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The Female Sport Experience: History, Development, And Psychological Implications, Dawn A. Whittington

Masters Theses

This paper reviews the literature related to women in athletics with a focus on the psychological perspective. The paper is divided into three major parts.

Chapter I traces the historical antecedents with specific emphasis on the development of sports psychology and women's gradual integration into amateur and professional athletics. Chapter II reviews literature devoted to the psychosocial issues related to the female athlete. These issues include personality traits and patterns, psychosocial problems associated with women entering and maintaining status in athletics, stereotypes, homophobia, socialization issues and the incidence and etiology of eating disorders among female athletes. Chapter III addresses the …

The Future Relationships Between Mainland China And Taiwan, Tian Li

Masters Theses

This thesis is a study of the possible future developments of the Taiwan issue and the relationships between Mainland China and the island of Taiwan. After examining all the alternative scenarios, the author predicts that in the foreseeable future political and economic cooperation between Mainland China and the island of Taiwan will gradually increase, with avoidance of military confrontation, but complete reunification between Taiwan will not occur, nor will Taiwan become a legal state.

The author will examine evidence, including both domestic factors in the two parts of China and external factors, which may either reinforce the above prediction or …

Tributes, Julius Lipner, S. Wesley Ariarajah

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Tributes to Richard V. De Smet and M. M. Thomas.

Book Review: "The Colors Of Violence: Cultural Identities, Religion And Conflict", Harold Coward

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of The Colors of Violence: Cultural Identities, Religion and Conflict by Sudhir Kakar.

Book Review: "The Impact Of Ancient Indian Thought On Christianity", Braj M. Sinha

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of The Impact on Ancient Indian Thought on Christianity by Braj M. Sinha.

Briefly Noted

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Brief summaries of Bibliography on Hindu-Christian Dialogue and Bibliography on Hindu-Christian Diaspora.

Epideictic Rhetoric And The Formation Of Collective Identity: Nineteenth-Century Mormon Women In Praise Of Polygamy, Robbyn Thompson Scribner

Theses and Dissertations

In this thesis, I will proceed as follows: my first chapter will be a general overview of epideictic rhetoric, focusing on the limitations of how it has traditionally been viewed and understood by theorists. At the end of that chapter I will establish a working definition of epideictic which extends traditional views about how epideictic can function in certain types of writings, focusing on the important role of the speaker in epideictic rhetoric and how it can work in enabling a community to create a collective identity. In the remainder of the thesis, I will analyze two texts in which …

Table Of Contents

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

The table of contents for Volume 11.

Book Reviews Table Of Contents

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A listing of the book reviews available in this issue.

Introductory Information And Introduction, Harold Coward

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Introductory information, such as the editorial policy and the editorial advisory board, and the editor's introduction for this issue.

Hinduism In The Indian Diaspora In Trinidad, Marion O'Callaghan

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

The importation of Indian indentured labour into Trinidad covers the period of 1845 to 1917.

Trinidad had, in the century before Indian indentured labour, changed from a peasant society to a plantation economy based on sugar, from a country of few settlers or slaves to a society with settlers drawn principally from French settlers and a slave population drawn directly from Africa or from other Caribbean islands. It had changed colonial hands from Spain to Britain.

Speaking Of The Hindu Diaspora In Australia, Purushottama Bilimoria

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

What are the distinctive characteristics of the "Diaspora Hindus" who turned up during the different phases in the Australian landscape? To address this question, this essay will briefly discuss the early, colonial, post-independent, and more recent phases corresponding to patterns in migration, settlement, and temple culture of Australian Hindus, drawing on the history of their reception in the host society alongside other data, from the 1857 to 1996 national censuses.

Immigrants From India In North America And Hindu-Christian Study And Dialogue, Raymond B. Williams

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Two premises are behind this essay of reflections on the experience of immigrants from India as potential participants in Hindu-Christian study and dialogue: First, potential Hindu conversation partners are no longer "over there"; rather, they are in North America. A new form of transnational Hinduism is developing that raises the question about what location (geographical and social) is best for collaborative study and dialogue to take place. Second, in the early days of establishing Hinduism in North America by immigrants, very little dialogue has taken place. Several reflections on that relative silence might provide some understanding that could provide a …

The Hindu Presence In Europe And Implications Of Interfaith Dialogue, Martin B. Baumann

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

The World's Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893 is often referred to as the catalytic start of organized interfaith activities in Canada and the United States. Europe, however, cannot look back to such a pioneering event. One may point to the Religions of the Empire Conference, held in 1924 in conjunction with the British Empire Exhibition in London, or the World Congress of Faiths in 1936. These incipient initiatives of an interfaith dialogue were confined to Great Britain only and did not reach the continent.

