bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Contact interaction between bodies with wavy relief taking into account interstitial compressible liquid
Authors: Kozachok Oleg
Published: February 2020

The non-frictional contact between two semi-infinite elastic bodies, one of which has a wavy surface, is considered for the case of interface gaps filled with a compressible barotropic liquid. The contact problem formulated is reduced to a singular integral equation (SIE) with the Hilbert kernel, which is transformed into a SIE with the Cauchy kernel for a derivative of a height of the gaps. A system of transcendental equations for a width of the gaps and a pressure of the liquid is obtained from the condition of boundedness of the SIE solution at the integration interval ends and the equation of state of a compressible barotropic liquid, and then it is solved numerically. The dependences of the width and shape of the gaps, the pressure of the liquid, the average normal displacement and contact compliance of the bodies on the applied load and bulk modulus of the liquid are analyzed.
Modeling of carbon monoxide oxidation on the catalytic surface in the two-dimensional case
Authors: Ryzha Iryna
Published: February 2020

A two-dimensional model of carbon monoxide (CO) catalytic oxidation on a platinum (Pt) surface for the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism is investigated. The adsorbate-driven (1×1)-(1×2) structural phase transition of Pt(110) and the formation of new crystal planes on the catalytic surface (faceting) as well as the effect of the substrate temperature are taken into account. It is shown that the stability region for CO oxidation reaction changes when two dimensions are taken into account. Similarly to the one-dimensional case, the reaction of CO oxidation on Pt-catalyst surface is periodic in the stability region. Mixed-mode oscillations (MMO) for CO and oxygen (O) surface coverages as well as the fraction of the surface in the non-reconstructed (1×1)-state were found. Such behavior cannot be predicted by one-dimensional models when the equation for the change of degree of faceting is not taken into account.
Environmental factors affecting flavonoid accumulation in plants Poligonum weyrichii growing in Murmansk region
Authors: Korovkina A. V. , Zhirov V. K.
Published: February 2020

Cardiovascular diseases caused by free radical oxidation processes are taking the lion’s share in the structure of the overall morbidity, mortality and disability amongst the adult population in Murmansk region. The need for developing new health-saving technologies, as well as import substitution in the pharmacological sphere necessitate the search for new natural and effective sources. Weyrich’s knotweed (Poligonum weyrichii Fr. Schmidt.) growing in Murmansk region is a promising source of flavonoid compounds for the production of adaptogenic drugs. Our pilot study was conducted to evaluate the flavonoid content and the ecological dependencies of their accumulation in the tissues of the inflorescences, the leaves of the upper and middle layers and in the rhizomes during the growing season in two nearly adjacent areas which differ in climatic conditions. We used wild-growing (in both areas) and cultivated (only one location) plants. The study revealed that the content of flavonoids in the leaves and inflorescences of the Weyrich’s knotweed growing on the territories of the industrially developed central part of the Murmansk region can exceed 5.0% by weight of the dried tissue. The obtained data indicate that the leaves (up to 3.4%) and inflorescences (up to 5.6%) differ by the highest content of these compounds at the beginning or in the second half of the growing season, respectively, and the deterioration of external conditions stimulates their synthesis. Taking into account the high biomass of Weyrich’s knotweed plants, their high growth rate and resistance under extreme conditions, they can be considered as a promising pharmacologically valuable plant for the Murmansk region. The possibilities and prospects of using the P. weyrichii plants as the main plant for the regional production of adaptogenic drugs are discussed.
«Private Self» in the situation of the «disappearance» of the Other: the paradox of redundancy
Authors: Ходус О. В.
Published: February 2020

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of organizing the private life, which is formed and changed in the complex interaction of the Self with the Other. It is claimed that in the present mode of production of subjectivity there has been a significant performance related to the extension of the “private self”. It is emphasized that the problem of our time is not in itself privacy or even the ease with which digital technologies facilitate access to the intimate, hidden aspects of our lives, but the loss of the individual’s ability to live in private as such, loss of privacy, autonomy, fear of remaining Alone with you, reducing the need to hide something. The consequence of this is the desire for a life «alone with everybody», which is a clear result of particular conflicts of individual and collective subjectivity. It is determined that the «scattering» of private semantics throughout the «social body» was a natural result of a specific ontology of the present time, which is denoted by the (re)configuration of the intersubjective connection of the Self - the Other, namely, the redefinition of the status of the Other (Great Other and various «real» others - authorities from the environment of the subject) against the background of «over-sufficiency» of the Self. The post-social, simulation, hyper-real order of constructing the I-Other relationship is emphasized. Such its properties condition a situation of potential (in)attention to the Other, (in)certainty of the Other, radical «liquidation of the Other». It is stated that in the situation of «missing Other», «statistical Other», «artificial / mediated Other», the limits and limits of one’s Self are questioned, that is, the sense of «secret life» disappears. It is said that private life is organized today in the format of a «publicly organized event» (in terminology by L. Theveno). It is determined that as the subject becomes involved in the most public mode of interaction, his attitude towards himself will find manifestation in the mode of expressive desire for self-expression, which can often acquire quite bold and frank forms of self-objectification. It is justified that in any case such a construction of privacy is marked by obvious redundancy. On the one hand, it turns out to be a kind of spectacle made up of various visually designed elements – personal stories, cases from private everyday life, personal emotional and physical representations aimed at creating an «impression». On the other hand, excess privacy, being the epiphenomenon of modern techno-capitalism of the neoliberal sense, emerges as an effective resource for utilitarian (self)exploitation and potential commercialization of self.
The emergence of artificial Intelligence through the prism of Haeckel’s biogenetic law
Authors: Бескаравайний С. С.
Published: February 2020

