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A Comparison Of The Contentions Of The Value Of Existence In The Process Aesthetic Theory Of The Metaphysics Of Alfred North Whitehead And "The Plague" Of Albert Camus., Sarah J. Roebuck Jan 1998

A Comparison Of The Contentions Of The Value Of Existence In The Process Aesthetic Theory Of The Metaphysics Of Alfred North Whitehead And "The Plague" Of Albert Camus., Sarah J. Roebuck

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This thesis compares the contentions of the value of existence in the process aesthetic theory of the metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead and The Plague of Albert Camus. One of the central tenets of the process aesthetic theory is that each experience contains aesthetic value. There are various levels of value achievement, depending on the choices of actual entities (the most basic units of reality). Beauty is the ideal value, and is the attainment of the aesthetic mean. Likewise, for Albert Camus, existence is valuable unto itself, and simply to live is to concede that existence is valuable. To rebel …


Gender And Equality In God's Army: An Examination Of Women's Public And Domestic Roles In The Salvation Army, British Origins To 1930., Andrew Mark Eason Jan 1998

Gender And Equality In God's Army: An Examination Of Women's Public And Domestic Roles In The Salvation Army, British Origins To 1930., Andrew Mark Eason

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This thesis explores the extent to which this egalitarian philosophy of ministry and leadership was operative in the concrete life of the Salvation Army in Britain between the 1870s and 1930. This work argues that Salvationists, including the Booths themselves, held Victorian and evangelical assumptions about gender and authority which were at odds with any widespread implementation of sexual equality within the movement. While women and men occasionally shared a preaching ministry, most Army tasks were assigned on the basis of gender rather than equality. Men assumed administrative and decision-making roles whereas women undertook responsibilities consistent with sacrificial service. Furthermore, …


The Jewish And Hellenistic Influences On Paul: A Case Study Of "Mysterion" (Saint Paul)., Christopher Gary Fraser Jan 1998

The Jewish And Hellenistic Influences On Paul: A Case Study Of "Mysterion" (Saint Paul)., Christopher Gary Fraser

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This study examines how the word mysterion ("mystery") in the Apostle Paul's writings was influenced by both Jewish and Hellenistic sources. The word mysterion occurs eight times, twice in Romans (11:25 and 16:25), and six times in 1 Corinthians (2:1, 7; 4:1; 13:2; 14:2; and 15:51). This study is divided into two parts. The first section (Part 1) uses an historical methodology to focus on the origin and development of the word mysterion. This section will look not only at the use of the word mysterion within the mystery cults, but also at the way it developed in other areas. …