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Images Of Village And Megalopolis: Constrasting Mexican Consciousness, José Dávila, Myron Orleans

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Gandhi And Mallik: Nonviolence And Abstention As Ethical Strategies For A Peaceful World, Madhuri Santanam Sondhi

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Foreword, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Tradition Amid Social Upheaval: The Palestinian Muslim Family, Bruce A. Chadwick, Camille Fronk, Ray Huntington, Tim B. Heaton, Brian K. Barber

BYU Studies

In 1994 and 1995, a research team from Brigham Young University conducted a survey of residents of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Motivated in part by our strong interest as Latter-day Saints in understanding and strengthening family life, we wished to study several aspects of the Palestinian family including prominence of marriage, family size, gender roles, education of women, marriage between relatives, and location of residence after marriage. By comparing our data with that of earlier surveys, we can ascertain changes occurring in the Muslim world.

Mormonism And Islam: From Polemics To Mutual Respect And Cooperation, Arnold H. Green

BYU Studies

The world's fastest growing religion is either Islam (if considering annual growth in total numbers) or Mormonism (if considering annual growth in percentage terms). These two rapidly expanding global faiths are certain to increase interactions with each other. Already, in the minds of some clergymen, the two faiths have become associated in several ways, including Mormonism's being called "the Islam of America." While Muslim leaders have so far paid little attention to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Church's General Authorities have expressed opinions about Islam. At first, they reacted negatively to being equated with it. Later, …

The Vistas Of The Comparative Study Of Civilizations, Keisuke Kawakubo

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Many Voices, One Umma: Sociopolitical Debate In The Muslim Community, James A. Toronto

BYU Studies

As a religion expands beyond its original setting, it encounters new historical, economic, social, and geopolitical forces. The resulting clash between sacred truth and secular reality created ideological tensions within a religious community that lead its followers to engage in a process of dialogue, reform, and reconciliation. This process of dialectical exchange occurs both between members of the community and between the community and outside forces. Often it gives rise to traumatic, even violent, conflict and frequently leads to schisms and the establishment of break-away religious movements. The history of religion provides abundant evidence that the ability of a nascent …

Seven Aspects Of Loan Size, Mark Schreiner

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Attempts to measure the depth of outreach in microfinance usually start--and often end--with loan size. But just what is loan size? This paper discusses seven aspects of loan size, each of which affects not only depth of outreach but also profitability. The seven aspects are: term to maturity, dollars disbursed, average balance, dollars per installment, time between installments, number of installments, and "dollar-years of borrowed resources." This paper defines the seven aspects, explains why each one matters, and gives examples of their measurement with data from three Latin American microfinance organizations.

"Seek Learning, Even By Study And Also By Faith": The Relationship Between Personal Religiosity And Academic Achievement Among Latter-Day Saint High-School Students, Bruce A. Chadwick, Brent L. Top

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

The Pedagogy Of A Church Leader: Lessons Learned From Joseph F. Smith's 1854-1916 Letters To His Sister, Martha Ann Smith Harris, David M. Whitchurch

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Who Are The Non-Respondents?: A Deterministic Approach To Modeling Non-Response In Exit Polls, Collaborative Project

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

No abstract provided.

The Decision To Breastfeed In The United States: Does Race Matter?, Renata Forste Phd, Jessica Weiss Bs, Emily Lippincott Bs

Faculty Publications

Objectives. To estimate the effects of maternal and birth characteristics on the decision to breastfeed and to relate breastfeeding practices to racial differences in infant mortality.

Methods. Using a sample of women with young children from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), Cycle V, 1995, the likelihood of breastfeeding was modeled using logistic regression techniques. In addition, single, live births from the NSFG 1988 and 1995 surveys were analyzed to model the effects of race and breastfeeding on infant mortality using Cox regression methods.

