Book Reviews

Visions or Xanadu (Marshall Suther) (Reviewed by James Benziger, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois)Vision and Verse in William Blake (Alicia Ostriker) (Reviewed by James Benziger, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois)Oriental Aesthetics (Thomas Munro) (Reviewed by Van Meter Ames, University of Cincinnati)The Ironic Hume (John Valdimir Price) (Reviewed by Orville Linck, Wayne State University)Marcel Proust: The Fictions of Life and of Art (Leo Bersani) (Reviewed by Germaine Brée, Institute for Research in the Humanities: University of Wisconsin)Ivory Towers and Sacred Founts: The Artist as Hero in Fiction from Goethe to Joyce (Maurice Beebe) (Reviewed by Olga W. Vickery, University of California, Riverside)Essays on Determinism in American Literature (Sydney J. Krause) (Reviewed by Harry Hayden Clark, University of Wisconsin

Setting fire to the Square

Submitted to the Boston Theological Institute for Certificate Completion in Religion and Conflict TransformationConsiderations of an historical event are hereafter understood through a Western Judeo Christian perspective of religious conflict transformation. The book burning that set fire to square on May 10, 1933, in Berlin was not an isolated phenomenon; rather it bled into the romance of war. Similar events occurred across Nazi Germany and well before the twentieth century. This paper addresses the book burning in Berlin’s Opernplatz for its relevance toward the development of a restorative leadership role in the modern university, the route of seminarians. Details of the academy show that, while educational initiative was once a resource for violence, reevaluation of knowledge ethics provides meaningful purpose in the task of cultural preservation. Literature is the product of great civilizations; and so by conserving the stories of Jewish authors in light of the Holocaust, we find a theological trauma witness to faith and destruction. Conflict transformation requires due acknowledgement of responsibility by all parties. In this case, after the fire extinguished, the responsibility is vested in active memory and forever questioning what remains for humanit

Environmental & architectural phenomenology. Cumulative Index (Volumes 1-30, 1990-2019)

This index includes all EAP entries except reference items listed in “citations received.” Entries have been identified in the following order: volume number, issue number, and page(s). Thus 3,2:10, for example, refers to volume 3, issue 2, page 10. Volume numbers by years are as follows: vol. 1—1990; vol. 2—1991; vol. 3—1992; vol. 4—1993; vol. 5—1994; vol. 6—1995; vol. 7—1996; vol. 8—1997; vol. 9—1998; vol. 10—1999; vol. 11—2000; vol. 12—2001; vol. 13—2002; vol. 14—2003; vol. 15—2004; vol. 16—2005; vol. 17—2006; vol. 18—2007; vol. 19—2008; vol. 20—2009; vol. 21—2010; vol. 22—2011; vol. 23—2012; vol. 24—2013; vol. 25—2014; vol. 26—2015; vol. 27—2016; vol. 28—2017; vol. 29—2018; vol. 30—2019. The index categories are: feature essays; thematic issues, book and film reviews; book notes; bibliographies; course outlines; poetry; noteworthy readings; graduate theses; web sites; news from readers; conferences; organizations; refereed journals; book series; other publications; obituaries; topics

Managing sacred sites for tourism: A case study of visitor facilities in Palmyra, New York

Sacred sites are qualitatively different than others developed for tourism purposes. However, sacred sites do have touristic appeal and can benefit from their popularity as both pilgrimage and secular tourist attractions. To protect the sacred resource and to make the touristic or culminating pilgrimage experience meaningful, many site managers develop well designed, well maintained and efficiently operated tourist facilities such as visitor centers, interpretive resources, and events. These facilities serve specifically to accommodate a wide range of site-based experiences from satisfaction of curiosity to life-changing hierophanies. Palmyra, New York is rich with cultural and religious sites that attract thousands of tourists each year. Most sites are meaningful to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) who travel to Palmyra to see the birthplace of their religion. Later-day Saint sacred sites are important to the many pilgrim-like visitors and to the community in which they are located. The world-class tourist facilities and events associated with LDS sacred sites provide positive opportunities for social and economic development in the region. Specifically, this case study examines the positive impacts, which include site preservation and protection, education and interpretation, social identification, hospitality, social buffering, employment, local spending, tourism product enhancement, marketing, and business networking

From Mounds to Monasteries: A Look at Spiro and Other Centers Through The Use of Metaphor

Previous study of the extensive and elaborate funerary offerings at the Spiro site have explained their presence by an exchange system with Spiro functioning as a gateway center. More recently, Schambach has argued extensively and passionately for Spiro’s role as an entrepôt redistributive center. However, this argument fails to account for much of the accumulation of funerary items present at Spiro. As an alternative, I propose that some ceremonial centers such as Spiro functioned solely as religious centers, much like the monasteries of medieval Europe with parallels in the use of architecture, economic support, relics, and the treatment of individuals at death. A model based on the metaphor of monastic life provides greater explanatory potential than that of the economically-driven entepôt

Curricular offerings in seventy-five independent schools in New England.

