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A Case For Hope In A Warming World, Noreen L. Herzfeld Feb 2024

A Case For Hope In A Warming World, Noreen L. Herzfeld

Reuter Professorship of Science and Religion Publications

It is difficult to feel hopeful in a rapidly warming world. But hope is not just a feeling. It is an active verb, one that calls for courage, solidarity, a clear vision, and hard work. First, knowing that each fraction of a degree counts, humanity is called not to despair but to use every technology and means, technologies we already have. Second, we can be encouraged by a vision of a new world and society that works for everyone. Third, we can be heartened by nature’s resilience and an evolutionary theology that looks toward the future.


What Does One Billion Dollars Look Like?: Visualizing Extreme Wealth, William Mahoney Luckman Feb 2024

What Does One Billion Dollars Look Like?: Visualizing Extreme Wealth, William Mahoney Luckman

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The word “billion” is a mathematical abstraction related to “big,” but it is difficult to understand the vast difference in value between one million and one billion; even harder to understand the vast difference in purchasing power between one billion dollars, and the average U.S. yearly income. Perhaps most difficult to conceive of is what that purchasing power and huge mass of capital translates to in terms of power. This project blends design, text, facts, and figures into an interactive narrative website that helps the user better understand their position in relation to extreme wealth: https://whatdoesonebilliondollarslooklike.website/

The site incorporates …


Containerization Of Seafarers In The International Shipping Industry: Contemporary Seamanship, Maritime Social Infrastructures, And Mobility Politics Of Global Logistics, Liang Wu Feb 2024

Containerization Of Seafarers In The International Shipping Industry: Contemporary Seamanship, Maritime Social Infrastructures, And Mobility Politics Of Global Logistics, Liang Wu

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation discusses the mobility politics of container shipping and argues that technological development, political-economic order, and social infrastructure co-produce one another. Containerization, the use of standardized containers to carry cargo across modes of transportation that is said to have revolutionized and globalized international trade since the late 1950s, has served to expand and extend the power of international coalitions of states and corporations to control the movements of commodities (shipments) and labor (seafarers). The advent and development of containerization was driven by a sociotechnical imaginary and international social contract of seamless shipping and cargo flows. In practice, this liberal, …


The Limits Of Data Science, David E. Drew Jan 2024

The Limits Of Data Science, David E. Drew

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

Data science can contribute valuable predictions in diverse fields. But I write to express some concerns and red flags. I suggest that data science is being oversold. This article contains three questions that I believe data science must address as this new discipline matures. Is data science significantly different from statistics? This is a question that has haunted the field since the term first was introduced. By creating algorithms based on current societal decision rules that may be biased, even bigoted, does data science lock in and exacerbate inequality? Scholars have identified a continuum from data to information to knowledge …


Making-To-Be: Documents, Facta, And Material-Discursive Agency, Elliott Hauser Jan 2024

Making-To-Be: Documents, Facta, And Material-Discursive Agency, Elliott Hauser

Proceedings from the Document Academy

This paper presents the performative analysis of agency within and surrounding documents as a path towards uniting the otherwise incompatible insights of both meaningcentric and materialcentric approaches. I contrast the terms agentical, providing agency, and agentic, possessing agency, to help clarify the apparent incompatibilities of prior approaches. I argue that a relational conception of agency, wherein the agentical/agentic distinction is blurred, preserves important virtues of both meaning and materialcentric approaches to documents. This paves the way for a unified materialdiscursive account of documents and a cure for document studies’ inherited duality malady. Extending prior work on capta (Drucker, 2011) and …


“Fly Buddha To Mars”: The Co-Production Between Religiosity And Science & Technology At Longquan Monastery, Beijing, Han Zhang, Junxi Qian, Lily Kong Jan 2024

“Fly Buddha To Mars”: The Co-Production Between Religiosity And Science & Technology At Longquan Monastery, Beijing, Han Zhang, Junxi Qian, Lily Kong

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

This article attempts at a re-theorization towards the symbiosis and co-production of religion, modern science and technology, inspired by theoretical thinking within geographies of religion and science and technology studies (STS). Recent scholarship on the geographies of religion has made substantive advancements in discerning the convergence of religion and secular modernity. However, science and technology (S&T), as an essential condition and driving force of secular modernity, remain peripheral to this ongoing theoretical agenda, yet to be fully incorporated into the analytical framework about the co-constitution of religion and secular modernity, arguably because of the entrench divide between the rationalism of …


Feminist Pedagogy In The Stem Research Laboratory: An Intersectional Approach, Eduardo J. Caro-Diaz, Marie L. Matos-Hernández, Grayce E. Dyer, Siribeth Lopez-Santana, Laura S. Torres-Rivera, Lara G. Laureano-Llorens, Naiara Lebron-Acosta, Victoria M. Casimir-Montán Dec 2023

Feminist Pedagogy In The Stem Research Laboratory: An Intersectional Approach, Eduardo J. Caro-Diaz, Marie L. Matos-Hernández, Grayce E. Dyer, Siribeth Lopez-Santana, Laura S. Torres-Rivera, Lara G. Laureano-Llorens, Naiara Lebron-Acosta, Victoria M. Casimir-Montán