The article discusses the analogies between the formation of humanity as a collective subject, and the modern process of forming artificial intelligence, which should also have the features of a collective subject. It is shown that attempts to rely solely on the study of individual intelligence are unproductive. The isomorphism of anthroposociogenesis and the creation of AI is motivated by the following: AI is created by human civilization - therefore, its thinking will reproduce both the features of individual intelligence and the features of civilization that ensure the socialization of the individual. The problem of copying consciousness is difficult to analyze, therefore, the formation of subjectivity is considered. A technosubject is a collection of devices and programs that can determine their own future. It has been established that the bio-genetic law acts as a vector for the evolutionary variability of technical devices and sets the boundary conditions that must be met in the process of becoming a techno-subject. Copying the process of the emergence of the human mind and at the same time the practice of society in the accumulation and processing of information shows the path of development. Since now all functional mechanisms of the development of the mind and consciousness have not been revealed, it is necessary to correlate the new, computer mind with the form, with the external manifestations of the previous, natural, intelligence. There are also differences between these processes: 1) in comparison with the formation of human intelligence, the formation of AI is more reflexive, conscious, 2) the fundamentally different physicality of AI, due to the transfer of a large amount of information between machines, 3) the formation of techno-subject can be completely different in speed, since the learning ability of neural networks can exceed the learning ability of a person. Now, technological structures for storing information that we perceive in a socio-technological context can become elements of the body of a new subject. The Internet of things shows the possibility of a fundamentally new physicality, and communications in it are equivalent to unconscious biochemical processes in the human body. At the same time, copying the forms of the human body is redundant, but copying of manipulators and robot operators that can interact with the infrastructure created by man is necessary. It is shown that the Internet as a whole, as a single system, in modern conditions cannot become an AI carrier, it is more a medium than a subject. The carriers of AI should be the structural units of the technosphere, which will become the spokesmen of those contradictions that are sources of development. Probably, these will be technocenoses that will strive to achieve autotrophy, which will require extremely clear goal-setting from them, and, as a result, will lead them to the status of a techno-subject.
Internally displaced persons in the context of current migration processes in Ukraine
Authors: Бубняк С. М.
Published: February 2020

The introduction highlights the relevance of the study of migration processes in Ukraine and outlines the problematic circle regarding its regulation. The concept of «migration» in the sciences of the humanitarian block is considered. It is revealed that the number of internally displaced persons has increased since the signing of the Association Agreement and the visa-free regime between Ukraine and the EU. Therefore, statistics on the register at the legislative level of IDPs are provided. Basic research and scholars dealing with this social topic are reviewed. Therefore, the purpose of the article was to outline the purpose of the article, namely to clarify a terminological problem between the concepts of refugees, displaced persons or IDPs.The main part states that the annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the conflict in the Donbass have caused the mass relocation of people for the second time in Ukraine. For the first time, the state encountered this phenomenon during the Chernobyl disaster. A methodological toolkit for regulating the legal status of IDPs is considered. The differences between the concepts of refugees, displaced persons, IDPs are outlined.As a result, a “refugee” is a person who is not a citizen of Ukraine and, because of a well-founded fear of becoming a victim of persecution on grounds of race, religion, nationality, citizenship (nationality), independence of a particular social group or political beliefs outside the country of his / her nationality and may not enjoy the protection of this country, or does not wish to enjoy this protection because of such fears, or without citizenship (nationality) and being outside the country of his former permanent residence, may or may not return to her because of these concerns. «Internally displaced persons» are people or groups of people who have been forced to flee their homes to escape armed conflict, violence or mass human rights abuses. IDPs are persons or groups of persons within the country who have been forced to flee, or who have left their place of permanent residence as a result of or to avoid the effects of military conflict, mass violence, human rights violations, natural or man-made disasters, and who have not crossed the internationally recognized borders of the state.
Normative provision of the institute of appeals in the system of providing public services
Authors: Серьогіна Т. В.
Published: February 2020

