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Jews And Science, Sander L. Gilman

The Jewish Role in American Life: An Annual Review

Jews and Science examines the complicated relationship between Jewish identities and the evolving meanings of science throughout the history of Western academic culture. Jews have been not only the agents for study of things Jewish, but also the subject of examination by “scientists” across a range of disciplines, from biology and bioethics to anthropology and genetics. Even the most recent iteration of Jewish studies as an academic discipline—Israel studies—stresses the global cultural, economic, and social impact of Israeli science and medicine.

The 2022 volume of the Casden Institute’s Jewish Role in American Life series tackles a range of issues that …

Loving Nature, Praising The Creator; The Visualizations Of The Natural World In The Islamic Magazine Pandji Masjarakat, Muhammad Yuanda Zara

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This study examines previously unexplored visual representations of the natural world published in Pandji Masjarakat magazine in 1960. Known at the time as the most popular Islamic magazine in Indonesia, this publication not only discussed Islamic teachings as hitherto understood, but also provided ample space for the publication of drawings, paintings, and photographs of the natural world. This study argues that the visualizations of the natural world in Pandji Masjarakat were aimed at providing its Muslim readers all over Indonesia and in the wider Malay world with guidance on how to see the natural world and people’s place in it …

Father John W. O'Malley, S.J., Ambassador To Secular Academia, Nelson H. Minnich

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

Father John O'Malley has helped to place the study of the history of Roman Catholicism in the mainstream of cultural history

Jus Post Bellum And The Augustinian Worldview, Edward Anthony Herty

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Augustine of Hippo wrote a great deal regarding the subject of state-sponsored armed conflict. His views have been categorized into the concepts of jus ad bellum, jus in bello, and, more recently, jus post bellum. Jus ad bellum and jus in bello address the moral responsibilities of a nation and its sovereign as the decision to enter into conflict is made and as agents of the state endeavor to keep human suffering to a minimum. Jus post bellum is a more recent ideal that has, since World War I, addressed the need to establish a long-lasting peace upon the conclusion …

“We Fought For The Right Reasons And God Was On Our Side”: Combat, Faith, And Perseverance During The 28th Infantry Division's Engagement At The Battle Of The Bulge, Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

In December 1944, Hitler’s Germany was besieged on every front. Germany was working on super weapons and needed to buy some time to fight off the Red Army and the Allies. Until his super weapons could turn the tide, Hitler opted for a major counteroffensive in the west to split the Allies. Hitler would launch his last military reserves in a desperate gamble aimed at driving to the port of Antwerp through Luxembourg and Belgium. Such a blow, Hitler believed, would wreck the Allied Coalition. One of the divisions facing the main German offensive was the American 28th Infantry Division, …

Vol. 49 No. 10 - Whole No. 363, Jason Fisher

Mythprint

Mythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups.

The Role Of Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytskyi In The Formation Of Ukrainian National Identity, Iryna Krasnodemska

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The article examines the main statehood ideas and views of the socio-political and Church figure, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi’s contribution to the struggle for the establishment of an independent, united Ukrainian state. The impact of the Metropolitan’s activity as the hierarch of the Greek Catholic Church on the Ukrainian national spiritual revival in Ukraine (at the end of the 19th to middle 20th century) is clarified as the solid foundation which was laid by his ecumenical ideas. The judgment of A. Sheptytskyi regarding the necessary prerequisites for building a strong, independent Ukraine, and his ideas about reforming state authorities, the Church, …

Study Of Narrative Effects Of Each Instrumental Group In Exemplum: In Memoriam Kwangju By Isang Yun, Jeahyun Jo

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Isang Yun (1917–1995) is recognized as one of the most notable avant-garde Korean composers of the twentieth century. His compositions serve as a crucial link between Eastern and Western musical traditions because they contain elements of techniques from both traditions. My intention in this paper is to examine Yun and his symphonic poem Exemplum: in Memoriam Kwangju with the goal of helping the reader comprehend its narrative effects. I will also provide a musical analysis and interpretation based on Yun’s intention in composing Exemplum: in Memoriam Kwangju and examine Yun’s compositional approaches to the three different instrumental groups (strings, wind, …

An Analysis Of Reconstruction Era Policies As Partially Extending The Rights Of Citizenship To Freedmen, Jonathan Tise

University Honors Program Senior Projects

The purpose of this study is to examine the policies enacted during the Reconstruction Era of the United States with regards to their effectiveness at promoting and protecting the civil liberties of the newly freed population. Examining federal and local policies and statutes, along with a detailed examination of United States v. Cruikshank, will provide much insight into whether or not the newly freed black population was actually granted the rights and liberties they were owed and promised. The research will consist of a synthesis of existing literature surrounding local and federal policies and statutes such as the 13th 14th …

