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Southern Baptist Convention Media Missions In Africa: Cross-Cultural Communications In A Pluralistic Environment, Ian Robert Cosh
Southern Baptist Convention Media Missions In Africa: Cross-Cultural Communications In A Pluralistic Environment, Ian Robert Cosh
Honors Theses
The purpose for research was to analyze and synthesize the accomplishments of the Southern Baptist Convention's media missions work in Africa and to document the essence, magnitude and complexity of the task facing media missionaries in Africa. Research conducted by the writer at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in June 1986 revealed that the formal study of media missions is comparatively new, and therefore not well documented. Much of the up-to-date information available is in the form of audio cassette tapes and video recordings. Research papers written by students at the seminary, within the past two years, frequently cite sources at …
The Paradoxical Relationship: Evangelical Christian Church-State Relations In The Soviet Union, Rhonda Clark
The Paradoxical Relationship: Evangelical Christian Church-State Relations In The Soviet Union, Rhonda Clark
Honors Theses
Throughout the history of the Soviet state, its leaders have dealt with the question of Christian evangelical religion in varying manners utilizing anti-religious propaganda, legislation, and interpretation of this legislation. Dealing with religion in terms of balancing ideology versus practicality has always been a complex question for these leaders. Since the Stalin era, the state has utilized a system of registration to control the church. This registration produced a paradoxical leadership role for those in charge of the registered churches.
In the past thirty years, these recognized leaders of registered groups have been a liaison between church and state, a …
Apartheid: A Legacy Of Calvinism, Rosalind Hollins
Apartheid: A Legacy Of Calvinism, Rosalind Hollins
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
The Effects Of Noise And Music Upon Task Performance, Tina Johnson
The Effects Of Noise And Music Upon Task Performance, Tina Johnson
Honors Theses
Forty-eight subjects from a university general psychology class took a series of four timed arithmetic tests of two differing complexities. Vocal music was played during half of the tests while instrumental music was played during the other half. Results were analyzed for the number of problems correct, number attempted and percentage of problems answered correctly. Results showed that subjects in the instrumental music condition had a significantly higher number of problems correct and attempted than the vocal condition, but the percentage correct was not significantly higher. Results for task complexity showed difficult problems had a significantly lower number correct and …
The Palestinian Right To Self-Determination And Statehood, Beth Holland
The Palestinian Right To Self-Determination And Statehood, Beth Holland
Honors Theses
Israel and the United States believe that the Israelis have the right to exist as a nation and that the Palestinians do not have this right. The Palestinians believe that Israel, with the help of the United States, has usurped their land, and that they, the Palestinians, have the right to self-determination and statehood.
Who, then, is right, and who is wrong? The writer of this paper believes that Israel's right to statehood has been used to justify the suffering of the Palestinians. When right is used to sanction another's misery, it becomes wrong. Therefore, hoping that she may strengthen …
Cockney Dialect And Slang, Jamie Fowler
Cockney Dialect And Slang, Jamie Fowler
Honors Theses
This paper is the capstone of a personal project which I began three years ago only as a matter of personal interest. While the information the project divulges is not difficult to understand, it should be noted that the details of this subject are virtually inaccessible to Americans or any other person who is not a part of the subculture of the Cockney people. Very little substantial information has been documented on the subject of Cockney dialect and slang. Therefore, most of my knowledge was gained through research and personal interviews with key sources in the London area.
Slavery In Hempstead County, Arkansas, Dena White
Slavery In Hempstead County, Arkansas, Dena White
Honors Theses
A great number of general works on American Negro slavery have been published, but most are based upon records from the plantation belt. With the notable exception of Orville Taylor's Negro Slavery in Arkansas, these works almost entirely ignore Arkansas. Although slavery had certain uniformity throughout the South, the study of these previously untouched areas add to, and may eventually modify, our knowledge of the Old South's "peculiar institution."
