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Prevention Of At-Risk Behaviors, Resilience, And Youth Retention: A Mandate For Action In The Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Peter N. Landless

180 Symposium Publications

No abstract provided.

Burst The Bystander Effect: Making A Discipling Difference With Young Adults, A. Allan Martin

180 Symposium Publications

Decades of research continue to point to greater than 50 percent attrition of young adults from faith community, yet there appears to be minimal efforts to change this alarming trend. This article offers suggestions as to what you can do to foster authentic relationships and revive young adult discipleship in the Seventh-day Adventist Church context.

Handing On Faith: Equipping The Next Generation To ”Leave Church”!, Peter Roennfeldt

180 Symposium Publications

In view of the continuing high attrition of next generations from the Adventist church, perhaps, like with effective parenting, the best the church can do is to equip the next generation to “leave church” — releasing them to give birth to the next generation of Adventism. This involves trust — trusting the next generations, and trusting God with the future of his church.

Bringing Home Our Adventist Prodigals, Paul Tompkins

180 Symposium Publications

Studies agree that the church is losing a significant proportion of its young people. This trend is hurting families, congregations and the church as a whole but very little seems to be done about it. Now is the time to do so. Back in the 1990’s the church last looked at restructuring youth ministry — following a commission on youth, the autumn council of 1992 voted a six point plan including revival, recovery, evangelism and nurture. A strategic plan was also authorized but the aspect of recovery has only recently begun to gain significant attention. Now is the time to …

Beetles, Frogs, And Lawyers: The Scientific Demarcation Problem In The Gilson Theory Of Value Creation, Jeffrey M. Lipshaw

Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works

Recently, Ronald Gilson described a transactional lawyer turned law professor as someone who was a beetle, but became an entomologist. This is not the first non-mammalian metaphor used by an economically inclined legal academic to demarcate those who study and those who are studied. As Richard Posner so colorfully explained rational actors as they appear to economists studying them objectively: "it would not be a solecism to speak of a rational frog." In this short essay, I suggest that both say something about the prevailing view of theorizing that is entitled to privileged epistemic status in the legal academy. Some …

A Rhetorician's View Of Religious Speech In Civic Argument, Jack L. Sammors

Seattle University Law Review

I first examine and reject liberal political methods of addressing the question of religious speech in civic argument, all of which depend upon norms external to the argument that are then excluded from it. Next, in proposing a method that relies only upon the constitutive norms of civic argument itself, I offer a description of civic argument as rhetoric, examine the risks of religious rhetoric in this civic argument, and examine the constitutive norms of civic argument. I address whether the constitutive norms of civic argument are sufficient restraints upon religious rhetoric such that reliance upon external norms is not …

Whale Watching From 200 Feet Below: A New Approach To Resolving Operational Encroachment Issues, Aaron M. Riggio

Seattle University Law Review

Military training objectives and environmental protection have been at odds for years. One can argue, not unconvincingly, that military training by land, air, or sea is inherently antithetical to environmental protection. The essential goal of the armed forces—to protect the sovereign territories of the United States—requires each uniformed service to be ready to engage hostile enemies in any locale with destructive impact. The emergence of strong national environmental protection laws presents a fundamental conflict for military leadership. The term “operational encroachment” has been used to encapsulate the description of this often abrasive relationship.

Most environmental laws contain provisions to allow …

Item Response Modeling Of Dsm-Iv Mania Symptoms In Two Representative Us Epidemiological Samples, A. Agrawal, J. I. Nurnberger Jr., M. T. Lynskey

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Disparities By Race And Ethnicity In Cancer Survivor Stories Available On The Web, Katherine S. Eddens, Matthew W. Kreuter, Jennifer C. Morgan, Kate E. Beatty, Sina A. Jasim, Lori Garibay, Donghua Tao, Trent D. Buskirk, Keri A. Jupka

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

The Purpose Of Facebook: The Value Of Facebook Friends In Increasing Self-Perceived Popularity, Michael J. Cronin

