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Selfie, Phil Scorza

Northwestern Review

This body of work is comprised of a series of portraits that the artist photographed during the summer of 2014.

For the project, he questioned each participant before shooting their portrait, asking them what their relationship is to the church and then asking them to describe their relationship with God.

Scorza’s interpretation of their answers to these questions and the conversations that followed informed how he needed to shoot their portrait. The resulting imagery, or portraits, is a visual representation of the inward self-reflection these individuals shared – a selfie.

We Need A Church That's Inside-Out, Heather Josselyn-Cranson

Northwestern Review

This hymn gives voice to one frustration that many Christians feel: a despair over watching Christian factions argue about doctrine while the poor suffer outside of church walls. This hymn calls us to see the self-obsession which prevents us from attending to those in need (first stanza), confess our neglect of Jesus' mandate to care for others (second stanza), and turn away from the distractions of petty bickering toward the expression of Christ's peace, grace, and love to all those outside the church (third stanza).

Days Will Come That Sap Our Vigor, Heather Josselyn-Cranson

Northwestern Review

"Days Will Come that Sap our Vigor" speaks encouragement to individuals and congregations in the face of exhaustion (the first stanza), depression (the second stanza), and even death (the last stanza). In each case, God restores to us strength, hope, and life. The tune for this text, FALLS PARK, alludes to the fact that the author wrote the hymn text after visiting Falls Park in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Natural Law And Agonistic Pluralism, Daniel E. Young

Northwestern Review

John Rawls’ account of political liberalism posits the necessity of a metaphysically neutral “public reason” to avoid privileging any comprehensive doctrine in the public square. The natural law tradition has been claimed by some as meeting this standard. However, thinkers such as Tracey Rowland criticize the attempt to make natural law a secular, neutral ground; she believes it must be rooted in an overtly Trinitarian and Christological theology. However, such theological assumptions are not shared by those of other comprehensive doctrines. Chantal Mouffe has also challenged Rawls’ consensus conception, focusing rather on the inevitable ideological conflicts to be found in …

Christian Faith And The Scientific Explanation Of Religion, Donald H. Wacome

Northwestern Review

The cognitive theory of religion seems to threaten to debunk religion, including Christianity, as irrational. The cognitive theory explains human religiosity as an accident, a mere byproduct, of the interaction of mental mechanisms evolved for other purposes. The threat to religion can be neutralized by finding good reasons for religious beliefs which can be identified independent of the operation of the cognitive mechanisms the theory posits. Christian faith should be understood not as sub-rational belief, but as trust in the God who resurrected Jesus Christ. Our natural religiosity, like our natural morality, has no necessary connection to God, but God …

A Rural Nebraska Boy’S Comic Strip Narrative Of World War Ii, Mike Kugler

Northwestern Review

The comics drawn by James “Jimmy” Kugler (the author’s father) when he was 13 in 1945 and living in Lexington, Nebraska provide a microhistorical perspective on at least four things. First, they offer a glimpse of an adolescent boy’s life in small town America during the mid-twentieth century. The strips took local buildings and situations and turned them into something strange, reflecting some of Jimmy’s loneliness and alienation. Further, they “back talked” the adults in charge of school and town. Second, they manifest the power of a dynamic American popular culture at the time. Jimmy’s war comic strips depict fairly …

Full, Conscious, And Active…Listening?, Heather Josselyn-Cranson

Northwestern Review

Active participation by Christian laity in singing is a goal assumed by all liturgical leaders, scholars, and musicians. Is singing, though, the only form of active participation in liturgical music? What about listening? Drawing on discussions of listening by Aaron Copland, Frank Burch Brown, and Ronald J. Allen, it becomes clear that listening well is an active task, one for which musical leaders must prepare their congregations. Lay people should be encouraged to both receive music as a gift and to search out what it means in relationship to the congregation, the day, and the liturgical context. Congregations also need …

An Uninformed Pilgrim, Lillian Fassero

Aidenn: The Liberty Undergraduate Journal of American Literature

Joseph C. Pattison’s article, “The Celestial City, or Dream Tale,” examines Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Celestial Railroad” and portrays the narrator as a Christian hero standing against the modernist persuasions of his time – a protagonist who enters the story with firm orthodox convictions and exits his dream journey with unaltered principles or character. However, Hawthorne’s narrator frequently adopts new modernist arguments and wavers in his pre-formed convictions. He toys with Christian faith but promptly discards any accusations of guilt that such beliefs suggest. While he repeatedly compromises his principles and doubts the ramifications of Christian faith, his dynamic nature is …

Analyzing True Self-Reliance And Individualism, Stephanie Greene

Aidenn: The Liberty Undergraduate Journal of American Literature

This essay analyzes the story of “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving and criticizes Daniel Plung’s assessment of it in his article, “Rip Van Winkle’: Metempsychosis and the Quest for Self-Reliance.” In Plung’s article, he assesses that in the story of “Rip Van Winkle,” the main character, Rip, attains self-reliance and individualism through his escape and experience on the mountain. However, although Plung’s points support his assessments, there are also many other details in the story that contradict Plung’s analysis. This essay seeks to enlighten readers to a differing interpretation of “Rip Van Winkle” by studying other details in the …

