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Joseph Smith And The United Firm: The Growth And Decline Of The Church's First Master Plan Of Business And Finance, Ohio And Missouri, 1832-1834, Max H. Parkin

BYU Studies

The United Firm was a business management company established by Joseph Smith (founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) that oversaw both the Church's economic pursuits, such as maintaining properties, and some spiritual matters, such as publishing revelations and planning the city of Zion. Its board of managers essentially fulfilled roles later taken on by Church leaders when quorums were created. The term "United Firm" does not appear in the scriptures, and therefore the organization's role has been misunderstood and underestimated. One of Joseph Smith's pseudonyms for the United Firm was the United Order, but the United …

Memory, Tradition And Text: Uses Of The Past In Early Christianity - Edited By Alan Kirk And Tom Thatcher [Review Of The Book Memory, Tradition And Text: Uses Of The Past In Early Christianity, By A. Kirk & T. Thatcher, Ed.], Rubén R. Dupertuis

Religion Faculty Research

The aim of this collection of essays is, at least in part, to remedy the lack of attention that studies of early Christianity have paid to recent developments, in the fields of sociology and anthropology, in the study of memory. An excellent introductory survey by Alan Kirk of recent developments in memory studies is followed by eleven essays applying some aspect of the approach to various texts or problems in the study of early Christianity, and then by responses by Werner Kelber and Barry Schwartz. While the various contributions interact in different ways with the relevant theories and models, all …

Abandoned To Lust: Sexual Slander And Ancient Christianity – By Jennifer Wright Knust [Review Of The Book Abandoned To Lust: Sexual Slander And Ancient Christianity By J. W. Knust], Rubén R. Dupertuis

Religion Faculty Research

The author argues that accusations of sexual depravity in early Christian literature, whatever their historical value, must be placed in the broader context of Greco-Roman rhetorical traditions in which charges of sexual deviance were stock elements of rhetorical slander. The first chapter, “Sexual Slander and Ancient Invective,” shows the degree to which the discourses of status and gender were intertwined in the Greco-Roman world. In this context, accusations of sexual deviance served the construction and maintenance of an elite identity understood as a male who is able to control his passions and avoid excess. In four subsequent chapters she tracks …

Parameters Of Reform And Unification In Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought: Murakami Senshō And Critical Buddhism, James Mark Shields

Faculty Journal Articles

Reform is a word that, one might easily say, characterizes more than any other the history and development of Buddhism. Yet, it must also be said that reform movements in East Asian Buddhism have often taken on another goal—harmony or unification; that is, a desire not only to reconstruct a more worthy form of Buddhism, but to simultaneously bring together all existing forms under a single banner, in theory if not in practice. This paper explores some of the tensions between the desire for reform and the quest for harmony in modern Japanese Buddhism thought, by comparing two developments: the …

The "Life And Miracles" Of Fisher Alumnus…, Ken Shelton

Verbum

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay's first paragraph.

"My name is Ken Shelton and I am 26 years old. I am a 1999 graduate from Spencer-Van Etten Jr./Sr. High School, of Spencer New York, and a 2003 graduate from St. John Fisher College, where I earned a BA in Religious Studies, with a minor in Philosophy."

The "Life And Miracles" Of Fisher Alumnus…, Matthew Cotugno

Verbum

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay's first paragraph.

"Before arriving to St. John Fisher College, I was your typical teenage student. I worked hard in school, enjoyed spending time with my friends, and was very close to my family. Granted, I did try to differentiate myself from the rest by joining various clubs such as Peer Ministry and the literary magazine; however, these activities were just the norm and my role was often minor. It would not be until my arrival at St. John Fisher College that my journey of growth would begin."

American Children Encountering The Bible: Ensuring Engagement Through The American Education System And The Children’S Bible, Zachary S. Teicher

Religious Studies Honors Projects

Society and parents continue to ensure that American children are familiar with the stories of the bible. The bible is part of the American cultural milieu and has been inculcated in successive generations through schools and children’s bibles. Parents in the twenty-first century have turned to adapted children’s bibles as the principal means by which to teach their children the bible. This is due in large part to the bible loosing its place in the curriculum of American public schools. This paper examines how children's bibles developed, why teaching the bible has been a priority, and who have been the …

Preliminary Pages, No Author

Verbum

No abstract provided.

A Semester Abroad In Australia: My Religious Experience, Michele Bonnevie

Verbum

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay's first paragraph.

"I will be graduating this May 2007 from Fisher with a B.S. in Biology, a minor in Chemistry, and a minor in Religious Studies. Ever since my sophomore year, which was when my older brother studied abroad in Italy, I have always wanted to be able to study abroad like my brother. I began thinking about where I wanted to go and looking into what colleges Fisher sent students on this abroad experience. After some thinking and trying to choose between Australia and Ireland, I chose Australia for the …

Full Issue, No Author

Verbum

This is the full issue of Volume 4, Issue 2 of Verbum, published in Spring 2007 by the REST Club at St. John Fisher College. Articles from this issue are available as separate PDFs at http://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/verbum/vol4/iss2/

Review: 'The Gospel Of Faith And Justice', Cyril Orji

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Church On The Margins: Living Christian Community, By Mary R. Sawyer, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Review Of Andrew T. Crislip, From Monastery To Hospital: Christian Monasticism And The Transformation Of Healthcare In Late Antiquity (Ann Arbor: University Of Michigan Press, 2005), Caroline T. Schroeder

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.

"Doing" Ethics In An Ecclesial Context: What Is Health Care Ethics's Connection To An Understanding Of The Catholic Church?, M Therese Lysaught

Institute of Pastoral Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

I have been asked to provide in this essay an overview of the ecclesiology of Fr. Kevin D. O'Rourke, OP, JCD, STM, especially as it relates to health care ethics.

