The author decided to explore Maslow’s theory of needs within a Catholic hospital in which 80%of the medical and service staff are non-Christians.The requirements to be focused on include a vision of medical care and...The author decided to explore Maslow’s theory of needs within a Catholic hospital in which 80%of the medical and service staff are non-Christians.The requirements to be focused on include a vision of medical care and service in accordance with the values and mission of Catholicism,and in the context of the highest level of attachment of employees to Cardinal Tien Hospital.The author also wondered whether there was evidence of a shift in employee needs for a sense of meaning in the workplace.If so,how should,or could,the organization and its leaders respond to it?展开更多
Araby is one of the short stories in James Joyce's collection,Dubliners.In the novel Araby,James Joyce used several religious images,such as the priest's books,the chalice,the wild garden and the name of bazaa...Araby is one of the short stories in James Joyce's collection,Dubliners.In the novel Araby,James Joyce used several religious images,such as the priest's books,the chalice,the wild garden and the name of bazaar,Araby.This paper is an attempt to analyze these religious images within the context,finding the idea that the Catholic belief's decline and people's confusion of the traditional faith which the writer intended to convey.展开更多
Clay tells the story the protagonist Maria.She was a Catholic.However,the Catholic has slaved Maria’s spirit to a great extent.This paper analyzes on one hand,Maria’s personalities and psychological characteristics ...Clay tells the story the protagonist Maria.She was a Catholic.However,the Catholic has slaved Maria’s spirit to a great extent.This paper analyzes on one hand,Maria’s personalities and psychological characteristics from a series of details in Maria’s all life-time;on the other hand,what the clay really symbolizes.展开更多
Objective:To identify factors that determine the uptake of in-vitro fertilization(IVF),and to determine the predicting effect of the identified factors on the uptake of IVF among couples attending fertility clinic at ...Objective:To identify factors that determine the uptake of in-vitro fertilization(IVF),and to determine the predicting effect of the identified factors on the uptake of IVF among couples attending fertility clinic at a tertiary health institution in Benin City,Nigeria.Methods:This study adopted a cross-sectional descriptive design.A self-structured questionnaire tested was validated and administered to 250 couples who attended fertility clinic.Data were collected from March 2021 to June 2021 and were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science(SPSS)version 21.Data were presented and interpreted using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as Chi-square,univariate statistics and multivariate logistic regression analysis.Results:Among 250 couples,154(61.6%)were willing to adopt IVF.The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that catholic religion[odds ratio(OR)0.21,95%confident interval(CI)0.54-0.73],family income(OR 1.50,95%CI 1.10-2.00)and age(OR 1.04,95%CI 1.01-1.10)were the major factors that determined the uptake of IVF,with P-value of<0.001,0.018 and 0.031,respectively.Conclusions:The uptake of IVF could be sustained or improved on,if the government should improve on the cost of living for families,and religious leaders need to be encouraged to pass on the information about IVF to their members to be well guided about the possibilities of IVF.展开更多
This paper takes up an ambivalence in Rawls’thought concerning the propriety of religious reason in public discourse.After a general introduction,the second paragraph gives a basic description of the two sides of thi...This paper takes up an ambivalence in Rawls’thought concerning the propriety of religious reason in public discourse.After a general introduction,the second paragraph gives a basic description of the two sides of this ambivalence.In the third paragraph,Joseph Ratzinger is introduced as a potential dialogue partner with Rawls,in as much as one side of Rawls’thought can be interpreted to be congenial to religious reasons that occur with his requirement for public reason.The aim of this paper is,eventually,to open the path towards a possible reconciliation between Rawls’positions and those of the Catholic tradition,as suggested by Joseph Ratzinger.Although some dialectical tensions remain,engaging the Ratzingerian idea of a“mutual correction”might result into a fruitful encounter of different views.展开更多
尽管《圣经》传统和早期教会思想中一直对社会正义问题,尤其是经济和社会秩序颇为关注,①教会兴办学校、医院、慈善机构也早已有之,但教会对社会问题公开发表自己的分析和看法,则是19世纪末以来的事.1891年教宗列奥十三世发表的《新事...尽管《圣经》传统和早期教会思想中一直对社会正义问题,尤其是经济和社会秩序颇为关注,①教会兴办学校、医院、慈善机构也早已有之,但教会对社会问题公开发表自己的分析和看法,则是19世纪末以来的事.1891年教宗列奥十三世发表的《新事》通谕(Rerum Novarum)标志着天主教社会训导(Catholic Social Teaching)的开端.天主教社会训导可有广义和狭义之分.严格意义上,它是指自《新事》通谕以来教会发布的一系列训导文件,共有十三份.从广义上讲,社会训导还包括教宗或教会当局发布的其它训导文件,包括演讲、讲道、牧函等,亦可包括区域性主教会议或主教团根据当地的实际情况发表的牧函.②当然,最宽泛意义的天主教社会训导还可以包括《圣经》和教会传统中关于社会事务的观点.本文所论,仅限于严格意义上的天主教社会训导.展开更多
