Megachurch involvement at the local level: Examining conditions for church action in economic development

The roles of small congregations and their social impacts are well known, but few theoretical studies investigate megachurch congregations. These mammoth organizations have the potential for advancing social good, but minimal research specifically focuses on the activities of these congregations in economic development (ED). This study addresses this dearth of information by answering the following research questions: (a) In what ways are megachurches involved in ED activities? (b) Who benefits from these programs and how are the programs offered? and (c) What factors influence megachurches to offer ED activities? We frame our investigation using both demand‐ and supply‐side arguments from Frumkin's (2002) model of nonprofit and voluntary action. Online survey data and follow‐up interviews with 42 megachurch leaders in the Dallas/Fort Worth and greater Houston areas show that megachurches are implementing ED activities in alignment with demand‐side explanations, especially when advancing opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed. However, supply‐side arguments provide more explanatory power, indicating that volunteer engagement with ED activities plays a significant role in the provision of ED services through megachurches. Our study offers a better understanding of why megachurches carry out ED activities with considerable attention devoted to how megachurches partner with other congregations, nonprofits, and government entities to encourage economic growth and improve the economic well‐being of community members.     

Trade union pedagogy and cross‐border action

In this article, we examine the potential of global union pedagogy to address the structural and political challenges of cross‐border trade‐union action. We do so by proposing an analytical framework that draws on labour relations, political sociology and education to explain educational processes and outcomes as responses to the pitfalls of global labour campaigns and the inadequacy of global and local labour institutions. We proceed to assess the value of our framework by elaborating on its different dimensions – framing, synthesizing, connecting and regenerating – in relation to the educational work of a global union federation, namely the International Transport Workers' Federation. We find that an actor‐centred approach that combines top–down, bottom–up as and horizontal processes of collecting knowledge from different contexts and making links between different countries, industries and parts of supply chains can help actors realize that their seemingly diverse concerns are essentially different manifestations of the same problem.     

First‐generation migrants become grandparents: how migration backgrounds affect intergenerational relationships

First‐generation migrants are not only reaching the age of retirement, but they are also becoming grandparents in the host society. Through the specific case of Portuguese migrants in Luxembourg, we look at what point their migration background becomes important to their intergenerational relationships. We have acquired the data for this article from biographical narrative interviews with ten older first‐generation grandparents and ten second‐generation parents. On the basis of these findings, we address three important aspects of intergenerational relations: (i) how first‐generation migrants socialize their grandchildren, (ii) grandparental mobility patterns and their embeddedness in practices of socialization and care, and (iii) the challenges produced by language in intergenerational relationships.     

从霍桑对齐灵渥斯的偏见看其宗教观

《红字》的读者深受霍桑对三位主角截然不同的描写影响,认为齐灵渥斯是罪恶最深厚的罪人,而他的诸多正常人的权利及人性需求却一直得不到理解和支持。由于霍桑矛盾而狭隘的宗教观,以及他对该人物存在一定的偏见,从而形成了笔下丑恶的魔鬼:齐灵渥斯。     

"昙花一现"的美丽——朦胧诗回眸

朦胧诗是新时期文学的第一个诗歌潮流,它是一代人生命体验的艺术折光,凸现了自我意识,带来了诗歌审美的嬗变和精神重建的要求。朦胧诗的诗人们呼喊人道主义和要求人的尊严、价值等的启蒙主题,以及大胆借鉴西方现代派的艺术手法的探索精神,无疑是一座崛起的丰碑,已经深深烙在人们心里。然而,朦胧诗由于不可避免的局限性和精神危机,在更为激进的新生代诗人的一片打倒声中,走向消亡。     

不可分的直观——康德数学哲学浅析

在20世纪关于数学基础的争论当中,直觉主义流派往往将康德认作是其理论的鼻祖。然而,回到解析几何与微积分诞生不久的18世纪,康德所提出的“纯粹数学是如何成为可能的问题”,并不容易被已经惯用这两种数学工具的现代人所理解。本文拟通过对“这个问题是如何提出的、为了解决这个问题康德所提出的猜想、康德怎样证明这个猜想”三个方面的分析,来理解康德所提出的这个问题的含义。从中可以看到,“不可分的直观”成为康德数学哲学区别于其他数学哲学流派的核心概念。     

以科学发展观为指导对大学生加强科学思维方法教育

科学发展观不仅是我国治国思想和发展理念,而且是当代科学思维方法的智慧结晶和理性升华。大学教育要以科学发展观为指导,探索在高等教育中对大学生进行科学发展观教育的针对性和结合点,改革大学教学方法,对大学生加强科学思维方法的教育引导。     

论科学发展观与宏观调控的法治化

科学发展观是党和政府提出发展战略,编制发展规划,制定发展政策的思想基础,是政府制定宏观调控措施的指导思想,宏观调控是科学发展观实现的保障。宏观调控的法治化是正确处理科学发展观与宏观调控的关系的基础。     

倾听儿童的声音：“儿童立场”幼儿园课程质量观的逻辑起点

满足儿童发展的需求是幼儿园课程最为基本的价值诉求。因此,“儿童立场”的幼儿园课程质量观应被重视。通过对哲学视域下质量话语权的转向、发展心理学视角下的儿童观基础以及儿童相关研究范式调整的梳理,不难发现,当前学术界关于儿童的研究已然将聚焦于儿童本身作为研究的基本遵循。由此,文章从理论层面论证了儿童在幼儿园课程质量中主体性地位的重要性,并从课程目标、课程内容、课程实施以及课程评价四个方面出发,论述了在教育实践场中“儿童立场”幼儿园课程质量观的基本样态。     

重塑学生自信心的情感教学法初探

现代教育培养的人才应具有健全的人格、较强的创新精神和实践能力,善于协作和敢于竞争.然而,目前高校中有相当一部分学生因为学习成绩差等原因而丧失自信心,陷入不良情感的心理障碍中不能自拔.基于人本主义学习理论的情感教学法注重教学过程中的师生互动和情感交流,能够有效地促使学生重塑自信心,恢复积极向上的健康心态.情感教学法可从五个环节来实施:(1)简介课程的概况,确立课程的学习目标,对学生进行积极的鼓励;(2)调查学生的情况,将学生进行合理分组;(3)在教学过程中将课程知识传授、能力培养与信心培养相结合;(4)实行阶段考察,鼓励学生进一步学习;(5)课程结束时对"差生"实施积极的补救措施.