16 research outputs found
M. M. Cohn Company records
No full textThis collection contains records of the M. M. Cohn Company, including minutes of stockholders' and board of directors' meetings
Emblemata d'A. Alciati : denuo ab ipso autore recognita ac, quae desiderabantur, imaginibus locupletata : accesserunt noua aliquot ab autore emblemata, suis quoque eiconibus insignita.
No full text"Index emblematvm in locos commvnes digestorvm": p. [1]-[4] at end.Signatures: A-0⁸ P⁴ (P4 blank).Woodcuts by Pierre Eskrich, in the style of Bernard Salomon. Many of the four-block borders with grotesque, strap-work or architectural elements are signed PV, probably for Pierre Vase, i.e. Eskrich. The t.p. border incorporating Rouillé's eagle and serpent device is probably by him as well. The section at the end entitled "Arbores" (O3r-P1v) makes use of ill. from Leonhard Fuchs' De historia stirpium (1549). For all the preceding, cf. Mortimer, R., French 16th-cent., 15 and 16.Colophon: Lugduni, Excudebat Mathias Bonhomme.Mode of access: Internet.M⁸ misgathered in Getty copy: it is bound M2 (missigned M), M[1], M4, M3...Signature at foot of t.p.: Antonius Maria De Viscontis; repeated on verso of last leaf as: Anton' Maria Visconti (perhaps Antonio Maria Visconti of Piacenza, 16th-cent. writer on mathematics).Binding: modern vellum. Author, title and date written on spine. Shelf mark "970" on paper slip at foot of spine
Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John
Full text linkThe present study considers the degree to which John’s portrayal of the faithful Christian community in the Apocalypse is informed by Jewish apocalyptic traditions related to wealth in the Second Temple period. Previous studies have attributed the author’s radical stance against wealth and economic participation to an ad hoc response against the idolatry and social injustices of the Roman Empire and imperial cults. This thesis argues that there is reasonable evidence to suggest that the author may have already been predisposed to reject affluence as a feature of the present age for the ideal faithful community based on received tradition.
The study begins by delineating the problem in a critical review of how scholars have attempted to deal with this language through either the social world of Roman Asia Minor or the author’s use of the biblical prophets. This discussion demonstrates the need to take a tradition-historical approach that includes an examination of Jewish apocalyptic traditions preserved among the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as other Jewish literature not found at Qumran that demonstrate a decided concern over wealth. These Second Temple texts are then examined collectively against the language of wealth and poverty in selected passages of the Apocalypse. The evidence reveals an emphasis on the part of John on the irreversible, eschatological consequences of ethical behaviour directly related to wealth based on a certain cosmological and theological understanding, an emphasis that has close analogies in some Second Temple literature.
The study concludes that traditions preserved in the Epistle of Enoch and later Enochic texts have played a formative role in shaping the author’s theological perspective concerning material blessing for the faithful in the present age and the world through which he legitimised the radical stance he imposed on his readers/hearers
Swedish integration policy documents: a close dialogic reading
Full text linkSweden as the great welfare state where everybody is equally welcomed and cared for has for long been the prevailing view. Although Swedish integration policy seems to confirm this view, this is far removed from many people’s experienced reality. I argue that part of this disharmony lies in how West European languages contain and relate to an ‘identity’ construction, which perpetuates and is perpetuated through dichotomies that strengthen the social and political cogency of concepts such as ‘race’, ethnicity and culture. Based on this, I carry out a discourse analysis of Sweden’s major integration policy documents from the mid 1970s up to today.
After an eclectic reading of discourses on migration and integration terminology, ‘identity’ and language, I assert the centrality of ‘identity’ construction to everything we do. With this in mind, taking the dialogism promoted by the Bakhtinian Circle as the dichotomy to monologism, I carry out a close dialogic reading in the tradition of Lynn Pearce (1994) and Peter Stallybrass and Allon White (1986).
