239 research outputs found
Book Reviews
No full textBibleWorks. DVD-ROM and CD-ROM, version 8 2009. BibleWorks, LLC. $349 Reviewed by Michael D. Matlock and Bradly T. Johnson
Paul A. Hartog, ed. The Contemporary Church and the Early Church: Case Studies in Ressourcement Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2010 Reviewed by Charles Meeks
Gary B. McGee Miracles, Missions, and American Pentecostalism American Society of Missiology series 45 2010. Maryknoll: Orbis Books Reviewed by Amos Yong
John R. Levison Filled with the Spirit Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2009. Reviewed by Joseph B. O. Okello
Constance M. Cherry The Worship Architect: A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and Biblically Faithful Services 2010. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic Reviewed by Kandace Brooks
Michael P. Graves Preaching the Inward Light: Early Quaker Rhetoric 2009. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press Reviewed by J. Ellsworth Kala
Diffusion of a twentieth-century innovation
No full textHas SWOT outlived its usefulness? by Michael D. Meeks (2016) in the pages of this Journal is a breathtaking presentation of the obvious: SWOT has shown signs of aging. While we agree with Meeks' comprehensive review and his meticulous findings, we disagree with his indictment: SWOT needs to be abandoned
Technological characterisation of egyptian blue
No full textThe principal aim has been to obtain information on the procedures used in antiquity to produce the different fabrics, ranging from soft and friable to hard and semi-vitrified, which are composed of Egyptian Blue. Four pieces of Egyptian Blue from Egypt and Mesopotamia have been examined using the scanning electron microscope and have been compared with Egyptian Blue produced in the laboratory. The results show that Egyptian Blue can be satisfactorily synthesized by firing an appropriate mixture to 900-1000°C for a few hours and to produce pieces comparable in hardness and microstructure with the ancient samples, a single firing in this temperature range is sufficient for the softer fabrics. However, to produce the harder fabrics it is necessary to fire for a second time after grinding and remoulding the material from the first firing.L'objectif principal a été d'obtenir des informations sur les procédés employés dans l'antiquité pour produire les différentes pâtes, allant du tendre et friable au dur et semi-vitrifié, qui sont composées de Bleu Egyptien. Quatre objets de Bleu Egyptien d'Egypte et de Mésopotamie ont été examinés au microscope électronique à balayage et ont été comparés avec du Bleu Egyptien produit au laboratoire. Les résultats montrent que le Bleu Egyptien peut être synthétisé de manière satisfaisante en chauffant un mélange approprié à 900-1000°C pour quelques heures et qu'on peut produire des pièces comparables en dureté et en microstructure avec les échantillons antiques, une seule chauffe dans cette gamme de température est suffisante pour les pâtes tendres. Cependant, pour produire les pâtes les plus dures il est nécessaire de chauffer une deuxième fois après avoir broyé et remodelé le produit du premier chauffage.Tite Michael S., Bimson Mavis, Meeks Nigel D. Technological characterisation of egyptian blue. In: Revue d'Archéométrie, n°1, 1981. Actes du XXe symposium international d'archéométrie Paris 26-29 mars 1980 Volume III. pp. 297-301
Mission: Vol. 12, No. 8
No full textMission: Vol. 12, No. 8. The articles in this issue include: Cathy Meeks and the Great Band Aid on Racism From the Editor, A-Musing: Counting Up the Sheaves, How Social is the Gospel? by Michael Hall, Imagery a poem by Ruth Willbern, How Shall We Believe? Hans Kung and Atheism by Jimmy Hulsey, Models of Ministry: A Wholistic Approach by Steven Spidell, Verdict and the New Reformation Fellowship by Rhoderick D. Ice, Books Reflecting on Current Offerings, Forum, and Cross Currents
Freedom and the 'creative act' in the writings of Nikolai Berdiaev : an evaluation in light of Jürgen Moltmann's theology of freedom
No full textThis project revisits the work of Nikolai Berdiaev, one of the first Russian Silver Age religious philosophers to be widely read in the West. The focus of this research is his thought on freedom and the ‘creative act’. We will argue that Berdiaev’s vision of freedom contains two types of freedom – a freedom understood within the created order and a freedom ‘outside’ of creation. It will be shown that in the former type, the reader finds a nuanced and insightful multi-layered conception of human freedom, which offers intriguing possibilities for exploring freedom and its implications for humanity. It will also be demonstrated that this type of freedom is closely related to his innovative view of creativity. Berdiaev conceives of freedom and creativity as distinct concepts, and yet so integrally related that they are interdependent. In the latter type of freedom, the reader will encounter a highly speculative and original metaphysical view that attempts to explain freedom as non-determination and answer the challenges of theodicy, which, this research will maintain, fails to do.
This research will contend (contrary to Berdiaev’s own statements) that his thought is most comprehensible from a broadly theological perspective. This perspective will underscore the significant tension within his work that arises from his speculative metaphysics. Unlike earlier works on Berdiaev that glossed over this tension, we will attempt to ameliorate it by engaging Jürgen Moltmann’s theology of freedom. Moltmann’s theology will provide a number of ideas and concepts for an analysis, critique, and reconfiguration of Berdiaev’s vision. This reconfiguration will seek to remain faithful to Berdiaev’s core concerns, while providing a new interpretation of his thought that is relevant for a contemporary dialogue concerning the significance of freedom and creativity for the person and community in relation to God
Poetry as a performing art in the English-speaking Caribbean.
