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American Censorship And The Cartoon During World War Ii, D. Mark Davis

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

WORLD WAR II was indeed a war of global proportions. It involved fifty-six countries, saw armed conflict on every continent except Antarctica, caused over three billion dollars in physical damage, and cost the lives of over fifty-five million people. However, in spite of the tremendous size and costs of World War II, this era is often remembered in America as a time when men felt honor in fighting and dying for their liberty, women went to work in a patriotic effort to support their nation, and freedom, liberty, and democracy overcame the evil and oppressive forces of fascism. Ironically, during …

The Mutation Of The Model Man: 1936-1945, Andrea Rassmussen

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

Masculinity, or the ideal male model, differed significantly in the war years from the late 1930s. This evolution can be seen through articles in Coronet, in which the majority of stories had male heroes whose physical characteristics, personalities, and social graces all changed as the war started and progressed. The ideal man shifted from the Successful Businessman of the 30s to the Individualistic Team Player of the 40s. I chose these names because they encapsulate the contradiction that made up the model man of the war years. No more was the ideal a cutthroat businessman concerned with nothing except succeeding, …

"To Disenfranchise Them Is To Stab Us": Wells's 1879 Visit To Washington And The Nwsa's Support Of Utah Suffrage, Marci Haskell

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

In 1879 Emmeline B. Wells stood before the National Woman's Suffrage Association (NWSA) and stated that "the right of franchise held by the women of her Territory should not be wrested from them." Wells, a polygamist wife, spoke at the NWSA conference in Washington, D.C., during a time of intense antipolygamy sentiment in America. Polygamy in Utah was viewed by many-including national suffragists-as an evil that degraded women. Paradoxically, national suffragists of the NWSA, who sought to further women's rights, supported a polygamist wife and the cause of woman suffrage in Utah.

Crimea And The Civil War: The Medical Connection Between Great Britain And The Union Army, Adam Green

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

One decade before the Civil War began, a modest and relatively obscure war was fought halfway around the world. The Crimean War was an eye-opener for the British as a whole. The inadequate supplies, wretched living conditions, and poor sanitation that the British army suffered resulted in tremendous losses during the war. The reports of these circumstances launched one of the most profound and widespread medical reform campaigns that the British army had experienced up to that point. The instigation of proper sanitary care, the introduction of Florence Nightingale onto the international stage, and the revamping of the British medical …

Creating St. Dominic: A Demonstrative Case Of High Medieval Canonization Procedure, John D. Young

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

Saints constituted an important part of medieval religion-both in the central, clerical church organization and in the popular religious elements of society. Medieval Christians, both lay and clerical, looked to saints as divine mediators between God and man by virtue of the deeds they had accomplished during their mortal lives (or that their remains had accomplished post mortem). To be labeled a saint and to be considered worthy of such adoration, one had to be shown to have fulfilled certain requirements, which varied from period to period and from place to place. During the High Middle Ages, this saint-making process …

Preface, Scott Ashton

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

Last year Phi Alpha Theta, the national honor society for history students, awarded the Best Chapter Award in our division to the Beta Iota Chapter at Brigham Young University. Such a distinction is a tribute to the active participation of the chapter's members and to the quality of students and professors in the History Department at BYU. The Thetean, the official journal of the Beta Iota Chapter, showcases the scholarly research of some of these students.

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Early Russian-Chinese Relations, Dean William Bennett

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

In February. 1654, Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich Romanov dispatched a friendly, if rather pompous, letter on its way across the vast steppes of Siberia and Mongolia to the emperor of China, Shun-chih. In this letter he lamented that the rulers of the two realms had never before established any official contact between themselves, and he expressed a fond hope that the tsar and the emperor might live thenceforth "in friendship, love, and communication." The prospects should have been alluring, promising trade and wealth for both states, and also frequent exchanges of embassies. But less than three years later, the leader of …

The Partisan Press Of Illinois: Motivation, Rhetoric, And Aggression In Hancock County Newspapers, 1839-1844, Elizabeth Prete Bryner

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

Much has been written about the pohtical origins of the Mormon conflicts in Nauvoo, Illinois, between 1839 and 1844, but relatively little scholarship has analyzed the role of the partisan press in that conflict. George Gayler and other historians claim that· Mormon political activity ... must be singled out as the chief source of irritation between [ the Mormons] and the Illinois citizens." However, Gayler limits his investigation of the press mostly to the anti-Mormon newspapers, the Nauvoo Expositor and the Warsaw Signal. Governor Thomas Fords History cf Illinois describes the sordid political battle between the Whigs and the …

Statistical Profile Of Southern States Missionaries, 1867-1898, Heather M. Seferovich

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

issionary activity has been a staple feature of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since its organization over 160 years ago. From its inception, Church members have felt themselves obligated and have been exhorted to proclaim the restored gospel to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. As Joseph Smith recorded, "The voice of Warning shall be unto all people, by the mouths of my disciples," because· the field is white already to harvest." Between 1830 and 1995, Latter-day Saints have served approximately 668,000 missions, and the Church has invested an enormous amount of resources and energy in the …

