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Cs 640 Christianity And Social Justice, James R. Thobaben

Syllabi

Virkler, Henry A., A Christian’s Guide to Critical Thinking [read Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6 & 7] Monahan, Mirola & Emerson,Sociology of Religion: A Reader THIS SUBSTITUTES FOR: McGuire, Meredith B., Religion: The Social Context [DO NOT USE THIS BOOK] Kivisto, Peter, Social Theory: Roots & Branches [read all except skim Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 15, 17, 20, 25, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, 41, 43, 45, 52, 54, 58, 59, 65, 68, 69] Stark & Finke, Acts of Faith [read entire book] Thobaben, James R. "Ecclesiology & Covenant: Christian Social Institutions in a Pluralistic Setting" (available …

'Claiming Space: Mexican Americans In U.S. Cities' Exhibition Catalog, Anne Giangiulio

Departmental Works

'Claiming Space: Mexican Americans in U.S. Cities' catalog designed for the exhibit at the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts. This catalog won a 2009 Silver ADDY Award from the Advertising Federation of El Paso. Please be patient when downloading as file is 30 MB.

'Unknitting: Challenging Textile Traditions' Exhibition Catalog, Anne Giangiulio

Departmental Works

'Unknitting: Challenging Textile Traditions' catalog designed for the exhibit at the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts. Please be patient when downloading as file is 12.1 MB.

The History Of The Unl Water Center From 1964, Water Center, School Of Natural Resources

Nebraska Water Center: Administrative Materials

Water is an integral part of Nebraska’s economy and well being in a state that depends on an adequate supply for all uses, including agricultural, municipal, industrial, recreational and wildlife habitat.

Nebraska is fortunate with regard to its water supply, having tremendous groundwater reserves which are estimated to be in excess of two billion acrefeet (an acre-foot being enough water to cover one acre of land with a foot of water, or approximately 325,000 gallons), combined with an estimated annual precipitation of 86 million acre-feet and annual average surface water inflows of 1.7 million acre-feet, give the state adequate supplies …

Celebrating Linfield's Birthday, Linfield Magazine Staff

Linfield Magazine

The founders of Linfield College might be astounded at all the changes over the last 150 years.

The Affect Of The Implementation Of A Ninth Grade Academy Program On Student Achievement And Behavior, Eric Primrose

Mathematical and Computing Sciences Masters

To combat high school transition issues, Waterloo High school implemented a Ninth Grade Academy program during the 2007-2008 school year. A number of schools across the United States are implementing similar programs, citing strong evidence from professional literature that supports such programs. Several teaching and management strategies were implemented, based on suggested strategies from the literature. To assess the success of the program, the researcher compared second marking period grades in Regents level Earth Science from the 2007-2008 school year to those from 2006-2007. The researcher also compared the number of discipline referrals and detentions during the second marking period …

Roman Isis And The Pendulum Of Tolerance In The Empire, D. Jasmine Merced-Ownbey

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

This paper examines the evolution of Isis, ostensibly the "sacred mother," as a political tool in Egypt and (especially) in Rome. Through an analysis of primary and secondary source materials, it is established that Isis' treatment by Roman politicians represented a running discourse on the contemporary political relationship between Rome and Egypt, and, at times, on Rome's complex negotiation of foreign influences on its own society. Following the deaths of the first two Roman emperors, Isis was gradually elevated from the status of pariah to an acclaimed goddess within the Roman pantheon who was deemed worthy of beneficence and protection …

A Reader's Companion To Against Prediction: A Reply To Ariela Gross, Yoram Margalioth, And Yoav Sapir On Economic Modeling, Selective Incapacitation, Governmentality, And Race, Bernard E. Harcourt

Articles

From parole prediction instruments and violent sexual predator scores to racial profiling on the highways, instruments to predict future dangerousness, drug-courier profiles, and IRS computer algorithms to detect tax evaders, the rise of actuarial methods in the field of crime and punishment presents a number of challenging issues at the intersection of economic theory, sociology, history, race studies, criminology, social theory, and law. The three review articles of Against Prediction: Profiling, Policing, and Punishing in an Actuarial Age by Ariela Gross, Yoram Margalioth, and Yoav Sapir, raise these challenges in their very best light. Ranging from the heights of poststructuralist …

Areawide Pest Management Of Cereal Aphids In Dryland Wheat Systems Of The Great Plains, Usa, Kristopher Giles, Gary L. Hein, Frank Peairs