It is established that one of the first elements of ensuring the proper level of efficiency in the process of providing a public service is the appeals procedure. The need to prevent the possible influence of a subjective factor on the part of an official of a public authority requires the creation of the necessary basis, both theoretical and practical. However, attention of domestic scientists is not sufficient to the institute of appeals, so there is no single approach to defining the notion to date. It is revealed that the definition of the concept of "appeals" in the field of public service provision was not found in the legislative framework too. Therefore, it is proposed to update the provisions of the Preamble to the Law of Ukraine "On Citizens' Appeals" in the context of the public service delivery system.The peculiarity of the institute of appeals is the status of a person who is considered, depending on the sphere of public service, as a "subject of treatment", "educational seeker", "patient", "person, individual social groups, who are in difficult life circumstances and cannot independently to overcome”, which requires special attention.It is revealed that among the categories of appeals defined in the Law of Ukraine “On Citizens' Appeals”, the most relevant to the content of the concept of “appeals” in the public service delivery system is the statement.The application procedure is covered in more detail in the by-laws. In particular, it is approved the Classifier of Citizens' Appeals in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Decree No. 858 of September 24, 2008 and it is approved Methods of assessing the level of organization of work with appeals of citizens in the executive bodies in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Decree of June 24, 2009, No. 630.It is established that a considerable level of detailed fixing in the domestic regulatory framework of the procedure of appeals takes place only in the field of administrative services. The necessity of supplementing the mechanism of public service provision with a component related to the procedure of appeal is substantiated.
Problems of formation of public management mechanisms: health system: a discussion of the discussion field
Authors: Долгіх М. В.
Published: February 2020

The article substantiates that the country's health care system is in a state of constant transformation. Being a multi-level and branching structure, the system is evolving into complex approaches to defining governance mechanisms in the public and private healthcare sectors. It is in them that the state reproduces a new system of governance mechanisms, which need to be considered in the aggregate of the effects of meso, macro and microfactors with the use of new forms of government at all levels.According to the National Strategy for the Reform of the Medical System of Ukraine for the period 2015-2020, key problems, potential directions and ways of their solution for the formation of a new state policy in the field, including deep regulatory transformations and introduction of new financial mechanisms for ensuring human rights in the field of protection, have been identified health. In such circumstances, the country's medical system must be based on three fundamental principles: human-centered, result-oriented, best-in-class, and best practices in healthcare delivery.A review of historical and scientific sources shows that the management of the health care system requires systematic changes and qualitatively new approaches, finding alternative ways of reforming the organizational and economic mechanism of the medical industry, developing new models of interaction of public administration mechanisms to preserve the able-bodied population. We also believe that the mechanisms of public health management currently in place in our country do not correspond to its current changes.
The characterization of the best approximant for the multivariable functions in the space $L_{p_1,..,p_n;\Omega }$
Authors: Tkachenko M.Ye. , Traktynska V.M.
Published: February 2020

The questions of the characterization of the best approximant in spaces of multivariable functions with mixed integral metric with weight were considered in this article. The general form of a bounded linear functional and the criterion of the best approximant in these spaces are obtained.
Panorama clown en Costa Rica
Authors: Bertheau Carvajal Carolina , Zumbado Cambronero Carolina
Published: February 2020

El clown, en Costa Rica, como arte contemporáneo va en ascenso. Por lo tanto, hacer un escaneo de las percepciones de las personas involucradas en su forma artística se hace indispensable, para comprender su desarrollo en el país.
Temas, convenciones y estilos en el diseño de la nueva familia de billetes costarricenses 2009-2019 como expresión de la ideología y la colonialidad
Authors: Andrade Cambronero Grettel
Published: February 2020

El presente artículo analiza los billetes costarricenses como expresión de la ideología y la colonialidad. Se hace una mirada de los estilos y convenciones de antiguas piezas numismáticas costarricenses y también se analiza semióticamente, en torno a esos ejes, el actual papel moneda que circula en Costa Rica, como evidencia de la ideología actual. Sirva este ensayo para dar pie a una reflexión en torno a la relación que existe entre el diseño, la producción visual, la identidad y la ideología.
La composición musical de mujeres de élite durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX en Chile
Authors: Vera Malhue Fernanda
Published: February 2020

La composición y práctica musical en el XIX constituyó un fenómeno transversal en Latinoamérica. Se pueden encontrar ejemplos de música de salón en la mayoría de las bibliotecas y archivos de la región, de los cuales muchos son fruto de recientes sistematizaciones. En este contexto, han salido a la luz una serie de repertorios de la época producto de la creación musical femenina o bien una serie de interesantes repertorios recopilados y/o transcritos por ellas. El presente trabajo pretende describir una posible posición de autoría de estas mujeres con respecto a sus creaciones musicales en Chile durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Considero que este espacio de creación autónoma, asumido en la época como eminentemente femenino, constituyó un punto de enunciación de la propia existencia, implicó una forma de ingreso al campo cultural y permitió a estas mujeres emitir opiniones políticas y sociales con respecto a distintos fenómenos de su época.
Los conciertos de Teresa Carreño en Caracas en 1862: construcciones de género, virtuosismo y patriotismo
Authors: Pita Laura
Published: February 2020

