Abstract Restricted participation in celebrating eucharist remains a very visible victim of ecclesial divisions. Ecclesial self-understandings, theologies eucharist, and notions ecumenicity are deeply interwoven. Modern ecumenical engagement presupposes more critical historiography its attempts to deconstruct naively self-interested narrations identity, particularly the ways which competing vis...

Harry O. Fox continues as treasurer of the Civil Service Employees Association. He defeated Vernon R. Davis for t he post. The •ote was 11,406 for Fox, 5,855 for Davis. In last week's LEADER'S tabulation of the voting, a "1" was left out of Harry 's vote, which reduced the count to a mere dribble, arid the proof reader didn't catch it. So here's t h e correct figw e again for Har ry : 11,406. A...

Religious personnel have always been unique in their costumes that depict ranks, nature of ceremony and roles a given cultic rite. That the splendid vestments culturally related significant accounts for debates modifications. For Africans, when it comes to fabrication liturgical attires, focus is not necessarily on need change as much extent Africanness Christianity. This paper appraises percep...

This meta-analysis examined the extent to which stereotypes of leaders are culturally masculine. The primary studies fit into 1 of 3 paradigms: (a) In Schein's (1973) think manager-think male paradigm, 40 studies with 51 effect sizes compared the similarity of male and leader stereotypes and the similarity of female and leader stereotypes; (b) in Powell and Butterfield's (1979) agency-communion...

Liking and respect are postulated as two dimensions of interpersonal attitudes. Liking-disliking is an idiosyncratic response which depends mostly on how target persons influence interests and well-being of the attitude holder and is accompanied by beliefs in their communal traits. Respect-disrespect is a socially shared response which depends mostly on the social status of target persons and i...

The negative components o f masculinity and femininity, conceptualized by Spence and her colleagues (1979) as unmitigated agency and unmitigated communion, were explored by examining dominant and submissive acts used in their expression. In three separate sessions, subjects (N = 129) completed scales designed to measure these constructs, a Dominance Act Report, and a Submissiveness Act Report. ...