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Reconciling Arguments About The Self-Preserving Soul With Evolutionary Theory, James M. Donovan

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Advocates of a self-preserving soul must somehow integrate that soul with an organic body which is the product of an evolutionary history. Efforts to resolve this version of the sorites paradox (at what point in the gradual evolution of Homo sapiens was the step taken from the soul-less to the ensouled?) can result in conflict between the two theories. The position is taken here that, given the standard of Popperian verisimilitude, any such conflict signals a weakness in the soul-theory, and not in evolutionism.

Five soul-theories (those by Plato, Aristotle, William of Auvergne, Hume, and Heidegger) are evaluated on three …

After The Summit: Building Community Networks For America’S Youth, Sabrina Burke

Special Topics, General

The purpose of this research project is to provide a guide for local coordinators and organizers of America’s Promise and other national initiatives. It looks at the new paradigm of community youth development how it is changing the ways that social organizations are conducting business. It explores how to create community networks as a way for communities to better serve their young people. In this project, a community network is defined as an association of individuals representing different organizations and associations working together (collaborating) to achieve a common long term vision or goal. Although there is a rich diversity among …

Attitudes Of Native English-Speaking Professors Toward University Esl Students, Shirley A. Wright

Linguistics & TESOL Dissertations - Archive

This study focuses on native English-speaking business professors to explore issues of stereotyping and error gravity in terms of university ESL (English as a Second Language) students. Specifically, this dissertation has four goals: (1) to discover what types of judgments business professors make about students, (2) to determine whether they make judgments about students based on written language samples, (3) to discover whether these judgments vary according to various grammatical error types in written language samples (whether an error hierarchy obtains for written grammatical errors), and (4) to explore what linguistic variables might influence those judgments. On the basis of …

Life With God

Shabbat Shalom: A Journal for Jewish-Christian Reconciliation

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Carnivalized Narratives In The Postmodern Long Poem, Joe Wade Moffett

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

As a decidedly American tradition, the long poem has become the premier literary endeavor for poets in the twentieth-century. Writers such as T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and William Carlos Williams have pursued the long poem, but under the auspices of the "modern epic." Three postmodern long poems---Kenneth Koch's Seasons on Earth, Edward Dom's Gunslinger, and James Merrill's The Changing Light at Sandover---illustrate a dramatic rupture with the texts of modernism by introducing comic situations and multi-voiced narration---situations described by Mikhail Bakhtin as "dialogism" and "carnival," receptively---into the canon of American long poems. These innovations allow the postmodern long poem …

Secrecy In The Organizational Romance, Debra R. Kelly

Student Work

This thesis examined why and how organizational romance participants keep their relationships secret. Disclosure to others in the organization was also examined. The literature review focused on definitions and antecedent conditions of organizational romance, the decision to enter into the relationship, internal dynamics of the relationship, external impacts of the relationship, coworker reaction, and management's perspective. The first research question asked why do organizational romance participants keep their relationship a secret from others? The second research question asked how do organizational members keep an organizational romance secret from fellow associates?! The third research question asked what behavioral changes occur amid …

Choosing Life With God, Jacques B. Doukhan

Shabbat Shalom: A Journal for Jewish-Christian Reconciliation

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An Exegesis Of The Sign-Act Narrative Of Zechariah 11:4-17 And Its Theological And Pastoral Implications, Robert Foster

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a study of the narrative sign-act in Zechariah 11 :4-17. Historical ­critical methods are employed to determine the date, setting and speaker of this narrative. Form, narrative and historical criticism are used to perform an exegesis of this passage. In the end, what may be loosely termed a "biblical theology" approach is undertaken to address the theological and pastoral implications of this passage.

Centenary Of A Giant, Journal Of Book Of Mormon M. Studies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

It has been 100 years since George Reynolds published his massive work, A Complete Concordance of the Book of Mormon. Reynolds worked on this project, begun while serving a prison sentence for polygamy, over 21 years of his life. He tabulated virtually every word used in the Book of Mormon except a few of the most common words, and gave a portion of the sentence in which each cited word appeared. He himself paid all the printing costs.

