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International Terrorism And Television Channels:Operation And Regulation Of Tv News Channel During Coverage Of Terrorism, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

The concept of globalization or internationalization of certain wars, which were result of terrorist activities worldwide , as well as the high attention of terrorism coverage broadcast worldwide might open up better opportunities to journalists – particularly to those who work in democratic countries like U.S.A and India – to improve their coverage. The context is the key: the context of the operation methodology, follow of guidelines of regulatory bodies,and of the journalistic culture and of the global environment. It is very important how media presents consequences of terrorist acts, how information is transmitted to public. Television and press have …

Sex Ratio In Mumbai, Professor Vibhuti Patel

Professor Vibhuti Patel

Gender equity has been a prominent aspect of equity concerns in public policy. The gender dimension has led to widespread advocacy and focused attention on equity in other than economic areas, such as education, health, decision-making, violence against women and political participation. The human development approach offers a capability-based approach to gender equity in development that is a departure from traditions focused on income and growth. Gender concerns have given the approach the power and flexibility to encompass aspects of inequality that would otherwise go unremarked. Its sensitivity to gender in turn has made it sensitive to a range of …

Why Chinese Neo-Confucian Women Made A Fetish Of Small Feet, Aubrey L. Mcmahan

Grand Valley Journal of History

Abstract for “Why Chinese Neo-Confucian Women Made a Fetish of Small Feet”

This paper explores the source of the traditional practice of Chinese footbinding which first gained popularity at the end of the Tang dynasty and continued to flourish until the last half of the twentieth century.[1] Derived initially from court concubines whose feet were formed to represent an attractive “deer lady” from an Indian tale, footbinding became a wide-spread symbol among the Chinese of obedience, pecuniary reputability, and Confucianism, among other things.[2]^,[3] Drawing on the analyses of such scholars as Beverly Jackson, Valerie Steele …

2012-12-03; Pamphlets; Celebration Of Life Services For Edna B Thomas, Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church

Pamphlets and Commemoration Material

No abstract provided.

“A Singapore Ramayana: Academic Freedom And The Liberal Arts Curriculum”, Rebecca Gould

Rebecca Gould

No abstract provided.

The Reactionary Road To Free Love: How Doma, State Marriage Amendments And Social Conservatives Undermine Traditional Marriage, Scott Titshaw

Scott Titshaw

Much has been written about the possible effects on different-sex marriage of legally recognizing same-sex marriage. This article looks at the defense of marriage from a different angle: It shows how rejecting same-sex marriage results in political compromise and the proliferation of “marriage light” alternatives (e.g., civil unions, domestic partnerships, or reciprocal beneficiaries) that undermine the unique status of marriage for everyone. In the process, it examines several aspects of the marriage debate in detail. After describing the flexibility of marriage as it has evolved over time, the article focuses on recent state constitutional amendments attempting to stop further development. …

The War To End All Germans: Wisconsin Synod Lutherans And The First World War, Stephen Scott Gurgel

Theses and Dissertations

The First World War came to the United States to the consternation of many of its citizens, especially its German Americans. On the home front, government officials required complete adherence to the war effort. This also included religious adherence. The Wisconsin Synod Lutherans, a German-speaking religious group, met tremendous difficulties during the war years. In addition to the crusade against all things German, the synod faced religious persecution because it doctrinally abstained from religiously sanctioning the war aims and programs of the United States. The repression of the synod came from both patriotic citizens and government agents who typically misunderstood …

Sodeman, Lowell Frazier, 1914-2003, & Mary Elizabeth (Ferguson) Sodeman (Sc 2628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2628. Letter of Lowell F. Sodeman, pastor of Shepherdsville Baptist Church, Shepherdsville, Kentucky, and his wife Mary, to Roy and Ruth Baucom, Raleigh, North Carolina. They reminisce about their previous fellowship at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church and relate news of their young daughter, Betty Albert, and of Mary’s high school teaching. Lowell also mentions his seminary studies.

Freedom Of Media In India: A Weapon To Kill Enemies Or Protection Guard For Public-The Two Sides, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

"The press [is] the only tocsin of a nation. [When it] is completely silenced... all means of a general effort [are] taken away." --Thomas Jefferson "Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression" is a fundamental right of the citizens of India. This is mentioned in Part III of the Constitution of India - Article 19(1). This Article is so wide in scope that Freedom of the Press is included in Freedom of Speech and Expression. It includes the right of free propagation and free circulation without any previous restraint on publication. The freedom of speech and expression does not give …

Los "Popol Wuj" Y Sus Epistemologías: Las Diferencias, El Conocimiento Y Los Ciclos Del Infinito, Carlos M. López

Carlos M. López

In this book the author studies one of the documents contained in the Ayer MS 1515, commonly known as the Popol Wuj (or Vuh). This text constitutes a fragmentary but not necessarily coherent corpus of writings, however, it still is a very important piece of the cultural and epistemological discourse of some of the pre-colonial Mesoamerican civilizations. Another important characteristic of this text is the superposition of multiple re-phonetizations and translations to which the text has been subjected. This transforms it into a text written under conditions of coloniality that encompasses several layers of meanings intersected by Western concepts. The …

Lytle, Priscilla (Sc 539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 539. Paper written by Priscilla Lytle about the history of Georgetown College entitled “An Old College in a Young Country.” It may have been written for a class at Western Kentucky State Teachers College.

Women Power Connect Obituary Mrinal Gore: Vibhuti Patel, Professor Vibhuti Patel

Professor Vibhuti Patel

On 17th July 2012, Mrinal Gore passed away. With her demise, an era of women freedom fighters with feminist sensitivities in praxis is over. Inspired by Quit India Movement under leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, 14 year old young girl Mrinal became active in the freedom movement. Drawn to political and social causes, she gave up a promising career in medicine in order to organise the poorest and most powerless. She married her comrade, Shri Keshav Gore and when he died at a young age in 1958, she founded Keshav Gore Smarak Bhavan which provided democratic platform to progressive forces for …

Inverting The Eagle To Embrace The Star Of David: The Nationalist Roots Of German Christian Zionism, George Faithful

Collected Faculty and Staff Scholarship

It is no secret that Christian Zionism in the U.S. has long been paired with American patriotism. Since at least as far back as William Blackstone’s 1891 “Memorial,” American Christian Zionists have proclaimed that their support of a Jewish homeland as bolstering their own country’s perceived privileged relationship with God. Less obvious is the link between German nationalism and Christian Zionism in that country in the period following World War II. Whereas American Christian Zionism has been marked by militarism and triumphalism, the German variant has been understandably penitential in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Nonetheless, this paper will demonstrate …

Mansfield, Marietta, 1917-2003 (Mss 426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 426. Correspondence and genealogical research collected by Marietta Mansfield, a native of Warren County, Kentucky, and a Methodist minister that served various churches in Kentucky. The bulk of the collection relates to the Mansfield and Osborn(e) families of Kentucky and West Virginia. Includes letters written by Mansfield while serving as a missionary in India during the 1950s.

Mcreynolds, John Vernon (Sc 533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 533. Excerpts from McReynolds family history written by Benjamin McReynolds, Methodist minister and school teacher, Butler County, Kentucky. Also, additions to the history by John Vernon McReynolds, Lewisburg, Logan County, Kentucky.

Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logan Presbytery - Kentucky (Mss 440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Minute book of the Logan Presbytery, Kentucky, of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 31 August 1813 to 10 October 1845 (bound typescript) with accompanying index, an original minute book from 2 October 1869 to 2 May 1887, and printed copies (2) of minutes which were not recorded in the book, 5 April 1878, and 14 May 1886.

Lawson, Alex Roger, 1858-1925 (Sc 758), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 758. Letters (2) from Alex R. Lawson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Frank Coleman, Marshall, Texas, about his brother’s business, activities at the State Street Methodist Church, and a military band. Also miscellaneous envelopes and photocopy of Lawson’s obituary.

Salyers, Mary Alice, 1910-1998 - Letters To (Mss 430), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 430. Courtship letters sent to Mary Alice Salyers, Somerset, Kentucky from various suitors, chiefly Charles Duke Payne, a Christian minister and her future husband, Richard Allen Hays.

Barrow, David, 1753-1819 (Sc 517), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text of diary (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 517. Photocopy of a typescript diary kept by David Barrow, a pioneer Baptist minister, during his trip to Kentucky and the Northwest Territory of Ohio. He visited family members, often preached at religious gatherings, and observed peace negotiations between the United States and various Indian tribes at Fort Greenville. Beginning in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, he traveled through Pennsylvania, Kentucky, the Northwest Territory, Eastern Tennessee, and North Carolina, before returning to his home in Virginia.

The Transformation Of The Pope: The Agony And The Ecstasy (1965) And The Second Vatican Council (1962-65), Jennifer Mara Desilva

Journal of Religion & Film

In 1965 the film The Agony and The Ecstasy (dir. Carol Reed) presented Renaissance artistic culture, Catholic iconography, and the papal court in Rome to a popular, broad, and non-denominational audience. Based on the novel by Irving Stone (1961), the narrative follows Michelangelo and Pope Julius II through the decoration of the Sistine chapel ceiling (1508-12), outlining a relationship between the two protagonists that suggests some spiritual equality. In the same way that the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) strove for spiritual renewal and an emphasis on the wonder of humankind’s relationship with God, The Agony and The Ecstasy portrays the …

Gandhi: Corruption And Present Age, Vivek Kumar Srivastava Dr.

Vivek Kumar Srivastava Dr.

Gandhi ji established certain values about the human conduct. this paper explores his relevance in the present age.

South Union Messenger (Fall 2012), Kentucky Library Research Collections

South Union Messenger

No abstract provided.

Eads, Harvey Lauderdale, 1807-1892 (Sc 741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 741. Holograph inscription by Harvey Lauderdale Eads to Thomas C. Calvert, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in a copy of Condition of Society; and Its Only Hope, In Obeying the Everlasting Gospel, as Now Developing Among Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (Union Village, Ohio, 1847).

Logan Presbyterial Executive Committee Minutes - Kentucky (Sc 734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of one document only (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 734. Minutes kept by the Logan Presbyterial Executive Committee composed of ladies' auxiliaries from the Kentucky counties of Logan, Simpson and Warren.

Munday, Walter Irvin, 1895-1965 (Sc 2608), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2608. Photostat copy of a memorial to Valentine Cook, and a “Celebration of the Rise of Camp Meetings Beginning On Muddy River, Logan County, Ky.” Also includes a paper by Walter Irvin Munday, Russellville, Kentucky, titled “Logan County’s Contribution to Methodism” read at the Valentine Cook Celebration.

Davison, Learner Blackman, 1813-1898 (Sc 718), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 718. Memoir of Learner B. Davison, a Methodist clergyman, originally of Grayson County, Kentucky, taken from the minutes of the 1898 Louisville Annual Conference; and a photocopy of a letter he wrote to a relative on the day he was killed by a train in Louisville, Kentucky, 29 June 1898.

Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 2594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2594. Miscellaneous letters to Margie May Helm and family members. Includes notecards and a postcard with Shaker themes. Also includes a letter to Jane Helm from a friend regarding rooming together in college, and a speech by Margie May Helm on the early history of the Little Muddy Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Child Sacrifice In Egyptian Monastic Culture: From Familial Renunciation To Jephthah's Lost Daughter, Caroline T. Schroeder

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

The Apophthegmata Patrum tells the story of a man who, wishing to join a monastery, reenacts Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac by proceeding to throw his son in the Nile River on the command of the monastic father. Like Isaac, the boy is spared. This account of extreme familial renunciation in the service of the ascetic life is not the only account of a child killing or attempted killing in monastic literature. Nor does the biblical prefigurement of ascetic renunciation exhaust these narratives' significance. This essay examines accounts of child killings in Egyptian monastic culture through the lens of various textual …

Book Review: Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector: A Scottish Immigrant In The American West, 1848—1861, David M. Morris

David M Morris

No abstract provided.

'Land Of Kami, Land Of The Dead': Paligenesis And The Aesthetics Of Religious Revisionism In Kobayashi Yoshinori's 'On Yasukuni', James Shields

Faculty Contributions to Books

In 2005, Japanese manga artist and conservative provocateur Kobayashi Yoshinori published a graphic work entitled Shin gōmanizumu sengen special: Yasukuniron (Neo-Gōmanism Manifesto Special: On Yasukuni), which tackles the much-debated ‘problem’ of Yasukuni Shrine, the militaristic religious complex that has become a lightning-rod for debates regarding Japanese historical memory – especially with regard to the military expansionism in East Asia that led to the Asia-Pacific War (1931–45). Frequently overlooked in discussions of Yasukuni, however, are a number of complex issues related to its religious doctrines – in particular, the interpretation of Shinto presented at Yasukuni and the dominant ideology of Japan’s …