Panhandle Research and Extension Center

In the Great Plains of the USA from Wyoming to Texas, dryland winter wheat either is regularly grown continuously or is followed by a year of fallow in semi-arid locales (Royer and Krenzer, 2000). It has been well documented that these continuous monocultures can, over time, lead to increased levels of all types of pests (i.e. insects, diseases and weeds) (Andow, 1983, 1991; Vandermeer, 1989; Cook and Veseth, 1990; Elliott et al., 1998a; Way, 1998; Ahern and Brewer, 2002; Boyles et al., 2004; Brewer and Elliott, 2004; Men et al., 2004). Relative to insect pests, the ephemeral …

A Demographic And Sociological Perspective On, Jorge Chapa

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

In this article, Mr. Jorge Chapa focuses on the underlying appreciation of the humanity of undocumented immigrants in . In doing so, he attempts to provide lawmakers and policymakers with demographic information and sociological perspectives on undocumented immigrants. As such, he presents information on the racialization of undocumented immigrants (the assumption that all undocumented immigrants are Mexican), the guest worker program, employer recruiting efforts that can constitute a de facto guest worker program, and the use of undocumented immigrants in the meatpacking industry. He concludes that comprehensive immigration reform should take such demographic information and sociological perspectives into account to …

Bells Of Change: Kathak Dance, Women And Modernity In India, Pallabi Chakravorty

Dance Faculty Works

The first critical study of Kathak dance within the discourses of the modern and the global, tracing the arc of two centuries of Kathak: the colonial nautch dance, classical Kathak under nationalism and postcolonialism and 'innovation' and 'new directions' under transnationalism and globalization. It blends various approaches from anthropology, ethnomusicology, and performance, media and gender studies to map the journey of Kathak from baijis and tawaifs to the global stage. The book uses dance as a lens to explore the interaction between the actors and forces of cultural change from power and patronage to television and film.

Ms 645 And Mb 720 Cross Cultural Communication Of Christianity, George G. Hunter

Syllabi

"Studies in the literature of Intercultural communication, with attention to understanding cultural contexts and barriers, with applications to Christian ministry and witness across, and within, cultures."

The Preaching Ministry, P. Raniero Cantalamessa

The Asbury Journal

Raniero Cantalamessa is a Franciscan Capuchin Catholic Priest. Born in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, 22 July 1934, ordained priest in 1958. Divinity Doctor and Doctor in classical literature. Former Ordinary Professor of History of Ancient Christianity and Director of the Department of religious sciences at the Catholic University of Milan. Member of the International Theological Commission. In 1979 he resigned his teaching position to become a full time preacher of the Gospel. In 1980 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II Preacher to the Papal Household in which capacity he still serves, preaching a weekly sermon in Advent and Lent …

The First Act, Angela Hunt

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The First Act is a creative thesis which explores the boundaries of biography and autobiography, fact and fiction, as the life of my mother, Deborah Wolfe, and my own, intersect in prose and drama. My purpose in writing this thesis was to examine and seek an understanding of my own relationship with the past and the present, as I explored the roots of my family history, specifically through the eyes of my mother, while using aspects of my family’s West Virginian and Mormon heritage. By reading the following story, you will, in a way, go on that journey with me …

The Aridity Of Grace: Community And Ecofeminism In Barbara Kingsolver's Animal Dreams And Prodigal Summer, Richard M. Magee

English Faculty Publications

In both Animal Dreams and her later novel Prodigal Summer, Kingsolver constructs narratives of community inhabited by characters with a vivid awareness of the natural world and the threats to that world; furthermore, both novels feature strong female characters who long for a more harmonious life within nature. The novels develop and present forthright ecofeminist themes, with the women in the texts representing ideals of ecologically sensitive living who seek to educate their communities about threats to the environment and the defenses against those threats.

Kingsolver's ecofeminist vision, however, is frequently complicated and contradictory; just as the desert landscape …

Me 700 Principles Of Church Growth, Art Mcphee

Syllabi

Course Description In this course, we will study the foundational principles and strategies of the Church Growth Movement as one approach to the issues in mission strategy and evangelization, and as a means to inform congregational outreach and expansion. This we will do in concert with a review of the historical emergence and articulation of the apostolic vision and legacy of Donald McGavran. Along the way, we will examine both Western and Two-Thirds World Case Studies.

Fostering Preservice Teacher Identity In Science Through A Student-Selected Project, D.J. Wink, J. Ellefson, M. Nishimura, D. Perry, S. Wenzel, Jeong Hwang Choe

Faculty Publications & Research

This article addresses the problem of authentic student engagement in the science classroom by incorporating a semester long research and writing assignment that enables students to investigate scientific topics related to strong personal, career, or health interests.

Life Before Legal Status: The Experiences Of Undocumented Immigrants, Latoya Staine Carriker

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.

