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Terrorism In The Age Of Just War Thinking, Angela Thurmond

LSU Master's Theses

A disagreement over two questions contributes to further disagreement about the war on terrorism. First, what is terrorism? If terrorism is a term to intensify negative connotations of any activity, then all unjust acts are terrorism potentially. I argue that terrorism is a specific act; it is the use, or threat of use, of premeditated violence against noncombatants, intended to coerce a group into some course of action. Second, is the war on terrorism just? Because terrorism is not a pejorative, we must evaluate terrorism to determine if response to terrorism is response to an unjust aggressor. Using Michael Walzer’s …

2006 Commencement Program, Seattle University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

2006-2007 Course Catalog, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Course Catalogs, 1895-2024

An annual catalog of courses and course descriptions offered at the University of Montana.

Beyond Informed Citizens: Who Are 'The Wise'?, Thomas Hughson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Teaching The Ethical Foundations Of Economics: The Principles Course, Jonathan B. Wight

Economics Faculty Publications

When we analyze the source of humor, one ingredient is surely incongruity, the juxtaposition of opposites. So when Tom Lehrer, the consummate Harvard mathematician, openly calls for plagiarism, this is funny because it is exactly the opposite of what we expect - it is absurd. And yet, from the viewpoint of modern economics, is plagiarism really so absurd? We teach our students to maximize short-term profits (in a moral vacuum). We drill them that producers minimize private costs of production (without reference to ethical codes of conduct). We expect economic agents to operate with atomistic selfishness, assuring them that this …

The Cult Of Love, Michal Paul

All Volumes (2001-2008)

There can be no doubt that romantic love is, at a minimum, a cultural preoccupation; arguably, it closer resembles a frenzied obsession. Love is the subject of song lyrics, television shows, films, books, watercooler conversation, gossip, scandal, historic tragedy, and uncountable daydreams and fantasies. Type “romantic love” into a Google search and you will retrieve over 4,570,000 hits for websites featuring the topic. We even recognize a national holiday in its honor. Certainly one could say that love is an ultimate concern in American culture. Just how deep, though, is our devotion to its tenets? I argue that people live …

Sacred Heart University Magazine, Winter 2006, Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Vulcan Historical Review 10 (Front Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Robert David Ward Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Georgia Southern faculty member Robert David Ward. Materials span 1921 - 2006 and include correspondence, awards, teaching materials, student work, research notes, and manuscript drafts of published materials. Also included are personal notes from family and colleagues.

Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog.

Me 770 Ms 635 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder

Syllabi

Complete the assigned readings as listed on the schedule. The following are required texts: The Community of the King, rev. ed. (2004), by Howard Snyder Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures, by Eddie Gibbs and Ryan K. Bolger The Other Six Days, by R. Paul Stevens Churches That Make a Difference, by Ronald Sider, Philip Olson, and Heidi Rolland Unruh The following books are recommended: God’s Transforming Spirit: Black Church Renewal, by Preston Washington Signs of the Spirit: How God Reshapes the Church, by Howard Snyder Natural Church Development, by Christian Schwarz

2006-2007 Undergraduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology

RIT Digital Archives

No abstract provided.

Spectacle Of Redemption: Film As Religious Iconography, Michal Paul

All Volumes (2001-2008)

In his book, Film as Religion: Myths Morals and Rituals, John C. Lyden argues that the movie theater has become a surrogate sacred space, where film provides for its audiences a system of world-naming that contributes to the formation of morals, the establishment of ritual, and a manner of addressing matters of ultimate concern.

“Films can be taken as illusions in one sense, but can also have the force of reality by presenting a vision of how the world is as well as how it might be. In the ritual context of viewing a film, we ‘entertain’ the truth …

Urban Fervor: Los Angeles Literature And Alternative Religion, Christine M. Daley

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Using alternative religion and other dynamics within the spiritual life of Los Angeles opens up the city's literary canon; employing religion as a critical lens illuminates the conjunction of history, literature, and urban growth that characterizes Los Angeles culture. This is especially relevant in a setting where, according to a 1941 guide to the city, "the multiplicity and diversity of faiths that flourish in the aptly named City of Angels probably cannot be duplicated in any other city on earth." It is apparent, however, that the specific social phenomena of abundant sects in this urban space can provide keys to …

Catalog, 2006-2008, Index, Taos Registrar

Office of the Taos Registrar - Archive

Index of the 06-08 Taos Catalog.

A Longitudinal Study Of The Personal And Professional Responses Of Recently Assigned Secondary Religious Education Teachers To Curriculum Demands, Chris B. Hackett

Theses

This research is a longitudinal study, conducted in Catholic schools of Perth and its environs. From 1998 to 1999, recently appointed secondary Religious Education teachers were surveyed and interviewed, and re-interviewed eighteen months later. Initially, a comprehensive survey of three dioceses in Western Australia was conducted and formed a contextual database for the study. The database acted as the foundation for the selection of a purposive sample of teachers for the first round of interviews. Follow-up interviews with this sample cohort were carried out the following year. The research design used in this study assisted the development of a representative, …

The Spillikin (Vol. 23), Valparaiso University

The Spillikin - The Christ College Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Women's Wisdom: Sharing Her Voice, Jennifer Feder

Neureuther Book Collection Essay Competition

Undergraduate Winner: 1st Place, 2006. 19th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.