This article analyzes two literary works by the Czech writer, Julius Zeyer （1841-1901）, and Lu Xun （1881-1936） by elaborating upon two different myths concerning the Archer Hou Yi. These myths were presented by th...This article analyzes two literary works by the Czech writer, Julius Zeyer （1841-1901）, and Lu Xun （1881-1936） by elaborating upon two different myths concerning the Archer Hou Yi. These myths were presented by the missionary and Sinologist William Frederick Mayers in The Chinese Reader＇s Manual： A Handbook of Biographical, Historical, Mythological and General Literary References （1874）, and other Chinese sources. Zeyer highlighted the first myth, which was connected with the Emperor Yao and showed Hou Yi shooting arrows at the nine suns appearing together in the heavens, and Lu Xun preferred the second myth, where the Archer Yi rebelled against the Emperor Tai Kang, whom he drove from the Capital, and later was killed by Han Zhuo. The myth of Chang E who flew to the moon is described only by Lu Xun.展开更多
The phenomenal growth of Catholic and Protestant churches--both officially-registered Three-Self patriotic churches and unofficial house churches--in China has drawn attention to the underlying dynamics of Chinese Chr...The phenomenal growth of Catholic and Protestant churches--both officially-registered Three-Self patriotic churches and unofficial house churches--in China has drawn attention to the underlying dynamics of Chinese Christianity. This article draws on archival research and ethnographic findings to investigate the interactions between the officials and Christians in the coastal regions of Shantou （Guangdong province） and Wenzhou （Zhejiang province） during the 1950s and 1960s. The Chaozhou-speaking Catholics, Baptists and Presbyterians in Shantou succeeded in transcending sectarian boundaries and helped each other to cope with political pressure. The Seventh-day Adventists in Wenzhou did likewise by organizing clandestine house gatherings with other Protestants. They held onto their faith, continued their worship activities on Saturday, and maintained a distinct, though not independent, identity under the broad spectrum of Protestantism. These local stories show that as a collective force, Chinese Christians not only employed a variety of tactics to help each other but also reinvented congregational, kinship and cross-regional networks as conduits for pursuing religious goals. Their covert and overt activism highlight the need to combine archival research and fieldwork to assess the revival of Christianity in present-day China.展开更多
The Irish rebellion of 1798 resulted in many casualties and much damage to property.All historians have agreed that Irish society in the eighteenth century was bitterly divided between a governing minority of English ...The Irish rebellion of 1798 resulted in many casualties and much damage to property.All historians have agreed that Irish society in the eighteenth century was bitterly divided between a governing minority of English Protestant settlers,a similar number of Scottish Presbyterian immigrants,who dominated the province of Ulster,and an oppressed majority of poor Catholics who were the original Celtic settlers of the country,but who had lost their lands and their political influence to these later immigrants.Some historians,however,believe that the principal cause of the rebellion was the economic distress of the Catholic majority.More recently,many scholars have claimed that the leaders of the rebellion were educated Protestant English and Scottish settlers,who resented Britain’s political control of Ireland were greatly influenced by the political principles of the French Revolution of 1789.Some of these historians have also studied how the memory of the 1798 rebellion among Catholic Irishmen across the world eventually enabled the Catholic majority to create an Irish republic in the 1920s that was able to govern two-thirds of the country.展开更多
文摘The author decided to explore Maslow’s theory of needs within a Catholic hospital in which 80%of the medical and service staff are non-Christians.The requirements to be focused on include a vision of medical care and service in accordance with the values and mission of Catholicism,and in the context of the highest level of attachment of employees to Cardinal Tien Hospital.The author also wondered whether there was evidence of a shift in employee needs for a sense of meaning in the workplace.If so,how should,or could,the organization and its leaders respond to it?
文摘Araby is one of the short stories in James Joyce's collection,Dubliners.In the novel Araby,James Joyce used several religious images,such as the priest's books,the chalice,the wild garden and the name of bazaar,Araby.This paper is an attempt to analyze these religious images within the context,finding the idea that the Catholic belief's decline and people's confusion of the traditional faith which the writer intended to convey.
文摘Clay tells the story the protagonist Maria.She was a Catholic.However,the Catholic has slaved Maria’s spirit to a great extent.This paper analyzes on one hand,Maria’s personalities and psychological characteristics from a series of details in Maria’s all life-time;on the other hand,what the clay really symbolizes.
