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Continuity In The Face Of Social Change: Demographic Shifts And The United Methodist Church’S Institutional Conservatism On Sexuality, Scott Vehstedt

Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies

In the wake of the Gay Liberation movement that flourished during the 1960s and 1970s, Protestant churches were forced to grapple with crafting policies toward homosexuality. As gay men and women demanded acceptance in the public sphere, so too did they demand it in matters of theology. Although sexual preference was historically a matter that the United Methodist Church (UMC) left to parishioners and their local clergy, the rise of LGBTQ activism brought non-heteronormative sexuality into the mainstream of politics, culture, and religion.1 Throughout the 1970s Protestant denominations, including the UMC, were forced to address this cultural shift through policy

The Fragments Of Hegesippus And 1clemenet: Succession Crisis, Heresey And Apostasy, Timothy Gervais

Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies

Eusebius, in introducing his Ecclesiastical History, deemed it “an account of the successions of the holy apostles, as well as of the times which have elapsed from the days of our Savior to our own.”2 Written circa 325 CE, Ecclesiastical History draws upon the works of Christian historians and apologists from the previous three centuries, and represents a veritable “storehouse” of fragments of Christian and pagan authors otherwise non-extant.3 While it is fortunate that the writings of Eusebius have preserved reference to, and quotations from, otherwise lost manuscripts, the unilateral nature of the preservation makes reliable reconstruction of the content …

Front Matter

Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies

No abstract provided.

It's Divine, Krysten Godfrey Maddocks

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

The Shunned Speak Out: Former Members On Life In The Jehovah's Witnesses And After, Nour Saudi, Joy Notoma

Capstones

"The Shunned Speak Out" is an interactive feature that explores the practice of religious shunning among Jehovah's Witnesses. When Jehovah's Witnesses opt to leave the group or are punished for an indiscretion, they are shunned and have to completely start their lives over without their families and the only community they have known. This piece profiles 13 former Jehovah's Witnesses, including their journeys and the emotional repercussions of shunning. Their personal stories are weaved in with expert voices and research on the organization.

https://jwshunning.github.io/jw/

Curating Contemporary Japanese Art: Exhibition Catalogue Production For Hidden Landscapes: Yasuaki Onishi And Invisible Space, Emily Lawhead

Master's Projects and Capstones

In the last decade, there has been a telling increase of attention given to contemporary Asian artists exhibited in the United States and Europe. Since 2008, artists from China, Japan, South Korea, and Central Asia have been featured in exhibitions from the Venice Biennale to the Whitney Biennale, and are becoming ever more present on the Western art stage. Meanwhile, curatorial practice, once focused on the care of objects, is shifting to encompass a wider range of creative activity. Curators are taking time to engage with living artists in a collaborative setting, rather than as impartial facilitators. This capstone seeks …

Radical Words Then And Now: The Historical And Contemporary Impact Of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible, Erika Larsen

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.

2017 December 14 - Academic Council Minutes, Academic Council, East Tennessee State University

Academic Council Agenda and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Ethical Sensitivity In The Academic Setting, Rebecca Friedman

NERA Conference Proceedings 2017

Character education programming is gaining popularity in America’s schools as one possible way to raise an intelligent and caring generation of students. However, many schools fail to allocate time, money, and resources to such initiatives. The present study examined the impact of an ethical sensitivity intervention in a religiously affiliated independent school. A self-report Likert scale and analytic rubric were used to measure development of different sub-skills of ethical sensitivity in fourth and fifth grade students (N = 25) before and after the intervention over a two-month period. Results suggest that degree of ethical sensitivity increased over the course of …

Arguments Against Amalgamation: The Citizen’S Council Battles Integration By Controlling The Narrative, Evelyn S. Kerns

Honors Theses

In 1954, the Supreme Court decision Brown vs. Board of Education eradicated the “separate, but equal” mentality that confined African Americans to the menial state of oppression and exploitation that had plagued their people since they arrived in America. However, this decision did little to neutralize the proclivity to segregation nor did it quell the surmounting racial tensions between black people and the upper echelon of Southern society. Conversely, the federal mandate to integrate public schools roused white supremacists to interpose desegregation through resistance, violence, and fear-mongering propaganda. The most flagrant organization of white supremacists was known as the White …

Law's Haze, Police Ways, And Tech's Maze: Relationships Between American Law, Crime, And Technology, Meghan Peterson

Doctoral Dissertations

In this dissertation, I explore the role of law in policing operations targeting cyber sex offenders in the United States. Specifically, I examine enforcement in this crime arena as part of an ongoing expansion within the carceral, surveillance, risk-based state. I argue that imprecision and lack of clarity within American law – particularly in the evolving world of online interactions – generate hazy, arbitrary applications in law enforcement. On this point, I submit that absence of legal clarity undermines law enforcement efforts to address crimes – both within and beyond the cyber world. Distinctive spaces of online and tech-based socialization, …

December Agenda, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting agenda.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Graduate, December 9, 2017, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Honorary Doctor of Engineering and Nursing - Patricia Flatley-Brennan

Finding Meaning In The Lack Thereof: An Analysis Of Nietzsche's And Sartre's Responses To The Problem Of Existential Nihilism, Daniel J. Hassall

