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The Rhetoric of Landscape in Gregory of Nyssa’s Homilies on the Song of Songs
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Brill via the ISBN in this recordAnalytical and Supporting Studies. Proceedings of the 13th International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (Rome, 17-20 September 2014)Series:
Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements, Volume: 150In this paper I want to take you on a walk through a garden. It is, to be sure, an imaginary garden; nevertheless, it bears a significance which extends beyond itself. Some of this significance concerns words and texts: for as we shall see, the garden is, amongst other things, a ‘garden of rhetoric’. The garden in question appears in the Gregory of Nyssa’s Homilies on the Song of Songs.[...
Language and theology in St Gregory of Nyssa
No full textThis MA thesis focuses on the work of one of the most influential and authoritative theologians of the early Church: St Gregory of Nyssa (†396). My topic of research consists in the relationship between language and theology, as it shaped in Gregory’s polemical works against the radical Arians, in particular against Eunomius of Cyzicus (†395).The first chapter tackles the historical side of the controversy and provides the chronology of the dogmatic disputes on the dogma of Trinity following the Council of Nicaea (325). The second chapters illustrate the conflict being at stake between two theological methodologies: Gregory's grammar of thought is scriptural, whereas Eunomius' theology is much more philosophical and inflexible in its terms. Eunomius claimed that one can know God by his essence in the concept of 'ingenerate'. On the contrary, for Gregory of Nyssa, God 'is above all names'. For him, language and sexuality are realitites of the post-lapsarian world, which made human mind opaque and the exercise of interpretation indispensable. Gregory included also the episode of Babel in the genealogy of our linguistic finitude. The third and the fourth chapters focus on the relationship between language and theological knowledge in St Gregory's third book Contra Eunomium. All words used in human language - including Eunomius' concept of agennetos – have complementary meanings, since no one can describe the essence of an object or of any part of reality. On this basis, Gregory develops his 'theory of relativity' of names, which can never befit God's majesty and glory. In the last chapter, under the heading 'Pragmatics of Language', I investigate the immediate consequences of Gregory's 'theory of relativity'. Speech is treated as a sphere, which resembles the creative power of the hypostatic Word. Therefore, rhetoric becomes the perfect tool for his pastoral concern in doing theology. By choosing rhetoric, Gregory is free to start his theological argument from anywhere, since theology is a discourse about God's redemptive economy. In conclusion, I try to emphasise the actuality of Gregory's theory of names and its importance for the contemporary debates in the Church on thorny issues as Trinitarian theology or gender. I also evaluate Gregory of Nyssa's self-consistency in positive terms
The ‘insider/outsider’ dilemma of ethnography: Working with young children and their families in cross-cultural contexts
No full textIn this article we unravel the difficulty of being researchers in the homes and classrooms of children and
their families whose origins are, for one of us, very different and, for the other, very similar to our own.
We first situate our work within theories of early socialization and literacy teaching which underpin our
understanding of how young children in cross-cultural contexts learn. We then turn to the question of
working with the families and teachers of these children which poses dilemmas not explained by the theories
presented. We illustrate these through a series of vignettes typifying both the ‘Outsider’ and the ‘Insider’ role.