Contextualising the policy documents, I present the history of migration and integration from a Swedish perspective. Focusing on the last five decades, I divide the different historic tendencies into themes ranging from: emigration to labour migration, refugee migration and the European Union, and from immigrant policy to integration policy.
Believing that the conceptualisation and the handling of categorisation, segregation, culture, discrimination and racism are all central to a successful integration policy, I analyse the policy documents thematically accordingly. I show how the interdependence of the common ‘identity’ constructions and language sometimes obscures and frequently counteracts the intention of the author. As a result, I argue that the Bakhtinian Circle holds the key to a better understanding of the invincibility of stereotyping within racialised discourses, through applying absolute ‘identity’ constructions in monologic speech, and how this may be counteracted in order to strive for a dialogic approach to the world
Iowa History and Culture : A Bibliography of Materials Published Between 1952 and 1986, 1989
No full textThis bibliography was compiled by two reference librarians, Patricia Dawson and David Hudson with the goal of making it easier of tracking down material on Iowa history and culture. This supplements the Iowa History Reference Guide published in 1952 by William Petersen
Charismata and compassion : Dhinakaran, Charismatic healing and Pastoral Pentecostalism in South India : a practical theological assessment
Full text linkThis dissertation is a theological assessment of the Jesus Calls divine healing movement as it developed in South India. It analyses the thought of the founder D. G. S.
Dhinakaran, India's pre-eminent healing evangelist and explores its potential and adequacy as a pastoral theology. It draws out Dhinakaran's healing theology and model for ministry that has significantly contributed to Indian mission and attained international recognition. Until now, this movement has received no critical analysis.
The author, a native of South India, as an observer-participant, takes up this task.
The emergence and impact of the modem Pentecostal movement and the `full gospel' with healing as its flagship is discussed. The study highlights lesser-known precursors
and theological roots that give Indian Pentecostalism its distinct identity from the 1906 Azusa Street Revival, USA. It reveals how Charismatic Christianity flourishes due to
its bhakti spirituality, guru leadership, apostolic charismata and practical compassion. The thesis maintains that the dialectic of Pentecostal power and pastoral care is an effective mission strategy and proceeds to demonstrate this in Dhinakaran's ministry.
The research method progressed from a description of Dhinakaran's healing praxis via theological analysis to a critical assessment. It shows some major influences and the
appeal of his prayer movement and argues that the key to its success lies in its highly pragmatic, culturally adaptive and syncretic nature. Three doctrinal concepts that are embodied in Dhinakaran's model are presented: compassion, the wounded healer and healing evangelism, which correlate within a theological apparatus to make
interpretative sense of his praxis resulting in what is termed `Pastoral Pentecostalism'.
The hybridity in Dhinakaran's `miracle healing' is explored within two wider contextual interfaces: the traditional Hindu culture with the shamanic manthiravadi and an imported but adapted version of American faith healing. Here, an easternwestern synthesis is shown to contribute at once to a viable indigenous ministry and to global trends in Charismatic Christianity, allowing each to inform and shape the other. Dhinakaran's distinct prosperity message is located within the Guru movement and assessed against the American health-wealth gospel for pastoral integrity. The thesis advocates a Pastoral Pentecostalism that holds charismata and compassion in creative tension and re-presents Dhinakaran as a significant charismatic healing evangelist
Hatred in print : aspects of anti-Protestant polemic in the French Wars of Religion
No full textThe medium of printing has been persistently associated with Protestantism. As a
result, a large body of French Catholic anti-Protestant material was to a large extent
ignored. In contrast with Germany, there is evidence to suggest that French authors
used printing effectively and aggressively to promote the Catholic cause. During the
French Wars of Religion, French Catholics were far more innovative than they were
given credit for: the German paradigm of a leaden-footed Catholic response to the
Reformation was inappropriately applied to France. This is ironic given that it was
the Catholic cause which ultimately prevailed. In seeking to explain why France
remained a Catholic country, the French Catholic response must be taken into
account. Catholic polemical works, and their portrayal of Protestants in print in
particular, is the central focus of this work.
