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Lecture Six: The Puritan-Pilgrim Church, Earl Clement Davis

The Rise and Development of the Congregational Polity and Spirit in New England

Lecture six traces the beginnings of the Pilgrim-Puritan Church in Salem, going as far back as 1623 to cover events that would impact future relations with the Plymouth Church.

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Lecture Five: The Pilgrim Church At Plymouth, Earl Clement Davis

The Rise and Development of the Congregational Polity and Spirit in New England

This lecture covers the Mayflower Compact and the creation of a religious body politic -- the seed of New England Theocracy. It discusses the struggle to survive in the New World. The Plymouth Church was both conservative and liberal; it was very strict Calvinist, yet open to change and the possibility of new religious thinking.

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An Institute Of One's Own: Polly Bunting's "Messy Experiment" Of Helping Women Navigate Work-Family Conflict, Linda C. Mcclain

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Maggie Doherty, The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s (2021).

In 1960, Mary (“Polly”) Ingraham Bunting, newly-appointed President of Radcliffe College, wrote an essay for The New York Times Magazine to encourage applications to the new Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study. In the essay, Bunting connected the Institute’s goal of ending the “waste of highly talented, educated womanpower” to helping women as well as to better realizing America’s “heritage” and “aspirations.” The Institute would help “intellectually displaced women”—mothers whose homemaking and childcare responsibilities had interrupted their careers—get back on track through a financial stipend …

Student Enhancement Awards Provide $134,433 In Funding To 24 Students In Spring 2022, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Spectrum, Volume 48, Issue 7, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: La Hispanidad Celebrates Social Justice Week -- Marching into Women's History Month -- One Year After... -- Native Ukrainian Speaks at SHU -- Is SHU's Campus Accessible to Everyone? -- SHU is "Stronger Together" -- Sacred Heart Professor Finalist for PR and Social Impact Award -- SHU Names New Interim Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer -- Audrey's Corner: Poems for Social Justice -- TAP Presents "Sweat" -- Upcoming Multicultural Council Showcase -- The Every Heart is Sacred Initiative -- Ukraine Paralympic Team -- Jasmine Rogers: More than an Athlete

Alumni News | Aaron Brown Writes, ‘Afghanistan’S Lesson: Plan For What Happens After Russia Leaves Ukraine’, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Student Senate Meeting Minutes March 22, 2022, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes March 22, 2022.

Central Region Humanities Centers Annual Lecture Features Amelia Adams On, April 20, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Lecture Four: The Pilgrim Church In Holland, Earl Clement Davis

The Rise and Development of the Congregational Polity and Spirit in New England

Davis begins with the courting and marriage of the widow Mrs. Thomasine Boyes and Francis Johnson, who was then in Clink prison. The Elders of the Amsterdam Church found her overly flashy and this nearly split the church. The Scrooby Church first arrived in Amsterdam and initially took up with the London Amsterdam Church. Feeling unwelcome and unaligned, they moved to Leyden with John Robinson as the learned and effective minister. Despite this, there were still concerns that the Scrooby Church would be absorbed into the broader (overly liberal) religious culture of Holland. It is because of this that they …

Lecture Three: Brief Definition Of Certain Terms Used In The History Of Free Churches, Earl Clement Davis

The Rise and Development of the Congregational Polity and Spirit in New England

Davis cites two sources for the English Reformation:a growth of popular feeling against the Catholic Church, and the personal and political troubles of Henry VIII. Henry VIII moved ultimate authority from Rome to the English monarch. But the popular movement for free inquiry and universal priesthood continued to press further change. Definitions clarified as they pertain to this historical context are: dissenters, non-conformists, independents, and "the New England way".

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Lecture Two: Earliest Traces Of Congregational Polity And Spirit, Earl Clement Davis

The Rise and Development of the Congregational Polity and Spirit in New England

Lecture Two looks back prior to the Scrooby Church at earlier dissenters from religious conformity, and in favor of free inquiry. He begins in 1165 with 30 weavers in the diocese of Worcester who made light of "priestly power." They were branded heretics and banished. From there he discusses the early Separatists and important figures in the Congregational Church's founding. These include Robert Browne, John Robinson, John Greenwood, Henry Barrowe, and Francis Johnson.

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Lecture One: The Church At Scrooby, Earl Clement Davis

The Rise and Development of the Congregational Polity and Spirit in New England

The 'Rise and Development' series starts with the Church at Scrooby, England, from whence the Pilgrims came. They were a Separatist Church that advocated for a more strict Calvinism than the Church of England, but also advocated for the right to free inquiry in matters religious and universal priesthood (i.e., against a special class of priests whose job it is to tell people what to believe).

Davis' use of "these lessons" suggests that these manuscripts were intended for, and delivered to, a congregation. For this reason the most like date from 1905-1906 in Pittsfield.

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Ukrainians Are Fighting And Dying To Defend Their Homes. Could I Do The Same?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.

Spectrum, Volume 48, Issue 6, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights Include: Russia-Ukraine Conflict Update -- A Win for Women -- A Glimpse of Ukraine -- Mask Mandates Change: Good to See Your Face -- Spring Has Sprung -- Mental Health on Campus -- Relay for Life is Back at SHU -- Audrey's Corner: Women's History Month -- Fashion: My Bump, My Lovely Lady Bump -- "I Will Always Love You" -- Star's, Celebrities, and Scandals -- Music Review: A Band for the Weirdos -- NEC Winter Championship Season -- Editorials: Brendan Williams, Deanna Drakopoulos

Student Senate Meeting Minutes March 15, 2022, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes March 15, 2022.