En 1862, a los ocho años de edad Teresa Carreño ofreció varios conciertos privados en Caracas en los que improvisó e interpretó piezas del repertorio virtuosístico para piano. Varios miembros de los círculos musicales e intelectuales caraqueños la elogiaron ampliamente en la prensa por su habilidad musical. No obstante, la recepción de estos conciertos reflejaba entre líneas las tensiones y paradojas que se dieron en la cultura musical caraqueña entre las prácticas y valores que modelaban la vida de conciertos y la cultura de salón en Caracas, los estereotipos de género dominantes y las aspiraciones de progreso cultural que abogaba la élite política e intelectual. El presente estudio discute la recepción de los conciertos de Carreño en el contexto del entramado cultural del siglo XIX, atendiendo la forma en que estos problematizaron las convenciones de género y los valores sociales y estéticos que modelaron la producción y recepción de la música en Caracas, y cómo sirvieron para articular las aspiraciones culturales de la naciente nación venezolana.
ANÁLISE ESTATÍSTICA DO DESEMPENHO DE ALUNOS COTISTAS VERSUS NÃO COTISTAS: UM ESTUDO SOBRE O RENDIMENTO ESCOLAR DE ESTUDANTES DE CURSO TÉCNICO INTEGRADO
Authors: Lima Claudiney Nunes de , Oliveira Adilson Ribeiro de , Cruz Thiago Luiz Borges da
Published: February 2020

Este estudo procura responder a algumas perguntas principais: Existem diferenças de desempenho entre alunos cotistas e não cotistas do ensino técnico com base no coeficiente de rendimento (CR) na instituição onde foi feita a pesquisa? Existem diferenças de desempenho desses estudantes em função do período de ingresso na instituição? Existem diferenças de desempenho dos alunos cotistas e não cotistas em função do curso analisado? Para responder a essas questões, inicialmente fizemos uma análise descritiva das amostras dos alunos cotistas e não cotistas e posteriormente aplicamos testes de hipóteses para comparação entre as diferenças das médias dos rendimentos. Os resultados demonstram que não há uma diferença estatisticamente significativa entre o desempenho dos estudantes nas categorias consideradas.
Book review
Authors: Lonsdale Zoe
Published: February 2020

Voyaging the World's Civil Engineering Wonders
Place-name Mutation Variation in Wales and Patagonia
Authors: Sleeper Morgan
Published: February 2020

This study uses corpus data of modern conversational speech to examine variation in the mutation of place-names in Welsh as spoken in both Wales and Patagonia. Specifically, it considers how speakers from both areas mutate (or do not mutate) place-names following the nasal mutation
trigger yn 'in', through a two-step statistical approach of conditional inference trees and random forests. Results show no significant difference in how speakers from Wales and Patagonia mutate place-names in this environment, but that the radical initial consonant, speaker age, and
place-name type – including the geographical, linguistic, and cultural 'Welshness' of the place-name – all significantly affect mutation behaviour. Furthermore, while nasal mutation is present in the data, the results also illustrate the growing use of soft mutation as an alternate
mutation strategy following yn.
Epilepsy and Mortality
Authors: Moon Hye-Jin , Kim Keun Tae , Kang Kyung Wook , Kim Soo Yeon , Koo Yong Seo , Lee Seo-Young ,   on behalf of Epidemiology Committee of Korean Epilepsy Society
Published: February 2020

Epilepsy is associated with an increased risk of premature death. Epilepsy-related premature mortality imposes a significant burden on public health. This review aims to update the previous assessments of mortality among people with epilepsy and to identify associated factors, causes of death, and preventable causes of death in epilepsy patients. We also reviewed the mortality of epilepsy patients who had undergone epilepsy surgery. Finally, we suggest a further direction of studies about the mortality of people with epilepsy.
Exploratory Study of the Effectiveness of Oxygen Therapy Using Home Oxygen Concentrators for Cluster Headache
Authors: Hong Yoo-ha , Cho Soo-Jin , Bae Dae Woong , Chung Pil-Wook , Moon Heui-Soo , Chu Min Kyung , Kim Byung-Su , Kim Byung-Kun
Published: February 2020

Cluster headache attacks can be successfully treated with oxygen. We report four patients with episodic cluster headache were treated with oxygen therapy from one or two oxygen concentrators. Oxygen therapy with two oxygen concentrators seems to be effective in reduction or cessation of pain of cluster headaches. Patients expressed excellent satisfaction to oxygen therapy with two oxygen concentrators. Oxygen concentrators can be considered as an effective and safe alternative of oxygen cylinder for patients with cluster headache.
PPMI GENETIC AND DISEASE STATUS SOP v1
Authors: Hutchins Elizabeth , Van Keuren-Jensen Kendall
Published: February 2020

