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Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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The Chosen: Insights For Latter-Day Saints, John Hilton Iii, Julie Hollenbaugh

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

This article explores the impact of the television series The Chosen through the lens of Latter-day Saint theology, education, and interfaith connection. Highlighting its unprecedented global reach, the article examines how the series can deepen viewers’ understanding of Jesus Christ. It recounts the miraculous circumstances through which The Chosen gained access to the Church’s Jerusalem set in Goshen, Utah, and underscores the production’s ecumenical spirit, involving Evangelical, Catholic, and Latter-day Saint collaborators. The article further outline show The Chosen can strengthen interfaith dialogue and be used in gospel classrooms and homes as a tool for spiritual growth.

Nurturing Religious Education Using Artificial Intelligence, Matt Gardner

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

This essay focuses on helping teachers, parents, and students understand and become familiar with artificial intelligence (AI)—specifically, its capabilities and how it will affect our homes and classrooms. In doing so, teachers, parents, students, and children will learn to use certain gospel-approved principles to most successfully use and operate these new technologies to bless the lives of God’s children.

Front Matter, Michael A. Goodman

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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Visions Of Salvation: What The Visions Of Joseph Smith Reveal To Us About How To Inherit Heaven, Mark A. Mathews

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

As the Prophet Joseph Smith sought answers to profound questions concerning salvation and the afterlife, he received instruction through a series of visions. This article explores Joseph Smith’s evolving understanding of salvation as revealed through key visions, including the First Vision, encounters with angelic beings, and revelations on the kingdoms of glory and salvation for the dead. These visions unfolded a comprehensive doctrine of salvation rooted in faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Ghost. They also expanded the concept of salvation to include kingdoms of glory and salvation for the dead, making a degree …

This Branch Of The Church The Early Development Of Local Administration In The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Part 1, The Emergent Church, 1830–1845, Brandon Plewe

BYU Studies

It is easy for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to read the Doctrine and Covenants, or most basic histories of the Church, and assume that the Church has always operated like it operates today, if a bit simpler. By the mid-1830s, most significant local and general offices and titles of Church leadership that we recognize today were in place, and it is possible to interpret historical texts through a modern understanding. Occasional inconsistencies can be easily dismissed as the vagaries of frontier language.

What Are We To Make Of The Gold Plates?, Richard Lyman Bushman

BYU Studies

During the winter of 2020–2021, I worked on the manuscript that was eventually published as Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates: A Cultural History (Oxford University Press, 2023). The book was an attempt to describe the many ways the plates had been imagined from the time they were first described as a “Golden Bible” in the June 1829 Wayne Sentinel1 down to the Sunday School and missionary lessons today. I marveled at the enduring interest in the plates over time, not only among Latter-day Saints but also among other American writers. In my lifetime, the plates had appeared in the Book of …

“Not Only Men But Women Also” An Argument For Alma’S Intentional Inclusion Of Women, Cassidy Nichole Pyper

BYU Studies

In an interestingly specific inclusion of women, Alma taught the Zoramites that “[God] imparteth his word by angels unto men, yea, not only men but women also” (Alma 32:23). This phrase suggests that Alma had an awareness of women and their ability to receive revelation despite how little the Book of Mormon explicitly includes women in its narrative.1 The Book of Mormon mentions women at drastically lower rates than even the Bible.2 Some students of the Book of Mormon are concerned not only that women are rarely spoken of in the text but also that women may have been ignored …

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Consumer Preferences And Valuation For Sustainably Produced Rice In Ghana, Adabrah-Danquah Vera, Durand-Morat Alvaro, Lawton L. Nalley, Mandiaye Diagne, Benedicta Nsiah Frimpong, Wei Yang

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Faculty Publications and Presentations

Improving the sustainability of rice, a global food staple with a significant environmental footprint, is of utmost importance, given the growing population and increased depletion of natural resources. The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) standard is the first globally recognized certification standard for sustainable rice production. SRP comprises 41 requirements structured under 12 indicators and 8 themes, through which farmers can receive SRP certification and use the SRP label. This study assesses consumers' preferences for SRP-certified sustainable rice in Ghana. We surveyed 1168 consumers in Accra, Kumasi, and Tamale, the three largest cities in Ghana, to ascertain their preferences for each …

The Historic Superfund Listing Of The Lukachukai Mountains Mining District, Nadine Padilla

Faculty Scholarship

President Biden’s 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law included, among its many provisions, a historic investment of $3.5 billion to be allocated toward cleanups under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as Superfund. This investment will help in addressing the problem of legacy pollution that impacts communities across the country. Approximately $1 billion will go towards clearing the backlog of 49 previously unfunded Superfund sites and will accelerate cleanup at over 85 current Superfund sites. Remaining funds will go towards launching cleanup efforts at 25 new Superfund sites. In a development that aligns with these broader cleanup …

Understanding The Mechanisms Of Interpretative Change, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl

Faculty Publications

Interpretive methodology changes over time, and we appear to be in a period of particular ferment. In federal statutory interpretation, which is the focus of this Article, several important changes in interpretive methods have occurred in recent decades or are underway. There has been a gradual, decades-long shift away from intentionalist tools like legislative history. In addition, as the culmination of a series of smaller steps, the Supreme Court has just reshaped the doctrine governing deference to agency interpretations, a move that will require years of further clarification. And, although this shift is still taking shape, it appears that some …

A Comparative Analysis Of Hedging And Safe-Haven Properties Of Cryptocurrencies And Commodities, Tari M. Karimo, Ochoche Abraham

CBN Journal of Applied Statistics (JAS)

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Through The Looking Glass: We All See Ideational Objects Here, J.G. Allen

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

In this chapter, I explore the property law treatment of cryptoassets—and, presumably, other digital artefacts that are not clearly rights to anything or against anyone. I argue that such artefacts are well described as “ideational objects” and draw together insights from private law theory and social ontology to explore how we should think about complex objects with a social and a technical dimension. I then examine how the law of property can accommodate ideational objects as objects of property rights (including the right of ownership) and dealing such as transfer, and what challenges and implications this poses for the traditional …

Kinesis. La Forma Como Gesto De Transformación, Rosa Pidal Gómez

Grado en Diseño de Interiores

Reforma y cambio de uso de la Vivienda con clínica para un médico del arquitecto Luis Blanco-Soler como residencia y lugar de trabajo de un profesional.

La vivienda objeto del presente proyecto, se encuentra situada en el número 10 de la cal le Jorge Manrique, en la ciudad de Madrid. Se trata de una construcción proyectada originalmente por el arquitecto Luis Blanco- Soler durante la década de los años treinta del siglo XX, en el contexto del auge del racional ismo arquitectónico en la capital . La intervención planteada tiene como objetivo principal el acondicionamiento del interior del inmueble para …

Mired In Meyer'S Mischief A Century After Fabrication Of Constitutional Parents' Rights, James G. Dwyer

Faculty Publications

The seminal Supreme Court decisions Meyer v. Nebraska and Pierce v. Society of Sisters, now commemorated on their centenary anniversary, are odd doctrinal ducks. They are both still routinely cited as the foundation for ascribing to persons on whom the state has conferred legal parent status a right under the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution. (According to Westlaw, judicial citation count for Meyer now nears 3000, and secondary-source citations have surpassed 7000.) It is a constitutional right to force states to confer on them greater legal power than the state is otherwise inclined to …

The Alchemist, Ana Heredero Millán

Grado en Diseño de Interiores

La casa fue construida originalmente en la década de 1930 como residencia y clínica para un médico, ubicada en la planta baja con su propia puerta de entrada, separada de la entrada a la vivienda familiar. Según el arquitecto en la revista Nuevas Formas, la casa tuvo que resolver ciertas dificultades decisivas: la relación entre los servicios de la clínica y la vivienda; la forma del terreno, que era desproporcionada en anchura (15,30 metros) en comparación con su longitud (43 metros), y la pendiente longitudinal que presentaba. Debido a su reducida dimensión transversal y la necesidad de separar la …

Reflexión: La Luz Al Servicio De La Materia; Vivienda Para Personas Con Discapacidad Visual, Claudia Manuela De La Cierva Carballo

Grado en Diseño de Interiores

El principal objetivo de este trabajo es llevar a cabo la reforma de una vivienda preexistente, adaptándola a las necesidades de personas con discapacidad visual, mediante el uso consciente y estratégico de la luz y la sombra como recursos fundamentales de diseño. A través de este enfoque, se pretende desarrollar una propuesta arquitectónica que trascienda lo meramente visual, y que incorpore cualidades sensoriales capaces de enriquecer la experiencia espacial de quienes perciben el entorno de forma distinta. Para alcanzar este objetivo general, se plantean una serie de objetivos específicos que guían el desarrollo del proyecto. En primer lugar, se busca …

Troubling Trends: Ada Definition-Of-Disability Cases 2019-2023, Nicole Buonocore Porter

Faculty Publications

This empirical Article continues my every-five-year tradition of examining every federal case discussing the definition of disability since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was amended, effective 2009. The results of this research from the third five-year period (2019–2023) are disappointing in both familiar and surprising ways. Similar to the 2014–2018 period, we continue to see way too many courts incorrectly applying (or not even citing to) the ADA Amendments Act. Moreover, I discovered several new troubling trends in this dataset that raise the possibility that we might be heading toward another backlash against ADA plaintiffs. This Article presents my …

Rebuilding The Foundation: Addressing A Crisis In Juror Participation, Paula Hannaford-Agor

Faculty Publications

Courts are experiencing dramatic decreases in juror response and appearance rates, threatening the future of jury trials and the legitimacy of the American justice system. Effective strategies exist to reverse this trend, if justice system stakeholders are willing to employ them.

Preserving The Future Of Juries And Jury Trials, Paula Hannaford-Agor

Faculty Publications

Amid rapid technological and social change, a new initiative explores how judges, court staff, trial lawyers, and other justice system stakeholders can preserve juries and jury trials, strengthen public trust, and remain a pillar of democracy.