Children On The Mormon Trail, Jill Jacobsen Andros

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

While reflecting on her experience crossing the plains in a Mormon handcart company at age nine, Agnes Caldwell, recalled:

"Although only tender years of age, I can yet close my eyes and see everything in panoramic precision before me-the ceaseless walking, walking, ever to remain in my memory. Many times I would become so tired and, childlike, would hang on the cart, only to be gently pushed away. Then I would throw myself by the side of the road and cry. Then realizing they were all passing me by, I would jump to my feet and make an extra run …

The Transformation Of Utah From A Colony Of Wall Street To A Colony Of Washington, Thomas G. Alexander

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

Ordinarily. American historians divide the years from 1929 through 1945 into two periods. The time from 1929 to about 1939 they generally label· The Great Depression." In most cases, the chapter on the depression tells the story of American domestic affairs during the 1930s with a slight bow to the severity of worldwide economic conditions. In the next chapter, covering the years 1939 to 1945, historians discuss World War II; to do chis, however, they have to return to the 1920s to deal with the foreign affurs they neglected in the previous chapter. In discussing World War II, historians say …

The Russel B. Swensen Lecture

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

After graduating from Brigham Young University in 1926, Russel B. Swensen (1902-1987) taught seminary in Mesa, Arizona, and later in Kamas and Hurricane, Utah. In 1930, Joseph F Merrill. then LDS Church commissioner of education, invited Swensen, along with two others, co attend the University of Chicago Divinity School. There, he received an MA and Ph.D. in New Testament Studies.

Preface, Christopher Oscarson

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

Every year, the reading staff of The Thetean has the formidable task of selecting just four or five interesting, well-written, insightful essays that appropriately illustrate the finest work done by history students at Brigham Young University. This year, perhaps because of the statewide Centennial statehood celebration, we received what seemed to be an unusually large number of papers dealing with Utah history in addition to the regularly large number of Mormon history papers. Our first impulse was to shy away from some of these essays simply co force diversity into the pages of The Thetean, but we ultimately felt char …

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Women's Reproductive Health: A Critical Appraisal Of Reproductive Justice And Magisterial Contributions To Responsible Family Planning, Kelly Olson

School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses

History reveals the degrading and traumatizing experiences of marginalized women harmed by unethical reproductive healthcare practices. Progress has been made; however divisive barriers still prohibit dialogue from resulting in a dignified approach to legislation that serves the diverse population of women in diverse situations of lived reality. Enhancing the theological dialogue with updated awareness of women’s reproductive healthcare needs and a renewed conversation of the benefit of expressed human sexuality in heterosexual marriage allows opportunity for the Magisterium to enhance teaching that aligns with Catholic tradition and grows with human understanding, in the spirit of aggiornamento. Improved clarity and wider …

Lsd To Galilee: Incarnation In The Psychedelic Subculture, Rob Zahn

Doctor of Ministry

This project is the result of a curiosity that there might be an opportunity (NPO) for the church, for everyone, to “learn how God is incarnate and works outside of the parameters of the church as evidenced by the birth of Contemporary Christian Music from the psychedelic hippie subculture of the late ’60s and early ’70s.” From a theological perspective, the answer might be obvious. Of course God is incarnate and works outside of any and all parameters humanity attempts to impose on the divine! However, what rises to the surface when such questions are engaged, is the extent to …

Program: 2024 Featured Lecture, "Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, And Ministered In The Early Church", Nijay Gupta

Frank Pack Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture Program

Program for the Nineteenth Annual Frank Pack Distinguished Christian Lecture Program with featured lecturer Nijay Gupta, Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary.

Renewing The Fatwa On Contemporary Financial Transactions In Light Of The Objectives Of Sharia, حسن شموط, حمزة مسلم

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

This research came to talk about renewing the fatwa in contemporary financial transactions. In it, the two researchers discussed the concept of renewal in contemporary financial transactions, and how it keeps pace with the changing conditions of people’s financial transactions with changes in time, place, conditions, custom, and interest, within the framework of moving with time, with the aim of deriving its rulings within the limits of the principles and the principles of Sharia. They also discussed in the second requirement the motivations for renewal in contemporary financial transactions, and then in the next requirement the controls for renewal.

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The Educational Thought Of Imam Al-Ghazali (450-505 Hijri / 1058-1111 Ad) In The Light Of His Book 'Revival Of The Sciences Of Religion, ربيع الفرجات, آلاء خريسات, هبة عازم

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The intellectual and jurisprudent is the argument of Islam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali in the forefront of the Islamic innovators who were founded to defend Islam in the face of the deviant intellectual currents that hit it in the fifth century AH. Al-Ghazali tried to present a new image of Islam, bringing closer and closer to his good education for all time and place.

