Art and belief : artists engaged in interreligious dialogue / / Ruth Illman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464883303321
• Autore: Illman Ruth
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-315-72872-9; 1-317-54378-5; 1-84465-885-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Collana: Cross cultural theologies
• Disciplina: 201/.5
• Soggetti: Religions - Relations; Dialogue - Religious aspects; Artists - Religious life; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Interreligious Dialogue in a Changing World; 2 Reflexive Religiosities and Complex Otherness; 3 A Creative Perspective on Interreligious Dialogue; 4 A Dialogue of Souls: Jordi Savall; 5 Exploring Estrangement: Susanne Levin; 6 Only the Idea of Snow is White: Marita Liulia; 7 When Language is Not Enough: Chokri Mensi; 8 Beauty is a Hole in the Wall: Cecilia Parsberg; 9 Inhabiting a Mystery: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt; 10 Conclusions: The Art of Dialogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
• Sommario/riassunto: ''Art and Belief'' explores communication between faiths through an examination of contemporary artistic practice. The book discusses how a range of artists formulate their worldview and what motivates them to engage in dialogue. These artists are engaged in a wide range of artistic forms and practice and come to dialogue from diverse religious positions. The aim of the book is to question the assumptions of interreligious dialogue as a largely intellectual exercise in defining the religious ""other"" and to explore dialogue as a manifestation of interpersonal ethics.

Bureaucratic autonomy and the European Commission : Europe's custodians / / Antonis A. Ellinas, Ezra [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779150603321
• Autore: Ellinas Antonis A. <1975->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-139-36643-2; 1-107-23183-3; 1-280-64772-8; 9786613633774; 1-139-37902-X; 1-139-15087-1; 1-139-37616-0; 1-139-37759-0; 1-139-37217-3; 1-139-38045-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Classificazione: POL040000
• Disciplina: 341.242/2
• Soggetti: Bureaucracy - European Union countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p.215-232) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- 2. The autonomy of national and transnational bureaucracies -- 3. Surveying top European bureaucrats -- 4. Autonomy at the top of the European bureaucracy -- 5. Political attempts to alter bureaucratic behavior -- 6. Cultural impediments to political control -- 7. Custodians of 'Europe' -- 8. Bureaucratic attitudes toward controversial policies -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Distribution of sample by Directorate-General or service -- Appendix B: Contact of European bureaucrats with the European Parliament.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the struggle of the European Union bureaucracy to maintain its autonomy in an increasingly complex institutional setting and adverse political environment. Using an original survey of nearly ; two hundred top European Commission officials, it shows that the Commission is a coherent organization that shares a common culture of supranationalism. The European Union's multicephalous structure of political authority limits the capacity of European politicians to curb the autonomy of the Commission but tends to undermine the legitimacy of the organization, which finds itself under persistent political attacks. These attacks inadvertently help the organization bolster its defenses against the external threats and trigger internal legitimation processes that reinforce the devotion of its employees to its institutional mission. The rich survey data show how Commission bureaucrats establish themselves as the 'custodians of Europe'. The book helps disentangle the complexity of the Commission and makes a contribution to the study of international bureaucracies, a topic that has received little attention.