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Rereading Zora Neale Hurston through the lens of "What white publishers won't print".
(, 2013-05-15)
During Zora Neale Hurston’s life, she wrote many controversial statements on
race. Scholars continually suggest that Hurston was merely pandering to the white nation or tricking her audience. By using Hurston’s own ...
From Neo-orthodox theology to rationalistic deism : a study of the religious influences on the development of John Rawls's political philosophy.
(, 2013-05-15)
The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate that John Rawls’s early religious beliefs guided the development of his later political philosophy. By first analyzing A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin & Faith, I ...
Lost in the cloud : cultural lag in the transition to eTextbooks.
(, 2013-09-16)
The age of electronic textbook delivery is upon us. On the national level, the Department of Education is advocating eTextbook delivery in K-12. President Obama recommends that eTextbooks be employed in K-12 education by ...
A critique of the universal church theory
(2013-11-06)
The following pages embody the research, observations and reflections of the author on the difficult problem of ascertaining the nature of the church. It will be obvious to the reader that the author is a Baptist and ...
Educational attainment in second generation immigrants : creating context for predicting college graduation.
(, 2013-09-16)
Educational attainment is a commonly used variable when looking at outcomes of immigration in the United States. This paper contributes to educational and immigrant research in three ways. First, this paper will account ...
Improved analytical methods for carbohydrate analysis in biofuel research.
(, 2013-09-16)
Essential for continued growth of the biofuels industry is the need for continued development of rapid, robust, and accurate carbohydrate quantitation methods. As new feedstocks are identified and developed, understanding ...
In heaven as it is on earth : the development of the interpreting angel motif in biblical literature of the neo-Babylonian, Persian and early Hellenistic periods.
(, 2013-05-15)
The motif of angelic interpretation of symbolic visions is a major feature of late prophetic and apocalyptic literature, yet the development of this literary motif has remained largely unexplored within biblical scholarship. ...
Guatemala's perfect storm : the relationship between General Efraín Ríos Montt, the news media, and the U.S religious right.
(, 2013-09-24)
This thesis explores the connections between General Efraín Ríos Montt and the conservative evangelical Christians in the United States through the lens of secular and Protestant media. In order to make sense of the two ...
Tragic philosophy and human desire : bringing Nietzsche and Plato into conversation with contemporary ethics.
(, 2013-05-15)
In his Retrieval of Ethics, Talbot Brewer complains of a fundamentally inadequate moral psychology within contemporary ethics, most importantly the limitation of human desire to the instrumental. In response, Brewer, ...
High-throughput analysis of emerging and historical pollutants in biological matrices.
(, 2013-05-15)
The Deepwater Horizon Gulf Spill highlighted key deficiencies associated with our ability to analyze contaminants in biological tissue in a timely manner. These deficiencies in laboratory capacity and preparedness ...