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"What Mean Ye by These Stones?": The Origins and Architecture of the First Baptist Church of Amarillo
(2020-05-20)
The First Baptist Church of Amarillo is an architectural treasure that resembles the great cathedrals of Europe. How did such a beautiful church come to exist on the Panhandle of Texas at the beginning of the Great Depression? ...
His Hidden Face: An examination of how artistic lament can address the evidential problem of divine hiddenness
(2020-05-29)
The philosophical problem of divine hiddenness questions the existence of a divine being on the basis of what seems to be a lack of evidence to support reasonable theistic belief. This question, which troubles both atheists ...
Howling: Hecuba in Ovid’s Metamorphoses XIII and Beyond
(2020-06-01)
Hecuba, the ill-fated Queen of Troy, appears in significant literature from Homer’s Iliad to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. While the Hecuba of Euripidean tragedy has warranted much attention, Ovid's rendering of her in epic poetry ...
Roman Catholic Church Teaching and Abortion: A Historical View from the Early Church to Modern Day
(2020-05-29)
The Catholic Church is known today to be staunchly opposed to any practice that violates the dignity of human life, including abortion. While the Catechism refers to this teaching as constant and unchanging since the first ...
Girls Gone Wild: Female Authorship in Augustan Rome
(2020-06-01)
It is no surprise that, based on the records that we have today, the literary field of Ancient Rome consisted almost solely of men. However, one female author survives, hidden within the Tibullan corpus. In six short ...
A Translation of Two Synchronic Russian Linguistic Articles: A Commentary on Their Functions
(2020-06-05)
Within current morphosyntactic theory, the ability for a rule or taxonomy to be universal is crucial. By translating two linguistic articles, I present findings relevant to current linguistic theory within modern Russian. ...
In The Shadow of The Mountain: Stories from Soliders at Nui Ba Den
(2020-06-01)
Having developed a deep passion for the Vietnam War, this project was born with the hope of telling a narrative of the men of a single military company in Vietnam between 1969 and 1970. Oral history interviews were conducted ...
Purpose Marketing: A Genuine Way for Companies to Advocate for Change or a Deceitful Sales Tactic?
(2020-06-01)
This thesis explores the implementation of purpose marketing in modern day advertising. Studies have shown that consumers are willing to switch to brands that support causes they believe in, and brands have started to ...
The American Anti-Vaccine Movement: An Investigation of Populism, Polarization, and Public Policy
(2020-05-29)
Populism, animated in part by the distrust of elite authority, can be found across the spectrum of American political ideology. From Donald Trump and his “drain the swamp” rhetoric to Bernie Sanders and his denunciations ...
An Examination of Social Impact Bonds from a Thomistic Viewpoint
(2020-05-29)
The social impact bond (SIB) is a recent innovation which attempts to bridge the gap between private financial markets and charitable causes. The SIB is a financial instrument intended to raise revenue for a charitable ...