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Sacred Screens: Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism And Islam In Popular Culture, Arianna A. Poveda

Theses and Dissertations

Popular media content creators have routinely drawn from religious concepts when seeking inspiration for new material. Developers in the West have traditionally relied heavily on Christian themes to supply new ideas. Now, more artists have begun to look towards Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Shinto religions for inspiration when conceiving many of the storylines we find in mainstream entertainment today. This thesis will study key examples of film, video game, literary, and television media to show how these artists weave their religiously inspired themes into their respective platforms. In using the rich stories and traditions to develop more in-depth landscapes and …

Andrews University Press 2024 Booklist, Andrews University Press

Booklists

No abstract provided.

The New Antisemitism, Edgar G. Soto

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Following the Second World War, antisemitism appeared to be on a decline. Presently, however, there is an uptick in antisemitic hate crimes, worldwide. Modern-day Islamic antisemitism in particular is in large part recycled European Christian antisemitism adapted for Islamic audiences and intensified by the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict. This iteration of anti-Jewish bigotry is not the same as the “old,” but neither is it different. As will be explained, antisemitism has, throughout history, amounted to an anomaly in Islamic culture and in what may be called “normative” Islam.

Indeed, Muslims and Jews lived together amicably for centuries. In fact, within dar-al-Islam, …

New Issues In Temporary Muslim Endowments (Waqf), Moath Alnaief, Kotb Rissouni, Reda Ibrahim Abdelgalil, Maryam Almansoori

All Works

Purpose — This study aims to discuss several examples of temporary Islamic endowments (waqfs) in the modern period, arguing that jurists and Muslim endowment managers should utilise them more widely to adjust to current societal circumstances and open the door for new ways of caring for those in need. Design/Methodology/Approach — It employed textual analysis of legal opinions related to temporary waqfs, outlining the positions of scholars on both sides of the issue, including a presentation and analysis of their evidence. Findings — The research findings show that temporary waqfs are an essential means of renewable and sustainable economic support, …

Witnessing To Eisa Al-Masih In The Muslim World, Richard Niyukuri Sx

Asia Pacific Mission Studies

According to the statistics of the world population, Christian and Muslim communities make up the highest percentage of religious followers. Approximately 2.38 billion people practice Christianity globally. This means that about one-third of the world's total population is Christian. On the other side, Muslims comprise more than 2 billion people worldwide; making Islam the second-largest religion in the world, exceeded only by Christianity. By learning about these figures, one may be interested in knowing more about these two Abrahamic and revealed religions. The truth is that Islam was established in the 7th AD. The existing Christian community found it important …

Is There A Future For The Missiological Study Of Worldview? Part 2, Paulo C. Oliveira

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

In Part 1 of this article, I revisited the foundational intellectual roots of the missiological worldview construct, described the concept, and presented an argument advocating for additional critical engagement in mission circles. In Part 2, the focus will be on probing the anthropological shift moving away from worldview studies, exploring some implications of this shift for missiology, and, finally, addressing—more directly—the question of the future of missiological worldview studies.

The Incoherence Of Orientalists, Sarah Zaid Alafifi

Theses and Dissertations

Orientalism, the Western practice of fetishizing cultures, extends beyond mere misrepresentation of the “other;” it epitomizes the underlying structures of colonialism and imperialism, infiltrating everyday life and eroding the moral fabric of Islamic society.

This thesis analyzes colonial control through the exercise of political power and the production of knowledge, investigating key events related to Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign and the narratives of resistance that emerged in opposition to it.

Through the lens of this 18th-century expedition, the study examines how Western knowledge systematically contributed to the dismantling of Islamic systems of knowledge. Select phrases from Colonial-era printed proclamations are extracted …

Who Holds The Keys?, Daniel C. Peterson

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

While, for understandable reasons, Protestant Christendom tends to downplay the question, the more ancient Christian churches have historically placed considerable weight on what is often termed “apostolic succession.” The Catholic church, for instance, strongly affirms the “primacy of Peter” and the status of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope, as ancient Peter’s lineal successor. Curiously, perhaps, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, although it was founded on the American frontier in the early nineteenth century, takes a view of the matter that crucially resembles the Catholic viewpoint more than it does a western Protestant one. But the Latter-day …

