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Religious Responses to Violence
During the past half century, Latin America has evolved from a
region of political instability and frequent dictatorships into one
of elected governments. Although its societies and economies have
undergone sweeping changes, high levels of violence have remained a
persistent problem. Religious Responses to Violence: Human
Rights in Latin America Past and Present offers rich resources
to understand how religion has perceived and addressed different
forms of violence, from the political and state violence of the
1970s and 1980s to the drug traffickers and youth gangs of today.
The contributors offer many fresh insights into contemporary
criminal violence and reconsider past interpretations of political
violence, liberation theology, and human rights in light of new
questions and evidence.
In contrast to many other studies of violence, this book
explores its moral dimensions-up close in lived experience-and the
real consequences of human agency. Alexander Wilde provides a
thoughtful substantive introduction, followed by thematic chapters
on \"rights,\" \"violence,\" and case studies of ten countries
throughout the region. The book breaks new ground examining common
responses as well as differences between Catholic and Evangelical
pastoral accompaniment. These new studies focus on the specifically
religious character of their responses-how they relate their
mission and faith to violence in different contexts-to better
understand how and why they have taken action.
eBook
Waste Remanufactured: Utilizing Circular Economies & Mycelium Based Solutions to Create Zero Waste Products
It’s clear that waste management is becoming a more prominent issue. From plastics in our oceans to greenhouse gasses, waste surrounds us and it’s starting to take a toll. The linear flow model for consumption of taking, making and wasting may be the standard but we as designers have the agency to change this by shaping and moving consumer habits towards more sustainable solutions. By utilizing a circular flow economy, wherein the waste generated from manufacturing is used back in the production cycle, products can reach a lower carbon footprint before reaching the consumer. With materials like metal, plastic and glass this is as easy as re-melting and reforming, but what about wood products? This milling waste would normally end up in a landfill, producing greenhouse gasses and leaching chemicals into local water systems. But through advancements in mycelium based technologies, it can instead be used as a substrate to grow mycelium based composite materials. These materials can then be used back in the products that originally produced the waste. Introducing Waste Remanufactured, a wood milling and waste recycling system, that utilizes mycelium to grow the products we use.
Dissertation
Religious reponses to violence: human rights in Latin America past and present
During the past half century, Latin America has evolved from a region of political instability and frequent dictatorships into one of elected governments. Although its societies and economies have undergone sweeping changes, high levels of violence have remained a persistent problem. Religious Responses to Violence: Human Rights in Latin America Past and Present offers rich resources to understand how religion has perceived and addressed different forms of violence, from the political and state violence of the 1970s and 1980s to the drug traffickers and youth gangs of today. The contributors offer many fresh insights into contemporary criminal violence and reconsider past interpretations of political violence, liberation theology, and human rights in light of new questions and evidence. In contrast to many other studies of violence, this book explores its moral dimensions-up close in lived experience-and the real consequences of human agency. Alexander Wilde provides a thoughtful substantive introduction, followed by thematic chapters on \"rights,\" \"violence,\" and case studies of ten countries throughout the region. The book breaks new ground examining common responses as well as differences between Catholic and Evangelical pastoral accompaniment. These new studies focus on the specifically religious character of their responses-how they relate their mission and faith to violence in different contexts-to better understand how and why they have taken action.
eBook
THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH AND PASTORAL MINISTRY
In 2011, Chilean national television broadcast Los archivos del Cardenal, a gripping twelve-part fictionalized series set during the Pinochet dictatorship (1973–90). It was a docudrama, its creators concerned, as filmmakers generally are, to tell a good story. It had the look and feel of the times—the clothes, the haircuts, the cars, the old buildings of Santiago’s center, and the then-recent suburbs. Its characters spoke the language of the times, and its story lines conveyed their human dramas—quotidian concerns shaped and heightened by fear, violence, and the denial of fundamental human rights. To its great credit the series
Book Chapter
Irruptions of Memory: Expressive Politics in Chile's Transition to Democracy
Even before Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London in October 1998,
the past hung heavily over Chile's distinctive transition to democracy.
This was apparent during the previous year in the attention given to its
conflictive recent history in television and radio talk shows and in
newspaper and magazine articles. Since the return to elected rule in 1990,
volumes on the dictatorship and the Popular Unity government were
staples in Santiago bookstores. With the approach of the 25th anniversary
of the 1973 military coup, what had been a steady stream of publication
turned into a torrent of personal and political memoirs, extended essays,
political journalism, and scholarly studies evoking the country's divided
historical memory.
Journal Article
Trends in body mass index distribution and prevalence of thinness, overweight and obesity in two cohorts of Surinamese South Asian children in The Netherlands
Objectives Asians have a smaller muscle mass and a larger fat mass at the same body mass index (BMI) than most other ethnic groups. Due to a resulting higher cardiometabolic risk, the BMI cut-offs for overweight and obesity were lowered for adults. For Asian children universal criteria apply. The objectives of this study were to determine the normal BMI distribution and assess the BMI class distribution in a reference cohort of affluent South Asian children born before the obesity epidemic and to assess the influence of the obesity epidemic on the distributions. Methods Historical cohort study with 4350 measurements of height and weight of two cohorts (born 1974–1976 and 1991–1993) of Surinamese South Asian children living in The Netherlands, analysed with WHO Child Growth References and International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) BMI cut-offs. Results The reference cohort 1974–1976 was significantly lighter (BMI Z-score=−0.63; 95% CI −0.69 to −0.58) and more variable (SD=1.19) than WHO reference. Total thinness prevalence was exceptionally high, both in cohort 1974–1976 (WHO 38.3%; IOTF 36.4%) and 1991–1993 (WHO 23.6%; IOTF 23.9%). Overweight and obesity prevalences were low in the reference cohort (WHO respectively 6.0% and 2.1%; IOTF 5.3%, 0.9%), but much higher in cohort 1991–1993 (WHO 13.6%, 9.1%; IOTF 11.7%, 6.0%). Conclusions The low mean BMI Z-score and high prevalence of thinness are likely expressions of the characteristic body composition of South Asians. Universal BMI cut-offs should be applied carefully in South Asian populations as thinness prevalence is likely to be overestimated and obesity underestimated. The development of ethnic specific cut-offs is recommended.
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