Frank Thomas Moore: The Messiah of Johnsonville

Most, probably all, Christian countries produce one or more messiahs. Some of these messiahs immigrated to settler colonies to escape religious persecution, others emerged from the indigenous people who had been introduced to Christianity, and yet others were the descendants of settlers.[i] Many attracted followers and some of these established intentional communities where their teachings could be put into practice, and some of this activity resulted in new religions, few of which lasted beyond the death of the messiah.[ii] Most preached that a better world would result from the adoption of their teachings. &nbsp

The Three Faces of Utopianism Revisited

Przekład artykułu na podstawie wydania: Sargent Lyman Tower (1994), The Three Faces of Utopianism Revisited, „Utopian Studies”, t. 5, nr 1, s. 1–37, www.jstor.org/stable/20719246 [dostęp: 4.12.2021]

Sociocultural paradoxes and issues in e-learning use in higher education Africa

Sociocultural issues are major contributing factors in mass acceptance and effective use of technology. These issues are often perceived to contradict the benefits the technology brings about. E-learning use in higher education in Africa, as a technology, faces some sociocultural barriers that contradict its promise and benefits. This paper identifies five social cultural paradoxes, namely globalisation, cultural identity, westernisation, authenticity and foreign ideologies, with the aim of creating awareness of, and eliciting the interventions required to improve the acceptance and use of e-learning. The paper presents the differing and contradictory views of technology advocates and technology sceptics on the use of e-learning in higher in Africa

Lasting lessons about intentional communitites

This chapter considers lasting lessons about intentional communities drawn from a survey of over 60 utopian communities in New Zealand

Contemporary political ideologies : a comparative analysis

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