Der kommende Gott Wallach, Steffen
Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie,
06/2023, Letnik:
65, Številka:
1
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Der vorliegende Beitrag lädt zur Beschäftigung mit dem Advent ein. Er knüpft zum Einstieg bei einem für dieses Vorhaben geeigneten Advents- und Weihnachtslied an: bei
. Das Gedicht, das diesem ...populären Lied zugrunde liegt, entpuppt sich im Gegenlicht der religionsphilosophischen Einlassungen von Jean-Luc Nancy und Giorgio Agamben als kompaktes poetisches Pendant zu einer Theologie des Advents, die getragen wird von der Struktur eines dem Erscheinen zuvorkommenden (Heran-)Kommens und die in dieser prozessierenden Präsenz (man könnte auch sagen: dieser Ereignishaftigkeit) eine Grundfigur des (christlichen) Lebens erkennt.
This article explores how Christian heritage is engaged with, strengthened, and contested in and through Swedish newspapers and in the annual Swedish Christmas calendar. Although Sweden is perceived ...as highly secular and characterized by an increased distance between the former state church and the Swedish population, ideas about Swedish cultural heritage are still tied to notions of a Christian past. Previous research has highlighted Christmas as particularly salient for Swedes’ understanding of their cultural heritage and national identity, which includes perceptions of Christmas as ‘merely’ a tradition. Using theories of nostalgia and banal religion, this article addresses how Swedishness is constructed in the Christmas calendar, as well as through its framing in Swedish newspapers. While the narrative of the Calendar does not normally include overt references to Christian parables, it frequently uses Christian and folkloric symbolism to effect a backdrop of nostalgia. I argue that the Calendar and its framing in newspapers play on conceptions of Swedishness that are inextricably linked to ideas of ‘secularized’ Christianity, and by extension to constructions of what counts as national belonging in contemporary Sweden.
We develop the third-order adaptive Adams-Bashforth time integration and the second-order finite difference equation for variable time steps. We incorporate these schemes in the Celeris Advent ...software to discretize and solve the 2D extended Boussinesq equations. This software uses a hybrid finite volume – finite difference scheme and leverages the GPU to solve the equations faster than real-time while concurrently visualizing them. The newly added adaptive scheme significantly improves the robustness of the model while providing faster computational performance. We simulate several benchmarks using the adaptive time stepping scheme of Celeris Advent and demonstrate the capability of the software in modeling wave-breaking, wave runup, irregular waves, and rip currents.
Program title: Celeris Advent (v.1.3.4)
CPC Library link to program files:https://doi.org/10.17632/pwsjdsgz89.1
Licensing provisions: GNU General Public License 3
Programming language: C++, HLSL
Nature of problem: Celeris Advent started a new paradigm in nearshore wave simulations and enabled researchers and engineers to run a Boussinesq-type model, faster than real-time and in an interactive environment. For simplicity, we assumed a fixed time step in our first implementation of Celeris Advent. This fixed time step often needs to be chosen conservatively such that the model can resolve the most extreme cases during the experiment. In practical simulations, such as simulating coastal fields, the superposition of boundary and initial conditions may cause rare but extreme conditions, requiring a very small time step that is too conservative during most of the simulation.
Solution method: We developed adaptive third order Adams-Bashforth time integration to let Celeris Advent solve the extended Boussinesq equations with a variable time step, allowing it to decrease the time step only when necessary. The adaptive equations are presented in a generic format and therefore can be used for solving other equations as well.
Additional comments including restrictions and unusual features: The new version of the Celeris Advent with the adaptive time integration runs ∼3 times faster for the standard conical island benchmark, allowing Celeris Advent simulate this benchmark on a 200×200 grid an order of magnitude faster than real-time on a consumer-level gaming laptop. For a field simulation benchmark, with rare but extreme events, the new version runs ∼25 times faster.
