Real Presence

(noun)

A term used in various Christian traditions to express belief that in the Eucharist, Jesus Christ is really present in what was previously just bread and wine, and not merely present in symbol, a figure of speech (metaphorically, common amongst the Radical Reformers and their descendants), or by his power (dynamically), or by the grace of the Holy Spirit in the individual believer partaking of the species (pneumatically, common amongst Reformed believers).

Related Terms

Examples of Real Presence in the following topics:

  • Glossary of Common CMC Terms

    • IM – Instant Messaging is a conversation that happens in real-time.
    • Most services offer a "presence awareness," that can indicate whether people on a list of contacts are currently online and available to chat.

  • Sex Bias in Graduate Admissions

    • The Berkeley study is one of the best known real life examples of an experiment suffering from a confounding variable.
    • The above study is one of the best known real life examples of an experiment suffering from a confounding variable.
    • One of the best real life examples of the presence of confounding variables occurred in a study regarding sex bias in graduate admissions here, at the University of California, Berkeley.

  • Population Demography

    • The presence of Asian carp in U.S. waterways make this risk very real on rivers and canal systems, particularly in Illinois and Missouri .

  • Computer Mediated Social Communication

    • Does communicating through text make CMC low in "social presence" without necessary social contextual cues like eye contact?
    • Social presence theory contends that CMC is incomplete compared to face-to-face communication in social context cues like facial expressions, posture, dress, social status indicators, and vocal cues (Sproull & Kiesler, 1991).
    • In contrast to what would be expected from social presence theories (e.g., communication on the computer is impersonal and cold), friendly and relaxed communication styles have been associated with increased use of CMC (Rice, Chang, & Torobin, 1992).
    • Katz and Aspden (1997) found that when the internet was placed in the home it did not result in people "dropping out of real life" and in fact, it augmented involvement in traditional family based activities.
    • These online relationships are real and not second rate.

  • Onset of Labor

    • It is the body's preparation for real labor.
    • The term false labor is sometimes used to describe a cluster of Braxton Hicks contractions that are mistaken for real labor.

  • The Business Cycle

    • Expansion: The period of time in which real GDP rises and unemployment declines.
    • Contraction: The period of time in which real GDP declines and unemployment rises.
    • Peak: A peak occurs when the real GDP reaches its maximum, stops rising, and begins to decline.
    • Trough: A trough occurs when the real GDP reaches its minimum, stops declining, and begins to rise.
    • However, the recent research employing spectral analysis has confirmed the presence of business (Juglar) cycles in the world GDP dynamics at an acceptable level of statistical significance.

  • Differences Between Real and Nominal Rates

    • The real rate is the nominal rate minus inflation.
    • In the case of a loan, it is this real interest that the lender receives as income.
    • The relationship between real and nominal rates can be described in the equation:
    • Where r is the real rate, i is the inflation rate, and R is the nominal rate.
    • The real rate can be described more formally by the Fisher equation, which states that the real interest rate is approximately the nominal interest rate minus the inflation rate: 1 + i = (1+r) (1+E(r)), where i = nominal interest rate; r = real interest rate; E(r) = expected inflation rate.

  • Impact of Inflation on Financial Statement Analysis

    • When real economic performance is distorted, these distortions lead to social and political consequenses that damage businesses (examples: poor tax policies and public misconceptions regarding corporate behavior).
    • Inflation accounting, a range of accounting systems designed to correct problems arising from historical cost accounting in the presence of inflation, is a solution to these problems.

  • Training Ethical Decision Making

    • The presence of compliance and ethics programs demonstrates an organization's commitment to creating a work environment and corporate culture that values doing what is right, good, and just.
    • Discussions of scenarios and role-playing exercises simulate real decision-making situations and provide practice in how to think through ethical considerations.

  • Hair Removal

    • Each culture of human society has developed social norms relating to the presence or absence of body hair, which has changed from one time to another.
    • People whose hair falls outside a culture's aesthetic standards may experience real or perceived social acceptance problems.