Power In Portrayal: An Exploration Of The Evolving Cold War Relationship Between Germany And America Through Film, Kaleb Wentz

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The end of the Second World War brought many questions to the United States. One of the greatest among these was what to do with defeated Germany. Many clamored for the dissolution of the former Nazi State and the shameful humbling of its people while others recognized the value of a revitalized Germany as an ally against the looming threat of an emboldened and empowered postwar Soviet Union. Though retribution held sway immediately following the war, the Cold War consensus of an alliance with West Germany and a reimagining of the German people as victims rather than perpetrators won out …

Treason Town: Cities As Traitors During The U.S.-Mexican War, Kelsey Foster

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

During the U.S.-Mexican War (1846-48) the U.S. army invaded Mexico from several fronts. The Mexican Army was unable to prevent U.S. troops marching into and occupying Mexico City, resulting in the transfer of a vast swath of territory from Mexico to the United States. Historians offer several explanations for Mexico's inability to repel this invasion, and one of them is the disunity of the Mexican nation. Evidence of this disunity can be seen in the response of some local leaders when they were confronted with the invading army: instead of fighting, they elected to surrender, allowing U.S. troops to occupy …

Man-Machine Dialogues: Computer Representations And Appropriations In The Soviet Union And The United States, Ksenia Tatarchenko

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

What brought a plurality of information societies into existence? The global process of computerizations went hand in hand with political competition between the First and Second World during the second half of the twentieth century. Non-capitalist information societies were imagined and experienced under the socialistregimes alongside and in interaction with their better-known capitalist counterparts. Both capitalism and socialism asserted the power of the new machines to depict and create a better world.

Jewish Daily Life In Medieval Northern Europe, 1080-1350, Tzafrir Barzilay, Eyal Levinson, Elisheva Baumgarten

TEAMS Documents of Practice

Designed to introduce students to the everyday lives of the Jews who lived in the German Empire, northern France, and England from the 11th to the mid-14th centuries, the volume consists of translations of primary sources written by or about medieval Jews. Each source is accompanied by an introduction that provides historical context. Through the sources, students can become familiar with the spaces that Jews frequented, their daily practices and rituals, and their thinking. The subject matter ranges from culinary preferences and even details of sexual lives, to garments, objects, and communal buildings. The documents testify to how Jews enacted …

A Reconciliation Of Pauline Complementarian Theology And Egalitarian Narratives In The New Testament, Paul Andrew Morss

Masters Theses

The debate about women having authority over men or serving in leadership roles within the church is a controversial topic that has existed for some time. There are different interpretations of the complementarian and egalitarian debate surrounding specific areas in scripture. The Bible is a source of wisdom and truth that is used to direct the lives of Christians and the church. However, both sides point to the same text as the justification for their beliefs. The complementarian and egalitarian debate is far-reaching, but I plan to look at one subject within the larger debate. The scope of my thesis …

Stellar, Ken Derry

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Stellar (2022), directed by Darlene Naponse.

التنقيبات الإثارية الأمريكية في العراق 1925-1939 دراسة تاريخية, م.د. فاتن سعد عوده

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

كانت ارض العراق قديمًا بداية الحضارة البشرية المعروفة على مستوى العالم التي عُرفت بمنجزاتها الحضارية القيمّية، التي كان لها علاقاتها وتأثيراتها الحضارية الواسعة مع مختلف حضارات ودويلات العالم القديم. على هذا الأساس كان الاهتمام بآثار تلك الحضارات العراقية القديمة كبيرًا، ذلك الاهتمام الذي تنامى وتعاظم بشكل موازٍ مع تنامي الدوافع والغايات التي زار العراق لأجلها الكثير من الرحالة والباحثين العرب والاجانب، الذين وضحوا في كتاباتهم ومؤلفاتهم شيئًا عن آثار هذا البلد، الذي قد وردت عنه بعض الاشارات في الكتب المقدسة كالقرآن الكريم أو العهد القديم، فعمد بعض من زار العراق، ولاسّيما الاجانب منهم؛ إلى نقل واستنساخ ورسم بعض الآثار الشاخصة …

الملامح الاجتماعية في كتاب الفرج بعد الشدة للقاضي التنوخي المتوفى(384هـ/994م ) دراسة تاريخية, أ.د. داود سلمان خلف الزبيدي, د. ايمان عبد الجبار محمود التميمي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

