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Review Of Grumet's "The Munsee Indians: A History", Paul Otto
Review Of Grumet's "The Munsee Indians: A History", Paul Otto
Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics
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Wampum: The Transfer And Creation Of Rituals On The Early American Frontier, Paul Otto
Wampum: The Transfer And Creation Of Rituals On The Early American Frontier, Paul Otto
Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics
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Review Of Bitel's "Landscape With Two Saints: How Genovefa Of Paris And Brigit Of Kildare Built Christianity In Barbarian Europe", Caitlin Corning
Review Of Bitel's "Landscape With Two Saints: How Genovefa Of Paris And Brigit Of Kildare Built Christianity In Barbarian Europe", Caitlin Corning
Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics
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Dwight Eisenhower And Douglas Macarthur In The Philippines: There Must Be A Day Of Reckoning, Kerry Irish
Dwight Eisenhower And Douglas Macarthur In The Philippines: There Must Be A Day Of Reckoning, Kerry Irish
Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics
In 1935 Major Dwight Eisenhower accompanied General Douglas MacArthur to the Philippines, where MacArthur was tasked with creating a Philippine army capable of defending an independent Philippines. Eisenhower's odyssey in the American colony (1935-39) left him with a deep and indelible negative impression of MacArthur. Historians have disputed the cause and depth of the rift. Ike's disagreements with MacArthur were more philosophical than personal and concerned two significant issues: building an army in a developing but still impoverished country, and the leadership qualities that an American army officer should exhibit and develop in his subordinates. The dispute and resulting antipathy …
The Emerging Church And Global Civil Society: Postmodern Christianity As A Source For Global Values, Aaron Stuvland
The Emerging Church And Global Civil Society: Postmodern Christianity As A Source For Global Values, Aaron Stuvland
Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics
The subject of this essay is the relationship of religion, as a source of values, to the construction of a more robust global values discourse. A specific focus is how religion, specifically Christianity, is influenced by postmodernism to better inform normative thinking on global civil society (GCS). To this end, I argue that religion's role in the global values discourse is enhanced by a dynamic process of adaptation and transformation as part of the larger process of globalization. 1 Significantly, religion is not simply back as the "re-enchantment" and "de-secularization" literature contends but also manifesting in fundamentally new and potentially …