En olor de santidad. La actitud del cristianismo hacia la cultura del baño

Los primeros siglos de la historia del cristianismo contemplaron la aparición del ascetismo, un movimiento que propugnaba el abandono de los modos de vida típicamente urbanos que caracterizaron el mundo grecolatino con el que los ascetas deseaban romper. Los hábitos higiénicos simbolizaban en buena medida este mundo del que deseaban alejarse. Así, los relatos de vidas de eremitas están llenos de referencias a esta ruptura con la cultura del baño. Jerónimo, gran defensor del anacoretismo, critica la higiene, en más de una ocasión, con palabras que recuerdan a ciertos pasajes de los Evangelios. La prohibición del baño también se encuentra en las primeras reglas monásticas. Estas posturas extremistas no representaban la opinión oficial de la Iglesia ni la de la gran masa del vulgo que profesaba la religión cristiana, quien continuaba frecuentando las termas. Los obispos de algunas ciudades, incluso, fueron los responsables de que determinadas termas públicas continuaran en uso.

La decadencia y cristianización de los templos paganos a lo largo de la Antigüedad Tardía (313-423)

[spa]A finales del s. IV, el entendimiento y la confluencia de intereses entre la Iglesia y el Imperio ya es total. Como resultado de ello, los obispos gozan de una posición privilegiada y exclusiva que les permite emprender agresivas políticas anti-paganas en aquellas ciudades donde ejercen su episcopado. Ello se plasma, en una de sus múltiples facetas, en la cristianización de los templos más emblemáticos de sus comunidades. Este proceso, iniciado ya en el reinado de Constancio II e interrumpido por la política propagana de Juliano, constituyó una de las vías más importantes por la que la Iglesia vio acrecentar sus patrimonios.

Espiritualidad vs racionalidad económica. Los dependientes eclesiásticos y el perjuicio económico a la iglesia de Dumio en el testamento de Ricimiro(656)

[spa]El testamento de este obispo dumiense resulta interesante porque pone de manifiesto una de las principales tensiones del cristianismo en la época postconstantiniana: el dilema que se planteaba al obispo a la hora de elegir entre ser, ante todo, un buen cristiano o anteponer los intereses económicos del obispado. La legislación conciliar y civil conservada indica que, aunque la principal preocupación episcopal era la adecuada gestión de las propiedades eclesiásticas, tampoco se olvidaron de practicar la caridad -manifestada a través de las tareas asistenciales-. Asimismo, este documento resulta útil para conocer la situación de los dependientes eclesiásticos en la Hispania del s. VII.

When does charisma matter for top-level leaders? Effect of attributional ambiguity

One stream of leadership theory suggests leaders are evaluated via inferential observer processes that compare the fit of the target to a prototype of an ideal (charismatic) leader. Attributional theories of leadership suggest that evaluations depend on knowledge of past organizational performance, which is attributed to the leader's skills. We develop a novel theory showing how inferential and attributional processes simultaneously explain top-level leader evaluation and ultimately leader retention and selection. We argue that observers will mostly rely on attributional mechanisms when performance signals clearly indicate good or poor performance outcomes. However, under conditions of attributional ambiguity (i.e., when performance signals are unclear), observers will mostly rely on inferential processes. In Study 1 we tested our theory in an unconventional context-the U.S. presidential election-and found that the two processes, due to the leader's charisma and country economic performance, interact in predicting whether a leader is selected. Using a business context and an experimental design, in Study 2 we show that CEO charisma and firm performance interact in predicting leader retention, confirming the results we found in Study 1. Our results suggest that this phenomenon is quite general and can apply to various performance domains.

Decades of population genetic research reveal the need for harmonization of molecular markers: the grey wolf Canis lupus as a case study

Following protection measures implemented since the 1970s, large carnivores are currently increasing in number and returning to areas from which they were absent for decades or even centuries. Monitoring programmes for these species rely extensively on non-invasive sampling and genotyping. However, attempts to connect results of such studies at larger spatial or temporal scales often suffer from the incompatibility of genetic markers implemented by researchers in different laboratories. This is particularly critical for long-distance dispersers, revealing the need for harmonized monitoring schemes that would enable the understanding of gene flow and dispersal dynamics. Based on a review of genetic studies on grey wolves Canis lupus from Europe, we provide an overview of the genetic markers currently in use, and identify opportunities and hurdles for studies based on continent-scale datasets. Our results highlight an urgent need for harmonization of methods to enable transnational research based on data that have already been collected, and to allow these data to be linked to material collected in the future. We suggest timely standardization of newly developed genotyping approaches, and propose that action is directed towards the establishment of shared single nucleotide polymorphism panels, next-generation sequencing of microsatellites, a common reference sample collection and an online database for data exchange. Enhanced cooperation among genetic researchers dealing with large carnivores in consortia would facilitate streamlining of methods, their faster and wider adoption, and production of results at the large spatial scales that ultimately matter for the conservation of these charismatic species.

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The paper engages the question of how traditional religion persist in an increasingly problematic and complex swiss context. In particular, the chapter looks at the phenomenon of charismatic worship as a vehicle for resignifying the meaning of chronic suffering, over and against the traditional evangelical expectation that worldly hardship is but a temporary trial, to be endured and overcome by true believers. The experience of ongoing physical and psychological suffering is mediated by ritualized narratives, which resituate the afflicted "stakeholders" as important models of Christian life. In so doing, these narratives richly dramatize the resolution of theodicy by showing that, far from being absent in the lives of sufferers, God is especially present.

Acerca de la fecha del martirio de Genesio de Roma

Con seguridad , Genesio de Roma es el más célebre de los actores mártires que, según una extendida leyenda hagiográfica, murieron a causa de una conversión milagrosa mientras actuaban sobre el escenario. Su figura rozó de gran fortuna en Occidente y su historia aparece recogida en numerosos pasionarios y martirologios. En este trabajo estudiamos todas estas fuentes, presentándolas en orden cronológico y estableciendo las diversas relaciones entre ellas.

El territorio y la ciudad de Tarraco

This paper presents a brief description of the archaeological research in the territory and in the city of Tarraco, the ancient capital of provincia Hispania Tarraconensis and one of the main centres for the spread of Hispanic Christianity. Althoug Tarraco was the last capital under imperial control and the firs Hispanic metropolitan see, the city had only a secondary role by comparison with other Hispanic cities during late antiquity. This evolution shaped the development of Tarraco during the 7th century, but archaeologists identify an important architectural vitality still in the 6th century at the same time as other episcopal cities were evolving. During this period, the final Christianization of the symbolic spaces of ancient paganism took place, establishing the ideological basis of medieval urbanism that is still preserved today. The paper also interprets the sites through raising key questions as well as describing rural settlements, where archaeological knowledge is not so far advanced, due in part to the difficult nature of archaeological research, and in part to the need to study new construcitve models, as well as to the systematic collection of the relevant material culture.

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