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Our symposium was not a stage for success narratives but for contradictions and illusions, obstacles and fears associated with sustainable action. We addressed them in a multi-perspective, discursive and interactive way. Everyone could feel that inter- and transdisciplinary experiences are borderline experiences, in finding roles and ways of working, communication and language, and in implementing ideas and insights. This is associated with uncertainty, ambiguity and disagreement, which require a holistic and equally sensitive approach to transitions and differentiation processes. With our symposium, we ventured into these border crossings. Everyone was a visible seeker, there were handshakes across disciplinary boundaries and shared stuttering. Making the blind spots visible also revealed that sustainability is not an abstract objective or method so much as a process for personal and existential maturation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Not only ethical issues of arms delivery to Ukraine or social issues on wokeness, nearly all topics of Religious Education are, by their very nature, laden with ambiguity and many of them may call past certainties into question. Social, ethical and genuinely theological convictions are all up for debate. Not only ethical issues of arms delivery to Ukraine or social issues on wokeness, nearly all topics of Religious Education are, by their very nature, laden with ambiguity and many of them may call past certainties into question. Social, ethical and genuinely theological convictions are all up for debate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present edition of Theo-Web documents an English-language symposium on the topic "Exploring and Engaging Ambiguity in Religious Education" at the last ISREV conference in Gothenburg. The thematic section discusses the significance of ambiguity in religious education and notes that many topics in religious instruction can challenge previous certainties. The edition also includes six contributions in the field of research and discourse that have successfully undergone the double-blind review process. In addition, reviews, a conference review, and conference announcements are presented. The edition was supervised by Karlo Meyer and supported by various contributors. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents a report from a November 21-22, 2014 conference in Essen, Germany on ambiguity and the social order of the Middle Ages hosted by the Brackweder Arbeitskreis für Mittelalterforschung Middle Ages research society. Topics of presentations delivered included the role of ethnicity in migrations to and from Lucca, Italy in the eighth to tenth centuries, an analysis of Scandinavian names in the records of the Benedictine abbey in Reichenau, Germany, and the role of gender differences and ambiguous sexuality in determining social roles in Bologna, Italy.

The article reports on a conference on ambiguity in medieval civilization, held in Greifswald, Germany, from April 11-13, 2013. Topics of discussion included the concept of ambiguity in medieval Arab rhetoric, ambiguity in medieval literature such as the epic "Parzival" by Wolfram von Eschenbach, and minnesang.

This overview of Sartre's theater within the context of the symposium focuses on the inherent ambiguities of his theory and practice. His plays, as committed literature, are not always successful in their pedagogical intention of changing the minds of his audiences. On the one hand, he seeks to provide universal situations with which everyone can collectively identify, and on the other he wishes to convince them of the value of freedom and confront them with problems and conflicts they must resolve for themselves. These spectators then exercise that freedom by taking ideological viewpoints that are in conflict with those of the plays. Moreover, the plays are often complex and ambiguous, and set far from a contemporary French context, thus demanding a certain sophistication of interpretation. Sartre's skill as a dramatist is to write plays that engage the public in debates about the key questions of the day, even though, because of his open approach, he does not always succeed in changing their minds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author proposes a resolution to the ambiguity in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) through compliance with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. He reviews the statutory language of the Convention and cites the difference between the FCPA and the Convention. He explains the need to align the interpretation of the FCPA with international law.

The article discusses the reported unconstructive ambiguity in the climate change-related Durban agreement of the seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the United Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 7). Compromises on language are addressed in relation to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Greenhouse gas mitigation is also examined.

This article presents information regarding a symposium on the limits and alternatives to skepticism. The distinction between good and bad communication-defensible and indefensible rhetoric, has plagued all thoughtful Homo sapiens from the beginning. Ever since that learning moment, whenever it occurred, we've been struggling to master the ambiguities and threats of violence that plague all argument, as for example God and Abraham struggled as they argued about how many virtuous citizens a sodomite town must possess to avoid God's mass destruction.

The article discusses the ambiguities in chemical kinetics rates and rate constants. Reaction rate laws and rate constants are determined by following the temporal changes in the concentration or pressures of reactants or products. With respect to different physical rates, to define reaction rates and rate constants unambiguously, it is required to adopt a convention. The reaction rates and rate constants constitute conventional quantities. The investigators have concluded that only two of texts have all aspects of the problem was essentially correct, after examining general chemistry texts widely used in the instruction of science and pre-medical students.

This article presents a reply by the author on the clarifications being given by Jaroslav H&acutejek on the the authors allegation of the ambiguity surrounding the term "Ordinary Deviation," which was mentioned by H´jek in one of his lectures in the 6th Berkeley symposium.