This article discusses laughter as one of the structure-forming themes in Ksenia Buksha's novel
Advent
(2021). The novel consists of two parts, the retrospective one being graphically separated from ...the main narrative. The theme of laughter does not seem to be connected with the event part; however, it brings about several sidelines. Methodologically, the research relied on the theory of motif developed by I. V. Silantiev, where the motif is considered as part of the narrative. The variability of laughter in literature is complemented by its multifaceted character in philosophy and culture. The works by S. S. Averintsev, L. V. Karasev, and M. T. Ryumina made it possible to understand the semantics of laughter as a cultural and social phenomenon. In her novel, K. Buksha hardly ever links laughter with the category of comic: in fact, laughter almost never accompanies mockery. As a rule, laughter in
Advent
is involuntary and unmotivated. It is associated with the true, imaginary, or impossible liberation of the characters from eternal routine and malign infinity, be it their entire lives or just a depressing episode. The laughter moments belong both to the main and episodic characters, which indicates that laughter is a universal symbol of crisis. This interpretation contributes to a deeper philosophical and ontological understanding of the contemporary Russian literature.
Der kommende Gott Wallach, Steffen
Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie,
06/2023, Letnik:
65, Številka:
1
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Zusammenfassung
Der vorliegende Beitrag lädt zur Beschäftigung mit dem Advent ein. Er knüpft zum Einstieg bei einem für dieses Vorhaben geeigneten Advents- und Weihnachtslied an: bei
Alle Jahre ...wieder
. Das Gedicht, das diesem populären Lied zugrunde liegt, entpuppt sich im Gegenlicht der religionsphilosophischen Einlassungen von Jean-Luc Nancy und Giorgio Agamben als kompaktes poetisches Pendant zu einer Theologie des Advents, die getragen wird von der Struktur eines dem Erscheinen zuvorkommenden (Heran-)Kommens und die in dieser prozessierenden Präsenz (man könnte auch sagen: dieser Ereignishaftigkeit) eine Grundfigur des (christlichen) Lebens erkennt.
This essay addresses challenges that emerged during Advent through recent experience of lecturing at Berkeley Divinity School, the Episcopal Seminary at Yale. For many of my students, Advent 2020 ...presented particular challenges since they found that the recurring utilization of ‘darkness’ as a metaphor for sin and death did not sit easily with their commitment to anti-racist thought and practice. This essay does not attempt to provide a definitive model for how Anglicans might engage fully with Advent themes, but serves as a paper to ‘think with’ in which the author (a) engages with Michael Battle’s work on Anglican spirituality and (b) describes how her own expertise on Gregory of Nyssa was brought to bear on present needs. The Advent focus on darkness and light, I propose, does not need to be circumvented but provides Anglicans who are attentive to the problems of racism with an opportunity to examine further their own approach to ‘darkness’.
Abstract Background Calcified lesions are one of the most challenging cases for PCI, where optimal angiographic results and satisfying outcomes are hard to achieve. Methods We evaluated the baseline ...clinical, procedures characteristics and outcomes of patients with severe coronary artery calcification (CAC) who underwent coronary intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) and rotational atherectomy (RA). Results Respectively 152 and 238 patients who underwent IVL and RA are enrolled from January 2023 to November 2023. Regarding demographic characteristics, the gender proportion, medical history of PCI and smoke history among groups reach statistical significance. Left anterior descending and right coronary artery were the main vessels treated in both groups. The 2.5 and 3.0 mm IVL balloons and 1.5 mm burr were the most commonly used. 99.3% cases were successfully implanted drug-eluting stents after IVL balloon pre-treatment, which was higher than in the group treated with RA. During hospitalization, there were no serious adverse events in the IVL group, but there were two adverse events in the RA group. Procedural complications were higher in the RA group than the IVL group (5.5% vs. 0.7%, P = 0.027). Conclusions IVL appears to be safe and effective for the treatment of severe CAC lesions compared to RA.
Despite extensive musicological writings on J. S. Bach’s sacred cantatas, little space is dedicated to the musical portrayal of the Christian doctrine of parousia (παρουσία)—Christ’s return, or ...second advent. This study considers the parousia concept within eighteenth-century German Lutheranism, contemplating its dichotomous fearful and hopeful interpretations. It also explores its implications for the doctrinal notions of death, judgement, and salvation, among other correlated themes as they appear in Bach’s cantatas BWV 70, 90, and 140. This essay analyzes various renditions of these themes in the cantatas along with their rhetorical and musical rendering, with the intent of distilling Bach’s perspectives of Christ’s second coming.