Results. After controlling for socioeconomic background and birth characteristics, race remained a strong predictor of …

Tools Leave Marks: Material Analysis Of The Scotford-Soper-Savage Michigan Relics, Richard B. Stamps

BYU Studies

Extensive collections of supposedly prehistoric artifacts known as the Michigan Relics or the Scotford-Soper-Savage collection—possibly as many as 3,000 pieces—exist across the country. I have personally examined more than 1,000 from four different collections. What is so special about this collection of artifacts? Why does it merit further study? Although numerous previous studies have suggested that the materials were not made by ancient people but are of modern origin, there is ongoing interest in the collections. Dr. John Halsey, the state archaeologist of Michigan, says that his office gets more requests to see these materials than any other single collection. …

Preservation Projects Of Japanese-Canadian Materials At Ubc Library, Tsuneharu Gonnami

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Review: Lionel Gossman, Basel In The Age Of Burckhardt. A Study In Unseasonable Ideas, Benn Williams

Swiss American Historical Society Review

"Monotonie sans egale" or sanctuary for "unbridled thinkers"?

Being human and prone to forming first impressions, this reviewer glanced at the full title of the text under review, and saw red flags rising. First, in the spirit of full disclosure, this non-Swiss reviewer has only "visited" Basel once: an unpleasant-and unexpected-wintry layover courtesy of a French rail strike. Second, seeing "unseasonable ideas" in the same title as anyone other than Nietzsche raises one's hackles. Third, while the works of Burckhardt enjoy renewed interest among art historians and publishers, he remains largely ignored by "new" cultural and intellectual historians and humanists …

Committee Activities, Hideyuki Morimoto, Teresa Mei, Taemin Park, Fung-Yin Simpson

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Body Image Satisfaction Among Latter-Day Saint And Non-Latter-Day Saint College-Age Students, Annmarie Carroll, Diane L. Spangler

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Several sociocultural factors have been shown to impact body image. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the sociocultural variable of religion, specifically represented by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint (LDS) religion, affects body image in college-age students. Questionnaires assessing body image and beliefs about appearance were administered to male and female LDS and non-LDS students at Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Boston University, and California State University at Fullerton. Results indicated that male students, regardless of religion, were more satisfied with their bodies than their female counterparts. Within-gender comparisions inicated the LDS …

Do Children Make A Marriage Unhappy? , Richard B. Miller

Marriage and Families

No abstract provided.

Mainstrema Civilizations, Matthew Melko

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

“Cows To Milk Instead Of Novels To Read”: Brigham Young, Novel Reading, And Kingdom Building, Richard H. Cracroft

BYU Studies

To read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise.

—Henry David Thoreau

Read the true and the wise. The perusal of the rest is worse than time wasted, it is time abused.

—Brigham Young

Front Matter, Comparative Civilizations Review

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

In Memoriam: Roger Williams Wescott, 1925-2000, Corinne Lathrop Gilb

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Richard L. Burger. Chavin And The Origins Of Andean Civilizations, Laina Farhat-Holzman

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

The Shahnameh Of Ferdowsi: An Icon To National Identity, Laina Farhat-Holzman

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Ashok Kumar Malbora Transcreation Of The Bhagavad Gita., Michael Andregg

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

How Humans Domesticated Themselves, Invented Agriculture And Became Civilized, Stedman B. Nobel

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

The Environmental Ethics Of Mormon Belief, George B. Handley

BYU Studies

The time has come to find common ground between environmentalism and Mormon belief. The perceived divide between the two has all but shut down the possibility of dialogue. Some Mormons dismiss the political causes of environmentalists as being the fears of faithless hedonists, just as otherwise responsible environmental scholars and activists sometimes perpetuate myths and inaccuracies about what they perceive to be the anti-ecological stance of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But Mormon belief has more than enough in common with environmentalism to promote genuine and productive change in our environmental behavior. Not only is Mormon doctrine …

Of Men And Mantles: Kierkegaard On The Difference Between A Genius And An Apostle, John S. Tanner

BYU Studies

I was once asked to introduce Elder Neal A. Maxwell to a group of BYU English majors. This assignment caused me some concern. I feared that my audience might be inclined to revere Elder Maxwell for the wrong reasons, or at least for secondary reasons—namely, for his considerable gifts as a writer rather than for his apostolic authority. So rather than rehearse Elder Maxwell's résumé, I decided to frame my introduction with insights borrowed from a remarkable essay by Søren Kierkeaard entitled "The Difference between a Genius and an Apostle." In it, Kierkegaard emphasizes that human genius does not confer …

A Reader's Library, Martin H. Raish

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

This article lists and discusses multiple texts that comment on the Book of Mormon and recommends them as supplements to Book of Mormon study.

Front Matter

The Bridge

No abstract provided.