This thesis contends that the extent of Hannah More's contribution to the Cheap Repository has never been definitively established and that there is a need for clarification of the authorship of individual tracts. This ...
The objective of this thesis is to examine the concept of rebellion in contemporary Latin American literature written by women. On the basis of the ideas of cultural critics Michel Foucault and Julia Kristeva, rebellion ...
George MacDonald’s penultimate novel, Lilith, has puzzled readers and
critics alike with its strange symbolism and seemingly chaotic dreams. One’s
comprehension of the novel ultimately hinges upon the right interpretation ...
This dissertation argues that during the same period in which antievolutionism became a movement within American evangelicalism, two key groups of evangelical scientists attempted to initiate a countervailing trend. The ...
Allergic disease causes much distress within industrialized areas of the world, affecting approximately a quarter of the population in such areas. Current immunotherapy involves the administration of increasing concentrations ...
Found amongst the collections of the Mayborn Museum Complex, the subject of this thesis is an enthralling fragment of a "Mystery Letter." Written in 1849 by Benjamin J. Kern, a surviving member of the Fourth Frémont ...
In his brief intellectual autobiography “From Absolutism to Experimentalism,” John Dewey makes a perplexing statement. After an extended discussion of the teachers that directly shaped his view of philosophy, Dewey cites ...
Though folklore is a knowledge-sharing, identity-forming practice that is utilized by a number of cultural groups, many scholars deride its emphasis on orality and storytelling. One reason may be that folklore practitioners ...
The means and methods of preservation and restoration are a part of a historic house’s history, and thus becomes an important part of its provenance. This thesis examines the background stories of the Historic Waco Foundation ...
In 1878, the U.S. Supreme Court defined, and applied, the free exercise clause of the First Amendment for the first time. The case, Reynolds v. United States, concerned the constitutionality of the Morrill Act of 1862, ...
This paper reexamines the effects of state religion on religious service attendance across countries. Using attendance data from the World Values Survey and Gallup World Poll, it pays special attention to the variables ...
The Upper Devonian Jean Marie Member of the Redknife Formation in northern British Columbia is an extensive carbonate shelf complex. Porous stromatoporoid boundstones are the primary gas reservoirs, and are stratigraphically ...
The rising consumption of alcohol in Western societies and subsequent alcoholrelated
life problems that develop has been labeled a major health and social issue.
Finding an effective treatment for alcohol dependence has ...
The focus of this dissertation is to investigate whether the ancient motif of Divine
Warrior imagery can aid in understanding the violent imagery in the book of Revelation.
The specific strategy is to examine how John’s ...
The trouble with "definitions" is they leave no room for evolution. When a word is concretely defined, it is done so in a particular time and place. Contextual interpretations permit a better understanding of certain heavy ...
This study examined the relationship between measures of executive cognitive function (ECF) and P3 amplitude and latency elicited by Dr. Lance Bauer’s Auditory Perseveration (AP) Task. Participants were 66 adults (12 men, ...
The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship existed between school facility design variables and student achievement as determined by the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. The Design Assessment ...
There are many benefits to the presence of international students on American campuses such as increase in diversity and economic contribution (AEC, 2000). However, many international students struggle with adjusting to ...
My purpose is to examine how the "religious terrain" is being altered, how trends now in place among members of this generation may be transforming the most basic conceptions of religion and spirituality, our interpretations ...
The Armenian‐Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno Karabakh has been one of the bloodiest and most intractable conflicts in the post‐Soviet space. Although there have been a number of recently published important works regarding ...