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George MacLeod’s open-air preaching: performance and counter-performance
No full textStuart Blythe uses the methodology of performance to analyse George MacLeod’s open-air preaching. He points out that MacLeod’s preaching was derived from a theology of the incarnation, and an understanding of the paradoxes and dichotomies of common human life. This preaching, Blythe suggests, was also a counter-performance in the context of outlooks and ideologies inimical to the gospel. The paper raises interesting issues related to preaching as performance, and the further question as to whether or not the life and work of the Church as a whole might now be better understood as a counter-performance.Publisher PD
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Narrative approaches for intergenerational preaching: a case study
No full textCurrent research in intergenerational worship studies has shown there is a great benefit when all the generations worship together. However, proven methods of preaching conducive to an intergenerational context are still an area that demands attention. The two primary paths that have developed in response to the need for more intergenerational preaching include a change to the preaching event altogether or a change to the form, content or design of a sermon to make it more intergenerational. This work focuses on the latter direction, using narrative forms of sermons to discover if they can be a meaningful and engaging way to include all the generations in the preaching event in a Christian worship service. This research addresses the question, “How does an intergenerational congregation respond to narrative forms of preaching?” The research used a qualitative case study in a local Baptist church where three narrative forms of sermons were preached to an intergenerational congregation to test the validity or non-validity of narrative sermons to include all the generations in the preaching event. An analysis of the individual survey questions and the focus group interviews showed that all three forms of narrative sermons generated a variety of meaningful and engaging responses from all the generations in three primary categories: affective, cognitive, and behavioural. This research shows that narrative forms of preaching were indeed a valid way to include all the generations in my own local congregation in the preaching of God’s Word. The primary significance of this research is that it strongly suggests narrative preaching forms could be a conducive way to include all the generations in the preaching event in a variety of Christian worship services and congregations beyond the one in this study.</p
The legitimate value and use of rhetoric in preaching the resurrection: an analytic study of the Easter Sermons (2010-2019) of the Reverend Dr. Andrew Stirling
No full textoai:scholar.acadiau.ca:node-1411This thesis argues that rhetoric has legitimate value and use in the preaching of the resurrection. It begins by advancing the biblical and theological case for the homiletical validity of rhetoric and then moves from the general claim about the legitimate value of rhetoric in preaching the resurrection to a particular focus on the use of ethos, pathos, and logos in such preaching. This discussion is then followed by an analysis of ten Easter sermons by one contemporary, prominent Canadian preacher, The Reverend Dr. Andrew Stirling. The findings demonstrate the way in which ethos, pathos, and logos, and indeed reverse-ēthos, can be used in practice as a servant of divine truth. The thesis concludes that there is legitimate value and use of rhetoric in preaching, and therefore, that it is appropriate for preachers to use persuasive speech in proclaiming the truth of the resurrection. Some implications of this research for the reading and interpretation of Scripture, preaching the resurrection, the teaching and learning of preaching, and the practice of preaching are discussed, along with areas for possible future research, in the final chapter
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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