Can Parachurch Organizations Hire And Fire On The Basis Of Religion Without Violating Title Vii?, Thomas M. Messner

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Toward A Contextualized Church In A Unified Korea/Corea: Exploring Resources In Wesleyan Theology And Eastern Philosophies, Ohoon Kwon

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Paraclete As Broker Of Truth In Context, Doug Matacio

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.

Tašnintu Ii, ‘Repetition, Teaching’?, Alan Lenzi

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.

Friendship & The Law, Ethan J. Leib

Faculty Scholarship

This Article's central argument is that the law needs to do a better job of recognizing, protecting, respecting, and promoting friendships. The law gives pride of place to other statuses--family and special professional relationships are obvious ones--but the status of the friend is rarely relevant to legal decisionmaking and public policymaking in a consistent way. After defining the concept of the friend, I offer a normative argument for why the law should promote a public policy of friendship facilitation and for why the law ignores friendships only at its peril. I highlight how the law already finds friendship relevant in …

Grace Notes: Layering Small Grace Upon Small Grace, Terry C. Muck

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Children's Bible Story Books In A Protestant Church Context, Louise Gilmour

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This work is an examination of children's bible story books, as found in eighteen Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and United churches in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. It briefly outlines the place of these books in the churches and closely examines a selection of the most frequently appearing and/or important children's bibles found. The thesis of this work is that these books are pulled, to varying degrees, between being "children's" and being "Bible" and that the "Bible" aspect of the books has been underappreciated in discussions of the books to date. 1149 individual children's bible story book titles were catalogued by both their …

Book Reviews, William J. Abraham, Elaine A. Heath, Nathan Crawford, Joerg Rieger, J.D. Payne, John N. Oswalt, Michael Rynkiwiech, Charles M. Wood

The Asbury Journal

Wesleyan Perspectives on the New Creation

M. Douglas Meeks, ed.

Nashville: Kingswood,

2004, 200 pp., paper, 2004, $30.00

Reviewed by William J Abraham

Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places

Eugene H. Peterson

Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

2005, xii, 368pp. cloth, $25.00

Reviewed by Elaine A. Heath

The Evangelical Moment: The Promise of an American Religion

By Kenneth J. Collins

Grand Rapids: Baker Academic Press

2005, 288 pp., paper, $22.99

Reviewed by Nathan Crawford

Theology as History and Hermeneutics: A Post-Critical Evangelical Conversation with Contemporary Theology

Laurence W. Wood

Lexington: Emeth Publisher

2004, 261 pp.

Reviewed by …

From Mother To Sister: The Development In The Understanding Of Mission In The Life And Writings Of St Thérèse Of Lisieux And Its Contemporary Relevance, Michelle Jones

Theses

This dissertation analyses the development in the understanding of mission in the life and writings of St Thérèse of Lisieux and considers its contemporary significance. The thesis is that Thérèse progressed from a ‘mother missiology’ to a ‘sister missiology.’ This missiological evolution is intrinsically united to Thérèse’s transcendence of the faith-categories of her era.

Initially, with her Catholic contemporaries, Thérèse regarded it as her duty to ‘mother’ unbelievers into divine life. This ‘mother missiology’ gradually became ‘sister missiology’ as two movements of grace, namely the emergence of the ‘little way’ and Thérèse’s intensifying union with Jesus, the kenotic Christ, took …

Buildings At The Center: Reasons For Building Tabernacles, Aaron Mcarthur

Psi Sigma Siren

There were generally three different motivations for the construction of a tabernacle in a specific community. The first was that the leadership of the Church in Salt Lake directed communities to build one. Leaders did this in settlements that they believed were to become important central communities for gatherings and large meetings. The decision was also made in areas that the Church desired to strengthen their claim to, legally and emotionally. In 1863, Brigham Young decided that the struggling cotton mission in St. George needed a shot in the arm. To rally the community, he determined that a tabernacle would …

Maximize Our Missions Mui Tsai, Missionaries And Material Representation, Michelle A Lettieri

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study sheds light on the contributions of American Protestant missionaries in parlaying their experiences gleaned from overseas Chinese assignments in establishing domestic mission programs in America aimed at "saving" Chinese girls. In doing so, female missionaries built institutions and launched social programs that used the mui tsai (Chinese domestic servants), their experiences, and their transformation from "heathen to Christian" as a material representation of the success and necessity of domestic and overseas Chinese missionary ventures. In doing so, missionary women constructed national and transnational networks armed with the goal of maximizing their missions and Christianizing China. Although this study …

Scholarship On Religion And Communities Of Faith, Gerald James Larson

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

When I was asked to participate in this panel, two comments came to mind that, in my view, are pertinent for my own thinking regarding the issue of "Scholarship on Religion and Communities of Faith."

Embodying "Bhakti Rasa" In Bharata Natyam: An Indian-Christian Interpretation Of "Gayatri" Mantra Through Dance, Katherine C. Zubko

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

As the five female dancers from the Indian-Christian fine art college of Kalai Kaviri encircle the South Indian brass lamp, or vilakku, awakening it to life with the flames from their own individual votives, the beginning melody of a song cues the women to stretch out their arms in preparation to rise from their seated positions and dance. As they raise their arms in unison, the light glinting off their bangles and gold threaded costumes, the Sanskrit words Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah signal the invocatory phrase of the popular Gayatri mantra chanted daily by many Hindus all over the …