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Changes In Seniority To The Quorum Of The Twelve Apostles Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Travis Q. Mecham

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A charismatically created organization works to tear down the routine and the norm of everyday society, replacing them with new institutions. Max Weber has stated that a charismatic organization can only exist in the creation stage, after which it will either collapse under the weight of the changes it has made, or begin a move towards the routine, making it as well-established and routinized as the society it sought to replace.

The changes to the seniority of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints demonstrate the movement of the church from charismatic …

Preliminary Pages, No Author

Verbum

No abstract provided.

Can One Be Spiritual But Not Religious?, Roger Haight

Verbum

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay's first paragraph.

"How many times have you heard the statement that "I am spiritual, but not religious." It is so common that it could easily qualify as a contemporary cliché. But what does it mean? In a former time to be spiritual was to be religious: they meant pretty much the same thing. Today, however, spirituality can refer to a hundred different things, from self-care to mysticism, from yoga to a psychological power of positive thinking. And the diversity of the different kinds of religion, from the recognized world religions to …

Where Is Thy Glory? Moses 1, The Nature Of Truth And The Plan Of Salvation, Dan Belnap, Daniel L. Belnap

Faculty Publications

While the first chapter of the book of Moses is often understood as introductory to the rest of the book, the chapter itself is an inclusive text centering on Moses’s transformation through three separate encounters with supernatural beings. In each encounter he is taught something of the meaning of truth and experiences the power that the comprehension of truth brings. His example is particularly instructive in light of the doctrine that “truth is knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come” (D&C 93:24).

The first section of Moses 1 contains Moses’s encounter …

The Statesman, V. 52, I. 50, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 52, i. 50

April 30, 2009, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Spectator 2009-04-29, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Natural Resources As A Source Of Conflict In The Middle East, Alanna C. Torres

Pitzer Senior Theses

The purpose of my thesis was to counter Samuel Huntington’s argument that the world’s conflict is over differing civilizations, religions, or cultures. Whether or not religion is declining or growing, it cannot be used to portray the world in a 'cosmic war,' or a battle between 'good and evil'. Natural resources, not religions, rest at the basis for the Islamic fundamentalist and militant movement due to its response to the Western structural pressures that are modernizing Muslim societies. Oil and water become vital tools for exercising power and authority of one nation over another, and are identified as the true …

April 28, 2009 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Sacrifice And Sovereignty, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo

Contributions to Books

Published as Chapter 4 in States of Violence: War, Capital Punishment, and Letting Die, Austin Sarat & Jennifer L. Cuthbert, eds.

This Chapter examines a complement to the concept of the state’s monopoly of legitimate violence, what I call a ‘monopoly of sacrifice.’ It describes some of the difficulties the United States government has confronted in authoritatively designating which and whose losses and deaths in the name of the nation are considered transcendent or sacred. Through detailed case studies, it describes a state that uses legal form and policy to construe certain deaths as sacrificial, and others as banal, and …

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 43, No. 2, Spring 2009, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

Choosing a Path
Mike Rogers, S.J., ’02, Brent Otto, S.J., ’01 and Brett McLaughlin, S.J., ’04, from left above, are among the handful of Holy Cross graduates who have quietly, purposefully made the choice to live a life for others as members of the Society of Jesus. Learn how their personal stories of discernment unfolded on Mount St. James.
By Michelle M. Murphy
Illustrations by James Steinberg

New Home, New Discoveries
As students and faculty settle in at the recently opened Park B. and Linda Smith Laboratories, we take a look inside the new facility and contemplate …

Anis Of Dolma Ling: Buddhist Doctrine And Social Praxis Through The Monasticism Of Tibetan Nuns In Exile, Amy L. Mann

Scripps Senior Theses

The figure of the Tibetan Buddhist nun as a female monastic is situated within a matrix of complexities and contradictions that are constituted by textual and doctrinal sources, Tibetan social views on gender and female monasticism, and experiential realities. In order to understand the situation of nuns, one first must understand that monasticism, mainly the order of monks, has been a highly respected and financially supported institution in Tibetan society for centuries. However, because the histories of Tibetan nuns and female renunciants have gone primarily undocumented, their lineages and stories are much more opaque than those of Tibetan monks. Therefore, …

Divine Fluidity: Shifts Of Gender And Sexuality In Conservative Christian Communities, Sarah Stewart Burgess

Pomona Senior Theses

This thesis draws on ethnographic research from three communities of conservative Christian women who find empowerment and agency through their religious traditions. Two communities are politically active, outspoken women who also believe strongly in "traditional" roles for women, and one community idealizes conservative standards of sexuality while accepting women who work as sex workers. These women did not view their positions as contradictory, rather, they used religious beliefs and religious practices to enact, embody or explain their complex genders and sexualities. This thesis draws on ethnographic, feminist and queer theories while showcasing the diversity within a movement largely believed to …

Auschwitz Has Happened: An Exploration Of The Past, Present, And Future Of Jewish Redemption, Alexander Warren Marcus

Pomona Senior Theses

Ch. 1: Introduction: A Destruction without Adequate Precedent. Ch. 2: Rupture and the Holy Ideal: Redemption in the Hebrew Bible. Ch. 3: Giving the Sense: The Rise of Commentary. Ch. 4: Rabbi Eliezer’s Silence. Ch. 5: Gold and Glass: Ethical Rupture in Mystical Union? Ch. 6: Our Impossible Victory.

