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Some Reflections On The Field Of Sermon Studies, Robert Ellison
Some Reflections On The Field Of Sermon Studies, Robert Ellison
English Faculty Research
Multidisciplinary endeavours with the word ‘studies’ in their names have brought like-minded scholars together for over sixty years. Those specializing in certain parts of the world, for example, can join the North American Conference on British Studies (founded in 1950), the British Association for American Studies (1955), the African Studies Association (1957), or a host of other groups. Similarly, organisations for scholars interested in specific time periods include the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies (1983), the Society for Renaissance Studies (1967) and the European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies. Finally, students of politics, gender and other aspects …
What Did Anglican Preaching Look Like 200 Years Ago?, Robert H. Ellison
What Did Anglican Preaching Look Like 200 Years Ago?, Robert H. Ellison
English Faculty Research
This was a talk given during the morning worship service at Trinity Episcopal Church in Huntington, West Virginia on June 9, 2013. It was meant to offer the congregation a window into Anglican preaching of another time and place. Topics include the typical length of sermons; whether they should be read or delivered extemporaneously; and the Bible verses and topics the Victorians turned to most often in their preaching.
Genesis 2:26, Michael G. M. Cornelius
Genesis 2:26, Michael G. M. Cornelius
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
On the eighth day, God sighed.
The noise rumbled through heaven and earth. The cherubim were silenced; the seraphim held their breath. Even the archangels ceased their endless activity to crane their necks and look about.
The earth trembled. Volcanos erupted, the great continental plates divided. The pools of celestial ooze stopped bubbling and crackling.
All angels, all creatures, all rocks and trees - even the land itself waited in breathless, awful anticipation.
Nothing happened.
A rock relaxed, falling off a mountain. The volcanos grew dormant. The cherubim laughed, softly, nervously, then began to sing again, a lullaby. The seraphim …
0513: Byron T. Morris Papers, 1967-1989, Marshall University Special Collections
0513: Byron T. Morris Papers, 1967-1989, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
Copies of Mr. Morris's newspaper column, "Out of the Past," written for the Wayne County News; subjects include histories of communities in Wayne County, West Virginia, genealogy of Wayne County families, registers of marriages in neighboring counties of Wayne County persons, and school and church histories.
0491: Carrie Eldridge Combined Collection, 1678-2014, Marshall University Special Collections
0491: Carrie Eldridge Combined Collection, 1678-2014, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
Carrie Eldridge is a genealogical researcher in Chesapeake, Ohio. This collection contains photocopies of many county record books of the Appalachian areas of West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky, ranging from the American Revolution until the early twentieth century. It also contains her personal research files on topics related to slavery and the Underground Railroad in Ohio and West Virginia as well as local history topics such as church and family histories.
0446: Mary Mckernon Papers, 1977-1983, Marshall University Special Collections
0446: Mary Mckernon Papers, 1977-1983, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
Material relates to Cabell County, West Virginia, history acquired during Mrs. McKernon's research on the Mud River Baptist Church. Includes minutes of the church, community histories, and other related materials.