The Eucharist in an Unarticulated World

Ethnographic data from the lived experiences of teenagers participating in the weekly observance of the Eucharist provided rich data for an application of Bakhtinian approaches to discourse in order to inform current practice. Bakhtin’s understanding of dialogism and heteroglossia asserts that all discourse communities are located in historical situations that involve complex interactions. Each utterance takes meaning from its “actual social life.” Bakhtin gives priority to utterances that occur in context and focuses on the intentional negotiation of meaning and interpretation between author and reader, or, in this case, researcher, participant, and community. The research provides opportunity for teenagers to “answer with their lives” the meaning of the Eucharist

Application of Satellite Sensing to Agricultural Research and Development

Overview done by the FAO Remote Sensing Unit for TAC of the state of the art of remote sensing applied to agricultural research and development with emphasis on satellite sensing and potential international cooperative programs to capitalize on the technology. Agenda document presented at TAC's Tenth Meeting, July 1975

Feasibility of measuring the Shapiro time delay over meter-scale distances

The time delay of light as it passes by a massive object, first calculated by Shapiro in 1964, is a hallmark of the curvature of space-time. To date, all measurements of the Shapiro time delay have been made over solar-system distance scales. We show that the new generation of kilometer-scale laser interferometers being constructed as gravitational wave detectors, in particular Advanced LIGO, will in principle be sensitive enough to measure variations in the Shapiro time delay produced by a suitably designed rotating object placed near the laser beam. We show that such an apparatus is feasible (though not easy) to construct, present an example design, and calculate the signal that would be detectable by Advanced LIGO. This offers the first opportunity to measure space-time curvature effects on a laboratory distance scale.Comment: 13 pages, 6 figures; v3 has updated instrumental noise curves plus a few text edits; resubmitted to Classical and Quantum Gravit

An Assessment of Buttrick\u27s Homiletic

Sensing, Tim (1993) An Assessment of Buttrick\u27s Homiletic, Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 35 : No. 3. This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service

The Effects of Developmental Groups on Personality Factors

Because of the attempt by our culture to deal with isolation and alienation in contemporary life, the small group process has become a significant force in many parts of American society. It has been known under many names: encounter group, T-group, sensitivity group and developmental group. Since this phenomenon generally grew outside of the establishment, those scholars and behavioral scientists who have in the past been charged with the evaluation of such practices only recently have begun to explore its effects. Perhaps because the group process was not first explored intensively in an academic setting, colleges have been among the last institutions to explore the effects of the group experience (Rogers 1972). Little research has attempted to investigate the feasibility and effects of conducting such groups on a university campus. One such study was attempted by Enfield (1972). In order to further explore the implications of such processes, this present study was designed to replicate the portion of Enfield\u27s project that studied the quantitative effects of the group experience on personality structure. Such research is vitally needed to provide the bases for rationally evaluating the effects of the small group process on personality variables

Strange Encounters of a Lectionary Kind

ensing, Tim (1995) Strange Encounters of a Lectionary Kind, Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 37 : No. 4. This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service

From Exegesis to Sermon in Romans 12:9-21

Sensing, Timothy (1998) From Exegesis to Sermon in Romans 12:9-21, Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 40 : No. 3. This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service