Honors Program Theses

A survey of 407 students was conducted at a medium-sized Midwestern university to examine what motivates college students to have friends on Facebook. The goal of the study was to see if people interact with more Facebook friends than they do offline friends on a regular basis and to see if the primary reason students become friends with others on Facebook is to increase their popularity. The results suggest that students do not become Facebook friends with others to increase their popularity, which is in contrast to previous research. Results were inconclusive in determining if people regularly interact with more …

State Of Utah V. Ricky Angilau : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Supreme Court

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (2000–2020)

This is the opening brief of the appellant, Ricky Angilau, in his interlocutory appeal from the trial court's order upholding the constitutionality of the direct file statute, entered in the Third District Court in and for Salt Lake County, State of Utah, the Honorable Vernice Trease presiding.

In The Matter Of The United Effort Plan Trust V. Jessop : Brief Of Appellee, Utah Supreme Court

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (2000–2020)

APPEAL FROM THE JULY 17, 2009 ORDER OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH HONORABLE JUDGE DENISE P. LINDBERG PRESIDING

The Influence Of Individualist-Collectivist Values, Attitudes Toward Women, And Proenvironmental Orientation On Landscape Preference, Jessica L. Wilson

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore individual variables affecting preferences for natural or managed landscapes. Environmental attitudes and value systems of student participants (N = 147) were assessed using the revised New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale and the Scenarios for the Measurement of Collectivism and Individualism (SMCI) scale, respectively. In addition, feminist orientation was assessed using the Attitudes toward Woman scale (AWS). The hypothesis that proenvironmental attitudes would be positively correlated with a preference for natural landscapes was supported. However, hypotheses that alignment with collectivist values would correlate positively with a preference for natural landscapes and that a …

Arrow’S Theorem And The Exclusive Shareholder Franchise, Grant M. Hayden, Matthew Bodie

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

In this Essay, we contest one of the main arguments for restricting corporate board voting to shareholders. In justifying the limitation of the franchise to shareholders, scholars have repeatedly turned to social choice theory — specifically, Arrow's theorem — to justify the exclusive shareholder franchise. Citing to the theorem, corporate law commentators have argued that lumping different groups of stakeholders together into the electorate would result in a lack of consensus and, ultimately, the lack of coherence that attends intransitive social choices, perhaps even leading the corporation to self-destruct. We contend that this argument is misguided. First, we argue that …

Theories Of Poverty/The Poverty Of Theory, Barbara Stark

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

The world has never been richer. At the same time, the number of people living in poverty has increased by almost 100 million and the chasm between the rich and the poor has become unfathomable. In 2004, 969 million people lived on less than a dollar a day. As former World Bank President Robert McNamara summed up, these people experience "a condition of life so characterized by malnutrition, illiteracy, disease, squalid surroundings, high infant mortality and low life expectancy as to be beneath any reasonable definition of human decency."' Yet there are more billionaires than ever before, people who have …

Nobody Reads Your Privacy Policy Or Online Contract? Lessons Learned And Questions Raised By The Ftc's Action Against Sears, Susan E. Gindin

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.

The Observer And The Observed: Re-Imagining Privacy Dichotomies In Information Privacy Law, Marcy Peek

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.

Review Of David A. Bernat And Jonathan Klawans, Religion And Violence: The Biblical Heritage, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

Theological Studies Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Fp-09-02 Divorce Rate In The U.S., 2008, S. Kawamura

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Ms 651 Women In Ministry, Zaida Maldonado Perez

Syllabi

• Childers, Jana, Editor. Birthing the Sermon: Women Preachers on the Creative Process, St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2001. • Clouse & Clouse, Editors. Women in Ministry: Four Views. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1989. • Granz, Stanley J. and Denise Muir Kjesbo, Women in the Church. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1995. • Keener, Craig S. Paul, Women & Wives: Marriage and Women's Ministry in the Letters of Paul, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1992.