SOP for defining disease and genetic groups in the PPMI RNA-Seq cohort.
Nazolabial kist: Olgu sunumu
Authors: ORHAN İsrafil , BİLAL Nagihan , SAĞIROĞLU Saime , ÇINAR Ömer Faruk
Published: February 2020

Nazolabial kistler, superior
gingivolabial sulkusta yavaş büyüyen ağrısız şişlik şeklinde klinik verirler.
Nazolabial sulkusta silinme yaparak yüzde kozmetik deformiteye neden
olabilirler. Tanı klinik ve histopatolojik bulguların korelasyonuyla konulur. Kistin
yerleşimini, çevre dokularla olan ilişkisini ve kemik erozyonu yapıp
yapmadığını  göstermede en iyi radyolojik
yöntem paranazal tomografidir. Tedavide standart yöntem sublabial yaklaşımla
cerrahi eksizyondur. Bu yazıda kliniğimizde nazolabial kist nedeniyle tedavi
ettiğimiz bir hasta olgu sunumu olarak sunulmuştur.
El Áncora Editores (Bogotá, 1980): un acercamiento a la editorial y su catálogo
Authors: Gutierrez Diaz Almary Cristina
Published: February 2020

la empresa bogotana El Áncora Editores, que continúa en funcionamiento, fue fundada por Patricia Hoher y Felipe Escobar en el año 1980. El propósito de este texto es presentar un acercamiento a la historia de la editorial El Áncora, analizar su línea editorial a partir del estudio del catálogo reconstruido y mostrar cómo la empresa se insertó dentro del mercado editorial de las últimas décadas del siglo xx y lo que va corrido del xxi; todo ello teniendo como marco teórico-metodológico la sociología de la literatura y los estudios editoriales.
Exploring the voices of children and youth: A plea for renewal in Church structures for child and youth ministries
Authors: Beukes Jacques W , Van der Westhuizen Marichen
Published: February 2020

Various trends in Children and youth ministries indicate that the church is struggling to engage with and to serve children and youth effectively. This then impacts negatively on efforts to succeed in this strategic ministry. Considering the decreasing figures of church attendances amongst children and youth, it is proposed that the voices of these children and youth should be heard in an effort to find innovative ways to develop effective Children and youth ministry strategies that will address their unique needs. This article explores the experiences and perceptions of children and youth in the Presbytery of Wellington (URCSA) in an effort to think about new paradigms and new ways of doing in terms of serving children and youth.
Accessing Yahweh’s presence: Ethical implications of the entrance liturgy of Psalm 15
Authors: Boloje Blessing Onoriode , Groenewald Alphonso
Published: February 2020

This article is an examination of the theological foundation that lies at the core of the expression of Israelite piety; that is, the foundational and defining characteristic reflexes in Israelite religious experience of human access to Yahweh. The article is rightfully anchored on the premise that individuals and communities have the privilege of access to Yahweh. However, Psalm 15 presents certain ethical preconditions of continuous experience of access and intimacy with Yahweh. These ethical preconditions constitute Israel’s practice of pilgrimage with Yahweh, a practice that witness to the passionately penetrating symbolism of the requirements of a consistency of life direction. Psalm 15 insists that those who approach Yahweh for divine help or worship may do so having their internal and external condition in harmony with Yahweh. They must do so from hearts and lives of integrity. This article thus focuses on the context, content and concludes by reflecting on the ethical implications of Psalm 15 for both individual and corporate experience of worship.
Op soek na die kontoere vir ’n teologies-etiese begronding van homoseksualiteit: ’n Gereformeerde perspektief
Authors: Compaan Auke
Published: February 2020

In search of the contours of theological ethics of human sexuality with regard to homosexuality: a Reformed perspectiveThis article offers a description and discussion of the contours of theological ethics of human sexuality, with regard to homosexuality. In the first part of the article, the topic of homosexuality is discussed within the larger historical development of the concept of human nature in the broader tradition of the church. Here special attention is paid to the views of Philo of Alexandria, St. Augustine and St. Aquinas, showing that the right and wrong of the sexual act were judged in terms of the procreative potential of the act. In the second part of the article, I propose a reformed perspective with regard to sexual ethics. This is done by a re-reading of the concept of human nature, by removing it from the traditional Roman Catholic “nature-grace” paradigm of salvation and re-reading it in terms of the reformed paradigm of “creation (law)-sin-gospel”. I argue that behind this paradigm shift, there is a movement from an ontology of being to an ontology of relationality and that this implies a move from procreation as the foundation of sexual ethics to the seeking of erotic justice in all our intimate relationships as a basis for sexual ethics.
The impact of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo on women and their response to peace-building
Authors: Lubunga Esther
Published: February 2020

