Ritual water, ritual spirit: an analysis of the timing, mechanism, and manifestation of spirit-reception in Luke-Acts

The dissertation analyses Spirit-reception in Luke-Acts with respect to timing, mechanism, and manifestation. Its narrow focus excludes questions regarding Spirit-reception’s theological significance. It employs three primary tools: narrative progression/sequential reading, presupposition pools/entity representations (ERs), and focalization. By beginning with Jesus’ baptism where Spirit experience is joined to the prayer aspect of the baptismal ceremony and observing Jesus’ Luke 11:13 teaching on prayer, one arrives at Acts 2:38-39 with an ER in which Spirit experience is not separated from baptism, but linked with the prayer element of the unitary baptismal ceremony. Acts 2 focalizes dissociative xenolalia and creates a programmatic expectation that all initiates will experience it. Acts 2 does not depict new converts receiving the Spirit and thereby leaves a narrative gap which the reader must fill with information from Jesus’ baptism. Acts 8 adds to this information by providing Luke’s first depiction of new converts receiving the Spirit and showing the facilitation mechanisms used, prayer and handlaying by gifted individuals. Luke stated neither that this procedure was exceptional nor that it was standard. He simply presented a solution to the problem of the Spirit failing to come. Saul’s conversion clarifies that non-apostles can be gifted to facilitate the Spirit. Cornelius’ house adds the concept of the Spirit being given during a gifted individual’s preaching ministry and shows early church leaders using Pentecost as a standard of comparison. The cumulative nature of presupposition pools/ERs means that the last Spirit-reception scene (Acts 19) must be viewed in the light of all the accumulated Spirit-reception scenes, the total ER

Three Nations, One Place

An intensive exploration of the changes experienced by the Comanches and Caddoans during Spain's occupation of the Southern Plains (1689-1921), McCollough focuses on the relationship between political and economic conditions and patterns of settlement, production and social reproduction. Challenging historical views that structure a dichotomy of the colonizers and the colonized, this study examines global, regional and local populations as it details the points of interface between Euro-American markets, Native American commodities and indigenous social groups in this early colonial period

Lean Case Studies: the journey starts with awareness

Each company’s journey to a more Lean operation will begin in different ways with different projects. The first step to this journey is awareness. Awareness of the wastes that hinder us, awareness of the tools that are available to us and awareness of the great potential that Lean affords us in satisfying our customer’s need

Industry Perceptions on Public Sector Construction Delivery Methods

The public construction sector in the United States has predominantly used the traditional delivery method, also known as design-bid-build, to obtain and deliver projects. Accurately assessing the direction of the public construction sector must include analysis of the emergence of Public-Private Partnerships (P3) and alternative delivery methods. P3 projects in the United States are relatively new, an emerging trend from the late 2000s as an innovative way to utilize private capital to finance public projects, beyond a typical bond sale. Alternative delivery methods refer to any project award or management arrangement other than the typical design-bid-build, lump sum, competitive bidding process typical of public sector construction projects. The emergence of these trends are an attempt to improve upon the traditional process of public sector construction projects by improving financing options and project delivery issues including but not limited to overall cost, time to completion, and project quality. Construction companies engaging in these types of projects assume a large amount of risk in satisfaction of their contract with the public entity. Their perspective is important to improving the process of public construction. Contractors favor design-bid-build on traditionally financed public projects, but favor Integrated Project Delivery on P3 projects

1B3: Propaganda as Public Relations Antecedent: The Complex Legacy of the Creel Commission

Scholars have documented the impact of the Creel Commission on modern war correspondence (Lippmann, 1922; St. John, 2009a, 2009b, 2011), military censorship (Lippmann, 1922, Gitlin, 1986), political communication (Bernays, 1923, 1928), advertising (Bernays, 1942; Collins, 1993, 2001), and modern public relations (DeSanto, 2000; Myers, 2015). Their efforts in propaganda helped reposition public opposition to public support for the American War effort and for the Armistice from 1916-1919 through the use of print media, music, art, and other popular sources of information, entertainment, and culture of the period. Edward Bernays (1923, 1928) discusses the inauence of his work as part of the Creel Commission in helping him develop the public relations practice in his iconic texts Crystallizing Public Opinion and Propaganda. In his earliest assessments, Bernays naively saw the strategic value of strategic communication in shaping the collective public opinion to achieve greater social good. With the benefit of age and experience, those who participated in the Creel Commission came to see sobering consequences of their successful work. American journalist and Creel Commission member Walter Lippmann (1922) documented the dangers of propaganda, stereotyping, and censorship in serving manipulative ends for government. Media sociologist Michael Schudson (2008) called Lippmann’s Public Opinion the founding book of modern journalism. Bernays (1965) in his own memoir discussed the shock and frustration of learning that his earliest reflections on the power and impact of the Creel Commission’s work became a source of inspiration for Dr. Joseph Goebbels and the Nazi regime’s propaganda efforts to consolidate power and achieve the holocaust. This realization ultimately altered Bernay’s philosophy and helped turn him from a controversial figure in America to the architect of the ethics and best practices that led to the development of the Public Relations Society of America and the professional maturation of the discipline. While the history of the Creel Commission’s efforts is complex and controversial, it directly set the stage for modern public relations practices. One of its efforts was the 4 Minute Men campaign (Oukrup, 1975), which seems to exhibit essential elements of public relations practice to leverage local opinion leaders to garner support for ideas and adoption of new practices. More importantly, the work of the 4 Minute Men has yet to be explored through a contemporary lens of public relations scholarship to assess its alignment with modern practice. This paper is a case analysis of the planning and execution of the speaking tour. The author will analyze the content, choice of speakers, and aims of the campaign against modern public relations practices, as well as appropriate communication and mass communication theory to assess both effectiveness and alignment with best practices of modern public relations. The author will then assess how the practices of the speaking tour helped in part to set into motion public relations campaign practices the professionals still use today

Determination of the biological sex of juveniles based upon the odontometrics of the primary dentition

Sex determination in human skeletal remains is difficult under the most ideal circumstances; however, in juvenile skeletal remains it is nearly impossible. Currently no accepted techniques exist to identify the biological sex of the juvenile skeleton, other than, when possible, DNA. Thus, developing an accessible and non-destructive technique would benefit both the field of Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology. The ability to provide a quick and accurate determination of sex would greatly expedite the identification process in any case where juvenile skeletal remains are involved. This project aims to establish an accessible and non-destructive method for determining the sex of juvenile skeletal remains using deciduous (primary/baby) dentition. This research is focused on the deciduous dentition as they form early during growth and development, and previous research has demonstrated that secondary (adult) dentition exhibit sexual dimorphism. Samples of known sex individuals (n= 12: 7 female, 5 male, 45 total teeth) have been collected by donation. Using a novel approach, physical and radiograph, measurements of overall tooth and internal structure dimensions were completed on all samples. Comparative statistical analyses are used to determine if significant sexual dimorphism exists. Results indicate that marked (4-10%) sexual dimorphism does exist in the overall size of deciduous dentition; however, it cannot be assumed that males are larger in all tooth structures. Results suggest that while males do have larger central incisors and canines, their lateral incisors have smaller measurements than females. The variance in tooth structure dimensions will allow the creation of methodology to determine the sex when the majority of dentition is present