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Exploring Southern Opposition To The Morrill Land Grant Act Of 1862, Newton James Brooks Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

The Morrill Act of 1862, a land grant act, was instrumental in establishing an affordable system of colleges and universities. These institutions established under the act were schools that included the teaching of scientific agriculture and mechanical arts. This act was passed after a struggle with opposition led by the agricultural states of the South. After the secession of these states from the Union, Congress was finally able to pass this act, and it was signed into law July 2, 1862. This study categorized and explored the reasons why the southern agricultural states were so adamantly opposed to an act …

The Agrarian Standard, Scott Thorpe, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

Divine Transcendence And The "Languages Of Personal Resonance": The Work Of Charles Taylor As A Resource For Spirituality In An Era Of Post-Modernity, Philip J. Rossi

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Metaphor As Apt For Conversation: The Inherently Conversational Character Of Theological Discourse, Robert Masson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

What Would You Do If…? Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research And The Defense Of The Innocent, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Vernunft In Aktion: Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953). Zum 50. Todestag Des Anglofranzösischen Schriftstellers Und Apologeten, Ulrich Lehner

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Turning Toward Or Away From God: Religious Coping Strategies Activated In Times Of Crises, William Andrew Robinson

Masters Theses

This study, which consists of two phases, explores the relationships between religion and coping with stress within the framework of interpersonal and intrapersonal communication. Both pastors and congregational members (n = 855) were surveyed about their perceptions of the role of religion in managing and coping with stress. A focus group involving five members of the clergy was implemented to conduct phase II of the research. This thesis examines how church relationships (i.e. with God, the pastor, and among congregational members) affect our abilities to function through stressful times. For phase I, a modified RCOPE survey (Pargament, Smith, Koenig, & …

Love, Violence, And Creation: Modernist Mediums Of Transcendence In Sylvia Plath's Poetry And Prose, Autumn Williams

Masters Theses

Many critics who study Sylvia Plath's works discuss the autobiographical significance of her poetry and prose, labeling her art as primarily confessional. My research shows that Sylvia Plath's awareness of and sensitivity to contemporary and historical cultural events, along with her acute sense of literary tradition, shape her art and widen the scope of critical interpretation. My study, although conceding that aspects of her writing are autobiographical, focuses on the modernist elements in her poetry and prose. By identifying her writing through the lens of modernism, I view her art in terms of its cultural, historical, political, and aesthetic qualities. …

The Role Of Place In Malcolm Cowley's Blue Juniata And Exile's Return, Robert Pratte

Masters Theses

This study examines the various ways in which Malcolm Cowley develops and uses sense of place in his works Blue Juniata: Collected Poems and Exile's Return. Through examination of the literature, I identify four phases of place sense. Starting with childhood in the Identification phase, I illustrate the development of Cowley's place perspective through his poems and writings. As he moves through Adventure and Exile phases, I discuss their relation to the Identification phase and to each other. Likewise, I consider the role of the Nostalgia phase as a bridge from literary to experiential perception. Through close examination of his …

Conflict Resolution In Africa: A Comparative Analysis Of The Demilitarization Process In Burundi And Rwanda (1993-2003), Victoria Chipoka

Masters Theses

The civil wars that have occurred in Africa have had destabilizing effects on the political and social structure of African countries. The massacres and genocide of 1993 and 1994 in Rwanda and Burundi shocked the whole world into experiencing the horror of the news that more than one million people had been slaughtered in cold blood. The causes of the conflict in Rwanda and Burundi are many and complex. In this paper, my major focus will be on the role the armed forces have played in the conflict and how demilitarization should be the alternative solution in bringing permanent peace …

Facade Of A Romantic: Benjamin Disraeli And Coningsby Or The New Generation, Sybil Or The Two Nations, And Tancred Or The New Crusade, Peggy Pope

Masters Theses

Dismissed by contemporary critics as a second-rate writer, Benjamin Disraeli has been undervalued for over a hundred and fifty years. Writing in 1979, D.R. Schwarz rued that no recent full-length study of his novels had been undertaken, while other, even more minor novelists have been regularly exhumed. A substantial reassessment may be underway, as Paul Smith notes, particularly in the area of Disraeli's Jewishness. Bernard Glassman's volume, Benjamin Disraeli: The Fabricated Jew in Myth and Memory (2003), and Disraeli's Jewishness (2002), by Todd Endelman and Tony Kushner, attest to this new interest. A recent general study, Disraeli (2000), by Edgar …

Image And Identity: Effects Of The Gaze In Colette's The Vagabond And Jean Rhys's Good Morning, Midnight, Janet A. Puzey

Masters Theses

Image and Identity: Effects of the Gaze in Colette's The Vagabond and Jean Rhys's Good Morning, Midnight explains the development of identity, within private and public spaces, of the novels' female protagonists, Renee Nere and Sasha Jensen. Understanding the history of Paris, used as setting in both novels as well as serving as home for both authors, and its historical relationship to the gaze is important.