The unprecedented brutality, and the widespread sexual assault perpetrated against women during the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (hereafter the DRC) have caught the attention of the world, to the extent that many observers are raising the question as to why Congolese women are so cruelly treated. To answer this question this paper discusses the complexity of causes behind the conflict and the various reasons leading to the atrocities prevailing in the country. Notwithstanding the painful situation of women in the DRC, there is a strong endeavour among women to transform the society and build a lasting peace.
Some thoughts around developing missional South African congregations based upon the church rediscovering its identity in the grace of God
Authors: Tucker Roger
Published: February 2020

The UPCSA have established the development of missional congregations as the overarching goal of the denomination. The UPCSA is a reformed church and as such attaches great importance to theology, especially that which originates in the character and nature of God. It is therefore suggested that a contextual practical theology based upon the perfection of the grace of God may enable missional congregations to be developed, as they rediscover their identity in that grace. This then will be the basis for building congregations that are truly missional at heart and not just superficially so. The study will be contextualized to the South African scene and applied to local congregations in order to try to help them rediscover their true identify in Christ, and to provide a basis for understanding “missional” and thus what transformation may entail.
The Word and the Spirit – Michael Welker’s theological hermeneutics Part 1
Authors: Van der Westhuizen Henco
Published: February 2020

In this essay it will be argued that the biblical traditions, or the relation between the Spirit and the biblical traditions, can be understood as the basis, the seedbed, that on which Welker builds his realistic theology in general, and his theology of the Spirit in particular. Welker himself writes in his main work on the Spirit, Gottes Geist. Theologie des Heiligen Geistes, translated as God the Spirit, that the key trait of his theology is its biblical character. He even regards this work to be the first comprehensive biblical theology of the Spirit. This polemical motive in his theology, where a creative and truly complex conception of the Spirit is related explicitly to the biblical traditions, indeed, to the Word of God, will be clarified in the course of this essay. In the first part of this essay, it is shown that for Welker, the Word of God is not to be confused with the human word. In the light of the depth of the Spirit, this word is revealed to be deficient. Against the background of this differentiation the essay focuses on the biblical traditions, i.e. the Word of God. In order to understand Welker’s complex understanding of the Word of God, what he refers to as the fourfold weight of the biblical traditions is differentiated in the light of a general understanding of what could be conceived as a “biblical theology”.
The sacralisation of popular culture as adolescent lived spirituality
Authors: Apostolides Anastasia
Published: February 2020

Many adolescents are drawn to the fantasy, science fiction and urban fantasy genres (movies and books), genres whose main characters include witches, wizards, vampires, ghosts, angels, demons, aliens and various other supernatural beings and events. Books and movies such as The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings (film series), Harry Potter (film series), X-Files, Twilight (film series), Star Wars (film series), and so on, are not only fervently consumed by some adolescents but have also, in some instances, been sacralised by adolescents (see Hopper 2005:116, McAvan 2012:5–10, Kirby 2013:2). In this article it will be argued that the reason for this, is that adolescents while questioning their identities and exploring their spiritualties, need a ‘safe spiritual space’ for this journey, one which may be related as something akin to what Berger termed the ‘sacred canopy’ where order can keep chaos at bay (Berger 1967: 51). This article will build on a lived theology perspective of how the divine can be experienced in the sources offered by popular culture texts that may become a ‘sacred canopy’ under which the adolescents can express their spiritual journeys.This article hopes to contribute to the facilitation of more conversations taking place amongst parents, pastors and teachers on the importance of allowing adolescents more freedom in what movies and books they are allowed to see and read. These conversations may also be employed by pastors, parents and teachers as conversation openers with adolescents who are often reluctant to open up about topics that they find difficult to discuss. Osmer and Salazar-Newton (2014:70) encourage the church to ‘think of ways it can take advantage of the interest of children and youth in fantasy literature,’ on their spiritual life journeys.
The political responsibility of the Protestant churches in Brazil: A post-coup d’état approach towards the 500th anniversary of the Reformation
Authors: Buttelli Felipe GK , Le Bruyns Clint C
Published: February 2020

This article grapples with the actual political context internationally, focusing on the Brazilian Coup d’état more specifically. It reflects on the responsibility of the Protestant churches in this watershed experience of the celebration of the five hundredth anniversary of the Reformation that happens during a time of crisis. It suggests an apocalyptic approach for theology towards the radical transformation of society, regarding especially the actual crisis of financial Capitalism. It starts from the contextual analyses of Protestantism in Brazilian society, historically and contemporarily. It then reflects on the actual challenges of protestant churches in such a context and suggests some theological assertions towards an apocalyptical theology for the end of Capitalism.
Mentoring and the ministerial formation of seminary students
Authors: Chiroma Nathan
Published: February 2020