Locating Socio-Legal Research In Pakistan: A Reflexive Approach, Maryam S Khan

Socio-Legal Review

This article presents a detailed survey of the sites of emergence and development of socio-legal research in Pakistan, locating it on a historical arc extending from the decolonisation era to contemporary times, and organically tracing its trajectory through contextual shifts in knowledge production more broadly. As such, the article takes a reflexive approach to identifying and classifying the socio-legal that eschews pre-existing benchmarks of what constitutes the field globally. In so doing, it makes the central argument that the meaning and evolution of “socio” in socio-legal is contingent on social and historical context. The article begins with a broad Pakistan-India …

Teachers' Perspectives On The Impact Of Interactive Read Aloud Strategies For Comprehension Skills Of Saudi Kindergarten Students: A Mixed Method Study, Riham Alsultan

All ETDs from UAB

Reading comprehension is a very integral element of encouraging lifelong learning amongst kindergarten students. The main objective of this research is to investigate teachers’ perspectives on the effectiveness of interactive read-aloud (IRA) in improving reading comprehension skills amongst kindergarten students in Saudi Arabia. The study's overarching aim was to determine how interactive reading-aloud strategies employed by Saudi kindergarten teachers during interactive read-aloud time impact Saudi kindergarten students' overall comprehension skills through the perceptions of teachers regarding the effectiveness of these strategies. To achieve this objective, the researcher employed a mixed-method research design, a combination of both quantitative and qualitative strategies. …

Aku Libraries Annual Report - 2024, Office Of The University Librarian

Office of the University Librarian Reports

- Message by Peter Gatiti Associate Vice Provost & University Librarian

- Celebrating AKU Scholars

- AKU Author’s Day – 2024

- ISMC – London UK Writing People's Histories

- Author’s Day – Other events in Karachi

- Psychoanalytic Sociology: A New Theory of the Social Bond

- Secret Santa Book Exchange!

- IED’s Baatein Kitab Ki – In conversation with Senator (r) Javed Jabbar

- Conversation with Dr. Iftikhar Salahuddin

- Recent Best Practices in Publishing

- Library news from around our Campuses

- RFID Technology in AKU Libraries

- Information Literacy

- Conferences & Workshops

- Book Launches …

Foreign In Two Homelands, Michelle Lynn Kahn

Bookshelf

What happens when migrants are rejected by the host society that first invited them? How do they return to a homeland that considers them outsiders? Foreign in Two Homelands explores the transnational history of Turkish migrants, Germany’s largest ethnic minority, who arrived as “guest workers” (Gastarbeiter) between 1961 and 1973. By the 1980s, amid rising racism, neo-Nazis and ordinary Germans blamed Turks for unemployment, criticized their Muslim faith, and argued they could never integrate. In 1983, policymakers enacted a controversial law: paying Turks to leave. Thus commenced one of modern Europe’s largest and fastest waves of remigration: within one year, …

On International Law And Gaza: Critical Reflections | Humanity Law Redux And Its Rule Of Law, Ruti G. Teitel

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.

The Information Age For Education Via Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning: A Bibliometric And Systematic Literature Analysis, Hassan Abuhassna, Fareed Awae, Mohamad A.B.M. Adnan, Mahyudin Daud, Abdulla S.B. Almheiri

All Works

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in education is a rapidly evolving field, yet the long-term implications and actual impacts on student learning outcomes require more in-depth study. Address this gap, our study offers a novel approach combining bibliometric analysis and a Systematic Literature Review (SLR), guided by the PRISMA methodology. The first phase, a comprehensive bibliometric analysis, identified key nations, educational institutions, journals, keywords, and influential authors in the realm of AI/ML in educational settings. This phase provided a macro-level understanding of the field’s landscape, showcasing the global and interdisciplinary nature of AI/ML research in …

Xenophobia, The Global War On Terror, And Refugee Policy In The United States, Canada, And Western Europe, Chloe Lopez

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Xenophobia has oscillated in intensity in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe since the late eighteenth century. This pattern of fear of immigrants and refugees being harbingers of violence and criminal activity establishes itself throughout the modern history of the United States, Canada, and Western Europe despite much evidence to the contrary. In the twentieth century, the prevailing argument surrounding the creation of xenophobia centered around economics. This divergence from twenty-first century patterns can be attributed to the Global War on Terror increasing alienation of refugees and immigrants through mythmaking and the structural securitization of immigration in the United …

Review Of The Myth Of Middle East Exceptionalism: Unfinished Social Movements Movements, Shahrzad Khosrowpour

Library Articles and Research

A review of The Myth of Middle East exceptionalism: Unfinished Social Movements by Mojtaba Mahdavi.