This study is intended to show some aspects of the educational thought of al-Ghazali, by taking his comprehensive religious subject, "Reviving the Sciences of Religion," as a model. This study attempted to capture all aspects of educational …

A Study In The Narratives Of The Prophet’S Biography, أمين محمد

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The narration of Ali bin Abi Talib – may God be pleased with him - sleeping in the bed of the Prophet – may the blessings and peace of God be upon him - during migration hadithia analytical study

This study took over with the narration of Ali bin Abi Talib – may God be pleased with him – sleeping in the bed of the Prophet – may the blessings and peace of God be upon him – during the migration incident; I worked on extracting and authentication it from the books of hadith, books of the Prophet’s biography, history …

Determinants Of Jurisprudential Controls Regulating Rulings On The Impurity Emanating From The Human Body And Its Effect Of Tahara (Purity), أنـس الجابر

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The study sheds light on the determinants of the jurisprudential controls governing the provisions of impurity emitted from the human body and their impact on ( Tahara ) purity, Where it deals with a general matter aimed at achieving the requirements of ( Tahara ) purity, aiming to clarify the determinants of these controls.

Where the study concluded that the determinants of jurisprudential controls differed in view of the same control, according to the difference in the legal estimates considered in that.

Indicators Of Bothness And Deviation And Their Factors In The Human Personality: An Islamic Fundamentalist Study, محمد السميري

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The study aimed at explaining the concept of equality and deviation in the human personality, and indicating the factors affecting it, and indicators that show the extent of equality and deviation in the human personality in the light of the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah, and the researcher followed the inductive analytical method in the study to reach the answer to its questions, and the researcher reached a set of: And that there are indicators that indicate the state of both and the state of deviation in the human personality, namely: First: the doctrinal indicator: which is: faith is offset …

انزياحات لغوية في القرآن الكريم, منصور عياصرة

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

Many scholars believe that the eloquent text is that text that surprises the reader, with amazing linguistic aesthetics, as it departs from the usual expected, and reaches the surprising, eye-catching and heartfelt, since its first hearing.

The scholars acknowledge that the Holy Qur’an is the most informative text, in terms of its language, syntax, morphology, and rhetoric, and in terms of the word’s harmony with what precedes it and what comes after it, and this gives it a special impact that is remarkable for the sensitive listener in terms of its grammatical and morphological compatibility, and its gentle rhythm on …

Interfering With The Case: A Jurisprudential Study Compared To The Jordanian Shari'a Procedures Law, راكان ابو حمور

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

This research dealt with the issue of interference and insertion in the case and what is related to it, where the researcher proceeded to define the term interference and insertion in the case, and to indicate the extent of its legality, then to indicate the types of interference in the case and its terms and provisions.

He dealt with the practical procedures for intervention and insertion in the case, and between the extent of the court's authority to accept it and the effects resulting from the intervention and insertion in the case, and then between the application aspect through the …

Methods Of Teaching Islamic Jurisprudence Issues With Imam Abu Hanifa Al-Numan, شادي أبو عفيفة

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

When Imam Abu Hanifa al-Numan who died in the year 150 AH; One of the most prominent scholars who enriched the sciences of Sharia with jurisprudential rulings and legal concepts, which people received with acceptance in the East and West; This is what researchers and scholars have come to know. However, Imam Abu Hanifa - may God have mercy on him - had another aspect that many researchers overlook. It is the face of education and education. That is because he taught students of knowledge for many years, so he wrote for himself methods and methods of teaching that are …

تعليلات الحاكم الجشمي في إبطاله روايات سقوط أكثر سورة الأحزاب: دراسة نقدية مقارنة, محمد السواعدة

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

This research deals with the opinion of Al-Hakim Al-Jashmi in his interpretation (Al-Tahdheeb) in the narrations related to the length of Surat Al-Ahzab, and that it was like Surat Al-Baqarah or longer,

The importance of this topic comes from the point of view of the value of Al-Jashmi's opinions and their position among the commentators, and from the point of view of the need to clarify the correctness of deleting parts of Surat Al-Ahzab.

The research aimed to show Al-Jashmi’s reasoning that made him invalidate these narrations and discuss them in comparing the sayings of the scholars. Where the idea …

الدين في العلاقات الدولية:النموذج الإيراني وأثره على كل من العراق وسورية ولبنان وفلسطين في ضوء نظريات العلاقات الدولية, محمد أنور العتوم

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The study showed that the religious dimension plays a major role in international relations and in formulating foreign policy .The study also showed that Iran made great efforts after the revolution to create ideological tools for it to expand and extend its influence in Iraq , Syria , Lebanon and Palestine . The study concluded that this dimension was one of the constants and pillars of Iran's foreign policy and its international relations in a profound way .The study also concluded that the religious dimension is one of the most important priorities of the Iranian political system , and it's …

Practical Practices Of Family Reform In The Life Of The Prophet, May God Bless Him And Grant Him Peace, محمد الشرقاوي, أمين النهاري, رشدي رملي

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

This study aims to reach family reform by following the example of the practical practices of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and looking at his life inside and outside the house of prophecy.

This study concluded that the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, is the ideal and a good example in family reform, and there is no way to solve the problem of family disputes and marital disputes except by looking at the practical practices of family reform from the life of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and …