Trinitarian Influences upon Christian Interreligious Discourse in a Globalizing World

In pluralistic societies, where neighbors come from a variety of cultural backgrounds, religious literacy among the populace is crucial. Connections must be made between people of differing faiths, and theological bridges must be built to enable fruitful discussion. Approaches to interreligious engagement for Christian theologians have historically been grounded in the emphasis of one Person of the Holy Trinity over the other two Persons, establishing distinct Christocentric, theocentric, and pneumatological approaches. A focus on Christ’s role in Christianity’s telos, i.e., salvation, inevitably makes a claim on whom can be “saved” – i.e., whether all of creation or only those within the church. Christocentric theologies of religion thus fall short of fully accounting for religious differences, dismissing them as containing incomplete knowledge. Alternatively, with the growth of modern science, Western thinkers began to search for a common truth unifying all religions. Focusing primarily on the First Person of the Trinity, this approach sought to discover the “Designer” behind a well-designed universe. Such theologies, however, inappropriately reduce all religions to a presumed identical purpose, often based on Western philosophies. Again, differences are dismissed rather than affirmed. While these first two approaches fall short, Christian thought requires a framework for understanding how to engage other religions, yet this must be achieved in a way that allows Christians to be true to their own claims while also accurately acknowledging the claims of other religions. Seeking to balance these goals, Christian thinkers, such as Amos Yong, have more recently begun to explore the possibilities of placing greater emphasis on the role of the third Person of the Trinity, i.e., the Holy Spirit, promoting a more hospitable context for interreligious discourse while accurately articulating the historical shortcomings of Christocentrism and theocentrism

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Navigating Climate Change in Europe: The Choices Ahead

This report draws on polling from 26,000 people and over 50 focus groups across France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK in 2021 and 2022 and explores how best to build on the wide public consensus for climate action to advance much-needed climate solutions.We make observations and recommendations that we hope will aid civil society organisations, the Green movement, and those in policymaking roles to elevate the prioritisation of climate change in Europe and successfully advance climate solutions. In addition to using standard demographic analyses, we also draw on our segmentation studies in Germany, France, and the UK to examine the relevance of the psychology and values of key subgroups as they relate to climate change. Our recommendations draw on points of broad agreement that we hope will work not only to advance climate change policies, but also diffuse political division and deepen a sense of common cause

Quantitative Strain Analysis of the Benchmark Iron Formation Within the Nemo Shear Zone, Black Hills, South Dakota

The Black Hills of South Dakota expose rocks deformed during the suturing of the Wyoming and Superior Provinces. The nal continent-continent suturing, local D3, is interpreted from NW-striking shear zones and related folding. These structures deformed supracrustal and basement rocks during left-lateral strike-slip, NE-side up transpression. The Nemo shear zone is a similarly oriented, km-wide structure in the NE Black Hills. Two miles southeast of Nemo village it parallels the Estes unconformity deforming both Nemo group rocks below and the overlying Estes Conglomerate. This project describes shear sense and quantities strain preserved in the Benchmark Iron-formation, the uppermost unit of the Nemo group, and compares it to other D3 shear structures. This research mapped three NW-trending lenses of iron formation within the shear zone adjacent and below the Estes unconformity. The iron formation contains ~80% Fe-oxide matrix, dominantly specularite, separating discontinuous cm-scale quartzite lenses elongate parallel to the NW-striking, near vertical shear fabric, giving the unit a banded appearance. Locally, areas in the iron formation appear massive with angular and nearly equi-dimensional quartzite clasts. These areas are interpreted to represent the unsheared protolith, and the quartz lenses in the “banded” component are interpreted to be sheared quartzite clasts. This interpretation allows for a quantitative strain analysis using the sheared quartzite clasts as strain markers. Assuming no area loss, quartzite lenses viewed on horizontal exposures record stretch (S) of 0.6 and 1.75 in their short and long axes, respectively. In vertical exposures, long axes average S_3, however S ranges from 1.75 to \u3e4. Short axes in this orientation have S_0.3. These data support significant _attening; however, stretch is greater in the vertical than horizontal. Asymmetry of sigma shaped quartzite lenses and cm-scale folding of lenses in both horizontal and vertical exposures supports NE-side up and left-lateral strike-slip shear movement. This shear displacement combined with the strong _attening component support the interpretation that the Nemo shear zone is associated with other NW-striking D3 structures formed under transpression during the _nal suturing of the Wyoming and Superior provinces

Macroalgae contribute to the diet of Patella vulgata from contrasting conditions of latitude and wave exposure in the UK

Analysis of gut contents and stable isotope composition of intertidal limpets (Patella vulgata) showed a major contribution of macroalgae to their diet, along with microalgae and invertebrates. Specimens were collected in areas with limited access to attached macroalgae, suggesting a major dietary component of drift algae. Gut contents of 480 animals from 2 moderately wave exposed and 2 sheltered rocky shores in each of 2 regions: western Scotland (55–56°N) and southwest England (50°N), were analysed in 2 years (n = 30 per site per year). The abundance of microalgae, macroalgae and invertebrates within the guts was quantified using categorical abundance scales. Gut content composition was compared among regions and wave exposure conditions, showing that the diet of P. vulgata changes with both wave exposure and latitude. Microalgae were most abundant in limpet gut contents in animals from southwest sites, whilst leathery/corticated macroalgae were more prevalent and abundant in limpets from sheltered and northern sites. P. vulgata appears to have a more flexible diet than previously appreciated and these keystone grazers consume not only microalgae, but also large quantities of macroalgae and small invertebrates. To date, limpet grazing studies have focussed on their role in controlling recruitment of macroalgae by feeding on microscopic propagules and germlings. Consumption of adult algae suggests P. vulgata may also directly control the biomass of attached macroalgae on the shore, whilst consumption of drift algae indicates the species may play important roles in coupling subtidal and intertidal production

Field Tours--An Old Tool That Can Still Work

Field tours and workshops continue to be useful tools in Extension education. But holding such events requires careful planning and follow-up to make a successful experience for all involved: planners, presenters, and participants. The authors developed a simple timeline and checklist to help keep the organizers on track