Community Social Interactive Processes And Rural Adolescents’ Educational Outcomes: What We Know And What We Need To Know, Omolola A. Adedokun, Mark A. Balschweid

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

The low educational outcomes of rural adolescents have long been a subject of research among educational and social researchers. In particular, extant studies have explained the high rates of high school dropout and low rates of college completion among rural adolescents mainly in terms of the structural and economic disadvantages associated with rural life. However, more recent research have employed social capital theory to show that rural adolescents‟ educational outcomes are shaped not only by the structural elements of their communities, but, also importantly by the dynamics of the social interactive processes taking place within this social environment. The present …

Documentary Film Presentation Local Colors: Natural Dyeing In A Milas Carpet Weaving Village, Ulara Tamura, John Wells

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

This documentary, filmed in 2006, examines the process of naturally dyed carpet production in a village in the Milas region of Muğla Prefecture in southwest Turkey, a region well known as a traditional Turkish carpet production area. In large numbers of villages of this region, carpet weaving is the household based work of every woman who lives there.

In this paper, I aim to add more detailed information and discussion specifically on the colors and dyes of the carpets shown in this film. First I will introduce the varieties of the natural dye materials the villagers use one by one. …

Author Biographies

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Author Biographies A-Z

Meanings And Messages: Quilts To Comfort The Families Of America’S Fallen In The Afghanistan And Iraq Wars, Jonathan Gregory

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Beginning in 2003, grassroots quiltmaking projects were founded in the United States in response to the deaths of American soldiers in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. The author conducted an oral history project involving the founders of three of these quiltmaking projects and other quiltmakers who were active within them in order to understand the meanings of making and giving quilts and the meanings of the quilts themselves.

Two primary sites of meaning were identified in the study: 1) the internal motivations that inspired quiltmakers to begin and continue participation in a project; and 2) the textual, symbolic, and personal …

Suffolk Alumni Magazine Vol. 3, No.3, 2008, Suffolk University

Suffolk University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Leaders And Leadership Roles In Relation To Effective Management Of The Human Resources, John Inyang

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The term leader is defined as a person initiating interaction with other members of a group, a person who moves the group towards group goal. The dictionary definition of a leader is ‘one who leads or goes first’. In other words one who first perceives the group’s needs far ahead of others and therefore plans and enlists the cooperation of others in its implementation. A person is a leader in any social situation in which his ideas and actions influence the thoughts and behaviours of others. The concept of a ‘leader’ therefore implies role-playing for some time. To be called …

Identifying And Developing Scientific And Performance Standards For Educational Administrators Of Tehran’S High Schools And Providing An Appropriate Model, Hosseein Khanifar, Gholamreza Jandaghi

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Nowadays, the necessity of continuous and permanent attendance of standard is felt in various fields of human life in general and in training and education field in particular because that standard is a ground for similar performance and an indicator for identifying the rate of individuals’ success in designated works. (Nilly Ahamad Abadi, 2003). Generally, one can study human resource standards in three aspects of knowledge, function and behavior. Knowledge standards consist of the knowledge expected to be possessed by the individuals. In fact, they define scientific issues that should be learned by individuals. Performance standards consist of a qualitative …

Ym 665 Youth Culture And Trends, Dean G. Blevins

Syllabi

Course Description: This course explores the issues facing youth today including sex, drugs/alcohol, media, music, family pressures, and modern philosophies. Students will examine theories of adolescent development, observe teenagers in secular and church settings, and prepare to minister to youth as they struggle with the issues of their culture.

Washington University Magazine, Spring 2008

Washington University Magazine

No abstract provided.

2008 Intersession Catalog, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Intersession Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Meanings And Messages: Quilts To Comfort The Families, Jonathan Gregory

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Introduction During the American Civil War, 1861-1865, women from the northern states made at least 250,000 quilts to supply bedding to the Union Army in the field and in military hospitals through the aegis of the U. S. Sanitary Commission. Southern women carried on similar types of relief work for the Confederate Army, though with far fewer resources to draw upon. Hundreds of red and white quilts were made as fundraisers for the American Red Cross during the First World War. And Mennonite and Mormon women from Canada and the U.S. made and shipped thousands of quilts in a massive …

Originalism's Expiration Date, Adam M. Samaha

Articles

The Constitution of the United States declares itself supreme law, but even the amended document is ancient. By 2008, the predicted age of a randomly selected word in this text reached 178 years. The judiciary, for its part, might not interpret the text until decades after ratification. For Article V amendments, the average lag between ratification and Supreme Court interpretation has been about 40 years. The question is how these features of our supreme law might influence the choice of interpretive method and, ultimately, constitutional decision-making. In particular, some scholars indicate that originalism may be a strong force in adjudication …