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Winthrop Recognizes Employees For Service, Outstanding Work At Annual Awards Ceremony, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2016

• During Winthrop’s April 26 Faculty, Staff, Retirees Awards Ceremony, the university honored 24 retirees, 50 employees for service to the state of South Carolina and five employees for service to the university or community.
• The honored retirees have collectively provided 463 years of service to the state of South Carolina and Winthrop.
• Jean Silagyi-Rebovich received the Richardson Award and Eddie Lee earned the Faculty Student Life Award.

Current Issues In Emerging Elearning, Volume 3, Issue 1

Current Issues in Emerging eLearning

No abstract provided.

April 26, 2016 General Faculty Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Learning Through Design: Mooc Development As A Method For Exploring Teaching Methods, Robin Bartoletti

Current Issues in Emerging eLearning

Exploring new pedagogical approaches and technologies in learning experiences such as MOOCs offers educators a clear opportunity to reflect on and expand their teaching methods and document effective practices. However, while research has affirmed the value of self-reflection as an important means to improve one’s pedagogical practices, very limited data about self-reflection during course design exists for online instructors in higher education. A team of MOOC course designers thus seized the opportunity to investigate whether they could improve their teaching practices by engaging in a connectivist and reflective process to create an innovative MOOC. The MOOC design team for Educational …

The Persistence Of Gnosticism: Credit And The Apocalypse, Molly A. Wallace

Religious Studies Honors Projects

This paper follows Hans Blumenberg’s argument that gnosticism persisted throughout the Middle Ages due to Augustine of Hippo’s accidental incorporation of gnostic eschatology into his theory of voluntas. Gnosticism is a radically dualist structure originating in Late Antiquity that splits the cosmos between corrupt matter and a divine spirit. I take issue with Blumenberg’s assertion that modernity has truly rid itself of a concern with spirit, or transcendence. By doing so, I am able to take his argument to its logical conclusion: gnosticism persists today through the capitalist descendent of spirit—value. Moreover, I argue that the …

History's Shadis Receives Fulbright For Research In Portugal, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

2016-April-22-Sga New Officers, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Ursinus College Celebration Of Student Achievement (Cosa) Schedule Of Events, 2016, Office Of Academic Affairs

Celebration of Student Achievement Schedules

This schedule details the performances, panels, talks and poster presentations held on the eleventh annual Ursinus College CoSA day.

Ritual Eating, Ritual Devotion: Body And Embodiment In Hinduism, James Marconi

Graduate Academic Symposium

No abstract provided.

The Five Hundred And Thirty-Second Report Of The Curricular Affairs Committee: Philosophy Major, Creation Of A Religious Studies Track., University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes April 21, 2016, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Kenyon Collegian - April 21, 2016

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

2016 Otterbein University Academic Honors Convocation Program, Otterbein University

Honors Convocation

No abstract provided.

Opium Eaters: Buddhism As Revolutionary Politics, James Mark Shields

Faculty Contributions to Books

There is no one, single answer to the question: What is or are ‘Buddhist politics’? Rather than seek general historical trends or broad tendencies, in this chapter I explore the meaning and implications of the modern, Western conception of ‘politics’ as understood in relation to key features of Buddhist doctrine. In particular, I pose the question of whether we might fruitfully conceive at least certain interpretations of Buddhism—or perhaps, of Dharma—as politics, rather than ‘religion’ or ‘philosophy.’ I argue that twentieth century progressive Buddhists Seno’o Girō (1889–1961) and B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956) were not so much in conflict with …

Kenyon Collegiate - April 20, 2016

Kenyon Collegiate

No abstract provided.

Documenting A Derided Profession: Algernon Lindo And The Art Of Accompanying, Perry Gerald Mears Ii

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Pianist Algernon Henry Lindo (1862-1927) was a respected performer, composer, author, and pedagogue in turn-of-the-century London. His groundbreaking work, The Art of Accompanying (1916), was the first book written about the discipline now referred to as Collaborative Piano. Although almost completely overlooked since his death, Lindo's life and writings have much relevance in the twenty-first century. This study aims to make The Art of Accompanying accessible to the contemporary reader, providing a comprehensive critical edition of the work. In order to provide context for his treatise, this study presents, for the first time, a biography of Lindo. This study also …

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 58, April 18, 2016, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

College Voice Vol. 99 No. 11, Connecticut College

2015-2016

No abstract provided.

