The War of the Worlds: The Militant Fundamentalism of Dr. Thomas Todhunter Shields and the Paradox of Modernity.

This biographical study of the militant fundamentalist, Dr. Thomas Todhunter Shields, tests traditional understandings of fundamentalism, especially its militancy, and applies both a new interpretative model for understanding Shields and a revisionist approach to the question of fundamentalist militancy. Shields’ fundamentalism was not the rabid anti-intellectualism of “a disgruntled and backward people who could not keep up with the culture of their time”[1] but instead illustrated the paradox of competing forces within the modern dialectic. The spiritual consequences of cultural liberalism within his own church and the horrific scenes he encountered as a guest of the Ministry of Information in World War 1 motivated Shields to become a militant fundamentalist. By tracing the trajectory of Shields’ fundamentalism it becomes apparent that, although he fought modernists, he did so as a modern man, using modern weapons and fighting for truly modern ideals. In the face of modernity’s optimism about the rationalization of all fields of endeavour, the progress suggested by scientific and industrial advances and the liberty promised by new prosperity, Shields and his militant fundamentalist allies had to appeal merely to the legacy of modernity’s first war. Theirs was not an anti-intellectual reaction to rationalism’s domination, but rather a devastating disclosure of the moral price to be paid for modernity’s neglect of the spiritual element in the human condition. [1] Mark Parent, “The Christology of T. T. Shields: The Irony of Fundamentalism” (Ph.D. Thesis for McGill University, 1991), 60

Planetary Science Strategy for Technology Investment

This presentation was part of the session : Current OutlookSixth International Planetary Probe WorkshopSignificant investment has been made in years past on advancing the state of the art of technology to meet the demands of future NASA missions and initiatives. Recently however, NASA's investment pool has dwindled forcing a targeted approach to technology investment. This talk will discuss the changing face of technology investment strategies to assure a solid future for Planetary Science for both competed and directed missions

Forest Stream in the Winter

An undated color print of a stream in the forest during the winter by Doug Adams.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/university_art_collection/1086/thumbnail.jp

The Jesse Stuart Homestead

An undated painting of Jesse Stuart\u27s home in Greenup County, Kentucky by Doug Adams.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/university_art_collection/1082/thumbnail.jp

Transcendence and the Visual: Seeing Biblical and Theological Dimensions of Contemporary Art

In teaching courses on Jesus' parable to university students in Toronto, James Breech was troubled as each student persisted in seeing himself or herself in every parable. Finally, Breech said to them, "Some of these parables are not about you, they are about other people. There are other people in the world". Breech's students exemplified the modernist problem characterised in Yeat's words, "Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold". In modernism, the centre was everywhere, the circumference nowhere: i.e. each person had become his or her own centre. In that condition, the student loses capacity to see the other as other; and in poet Hart Crane's words, "each sees only his dim past reversed"

Springtime in Wolfpen

An undated color print titled Springtime on Wolfpen, the homeplace of James Still, by Doug Adams.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/university_art_collection/1025/thumbnail.jp

Multiple Boom Deployment

Some embodiments of the invention include a boom deployment system. The boom deployment system, for example, may include a housing, a spool, a first boom, and a second boom. The spool may be disposed within the housing and configured to rotate around an axis that is fixed relative to the housing. The first boom and/or the second boom may have a cylindrical shape in a deployed configuration, a flattened shape in a stowed configuration, and a slit that extends along the longitudinal length of the boom in the deployed configuration. The first boom and/or the second boom may be stowed in the stowed configuration flattened and wrapped around the spool. The first boom and/or the second boom may transition from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration as the spool rotates around the axis

Extendible Boom

An asymmetric mast is disclosed that can be used for solar arrays. The asymmetric mast can have an asymmetry out of the plane of the solar blanket. The mast may include two or more booms that comprise slit tube longerons. In some embodiments, a single mast can be used with one or two solar blankets