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Bernanke, B. (2022). 21st Century Monetary Policy: The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19. First edition. New York, W. W. Norton and Company.
Full text linkImitating Abraham: Ritual and Exemplarity in Jewish and Christian Contexts
No full textImitating Abraham provides exciting glimpses into the reception history of the character Abraham in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, illuminating the manifold ways in which interpreters draw upon his legacy to authorize practices like sacrifice, circumcision, hospitality, feasting, prayer, and personal and corporate piety. Abraham holds surprises: his name is used in magical amulets—some published here for the first time—to ward off demons, protect cattle from illness, and even to round up runaway slaves. Researchers, students, and all interested in Biblical, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Studies, as well as ritual and exemplarity will want to read this book
Using Blockchain, Non-Fungible Tokens, and Smart Contracts to Track and Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Full text linkGlobal markets are moving toward requiring firms to track and report greenhouse gas emissions across their value chain. This includes self-generated emissions (i.e., Scope 1), emissions from power providers (i.e., Scope 2), and emissions from upstream suppliers and downstream parties (i.e., Scope 3). Yet, obtaining reliable emissions data is a complex task that often relies on cumbersome legacy processes and becomes especially challenging with upstream and downstream emissions. Using the Design Science Research Methodology, we propose and prototype (early-stage) a technological solution that uses blockchain, non-fungible tokens, and smart contracts to track and report greenhouse gas emissions across a firm’s value chain. The proposed model demonstrates how these tools can create a reliable classification and provenance of emissions that all value chain members can access for reporting purposes. Experts in the field evaluate the proposed model, find it technologically feasible, and call attention to some of its challenges
Enhancing Health and Wellness in Female University Students: A Study on the Impact of Self-Monitoring, Goal Setting, and Feedback
Full text linkIncorporating exercise into daily routines helps female university students navigate the challenges of university life, promotes long-term health, and fosters a balanced and productive lifestyle (Kohl, 2013). This study aims to expand the research on applied behavior analysis by examining the effectiveness of self-monitoring, goal setting, and feedback in helping female students achieve daily goals related to step count, exercise, distance walked, etc.. Using a changing criterion design, participants recorded data via an Apple Watch, with the intervention\u27s effectiveness evaluated weekly over a six-week period
The Legacy and Limits of Vatican II in an Age of Crisis
No full textPacked with new insights from some of today’s most highly regarded voices on the Second Vatican Council, The Legacy and Limits of Vatican II in an Age of Crisis enacts the living tradition of the church by proposing a richer history to be told sixty years from its celebration, and a broader theology to inspire our work today.
Vatican II did not anticipate our contemporary challenges, nor do its documents provide specific guidelines or step-by-step instructions for addressing them. But that does not make the council irrelevant. As a touchstone of the church’s magisterial tradition, the Second Vatican Council remains foundational for the life and mission of the Catholic Church today. However, like any monument of the tradition, the council requires ongoing investigation, critical analysis, and constant reconsideration from a diversity of contemporary perspectives if it is going to contribute to the living tradition of the church.
Through historical and theological lenses, the contributors aim to rediscover forgotten voices and overlooked moments of Vatican II that may have something even more important to say today. Each chapter promises to surprise, enlighten, inspire, and teach in fresh and unexpected ways. The contributors offer readers striking insights on the council’s teaching related to the sexual abuse crisis, antiracism, politics, the Synod on Synodality, and much more. By reexamining the teaching of Vatican II from the perspective of our present ecclesial crisis, readers will have a better understanding of how its legacy and limits affect the ongoing reform of the church in a much-changed theological, ecclesial, and social landscape
Male and Female Genital Modifications in Anthropological Perspective
No full textThe chapter discusses the origins, dissemination, and contemporary global distribution of cultural, heritage-based genital modification practices of females and males. These are performed as rites of passage; religious obligations; safeguards to virginity, chastity, and marriageability of girls; or group and gender identity. Male genital modification practices are unevenly distributed globally and originated multiple times in parts of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. Detailed accounts of the history of male circumcision in ancient Egypt and the Levant are provided as examples of the variations in practices and multiple origins, and male circumcision among Muslims in Africa, Asia, and elsewhere is covered. Female genital modifications were also known in antiquity and similarly originated multiple times in Africa, Asia, and possibly elsewhere, probably along with or following the establishment of male modifications. Female genital cutting is practiced by followers of several religions, and some Muslims believe it to be required or at least desirable in their faith. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the spread of male circumcision was further accelerated by medical promotion, in the belief that it contributed to disease prevention and morality. The World Health Organization’s current support for male infant circumcisions while at the same time promoting abolition of female genital cutting (with some exceptions) is discussed. The contentious ethical issue of whether it violates human rights to surgically alter the genitalia of infants or children, who are unable to provide informed consent, is also discussed