แนวทางการส่งเสริมคุณภาพครูประถมศึกษาในยุคดิจิทัล, นวพร อัจฉริยะเกียรติ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

คุณภาพของครูประถมศึกษาในยุคดิจิทัลซึ่งเป็นยุคที่เทคโนโลยีได้เข้ามามีบทบาทในการปฏิบัติงานให้เกิดคุณภาพและประสิทธิผลของการจัดการเรียนรู้ของครูประถมศึกษา งานวิจัยนี้จึงมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ1) ศึกษาความต้องการจำเป็นเกี่ยวกับคุณภาพครูประถมศึกษาในยุคดิจิทัล และ 2) นำเสนอแนวทางส่งเสริมคุณภาพครูประถมศึกษาในยุคดิจิทัล ใช้ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยแบบผสานวิธีโดยการวิจัยนี้ดำเนินการใน 2 ระยะ ได้แก่ ระยะที่ 1 การสำรวจความต้องการจำเป็นเกี่ยวกับคุณภาพครูประถมศึกษาในยุคดิจิทัล ตัวอย่างวิจัยเป็นครูผู้สอนระดับประถมศึกษาจากการสุ่มแบบแบ่งชั้น (stratified random sampling) ได้กลุ่มตัวอย่างจำนวน 486 คน วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วยการวิเคราะห์ความต้องการจำเป็น และระยะที่ 2 การสังเคราะห์แนวทางการพัฒนาครูประถมศึกษาในยุคดิจิทัล ใช้การสนทนากลุ่มผู้เชี่ยวชาญจำนวน 6 คน วิเคราะห์เนื้อหาและสร้างแนวทางฯ ผลการวิจัยพบว่า 1. ผลการศึกษาความต้องการจำเป็นในการพัฒนาคุณภาพครูประถมศึกษาในยุคดิจิทัล มีความต้องการจำเป็นในการพัฒนาคุณภาพครูประถมศึกษาในยุคดิจิทัล ทั้ง 7 องค์ประกอบและ 2. ผลการนำเสนอแนวทางส่งเสริมคุณภาพครูประถมศึกษาในยุคดิจิทัล พบว่า ผู้เชี่ยวชาญได้ให้ข้อเสนอแนะในการส่งเสริมและพัฒนาองค์ความรู้ในการจัดการเรียนรู้ของครูผู้สอน สร้างความร่วมมือกับทุกภาคส่วนทั้งผู้ปกครองและหน่วยงานอื่น ๆ มุ่งเน้นการวิเคราะห์ผู้เรียนรายบุคคลก่อนออกแบบการจัดการเรียนรู้ ส่งเสริมการใช้สื่อเทคโนโลยีและการเฝ้าระวังอันตรายที่จะเกิดขึ้นจากการใช้เทคโนโลยี นำกระบวนการชุมชนแห่งการเรียนรู้ทางวิชาชีพในรูปแบบดิจิทัลมาใช้เพื่อส่งเสริมให้ครูมีกรอบคิดแบบเติบโตโดยผู้บริหารและหน่วยงานต้นสังกัดควรมีการประกาศเกียรติคุณ ยกย่องและให้รางวัลแก่ครูที่มีผลงานปฏิบัติที่เป็นเลิศและเป็นที่ประจักษ์

17th Century Ecumenical Activities Between Ecumenical Patriarchate And The Early Protestant Churches, Svetoslav Ribolov

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The ecumenical activities and contacts between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Protestant churches in the 17th century were largely shaped by two remarkable figures of the Orthodox Church–the Patriarch of Constantinople Cyril Lucaris and Metrophanes Kritopoulos, who later became the Patriarch of Alexandria. Their sincere desire for contact with Protestant theologians, along with their commitment to open dialogue and cooperation was the most important factor in Orthodox-Protestant relations in that era. However, while the political climate in Europe initially allowed for some rapprochement between Christians in the Ottoman Empire and those who had embraced the Reformation, things eventually changed after …

Spousal Competence From The Perspective Of Islamic Sharia And It's Impact On Achieving The Ideal Family, Dr. Shamseldin Mohammed Eltakina

Faculty Peer-Reviewed Papers | بحوث هيئة التدريس المحكمة

No abstract provided.

Consensus On The Sunnah Of Aligning The Shoulders And Necks In Prayer Rows, Rather Than Joining The Feet To The Legs, Dr. Issa Abdulla Mohammed Bin Mana

Faculty Peer-Reviewed Papers | بحوث هيئة التدريس المحكمة

No abstract provided.