In 2024, the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) launched Preserving the Future of Juries and Jury Trials, a project that built on Just Horizons’ methodological foundation of strategic foresight and its premise that data-driven public services and sociopolitical discord have the greatest potential impact on court operations. For this project, NCSC imagined how these trends would affect juries and jury trials in each …

In Through The Side Door: Anti-Asian Nativism, U.S. Immigration, And Foreign Policy—A Legal History And Case Study, Deenesh Sohoni, Vivian E. Hamilton, Chinua Thelwell

Faculty Publications

The 19th- and early 20th-centuries were marked by pervasive anti-Asian sentiment, and antipathy towards people of color more generally. Giving legal effect to the anti-Asian nativism prevalent at the time, U.S. policies prohibited most Asian immigration and naturalization. In particular, immigration laws sought to exclude Asian laborers and working-class immigrants from entry. During the same period, however, the federal government determined that other Asian visitors—especially Chinese government officials, merchants, religious leaders, and students—could be useful in advancing U.S. political and economic interests abroad. Thus, in marked contrast to its inhospitable treatment of their working-class counterparts, U.S. policy facilitated the entry …

Patent Law: An Open-Access Casebook, Sarah Fackrell, Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec, Andres Sawicki

Faculty Publications

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Entre.Patios, Alejandro Catelli

Grado en Diseño de Interiores

El diseño biofílico y la Teoría de la Restauración de la Atención ofrecen un marco valioso para comprender cómo la naturaleza puede influir en nuestra salud y bienestar. A medida que la urbanización continúa en aumento, es esencial considerar la integración de elementos naturales en nuestros entornos para promover una vida más saludable y equilibrada. La evidencia sugiere que la naturaleza no solo mejora la estética de los espacios, sino que también tiene beneficios clínicos y psicológicos significativos. La conexión con la naturaleza puede ser un antídoto eficaz contra el estrés, la ansiedad y otros problemas de salud mental, lo …

Entresijos, Carolina Uribe Gómez

Grado en Diseño de Interiores

El objetivo principal de este proyecto es revisitar las ideas convencionales relacionadas con la cocina y los espacios domésticos desde la perspectiva de la gastronomía. Se plantea el acto de cocinar y comer no solo como una tarea rutinaria y doméstica, sino también como una práctica experimental y comunitaria.

El punto de partida del proyecto toma como referencia dos obras clave: New Babylon, de Constant Nieuwenhuys, y Abitacolo, de Bruno Munari.

• New Babylon representaba un mundo en el que el trabajo es reemplazado por el juego y la creatividad, y donde la arquitectura se convierte en una estructura …

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A Drummer’S House, Elena Ramírez Salas

Grado en Diseño de Interiores

Mi proyecto explora la composición de una casa y un estudio diseñados para un baterista profesional de una banda de rock, inspirado en mi padre y en su grupo.

El diálogo conceptual que elegí representar en el proyecto se basa en los “Llenos y Vacíos”, una inspiración que surgió tras investigar al artista y escritor italiano Bruno Munari (1907-1998) y su juego entre el espacio positivo y negativo, un tema recurrente en su obra. El espacio positivo simboliza objetos y formas reales, mientras que el negativo se asemeja al espacio restante y no utilizado que rodea a esos elementos positivos. …

(Sub)Sequence, Leyre Peña Cañete

Grado en Diseño de Interiores

(SUB)SEQUENCE es un proyecto que transita entre lo sensorial y lo secuencial; una experiencia espacial construida a partir del ritmo, la percepción sonora y una transformación constante. Inspirado en la figura de Héctor y su universo como DJ y productor, el espacio se organiza como una narrativa fragmentada, donde cada planta representa una etapa emocional y física del recorrido: desde el Kaos inicial, pasando por el Nearest Exit como transición, hasta desembocar en el vacío de Oaks. La arquitectura se convierte así en una fusión entre club, retiro y estudio: un sistema vivo en el que los límites entre lo …

Habitar El Vacío, Nur Puerta Bakour

Grado en Diseño de Interiores

The way of life that sculptor and writer Assem Al-Basha follows in his everyday routine is the foundation of the interior design of this residence and workshop, and what makes it so unique. His daily rhythm, from waking up at five in the morning to read and catch up on news, especially from the Middle East, to the long hours spent working in the studio (interrupted only by a short nap), and his deep fascination with the garden and the quiet observation of time passing; were the very first clues that made me understand how the space needed to be …

Wakon: Con Corazón Japonés, Al Estilo Occidental., Ana Soto Ibarbia

Grado en Diseño de Interiores

El objetivo principal de este proyecto es desarrollar una propuesta integral de diseño interior que combine el uso residencial para una familia de cinco miembros con un espacio profesional, despacho o taller, adaptado a una actividad concreta seleccionada por el alumno. Todo ello dentro del marco de una vivienda racionalista madrileña de los años 30, respetando su valor arquitectónico y actualizándolo a las necesidades contemporáneas. Se busca intervenir el interior de forma sensible, tomando como referencia los materiales, acabados y soluciones espaciales del Movimiento Moderno, reinterpretándolos con criterios actuales de funcionalidad, confort y estética. El proyecto abordará la reorganización de …