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Armstrong, Gregory
No full textINTERVIEWERS: Mark Naison, Oneka LaBennett, Christina Grath
INTERVIEWEE: Gregory Armstrong
SUMMARY BY: Andrew O’Connell
Gregory Armstrong, born on September 18, 1970 in the Bronx, spent his most formative years growing up in the Bronx River Housing Project at 1455 Harrod Ave. The son of a legal secretary and a father who worked in the Sanitation Department for 27 years, Armstrong recalls a time when growing up in the projects proved tough, but lacked some of the more malicious qualities that they might possess today. While Armstrong admits that violence occurred regularly in his neighborhood (though never directly in front of his building), Armstrong recalls an atmosphere of respect that young people lack today. He remembers that children in his cohort would heed the scolding of any member of an elder generation, even if he or she were not your own parent. Armstrong also suggests that one would try to hide unacceptable behavior from these individuals.
While Armstrong paints a vaguely nostalgic depiction of the project as a place where children would play intramural sports with each building fielding a squad, he also describes in detail the deterioration of the neighborhood as he grew up, especially when the violence associated with the crack epidemic escalated. Although he says during his younger days there were crews instead of gangs (crews may have fought, but they also took part mostly in rap and dance battles), Armstrong also describes the violence as something pervasive, to the point where drug dealers would be having gun violence in the open in broad daylight with no respect for innocent bystanders and residents of the community, even recounting one incident where a child caught stray shotgun fire in the back.
Not only telling of the violence, Armstrong also provides great insight into how the crack epidemic destroyed the moral and familial fabric of the neighborhood. Although too young to draw any similarities to the problem of heroin during the 1960s, Armstrong remembers seeing these people, high on crack, who appeared to be shells of their former selves. What’s worst, Armstrong says, was realizing that the fiend in the hallway could be someone’s parent.
One particular aspect of social commentary that is fascinating in Armstrong’s interview deals with his views on the importance of a father figure. Armstrong points to his father’s presence as a factor in his success, and points out that all his friends who made it out of the projects had a father figure in their home life, while many in the neighborhood did not.
Armstrong proves important not only for his description of the Bronx River Housing Project, but also for his role in the birth of the hip-hop scene as we know it. A talented beat boxer and lyricist, Armstrong ran with the likes of Chris Lighty, CEO of Violator Records and recorded at the same studio in Union Square that hosted Salt-N-Pepa and KRS-One. Armstrong also provides interesting stories of his experiences at hip hop shows featuring such greats as Run-DMC and LL Cool J. Armstrong began running his own studio in 1997, returning to the rap game after a decade long hiatus.
Armstrong attended James Monroe High School, briefly attended Bronx Community College, and currently works at Montefiore Hospital right here in the Bronx
Looking northwest across Armstrong Canyon Plateau, Moenkopi, Shinarump: Mesa Chinle and Glen Canyon. San Juan County, UT, 1928
No full textNegative of a photo showing a view looking northwest across Armstrong Canyon in San Juan County, Utah, in 1928. Plateau in middle distance includes Moenkopi and Shinarump formations. Mesa in distance includes Chinle and Glen Canyon formations. Photograph from Herbert E. Gregory Book 9: Utah, California, 1924-1928
Looking northwest across Armstrong Canyon Plateau, Moenkopi, Shinarump: Mesa Chinle and Glen Canyon. San Juan County, UT, 1928
No full textPhoto showing a view looking northwest across Armstrong Canyon in San Juan County, Utah, in 1928. Plateau in middle distance includes Moenkopi and Shinarump formations. Mesa in distance includes Chinle and Glen Canyon formations. Photograph from Herbert E. Gregory Book 9: Utah, California, 1924-1928
THEOLOGIA AND OIKONOMIA: THE SOTERIOLOGICAL GROUND OF GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS’S TRINITARIAN THEOLOGY.
No full textThis dissertation explores the soteriological ground of the trinitarian theology of
Gregory of Nazianzus and establishes a consistent link in his thought between the
spheres of oikonomia and theologia. His writings are studied against the background of
contemporary theological and philosophical trends thus demonstrating the context
within which he elaborated his main theological concepts as well as their novelty.
Although Gregory drew heavily on the heritage of his intellectual master Origen, he
significantly changed his perspective from cosmological speculations to reflections on
the historical embodiment of Christ’s salvific activity. This shift was to lead Gregory
towards a positive view of the body and of bodily desire which he considered a vital
force in human existence capable of union with God in the process of deification.
