based analysis might be bridged.
Mohammed Abduladheem Neamah Al Khafaji, T.N. Balashova
Background. The international concept of human rights, which emerged after the Second World War, consolidated the basic values and standards of a dignified human exis-tence, and also determined the secular nature of the relationship between a person, society and the state. Reflecting the ideas and worldview of Western civilization, the concept of human rights in its implementation in Muslim countries encounters certain difficulties asso-ciated with the fact that, firstly, Islam continues to have a significant impact on the politi-cal, legal, social and cultural development of these countries; secondly, there is no single Islamic legal and socio-cultural practice on the problem of human rights. The article aims to correlate the international concept of human rights with the doctrines of Islamic jurispru-dence, which have a theological (religious) basis. Materials and methods. The research objectives set in the work were achieved through the study of the doctrines of Islamic juris-prudence on the problem of the realization of human rights. The fundamental principles underlying the study are the principle of the systems approach and dialectical interdepen-dence. The theoretical and methodological basis of the work was formed by such research methods as the synthesis of the general theory of the secular concept of human rights and modern Islamic doctrines that analyze the possibility of realizing human rights in Muslim countries, as well as comparative legal, logical, formal legal methods. To solve the goal set in the study, a complex of such mutually complementary scientific methods as: systemic and socio-cultural analysis, structural-functional method was used. Results. The article examines the relationship between secular legal thought and religious tradition on the im-plementation and protection of human rights in Muslim countries, the effectiveness of which depends not only on the legal, political, but also on the moral and moral components. Conclusions. Muslim countries cannot fully accept the secular concept of human rights, since traditional Islamic jurisprudence relies on theology (interpretation of the Koran) and doctrine developed by Islamic thinkers and lawyers. Currently in Islam there are diametri-cally opposite, competing with each other doctrines on the correlation of the concept of human rights with the Islamic legal culture. The doctrines analyzed in the article do not exhaust the discourse on human rights in Islam, but allow us to highlight its main direc-tions, as well as look for opportunities for a constructive intercultural dialogue on the implementation of human rights, taking into account the peculiarities of the Muslim legal system.
It is now 49 years since Johan Heyns’s Sterwende Christendom? [Dying Christendom] was published (1969) in which he traced the history of secularisation and its impact on the theology of his time and 36 years since the publication (1982) of the first volume of his Teologiese etiek [Theological ethics] in which he discussed the impact of secularisation on ethics. In this article, the topic of the impact of secularisation on Christian ethics is revisited. Account is taken of research conducted on the secularising impact of modernisation since then. Although empirical research points to the fact that it is not true that modernisation inevitably leads to the complete demise of religious faith and ethics, and also not that there is today absolutely no room for religious influences in the different social orders, it does not mean that it is a case of business as usual for Christian ethics. It cannot be denied that modernisation has a significant effect on the shape of Christian ethics in the contemporary world. And it can also not be denied that in most contemporary liberal democratic societies, including South Africa, the public role of Christian ethics is restricted. Some of the challenges – and opportunities – present-day realities pose to South African churches and their members are identified and discussed.
Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: On account of the pluralising and fragilising impact of modernisation on Christian faith, the discipline of Christian ethics should today criticise the absolutising of Christian ethical beliefs and encourage Christians to actively support consensus seeking on moral values in the workplace and in society.
Tefsirin
kullandığı bilgi, çoklu mekanizmalarca denetlenip mahiyetleri, işlevleri ve hakikat
değerlerine göre sınıflanmış bilgidir. Rivayet-dirayet, tefsir-te’vil,
nass-içtihat/yorum, beyân-burhân veya beyân-irfân gibi nakil-akıl
diyalektiğinde oluşan ayrımlar, tefsir ilminin işlediği bilginin mahiyetine, metoduna
ve amacına ilişkin temel kategorilerdir. Bu kavramlar, tefsirin kullandığı bilginin ham halde bırakılmayıp haysiyet kayıtları çerçevesinde
tasnif edildiğini, analitik ve sentetik işlemlere
tabi tutulduğunu
gösteren kavramlardır. Bu kavramların içerikleriyle birlikte bir tefsir
eserinin iletmek istediği manalara ulaşmak için yazarının zihnini biçimleyen tarihi
atmosferi ve yazarın bilgi ve varlık tasavvurunu da incelemek gerekmektedir. Çünkü
metinler, yazarları ve ilişik oldukları tarihi ve kültürel ortamla
bütünleşiktirler. Bu makale Medârik metnini anılan bağlamda dayandığı bilgi
sistemleri açısından incelemektedir.
Norma Margaret Nel, Lloyd Daniel Nkoli Tlale, Petra Engelbrecht
et al.
Inclusive education forms the ethos of the education system in South Africa and resonates with the Constitution of the country, which recognises diversity and resists exclusivity. Inclusive education is also reflected in education policies such as the Education White Paper 6: Special Education – Building an Inclusive Education and Training System and the Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS) document. Pivotal to inclusive education is the provision of support for all learners and teachers. The focus of this paper is on the functionality of all the formal support structures that are in place for teachers and learners from the teachers’ viewpoints. These support structures include District-Based Support Teams (DBSTs), Institutional-Level Support Teams (ILSTs), Full-Service Schools (FSS), Special Schools as Resource Centres (SSRC), Learning Support Educators (LSEs) and the community. An interpretive research paradigm was chosen, using convenience sampling and data was collected by means of focus group interviews. Constant comparative data analysis was employed. Peer review and member checks were used to ensure trustworthiness. The themes that emerged were: support provided by teachers; the role of official support structures and special schools and community collaboration. It was evident, from the teachers’ point of view, that the formal support structures are not as effective, as proposed by policy and educational authorities, and that the policy needs serious re-consideration.