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Menorah Review (No. 77, Summer/Fall, 2012)

A Golden Poet of Spain\u27s Golden Age -- Beyond the Second Coming -- Books in Brief: New and Notable -- Cantorial Challenges -- Jewishness in the World: A Chabad Definition -- Moreshet - From the Classics: A 1797 Wedding -- Painful Presence: Jews in Russian Music -- Zachor: Sicut Judaeis ( And Thus to the Jews

The Melody of Living Water: Music Ministry and Holy Baptism

(Excerpt) And It came to pass, when Paul was at Corinth, he and certain disciples came upon a mob that was stoning an organist. And Paul said unto them, What then hath he done unto thee that his head should be bruised? And the people cried with one voice, He hath played too loud. Yea, in the singing of psalms, he maketh our heads to ring as if they were beaten with hammers. Behold, he sitteth up high in the loft, and mighty are the pipes and mighty is the noise thereof, and though there be few of us below, he nonetheless playeth with all the stops, the Assyrian trumpet stop and the stop of the ram\u27s hom and the stop that soundeth like the sawing of stone, and we cannot hear the words that cometh out of our own mouths. He / always tosseth in variations that confuse us mightily and he playeth loud an discordant and always in a militant tempo, so that we have not time to breathe as we sing. Lo, he is a plague upon the faith and should be chastised. Paul, hearing this, had himself picked up a small stone, and was about to cast it, but he set It down, and bade the organist come forward. He was a narrow man, pale of complexion, dry flaking, thin of hair. And Paul said unto him, Why hath thou so abused thy brethren? And the organist replied, I could not hear them singing from where I sat, and therefore played the louder so as to encourage them. And Paul turned round to the mob and said loudly, Let him who has never played an organ cast the first stone. And they cast stones for a while until their arms were tired and Paul bade the organist repent and he did. And Paul said unto him, Thou shalt take up the flute and play It for thirty days, to cleanse thy spirit, and afterwards they returned to Corinth and sang psalms unaccompanied and then had coffee and were refreshed in the faith

Native Americans and Athletic Scholarships

This research examines the potential effects of collegiate athletic scholarships on Native American athlete’s lives and the lives of the people in their communities. The main focus of this study is to investigate whether it is more likely that Native American students on athletic scholarships will graduate from college and how it affects their reservation communities. Furthermore, it seeks to discover if Native communities look more favorably on their students pursuing higher education when achieved through athletic talent and why this might be the case. This research is important because there is a cycle of alcoholism, drug abuse, poverty, and poor family dynamics, prevalent among Native American reservations. If athletic scholarships can produce a ripple effect that leads to restoring these communities, it is crucial that school administrators, coaches, educators, and parents prioritize the accessibility and awareness of these scholarships. This research could have a large effect on Native American communities by spreading awareness of the opportunity and change collegiate athletic scholarships can bring to Native Americans

“Will Christ Come Again?” an Exposure of the Foolishness, Fallacies and Falsehoods of Shailer Mathews

One of the most dangerous and harmful pamphlets or books published in the last year or two is the leaflet of Shailer Mathews entitled, Will Christ Come Again? The American Institute of Sacred Literature, with the large resources at its command, seems to have put forth its strongest efforts to get this pamphlet into the hands of every minister and prominent Christian worker in the land. In this attempt they have had the earnest and active co-operation of many influential ministers and religous bodies. When the pamphlet first appeared it seemed to many thoughtful people as though the reasoning of the pamphlet was so weak and many of the statements so manifestly false that the pamphlet would do good rather than harm by serving to open the eyes of many to the weakness of the cause of the postmillenarians, who felt compelled to resort to such methods as those illustrated in the pamphlet to prop up their waning cause. In point of fact this pamphlet has had this expected effect upon a great many; but on the other hand many were so determined that they would not be premillenarians that they have been ready to cordially welcome anything that attacked premillenarianism, even though it was full of the poison of unbelief.https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/biola-pubs/1057/thumbnail.jp