Gregory thus fully identified Christ with humanity in its total manifestation, including
the human mind with its fallen and rebellious desire, now assumed and redeemed in the
incarnation. Hence Gregory placed the suffering image of Christ at the heart of his
trinitarian theological construction. As this thesis argues, around this image evolves the
whole dogmatic edifice of Gregory’s theology. Christ’s divine sovereignty is
understood not in separation and independence from the passion on Cross. Rather, its
full manifestation is only possible because of the cross, because of Christ’s free and
willing acceptance of it. The whole set of interrelationships between the suffering
Christ and the Father and the Holy Spirit are depicted according to the logic of
coincidence of sovereignty and humiliation. It is precisely in this combination of
theological themes – expressed with our new concept of “kenotic sovereignty” – that
the focus of the present thesis is located. This innovative spiritual disposition shapes
both Gregory’s theological epistemology and his hermeneutical strategy. Arguing for
the possibility of knowing the divine in and through human bodily existence and
corroborating this view with suitably interpreted Scriptural evidence, he opens the
horizons for the human ascension to the realm of the divine trinitarian life. In this way
Gregory envisages access to the transcendent theology of the Trinity which is
understood by him in purely personal terms, insofar as it implies the intimate
conversation of God with us “as friends” (Or. 38.7). This unique reworking of classical
and Christian themes is possible because of Gregory’s insistence that divine
sovereignty and transcendence become intelligible exclusively in the context of Easter.
Thus the habitually neglected narrative of the cross and resurrection of Christ in the
thought of the Theologian is the only key to unlock his understanding of the luminous
mystery of the Trinity
View looking west from south end of Elk Ridge across Armstrong Canyon. Moenkopi beds in right foreground, Coconino in middle distance, mesas of Navajo beyond. San Juan County, Utah, 1929.
No full textPhoto shows a view looking west from south end of Elk Ridge across Armstrong Canyon. Moenkopi beds in right foreground, Coconino in middle distance, mesas of Navajo beyond, in San Juan County, Utah, in 1929. Photograph from Herbert E. Gregory Book 10: San Juan, Zion, Capitol Reef, 1915-193
Camp scene, south bank of Armstrong Canyon looking northeast. Camp on Coconino; plateau in middle distance. Moenkopi capped by Shinarump; mesa in left background. Chinle and Glen Canyon, Fred Lowrey. San Juan County, UT, 1928
No full textPhoto shows a camping scene, south bank of Armstrong Canyon looking northeast. Camp on Coconino; plateau in middle distance, Moenkopi capped by Shinarump sandstone, mesa in left background, Chinle and Glen Canyon. Taken by Fred Lowrey, San Juan County, Utah, in 1928. Photograph from Herbert E. Gregory Book 9: Utah, California, 1924-1928
Same as 838 [View looking west from south end of Elk Ridge across Armstrong Canyon. Moenkopi beds in right foreground, Coconino in middle distance, mesas of Navajo beyond. San Juan County, Utah, 1929.]
No full textPhoto shows a view looking west from south end of Elk Ridge across Armstrong Canyon. Moenkopi beds in right foreground, Coconino in middle distance, mesas of Navajo beyond, in San Juan County, Utah, in 1929. Photograph from Herbert E. Gregory Book 10: San Juan, Zion, Capitol Reef, 1915-193
Camp scene, south bank of Armstrong Canyon looking northeast. Camp on Coconino; plateau in middle distance. Moenkopi capped by Shinarump; mesa in left background. Chinle and Glen Canyon, Fred Lowrey. San Juan County, UT, 1928
No full textNegative of a photo shows a camping scene, south bank of Armstrong Canyon looking northeast. Camp on Coconino, plateau in middle distance, Moenkopi capped by Shinarump sandstone, mesa in left background, Chinle and Glen Canyon. Taken by Fred Lowrey, San Juan County, Utah, in 1928. Photograph from Herbert E. Gregory Book 9: Utah, California, 1924-1928
Views of Armstrong Canyon and Henry Mountains from near Bears Ears, UT. Lee-1925
No full textPhoto shows views of Armstrong Canyon and Henry Mountains from near Bears Ears, Utah, 1925. Photograph from Herbert E. Gregory Book 9: Utah, California, 1924-1928
Cliff house rim and aurieul ladder pole near Edwin Bridge, Armstrong Canyon
No full textPhoto shows a cliff house rim and aurieul ladder pole near Edwin [Owachomo] Bridge in Armstrong Canyon, Natural Bridges National Monument, San Juan County, Utah. Photograph from Herbert E. Gregory Book 9: Utah, California, 1924-1928
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