The stories highlight paradigmatic moments of complexity, clashes or collusion which we unpick in terms of
their generalizability for others working in the field. Finally, we extend theories of dialogue in our search for
a methodology for collaborative work in future cross-cultural ethnographic studies
Field Studies in Environmental Science
No full textA dissertation by M. Gregory on teaching and studying environmental science.This thesis is being archived as a Digitized Shelf Copy for campus access to current students and staff only. We currently cannot provide this open access without the author's permission. If you are the author of this work and desire to provide it open access or wish access removed, please contact the Wahlstrom Library to discuss permission
management toolkit for the exploration of manpower project staffing decisions in the context of a multi-project enterprise
No full textThesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2001.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-298).by Gregory M. Herweg [and] Karl E. Pilon.S.M
Correction to Virus Bioresistor (VBR) for the Detection of the Bladder Cancer Marker DJ-1 in Urine at 10 pM in One Minute
No full textThe author list contained an error: Gregory A. Weiss was not identified as a corresponding author. Both of the corresponding authors, Gregory A. Weiss and Reginald M. Penner, are indicated in this Addition and Correction
The Unity and Equality of the Divine Relations in Gregory of Nazianzus' Trinitarian Theology
No full textIn this thesis, the author examines how Gregory of Nazianzus distinguishes between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, while maintaining their equality and unity. In the first chapter, he examines the way theological discourse shapes Gregory's understanding of how words are predicated of God. In chapter 2, the author explores Gregory's understanding of the divine persons whom he distinguishes only on account of their subsistent relations of origin. In the final chapter, the author indicates problems with the modern scholarly interpretation of Gregory that identifies the unity and equality of the divine persons exclusively with the person of the Father. It is concluded that Gregory relied upon the notion of the homoousios in order to establish and guarantee the divine equality and unity among the persons.ThesisMaster of Arts (MA
Villain, victim or prophet?: William Gregory and the Great Famine
No full textThe name of Sir William Gregory features in most modern accounts of Ireland in the nineteenth century. It is fair to say, however, that usually he is regarded as a ‘villain’. Gregory is very widely known as the author of a piece of legislation introduced as part of relief measures during the Famine which sought to limit aid to those with a quarter acre or under of land and which became known as the Gregory clause or the quarter acre clause. An article in the New York Times on 16 July 2002 about the dedication of an Irish famine memorial in New York described the 5 million-dollar monument as follows: ‘The quarter-acre size of the monument adheres to the infamous Gregory clause passed by the British parliament in 1847, which decreed that cottiers whose plots exceeded that size would not be eligible for relief. The cottage is roofless because many farmers tore the thatches off their homes to prove destitution and qualify for relief.’ Most modern academic accounts of the Famine have been very critical of Gregory. It is widely accepted that the purpose of the Gregory clause was to assist landlords to clear their estates of pauperised smallholders who were paying little or no rent. This measure has been seen by some as leading to mass evictions and causing the clearance of many small farmers and labourers throughout Ireland.</jats:p
Coordinating Tasks in M-Form and U-Form Organisations
No full textWe model the coordination of specialised tasks inside an organisation as "attribute matching". Using this method, we compare the performance of organisational forms (M-form and U-form) in implementing changes such as innovation and reform. In our framework, organisational forms affect the information structure of an organisation and thus the way to coordinate changes. Compared to the U-form, the M-form organisation achieves better coordination but suffers from fewer economies of scale. The distinctive advantage of the M-form is flexibility of experimentation, which allows the organisation to introduce more innovation and reform. The theory is illustrated by the organisational differences between China and the former Soviet Union and sheds light on their different reform strategies, particularly with regard to the prevalence of the experimental approach in China.Coordination, task, organisation, reform, innovation, China, Russia.
Carbon nanotube composite scaffolds for differentiation of human neural stem cells
No full textCarbon nanotubes have been utilized in a variety of fields due to their unique and extraordinary properties. Here, a process to incorporate single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) into electrospun polymer mats is investigated in order to create novel composite scaffolds to enhance the differentiation of human neural stem cells (hNSCs) into fully developed neurons. An electrowetting method is first explored using a potential difference as a driving force. Although successful wetting was achieved, a vacuum impregnation method was used to further improve the uniformity of the SWNT distribution in the scaffold. This process produced homogenously wetted scaffolds that are electrically conductive, mechanically robust, and highly biocompatible with hNSC cultures in vitro. These scaffolds showed an increased expression of two major neuronal markers, Neurofilament M (NFM) and microtubule-associated protein-2 (MAP2) compared to plain electrospun polymer scaffolds. During differentiation tests, an additional electrical stimulation was applied and showed even further enhancement. This is the first demonstration of electrical stimulation enhancing neuronal differentiation of human neural stem cells on CNT-based composite scaffolds.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Gregory Hede
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