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Fissures First: The Liminality of Marriage and Sociocultural Change
(2018-04-23)The following thesis argues against the contemporary verbiage of the “traditionality” of marriage. It argues that marriage, like other sociocultural constructs, exists in a state of consistent liminality: its very substance ... -
The Unbreakable Promise
(2018-04-23)The purpose of this paper is to investigate when married Christian couples should divorce. This is an important topic because it is rarely discussed in the Christian community, and divorce is far too common in the Church. ... -
Girl Talk: An Oral History Examination of Feminism's Impact on Three Generations of American Women
(2018-04-23)Feminism has perhaps never been so present in American popular culture and social discourse as it is today, and yet there is a worrisome lack of clarity in examinations of its impact on the lives of individuals, its ... -
An Exploration of Harry Potter and its Effect on the Millennial Generation
(2018-04-23)The Harry Potter phenomena has spanned the globe from its publication in 1997. Even today, several years after the last book was published and the last movie released, Harry Potter continues to enthrall readers around the ... -
On Baptism and the Eucharist: A Brief Theological Summary
(2018-04-23)This thesis deals with the history of sacramental theology concerning the two common sacraments, Baptism and the Eucharist. The overview begins with Hugh of Saint-Victor, who represents the Catholic tradition. After Hugh ... -
Archival and Archaeological Investigations of a Norwegian Farmstead in Bosque County, Texas
(2018-04-23)In 1871, a Norwegian immigrant, Ole Finstad, and his family settled near the Norse community in Bosque County, acquired 160 acres of land, and built a rock house. For 84 years, the Finstad-Bakke family farmed and raised ... -
Inevitabilism: Hope for the Salvation of All
(2017-12-01)In this thesis, I establish an argument that a subset of free will universalism I call “Inevitabilism” is the best orthodox Christian response to the problem of hell from a biblical and philosophical perspective, and defend ... -
Necessary Conditions on Electric Potential for the Formation of Spectral Touching Points
(2017-12-01)In recent years special attention has been given to graphene as building material and as an energy storage medium. The main property that make graphene uniquely suited to both of these concerns is that it possesses mass-less ... -
Morality of Abortions in Cases of Rape
(2017-11-02)In the paper, the morality of abortions in cases of rape was explored through a particular question: can one be morally forced to become a biological parent when one took no intentional action geared towards becoming a ... -
Identifying with the Lowly: Jonathan Edwards, Charity, and the Stockbridge Mission.
(2017-05-24)Jonathan Edwards is commonly thought of as a cold but brilliant theologian, a fire-breathing railer, quick to use his genius with words to reprove, a man bookishly removed from the daily concerns of life. However, recent ... -
How to be a Libertarian
(2017-05-24)Can we give an account of free will in terms of the same kind of causal relations that govern all other interactions? I claim we cannot. In what follows, I outline the strongest account of free will of this kind. I then ... -
Medicalizing Childbirth in the 18th Century through the Illustrated Obstetric Anatomy Atlases of William Smellie and William Hunter
(2017-05-24)In the eighteenth century, the unanimous and uncontested authority of female midwives over the birth ritual was subjugated to the emerging profession of the male obstetric physician, which brought with it a new understanding ... -
Race, Class, and Title I Schools: A Critical Analysis of Undergraduate Discursive Practices
(2017-05-24)Do race and class still matter in American society today? Unfortunately, it is likely that race- and class-based biases continue to permeate contemporary society. Colorblind language disguises biases while coded, politically ... -
Targeting Intergenerational Homelessness: Addressing Cognitive Deficits with Parent-Child Intervention Therapy
(2017-05-24)Homelessness is a prevalent problem in modern day society. It is perpetuated by conditions of poverty that contribute to cognitive deficits. These cognitive deficits further the chance of chronic homelessness by decreasing ... -
A Storyteller's Journey
(2017-05-24)This project is a work of reflection on my journey of personal growth as a filmmaker, and the culmination of that growth in the two enclosed films. It explores many of the forces that influenced my path leading up to the ... -
Plautus' Pseudolus: Introduction and Commentary
(2017-05-24)Titus Maccius Plautus is the one of the most renowned Roman playwrights of his era, creating artful comedies that would astound and amaze Roman audiences and even the readers of today. Of the remaining Plautine comedies, ... -
The Pseudo-Ovidian Consolatio ad Liviam de Morte Drusi: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary
(2017-05-24)This thesis constitutes a fresh treatment of the first third (vv. 1-127) of the Consolatio ad Liviam, a Latin elegy of unknown date and authorship which seeks to console the wife of Augustus, Livia, on the death of her ... -
Refugees in Times of Reelection: An Analysis of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman’s Responses to Jewish Refugees During and After World War II
(2017-05-24)Many individuals hold a false notion that America is a safe haven for refugees, but a closer look at the refugee crisis surrounding World War II (1930-1948) tells a different story; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and Harry ... -
No Child Left Behind and Closing the Achievement Gap
(2017-05-24)To what extent was No Child Left Behind successful in its goal of narrowing the achievement gap between white and black students? To better evaluate the success of the legislation, this paper investigates the education ... -
Avalon Burning
(2017-05-24)This short novel is the story of a boy and a girl who discover the magical island of Avalon and accidentally destroy it. Yet as with many stories, that is only the surface. Underneath the magic and monsters lies a simple ...
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