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The ways of spending our leisure time is increasingly based on the observations of other people actions than our own activity. However, creativity, so far beyond the world of economic profit, suddenly starts to get a new meaning. Creative attitude, shown in the projects reported in the text, becomes more improtant in relations between people and also for individuals . Therefore, it gives a new type of experience - a full involvement in the performance.
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A conversation with the author of books about techniques of meditation, the benefits and risks of meditation.
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Among Italian vineyards, praised by Slow Food, there are a few localities, united by the membership of the Slow Cities. The idea of slow policy rises from a Mediterranean laziness, but these ideas have little in common. Mayors of slow cities effectively enforce rules a new life in the city areas, which, compared to the big cities might seem to be anachronistic.
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I was anxious about my work. "Slow" was the word of the forbidden area. I did not know how will my colleagues and principals react - says Carl Honoré, journalist, author of a book published in more than twenty languages - "In Praise of slowness. Challenging the Cult of Speed ", which launched global popularity of a new lifestyle.
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Mediatisation of life and technological development are the main reasons of changes that are being taken on the perception of time. The focus placed on the effectiveness of human activities, reflects not only on enjoying free time, which begins to wanish, but also interpersonal relationships are being changed, more and more often taken over by the media and based on the principle of mercenary.
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The author describes the ways that designers use to slow down the perception of architecture. Basing on three examples, he displays new opportunities that arise in the alternative activity. It is guiding towards dialogic architecture, which is a source of aesthetic experience, discovered only by people sensitive to the hidden meanings and tracks. Inspired by the philosophy of dialogue, it is also an architecture of meetings, which should find a place for searching the meaning of space.
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The method of slow travelling across cities and regions is now dying out. Meanwhile, American directors, who come from the country where the cult of speed still prevails, seem say something else. Films narrated calmly and with attention paid to every detail, do not only encourage to contemplate every sequence, but also refers to the slow lifestyle, discovering his best side.
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The author explains the importance of meditation different from the western – a kind of psychotherapy. Refers also to the roots of Christian meditation and contemplation, which are often forgotten by the people practising Eastern meditations.
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Die katholischen Bischöfe in Deutschland und Österreich erklärten in ihrem gemeinsamen Hirtenbrief zum 50jährigen Gedenken an die Judenpogromnacht des 9. November 1938 mit Blick auf eine “unselige Tradition” der Kirche, alte Vorurteile hätten "die Abwehrkräfte gegen das neue Phänomen des modernen Antisemitismus geschwächt, der die Rasse zum höhsten Prinzip erhoben hat". Im selben Sinn bekannten die katholischen Bischöfe der Niederlande die Mitverantwortung der Kirche für die Juden-verfolgungen während des Zweiten Weltkriegs. In ihrem Dokument steht, daß allein die Lehre, dass das Judentum nach dem Tod Christi ausgestossen worden sei, unheilvolle Wirkung gezeitigt habe. Von diesem Schuldgeständnis der katholischen Kirche in den drei Staaten ausgehend, befasst sich die Abhandlung mit dem Phänomen des Antisemitismus in den Werken dreier prominenter Theologie-professoren in Deutschland zur Zeit der Hitlerdiktatur: K. Adam, M. Schmaus und A. Stonner. Bezeichnend ist, dass alle diese Theologen nach dem Zusammenbruch des Nationalsozialismus 1945 ihre Universität-stätigkeit in der BR Deutschland fortsetzen konnten und als Professoren emeritiert wurden. Weder katholische nach protestantische Theologen hatten nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg die Mitverantwortung ihrer Kirchen für das Schicksal der Juden im Dritten Reich gestanden; die ehrliche Ausnahme stellte hier nur der katholische Kirchenhistoriker Joseph Lortz dar.
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