TOWARDS AN “ENGAGED” SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY?

“…The second related suggestion comes from the contemporary systematic theologian, Graham Ward, a scholar who draws on the thought of the ressourcement theologians in his development of what he calls a “culturally engaged” or simply “engaged” systematic theology. …”
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Reflection on the theology of Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) by J. Corkery

“…The purpose of the article is to indicate, in an incipient way for an audience largely of the Reformed tradition, that Ratzinger is not as distant from their theological concerns as might easily be imagined. …”
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Comprehensive exploration of visual working memory mechanisms using large-scale behavioral experiment by Liqiang Huang

“…This study aims to integrate these findings into a cohesive framework. Drawing on a large-scale behavioral experiment involving 40 million responses to 10,000 color patterns, a quasi-comprehensive exploration model of visual working memory, termed QCE-VWM, is developed. …”
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Public Land Management Agencies’ and Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners’ Perceptions towards Ecosystem Services by Taylor Stein, Namyun Kil, Alexis Frank, Alison E. Adams, Damian C. Adams, Francisco J. Escobedo

“… The state of Florida has more than 16 million acres of forestland. From clean air to pulp for paper to aesthetic landscapes, humans benefit from private and public forests in many different ways. …”
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Carbon Stocks on Forest Stewardship Program and Adjacent Lands by Nilesh Timilsina, Francisco J. Escobedo, Alison E. Adams, Damian C. Adams

“…This 5-page fact sheet was written by Nilesh Timilsina, Francisco J. Escobedo, Alison E. Adams, and Damian C. Adams and published by the UF Department of School of Forest Resources and Conservation April 2017.­  …”
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How Likely Is a 100-Year Rainfall Event During the Next Ten Years? by Young Gu Her, William R. Lusher, Kati White Migliaccio

“… This 4-page fact sheet describes proper interpretation of rainfall event probabilities and recurrence intervals, particularly as they are used by engineers and water resources managers in the design and construction of hydraulic structures, such as dams, levees, and canals. This article focuses on rainfall, but its explanations and concepts can be applied to other extreme hydrologic phenomena such as flood and drought. …”
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Responsibility, refusal, and return: Thoughts on an ethics of inclination by K. van Marle

“… In this article written in honour of Desmond Tutu, I raise inclination as put forward by Cavarero, together with disorientation/reorientation, as per Ahmed and Honig, to think differently about law, rule of law, and legal culture. Drawing on Ndebele, Klare and Van der Walt, I consider inclination as being also about abandoning those vertical and upright certitudes acquired by habit and culture. …”
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Reasons for the migration of church members from one congregation to another by I. M. Bredenkamp, W. J. Schoeman

“…The answer is not simple in the sense that two tendencies can be identified: ‘push’ factors that activate the tendency to move out of the previous congregation, and a drawing or ‘pulling’ tendency, representing those factors that attract people. …”
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A Method for PIO Suppression in Aircraft with Fly-By-Wire Controls: System Development and Validation via Flight Simulator Tests by Rafael Morales Miranda, Jorge Henrique Bidinotto

“… This article introduces a technique for suppressing pilot-induced oscillations (PIO) in aircraft equipped with fly-by-wire (FBW) flight controls. Drawing from the real-time oscillation verifier (ROVER) concept proposed by Mitchell and Hoh, in 1994, and an adaptive suppression system by Moura in 2018, the method involves dynamically adjusting stability derivatives via software during aircraft operation. …”
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De-automatisation in Romans 1-5 by A. H. Snyman

“…By way of these devices, Paul draws the attention of his readers/listeners to important themes in his argument, such as justification through faith alone; God’s judgement on what man does, not who he is; the benefits of justification through faith; and life for all, who believe in Christ. …”
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SWAMI: A SWARM-INTELLIGENT OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE FOR VOLTAGE COLLAPSE MITIGATION by OSEGI EMMANUEL NDIDI, WOKOMA BIOBELE ALEXANDER, OJUKA OTONYE, BRUCE-ALLISON SA, CHUJOR CORNELIUS CHICHI

“… In this paper, a voltage collapse optimization system based on comparative studies of swarm-intelligent techniques is proposed for voltage collapse mitigation in power system network. The approach draws inspiration from the idea of utilizing the intelligent behavior of swarm-based artificial machine intelligence technique coined SWAMI for voltage collapse minimization or prevention through dynamic shunt compensation of overloaded power network buses. …”
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Janusza Korczaka językowa gra z odbiorcą w racje i emocje – spotkanie dwóch perspektyw by Małgorzata Dagiel

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Passing the Baton by Mary E. Guy, Brian N. Williams

“…Articles published in the first two volumes range from racial healing to invisible disabilities, from Medicaid expansion to school resegregation, from white supremacy to the equity challenges that confront Tribal communities, from critical race theory to policing, from gender equity to equity in death, from retirement funds to equitable budgeting, from voting to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and many more. …”
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Mind the gap: inheritance and inequality in retirement wealth by Lukas Brenner, Oscar A. Stolper

“… Drawing on detailed German panel data, we find that gifts and inheritances substantially increase households’ private pension savings in accounts which are costly or impossible to withdraw prematurely. …”
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Christian and secular values for sale: the religious apostasy of celebrity and Disney's "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus by Sanchez Sabate, Gelabert Santané, Badilla Briones, Del Valle Rojas

“…Drawing on a complementary use of sociological, economic and language theories of value, this paper explores Cyrus’ religious apostasy as a transformation from a Christian commodity to a secular one. …”
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"The personal is political": faith and religion in a public university by Isabel Apawo Phiri, Sarojini Nadar

“…They illustrate how the great rallying cry of the early feminist movement to make the personal political can help in ensuring that religion does not become a “private” matter. Drawing on empirical research with religious women who experience gender-based violence in various forms, the authors argue that when religious beliefs are put into practice without critical introspection, religion becomes dangerous at both the personal and public levels. …”
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On new spider species of the genus Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China and proposal of five species groups by Yun Liang, Jinnan Liu, Haiqiang Yin, Xiang Xu

“…Detailed descriptions, photographs, hand drawings, DNA barcodes and a distribution map of the three new species are provided.…”
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Critical race theory and the question of safety in dialogues on race by M. S. Conradie

“…Finally, the article draws from Leonardo and Porter (2010:140-142) and Sue’s (2013:666-669) suggestions. …”
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