الف القاضي التنوخي المتوفى سنة ) 384 ه / 994 م( كتابه الفرج بعد الشدة اواخر ايامه ،بعد عدة محن تعرض لها ،ونجاه الله تعالى منها ،وقد عرض هذه المحن في كتابه اعلاه ،فضلاً عن اخبار اعتمدها من المصادر ،مضيفا لها بعضا من مشاهداته ،ومسموعاته ،وفي بحثنا الموسوم )الملامح الاجتماعية في كتاب الفرج بعد الشدة للقاضي التنوخي ... دراسة تاريخية ( الذي تناولنا فيه عرضا لحياته ،فضلاً عن التعريف بكتابه الفرج بعد الشدة ،ثم تناولنا فيه من الجوانب الاجتماعية التي عرضها القاضي التنوخي في كتابه المذكور في سياق ذكره لقصصه التي قصها في الكتاب ،كون ان كثير من معلومات الكتاب …

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Ken Derry

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), directed by Rian Johnson.

A Study Of Indigenous North Vietnamese Ca Tru Music, And The Deities Of The Kalachakra Mandala, Daniel D'Aiuto Schultz

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Abstract

This document is in two sections. Chapter I is a study on the history, instruments and performance of Vietnamese ca trù folk music. Indigenous Asian music, especially music from Vietnam, has held an almost mystical interest for me with its links to the doctrines of Buddhism and Hinduism. Ca trù’s singular style, always sung by women in fixed ensembles, is of particular interest because of its colorful history and unique performance practices. The ca trù music of Vietnam’s northern provinces, like much Asian folk music, is considered an endangered genre.

Sources for Ca trù insights are scarce, but some …

War And Money In Ngram Viewer, Robert H. Mcfadden, William Zywiak, Ronald P. Bobroff, Gao Niu

Finance Department Faculty Journal Articles

The second and fourth authors have been inviting Intro to Applied Analytics and Statistics 1 students to use the Ngram Database to explore historical topics of their choosing. This is the first article derived from this exercise. The first author examined the historical relationship between war and money from 1775 to 2005 in the American English corpus. This is followed by an examination of the 3-gram “cost of war” in the American English and British English corpora. Specific to the analyses presented here several military and economic events are discussed. More specifically, both economies and wars are somewhat unpredictable, with …

Of Conquistadors And Corridos: Aurora Lucero-White And The New Mexico Federal Writers’ Project, Diana Noreen Rivera

Literatures and Cultural Studies Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Reflection On The Challenges And Collaborative Potential In Working With Buddhist Studies Materials In East Asian Librarianship, Matthew Hayes

Journal of East Asian Libraries

This article explores a set of shared challenges that tend to emerge for East Asian Librarians in working with Buddhist studies materials. It outlines how Buddhist linguistic conventions can give rise to an unpredictability in reference work, how its historical textual practices can complicate collections development, and how Buddhist temple archive management can make traditional approaches to research advising unreliable. It also proposes that these challenges provide distinct opportunities for collaboration across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean areas of bibliographic coverage. These challenges offer a chance for librarians to work together and develop a standard, field-wide toolset for working with these …

The Netherlands-Indies; Rethinking Post-Colonial Recognition From A Multi-Voiced Perspective, Nicole L. Immler

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

In the communication of pain, language matters. Telling someone to feel pain is not just a description of one’s pain, it is – as philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein informs us – also asking for recognition of that pain. This requires a shared language which communicates it. Do we need a new language which can communicate and recognize the pain of the colonial past more effectively? Commencing with the recent apology for waging “a colonial war” in Indonesia by the Dutch prime minister, this article suggests an intervention in post-colonial recognition politics by exploring the idea of the multi-voicedness. Multi-voicedness …

Exhibiting Art In A European Periphery? International Art In Sweden During The Cold War, Katarina Wadstein Macleod, Marta Edling, Pella Myrstener

Artl@s Bulletin

The project Exhibiting Art in a European Periphery? International Art in Sweden during the Cold War aimed to investigate international exhibitions in Sweden during the postwar period from circa 1945 to the end of the 1980s. The main objective was to find information beyond preconceived ideas of what is important, interesting, or simply good art. In this article, we present our method for searching through the archives and some of the findings and insights generated.

