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Transatlantic Sermonizing: The Influence of Changing Sermon Styles in Britain on Anglican Clergy in Colonial Philadelphia
Get PDFAt the beginning of the eighteenth century, a significant change emerged in the style and content of sermons in the Church of England. Sermons focused less on sin and the threat of eternal punishment, features of the seventeenth century, and more on how to live a rational and agreeable life. These alterations occurred both because of political changes following the Hanoverian succession accompanied by the rise of the Whigs and also from the influence of the Enlightenment. These transformations arose not only in England but in her American colonies as well, primarily in the Middle Atlantic colonies. Large numbers of printed sermons arrived in colonial America, especially in Philadelphia, the focus of this analysis. Also, colonial men seeking ordination had to spend a significant amount of time in England and as a result became familiar with the new preaching style. This paper examines those changes in the Church of England and then demonstrates the corresponding shifts in colonial pulpits. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, however, sermon tone and substance reverted to the earlier characteristics both in England and the former colonies, largely the result of the Evangelical Revival, leaving behind the calm and restrained qualities of the eighteenth. Thus, outside political and internal church influences helped shape the content and style of preaching the England and the colonies
Read the Room: What an Unfortunate Incident with Dog Poop and a Robot Vacuum Taught Me About Peer Tutoring
No full textFor all the efficiency that robots bring to our lives, they lack a critical skill: the ability to read the room. And this skill set – situational awareness – is what distinguishes the artificial from the human. The ability to read carefully and critically is what peer and professional tutors offer students that ChatGPT, Grammarly, or any other writing-assistance software does not
Masculinity in Nepali Diaspora Stories
Get PDFThis article analyzes the construction of masculinity in the anthology Paradesahkaa Kathaa (Stories of a Foreign Country). The stories “Amerikan Pasaport” (American Passport), “Pijjaa Delibharee” (Pizza Delivery), “Diportesana” (Deportation), and “Deshabhaktta” (A Patriot) depict the struggles of male characters in the host country, America. The main aspect of their struggle is maintaining the image of a successful man, as they consider failure to be effeminate. As immigrants, they are doubly burdened because these male characters must construct their identity through their actions. On the one hand, they feel pressured to build a personality that aligns with the attributes required to be a resident of a foreign land. On the other hand, they must assert their manliness by performing the socially assigned roles of a responsible father, son, husband, a successful individual, and provider for their family. The central argument of this article is that masculinity is a constructed entity. The male characters in these stories form their masculinity through their performances. These characters reassert the socially accepted definition of what it means to be a man or a woman. To support this argument, Connell’s theory of masculinity is used to analyze the texts. Connell argues that conventional masculinity harms men, who are caught up in a systematically constructed limitation due to their prescribed gender roles. According to Connell, under social instruction and pressure, men actively construct their masculinities, which leads to repression while performing masculinity. The goal of this article is to analyze the condition of Nepali males residing in America. It concludes that since patriarchy buries them under the unbearable burden of masculinity, happiness and peace are lost in the lives of the male characters in these stories
Design of multi-objective and optimal sliding mode controller for tracking knee joint angle during squatting and normal gait motion
Get PDFThis work presents two objectives for the use of robust sliding mode controller (SMC) in optimal and multi-objective settings to regulate the position of the knee joint angle for patients suffering from knee injuries. The controller imitates the role of active orthoses that produce the joint torques required to overcome gravity and loading forces and regain natural human movements. The first objective is to focus only on the knee, for which a mathematical model of the shank, the lower part of the leg, is derived first and then used for the control system design and computer simulations. Four objectives are considered: minimization of the control effort and tracking error; and maximization of the control signal smoothness and closed-loop system\u27s speed of response. The second objective is to include a knee exoskeleton in the dynamic equations, for which a mathematical model, which includes the shank and exoskeleton, was derived, and also add a disturbance observer to the system to allow for accurate tracking despite external disturbances that may occur in normal walking motion. There are again four objectives: minimization of the control effort, tracking error, and the square-sum of the observer’s gains; and maximization closed-loop system\u27s speed of response. Optimal solutions in terms of the Pareto set and its image, the Pareto front, are obtained. The results show that there are trade-offs among the design objectives and many optimal solutions from which the decision-maker can choose to implement. Also, computer simulations conducted at different points from the Pareto set and assuming knee squat movement demonstrate competing relationships among the design goals. In addition, the proposed control algorithm shows robustness in tracking a standard gait signal when accounting for uncertainty in the shank\u27s parameters. However, the disturbance observer developed in this work only partially estimated the human torque and will need to be improved in future work
20240105: Athletic Player Files List, 1951-2011
Get PDFThese items include materials from the Department of Athletics at Marshall University from 1951-2011. Items were received sometime prior to 2013. This is a list of each athletic member across all sports that we have information for. Information within the folders could be as little as one headshot, a single piece of paper, or their athletic profile application. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents in this specific collection
20240219: John Marshall Materials, 1998-2001
Get PDFThese items include materials from the office of the John Deaver Drinko Academy at Marshall University. Items were received in 2024 via Dr. Monsterrat Miller regarding historic information about John Marshall, including his history, various events, research, a photograph, and his genealogy. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents
Forces of Change: The Evolution of Marshall College State Normal School and Its Redefinition Under Political and Economic Pressures
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