Using John Berger's and Charles Baudelaire's observations of female presence and the gaze, the thesis analyzes the ways in which Renee and Sasha struggle to form their identities, not only while braving the critical …

Does Television Impact Attendance At Eastern Illinois University Sporting Events, Gregory N. Powers

Masters Theses

This study tested the relationship between Eastern Illinois University home football and basketball games on television and attendance at these events. Attendance during a ten-year period for both EIU football and basketball games was recorded and dates of these contests were researched to determine if the games were telecast. After categorizing the figures into eight groups, the four pairs were compared using a T-test. The study found televising EIU home football games had no significant impact on attendance at these contests. However, a significant difference was noted between EIU home basketball games televised and those not aired. Attendance actually increased …

Reading African American History And The Civil Rights Movement, Chris Crowe

Faculty Publications

At this time of year, English teachers have two excellent opportunities to use YA literature to help students understand the Civil Rights Movement and to gain an appreciation of African American culture in the United States. The first opportunity comes up soon, January 20, 2003: Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In addition to discussing the important role Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. played in changing American societv, the class days immediatelv before and after this holiday can be devoted to reading fiction and nonfiction about the Civil Rights Movement. The second date to remember is all of next month, February …

Introductory Information And Introduction, Bradley Malkovsky

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Introductory information about the publication, including the editorial policy and editorial advisory board, and the editor's introduction to the issue.

Hindu-Christian Dialogue: Revisiting The Tannirpalli Trinitys Original Vision, Klaus Klostermaier

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Living in India from 1961 to 1970 I intensively and extensively participated in Hindu-Christian dialogue at various levels, academic as well as existential, and I came to know personally most of the then leading figures. While Hindu friends even then kept regularly imploring their Christian counterparts to persuade their churches to desist from proselytizing, they welcomed and encouraged dialogue. During the last decades the relationship between Hindus and Christians in India has visibly deteriorated.

Ethics And Genetic Engineering In Indian Philosophy, And Some Comparisons With Modern Western, Harold Coward

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

In the context of India, Genetic Engineering research and technology is well underway. The Government of India has issued statements indicating that India "will fully utilize the availability of genetic engineering resources ... for maximizing output besides working out a sustainable program ...." Between November 22, 1998 and March 21, 1999 no less than 32 stories of genetic engineering research or technology developments appeared in India media sources - particularly the PTI News Agency and the Inter-Press Service in Delhi. The research spans a wide range from genetic studies of the human population of the Indian sub-continent to various agricultural …

Meeting 'The Mother Who Takes Across': Christian Encounters With The Fierce Goddesses Of Hinduism, Rachel Fell Mcdermott

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

This essay revolves around a simple question: what does Hindu-Christian dialogue look like from the Christian side when the Hindu side is represented by Saktism? Or, how do Christians, whether Protestant or Catholic, react and what do they learn when the Hindus they encounter worship a supreme female divinity who is both compassionate and wrathful, whose cult is often associated with blood sacrifice, whose philosophical underpinnings tend to be monistic, and some of whose devotees have been involved in esoteric, often sexual Tantric rites? Where are the cross-overs, the bridges to understanding?

Recent Articles Of Interest

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A listing of recent articles published of interest to the Society.

Table Of Contents

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Table of contents for Volume 16.

Book Reviews Table Of Contents

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A listing of the book reviews available in this issue.

Meeting Information

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Information about the upcoming meeting for the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.

Dr. Richard De Smet And Sankara's Advaita, T.S. Rukmani

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

I have had the privilege of meeting Dr. Richard De Smet in Shimla at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, when we both participated in a Seminar organized by the Institute in 1989. We had opportunities of discussing Sankara's Brahman and the Christian concept of God at that time without being able to fully understand each other's position. That has been at the back of my mind all these years, and I was happy when Bradley Malkovsky asked me to write on Dr. De Smet's view of Sankara's Brahman for the Bulletin. I thus got an opportunity to revisit that …

Swami Abhishiktananda's Interreligious Hermeneutics Of The Upanishads, Edward T. Ulrich

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Swami Abhishiktananda was a French monk who came to India in 1948 to establish an "inculturated" form of Christian monasticism, a monasticism which would not simply reflect a European heritage but would be truly Indian life and culture. These led him to become greatly enamored of the Upanishads and to enter their spiritual world. yet he maintained his identity as a Catholic priest and strove to integrate the Upanishads with Christianity.

Advaita Vedanta And Marcus Borg: Opportunities For Hindu-Christian Dialogue, Anantanand Rambachan

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Dialogue between Hindus and Christians in recent times appears to be dominated by the controversies concerning proselytizing and conversion. While these are important issues and ought not to be overlooked in Hindu-Christian interactions, we ignore, to our mutual deprivation, the wealth of insight about the nature of God and the meaning of being religious that are the fruits of reflection, practice and experience in our traditions. Our exploration of these issues reveal shared convictions, challenging questions for each other and the recognition that religious growth does not occur only through encounters within the boundaries of one's own religious world. While …

Viewpoint: Fostering Dialogue And Interreligious Conversation, Deepak Sarma

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Since seeing Santosh Sivan's film, "The Terrorist," a few days ago, I have been unable to rid my mind of the haunting images of Malli, a troubled young woman who has been chosen for a mission as a suicide bomber. In this fictional account, Sivan successfully reveals that she is not merely a brainwashed fanatic but that she is as human as anyone else, despite the fact that she is planning a despicable act, the assassination of an important politician. She has fears, hopes, loves, and disappointments and is not simply an unfeeling automaton. By illustrating quite clearly her zeal …

Meeting Information

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Information about the upcoming meeting for the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.

Reports & News

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A collection of news and reports relevant to the interests of the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.

Call For Nominations

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

The Society's Nominations and Elections Committee -- Selva J. Raj (chair), Corinne G. Dempsey, and Parimal Patil -- invites nominations for three new board members. Nominees for these offices should be person willing to serve and to attend the annual meeting, which precedes the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion.

Book Review: "Bede Griffiths: A Life In Dialogue", Bruno Barnhart

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Bede Griffiths: A Life in Dialogue by Judson Trapnell.