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The Samurai's Rebirth - Japan's Increasing "Offensive" Security Capabilities, Patrick Bright

Political Science Theses and Capstones

This thesis studies the increasing "offensive" nature of Japanese security capabilities in nation which has major restrictions on military capability. There are regional tensions in East Asia that have the potential to escalate to armed conflict. Other countries in the region have increased their levels of armament but how has Japan reacted? I look at three major acquisitions by Japan that have created controversy, then examine the role public opinion has towards issues of defense, including external and domestic considerations. Two major data sets on public opinion, the Global Attitudes Project and the Asia Barometer, are used. I find that …

Taking In: Photography 2009, Aib Students

Taking In

Taking In showcases a selection of work from students attending the Art Institute of Boston Work was collected by members of this class for presentation before a jury of distinguished artists from outside of the school. The images selected by the jury were then sequenced for the book, which is designed to be distributed throughout the artistic community. In addition, the work is displayed in a gallery exhibition and on our website. In your hands is the result of the hard work and dedication of the members of this class.

Why Urbanists Need Religion, Joshua D. Ambrosius

Political Science Faculty Publications

This essay summarizes a conference paper presented at the October 2008 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. The paper was reviewed by several leading scholars.

Book Review Of The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating The Missional Church By Alan Hirsch, J. D. Payne

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

The Evolution Of Missional Church Characteristics, Derrick Lemons

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

The missional church movement pivots on the statement that a church in mission is being sent out and called beyond to interact with the outside culture, share Christ, and serve the community (Barrett et al. x, Bevans and Schroeder 8-9). The history of the missional church movement provides an informative starting point for understanding how existing cultures should change to embrace these ideals.

Fit Churches Missionally Engaged, Phil Stevenson

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This concept of church health and fitness has intrigued me. Is there a difference between a healthy church and a fit church? Might a church move from unhealthy to healthy, but fall short of fitness? If a church can be healthy, but not fit, what does that mean? How does a healthy church move toward fitness? Does a healthy church need to be fit in order to be effective? My short conclusion is that a church can be healthy but not fit. And just as in our physical being, fitness can enhance health. Therefore, healthy churches should move to fitness. …

Insights From Communication Theories That Inform Ministry With Pre-Christian Hispanics In The Usa, Dan W. Dunn

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This article discerns insights from three communication theories to inform ministry with pre-Christian Hispanics in the USA. Pearce’sCoordinated Management of Meaning theory speaks of the coconstruction of social realities in diverse circumstances. Christians have experienced what it is to be diverse and yet through Jesus’ love be able to co-construct an identity that focuses on our shared commitmentto Him and His purposes. Combining our experience with insights from Pearce would equip us to contribute to the process of identity construction that Hispanics engage in. Baxter and Montgomery's Relational Dialectics Theory could guide congregations in helping families plot a course through …

Book Review Of The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating The Missional Church By Alan Hirsch, Kenneth E. Bickel

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

Book Review Of The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating The Missional Church By Alan Hirsch, Bob Wenz

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

Evangelism Lessons Learned Abroad That Have Implications At Home, Tom Steffen

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This article will address my journey in evangelism among the Ifugao of the Philippines and years of consulting and teaching on the topic at home and abroad. It will seek to take the things I've learned in cross-cultural settings and demonstrate possible implications and applications for a postmodern, post- Christian, post-literate, post-denominational, post-commitment generation in the USA.

Evangelism And Social Action—Revisiting An Old Debate: Good News For Immigrants And Evangelicals Too, Norman G. Wilson

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

How did evangelicals come to debate whether or not there is a connection between evangelism and social action in the first place? And why is this question so crucial regarding the ministry of evangelicals among immigrants? In this essay, I will address the character of this debate, call attention to the inadequacies of modernist theological responses, suggest ways in which postmodern evangelicals can provide a more adequate and biblically faithful approach, and explore its implications for ministry among immigrants.