In this article I shall look at the role of mentoring and its relational nature in the ministerial formation of seminary students. Incorporating the relational nature of mentoring in ministerial formation it facilitates the integration of seminary students’ classroom experiences and their intellectual imaginations into practical ministerial skills in both the church and community. It is argued that embracing the relational nature of mentoring for ministerial formation in theological seminaries will help seminary students develop an awareness of the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for effective practical ministry. It will further help them develop an appreciation for their unique calling, gifting and skills. This article thus looks into how the relational nature of mentoring can foster the ministerial formation of seminary students.
The continuity of indigenous rituals in African ecclesiology: A Kenyan experience from a historical perspective
Authors: Gathogo Julius
Published: February 2020

The article sets out to unveil the problem: Is there any effective continuity of indigenous rituals in African ecclesiology? In other words, has the faith of the church in African Christianity given room to some African rituals that are visible in the contemporary theo-doctrinal discourses? The article is theoretically informed by Samuel Kibicho’s (1932–2011) supposition on ‘radical continuity’ in African religion into and through the Christian message. For him thus, this ‘radical continuity’ should be the starting point for African theology and African Christianity for that matter. In his view, African ecclesiology requires a ‘radical reinterpretation’ of the Christian concept of revelation, salvation, evangelization, Christ and religious rituals. While Kibicho approached African indigenous rituals from a theo-philosophical perspective, this article approaches the subject from an oral historical perspective. In its methodology, the article relies heavily on oral sources, interviews, and participant observation.
Re-enactment leading to transformation: A critical assessment of the distinctives of Pentecostal preaching
Authors: Nel Marius
Published: February 2020

The article aims to define what the most distinctive characteristics of Pentecostal preaching are in order to assess these elements critically. Pentecostal preachers argue that their message is concerned with the Bible as the Word of God and its explication for modern-day listeners, but with the explicit purpose to perpetuate what the Bible says about the revelation of God as revealed to the contemporary preacher. The purpose of preaching is in other words that believers will experience an encounter with the same Spirit who revealed God to people in biblical times in order that present-day people will be saved, freed, healed and delivered in the same way as in apostolic times. Pentecostal preaching is described in terms of three elements, God’s work in preaching, preparation for preaching, and the preaching event. The several aspects are described and discussed and some of the conclusions are that Pentecostal preaching should as non-negotiable be rooted soundly in Scripture, beginning from and focusing on the biblical text, while at the same time exegesis, although necessary academic work, may not be allowed to minimize the influence of the Spirit because the end of preaching is a word from God that produces the divine desired effect in the human situation. However, the emphasis on supernatural results leads in some instances to the manipulation of the context of preaching in order to gain the desired results, using emotionalism, mass suggestion, disorder, or showmanship.
A case for consonance between science and theology: The cosmological Christ as the scriptural and confessional focal point for dialogue
Authors: Pieterse André C
Published: February 2020

The purpose of this article is to prove through theological reasoning why consonance between the sciences is biblically, as well as confessional sound. The substance for the argument is found in the Biblical confessions regarding Christ, as well as God’s Trinitarian agency in the cosmos. The insight that Christ is God incarnated, the King, Creator and Redeemer of the entire cosmos, have important implications for the current dialogue between the sciences. An analysis of the relevant texts and historical confessions should prove that nothing in creation, including scientific endeavour, could be excluded from Christ’s interaction with creation. The Cosmological Christ is the Scriptural and confessional focal point for dialogue and consonance between the sciences.
Die geestelike aard van die kerklike tug soos in gereformeerde kerkordes
Authors: Strauss Piet
Published: February 2020

The spiritual character of church disciplineThis article focuses on the meaning of the words “the spiritual character of church discipline” used in the Church Order of Dordrecht in 1619 and since then in the church orders of churches with an affinity for the Church Order of Dordt.The conclusion is that the aim, way of implementation and climate of church discipline combined with other considerations in reformed church government all help to clarify the spiritual character of church discipline. At the basis of it the spiritual character of this kind of discipline is determined by the spiritual discipline of the Word and Spirit of God. In this regard inner convictions and not physical force or a technical application of church order measures must determine the acts of church discipline. Steps which should also be spiritual in nature.Church discipline should be in obedience to the Head of the church, Jesus Christ. He governs the church through His Word.
‘Off with their heads!’ The imagery of the head in the trilogy of Psalms 108–110 (Part 2)
Authors: Sutton Lodewyk , Human DJ
Published: February 2020

A social-scientific analysis of the word ‘head’ in Psalms 108–110 indicates from another theme (war) and perspective (honour) how the imagery of the head is used to communicate warfare, and to develop and establish the connections between Psalms 108 to 110. This two-part article indicates (in the first article) that the imagery of the head can be considered as part of the imagery of warfare. The value system of honour and shame as expressions of the function and purpose of the warfare imagery is made through a social-scientific analysis of the imagery of the head. The iconography of different ancient Near Eastern contexts is used as extra-textual sources to elucidate the concept of the head as an aspect of warfare imagery, expressing honour and shame. The second article examines and applies the use of the imagery of the head in Psalms 108–110 by integrating the deductions made in this first part. This helps to indicate the development and connections between Psalms 108–110 through utilisation of the imagery of the head.
Onze Vader. Christelijk spreken over God.
Authors: Leene Almatine
Published: February 2020