Feminist Pedagogy

The research laboratory is a crucial and indispensable classroom for STEM education. It is where we practice science as a craft and test the ideas that awaken our curiosity, allowing us to create knowledge. It is also a space where challenges await and struggles are imminent. Thus, supporting mentees through their traineeship in a research lab requires an intersectional approach and lens to provide equitable mentorship and guidance. The concept of intersectionality, initially devised by Black feminist professor Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, can be employed to generate practices and frameworks that democratize laboratory culture and provide trainees with a space in …


Review Of "Is Social Justice Just?", Jonathan Lawler Dec 2023

Review Of "Is Social Justice Just?", Jonathan Lawler

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Persuasive Apologetics: The Art Of Handling Tough Questions Without Pushing People Away", Arianna Dahlia Dec 2023

Review Of "Persuasive Apologetics: The Art Of Handling Tough Questions Without Pushing People Away", Arianna Dahlia

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Three In One: Analogies For The Trinity", Steve Emerson Dec 2023

Review Of "Three In One: Analogies For The Trinity", Steve Emerson

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Calvin On The Death Of Christ: A Word For The World", Jonathan Mccormick Dec 2023

Review Of "Calvin On The Death Of Christ: A Word For The World", Jonathan Mccormick

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Reflections On The Names Of God: 180 Devotions To Know God More Fully", Cynthia Hammell Dec 2023

Review Of "Reflections On The Names Of God: 180 Devotions To Know God More Fully", Cynthia Hammell

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "A Trail Guide For Church Ministry: A Proverbial Journey", Craig Rosenbeck Dec 2023

Review Of "A Trail Guide For Church Ministry: A Proverbial Journey", Craig Rosenbeck

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "40 Questions About Prayer", Joshua Strickler Dec 2023

Review Of "40 Questions About Prayer", Joshua Strickler

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Liturgical Mission: The Work Of The People For The Life Of The World", Joshua Strickler Dec 2023

Review Of "Liturgical Mission: The Work Of The People For The Life Of The World", Joshua Strickler

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Ecclesiastes: A Reflective Exposition", Jaclyn Lee Parrott Dec 2023

Review Of "Ecclesiastes: A Reflective Exposition", Jaclyn Lee Parrott

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Faith And Fake News: A Guide To Consuming Information Wisely", Katherine J. Graber Dec 2023

Review Of "Faith And Fake News: A Guide To Consuming Information Wisely", Katherine J. Graber

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Jesus Revolution: How God Transformed An Unlikely Generation And How He Can Do It Again Today (Movie Ed.)", Robert J. Oliverio Dec 2023

Review Of "Jesus Revolution: How God Transformed An Unlikely Generation And How He Can Do It Again Today (Movie Ed.)", Robert J. Oliverio

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Niv Heritage Bible, Passaggio Setting", Stephanie B. Leupp Dec 2023

Review Of "Niv Heritage Bible, Passaggio Setting", Stephanie B. Leupp

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "40 Questions About Arminianism", John Jaeger Dec 2023

Review Of "40 Questions About Arminianism", John Jaeger

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "40 Questions About Women In Ministry", Keilah Villa Dec 2023

Review Of "40 Questions About Women In Ministry", Keilah Villa

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Another Gospel?: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth In Response To Progressive Christianity", Robert J. Oliverio Dec 2023

Review Of "Another Gospel?: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth In Response To Progressive Christianity", Robert J. Oliverio

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Prayerwalk: Becoming A Woman Of Prayer, Strength, & Discipline", Jaclyn Lee Parrott Dec 2023

Review Of "Prayerwalk: Becoming A Woman Of Prayer, Strength, & Discipline", Jaclyn Lee Parrott

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "The Right To Bear Arms: A Constitutional Right Of The People Or A Privilege Of The Ruling Class", Jaclyn Lee Parrott Dec 2023

Review Of "The Right To Bear Arms: A Constitutional Right Of The People Or A Privilege Of The Ruling Class", Jaclyn Lee Parrott

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Divine Love Theory: How The Trinity Is The Source And Foundation Of Morality", Jaclyn Lee Parrott Dec 2023

Review Of "Divine Love Theory: How The Trinity Is The Source And Foundation Of Morality", Jaclyn Lee Parrott

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Gospel Witness Through The Ages: A History Of Evangelism", Darcy Gullacher Dec 2023

Review Of "Gospel Witness Through The Ages: A History Of Evangelism", Darcy Gullacher

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "People Get Ready: Twelve Jesus-Haunted Misfits, Malcontents, And Dreamers In Pursuit Of Justice", Andrew C. Stout Dec 2023

Review Of "People Get Ready: Twelve Jesus-Haunted Misfits, Malcontents, And Dreamers In Pursuit Of Justice", Andrew C. Stout

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "The Manifold Beauty Of Genesis One: A Multi-Layered Approach", Scott Lloyd Dec 2023

Review Of "The Manifold Beauty Of Genesis One: A Multi-Layered Approach", Scott Lloyd

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Jeremiah And Lamentations: A Commentary For Biblical Preaching And Teaching", John Jaeger Dec 2023

Review Of "Jeremiah And Lamentations: A Commentary For Biblical Preaching And Teaching", John Jaeger

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Topical Preaching In A Complex World: How To Proclaim Truth And Relevance At The Same Time", Craig Rosenbeck Dec 2023

Review Of "Topical Preaching In A Complex World: How To Proclaim Truth And Relevance At The Same Time", Craig Rosenbeck

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.