History Newsletter, Spring 2009, History Department

History Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Vietnamese Water Puppet Theatre: A Look Through The Ages, Derek Gaboriault

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Through scenes depicting heroism, courage, perseverance, and others, Vietnamese Water Puppet Theatre serves as a tool for fostering nationalism, creating and solidifying a cultural identity, and serving as a reminder to the Vietnamese of their agrarian past. Water puppetry has endured many setbacks like the Vietnam War for example, however troupes like the Thăng Long Theatre Troupe and Central Puppet Theatre Troupe are able to dually serve to attract tourists and have a strong connection with many of the Vietnamese. Tuồng and Chèo Theatre have coexisted alongside Water Puppet Theatre and has helped reiterate the importance of traditional theatre within …

Portfolio Of Compositions, Heather Stebbins

Honors Theses

In this paper, I will describe the development of my compositional skills in relation to the progression of my overall musicality. I will also illustrate how each piece I composed played a role prompting these developments and in my overall growth as a musician. Finally, I will describe how performance opportunities, festival involvement, and masterclass experiences also affected my compositional development.

Imago Dei As Missio Dei, Fourie Van Den Berg

Doctor of Ministry

Section 1 of this paper describes the Dutch Reformed Church in Namibia's (DRCN) problems, uncertainty, and loss of direction because neglects God's mission. As a rule, the DRCN has lost members and credibility and cares more about itself than the suffering Namibian society. Because and the DCRN lost its connection with the missio Dei, Namibian socio-economical problems increased and created a huge gap between the DRCN and Namibian society. The DCRN has little impact on major sociological issues. The DRCN can address these realities by rediscovering imago Dei theology and the missio Dei. This change will bridge the gap between …

Feminisms In Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, Emily G. Brown

Institute for the Humanities Theses

With Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick examines the causes and conditions in which men are more powerful and men's production, ideas and activities are seen as having greater value and higher status than women's. Eyes Wide Shut's (EWS) renders the tension between Bill (Tom Cruise) and Alice Hartford (Nicole Kidman) in the modem struggle to find balance between the institution of marriage and their autonomous selves visible. As Bill's travels dominate the film, little beyond the first scene of Alice's disrobed body and the last scene highlighting her psychological stability are shown. We follow Bill as he meets several women; …

Aftertaste, Matilda W. Cox

English Theses & Dissertations

This collection of poems is a collage of my experiences and observations. Some of the poems emerge from an attempt to make sense of contemporary events or the day-to-day minutia of my daily life in twenty-first century America.

The collection is divided thematically into three sections. The first has to do with the past and its impact on the future. The second has to do with the sensual and the romantic (for lack of a better term). The third section is concerned with the impact of socio-political issues on the individual. These categories arose naturally from the subject matter, but …

A Tin Of Shoe Polish Mostly Used Up, Christian Anton Gerard

English Theses & Dissertations

A Tin of Shoe Polish, Mostly Used Up is a collection of poems that explores the author's anxieties concerning his position as a young man, husband, and poet. The collection moves between the author's actual experience and the experience of a fictional older couple in an effort to better understand the human elements of personal growth, connection, and fulfillment.

Shark Diving And Other Poor Decisions, Robert G. Currin

English Theses & Dissertations

The following is collection of humorous, nonfiction travel stories that include a Cape Buffalo attack in Africa, a trip to Belize, a first encounter at a gentlemen's club, a vignette of three weddings, shark diving in Hawaii, and a profile of a grandfather in a retirement home.

Representaciones De La Memoria De La Guerrilla Antifranquista En La Novelística Española Contemporánea, Nuño Castellanos

Dissertations

In the last few years a very controversial concept known as "the recovery of historic memory" has become of utmost importance in certain social and political spheres in Spain. This matter has been addressed by a law approved in July of 2006 during the socialist government under Rodríguez Zapatero. This law recognizes the efforts of those who in 1936 defended the Republican democracy, those who were persecuted by Franco regime and suffered internal and external exile, and those who fought against dictatorship and in defense of the fundamental liberties that Spaniards enjoy today. This complicated process of memory recuperation is …

The Stories We Tell The Stars, Andrea Nolan

English Theses & Dissertations

The Stories We Tell The Stars is a collection of interconnected short stories united by character, place and theme. The stories radiate from Argos Island, a fictional Chesapeake island, and follow the characters of David, Roy, Josephine and Brianna. Thematically, the stories are concerned with the question of how to reconcile the existential conditions of separation, exile and meaninglessness. They also explore man' relationship with place, both in how place shapes us and in the longing to return to, or to escape from, home. Finally, the stories explore the ways myths and mythmaking create meaning and purpose in our lives.