Abishiktananda: Hindu Advaitic Experience And Christian Beliefs, J. Glenn Friesen

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Dom Henri Le Saux (Abhishiktananda) was a Roman Catholic priest who attempted to integrate the Hindu advaitic experience of the Self with his beliefs as a Christian. From the time he arrived in India in 1948 to his death in 1973, there was a radical change in Abhishiktananda's religious beliefs. The change in beliefs was as a result of his advaitic experiences. His certainty in the truth of the experiences increased over time. In an early Journal entry he speaks of his anguish and fear, a fear of risking eternity for an experience that might be only a mirage. By …

Infinity And The Logic Of Non-Dualism, Joseph A. Bracken

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Whether ultimate reality is to be conceived as a personal God or an impersonal principle somehow at work in the world is an issue which tends to divide major world religions into opposing camps. Furthermore, even within a given religion philosophers and theologians may differ on how God or Ultimate Reality is to be conceived. Within Vedantic Hinduism, for example, Sankara and Ramanuja are clearly in opposition on this point even though they share the same basic world view in so many other respects. Likewise, Christian philosophers and theologians have through centuries disagreed over this issue. At least one of …

Viewpoint: On Being Hindu-Christian, Tinu Ruparell

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Teaching courses in religious studies, I am often asked whether I myself profess allegiance to some faith tradition - that is whether I am myself a "believer" of some kind. I must confess that I get some mischievous pleasure in responding that I am a "Hindu-Christian". The answer usually gets one of two kinds of responses: either my questioner is somewhat intrigues, in which case we might have an interesting discussion; or they smile with polite indifference and promptly change the topic. Both of these kinds of responses, however, can betray that my answer has called something into question: the …

Reports & News

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Reports and news relevant to the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies, including 1998 Annual General Meeting, Society for Hindu-Christian Studies Book Award, and Report on the 1997 Annual General Meeting.

Book Review: "The Santals, Anthropological-Theological Reflections On Santali And Biblical Creation Traditions", A. F. Thompson

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of The Santals, Anthropolgical-Theological Reflections on Santali and Biblical Creation Traditions by Timotheus Hembrom.

Book Review: "Religious Dimensions Of Child And Family Life: Reflections On The Un Convention On The Rights Of The Child", Cromwell Crawford

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Religious Dimensions of Child and Family Life: Reflections on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child edited by Harold Coward and Philip Cook.

Book Review: "The White Woman's Other Burden: Western Women And South Asia During British Rule", Margot Wilson-Moore

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of "The White Woman's Other Burden": Western Women and South Asia during British Rule by Kumari Jayawardena.

Book Review: "The Beginning And End Of Religion", Gavin D'Costa

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A review of The Beginning and End of Religion by Nicholas Lash.

Book Review: "Annam Bahu Kurvita: Recollecting The Indian Discipline Of Growing And Sharing Food In Plenty", Anand Amaladass

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Annam Bahu Kurvita: Recollecting the Indian Discipline of Growing and Sharing Food in Plenty by Jitendra Bajaj and Mandayam Doddamane Srinivas.

Book Review: "Mysticism In Shaivism And Christianity", Anand Amaladass

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Mysticism in Shaivism and Christianity edited by Bettina Bäumer.

Book Review: "The Bairagi Madonna: Leaves From A Calcutta Notebook", Harold Coward

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of The Bairagi Madonna: Leaves from a Calcutta Notebook by A.F. Thompson.

Recent Articles Of Interest

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A listing of recent articles of interest related to the topic.

Concert Recording 1998-09-13, Jeongwon Ham, Miller Williams, Elaine Cencel, Christopher Lacy, Claire Detels, Ernie Jacks, Mary Haley, Roger Gross, Patricia Relph, Janice Yoes

Concert Recordings & Programs

Some jazz awhile. Waking from the dream / Miller Williams -- Werther. Va! laisse couler mes l'armes / Jules Massenet -- Brief lecture on the architecture and artistry of Edward Durrell Stone / Ernest Jacks -- Cello Suite no. 1 / J.S. Bach;Rigoletto paraphrase / Franz Liszt -- Explanation of the Shinichi Suzuki program at the University of Arkansas / Mary Haley -- Medley of Baroque dances / J.S. Bach and Elizabeth Claude-Jacquet de La Guerre;A history of love according to William Shakespeare / William Shakespeare -- Consul. To this we've come / Gian Carlo Menotti

Concert Recording 1998-10-31, Rico Mcneela, Janice Yoes, Paul Summerlin, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Symphony Orchestra

Concert Recordings & Programs

Funeral march / Luigi Cherubini -- L'Histoire du soldat. Devil's dance / Igor Stravinsky -- Isle of the dead / Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Erlking / Franz Schubert -- Fanfare for a pagan rite / Albert Roussel;Night on the bare mountain / Modest Mussorgsky -- Pavane for a dead princess / Maurice Ravel -- Ride of the Valkyries / Richard Wagner

Concert Recording 1998-01-26, Janice Yoes, Dale Millen

Concert Recordings & Programs

We sing to Him / Henry Purcell -- Songs and dances of death / Modeste Mussorgsky -- Six songs, op. 22 / Alexander von Zemlinsky -- Die agyptische Helena. Zweite Brautnacht / Richard Strauss -- Songs for Leontyne / Lee Hoiby

Concert Recording 1998-10-20, Ronda Mains, Theresa Delaplain, Robert Umiker, Richard Ramey, Timothy Thompson, Stan Morris, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Lyrique Quintette

Concert Recordings & Programs

Barber of Seville / Gioacchino Rossini ; trans. Truman Harris -- Little fugue in G minor / J.S. Bach -- Intrada / Bernard Heiden -- St. Louis blues / W.C. Handy -- Fugue in A minor / J.S. Bach;Pictures at an exhibition / Modest Mussorgsky ; trans. David B. Thompson -- Carmen Fantasia / Georges Bizet