A relatively new concept among historians is the study of slavery at the local, or county, level. Alfred North Whitehead has written, "We think in generalities, but we live in …
William Jennings Bryan: "Among Friends" In Arkansas, C. J. Hall
William Jennings Bryan: "Among Friends" In Arkansas, C. J. Hall
Honors Theses
Campaign style has changed dramatically since the turn of the century when William Jennings Bryan captured the political limelight. Bryan, a three time Democratic nominee for President, developed a new campaign tactic during the 1896 Presidential election; he continued to employ the new style for the remainder of his life. In 1896 Bryan's political organization could not compete with the well-financed Republican system, so the "Great Commoner" took his cause to the people. Presidential candidates were not supposed to actively campaign for the office, but Bryan broke the norm. After the 1896 election, Bryan continued to travel around the country …
Contemporary Soviet Life, Phyllis Theresa Faulkner
Contemporary Soviet Life, Phyllis Theresa Faulkner
Honors Theses
In October of 1917, the Bolshevik Party, under the leadership of V.I. Lenin, led a revolution and took over the Provisional Government. Unlike others, who had failed before them, the Bolsheviks were successful in that they involved the peasants in the revolutionary effort. Theirs was a revolution for the people, for the workers. It was not directed as had been the others, toward the upper and middle classes. To get the support which they so desperately needed from the peasants they promised nationalization of the land. No longer would the peasants be exploited by their landlords. They were promised the …
Iran; Nicaragua; Cuba; An Analysis Of Revolutions, Neil Moynihan
Iran; Nicaragua; Cuba; An Analysis Of Revolutions, Neil Moynihan
Honors Theses
Can these revolutions be explained by the withdrawal of the United States? It seems not. Can all three revolutions fit under any one theory of revolution? The answer here will probably also be: no; each theory, however, gives valuable hints about what aspects of each revolution one should analyze.
The Determinants Of Justice, Richard Guerriero
Death In Children's Literature, Joyce Ann Kaufman
Death In Children's Literature, Joyce Ann Kaufman
Honors Theses
Mr. Wordsworth posed an interesting question. What should a child know about death?
Often we try to protect children from death. Euphemisms are used regarding death. People and pets do not die, they "pass away," "go to sleep," or "go to live in heaven." When a death occurs in a family, the adults often say of a young child, "It doesn't seem to bother him. Maybe he doesn't realize what has happened." Other people may mention that "He has accepted it so well. Children adapt so easily."
Sexism In Children's Literature, Joyce Ann Kaufman
Sexism In Children's Literature, Joyce Ann Kaufman
Honors Theses
The Little Miss Muffet syndrome, which depicts females as helpless, easily frightened, and dreadfully dull occurs repeatedly in children's literature.
Folklore: A Study And Tales From The Ozarks, Sharon Hibbard
Folklore: A Study And Tales From The Ozarks, Sharon Hibbard
Honors Theses
From its inception, folktale research has had a two-pronged aim: it has been interested, on the one hand, in the nature and origins of oral narration not fixed in writing; and it has been interested in folk culture as expressed in the content and form of the folktale. These two points of view have resulted in two different kinds of research methods. One has sprung essentially from comparative literature and has been established as a new branch of that discipline; the other has developed from the French sociological and the British anthropological schools, which consider of folk tradition--to which the …
Temperance In Pre-Civil War Arkansas, Janis Percefull
Temperance In Pre-Civil War Arkansas, Janis Percefull
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Arkansas Politics And The Code Duello, Vincent C. Henderson Ii
Arkansas Politics And The Code Duello, Vincent C. Henderson Ii
Honors Theses
Many methods have been found by which two men may solve a dispute between them. The methods can be broadly divided as either violent or nonviolent. Among the violent methods, dueling was considered in the nineteenth century in Arkansas as a proper means of solving disputes concerning politics, honor, and family, as well as trivial matters.
Dueling was not common in Arkansas alone. People practiced it in many states. By 1819 dueling had become a Southern institution. As an institution, dueling had certain rules and regulations. Several books were published on the subject. Among these were An Essay on the …
Our Society: Sick But Salvageable, Sharon Lynne Wilson
Our Society: Sick But Salvageable, Sharon Lynne Wilson
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No abstract provided.
The U.S. Policy In Vietnam, As It Relates To The Geneva And S.E.A.T.O. Agreements, Bobby Shepherd
The U.S. Policy In Vietnam, As It Relates To The Geneva And S.E.A.T.O. Agreements, Bobby Shepherd
Honors Theses
Few chapters in American history have been filled with more importance and had more impact upon this nation politically, socially and morally than has the era of active involvement in the land war in Vietnam, during the mid 1960's. The war has taken almost 50,000 American lives, has contributed directly to the political end of one American President and had plunged the United States into an ordeal of examination and internal turmoil rarely seen in U.S. history.