No full textThis thesis seeks to demonstrate that there is a direct relationship
between the emergence of poetry as a performing art in the English speaking Caribbean and phases of nationalist agitation from the uprisings
against unemployment, low pay and colonial neglect during 1937-8 to the
present. Though the poetry has many variations in scope, ranging from
light-hearted entertainment, its principal momentum has been one of
protest, nationalism and revolutionary sentiment. The thesis seeks to
relate tone, style and content both to specific periods and cultural
contexts, and to the degree of engagement of the individual artist in the
political struggle against oppression.
Frequently theatrical, the poetry has commanded a stage and a
popular audience. Though urban in style, it is rooted in older, rural
traditions. Creole, the vernacular of the masses, is a vital common
denominator. The poetry is aurally stimulating, and often highly
rhythmic. The popular music of the day has played an integral part, and
formative role in terms of composition.
The fundamental historical dynamic of the English-speaking Caribbean
has been one of violent imperialist imposition on the one hand, and
resistance by the black masses on the other. Creole language, with its
strong residuum of African grammatical constructs, concepts and
vocabulary, has been a central vehicle of resistance. It is a low-status
language in relation to the officially-endorsed Standard English. The
thesis argues that artists' assertion of Creole, and total identification
with it through their own voice, is a significant act of defiance and
patriotism.
Periods of heightened agitation in the recent past have each led to
the emergence of a distinctive form of performance poetry. Chapter two
examines the role of Louise Bennett as a mouthpiece of black pride and
nationalist sentiment largely in the period preceding independence. Her
principal aim is the affirmation of the black Jamaican's fundamental
humanity. She uses laughter both as a curative emotional release and as
an expression of mental freedom. She lays the foundations of a comic
tradition which does not fundamentally challenge the contradictions of
the post-independence period.
Chapter three relates the emergence of the Dub Poets of Jamaica to
the development of Rastafarianism into a mass post-independence
nationalist revival, and to the contribution of intellectuals, most
symbolically Walter Rodney, to the process of decolonization. Reggae
music, the principal creative response to the dynamics of the period both
in terms of lyrics and rhythmic tension, infuses the work of Michael
Smith, Cku Onuora, Mutabaruka and Erian Meeks examined in this study.
Chapter four illustrates the development of performed poetry in the
context of periods of insurrection and revolution in the East Caribbean.
It examines the Black Rower movement as a stimulus to cultural
nationalism and revolutionary sentiment, and its transcendence to
internationalism and socialism in the context of the Grenada Revolution.
Abdul Malik straddles and exemplifies the creative dynamic which exists
between urban, industrial Trinidad and its tiny, rural and poor
neighbour, Grenada
Antecedents to the Entrepreneurial Decision: An Empirical Analysis of Three Predictive Models
No full textMotion detection technology as a tool for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality improvement
No full textThe most popular method of training in basic life support and AED remains instructor-led training courses. Recent reviews provide good evidence to support alternative methods of training including lay instructors, self-directed learning (web, video, poster) and CPR feedback/prompt devices
"Home" : emigration, identity and modern Caribbean literature
No full textCaribbean writing is an emigrant tradition. The first waves of native-born authors from the
region all spent significant portions of their lives abroad and, almost without exception, built
their fame upon the desires of metropolitan audiences for knowledge of their colonies.
Accordingly, the famous names of Lamming, Naipaul, Selvon, Césaire and Glissant are all
stamped with a slightly less famous departure date. While many critics have noted these
facts, there has been little sustained analysis of how the unique social positions and
preoccupations of emigrants have affected the works of these five writers or their peers. This
thesis is an attempt to address this issue. Its argument is that Caribbean emigrant authors
spoke from unique social and conceptual loci. Through detailed, comparative readings of
these five authors’ first major works, alongside considerations of their self-assessments,
critical opinion on their oeuvres, Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of the literary field and Antonio
Gramsci’s theory of the organic intellectual, the argument advanced is that although these
authors actively positioned themselves, and were positioned by their readers, in such a way
that their emigrant status has had its importance elided, that status is present and potent in
their post-emigration works. While the concerns of these writers all altered over the course
of their careers, their early experiences of emigration shaped some of their most widely read
texts and resulted in a harmony between them that transcends the authors’ differing islands
of origin and their later thematic and political preoccupations
Book Reviews
No full textWesleyan Perspectives on the New Creation
M. Douglas Meeks, ed.
Nashville: Kingswood,
2004, 200 pp., paper, 2004, 25.00
Reviewed by Elaine A. Heath
The Evangelical Moment: The Promise of an American Religion
By Kenneth J. Collins
Grand Rapids: Baker Academic Press
2005, 288 pp., paper, 22.99
Reviewed by Nathan Crawford
Theology as History and Hermeneutics: A Post-Critical Evangelical Conversation with Contemporary Theology
Laurence W. Wood
Lexington: Emeth Publisher
2004, 261 pp.
Reviewed by Nathan Crawford
Resistance and Theological Ethics
Ronald H. Stone and Robert L. Stivers, eds.
Lanham, Maryland: Roman & Littlefield Publishers
2004, ri, 334 pp. paper, 28.95
Reviewed by Joerg Rieger
The Ripple Church: Multiply Your Ministry by Parenting New Churches
Phil Stevenson
Indianapolis, IN: Wesleyan Publishing House
2004. pp. 186, 35.00
Reviewed by John N. Oswalt
God is Not Religious, Nice, One of Us, an American, a Capitalist
D. Brent Laytham, ed.
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Press.
2004, 152 pp., paper, 19.95
Reviewed by Charles M. Woo
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