Onze Vader. Christelijk spreken over God. by Muis, Jan
2016, Zoetermeer: Boekencentrum.
ISBN: 978-9023928669
Commemoration, communion and courage, not celebration: Public prophetic theology 500 years after the Reformation
Authors: Kotzé Manitza
Published: February 2020

Five hundred years after the Reformation, it is tempting to celebrate this influential and significant event. The Reformation, however, as an incident which also tore apart the Church, should be commemorated, but not celebrated. What can be commended, however, is the courage shown by those involved in the Reformation, especially as seen in the figure of Martin Luther. In this contribution, I will examine the courageous voices of the Reformers, who confronted the status quo of their day in order to also draw some guidelines for a similarly courageous and prophetic theology in the present day. The concept of community and Holy Communion will especially be stressed in this regard.
Forty years of theo-mission education in Eastern Africa: The case of St. Andrew’s Kabare, Kenya (1977–2017)
Authors: Gathogo Julius
Published: February 2020

The article seeks to explore the intrigues behind the establishment of St Andrew’s College of Theology and Development in Eastern Africa, at the Kabare Hill of Kenya, from May 1977. How does the legacy of the pioneer European missionaries to Eastern Africa (I refer to Krapf, Hannington, Tucker, Parker, McGregor, Crawford, Beecher among others) contribute to the current state of affairs in mission education and the establishment of St. Andrew’s College in particular? The materials in this article are largely gathered through extensive reading of relevant literature, face-to-face interviews, oral sources and archival sources. The article coincides with the 40th anniversary celebration of St Andrew’s College, Kabare – that began in 1977 as an institute for mission and evangelism. Through showcasing St Andrew’s, the article has methodologically revisited the 19th and 20th European missionary legacy that inspired the current growth of the church in Eastern Africa. In turn, it has established that despite the gains so far made, there is still room in authenticating theological education in Eastern Africa and the rest of the tropical Africa.
The growth of the holiness of Mary:From flat character to theological construct
Authors: Joubert Lisel
Published: February 2020

This article deals with how a flat character in a biblical narrative could grow and assume a life of its own that becomes the example par excellence of holiness for many believers throughout the ages. Inspired by the work of B. R. Gaventa and her narrative reading of the Gospel texts and exploration of the characterisation of Mary, I would like to explore the dynamic of reception history and the changing criteria for holiness. I will consider the phenomenon of characterisation in narratives, the blurring of lines in interpretation and how a character in a narrative, which is an artificial construct, is taken out of that context and placed in contexts determined, in a sense, by generations of ’new narrators’ with changing understandings of holiness.
Practical theology and narrative: Contours and markers
Authors: Klaasen John
Published: February 2020

There has been a definite turn in practical theology and theology at large in the last four decades. The inadequacies of the Enlightenment project to keep in tension the rational and non-rational traditions of interpretations, significance of the relative for universal moral appropriation, the importance of lived experiences for identity, the critical engagement of tradition and choice, and the widening gap between the finite and infinite are addressed within a narrative approach. Another voice is added to narrative approaches for the interpretation of person, the world and God. Narrative approach for meaning making of person, world and God through reasoning is embedded in experience.A common thread of narrative theology is that persons can make sense of themselves, the world and God through stories. A narrative approach to theology is much more than a bridge between interpretation and first order language. It is the process, structure, and form of interpretation and reflection of the experience, activities, and communication of the Christian community through stories. An open ended narrative approach engages critically with constants such as reason, particularity, history, community and experience.A brief overview of narrative within theology and within practical theology in particular is followed by a historical overview of the development of the use of narrative. An open ended narrative with specific characteristics makes up the main components of the article.
Is home the best place to be old?The changing geography of responsibilities in the care for elderly.
Authors: De Lange Frits
Published: February 2020

In this article, the changing geography of care for the elderly in today’s society is mapped out in (1) its consequences for the meaning of “home” for frail elderly and (2) for the distribution of care responsibilities. Two current ideas that are criticized are that (1) home is always the best place to be (and therefore also the preferred place to receive care), and (2) that one has stronger ethical obligations to people who live in one’s neighbourhood, because of their proximity. Together with the so-called ethics of care, care is considered a fundamental societal practice, and the distribution of caring responsibilities a primary ethical question. Care responsibility, it is argued, is never a natural given, but must be negotiated in every situation and different context anew. In following moral philosopher Robert Goodin, the article concludes that responsibility in long-term relationships between frail parents and adult children not proximity is decisive for assigning responsibility, but the parents’ specific vulnerability.