Out Of The Dust: Finding Things Where They Are Not Supposed To Be, Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Archaeological discoveries that challenge previously accepted theories of the history of civilization are found all over the world.

Last-Ditch Warfare In Ancient Mesoamerica Recalls The Book Of Mormon, John L. Sorenson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Warfare is a constant theme in the Book of Mormon. Conflicts with varying motivations erupted between the Nephites and Lamanites from the beginning of their sojourn in the New World. Ultimately, the Nephites as a sociopolitical group were exterminated in one climactic battle when hundreds of thousands died in a single day. Have Mesoamerican archaeologists detected an intensity and scale of warfare great enough to account for the extermination of a people like the Nephites? Yes, there is now good reason to believe that the period when the Nephites were being destroyed by their enemies was characterized in southern Mexico …

Contributors, Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

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Was There Hebrew Language In Ancient America? An Interview With Brian Stubbs, Brian Stubbs

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

In an interview with John L. Sorenson, linguist Brian Stubbs discusses the evidence he has used to establish that at least one language family in Mesoamerica is related to Semitic languages. Stubbs explains how his studies of Near Eastern languages, coupled with his studies of Uto-Aztecan, helped him find related word pairs in the two language families. The evidence for a link between Uto-Aztecan and Semitic languages, or even Egyptian or Arabic, is still tentative, although the evidence includes all the standard requirements of comparative or historical linguistic research: sound correspondences or consistent sound shifts, morphological correspondences, and a substantial …

What's In A Name?: Nephi, Paul Y. Hoskisson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Though the name Nephi conforms in some ways to common Semitic patterns, none of the possible consonantal roots that appear in Hebrew can be applied to the name. Other possible sources such as Ugaritic or Egyptian may be considered.

The Problematic Role Of Dna Testing In Unraveling Human History, John L. Sorenson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Over the last century, new techniques of scientific analysis have been developed that have been applied with the intent to clarify the course of human history. Immediately after World War II, blood group data seemed to provide a magic key to open up the history of the world’s populations, but by the 1960s such studies were shown to be unrealistic and misleading. The new tool in human biology and anthropology is DNA analysis. Despite cautions from the best scientists about the limits the new findings have for interpreting human history, some enthusiasts continue to claim too much for DNA study.

Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Volume 9 Issue 2, Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting understanding of the history, meaning, and significance of the scriptures and other sacred texts revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 4, No. 52 July 30, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2000

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Deafdigest Blue: Vol. 4, No. 52 July 30, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2000

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Soundings 2000-07-28 (V.13 No.15), N/A N/A

Soundings

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The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

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Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 4, No. 51 July 23, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2000

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Deafdigest Blue: Vol. 4, No. 51 July 23, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2000

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Volume 37, Number 41: July 21, 2000, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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The Eastern Echo, July 19, 2000, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

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Echo Online, July 19, 2000, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

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Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 4, No. 50 July 16, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2000

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Deafdigest Blue: Vol. 4, No. 50 July 16, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2000

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Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 4, No. 49 July 9, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2000

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Deafdigest Blue: Vol. 4, No. 49 July 9, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2000

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Parent Involvement Within An Inner-City School: Perspectives Of Parents And Educators, Lisa Zurek

Theses and Graduate Projects

This exploratory qualitative study was executed to expand the knowledge of the issues surrounding parent involvement within an inner-city school. Educators from Tuttle Elementary School responded to qualitative interview guide questions. Parents in focus groups answered questions from a guide. Factors surrounding parent involvement such as the reasons why parents chose to be involved in their child's education or not via the perception of educators and parents were emphasized in the interviews and focus groups. It was found that there are various aspects that effect whether a parent is involved in their child's education include transportation, day care, and work …