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Jack Clemo's vocation to evangelical poetry and erotic marriage : an examination of his poems of personal tribute and critique.
(2011-01-05)Jack Clemo, whose dates are 1916-1994, calls to us from the margins: a working-class voice from deep within in the china clayworks of Cornwall, having been educated outside the conventional system, contending with deafness ... -
Jacob and the divine Trickster : a theology of deception and YHWH's fidelity to the ancestral promise in the Jacob cycle.
(2010-10-08)The book of Genesis portrays the character Jacob as a brazen trickster who deceives members of his own family: his father Isaac, brother Esau, and uncle Laban. At the same time, Genesis depicts Jacob as YHWH's chosen from ... -
James M. Dunn and soul freedom: a paradigm for Baptist political engagement in the public arena.
(2008-10-01)In the last half of the twentieth century, James Dunn has been the most aggressive Baptist proponent for religious liberty in the United States. As the leader of the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, Dunn’s ... -
James W. Fannin Jr.: A Biography
This thesis is a biography of Colonel James W. Fannin Jr., a pivotal and controversial but often marginalized figure in the Texas Revolution. Showing brilliant potential in the 1835 campaign, he was later caught up in the ... -
Jaunts into the haunted basement.
(2019-02-01)During the summer of 2014 for ten weeks I interned at the Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum. My internship focus was working in collections specifically the museum’s archeology artifacts, which consisted ... -
Java bytecode compilation for high-performance, platform-independent logical inference.
(2006-05-11)Automated reasoning systems are powerful computer programs capable of solving complex problems. They are characterized as computationally intensive having high performance requirements. Very few reasoning systems have ... -
Jave and Anthina: An Exploration of Young Adult Literature
(2020-05-20)Young Adult Literature is a fast-growing genre, with both diverse readers and content. However, YA Literature has no clear, universal definition to describe the criteria for a YA novel. The first part of this paper provides ... -
Jean Daniélou's doxological humanism : Trinitarian contemplation and humanity's true vocation.
(2010-02-02)In the first half of the twentieth century there arose a loose conglomeration of theologians that were pejoratively dubbed la nouvelle théologie. Initially known for the monumental debate with the Dominican Thomism of the ... -
The Jeffersonian Revolution and Multiple Modes of Institutional Change in Reconstructive Presidencies
Using Thomas Jefferson's Presidency as an overarching example, the way Presidents reconstruct and implement lasting institutional change is examined. The idea that the only way presidential reconstruction occurs is in ... -
Jesus and the relational God of love : helping disciples value a more fully Trinitarian journey toward maturity.
(2020-11-05)Rather than being perplexed and giving up on the subject of the Trinity, what if normal, everyday disciples could be helped to cultivate a deeper value for the Trinitarian faith? Jesus and the Relational God of Love seeks ... -
Jesus Christ Warrior-King: Analysis of the Old English Christ and Satan
(2018-05-21)The Old English poem Christ and Satan is an interesting and important work of literature, but various circumstances have left it without the widespread scholarly attention or fame of other Old English poems. This thesis ... -
Jesus on the radio : theological reflection and prophetic witness of American popular music.
(, 2011-09-14)The image of God in humanity is the image of the creator, the creative spirit, the imagination, manifest in our ability to understand, appreciate, and reflect on the beauty of God in creation. Therefore, the spirit of ... -
Jesus the Great Physician: Healing Stories in Luke and Their Implications for the Modern Physician
(2022-05-18)Jesus is often referred to as the Great Physician, and the Gospel of Luke presents a distinct picture of the healing miracles of Jesus Christ. This thesis will analyze the various contexts of magic, medicine, and miracle ... -
Jewish American Women's Autobiography: Mary Antin to Golda Meir
(2016-08-11)Throughout the twentieth century, the United States experienced vast changes such as large-scale immigration, world wars, and civil rights movements. The effects of these changes on minorities, women, and especially ... -
The Jewish and Christian Appropriation of Dionysian Iconography at Dura-Europos
(2014-06-02)The discovery and excavation of the ancient city of Dura-Europos, located in present-day Syria, provided the world with the earliest extant example of Jewish narrative art and some of the earliest Christian art dating to ... -
Jezebel or servant of God?: how Julie Pennington-Russell became the first female pastor in Texas.
(2008-10-01)In 1998 Calvary Baptist Church, in Waco, Texas, appointed Julie Pennington-Russell: the first female Baptist pastor in Texas. This thesis will show the dynamic relationship between the conservative and moderate Baptist ... -
John Dewey and Mortimer Adler on curriculum, teaching, and the purpose of schooling : how their views can be incorporated within a Christian philosophy of education.
(2008-10-02)In this dissertation, I explore the topics of curriculum, teaching, and the purpose of schooling in the philosophies of John Dewey and Mortimer Adler. The work evaluates the educational philosophies of these two prominent ... -
John James Audubon : life, work & legacy.
(2020-07-31)During the summer and fall of 2018, I worked with the Martin Museum of Art to design and produce the exhibit, John James Audubon: Life, Work & Legacy. To do this I broke the project into three main areas: design, fabrication, ... -
John Rawls and the Supreme Court : a study in continuity and change.
(2011-05-12)In his influential book A Theory of Justice, John Rawls indicates his approval of an independent judiciary and judicial review for stabilizing a just regime. His later works, particularly Political Liberalism, place ...