Faculty Recital: Stephen Coxe With Jeanne Dedominick, Paul S. Kim, Monique Melchor, Dennis Northerner, Suzanne Oberdorfer, Jeffrey Phelps And The Camerata Choristers, Stephen Coxe, Jeanne Dedominick, Paul S. Kim, Monique Melchor, Dennis Northerner, Suzanne Oberdorfer, Jeffrey Phelps, The Camerata Choristers

Faculty Recitals

No abstract provided.

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

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Collins, Emma. Winter Storm Causes Delays in Campus Construction – Snow, Weather
• Kast, Monica. Snowmaggedon – Winter, Weather
• Kast, Monica. Housing & Residence Life Enacts Temporary Ban on Hoverboards for Campus Housing
• Mayo, Marcel & Jacob Dick. Smoking Ban to Remain Voluntary Policy – Student Government Association
• Potter, Abby. Two Friends & A Camera – Israel
• Mayo, Marcel. WKU’s Active Shooting Video Finished – Faculty Senate
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon Money for Students
• It’s Our Money & We Need It Now – Student Financial Aid
• Hardin, Scout. How to …

Keynote Address: University Of Dayton's Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon, Julius A. Amin

History Faculty Publications

Julius A. Amin, professor of history and Africana studies at the University of Dayton, offered this keynote address at the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. luncheon Jan. 19, 2016, at the University of Dayton.

Ua3/9/7 2016 Spring Semester Welcome Message, Wku President's Office - Ransdell

WKU Administration Documents

Email from WKU president Gary Ransdell to faculty & staff.

Pat Owens, Pat Owens, Kelsey Duinkerken

Jefferson Nursing Oral Histories

From a young age Pat Owens had a strong interest in nursing, and as a high school student she was even the President of her school’s Future Nurses Club. However, she also really liked home economics so when she went to college she decided to pursue home economics rather than nursing. After working as at the Dairy Council as a nutrition consultant and later at Campbell’s Soup in their test kitchen, Ms. Owens decided that she wanted to instead pursue a career in nursing. After looking into different programs in the Philadelphia area, she chose Jefferson, entering in 1990 and …

2015-2016 Junior Recital - Amy Nickler (Double Bass), Amy Nickler, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

2015-2016 Senior Recital - Chance Israel (Piano), Chance Israel

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

Recent Educational Trends Prove Detrimental To Society, Alison Fabricius-Gardner

Research on Capitol Hill

Education is key to building a strong society. Political leaders throughout the centuries realized that tailoring education in specific ways would bring specific results. The education system develops future members of society impacting civic engagement and the work force, both of which are political.

This research identifies historical educational trends, both what political leaders desired and how they implemented policy to reach those goals. It also looks at the give and take between political goal and societal reception.

Lastly this research shows how these changing trends impact students in the classroom and how they are prepared for the work force …

The Urban Prison: Socioeconomic Vortexes In Latino Neighborhoods, Armando Porras, Aaron Wyatt

Research on Capitol Hill

This research shows how metropolitan cities throughout the United States are continuously impacting the lives of ethnic minorities.

In the United States, Latina/o individuals have been born into socioeconomic vortexes. In other words, they have grown up in areas where secure jobs have disappeared and a variety of other factors force them to live in damaged communities that do not foster economic and social progression.

By analyzing several works of literature written by Latina/o authors who lived in barrios that faced these challenges, as well as research addressing crime and the lack of law enforcement in marginalized neighborhoods, we have …

Duo Pianists: Sean Botkin And Dmitri Vorobiev, A Midwest International Piano Competition Preview Event, January 26, 2016 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Concert Recording 2016-01-26, Christopher Macrae, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Three poems of Fiona MacLeod, op. 11. Three poems of William Sharp / Charles T. Griffes -- [09:22]. South of north, images of Canada. Eight poems of Richard Outram / Srul Irving Glick -- [27:33]. Songs of eternity and sorrow, op. 36a. Four poems of A.E. Housman / Ian Venables -- [42:37]. Another reason why I don't keep a gun in the house. Six songs on poems of Billy Collins / Tom Cipullo -- [56:45]. Encore.

In The Deep Heart’S Core: A Mystic Cabaret By Joseph Sobol, Lee Bidgood

ETSU Faculty Works

A cycle of songs and spoken pieces from the verses and essays of Ireland's master poet, W. B. Yeats, In the Deep Heart’s Core is a stunning evening of musical theatre. The Chicago Tribune called it "A joy--poetry to the ears, alternately tender and rousing." Featuring Joseph Sobol and original cast member Kathy Cowan. Performers include Lee Bidgood, Dominic Aquilino, Clara Ray Burrus, and Robbie Link.

