The African social question: A challenge to the African church in light of the two synods on Africa

“…Those other issues include ethnicity, religious and cultural hatred, as well as incessant conflicts that lead to the loss of lives and retardation in development. …”
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Da literatura para a infância à literatura de fronteira: Agustín Fernández Paz e Lygia Bojunga by Blanca-Ana Roig Rechou

“…This is based on the generational method of Karl Mannheim, which allows a greater epistemological flexibility when it relies more on socio-political-cultural processes, that is to say, on agents that intervene on communication of a literary system, than on chronologies and ideologies. …”
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"Seeing the error of my ways". Revisiting Paul's paradigmatic, self-critical remarks in 1 Corinthians 15:8-10 by S. Joubert

“…However, in 1 Corinthians 15:8-10 Paul openly admits about being in error in the past regarding the true identity of Christ. Within the larger cultural framework of meaning, the apostle’s graphic confession redefines his prior existence as a form of physical pollution. …”
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ASPECTS OF THE HARMONY OF CULTIC CHOIRS FROM OEDIPUS BY GEORGE ENESCU by Constanţa CRISTESCU

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DA MASSA À CULTURA: notas para uma sociologia da comunicação by Alex R. M. da Silveira

“…Uma das possibilidades apontadas e a recuperação do conceito de indústria cultural sob a ótica da participação dos receptores contemporâneos como agentes do processo de significação. …”
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A bajulação das massas by Franz Josef Brüseke, Héctor Ricardo Leis

“…To Peter Sloterdijk we can distinguish speeches that fl atter the mass from others that despise or even try to offend it. To the author, the cultural struggles in the modernity seem to be reduced to a dispute between offenders and fl atterers of the massifi ed society. …”
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Culturas juveniles y trabajo social con jóvenes by GLADYS CASTIBLANCO-LEMUS, MARÍA ISABEL SERRANO-PIRAQUIVE, ANDRÉS EDUARDO SUÁREZ-CRUZ

“…Este trabajo tiene como propósito señalar algunas implicaciones teóricas y practicas de la relación entre la categoría culturas juveniles, concretamente desde los resultados del proyecto de investigación: Identidades juveniles: Música y producción cultural. Etnografía de agrupaciones Rave y hip hop rap en Bogotá y un conjunto de premisas conceptuales del trabajo social con jóvenes. …”
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Memoria mediática y construcción de identidades by Salomé Sola Morales

“…La principal conclusión a la que hemos llegado es que para comprender a fondo el funcionamiento de una cultura o comunidad es necesario analizar el modo como se configuran y conservan dichas comunidades, y la propia memoria cultural, comunicativa y mediática.…”
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Crianças e negociações raciais a partir da telenovela Fina Estampa by Liana Lewis, Emanuele Cristina Santos do Nascimento

“…No contexto brasileiro um bem cultural, em particular, a telenovela, se constitui como um campo de representações que, diante de seu poder discursivo, e a partir da apresentação de seus personagens, possui grande contribuição na construção das identidades raciais. …”
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Hermenéutica crítica y sistémica by Dairo Sánchez

“…Se propone también una lectura crítica del impacto de los fenómenos de la instrumentalización, el relativismo cultural y la estetización en los sistemas culturales de salud: tradicional, profesional y alternativo; usando para dicho análisis un modelo lógico que incluye y relaciona las formas críticas derivadas de la ciencia, la ética y la estética.…”
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Structural Insights into Ratite Birds and Crocodile Eggshells for Advanced Biomaterials Design by Nerith R. Elejalde-Cadena, Edilberto Hernández-Juárez, Everardo Tapia-Mendoza, Abel Moreno, Lauro Bucio

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Ecritures autobiographiques, remémoration et enjeux symboliques by Christine Plasse-Bouteyre

“…We will focus ourselves on the status of the autobiography in the intellectual production of professors and on its symbolic, social and cultural dimensions. We wish to account for the social conditions of production of biographical discourses, the mental schemes guiding the presentation of the self and the self-definition of professors in writings of personal and recollective claim. …”
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I am hated, therefore I am: The Enemy in Yorùbá Imaginary by Abimbola Adelakun

“…  This essay will study how the Yorùbá conceptualize “ọ̀tá” or the enemy, a trope that recurs in various cultural phenomena such as music, prayers, and other social rituals. …”
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Leer juntos: Una complicidad de toda la comunidad educativa by Carmen Carramiñana La Vega, Mercedes Caballud Albiac

“…Leer juntos es una experiencia de educación literaria y promoción de la lectura, planteada dentro de un contexto cultural amplio, que se inició hace once años en Ballobar (Huesca). …”
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The palpable dichotomy between animal cruelty laws and implementation – Is there a way forward for Indian jurisprudence? by Bhavya Johari

“…Despite the Supreme Court's recognition of animal rights, socio-cultural and political factors have led to judgments and ineffective jurisprudence contradictions. …”
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Representaciones sociales de los sectores populares en la ciudad de Pasto, 1800-1821 by Karol Viviana Luna Zarama

“…Este trabajo busca determinar y analizar la participación de los sectores populares en la configuración social, política, económica y cultural de la ciudad de Pasto durante el periodo de la Independencia. …”
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A TELENOVELA COMO PRODUTO SOCIOCULTURAL: refletindo sobre um processo de construção de significados by Maria Elizabete Albuquerque Canuto

“…Nesse percurso, é destacado o referencial teórico-metodológico adotado para esta investigação, que trata da forma segundo a qual práticas sociais e ritos construídos na formação histórico-cultural brasileira articulam-se com elementos diversos, visualizados segundo os códigos valorativos a que se relacionam. …”
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MALL‐based collaborative writing in second language classroom: A systematic review by Lisha Wang

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El lugar de Hume en una posible historia natural de las teorías políticas by Carmen Ors Marqués

“…El presente escrito intenta aplicar esta metodología humeana a su propia teoría política, señalando su significado político y cultural. El resultado es considerar a Hume un pensador realista que combina la historia y la filosofía con el objetivo de moderar las pasiones frente a la superstición y el entusiasmo, de forma que la organización de la sociedad sea de acuerdo al principio de utilidad (justicia). …”
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Biblical literacy and transnational Mayan liberation movements by Roberto Domingo Toledo

“… The Zapatista and other Mayan movements in Mexico and Guatemala are demanding autonomy and respect for indigenous cultures. Still struggling for land-rights lost during colonialism and now suffering from neo-liberal trade policies, Mayan communities have creatively appropriated Christian doctrine to deal with their suffering. …”
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