The first chapter is devoted to a historiographical discussion of the problem of
violence in the French Wars of Religion. The next two chapters are concerned with
the comparison between Protestantism and medieval heresies, and particularly the
recourse in polemic to the topos of the Albigensian Crusade. The next chapter
addresses the use of cultural archetypes such as 'the world turned upside down' and
the reversal of gender roles to deride the impact of the Reformation. The last two
chapters are an attempt to assess the impact of the Catholic polemic on the Protestant
culture and identity and on the emerging public opinion.
Rather than confront the Reformation on its own terms, the Catholic reaction
concentrated on discrediting the Protestant cause in the eyes of the Catholic majority.
They had a considerable impact on their readership and on an illiterate audience
(through the interaction between written and oral), and on the French Protestants'
own self-perception and identity. This thesis aims to contribute to the ongoing debate
over the nature of the French Wars of Religion, to explain why they were so violent
and why they engaged the loyalties of such a large portion of the population. This
study also provides an example of the successful defence of Catholicism developed
independently and in advance of Tridentine reform which is of wider significance for
the history of the Reformation in Europe
Depression: Can we predict who will relapse?
No full textThis thesis addresses risk factors and proposed mechanisms to explain relapse to depression. Volume 1 comprises three parts: Part 1 is a literature review consisting of meta-reviews of systematic and non-systematic reviews of studies reporting on risk factors for relapse to depression, and a systematic-review of neuroimaging and experimental studies investigating risk factors for relapse and potential mechanisms of action of these risk factors. The reviews found that only residual symptoms of depression at the end of treatment and childhood maltreatment were sufficiently evidenced as predictors of relapse and neither have great clinical utility. A number of psychological and neuropsychological factors were suggested to play a role in conferring risk for relapse. Considering the inter-relationships between these factors the reviews were used to propose a conceptual framework which may be used to help guide future research into relapse to depression in adults. Part 2 is an empirical paper in which data were analysed from service users of a primary care mental health service to identify risk factors for relapse and for the presence of residual symptoms, and survival analysis methods were used to determine when relapses occur most often and what factors impact survival. In addition, a prospective cohort study was formed to investigate the relationship between cognitive control and depressive symptoms. The findings confirmed that cognitive control can be used to predict residual symptoms of depression post-treatment and therefore potentially to predict relapse. Part 3 is a critical appraisal focussing on the theoretical reasons as to why studying relapse in a manner as used in the prospective study is so important and discusses the logistical difficulties conducting such research in the current context of NHS services and of the D.Clin.Psy research project. Methodological decisions made that impacted upon the research process are discussed and reflective conclusions are offered
Reflections on the Future Present. Images of the United States in the Early Twentieth-Century Spanish Press (1898-1914)
Full text link[EN] This article focuses on Spanish perceptions of the United States between 1898 and 1914
with an exhaustive perusal of some of the major publications of that period. Establishing a
range of common themes –culture, scientific and technological development, politics and society–
the author demonstrates that the Spanish vision was not very different from that of
other countries, because it was influenced by the views and opinions expressed in Europe.
Furthermore, the establishment of an extensive network of contacts with the editorial offices
of newspapers and periodicals served as a channel for the circulation of a set of common
ideas and representations of American power[ES] Este artículo se centra en las percepciones españolas sobre los Estados Unidos entre 1898
y 1914 a través del vaciado de algunas de las principales publicaciones de ese momento.
Estableciendo una serie de ejes coincidentes –cultura, desarrollo científico-tecnológico, polí-
tica y sociedad–, el autor demuestra que la visión española no fue tan diferente a la de otros
países, pues se vio condicionada por las valoraciones que se estaban realizando en Europa.
Asimismo, el establecimiento de una extensa red de contactos en las redacciones de periódicos
y revistas sirvió como canal de circulación de un conjunto de ideas y representaciones
comunes sobre la potencia americana.Peer reviewe