Getting Involved With The Digital Humanities In Theology, Biblical Studies, And Religious Studies, Kent Gerber

Librarian Publications and Presentations

Digital humanities are growing and thriving in higher education, and, in the spirit of the pioneering work of Father Busa, it is important for theological and religious studies libraries and librarians to consider our roles and involvement in the current milieu of challenge and opportunity. The library and digital humanities communities possess many shared values and goals, including providing wide access to cultural information, enhancing teaching and learning, making a public impact, and benefiting from the invigorating, though not salvific, effect of technology to their efforts.

Front Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.51 No.2 2016

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Dick, Jacob. Tyler Higbee to Plead Not Guilty
• Skipworth, Dustin. Home on the Hill - $100 Solution House
• Collins, Emma. Attorney General Sues Governor Over Budget – Andy Beshear
• Skpworth, Dustin. Engineering Students Take First Place in Competition – Concrete Canoe
• Kast, Monica. Students Meet with Third Honors College Associate Director Candidate – Dana Bradley
• Collins, Emma. Construction on Several Facilities to Continue During Summer – Helm Library, Thompson Science Complex, Confucius Institute
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon UTuber
• Johnson, Jack. Batguy Fights Alien Dude: The Movie – Batman vs. …

The Digital Watchmakers: Playing With The Sacred In Video Games, Anthony Langley

Research and Creative Activities Poster Day

With video games establishing itself as a multi-billion dollar industry, academia as a whole has been slowly looking at the medium as an object of study. The field of religious studies has also begun to take notice of it. At face value, this is a great a way to observe concepts of religiosity in a fairly new medium. In spite of this, the same questions are being asked. The first is how are the narrative of games depicting religious motifs? Secondly, what can we learn through the social interactions of people within a digital space about religion? Finally, how are …

April 11, 2016, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Mary's Place In Today's Church, Thomas Buffer, Dennis M. Doyle

Marian Forum

Vatican II highlights the relation between Mary and the Church. What are the theological and more practical consequences of this new/old vision? Did it impact the place of Mary in the Church in liturgy, spirituality, theology? Is the Church more Marian? Are we more Marian? What could that mean? What should we learn from the past for the present and the future?

On April 8, 2016 we joined together, across the globe in real time, to listen and discuss two presentations on the subject of Mary's Place in Today's Church.

These presentations began via teleconference at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time. …

The Utah Statesman, April 7, 2016, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

April 7, 2016 General Studies Council Minutes, University Of Nebraska At Kearney General Studies Council

General Education Council

No abstract provided.

The Colby Echo (2016-04-07), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

Divine Temporality: Bonhoeffer's Theological Appropriation Of Heidegger's Existential Analytic Of Dasein, Nicholas Byle

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation’s guiding question is: What was the impact of Martin Heidegger’s early philosophy on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theology? I argue that Heidegger’s analysis of Dasein, his technical term for human existence, provides Bonhoeffer with important conceptual tools for developing his Christology, from which the rest of his theology follows.

Part of recognizing Heidegger’s importance to Bonhoeffer involves understanding the latter’s critiques of previous notable philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Husserl, and Scheler. As Bonhoeffer evaluates these philosophers, they lead to theologically unacceptable positions. Heidegger, in contrast, has come to a theologically profitable understanding of human existence and epistemology. Though there …

Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement And Healing In Japan’S Religious Culture, Reginald Alva

Claritas: Journal of Dialogue and Culture

Japan is a land of many contrasts. It is modern yet rooted in tradition. In general, Japanese do not have much interest in religions, yet religions are overflowing in Japan. Christianity is a minority religion in Japan, and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement started there in 1972. In this paper, the author examines the influence of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement on the Japanese, especially through its ministry of healing. Further, he examines the challenges to this work arising from various new religious movements, shamans, spiritual therapists, and sects that promise healing, wealth, and prosperity.

The Compass, Issue 3, Arcadia University Honors Program

The Compass

Issue 3 of The Compass, a scholarly journal edited and produced by students in the Arcadia University Honors Program.