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A Postmodern History of the New Testament Canon during the First Five Centuries
No full textA postmodern approach to the history of the canon of the New Testament describes qualitatively a different but more meaningful history of the canon of the New Testament than the traditional versions for the present human condition. It is important to emphasize that the postmodern approach is the language of the technological society, the language of uncertainty and a distrust in the Truth. It also could be considered the language that makes a history of the canon of the New Testament more relevant for the technological society and the postmodern environment
The Aura of 660 Fifth Avenue: Alva Vanderbilt, Richard Morris Hunt, and the Emergence of American Luxury
No full textThis project introduces 660 Fifth Avenue as a total work of art and through a multidisciplinary framework, examines its aura, as it was originally completed and displayed to guests and members of the press at the time of the Vanderbilt Ball on March 26, 1883. Once completed, 660 Fifth Avenue was possessed as an act of performative identity by social celebrity, Alva Vanderbilt. Further, this project identifies Richard Morris Hunt as a cultural intermediary and arbiter of taste whose singular brand of academically studied, historically referential style, created a desire for a new mode of domestic architecture, which came to define American luxury. This project seeks to explore the potential of American Gilded Age domestic architecture to define taste, create desire, and shape a cultural zeitgeis
Trash Talk: The Effects of Plastic Pollution on Seabirds in Narragansett Bay
Get PDFPlastic pollution in the ocean is a global concern with more than 8 million tons of plastic dumped into our oceans every year. This policy paper assesses plastic pollution in Narragansett Bay and the negative implications it holds on local seabird populations. Also, essential background information on plastic production and throwaway culture is provided. Moreover, the biological significance of seabirds is described, highlighting the vital role such populations play in local ecosystems such as Narragansett Bay. This paper contributes research to the global issue of plastic pollution by observing declining native wildlife life populations, such as seabirds, on a local scale in Narragansett Bay. Furthermore, domestic policy is examined in relation to plastic production and wildlife conservation. This paper examines the effects of the Rhode Island Task Force to Tackle Plastics, which focuses on the mitigation of single-use plastics in Rhode Island to preserve ecological integrity. In addition, The Narragansett Bay Estuary program is evaluated to ensure the productivity of scientific research that contributes to the restoration and preservation of Narragansett Bay. Lastly, the final policy scrutinized includes the Rhode Island Wildlife Action Plan that is utilized to analyze the quality of native habitats and the overall ecological health of Rhode Island. Scholarly articles, relevant research, and other secondary sources are further examined in tandem with previous knowledge of conservation biology in order to contribute to these findings. As a result, final recommendations are provided, calling for additional regulations and policy adoptions that aid in environmental efforts on a domestic scale. Some recommendations include initiating a statewide ban of single-use plastics, development of financial incentives that promote sustainable efforts, and instituting better waste management systems
Consider the Audiobook or the Hermeneutics of Close Listening: Literary Sound Studies, Critical Theory, and David Foster Wallace\u27s Literary Journalism
No full textWhat difference does it make whether one reads or listens to a narrative? “Consider the Audiobook, or The Hermeneutics of Close Listening” explores the literary, cultural, and political implications surrounding the fastest growing industry in American publishing: audiobooks. It grounds its analysis in Foucault’s notion of the author function and Gerard Genette’s concept of paratextuality, situating each within the burgeoning and interdisciplinary field of Literary Sound Studies. “Consider the Audiobook” aims to rediscover a new conception of authorship, the book, and what Literature and hermeneutics might mean in a time of increasing re-mediation and adaptation of the printed word. This thesis contributes to conversations current in Literary Sound Studies and Critical Theory, David Foster Wallace Studies, and Literary Journalism Studies
Cyber-Jihad: Waging Virtual Terror to Create an Online Caliphate
No full textThe Islamic State is waging a war of global terror in the offline world to support their goal of an online caliphate. Their adept abilities and use of the Internet and social media to recruit, radicalize, and propagandize their mission is notable. In their pursuit of global dominance, they are successfully using technology to advance their cause. This research examines how the Islamic State is conducting a cyber-jihad to wage virtual terror and create an online caliphate. While their offline world has met defeat, they continue to achieve success online; I explain how
The Intersection of the Zeitgeist and Common Personal Factors that Allowed the Rise of Three Women: Maria Montessori, Beatrix Potter, and Marie Curie