"Doing" Ethics In An Ecclesial Context: What Is Health Care Ethics's Connection To An Understanding Of The Catholic Church?, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Missional Experiential Education For Developing Christian Global Citizens, David E. Fenrick

ATS Dissertations

At the start of the 21st century, Christian educators are faced with the challenge of equipping Christian disciples for participation in God's present mission in the world, a worldthatisinthemidstofradicalchangeduetotheforcesofglobalization. Christians around the world, most of whom will never have the opportunity to participate in formal ministerial education, are being called upon to demonstrate a missional multicultural witnessandgloballevelofcitizenshipinthecommunitieswheretheylive. Giventhis reality, Christian education at every level needs to discover a pedagogical process for preparing all Christians for missionary vocations that address the emerging missiological realities ofthe 21st century.

This research was undertaken in order to investigate the degree to which the principles …

The Saint Of Worcester: Why Pilgrims Visit Audrey Santo, Mathew N. Schmalz

Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Program: 2007 "The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others", Scot Mcknight

Frank Pack Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture Program

Program for the Third Annual Frank Pack Distinguished Christian Lecture Program with featured lecturer Dr. Scot McKnight, is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University.

Menorah Review (No. 67, Summer/Fall, 2007)

Menorah Review

A Poem by Richard E. Sherwin -- Camp Sisters: Women and the Holocaust -- From the Feminist's Corner -- Modern History and Modern Letters -- The Roots of Anti-Semitism -- Noteworthy Books

Religion Through Ritual, Catherine M. Bell

Religious Studies

This chapter addresses the ramifications of, as well as strategies for, teaching ritual as a central feature of religion. This marks an important change in the approach to teaching both religion and ritual, and one of the functions of this book is to address specific issues that this change poses to teachers and scholars. It is a continual challenge to imagine how to teach religion, using ritual, in introductory courses, in courses on specific traditions, and in advanced classes that include more of the theory of the field and extended individual projects. Teaching religion with a significant focus on ritual …

Contributors -- Quaker Religious Thought, No. 109, Paul Anderson

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

Images For Iconoclasts: Images Of Confucius In The Cultural Revolution, Deborah A. Sommer (司馬黛蘭)

Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Confucius died and was buried in 479 B.C.E., and he was never seen again. Or so one would think. “You may forget me as I once was,” Confucius reminds us in the Zhuangzi, "but there is something unforgettable about me that will still live on." Confucius’s physical frame was concealed from sight below ground, but his body and face were not forgotten either by his followers or his detractors, each of whom remembered him (or remembered him) in different ways. People created semblances of Confucius that reflected their own visions of the past, and constructions of his body took on …

An Investigation Of Luther's View Of The Bondage Of The Will With Implications For Soteriology And Theodicy, John Peckham

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Explore, Spring 2007, Vol. 10, No. 2: William C. Spohn's Contributions To Theological Scholarship, Ignatian Center For Jesuit Education

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Contents: Follow the Friendships: The Work of William Spohn; Hearers and Doers of the Word: The Challenge of William C. Spohn to Scripture and Ethics; Jesus and the Moral Life: Edwards, H. R. Niebuhr, and Spohn; William C. Spohn's Contribution to Moral Theology; Where Do We Go From Here? Ways We Can Build on Spohn’s Contributions; Bannan Grant Report: Shakespeare at San Quentin - Santa Clara Students Perform Shakespeare For and With Inmates; Spohn Memorial Fund and Next Issue

The Epistemology Of Esoteric Culture: Spiritual Claim-Making Within The American Neopagan Community, Marty Laubach

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Research

Non-institutionalised religious communities within western esotericism, such as New Age or Neopagan subcultures, are dynamic marketplaces for knowledge construction that may appear to be chaotic and governed only by the rule of caveat emptor. However, a close examination reveals authorization processes developing along similar lines as those followed by scientific empiricism during the seventeenth century. Claims of esoteric knowledge are developed from psychism experiences, and are authenticated by examining the claimant’s social standing, the narrative structure of the claim and the interests of the claimant and the judge. Such claims are authorized by incorporation into collective action, publications, workshops and …

Front Cover

Marian Library Studies

No abstract provided.

Journal Of Mormon History Vol. 33, No. 1, 2007

Journal of Mormon History

CONTENTS

LETTERS

• --Is This Academic Discourse? Dan Vogel, v

• --“Tunnel Vision” D. Michael Quinn, xi

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

• -Toward a Mormon Sense of Time Philip L. Barlow, 1

TANNER LECTURE

• --Historical Reflections on Mormon Futures Stephen J. Stein, 39

ARTICLES

• --The 1876 Journal of Frank Hammond: “Travailing” to the Little Colorado John J Hammond, 65

• --“Lonely Bones”: Leadership and Utah War Violence William P. MacKinnon, 121

• --Tensions in David O. McKay’s First Presidencies Gary James Bergera, 179

REVIEWS

--Claudia L. Bushman, Contemporary Mormonism: Latter-day Saints in Modern America Glen M. Leonard, 247

--H. Michael Marquardt, The Rise of Mormonism, 1816–1844 Jed …

Contributors -- Quaker Religious Thought, No. 108, Paul Anderson

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

Mackay's "John’S Relationship With Mark: An Analysis Of John 6 In The Light Of Mark 6 And 8" - Book Review, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

In this detailed analysis of the relations between John 6 and Mark 6 and 8, Mackay builds a case for the Johannine evangelist’s familiarity with Mark.

Carter's "John: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist" - Book Review, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

In this new and readable introduction to the Gospel of John, Carter guides the reader through a thoughtful consideration of important interpretive issues.