Branding faith: object and consumerism in religious identity construction

The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file.Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on October 29, 2007)Includes bibliographical references.Thesis (M.A.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2007.Dissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- Sociology.In this thesis I theorize about the potentially negative affects of competition among Evangelical groups in their attempts to attain members on a college campus. I hypothesize that in order to draw the attention of potential members, religious groups will offer "quick-fix" solutions to problems of everyday life which, due to their unsatisfactory nature, will result in either church-hoping or constant changes in religious identity. To observe these processes and investigate an understudied aspect of religious life, I look for how objects come to be a part of, or resist, tendencies towards church-hoping and simplistic short-term solutions. Contrary to my expectations, I found through photo-elicitation interviews and non-participant observation of one Evangelical group that members of the religious group I studied created long-term solutions, community, and a sense of wholeness in their lives through objects

Moral Landscapes: Religion, Secularism, and Symbolic Boundaries

This dissertation is a comparison of three religious congregations and one secular congregation on the moral boundaries they use to understand themselves and others. Through a newly developed graphical instrument, in-depth interviews, and surveys, this dissertation shows that contemporary theories on how people use religiously oriented beliefs to separate themselves from others insufficiently capture the ideas, groups, and categories that are salient to people in making these distinctions. Ultimately, it argues that sociologists need to take into account the saliency and moralization of arguments and ideologies for individuals rather than assuming these things a priori or from fringe members of groups

Synthesis of an azabicyclic framework towards (±)-actinophyllic acid

Lewis acid mediated intramolecular Mannich reaction between an azocinone and a 3-formylindole was investigated as part of a study towards the synthesis of actinophyllic acid. The intramolecular Mannich reaction resulted in a single diastereomer of the 1-azabicyclo[4.2.1]nonan-5-one core framework, although single crystal X-ray structure analysis revealed that this had the undesired stereochemistry in comparison with the natural product. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Die Sagen über die Kämpfe der Makkabäer gegen die Syrer : nach griechischen und jüdisch-agadischen Quellen in ihrem Verhältnis zur beglaubigten Geschichte

Leipzig, Univ., Diss., 1889Aus der Sammlung des Leo Baeck Institute, digitalisiert in Kooperation mit dem Center for Jewish History, N

Die Sagen ueber die Kämpfe der Makkabäer gegen die Syrer : nach griechischen und jüdisch-agadischen Quellen in ihrem Verhältnis zur beglaubigten Geschichte.

Inaugural DissertationBibliographical footnotes.Digital imageHebrewDescription based on print version record

Raphael Josephsohn Collection 1910-1934

Portrait; appointment as notary; eulogy; Addenda 1: Obituary from the Potsdamer TageszeitungRichard JosephsonRichard JosephsonLawyer. Served in World War I; chairman of Jewish Community of PotsdamProcessed for digitization bydigitize