Keep Calm And Carry On: Uncovering The True Blitz Spirit, Lauren Niedergeses

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

First shown by Britain’s civilian population during the Blitz, this Blitz Spirit is widely understood today as a heroic display of courage, cheerfulness, unity, and the ability to “keep calm and carry on” in the face of danger and discomfort. Drawing from radio broadcasts, photographs, propaganda posters and films, and the wartime morale reports of Mass-Observation, I seek to uncover the true Blitz Spirit and how it became an integral – if somewhat mythicized – element of Britain’s modern identity. First, I explore the emergence of the Blitz Spirit during World War II, identifying gaps between reality and propagandistic myth. …

The Impact Of Women On The Life And Legacy Of Mark Antony, Lauren E. Yaple

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Throughout the life of Mark Antony, the women he became involved with had a large impact on his political career, life, and legacy. These women, such as Fulvia and Cleopatra, used Antony as a means to achieve their own political, economic, and personal goals and were able to gain power in a very anti-feminist society through their relationships with and manipulations of him, affecting the career of Antony in many ways including his politics and his actions as a military commander, as showcased by the examination of primary sources from the late Roman Republic and early Roman empire periods. This …

Lecture Eight: The Place Of Charity In A Democratic Community [19th Into 20th Centuries], Earl Clement Davis

Origins of Modern Religion, Modern Charity and Modern Labor Problems

Discusses the place of charity in American democracy, Ideally that the conditions of society should reduce the need to a minimum. Important to note the change in 1-Corinthians 13:13 from "faith, hope and charity" to "faith, hope and love." This presents a very optimistic picture of the possibilities of American democracy.

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Lecture Seven: The Beginnings Of Modern Charity [19th Century], Earl Clement Davis

Origins of Modern Religion, Modern Charity and Modern Labor Problems

Discusses the developments of the early 19th century in response to the rise of factories, labor conditions, and child labor. Several important people who fought to improve conditions are discussed including: William Wilberforce, Richard Oastler, Robert Owen, Elizabeth Fry, Frederick Denison Maurice, Charles Kingsley, Samuel Howe, Joseph Tuckerman, Charles Rancis Barnard, and Horace Mann. The main point is that modern charity is not alms, but helping the downtrodden and oppressed to help themselves.

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Lecture Six: The Iron Law Of Wages, The Poor Man Pushed To The Wall [Early Modern Period, Late 1700s], Earl Clement Davis

Origins of Modern Religion, Modern Charity and Modern Labor Problems

Lecture 6 is about the impact of industrial change at the end of the 1700s namely the shift from "cottage" or village manufacturing to factory manufacturing. The results were devastating for laborers, and increased poverty and pauperism. Charitable efforts were not up to the task.

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Lecture Five: What Authority Has Experience Over A Man's Religious Life? [Early Modern Period, Methodism, George Whitefield, John And Charles Wesley], Earl Clement Davis

Origins of Modern Religion, Modern Charity and Modern Labor Problems

Lecture 5 focuses on the early Modern period (1700s), with special attention paid to the rise of Methodism, George Whitefield, and John and Charles Wesley. A connection is drawn between the Anglican Church and the monarchy's social structure versus the Methodist church and a more democratic social structure. Anglicanism was aimed at the upper classes, including the nobility, while Methodism was aimed at middle and lower classes and lifted them up. Davis writes that religious experience can -- and must -- trump creeds as each man has to give an account of himself to God.

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Lecture Four: Charity, A Degrading Influence Of The 18th Century, Earl Clement Davis

Origins of Modern Religion, Modern Charity and Modern Labor Problems

This lecture focuses on the "depraved or vulgar" state of affairs in England in the early 1700s.

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Chi Speakers Series Presents Victoria Lee Discussing New Book, March 17, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Lecture Three: The Peasants Revolt [Late Medieval Period 2, 1381], Earl Clement Davis

Origins of Modern Religion, Modern Charity and Modern Labor Problems

This lecture picks up where Lecture Two left off, following John Wyclif--"The right to govern depends on good government"-- to William Longland's "The Vision of Piers Plowman." The impact of the plague of 1348-1349 is discussed, leading up to the Peasants Revolt in 1381.

Lecture Two: [Late Medieval Period, Frederick Ii, John Wycliff], Earl Clement Davis

Origins of Modern Religion, Modern Charity and Modern Labor Problems

This lecture focuses on the late Medieval period (1200-1350). Special attention is paid to two courageous individuals who exposed the weakness of the Pope's authority: Frederick II and John Wyclif.

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What Does The Jan. 6 Committee Hope To Learn From Sen. Doug Mastriano?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Spectrum, Volume 48, Issue 5, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: A Conversation with Provost Robin Cautin -- Sorting fact, disinformation after Russian Attack on Ukraine -- The Martire Turkey -- The Cost of Housing -- Kanye's Social Media Rant: Ye or Neh -- Spring Break is Back -- National Eating Disorder Awareness Week -- Graduate Students Intern at NBC Covering Olympics -- Audrey's Corner: Student Authors Book About Mental Health and Recovery -- English Club Celebrates Black History Month -- Please Don't Destroy this Article -- A Video Game Comes to Life -- Beijing Hosts 2022 Winter Olympics -- Women's Ice Hockey Set for NEWHA Playoffs -- Editorials: …

Lazaroff Lecture | Sex, Racial Purity, & Imperialism: German Genocide In Africa And The Third Reich, April 13, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Student Senate Meeting Minutes March 1, 2022, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes March 1, 2022.

The Last Embassy: The Dutch Mission Of 1795 And The Forgotten History Of Western Encounters With China (Book Review), Jack R. Van Der Slik

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Reviewed Title: The Last Embassy: The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten Hisotry of Western Encounters with China by Tonio Andrade. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2021. 408 pp. ISBN: 9780691177113.