The ethics of Orthodoxy as the aesthetics of the local church

This paper addresses the ritual aesthetics of mundane aspects within the global Eastern Orthodox Christian liturgical practice. By comparing a variety of ‘local practices’ within the liturgical traditions of various Orthodox Christian communities, the paper explores how commonly held ethical commitments are expressed in radically different – and at times exactly opposite – practices of quotidian religion. In this evaluation of ‘little traditions’ within the ‘great tradition’ of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, the paper focuses on local practices and their relation within the larger canonically inscribed theology of ‘correct practice’ (orthopraxy). The dogmatic and canonical aspects of orthopraxis, being similar across the Orthodox contexts, link the various communities as each being part of the same ethical project, while their specific aesthetic inventiveness marks each as being uniquely local. Drawing on anthropological and sociological theory of art, aesthetics, and ethical invention, the paper argues that aesthetics is localised ethics in practice

The Damascus strategic plan

23 pp. Published May 7, 2007. Captured March 16, 2009.This Plan will: give background information about the community to help set the stage for the planning process; discuss the current and predicted situations surrounding and infusing city government; identify the major issues facing the Community and the priority for dealing with those issues; establish the basic parameters for city government including a mission and guiding principles; and establish strategies for approaching each, and identify the specific action plans for carrying out those strategies. [From the Plan

PENGARUH EKSTRAK DAUN BELUNTAS (Pluchea indica (L.) Less.) TERHADAP LARVA NYAMUK Culex quinquefasciatus Say.

Telah dilakukan penelitian yang berjudul Pengaruh Ekstrak Daun Beluntas (Pluchea indica (L.) Less.) Terhadap Larva Nyamuk Culex quinquefasciatus Say. Nyamuk Culex merupakan vektor pembawa berbagai penyakit mematikan pada manusia diantaranya, kaki gajah dan alergi. Pengendalian terhadap vektor penyakit selama ini masih menggunakan insektisida kimia yang dapat membahayakan kesehatan dan juga lingkungan bila digunakan secara terus-menerus. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji kemampuan ekstrak daun beluntas yang digunakan untuk membasmi larva nyamuk Culex dan mengetahui konsentarasi yang efektif untuk dapat membunuh 90% larva, dan mengetahui berapa lama waktu yang dibutuhkan ekstrak daun beluntas untuk dapat mematikan larva nyamuk ini. Penelitian dimulai dari bulan Mei 2011 sampai dengan bulan Agustus 2011 di Labotratorium Teknobio-Lingkungan Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menghitung mortalitas larva serta lama waktu yang dibutuhkan untuk dapat mematikan larva. Pengamatan dilakukan tiap 2 jam sekali dalam waktu 24 jam. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa konsentrasi ekstrak daun beluntas yang dapat mematikan larva 90% adalah pada konsentrasi 206.345 ppm atau sebesar 20,6%

Could Afrigo’s Semadongo be Uganda’s Zilizopendwa?

no abstract --- JSTOR link to article (restricted access) https://www.jstor.org/stable/2431823

Middlebury College 2013-14 John Hamilton Fulton Lecture in the Liberal Arts: a public conversation with Angelique Kidjo

On October 2 and 3, 2013 Middlebury College hosted Grammy Award-winning artist and social advocate Angelique Kidjo to give the 2013–14 John Hamilton Fulton Memorial Lecture in the Liberal Arts and to perform a concert

Damascus Notice of Adopted Amendment (2008-04-03)

21 pp. Adopted 2008-04-03. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted Amendmen

Markets of Trajan

General view NE of Trajan's Markets (1998). From Roman Imperial Period