Honors Theses

There have been countless philosophers who have attempted to create ways that humanity can overcome the threat of existential nihilism and the loss of objective meaning. Two of the most influential philosophers who have attempted to do this are Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre. This paper analyzes both of their philosophical solutions to the problem of nihilism, comparing and contrasting. While similar in many respects, Nietzsche and Sartre differ on several key aspects: they approach nihilism slightly differently, they have different views about ethics and subjectivity, and Nietzsche is a determinist while Sartre advocates a radical free will. When comparing …

Why The Perfect Being Theologian Cannot Endorse The Principle Of Alternative Possibilities, Samuel Director

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

I argue that perfect being theologians cannot endorse the Principle of Alternative Possibilities (AP). On perfect being theology, God is essentially morally perfect, meaning that He always acts in a morally perfect manner. I argue that it is possible that God is faced with a situation in which there is only one morally perfect action, which He must do. If this is true, then God acts without alternative possibilities in this situation. Yet, unless one says that this choice is not free, one must say that God has acted freely without alternative possibilities.

The Compass, Issue 4, Arcadia University, Honors Program

The Compass

No abstract provided.

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Baccalaureates, December 8, 2017, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Outstnding Graduate - Alexis Drees; Honorary Doctor of Science - Andrew Hamilton; King O'Neal Scholars - Aneesa Ali, Andrew Apugliese, David Blanchard, Janet Diaz Montes, Mary Edwards, Shayna Gurvitz, Bonnie Hogan Lowlery, Ryan Kurtz, Robert Lockridge, Natalie Meyer, Rachel Moore, Ashley Nandrasy, Carlos Pena Duran, Brittany Raymond, Paul Rogers, Nicholas Romano, Khadijah Tiamiyu, Xamil Vega, Amy Whitehurst, George Wolf, and Alexander Zhideev

Elie Wiesel's Unique Journey To Redemption, Julia Click

Undergraduate Theses

There is an important connection between ideology and rehabilitation after a traumatic experience that I aim to examine in my thesis. In particular, I wish to focus on the Holocaust. Looking at Elie Wiesel, I wish to examine the memoirs of this man and the life he lived after he was freed from the concentration camps. I aim to analyze his memoir and look at how he dealt with his experiences through his writing in contrast to other Holocaust survivors. With my thesis, I will examine the way this man coped with being a survivor of the Holocaust. My thesis …

Commencement Ceremonies, University Of North Florida

Commencement Printed Materials

Program for the Fall Commencement ceremonies.

The Grizzly, December 7, 2017, Valerie Osborne, Emily Jolly, Courtney A. Duchene, Johnny Myers, Sophia Dibattista, Ana Dersimonian, David Mendelsohn

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Local Christmas House Brings Students Cheer • UCARE Giving Tree Brings Joy and Gifts to Local Children • Sharing the Story of the Miracle of Chanukkah • Alumni Invited to Wreath Laying at Arlington National Cemetery • Ursinus Students Celebrate the Holidays • Prepare Your Stomach for the Holidays • Opinions: Happy Holidays vs. Merry Christmas; Grizzly's Holiday Polls • Proficiently Efficient: Men's Basketball is 4-2 • UC's Swim Teams Make Waves

Kenyon Collegian - December 7, 2017

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

Review Of The History Of Bhutan By Karma Phuntsho, Michael Givel

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

5th Conference Of The Asian Borderlands Research Network (Abrn), Alessandro Rippa

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 39, Issue 11, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: SHU students participate in season of giving - SHU annual Christmas tree lighting -- Food review of JP's diner -- Equestrian finishes season as high point team -- Club ice hockey moves into second half of season -- Club football wins national championship

Religiousness And Perceived God Perfectionism Among Elite Athletes, Benjamin J. Houltberg, Kenneth T. Wang, Sarah A. Schnitker

Movement and Being: The Journal of the Christian Society for Kinesiology, Leisure and Sports Studies

Little research has been conducted examining the link between athletes’ religious beliefs and practices and coping with the pressures related to elite competition. The purpose of the study was to investigate athletes’ global self-worth and perfectionistic concerns as key variables that link religiousness and perceived God perfectionism to dealing with performance failure and appraisals of upcoming competition. Self-report data was collected from a sample of 99 elite athletes (Mdn age = 22, 48% female, 89% believed in God) that were currently competing at a NCAA D1, professional or Olympic level. We used structural equation modeling to test direct and indirect …

Editors

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

No abstract provided.

Spirituality In A Faith-Based Institution: Faculty Experiences Of Facilitating The Spiritual Development Of Students, Darlene Carbajal

Theses & Dissertations

Practices of spirituality, particularly amongst faculty who teach at faith-based institutions of higher education, are underexplored in the current body of literature. This qualitative study uses an interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) approach to examine faculty members’ attitudes about the role of spirituality in higher education and the pedagogical and mentoring approaches that faculty members in a faith-based institution use to facilitate the spiritual development of students. Participants described spirituality as foundational to student wholeness and naturally emerging from scholarship, as an opportunity for students to increase self-awareness and to have respect, empathy, and compassion for others. Findings of this study …

Rehbein, B. Society In Contemporary Laos: Capitalism, Habitus And Belief. New York, Ny. Routledge, 2017., Julie Bridges

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Vision, Winter 2017

Vision

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

VisionFinding Aid