https://doi.org/10.19108/KOERS.81.3.2249
Doğu ve Batı kiliselerinin ayrılış nedeni olarak genellikle 1054 yılında Papalık delegeleri ile İstanbul'daki ruhban sınıfının ileri gelenleri arasındaki tartışmalar gösterilmektedir. Ancak bu tarih iki tarafın karşılıklı olarak afarozlaşmalarının ve ayrılığın resmileştirilmesinin tarihtir. Halbuki Hristiyanlığın Doğu ve Batı, Katolik ve Ortodoks olarak ikiye bölünmesi uzun bir tarihi sürecin sonucudur. Makalede bu süreç hakkında bilgi verilmekte, ayrılışın nedenleri ortaya konmaya çalışılmaktadır.
Töre, Türk kültüründe tarih boyunca önemli bir yere sahip olmuştur. özellikle Eski Türklerde töre, diğer kurumları çevreleyen bir merkezde yer almaktadır. Töre, Türk sosyal yapısında bir Türk kalptir. Kan buradan tüm kurumlara pompalanır. onun etkisi ve önemi yüzyıllar içerisinde değişerek yayılmıştır. çalışmamızda töre, donmuş bir kalıp olarak değil, değişerek devam eden bir kurum olarak ele alınmıştır. Onda geçmişi, şimdiyi ve geleceği görmek mümkündür. Töre, büyük bir geleneği temsil ederek geçmişi, şimdi hayatta kalarak bugünü ve ideal olanı sunarak geleceği kucaklamaktadır. Bu nedenle töreyi daha iyi değerlendirebilmek için, onun köklerini ve başlangıç noktasını araştırmaya , onun gelişmekte olan sürecini araştırmaya çalıştık.
İnanma şartı her dinin en başta gelen unsurudur. Dini
inancın pratiğe dökülerek hayata yansıyan tezahürü ise, dinin bir diğer önemli
unsuru olan ibadetlerdir. Bu makalede, ibadet kavramının kelime anlamı öncelikle
açıklanarak, çeşitli dinlerdeki ibadet uygulamaları ile ilgili bilgiler
verilmektedir.
In the wake of an eroded sense of natural law comes the rise of digitality, bringing its own sense of reason and order. A regained and rehabilitated understanding of natural law in today’s digital world necessitates an understanding of the underlying assumptions of digitality itself. Only such a renewed understanding of natural law, informed by grace (recta ratio), can serve as a guiding principle for the emerging digital age for what it means to flourish, seeing teche not as an end in and of itself but a means to the End – a pattern leading to the Pattern-Maker.
Autor podzielił tekst na pięć części. W pierwszej krótko zaprezentował najważniejsze strony w toczonej coraz gwałtowniej dyskusji nad badaniami społeczno-kulturowej tożsamości płciowej. Zasugerował także, że określenie miejsca gender studies w obrębie podstawowych metafizyczno-teoriopoznawczych stanowisk umożliwia wskazanie najważniejszych kierunków, w których winna podążyć krytyka gender studies. Część druga została poświęcona charakterystyce podstawowych metafizyczno-teoriopoznawczych nastawień do rzeczywistości. Kolejno autor zaprezentował: metafizyczny realizm, metafizyczny idealizm, teoriopoznawczy realizm oraz teoriopoznawczy idealizm. W partii trzeciej omówione zostały najważniejsze założenia, tezy oraz postulaty stawiane w ramach gender studies. Czytelnik może zapoznać się z przedstawicielami gender studies, ich poglądami i założeniami. W części czwartej ukazano punkty styczne, napięcia oraz sprzeczności pomiędzy gender studies a kluczowymi metafizyczno-teoriopoznawczymi stanowiskami. W części ostatniej autor dochodzi do przekonania, że gender studies wydają się być przejawem idealistyczno-metafizycznego oraz realistyczno-teoriopoznawczego nastawienia do rzeczywistości. Na tej podstawie formułuje pięć najważniejszych wskazań, które winni uwzględnić krytycy gender studies.
Este trabajo busca tanto relacionar la teología de Jenófanes con la cosmovisión heredada de la épica, como encontrar vestigios de la nueva religiosidad griega del siglo VI a. C. La posibilidad de hallar rastros de pitagorismo en los fragmentos nos obliga a postular la relación necesaria entre la defensa de una nueva fe y la crítica a la religión tradicional. Jenófanes atribuye cuatro características a dios: unicidad, inmovilidad, espiritualidad, eternidad. Es posible ver en la obra de Homero una prefiguración de algunos de estos atributos y es posible, además, reconocer en ellos la influencia de las nuevas corrientes mistéricas que reformularon algunos de los conceptos religiosos tradicionales o los rechazaron, dada la incompatibilidad entre la inmoralidad y la divinidad.<br>This article attempts to relate theology of Xenophanes with worldview that goes back to epic poetry and to find traces of new religiosity in century VI B. C. Possibility to find traces of Pythagorism in fragmente forces us to suggest a necessary relation between defense of a new faith and criticism of traditional religión. Xenophanes ascribes to god four characteristics: oneness, immobility, spirituality, eternity. It is possible to find in Homer's work a precedent of some attributes and it is possible too to recognize innuence of new mystery religions that reform many religious concepts or reject them because of incompatibility between immorality and divinity.
Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature