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A Short History of the Columbian Phalanx
Get PDFThe Columbian Phalanx was one of eight Fourierist communities established in Ohio during the nineteenth century. Formed between Dresden and Zanesville in 1844, it is uncertain as to when they disbanded, though it appears that this group was in existence for approximately two years
Document: A Journal of a Journey from Canterbury to Enfield [Connecticut]
Get PDFJournal in verse, of a visit to Enfield, Conn., in February by John Kaime” (Western Reserve Historical Society, V B-4). Introduced by Stephen J. Paterwic. The sixty octave poem grew out of a dialogue between prominent representatives of the Adventists and Shakers held at Enfield by one of the Shaker representatives
Back Cover
Get PDFBack cover illustration: Jacob Martin, [untitled] (ca. 1760s?). Image courtesy Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Ephrata Cloister
Natural Man Illumined: Johann Gichtel’s Mystical Figures at Ephrata
Get PDFRecently, a new examination of some illustrations found in the papers of Jacob Martin, a member of the eighteenth-century Ephrata Community, have turned up some interesting results that may shed more light on the beliefs and world views of the Ephrata Community and one of its more interesting members. The Mystical Figure from the Jacob Martin papers is clearly a reproduction of the “Awakening Man,” the second in a series of four plates that come from a treatise published by Johann Georg Gichtel in 1696: Einekruz Eroffnung und Anweisung der drei Prinzipien und Weltenimim Menschen – “A Brief Opening and Demonstration of the Three Principals and Worlds in Man.” Because Jacob Martin reproduced two of the figures from this Gichtel treatise, it must have held some special significance for him. It is my purpose to describe what meaning Johann Gichtel attributed to these figures in his treatise, then to explain the meaning they had for Jacob Martin, and more largely, Conrad Beissel and the Ephrata Community. The majority of information for this analysis comes from the book, Wisdom’s Children: A Christian Esoteric Tradition (1999), by Arthur Versluis
A&Q presents: August 29, 2018
No full textJerad McMickle ’19 is a Government major from New Port Richey, FL. Jerad spends most of his time working at the Career Center and worked this last summer to make on-campus orientation the best ever. His greatest accomplishment is when he spearheaded the Career Center\u27s purchase of four (4) waffle machines and, less excitingly, the time he won a Class and Charter Day award. On campus, he\u27s on the poetry e-board for Red Weather, co-hosts a WHCL show, and guest writes the occasional Continental article. You\u27ll likely find Jerad munching on mac \u27n cheese at the diner, tolling away at homework in Opus, or pursuing gains at the gym.
Sara Aldrich ‘19 is a neuroscience major from Washington state. She hates public speaking but is here doing this anyway. She is obsessed with memes, has 5 ½ cats, and is a e-board member of the Novelists’ Club. The biggest tragedy of her life is her dairy allergy. Non-dairy cheese doesn’t even taste like real cheese
Argument Maps as Representational Tools
No full textDo we need new laws to restrict gun ownership in this country? Should doctors be allowed to help very sick patients bring about their own death? Is it wrong to stare at an attractive person as they walk down the street? To deliver a compelling answer to such questions, you have to do more than articulate your opinion. You have to build an argument.
An argument map is a great tool for evaluating arguments. It allows you to represent the logical structure of arguments graphically. Graphic representation makes it easy to isolate the logical relationships between individual claims, which is quite difficult to do when arguments are presented in prose form.
Charles Rathkopf, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Iona College, New York, explores these ideas in his presentation for the Hamilton College Summer Program in Philosophy held in Clinton, New York. Professor Rathkopf\u27s talk focuses on lessons learned from working with argument maps during daily class sessions over the course of the two-week summer program
Champ-contre-champ: Slon/Iskra new social documentary through the lens of Jean-Louis Comolli’s militant cinephilia
No full textChamp-contre-champ examines the writings of Jean-Louis Comolli, theorist and historian of political cinema, in parallel with the practices of grass-roots film documentary producer Slon/Iskra. As two of the main players of the 1960s cinéma militant, Comolli and Slon/Iskra stand as exceptions in the context of political cinema as they both have continuously and relentlessly worked for the survival of a certain ethics and form of cinema politic until today, 50 years later. The article compares Comolli’s assertions that ‘true political cinema’ has disappeared as filmmakers, including politically engaged ones, became more dependent on television for financing, with Slon/Iskra’s practices and the forms of the films it supports. The article gives overdue visibility to Comolli’s theories as well as to the resilience of Slon/Iskra in resisting the pressures of mainstream cinema
“Hey Guys, Welcome Back”: YouTube as a Cultural Phenomenon Amongst Young Women
No full textThis study examined YouTube as a cultural phenomenon amongst young women aged 13 to 17. According to recent research, YouTube has quickly become one of the most prominent entertainment sources for young people, surpassing television with the most hours of content watched per week by young people. Young girls have become a key audience for YouTube content creators and digital production companies, with many producing videos directly aimed at this group. Using a content analysis approach, this study looked to see what it is about these videos that drives young women to watch YouTube as such high rates. Specifically, this study aimed to answer the question: why is YouTube a popular media platform and cultural object for young women aged 13 to 17? Through an analysis of 39 videos, this study concluded that young women may watch YouTube videos for three main reasons: their narrative power, their resonance in the lives of young women, and their ability to help young women solve problems they may face in their everyday lives
Ski Bum vs workaholic: Why Some Young Adults Participate in Traditional Markers of Adulthood while others Engage in Emerging Adulthood
No full textRecent young adults are coined the generation of slackers and increasingly viewed as lazy and entitled (Adams 2012; Rampell 2011). As these labels suggest, many young adults today are not fulfilling the traditional benchmarks towards adulthood. The traditional markers of adulthood focus more on biographical transitions, which include finishing education, entering the labor force, gaining residential independence, entering the workforce, getting married, and bearing child (Arnett 1994; Arnett 1997; Settersten 2011; Stanger-Ross Collins, and Stern 2005). Recent generations fail to fulfill these expectations because modern American culture has encouraged young adults to explore themselves during their late teens and twenties. Because of the increase in number of young adults that delay entrance into adulthood, this period of identity exploration was labeled “emerging adulthood.” Yet not all young adults choose to delay their entrance into adulthood; some choose to follow the old model of adulthood and enter the job market right out of college. This study researched how young college graduates determined which coming of age path to take and what social factors influenced their decision. The different factors researched include economic performance, cultural expectations, familial social status, and race. The study found that it was difficult to separate the young adults onto strictly the traditional pathway or the untraditional pathway and only one of the participant consciously delayed his transition into adulthood. The participants utilized rites from both pathways when narrating their views on adulthood: biographical markers as placeholders that marks their transition but also heavily valued the development of a personal identity
Document: Reasons For Uniting with the people called Shakers: Comprised in a short sketch of the Author’s Religious Exercises, and a brief Statement of the Peculiar Doctrines and Practices of that People
Get PDFProctor Sampson (ca.1773-1855) was instrumental in gathering the community at Sodus Bay, New York. He wrote Remains of Joseph A. H. Sampson (Rochester, N.Y.: E.F. Marshall, 1827), the first Shaker biography, as a loving elegy to his son, who died a Shaker at age twenty. This first section of his “Reasons for Uniting with the Shakers” has never been published. It is one of eighteen chapters, the rest devoted to theology, comprising a manuscript now in the collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, (VII:B-50). Sampson’s colorful narrative sheds much light on the religious ferment in southern Maine during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is a fascinating read, and we are pleased to present it in printed form for the first time