IOSR-JHSS   Volume-25 ~ Issue-10 ~ October 2020

Abstract: This paper focuses on the development of pastoral work in the field of sports over the past ten years of the Department for the Pastoral Care of Athletes of the Zagreb Archdiocese, founded in 2009. The pastoral care for sports is, first of all, understood as a practical church activity which consists of activities around the full presence through support, counselling and spiritual care for athletes as well as appropriate liturgical celebrations. The paper provides an analysis of the existing contemporary environment where the main protagonist of the pastoral activity is, and that would be the man and the sports as an anthropological reality. Since it is impossible to cover the complexity of sport itself, this paper has been limited to sport as a socio-cultural phenomenon and the documents of church teaching that bring forward specific guidelines regarding pastoral care in sport. The educational, pastoral and cultural nature of sport can be recognized in the context of the Christian values.....

Key words: sports, pastoral care for sports, education, church documents

[1]. Bartoš, Allen (2012) Značaj i utjecaj elektronskih medija na popularizaciju sporta (The significance and influence of electronic media on the popularization of sports), Media, culture and public relations, 3 (2) 158-166. [2]. Drugi vatikanski koncil: Dokumenti (1998.), Zagreb, Kršćanska sadašnjost (The Second Vatican Council: Documents (1998), Zagreb, Christian Present)
[3]. Dikasterij za laike, obitelj i ţivot (2018) Dati najbolje od sebe. O kršćanskoj viziji špota i ljudske osobe, Salom, Zagreb. (The Dicastery for Lay People, Family and Life (2018) Give your best. On the Christian vision of the spot and the human being, Salom, Zagreb.)
[4]. Crepaz, Paolo (2018) Sport u svjetlu vjere: utjecaj na području odgoja?, u: Crkva u svijetu, godina LIII, 3, 452-462. (Crepaz, Paolo (2018) Sport in the Light of Faith: Influence in the Field of Education?, in: Church in the World, Year LIII, 3, 452-462)
[5]. Ceraj, Saša (2018) Šport i kršćanske vrijednosti u hrvatskom društvu početkom XX. stoljeća, u: Crkva u svijetu, godina LIII, 3, str. 516-538. (Ceraj, Saša (2018) Sport and Christian Values in Croatian Society at the Beginning of the 20th Century, in: Church in the World, Year LIII, 3, p. 516-538.).

Abstract: Executive Summary A significant threat has been posed by the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic to the well-being and healthy lives of billions of people worldwide. The pandemic has caused economies to lockdown, and cross border trade has died. Although the world is opening up, an unprecedented state of vulnerability is being entered, coined as the ‗new normal.' The industries have been hit badly, causing inequality in the health system and a rise in poverty. There have been massive job losses, and government interventions do not seem enough. With this, it is essential to reflect on past learning and revisit the fundamental assumptions to start drafting the way towards creating a sustainable world. Despite the considerable damage caused to human livelihoods and lives, the coronavirus pandemic provides an opportunity for the human race to act in solidarity and turn the crisis into an incentive to achieve.....

[1]. Covid-19: Challenge to SDGand Globalization, July-Sep 2020 , Jude ChukwunyereIwuoha, Adaeze UkamakaJude-Iwuoha...

Abstract: Background: Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are critical drivers of global economies. With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus infection, these enterprises have suffered major losses with the attendant reduction in global economic activities. Nigeria was not exempted in the socio-economic impact of the pandemic. As the lockdown across Nigeria begins to ease, it became imperative to evaluate effects of the pandemic on MSMEs in the nation‟s capital, Abuja. The work also examined factors that can enhance the survival of this sector post covid-19. The variables assessed were access to finance, infrastructure: electricity/telecommunication, and innovation/new......

Keywords: Micro small and medium enterprises; Post Covid-19; Nigeria; Abuja; Economy; Infrastructure; Coronavirus pandemic

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Abstract: This paper examines some existential issues related to death raised by Edward Albee, an American playwright. To elaborate, it explores the pressure of death it exerts on the living human beings and the way to face death. Further, it shows how death generates a ray of hope and optimism and religious fulfilment. Besides, this paper proves that experiencing death with full awareness is a novel experience because it creates a possibility of resurrection and ecstatic peace

Keywords: existential issues, pressure of death, hope and optimism, religious fulfilment, resurrection and ecstatic peace.

[1]. Ruby Cohn, Edward Albee, University of Minnesota, (Pamphlets on American Writers, No. 77, University of Minnesota Press, 1969). p. 44
[2]. Mishra Vijoy, 'The experience of death in Albee's Plays', English Association Journal vol. viii, summer, 1994, p. 168. L.N.M.U. Press, Darbhanga
[3]. New York Times, summer, 1984. vol.1, p. 51
[4]. Gilbert Debusscher, Edward Albee : Tradition and Renewal, trans. Anne and Williams (Brussels : Center for American Studies, 1967). P. 82.
[5]. Mathew C. Rowdane, Understanding Edward Albee, University of South Carolina, 1987, pp. 41-42.
[6]. Ibid, p. 43

Abstract: Language has always been a dominating issue of contention in the criticism of Indian English poetry. The detractors claim a disjunction between the medium and the message and assert that this makes the latter inauthentic. They see the difficulty as being one of conveying an ethnic ambience in a foreign tongue, since each language carries with it a sense of community, place and of being located in a unique sensibility. The central issue, which this paper will explore, has little or nothing to do with whether the poet should or should not write in English. It can now be taken as said that the language has chosen the poet and there is no value attached to the medium per se, but the value comes from the efficacy of its use in the crafting of the verse and the expression of experience and emotion, in an acquired language......

Keywords: Sujata Bhatt, Language in Indian English Poetry, Brunizem, Monkey Shadows, The Stinking Rose, my mother's way of wearing a sari, Identity, multiculturalism, a new poetics

[1]. Parthasarathy, R. Editor. (1976) Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets. Delhi: Oxford University Press. 1976. Introduction: Page 3.
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Abstract: Introduction: A big part of female workforce in Bangladesh works as secondary school teachers in Bangladesh. Their job contentment in the job should be looked into in detail for sustainability. The study looked into the psychological demands, decision latitude, social support, physical demands, and job insecurity among female secondary school teachers. It also studied if demographic variables were correlated with perceived work stress. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in November 2018 through an adapted Job Content Questionnaire. Results: Among 150 respondents, 54% was very clear about work directions, 35% received high support from co-workers, 32% received high support from supervisor, 15% faced general job insecurity, almost 62% had mother or mother-in-law's support and about 27% felt that their.......

Keywords: teacher, job content

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[5]. Crossman A, Harris P. Job satisfaction of secondary school teachers. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. 2006 Jan; 34(1):29-46.

Abstract: The present paper is focussed upon addressing the concept of affirming a humane kind of spirituality which can be achieved with sustained emotional stability and mindfulness even during adverse circumstances like the current times of living through a pandemic. The pandemic that the world currently is besieged with has deactivated most of the human population of its designated schedule of work and duty. Hence, it becomes pertinent to problematize and contextualise the new meaning of active engagement with professional and personal spaces. This pandemic has led many to think and question the meaning and purpose of life. To most, it is like a situation full of uncertainty for the future, hopelessness in terms of losing the public-professional space, and the new ways to have an inter-personal connect via technology..........

Keywords: Bhagvad-Gitā, Pandemic, Humane, Emotional-Stability, Mindfulness, spirituality, Inter-Connectedness, Social-distancing, Karma, Sthithprajña.

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