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Ignoring The Harlem Renaissance: The Failure Of Modernist Scholarship, Emily Elvoid Jan 2020

Ignoring The Harlem Renaissance: The Failure Of Modernist Scholarship, Emily Elvoid

Masters Essays

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Old And New Gods In An Age Of Uncertainty: Mixed Content Tales In Lebor Na Huidre, Eric Patterson Jul 2016

Old And New Gods In An Age Of Uncertainty: Mixed Content Tales In Lebor Na Huidre, Eric Patterson

Masters Theses

This thesis will demonstrate that the mixed pagan and Christian content of LU, as examined through two selected exemplar tales, provides evidence of the unique merger of politics and religion in the localized setting of late eleventh century Clonmacnoise. Further, and more specifically, we will see that the mBocht family, influenced by its 2 participation in the Céli Dé movement and seeking to protect the societal standing and holdings of themselves and their monastery, used portions of these tales to send subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, messages to the Irish Church, to chieftains and kings across Ireland, and specifically …


Understanding The Human Experience Through Short Story: A Comparative Analysis Of Four Stories From James Joyce’S Dubliners And George Saunders’ Tenth Of December, Patrick Gallagher Jul 2015

Understanding The Human Experience Through Short Story: A Comparative Analysis Of Four Stories From James Joyce’S Dubliners And George Saunders’ Tenth Of December, Patrick Gallagher

Masters Essays

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Transatlantic And The Invention Of Wings: Historiographic Metafiction In Contemporary Novels And The Importance Of Intersectionality On The Journey To Self-Knowledge, Samantha Rump Jul 2015

Transatlantic And The Invention Of Wings: Historiographic Metafiction In Contemporary Novels And The Importance Of Intersectionality On The Journey To Self-Knowledge, Samantha Rump

Masters Essays

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How Women Became Priests In Ireland: The Development Of Women’S Ordination In The Church Of Ireland, Meagan Farrell Howe Jan 2014

How Women Became Priests In Ireland: The Development Of Women’S Ordination In The Church Of Ireland, Meagan Farrell Howe

Masters Theses

30 years ago, the Church of Ireland allowed women’s ordination as deacons, then later priests and bishops. Leading to this doctrinal and social development, the Church of Ireland wrestled with big questions on the nature of Christian ministry and women’s roles in the church. Have the Bible and church tradition always upheld male headship? Are women being called by God to serve as deacons, priests and bishops? Can groups with major theological differences reconcile and remain one church? The author introduces this historic Irish development to a United States audience with relevant lessons for social transformation, following the human drama …


G.K. Chesterton And Theater, Lynn F. Stewart Jan 1952

G.K. Chesterton And Theater, Lynn F. Stewart

Masters Essays

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