文摘Objective:To identify factors that determine the uptake of in-vitro fertilization(IVF),and to determine the predicting effect of the identified factors on the uptake of IVF among couples attending fertility clinic at a tertiary health institution in Benin City,Nigeria.Methods:This study adopted a cross-sectional descriptive design.A self-structured questionnaire tested was validated and administered to 250 couples who attended fertility clinic.Data were collected from March 2021 to June 2021 and were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science(SPSS)version 21.Data were presented and interpreted using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as Chi-square,univariate statistics and multivariate logistic regression analysis.Results:Among 250 couples,154(61.6%)were willing to adopt IVF.The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that catholic religion[odds ratio(OR)0.21,95%confident interval(CI)0.54-0.73],family income(OR 1.50,95%CI 1.10-2.00)and age(OR 1.04,95%CI 1.01-1.10)were the major factors that determined the uptake of IVF,with P-value of<0.001,0.018 and 0.031,respectively.Conclusions:The uptake of IVF could be sustained or improved on,if the government should improve on the cost of living for families,and religious leaders need to be encouraged to pass on the information about IVF to their members to be well guided about the possibilities of IVF.
文摘This paper takes up an ambivalence in Rawls’thought concerning the propriety of religious reason in public discourse.After a general introduction,the second paragraph gives a basic description of the two sides of this ambivalence.In the third paragraph,Joseph Ratzinger is introduced as a potential dialogue partner with Rawls,in as much as one side of Rawls’thought can be interpreted to be congenial to religious reasons that occur with his requirement for public reason.The aim of this paper is,eventually,to open the path towards a possible reconciliation between Rawls’positions and those of the Catholic tradition,as suggested by Joseph Ratzinger.Although some dialectical tensions remain,engaging the Ratzingerian idea of a“mutual correction”might result into a fruitful encounter of different views.
文摘尽管《圣经》传统和早期教会思想中一直对社会正义问题,尤其是经济和社会秩序颇为关注,①教会兴办学校、医院、慈善机构也早已有之,但教会对社会问题公开发表自己的分析和看法,则是19世纪末以来的事.1891年教宗列奥十三世发表的《新事》通谕(Rerum Novarum)标志着天主教社会训导(Catholic Social Teaching)的开端.天主教社会训导可有广义和狭义之分.严格意义上,它是指自《新事》通谕以来教会发布的一系列训导文件,共有十三份.从广义上讲,社会训导还包括教宗或教会当局发布的其它训导文件,包括演讲、讲道、牧函等,亦可包括区域性主教会议或主教团根据当地的实际情况发表的牧函.②当然,最宽泛意义的天主教社会训导还可以包括《圣经》和教会传统中关于社会事务的观点.本文所论,仅限于严格意义上的天主教社会训导.
文摘This article analyzes two literary works by the Czech writer, Julius Zeyer （1841-1901）, and Lu Xun （1881-1936） by elaborating upon two different myths concerning the Archer Hou Yi. These myths were presented by the missionary and Sinologist William Frederick Mayers in The Chinese Reader＇s Manual： A Handbook of Biographical, Historical, Mythological and General Literary References （1874）, and other Chinese sources. Zeyer highlighted the first myth, which was connected with the Emperor Yao and showed Hou Yi shooting arrows at the nine suns appearing together in the heavens, and Lu Xun preferred the second myth, where the Archer Yi rebelled against the Emperor Tai Kang, whom he drove from the Capital, and later was killed by Han Zhuo. The myth of Chang E who flew to the moon is described only by Lu Xun.
文摘The phenomenal growth of Catholic and Protestant churches--both officially-registered Three-Self patriotic churches and unofficial house churches--in China has drawn attention to the underlying dynamics of Chinese Christianity. This article draws on archival research and ethnographic findings to investigate the interactions between the officials and Christians in the coastal regions of Shantou （Guangdong province） and Wenzhou （Zhejiang province） during the 1950s and 1960s. The Chaozhou-speaking Catholics, Baptists and Presbyterians in Shantou succeeded in transcending sectarian boundaries and helped each other to cope with political pressure. The Seventh-day Adventists in Wenzhou did likewise by organizing clandestine house gatherings with other Protestants. They held onto their faith, continued their worship activities on Saturday, and maintained a distinct, though not independent, identity under the broad spectrum of Protestantism. These local stories show that as a collective force, Chinese Christians not only employed a variety of tactics to help each other but also reinvented congregational, kinship and cross-regional networks as conduits for pursuing religious goals. Their covert and overt activism highlight the need to combine archival research and fieldwork to assess the revival of Christianity in present-day China.
文摘The Irish rebellion of 1798 resulted in many casualties and much damage to property.All historians have agreed that Irish society in the eighteenth century was bitterly divided between a governing minority of English Protestant settlers,a similar number of Scottish Presbyterian immigrants,who dominated the province of Ulster,and an oppressed majority of poor Catholics who were the original Celtic settlers of the country,but who had lost their lands and their political influence to these later immigrants.Some historians,however,believe that the principal cause of the rebellion was the economic distress of the Catholic majority.More recently,many scholars have claimed that the leaders of the rebellion were educated Protestant English and Scottish settlers,who resented Britain’s political control of Ireland were greatly influenced by the political principles of the French Revolution of 1789.Some of these historians have also studied how the memory of the 1798 rebellion among Catholic Irishmen across the world eventually enabled the Catholic majority to create an Irish republic in the 1920s that was able to govern two-thirds of the country.