Poetic To Platonic AlēTheia Orality, Literacy, And The Development Of Truth In Greek Poetry And Philosophy, Justin B. Cecil

Institute for the Humanities Theses

In recent years many scholars have dedicated much research to the development of the Orality Problem. In its most general form, the Orality Problem is grounded in the following two questions: 1) is there a difference between spoken and written language and 2) if there is a difference between these two forms of communication what exactly is this difference and how does it operate. Research into these questions has two major sources to draw upon: cross-cultural research between literate and non-literate cultures and textual analysis of written oral records from ancient Greece. According to the mounting research, many scholars now …

Media Exposure And Women's Fear Of Crime, Pamela C. Hooper

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

This study examines the relationship between the media portrayal of women and crime on television and fear of crime among female viewers. Data from the National Opinion Survey of Crime and Justice was used. A weak relationship between media exposure and fear of crime was found. Consistent with previous research, a statistically significant gender difference was revealed. Women reported higher levels of fear overall. When television dramas were examined, women who watched these shows had a lower reported fear of crime. An unexpected inverse relationship emerged between women's age and fear of crime. This finding contradicts a majority of the …

An Exploration Of The Use Of Expressive Writing To Reduce Physical And Emotional Symptoms Associated With Stress In A Sample Of Orthodox Jewish Wives Preparing For A Religious Observance, David Jay Richels

Counseling & Human Services Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of a short-term expressive writing intervention using a value-laden topic and neutral topic on the physical and psychological well-being of a group of Orthodox Jewish wives preparing for a religious observance. Participants (N = 42) were assigned to the experimental group (n = 22) and to the control group (n = 20) on a rotating basis, in the order of which they first logged into the survey website. The physical well-being of participants was measured by reduced scores on the PILL for physical symptoms associated with stress. …

Sisyphus Uphill, April K. Phillips

English Theses & Dissertations

Sisyphus Uphill is a collection of poems inspired by the mythic struggle of one man who angered the gods by trying to be too much like them. Sisyphus was cursed to roll a heavy boulder up a mountaintop and then watch it tumble back down to the bottom for all eternity. The pitfalls of hubris and the seeming pointlessness of our daily attempts to get ahead both in the rat race and in personal relationships may not contain the high drama of myth, but this material is rife with hidden comedy and tragedy. These poems deal with the everyday and …

More Than Meets The Eye: Technique And Themes In The Poetry Of Raymond Carver, Fletcher W.H. Schmidt

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

This project examines the poetry of Raymond Carver, focusing on three areas: Carver’s poetic technique, the effects of alcoholism on Carver’s poetry, and representations of mortality in Carver’s poetry. I focus mainly on Carver’s collected poems, using interviews and other critical essays to contextualize my argument. Through careful close readings of a selection of poems, I show that, although prosaic, Carver’s poetry possesses key poetic components that set his poems apart from his prose. I argue that it may have been Carver’s transition into sobriety that was responsible for the eventual shift of his focus to writing poetry in 1984, …

Reclaiming Our Identities, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Re-Inscribing The Body: A Study Of Leïla Marouane's Le Châtiment Des Hypocrites, Jane Evans

Departmental Papers

No abstract provided.

Creation Care And The Christian, Jo Ann Davidson

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Proof (April 16-18, 2009), Comic Potential (April 23-25, 2009), David Auburn

Student Theatre Programs

Program for Proof (April 16-18, 2009) and Comic Potential (April 23-25, 2009).