Restoration Jewish Evangelism: A Dispensational Paradigm For Jewish Evangelism, Justin R. Woods

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Local Jewish populations within proximity of U.S. churches are perishing in their need to hear the Christian gospel. Obstacles to Jewish evangelism have festered through the centuries. Modern scholarship has held culpable the supersessionist traditions from the early church fathers and carried over to the present day. Dispensational pastors and scholars have acted on the front lines to correct this grievance. Restoration Jewish Evangelism (RJE) supplies a template of Jewish evangelism centered on a dispensational view of Romans 9—11. The goal of this project includes strengthening the parishioners’ situational awareness and self-confidence to engage in sharing the gospel of the …

The Image Of God: A Reflection Of Order And Suitability In Design, Mary D. Mckenzie

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

In the history of biblical interpretation and dogmatic speculation, the “image of God” in humanity has proved remarkably prolific as a source of exegetical and theological discussion. In Genesis 1:26–27, the Bible expounds that God created man in His own image, and in His image, he created male and female. The literature on this topic continues to be overwhelming despite several exhaustive treatments spanning decades among biblical scholars. The act of posing several questions resulted in different answers from various sources. For example, what exactly is the image of God? Is the image of God spiritual or physical? Is the …

علماء مدينة ساوة خلال العصر العباسي (132- 656هـ), أ.م.د علي نايف مجيد

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

اعطت الدراسات التاريخية في العصور الاسلامية وخاصة العصر العباسي (132-656هـ) دورا مهما للجوانب العلمية خاصة وان الرسالة الاسلامية وقع على عاتقها نشر الثقافة العربية الاسلامية وتعاليم الدين الاسلامي ضمن الاراضي التي فتحها السلمون ومن ضمنها المشرق الاسلامي وخاصة مدينة ساوة التي تقع بين الري وهمذان والتي سكنها العديد من علماء العرب والمسلمين ومنهم من مر بيها وجعل منها محطة للتنقل بين الري وهمذان ,وقد اشتهر العديد من العلماء وحملوا اسم مدينة ابهر ومنهم:الحارث بن عبيد الساوي الصوفي (ت186هـ)ومحمد بن امية بن ادم بن مسلم القرشي الساوي الراوي والمحدث(ت226هـ), ويوسف بن اسماعيل بن يوسف,ابو يعقوب الساوي الصوفي(ت346هـ) الذي كان ينتقل مابين …

النظام السياسي الإيراني بين التيار الإصلاحي والتيار المحافظ 1988-2006, ا.م.د. وداد جابر غازي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

شغلت الثورة الإيرانية منذ اندلاعها في أواخر سبعينيات القرن العشرين، وحتى الآن اهتمام العديد من الدوائر الأكاديمية والسياسية والإعلامية. فقد شكلت الثورة نموذجا جديد في السياسة الأيديولوجيا للبعض تحدياً على كل من المستويين السياسي والأيديولوجي، وشكلت للبعض الآخر نموذجا وقدوة يحتذى بها. ومن ناحية أخرى، شكل النظام السياسي الإيراني، الذي شكلت لبناته الأولى منذ اليوم الأول لنجاح الثورة الإسلامية مادة خصبةِ لدراسات العلوم السياسية، سواء في مجال نظام الحكم أم في العلاقات الخارجية، فقد طرح النظام السياسي الإيراني ،خبرة جديدة للعلاقة بين الدين والسياسة في وقت استقر فيه على الفصل بينهما انطلاقاً من أن هذا الفصل يسمح بنمو وتطور أفضل …

America’S Mothers: How The Mobilized Women Of Berkeley Harnessed The Power Of Women To Support The Great War And Challenge The Government, Christy Gordon Baty

Great Plains Graduate Review

This paper examines how middle-class and upper-class women of Berkeley, California harnessed their already-established roles as community organizers and leaders to support the United States Government and their efforts in World War I. These women used the imposed limitations of their role as domestic protector in order to change the scope of their sphere from private to public, and assert their political voice by highlighting their reciprocal relationship with the federal government. In their founding document, the Mobilized Women of Berkeley state that “All of the 151 women’s organizations of Berkeley are willing to give their sons, husbands and brothers …

الاجتياح الياباني للفِلِبِّين (كانون الأول 1941- آيار 1942) دراسة تأريخية, أ.م.د.وسام هادي عكار

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

أحتلتْ الفِلِبِّين موقعاً إستراتيجياً مهماً بالنسبة لليابان, وغدتْ الهيمنة عليها ضروري لمواصلة حركة التوسع الياباني عند نشوب الحرب العالية الثانية، إذ عكستْ خصوصيات الموقع الإستراتيجي والاقتصادي في جزر المحيط الهادئ وبلدان جنوب شرق آسيا، أهمية الأثر الذي تسعى اليابان لشغله، بهدف الاستحواذ على مقدرات تلك المنطقة. كما كشفتْ عن احد الأسباب الرئيسة لسعي الولايات المتحدة الأميركية لمنافسة اليابان من أجل الحصول على مصادر المواد الخام والأسواق الكبيرة ذات الكثافة السكانية والاستهلاكية العاليتين، وهو ما حول بلدان جنوب شرق أسيا عموماً؛ والفِلِبِّين على وجه الخصوص إلى منطقة صراع على النفوذ بين اليابان والولايات المتحدة الأميركية.

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