From Guns to Mental Health and Accountability: Decoding Media Narratives and Audience Reactions in Public Mass Shootings
Full text linkPublic mass shootings pose a critical safety challenge in the U.S. This study investigates how media framing relates to public online engagement, focusing on gun regulation, mental health, and individual and political accountability across five major TV networks: ABC, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and NBC. Using a mixed-methods approach, the research analyzes 678 news reports and 7605 audience comments. Findings reveal significant differences in audience engagement based on framing, and in key variables show audiences taking opposite positions to their news network’s narratives. ABC, CNN, and NBC’s thematic framing, highlighting systemic failures, elicits more balanced responses, whereas Fox News and MSNBC’s episodic framing, emphasizing individual or political accountability, correlates with polarized reactions. This research extends media framing theories by showing how episodic framing reduces support for systemic reforms, emphasizing personal responsibility. The study offers crucial insights for scholars, policymakers, and journalists on media’s role in shaping public discourse on gun violence
A Broken Pipeline: Women Running for Public Office in Ohio
Full text linkIn Ohio, where are women more – or less – likely to serve in public office? The pipeline theory suggests that we should see a pyramid shape in women’s representation, with more women at lower levels of the political career ladder, particularly in local and county-level offices, and fewer women as we move up the hierarchy. With original data for over 6500 seats, we explore the presence of women serving in legislative office at the local, state, and federal level in Ohio. Our analysis suggests that the pipeline theory does not help us understand the presence of women in elected office in Ohio: while there are, as expected, very few women at the top of the political career ladder, there are also very few women at the bottom. If anything, the “pyramid shape” predicted by the pipeline theory is oddly inverted. But the presence of so few women serving at the local level means that there is no “farm team” where women with political experience can be recruited to run for higher levels of office. Ultimately, our analysis shows that women are substantially underrepresented at all levels of Ohio’s political hierarchy
Where’d You Go, Ohio: Progressive Ohio Ballot Initiative Passage in a Republican Aligned State
Full text linkOver the span of just three months, Ohio voters went to the polls to weigh in on three issues concerning the threshold needed to amend the state constitution, abortion, and marijuana. Despite being a Republican-leaning state – per an author’s calculations, its Cook’s Partisan Voter Index is R+6 – the more progressive position won all three votes handily. In August, the coalition supporting the status quo of requiring a simple majority to change the state constitution, a longheld progressive position, won 57.1% of the vote (“The New York Times,” 2023a). In November, voters approved a constitutional amendment to give individuals the “right to carry out one’s own reproductive decisions” by a 56.6% - 43.4% margin, as well as codifying the possession and use of marijuana for people 21-years-old and older by a 57% - 43% margin (“The New York Times,” 2023b). That the progressive position was undefeated in these measures is telling of how the outcome for single-issue ballot initiatives may not align with a state’s partisanship. Perhaps even more interesting is that the coalitions that formed to support these positions were overlapping, yet distinct, even in November when two issues were on the ballot at the same time and despite the similar margins of victory. This manuscript examines why and how the progressive side won these votes in the context of Ohio’s ongoing secular realignment, focusing specifically on the cosmopolitan – traditionalist spectrum, and discusses what these shifts mean for the state’s politics in the near future. We begin by defining the cosmopolitan versus traditionalist divide and place it in the context of the realignment literature. Then, we add context by outlining secular realignment in Ohio and its link to this divide. After that, we derive our hypotheses, namely, that the coalitions supporting each initiative are different and that these victories break down along cosmopolitan – traditionalist lines. After analyzing county-level data from the US Census Bureau, we run a variety of statistical models that demonstrate evidence in support of our hypotheses, finding not only that the cosmopolitan versus traditionalist divide played a key role in these outcomes, but that other factors, such as poverty and region, played subtle roles as well. We end the manuscript by discussing the broader implications of these findings and suggesting avenues for further research