1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910518191703321

Autore

Berry Thomas

Titolo

The Christian Future and the Fate of Earth / Thomas Berry, Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Orbis Books, 2011

[s.l.] : , : Orbis Books, , 2011

ISBN

9781608331536

1608331539

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

Ecology and Justice Series

Disciplina

261.88

Soggetti

Religion / Essays

Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection

Religion / Christianity

Nature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface / by John B. Cobb, Jr -- Introduction / by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim -- Spiritual traditions and the human community -- Third mediation -- The Catholic Church and the religions of the world -- Christian cosmology -- The Christian future and the fate of Earth -- Role of the church in the twenty-first century -- Christianity and ecology -- Women religious : voices of Earth -- The wisdom of the cross -- The universe as cosmic liturgy.

Sommario/riassunto

"[This book] may be the best guide yet to the work of Thomas Berry. It is as though these essays embody the bonding force he calls the Great Compassionate Curve of the universe."--Catherine Keller  "A highly readable gem."--Catholic Library World  "Inspiring, often lyrical."--St. Anthony Messenger  Like no other religious thinker, Thomas Berry has been a prophetic voice regarding Earth's destruction and the urgent need for human response from the Christian community. This book collects Berry's signature views on the interrelatedness of both Earth's future and the Christian future. He ponders why Christians have been late in coming to the issue of the environment. He reflects insightfully on how the environment must be seen as a religious issue, not simply a



scientific or economic problem. In powerful and poetic language Berry presents a compelling vision of the sacredness of the universe and the interrelatedness of the Earth community. Drawing on Thomas Aquinas and Teilhard de Chardin he brings the Christian tradition into a cosmology of care for the whole of creation.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910878989703321

Autore

Oleksiyenko Anatoly V

Titolo

International Status Anxiety and Higher Education : The Soviet Legacy in China and Russia / / edited by Anatoly V. Oleksiyenko, Qiang Zha, Igor Chirikov, Jun Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

9783031538476

3031538471

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (410 pages)

Collana

CERC Studies in Comparative Education, , 2543-022X ; ; 35

Altri autori (Persone)

ZhaQiang

ChirikovIgorʹ

LiJun

Disciplina

378.47

Soggetti

International education

Comparative education

Education and state

Education, Higher

Social sciences

Humanities

Political science

International and Comparative Education

Educational Policy and Politics

Higher Education

Humanities and Social Sciences

Political Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction: Soft/Hard Power Engines of International Status Anxiety -- Part I: Historical Perspectives and Dilemmas -- 2 Historical Dynamics of Russian-Chinese Cooperation in Higher Education, 1920s to 1970s -- 3 An Attempt at Global Sovietization: Russian Academic Internationalization after World War II -- 4 Ideological Shift and Strategic Changes: China’s University Partnerships in the Process of De-Sovietization -- 5 Hybrid Powers of Soviet Internationalization: Chinese and Russian Academics as Legacy Holders and Hostages -- Part II: Policies and Institutional Changes -- 6 Policy and Implementation in the Processes of China’s Higher Education Development and De-Sovietization: Reflections from Global, Cross-National, and Institutional Perspectives -- 7 The Sovietization of China’s Universities: The 1950s Experience of Shanxi University -- 8 R&D Internationalization of a University-Based Collaborative Research Unit: The De-Sovietization of Chinese Higher Education from an Understructure-Level Perspective -- 9 The State as the Driver of Competitiveness in Russian Higher Education: The Case of Project 5-100 -- 10 The Sputnik Syndrome: How Russian Universities Make Sense of Global Competition in Higher Education -- Part III: Human Agency and Mobility -- 11 International Student Recruitment in Russia: Heavy-Handed Approach and Soft Power Comeback -- 12 Historical Trends in PhD Study Abroad and Their Implications for Transforming the Chinese Higher Education System -- 13 Collaboration between Europe and China in Doctoral Education: Historical Development and Future Challenges -- 14 Mitigating the Legacy of International Status Anxiety: Concluding Remarks on Power (Mis)Alignments.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides a critical perspective on the Soviet legacy of global competition and status anxiety in international higher education. Investigating tensions generated by the traditional power instruments of coercion, money and attraction, the book looks into the dynamics of multi-level forces that either advance progressive university policies and practices or lead to hyper-centralization, indoctrination and unfreedom of inquiry in higher education. The volume provides insights into political sources that champion the anxiety about superpower status over the agenda of social equality, fairness, and freedom in universities and their communities. The manuscript offers an excellent collation of studies shedding light on the phenomenon of de-Sovietization which was previously largely overlooked and underexplored in the higher education literature. The book appeals to policy-makers, practitioners and scholars of higher education who seek to understand historical and political conditions that affect the currency of Chinese and Russian scholarship. As de-Sovietization of higher education may often be aspiration than reality in the two post-totalitarian countries, this books offers a unique, thought-provoking frame of analysis urging for more studies in the area as well as encouraging enhanced responsibility in creating sufficient room for freedom of critical inquiry. .