Me 760 Ministry And Evangelism In The Small Church, Art Mcphee

Syllabi

Crandall, Ronald K. Turnaround and Beyond: A Hopeful Future for Small Membership Churches. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2008. Pages: 176. Daman, Glenn C. Shepherding the Small Church: A Leadership Guide for the Majority of Today’s Churches. 2nd edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic & Professional, 2007. Pages: 288. Dudley, Carl S. Effective Small Churches in the Twenty-First Century. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2003. Pages: 192. Ray, David R. The Indispensable Guide for Smaller Churches. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2003. Pages: 296. In addition to these texts, students will read 500 pages related to the topic of their course paper.

Cs 638 Ethics Of Community, Christine Pohl

Syllabi

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Life Together (HarperSanFrancisco, 1954) Hallie, Philip. Lest Innocent Blood be Shed (HarperPerennial, 1979, 1994) Lohfink, Gerhard. Jesus and Community (Fortress, 1984) Putnam, Robert. Bowling Alone (Simon & Schuster, 2000) Rice, Chris. Grace Matters (Jossey-Bass, 2002) Vanier, Jean. Community and Growth (Paulist, 1989) Volf, Miroslav, and Dorothy Bass, Practicing Theology (Eerdmans, 2002), selections: read pages 1-48, 94-181, 206-227, 245-263.

Three Decades Of Terror: Domestic Violence, Patriar Chy, And The Evolution Of Female Characters In Stephen King's Fiction, James Ronald Guthrie

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Determinants Of Charitable Giving : A Regional And Divisional Analysis, Jennifer Rebecca Hall Henderson

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

The Juxtaposition Of Soon-To-Be College Graduates And Hiring Professionals, Justin R. Johnston

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Living With Stress: Neighborhood Disadvantage, Social Capital, And Depression, John Porter Lillis

All ETDs from UAB

This study's objective was to determine the effects of personal and neighborhood stressors on depressive symptomology for community dwelling adults aged 65 and over. The psychosocial resource model was employed as social capital is hypothesized to be a resource and play a mediating role in the effect of both types of stressors on depressive symptomology. Individual level data utilized came from the UAB Study of Aging (N = 919) and the neighborhood level data came from the 2000 Decennial Census. Logistic regression analysis determined that neighborhood stressors had no direct or indirect effect on depressive symptomology. This analysis did show …

Stress And Support Among Southern Lesbians: An Application Of The Stress Process Model, Jay A. Irwin

All ETDs from UAB

The research question to be addressed in this dissertation is: Among adult Southern lesbians, does stress, social support, family ties, and social capital affect feelings of well-being among adult lesbians? Well-being is operationalized as depressive symptoms in this investigation. A study of this magnitude has not been conducted on such a population in previous work, either in sexuality research, or in the stress literature. This dissertation uses the stress process model as the main theoretical perspective and contributes to the existing literature on minority populations regarding the importance of stress, resources, and mental health. Lesbians in the Southern region of …

Communicator, Winter 2009, Wnec Alumni Association

Alumni Magazines

No abstract provided.

Daytonian 2009, University Of Dayton

University Yearbooks

University of Dayton student yearbook. Early yearbooks cover St. Mary's Institute. Annual publication of the Daytonian began in 1923; it was not published in 1929, 1932-1934 and 1944. Short volumes highlighting the graduating class were published in 1930, 1931 and 1945 under different titles.

Faith And Politics In The Post-Secular Age: The Promise Of President Obama, Francis J. Mootz Iii

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

If the modern era is properly characterized as the 'age of secularism' - a time when constitutional democracies finally have shed the last vestiges of church authority from the political realm and embrace a rationalist and humanist perspective - then the United States appears to be outside the Western mainstream. In this paper I explore how the relationship between politics and religious faith in the United States might be seen as part of the narrative of secularism that defines most other Western countries, even as the differences in the American experience might suggest an evolution of this narrative. My thesis …