Colonizing Heart And Mind: The Sociopolitical Implications Of The Growth Of China's Underground Church, Joanne Tien

Pomona Senior Theses

Introduction, the history of Christianity in China. Chapter 1, like rain falling and grass growing: the growth of China’s underground church. Chapter 2, a comparison of the theologies of K.H. Ting and Wang Mingdao. Chapter 3, marching back towards Jerusalem. Conclusion, the spread of the American kingdom.

"The Earth Nourishing Itself": Bodies And Theology In American Food Production Systems, Katherine M. Dutcher

Pomona Senior Theses

The industrial food production system is a head-on collision of ecology, morality, and human health, and their respective bodies of earth, animal and human. This thesis is an attempt to grapple with that damage from a theological perspective. What would it mean for a theology to answer to the degradation of American soil that sustains nothing but oil-drenched monoculture? to the horrifying conditions under which we as a nation raise, feed, and slaughter the animals for our consumption? to the dizzying array of food-related diseases that now affect our country in staggering frequency, particularly among lower socioeconomic classes? And what …

Chinese American Christianity: How The Ethnic-Specific Church Interacts With The Processes Of Migration And Americanization, Joshua D. Lo

Pitzer Senior Theses

This study will examine the lives and experiences of the Chinese American Christian with particular focus on the ways in which the church has affected the lives of the Chinese immigrants.

The Carroll News- Vol. 85, No. 20, John Carroll University

The Carroll News

No abstract provided.

Ursinus College Celebration Of Student Achievement (Cosa) Schedule Of Events, 2009, Office Of Academic Affairs

Celebration of Student Achievement Schedules

This schedule details the performances, panels, talks and poster presentations held on the fourth annual Ursinus College CoSA day.

Spectator 2009-04-22, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Minutes, Arts & Sciences Academic Affairs Committee Meeting, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, Arts & Sciences Academic Affairs Committee

Academic Affairs Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Flyer News, Vol. 56, No. 40 (April 21, 2009), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

April

No abstract provided.

The Statesman, V. 52, I. 47, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 52, i. 47

On Earth As It Is In Heaven: The Social Gospel As A "Theology Of Liberation", Joseph Francis Super

Masters Theses

Gustavo Gutiérrez is considered the father of Latin American liberation theology. Walter Rauschenbusch is considered the father of the Social Gospel in the United States. Although their circumstances differed greatly, both theologians made similar contributions to social Christianity, even though Gutiérrez does not seem to recognize it fully. Gutiérrez asserts that a theology of liberation must interpret the gospel in light of both the current reality and the values of the oppressed and then must use this theology to attack the social structures of oppression. This thesis asserts that Rauschenbusch did just that with his social gospel. Thus, the social …

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2009-04-17, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 2001-2011

This edition of the College of Wooster's student run newspaper was published on April 7 of 2009 and it is eight pages long. Classes will be cancelled on April 24 for IS Symposium. Candy Zimmerman and Mark Watts are the new owners of the Shack as of March 3. The Shack has been a part of the college campus since it opened in 1915. The Beall Avenue Streetscape project, which began last summer, is well under way and is supposed to be completed in December. NASA will be naming an orbital exercise machine for astronauts after Stephen Colbert. The Wooster …

April 17, 2009, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Washington University Record, April 16, 2009

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

The Statesman, V. 52, I. 46, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 52, i. 46

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 46, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles:

• Barczak, Mary. All Smiles, Kevin Smiley Wins Student Government Association Election
• Shay, Meg. I Won’t Give Up – James Neighbors, Homelessness
• Howerton, Christina. Universities Feel Pain of Recession
• Barczak, Mary. Clubs Suffer from Money Problems – Sister 2 Sister
• Pajares, Elio. A Thousand Words – Melissa Blankenship, Baptist Campus Ministry
• Hale, Marianne. Tea Party Protest Draws Larger Crowd Than Expected
• Tobin, Whitley. Phresh Pham to Host Open Mic Night
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Pedestrian Safety
• Exercise Some Crosswalk Courtesy
• Hughey, Aaron. The Problem with Standardized Tests
• Dooper, …