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A socio-rhetorical exegesis of 1 Timothy 2:8-15
No full textIn this thesis two interralted tasks are undertaken. First, this thesis is an attempt to gain mastery of an interpretive methodology, namely, socio-rhetorical analysis. Second, by looking at a crucial text that has major implications for the contemporary church, I have applied this method of analysis to a particularly Scriptural text, namely, 1 Timothy 2:8-15. In this thesis I demonstrate using socio-rhetorical analysis that the discourse contained in 1 Timothy 2:8-15 constitutes baptised patriarchal cultural practices and traditions from the dominant Greco-Roman culture of the first century. I demonstrate, therefore, that the portrayal of women in the text reflects a cultural imperative, and not a theological imperative, that was co-opted from the ""secular"" Greco-Roman culture of the day and transposed, using Scriptural texts as authentication, into the Christian community at Ephesus. Thus the text is simply re-enforcing normative Greco-Roman cultural values upon Christian women and camouflaging it as a Christian norm in order to persuade women to conform to patriarchal cultural standards. Such persuasion, however, is hardly required unless one has already accepted cultural assumptions about the subordination and silencing (objectification) of women in an androcentric hegemonic culture
The Potential of Big Data
No full textTimothy S. Thomas COUNTRY WORKSHOP The Knowledge Lab on Climate Resilient Food Systems: An analytical support facility to achieve the SDGs Co-Organized by IFPRI and AGRA FEB 7, 2019 - 08:30 AM TO 05:55 PM EA
West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
No full textThis book examins the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa - Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo - and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. West Africa's population is expected to grow at least through mid-century. The region will also see income growth. Both will put increased pressure on the natural resources needed to produce food, and climate change makes the challenges greater.Overview 1, Abdulai Jalloh, Mbène Dièye Faye, Harold Roy-Macauley, Paco Sérémé, Robert Zougmoré, Timothy S. Thomas, and Gerald C. Nelson;
Methodology 37, Gerald C. Nelson, Amanda Palazzo, Daniel Mason-d’Croz, Richard Robertson, and Timothy S. Thomas;
Benin 53, Agnidé Emmanuel Lawin, P. B. Irénikatché Akponikpè, Abdulai Jalloh, Gerald C. Nelson, and Timothy S. Thomas;
Burkina Faso 79, Léopold Somé, Abdulai Jalloh, Robert Zougmoré, Gerald C. Nelson, and Timothy S. Thomas;
Côte d’Ivoire 111, Kadio Ahossane, Abdulai Jalloh, Gerald C. Nelson, and Timothy S. Thomas;
Ghana 141, Delali Kofi Nutsukpo, Abdulai Jalloh, Robert Zougmoré, Gerald C. Nelson, and Timothy S. Thomas;
Guinea 173, Sidafa Condé, Abdulai Jalloh, Gerald C. Nelson, and Timothy S. Thomas;
Liberia 203, Benjamin S. Karmorh Jr., Abdulai Jalloh, Gerald C. Nelson, and Timothy S. Thomas;
Niger 233, Hassane Yayé, Adamou Danguioua, Abdulai Jalloh, Robert Zougmoré, Gerald C. Nelson, and Timothy S. Thomas;
Nigeria 259, Shuaib M. Hassan, Celestine E. Ikuenobe, Abdulai Jalloh, Gerald C. Nelson, and Timothy S. Thomas;
Senegal 291, Mamadou Khouma, Abdulai Jalloh, