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Global Human Thriving: A Christian Perspective, Christoffer H. Grundmann

Theology Faculty Presentations

(excerpt) "Talking about global human thriving from a decidedly religious point of view requires interpreting a particular religious tradition in light of today’s ubiquitous ecological, economic, and political challenges. One cannot any longer stay content with a monologic explanation of happenings based on an authoritarian, unilateral interpretation of holy writ and the wisdom of old, at least not according to the Christian perception of life and human responsibility, because global issues like climate change, water scarcity, and nuclear overkill—to mention only a few—indiscriminately threaten the continuation of all of life as known so far. These issues compel us to pursue …

A Tri-Disciplinary Analysis Of Religion, Alicia Wallace

Social Sciences

This paper analyzes religion using a multi-disciplinary approach. Studying the Social Sciences exposes one to an opportunity not just to learn a single discipline, but three, and this unique learning experience can teach one to look at the world’s phenomena with a multi-perspective view. Using a tri-disciplinary approach when exploring topics can broaden ones outlook on how there are many ways to explore and investigate a topic in greater detail. By using Anthropological, Sociological and Geographical theoretical perspectives one can understand a topic more fully by using a multi-perspective approach when exploring this diverse world culturally, socially and physically.

Magruder-Clysdale Collection (Mss 284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 284. Correspondence of the Magruder and Clysdale families of Louisville, Kentucky, London, Ontario and Grand Bend, Ontario. The correspondence covers family matters and the progress of the Magruders' professional work and writing on Protestant theology and social issues. Includes photographs relating to the Clysdales and a related family, the Brighams.

Bethel Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 256. Record books of Bethel Baptist Church, Gainesville, Allen County, Kentucky, 1842-1875. Includes brief business information about the church, acts of church discipline, and when people were admitted to membership. Also includes the church's "Rules of Decorum" and "Articles of Faith."

Spring Valley United Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 288. Minute books of Spring Valley United Baptist Church (formerly Pleasant Grove United Baptist Church), Logan County, Kentucky. Includes membership lists for white and black members. Typescripts, and name indexes for minute books included.

Piney Creek Baptist Church - Crittenden County, Kentucky (Mss 286), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 286. Minute book of Piney Creek Baptist Church, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Includes constitution, membership lists, and minutes from 1884 to 1914.

Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 282. Photocopies of the record books of Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Allen County, Kentucky, consisting of business meeting minutes covering primarily 1840 to 1898, and membership lists.

September 11th, John Maynard Keynes, Kenneth J. Arrow, And Me: The Nexus, David Randall Jenkins

David Randall Jenkins, Ph.D.

State Street Methodist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2010), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2010. Monthly statement assessing amount due for "support of the Gospel," issued by State Street Methodist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky to Mrs. James A. Mitchell.

Center Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 274. Records of Center Baptist Church, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of congregational meetings and membership lists. Indexes of the records for 1810 to 1877 are included.

Law, Economics, And Religion, Vikas Kumar

Vikas Kumar

No abstract provided.

Mount Pleasant Church Of Christ - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 272. Records of Mount Pleasant Church of Christ, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of congregational meetings, membership and financial records, and Sunday School records.

Macedonia Baptist Church - Lyon County, Kentucky (Mss 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 271. Two record books of Macedonia Baptist Church, Kuttawa, Lyon County, Kentucky, for 1902-1923 and 1938-1947. Entries consist chiefly of church business meetings and membership lists.

Berea Christian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 270. Membership registers of Berea Christian Church, 1854 to 1895 (see scans under "Additional Files" below). Photocopy of deed to first church property included.

Hustonville Christian Church - Lincoln County, Kentucky (Mss 268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 268. Photocopy of the record book of Hustonville Christian Church, Lincoln County, Kentucky, consisting of business meeting minutes covering primarily 1894 to 1944, and membership lists.

Barren River Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 269. Photocopy of the record book of Barren River Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky, and a predecessor, Union Chapel Church, consisting primarily of business meeting minutes covering 1840-1968, and membership lists.

Delafield Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 266. Record books (3) of Delafield Baptist Church from 12 December 1893 to 21 October 1914. Entries consist chiefly of church business meetings.

Squaring God's Books, Timothy J. Burbery

English Faculty Research

The Word and the World, a splendid collection of essays, sheds light on matter of religion-science debate in a fresh, even startling way. Rather than considering how religion in general may have nurtured or hampered the rise of science, this book examines the role of biblical exegesis in the formation of the early scientific method. Featuring twelve essays by a variety of American, English, German, and Swedish thinkers-two teach at Catholic universities, the other ten at secular institutions--The Word and the World is organized around the provocative thesis that the new science and biblical interpretation, "far from being …

How Does One Become Spiritual? The Spiritual Modeling Inventory Of Life Environments (Smile), Doug Oman, Carl E. Thoresen, Crystal L. Park, Philip R. Shaver, Ralph W. Hood, Thomas G. Plante

Psychology

We report psychometric properties, correlates and underlying theory of the Spiritual Modeling Index of Life Environments (SMILE), a measure of perceptions of spiritual models, defined as everyday and prominent people who have functioned for respondents as exemplars of spiritual qualities, such as compassion, self-control, or faith. Demographic, spiritual, and personality correlates were examined in an ethnically diverse sample of college students from California, Connecticut, and Tennessee (N=1010). A summary measure of model influence was constructed from perceived models within family, school, religious organization, and among prominent individuals from both tradition and media. The SMILE, based on concepts from Bandura's (1986) …

Returning To The Sources: The Literature Of Christian Librarianship, Gregory A. Smith

Faculty Publications and Presentations

By definition, a research study explores new intellectual territory yet builds on previous inquiry that has led up to it. However, many sources that explore the connections between Christian faith and the information professions fail to acknowledge the existence of prior discourse on the subject. The author has assembled a database of more than 450 sources that discuss topics such as philosophy and ethics of librarianship from a Christian perspective; the mediation of Christian/religious information in various library contexts; Christian, religious, and theological publishing; and more. Insights from these sources can help readers develop professionally and engage in productive dialogue …

Returning To The Sources: The Literature Of Christian Librarianship, Gregory A. Smith

Gregory A. Smith

Judicial Martial Law - Appendix, David Randall Jenkins

David Randall Jenkins

No abstract provided.

Robertson, Stephen & Cindy Robertson (Fa 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 436. Interview with June Long conducted by Stephen Robertson and Cindy Roberston for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Combating A Religious Radical Ideology V. Suppressing Islamic Opposition: Jordan’S Approach To Counterterrorism, Abeer Ghazi Jarrar

Cornell Law School Inter-University Graduate Student Conference Papers

In the aftermath of 9/11, criminal law reform in Jordan was part of the worldwide expansion of criminal laws facilitated by UNSC Resolution 1373 that was enacted under mandatory Chapter VII of the UN Charter. The introduced criminal law amendments were largely offered as a symbolic response to 9/11; it was built on the assumption of inadequacy of criminal law without fully understanding the dimensions of deterrence. Probably with the exception of the new laws against the financing of terrorism, the state had a whole range of extraordinary measures available if not morally, then practically, to counter terrorism.

Jordan’s experience …

From Secularism Into Modified Pluralism: Comprehensive Application Of John Rawls’S Justice As Fairness Theory In Defining State And Religion Relationship, Sigit Ardianto

Cornell Law School Inter-University Graduate Student Conference Papers

The task of defining the most effective state and religion relationship has been a daunting one. Courts and jurists in different parts of the world have been engaged in this chore for centuries. This paper aims to investigate the state-religion relationship conundrum and the shift from secularism to pluralism and examine modification of pluralism through comprehensive adoption of John Rawls’s justice as fairness theory. The focus of this paper will be placed on the state-religion relationship in the United States and Indonesia whilst also observing the practice in other countries.

A Value Oriented Legal Theory For Muslim Countries In The 21st Century: A Comparative Study Of Both Islamic Law And Common Law Systems, Rahma Hersi

Cornell Law School Inter-University Graduate Student Conference Papers

A legal tradition is not the same thing as a legal system, although the legal system inevitably forms part of the legal tradition and vice versa, a legal system may be used to refer to an operational set of rules, procedures and institutions. This paper will take a critical look at the legal sources used in both the Islamic Law and Common law systems as well the methodologies interpreting these sources. The pluralistic nature of many of the extant legal systems, calls for an analysis of the interpretation of law and the related sciences. Whereas the spread of globalization in …

Draper, Shirley (Fa 386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of papers (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 386. Two papers: "Brush Arbors of Southern Logan County: How and Why They Were Made" and "South Logan County, Kentucky: Life in the First Half of the Twentieth Century" written by Shirley Draper for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

When Corporate Policies And Consumer Values Collide: Examining The Relationship Between Religion And Controversial Business Decisions, Krist R. G. Swimberghe

Doctoral Dissertations

Religion appears to play a very important role in people's lives in the United States. Some companies, however, continue to make business decisions which appear to be contrary to the value systems of a majority of consumers in the United States. Although past descriptive research has confirmed that religiousness influences consumers' and marketing managers' ethical judgments of their own behavior, this research has not explored the influence of religion in the buyer-seller dyad. To fill this gap in the consumer behavior literature, this study uses the Hunt-Vitell theory of ethics to help explain how consumers' religiosity influences their ethical judgments …

Orendorf, Jo Tilden, 1910-2003 (Sc 1874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1874. Transcription of a speech about the Red River Church, Logan County, Kentucky given by Jo Tilden "Top" Orendorf to the Russellville Woman's Club, 27 February 1988.

American Civil Religion: An Idea Whose Time Is Past, Frederick Mark Gedicks

Faculty Scholarship

From the founding of the United States, Americans have understood loyalty to their country as a religious and not just a civic commitment. The idea of a 'civil religion' that defines the collective identity of a nation originates with Rousseau, and was adapted to the United States Robert Bellah, who suggested that a peculiarly American civil religion has underwritten government and civil society in the United States.

Leaving aside the question whether civil religion has ever truly unified all or virtually all Americans, I argue that it excludes too many Americans to function as such a unifying force in the …