No full textThroughout history women have faced obstacles to success. Maria Montessori, Beatrix Potter, and Marie Curie overcame barriers in the late nineteenth century helped by the emerging women\u27s movement, as well as, improved communication, transportation, and industrialization. The common circumstances of their individual lives in their education, relationships, and personal characteristics contributed to their accomplishments. These women achieved significance and attained lasting influence. The purpose of this work is to analyze the interplay of the factors through qualitative research of personal and cultural factors impacting their successes. The implications for women today lie in seeking to uncover those factors in order for them to follow the same opportunities for success
Salve Regina Oral History Project: Janet Robinson [text]
No full textOral History interview with Janet Robinson, an alumna and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Salve Regina. The interview was conducted on July 12, 2018
From Pillar to Pillory U.S. Navy Crimes of Command 1945-2015
No full textSince the beginning of the 21st century, the Navy has announced almost every removal of an officer from command. Before 2000, some removals were announced, most were not. Quite often official command histories don’t address when a commanding officer is removed. Sometimes discussion of a removal is suppressed. Some commanding officers are ordered to never discuss their removal. Some will not discuss the removal out of personal shame. For those not involved, spectators, there is a combination of schadenfreude and learning. And even, for some, a level of glee when karma catches up with someone in a particularly expected or deserved manner. In 2011 the senior Navy officer issued a letter to all prospective commanding officers. In it he wrote that command is based on three principles: authority, responsibility, and accountability. He calls the relationship between authority, responsibility, and accountability an “immutable truth [that] has been the foundation of our Navy since 1775.” This paper shows that accountability, at least in that context, is a modern creation. Looking at writings through the 20 th and into the 21st-century one can trace the creation of this “immutable truth” through two major events of the 20 th century—the U.S. Navy’s worst peacetime disaster and a national sex scandal. This dissertation explores post-World War II United States Navy culture and how this culture addresses officers who have excelled sufficiently enough to rise to the pinnacle of professional assignment, the pillar of command of a U.S. Navy warship but also committed a ‘crime of command.’ A crime of command is an idea unique and special to military command, and even more unique to naval command. Crime of command is a specific term of art, a combination of words with meaning distinct and separate from individual value and presentation. However, to understand the concept of ‘crime of command’ we must first understand the individual meaning of the words. Once the words are understood they must be studied within the context of naval operations, commanders identified, and the Navy’s actions towards them determined. Since behavior is learned, understanding not only the ethical dilemmas of command but also the process by which commanders learn to decide is important. Not just for the commander who erred, but also for the commander who must decide how to adjudicate the crime of command as the officers travel from pillar to pillory. Over the last seventy years Navy leaders first learned and now teach a concept of accountability that has not only deviated from its original meaning, but has morphed into something else; something corrupted in its understanding. The Navy must relearn the ideas of responsibility, culpability, accounting, and forgiveness if it is to prevail in the future
Singularitarianism and the New Millennium: Techno-Theology in the Transhumanist Age of Re-Enchantment
No full textThis dissertation explores the perennial link between religion and technology in Western culture. Specifically, I focus on a subset of transhumanism, known as Singularitarianism, as a modern representation of the historically close relationship between technology and religion in the West. To provide a genealogy of Singularitarianism, and the transhumanist movement out of which it emerged, I trace the history of Western techno-religious culture from Latin Christendom, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, all the way to modern transhumanism. Modern transhumanism is the result of this philosophical framework combined with rapidly accelerating technology, resulting in the belief that humans should control their own material and spiritual evolution through technology. Today, the rapid advance of advanced technology is seen as capable of realizing the promises traditionally satisfied through traditional theistic religion in the West. In exploring these dynamics, I make the argument that religion adapts to technology at an ontological level. For the purposes of gaining insight to the fundamental question concerning what it means to be human in an age of technology, Singularitarianism serves as an example of how our technology facilitates ultimate concern by addressing the challenges of meaning in an age of accelerating change, and reveals where religion is going in the future. This represents, in the language of Charles Taylor, a kind of re-enchantment of the West
Salve Regina Oral History Project: John Hartley [audio]
No full textOral History interview with John Hartley that was an additional interview that corresponds with Kitty Rok’s oral history interview. He is one of the early members of the Learning Unlimited program at Salve Regina. The interview was conducted on October 17, 2018