Mike Davis, Mike Davis, Meg Miner

All oral histories

Davis was WESN manager and reflects on Myers' support for the station. He cites this as an empowering experience, when someone believes in you. Davis is now an academic and has been an administrator and draws on the experiences he had as a student in his interactions with students today. He thinks the administration isn't usually visible on a college campus but that his presences and way of emphasizing the unique qualities of IWU students was intended to make students feel welcome. Davis also describes the condition of Myers' office.

W. Michael Weis, W. Michael Weis, Meg Miner

All oral histories

Weis recalls Myers wanting IWU's niche to be the multi-talented and sold everyone on the idea that IWU was already great and would be better. Prior to Myers there was a "micro university" focus and he supported that. Provost McNew was focused on establishing a liberal arts ideal; Myers didn't oppose that idea but also wanted to keep Nursing. He wanted to expand and grow the University and the faculty supported him. Myers inculcated a love of collecting among people and speculates that collecting helps you think about all the things surrounding the object--time period, materials--that it helps "broaden perspective …

Dan Terkla, Dan Terkla, Meg Miner

All oral histories

Terkla describes books and other types of collections Myers had and how he loaned them to Terkla to take to classes. Memorable books were Dante's La Comedia, a Mexican Bible and John Speed's Atlas. He also describes an event called "Minor watch," which was a practice he and his students had of waving to Myers as he walked by their window. Terkla includes accounts of events at the President's House in which Myers played music and also of the way Myers displayed his books in his home. Terkla recalls only a few times Myers came to his office but on …

The Power Of Image: Medieval Debate On Icon And Its Theoretical Value, Qiong Wu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The debate on icon was an important event in the theological and visual cultural field in the Western Medieval era, and it exerted a profound influence on Western visual culture. This paper examines the theological and cultural context of the debate, and with a focus on the relationship between invisibility and visibility, the paper discusses the paradoxical value of representation and its effects on visual cultural field.

On Auscultation, Xiuyan Fu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The absence of auscultation, listening for precise judgement, in the perceptual experience entails the phenomenon of the employment of eyes for ears in the present "era of pictorial-reading." Listening has been entrusted with the power to resist the increasingly noisy self-talking in modern life. The earliest literary activity in mankind history is story-telling through listening, and due to the absence of auscultation, some important information only available to listening has been unrevealed from literary works. The paper argues that to re-read literary works from the perspective of listening facilitates to offset the perceptual imbalance caused by visual hegemony.

On The Aesthetic Significance Of Kant's Concept Of Schema, Hongbin Su

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Schema is an important concept in Kant's philosophy, but Kant delimited it to the territory of epistemology. This paper argues that schema is also an important aesthetic concept. Schema is grasped through intuitive activities, and it follows that schema has certain aesthetic value. Schema is an object of aesthetic activity, but most often it also participates indirectly in aesthetic activities as the source of artistic images. The homogeneity between cognitive schema and aesthetic schema shows the homology of cognitive activities and aesthetic activities.

On The Significance Of "Bone" And The Unique Connotation Of Liu Xie's Concept Of "Wind And Bone", Aibin Yao

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In the structure of life, "bone" is positioned between the inside and the outside of life structure, taking the special position of the inner side of the outside and the outer side of the inside. In The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons, Liu Xie's concept of "wind and bone" is composed with multiple combinations of analogies of bone to analog different forms of the overall structure of writing. Main types include the following. First, "bone and flesh-skin (or hair)" is used to refer to the duality of "intent (concept) and words (language)," with "bone" indicating the concept of …

Qian Gurong In Literary Criticism From 1949 To 1966, Jianjun Xu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The first seventeen years from the establishment of P. R. China to the Cultural Revolution (1949 to 1966) is a special period for literary survival. In this period, the constraints and restraints of politics on literature co-exist with literature's rebellion against and escape from politics, which are intertwined with the dialogue and communication between the "integrated" literary norms and the heterogenic literary criticism. Under this historical context, Qian Gurong went through three important stages in his life, namely, the anxiety of political identity, the return to literary identity, and the adherence to "humanistic study." In each stage, Qian Gurong managed …

Reflections On The Literariness In The Post-Theoretic Era: The Dispersion Of Meta-Narration And The Plight Of Essentialist Poetics, Yanfeng Li

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In the context of the dispersion of meta-narrative and the break-up in modernity, the paradigm of essentialist thinking faces the increasing crisis of representation of knowledge. The history of "big theory" is coming to an end, and the "post-theory" emerges as a new paradigm of discourse and system of knowledge. Post-theory takes on an anti-essentialist, non-centralist, pluralistic and historized standpoint of knowledge to reconstruct the validity of legitimacy, opposing rigid essentialism, logocentrism and the logic of totality and identification. With the advent of post-theory, the discourse paradigm of essentialist literariness and the essentialist poetics are faced with the question over …