As great as the impact of this war has been, it is remarkable that little is recalled by American citizens or acknowledged by …
A Comparative Study Of The Intelligence Quotient Of The Negro, Patricia L. Greene
A Comparative Study Of The Intelligence Quotient Of The Negro, Patricia L. Greene
Honors Theses
Extending beyond health, white supremacists maintain that Negroes are innately less intelligent than Caucasians. In a statement remarkably comparable to those made two centuries ago by advocates of the theory of American degeneration, one modern-day racist phrases the claim in these words:
Any man with two eyes in his head can observe a Negro settlement in the Congo, can study the pure-blood African in his native habitat as he exists when left on his own resources, can compare this settlement with London or Paris, and can draw hos own conclusions regarding relative levels of character and intelligence.... Finally, he can …
Psychological Aspects Of Clothing, Marty Mcdonald
Psychological Aspects Of Clothing, Marty Mcdonald
Honors Theses
This research was conducted with no established set of hypotheses as guidelines. It was done to point out certain attitudes about clothing and inadvertently, how consciously or unconsciously, ideas are formed about dress.
A questionnaire was prepared for the study. It required the subject to give his age, sex, and classification, but no name. The questions were designed to include some specific topics on female dress and some on male dress, with additional topics related to neither sex expressly. These questions were given to forty subjects, twenty males and twenty females.
Research In Semantical Development, Allen Eaton
A Study Of College Theater Publicity, Cynthia Marie Crews
A Study Of College Theater Publicity, Cynthia Marie Crews
Honors Theses
This paper deals with my work as publicity chairman for Blood Wedding.
The Truman Election: Was 1968 A Repeat?, Cloene Biggs
The Truman Election: Was 1968 A Repeat?, Cloene Biggs
Honors Theses
As election day in 1948 drew nearer, political pollsters, pros and amateurs united in predicting victory for Thomas E. Dewey. Only underdog candidate President Truman and, as it turned out, the American electorate disagreed with this consensus.
At the end of 1947 Truman was considered certain for renomination by his party, and the Gallup Poll showed that he would easily defeat either of the two leading Republicans--Governor Dewey and Senator Taft. A get-tough policy with Russia had pushed up his popularity--the Marshall Plan, his advocacy of government action to curb high prices, his confrontation with labor leader John L. Lewis …
A Study Of The Economic Development Of Great Britain, Dan Gaske
A Study Of The Economic Development Of Great Britain, Dan Gaske
Honors Theses
The purpose of this paper is to present with briefness, and yet I hope clarity, a history of the economic development of Great Britain, from its early beginnings through the medeival era and both World Wars. I have attempted to take each period in British economic history, present the economic phenomenon that occurred during the period, and show the causes and results of such phenomenon. I want to thank my wife for her help in the preparation of this paper, and Mr. David Johnson for getting me started on it. I enjoyed working on it; I hope you will obtain …
Poor Relief In Tudor England, Edith Burrows
Poor Relief In Tudor England, Edith Burrows
Honors Theses
In many respects the sixteenth century in England marks the beginning of a definite acceleration toward modern humanitarianism. It was an era characterized by the slow decline and definite disappearance of all aspects of manorial society. The progressive changes in institutions and the way of thinking reciprocally aided each other, hastening the rise of a new, more humane society. The reforms, at first hesitant and cautious, were by the end of the century confident and deliberate.
A Study Of Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman On The Elections Of 1936 And 1940, Betty Sanford Molster
A Study Of Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman On The Elections Of 1936 And 1940, Betty Sanford Molster
Honors Theses
Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman was the Virginia-born editor of The Richmond News Leader from 1915 to 1949. He is also widely known as the author of several historical works--notably a biography of R.E. Lee for which he received the Pulitzer Prize in 1934, and a biography of George Washington which he had not quite finished at the time of his death in 1953.
This thesis is an attempt to discuss the views held by Dr. Freeman on the Presidential elections of 1936 and 1940. The only source of information used was his editorials during those two years. I have attempted …
Administrative Reorganization Of The Government Of The State Of Virginia Under Governor Byrd, Robert Greg Barr
Administrative Reorganization Of The Government Of The State Of Virginia Under Governor Byrd, Robert Greg Barr
Honors Theses
Administrative reorganization is a tremendous subject. In the final analysis, it involves the history of administrative organization, proposals for its improvement, reforms in its structure, desirability of further changes, and the adequacy and beneficial effects of changes already instituted, as well as the broad ramifications of governmental theory inextricably related to any scheme of administrative structure. It is a study of the entire executive branch of a government in all its aspects. These subjects offer interesting fields of research for the student of government and history, as well as the student of economics in some instances. Exploitation of the opportunities …