O KOM, O KOM, IMMANUEL – VENI, VENI EMMANUEL:

“…It is argued that its popularity, even in circles outside the church, indicates that it could bring church people and people in the public domain together and be a medium through which believers and non-believers, or people who experience doubt, could communicate with each other. The pastoral function of the hymn is thus also emphasised. …”
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Green Worlds: Shakespeare’s Plays and Early Modern Imagery by Anne-Marie COSTANTINI-CORNEDE

“…Shakespeare’s worlds, even in the very heart of pastoral comedies (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It or The Tempest), reveal the same propensity to oscillate between the lightness of ‘gay green’ and the darker, disquieting vein of ‘lost green’. …”
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Stratégies de subsistance et analyse culturelle de populations néolithiques de Ligurie : approche par l’étude isotopique (δ13C et δ15N) des restes osseux by Gwenaëlle Le Bras-Goude, Didier Binder, Vincenzo Formicola, Christine Couture-Veschambre, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Isabelle Richards, Henri Duday

“…In Liguria, the exploitation of the marine and coastal environment as well as the acquisition and use of agriculture and pastoralism at the time of Neolithisation (i.e. 6th millennia BC) are evidenced by both archaeological and palaeoenvironmental studies. …”
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Empowering pastoralist women through social innovations in Somali and Afar regions of Ethiopia by Tafesse Matewos, Melisew Dejene, Semeredin Yimer

“…The main objective of this study is to assess the role of social innovations (SI) in empowering women in pastoral areas of Afar and Somali regions in Ethiopia. …”
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Aestheticising the Post-Industrial Debris : Industrial Ruins in Contemporary British Landscape Photography by Karolina Kolenda

“…This paper investigates how contemporary landscape photography has sought to introduce the image of industrial ruins into the realm of collective visual imagination by drawing on aesthetic conventions of the Picturesque and the Pictorial, on the one hand, and on the conventions characteristic for developments in contemporary photography (from documentary aesthetics in the work of John Davies, through the “abject” in the work of Richard Billingham and Tom Hunter, to the post-pastoral landscape photography by John Kippin). Contemporary landscape photography attempts to reinstate the image of Britain’s industrial past into commonly shared imagination, where the conflicted nature of the country’s cultural identity – the clash between the “Northern” and “Southern” metaphors – reveals itself with particular force.…”
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L’agriculture de conservation à la croisée des chemins en Afrique et à Madagascar by Georges Serpantié

“…Then the possible causes of the apparent resistance of African and Malagasy agricultures were analysed : constraints related to the semi-aridity and the agro-pastoral civilisations, rival solutions, still unsuited technical sequences, and importance of the time et diversity factors in the innovation process. …”
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CHRISTOPANGANISM: A RELIGION IN SEARCH OF RELEVANCE OR A CONTEXTUALIZED CHRISTIANITY IN NIGERIA? by Amos Francis Dike

“…However, some contemporary Christians/pastors have an approach that can best be described as Christopaganism on order to bridge the gap created by western missionary exploit.Hence, while recognizing the existence of generational curses and magic, some Christian bodiesviews Christopaganismboth as a means of contextualizing Christianity and at the same time finding relevance. …”
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Camels, Camel Milk, and Camel Milk Product Situation in Kenya in Relation to the World by Stephen Oselu, Rebecca Ebere, Joshua M. Arimi

“…Kenya is the leading camel milk producer globally, with an annual production volume of 1.165 MMT, followed by Somalia (0.958 MMT) and Mali (0.271 MMT). In Kenya, pastoral tribes in North-Eastern parts rear about 4.722 million camels accounting for about 80% of all camels. …”
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“For mine is the bitter, the ale and the lager”: Parodic prayer and the spirituality of humour by A. Houck

“… In 2001, two prominent Anglican pastors caused consternation by publishing parodic versions of the Lord’s Prayer. …”
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Ksiądz Hitlera. Myślenie religijne na usługach nazizmu by Józef Majewski, Dariusz K. Sikorski

“…After the Second World War, Adam never admitted his Nazi theological and pastoral activity and never apologised for it. His actions are presented by the authors of this article. …”
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Bœufs gaulois et bœufs français : morphologies animales et dynamiques économiques au cours de La Tène et des périodes historiques by Colin Duval, Benoît Clavel

“…From the first decrease in livestock size as a consequence of domestication, to growth between the Iron Age and the Roman period, and small individuals during the Middle Ages to the heavy Charolais breeds currently grazing in our pastures, this study aims to link cattle morphology and economic variations in order to improve our vision of French pastoral history, based on archaeozoological remains. …”
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‘Soltanto le montagne non si incontrano’. Buone pratiche per il recupero di colture/culture locali fra tradizione e innovazione by Laura Bonato

“…In the last decades of the 20th century, the Alpine areas have witnessed a remarkable process of depopulation: the effects on the environment caused by the abandonment of agro-pastoral practices have extended beyond the local scale, changing the characteristics of the landscape and cultural traditions and transforming these areas into marginal lands. …”
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Socio-Demographic Changes and Transmission of Tangible and Intangible Resources: Ethnographic Glimpses From the Western Italian Alps by Valentina Porcellana, Giulia Fassio, Pier Paolo Viazzo, Roberta Clara Zanini

“…Economically they differ since mountain pastoralism continues to be one of the pillars of economy and culture in the upper Pellice Valley, whereas Macugnaga has converted to tourism. …”
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'n (N.G.) gemeente in "Het kamp te Bloemfontein" gedurende die Anglo-Boereoorlog 1900-1903 by R. M. Britz

“…It was ministered to by a number of Dutch Reformed clergymen appointed by the new colonial government. The two Lutheran pastors of Bloemfontein (Grosskopf and Arndt) also served the church in the camp. …”
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Cambiamenti socio-demografici e trasmissione delle risorse materiali e immateriali: prospettive etnografiche dalle Alpi occidentali italiane by Valentina Porcellana, Giulia Fassio, Pier Paolo Viazzo, Roberta Clara Zanini

“…Economically they differ since mountain pastoralism continues to be one of the pillars of economy and culture in the upper Pellice Valley, whereas Macugnaga has converted to tourism. …”
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Assessing the Outcomes of Digital Soil Science Curricula for Agricultural Undergraduates in the Global South by Rico Heidy, de la Puente Mario, de Oro Carlos, Navarro Daniela, Lambis Juan, Londoño Guillermo

“…Employing a meticulous investigative blueprint across three Colombian university campuses situated in pastoral communities, the assessment involved 89 volunteers separated into experimental and control groups over 14 weeks analyzing soil nutrient administration. …”
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El matrimonio canónico en la era digital. by Francisco Carrasco Cuadros

“…¿Qué respuesta podemos dar los pastores y los profesiones del derecho canónico a estos serios retos?  …”
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Non-genetic factors affecting the meat quality and flavor of Inner Mongolian lambs: A review by Yuning Liu, Runhang Li, Ying Ying, Yandong Zhang, Yiying Huang, Hongxin Wu, Kejian Lin

“…The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ranks first among the five major pastoral areas in terms of lamb breeding of China. …”
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Victims of Compromise by J. Gertrud Tönsing

“…However, the controversy heated up and became more bitter, leading to the later Pastoral Letters and other early Christian writings, completely suppressing women’s leadership in the church. …”
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Visibilidad pública, "nueva evangelización" y multiculturalismo en el patrimonio religioso de la ciudad de Buenos Aires by Gustavo Andrés Ludueña

“…Para ello el trabajo se aproxima, en primer lugar, al significado pastoral de los bienes eclesiásticos enmarcados en la idea de una nueva evangelización. …”
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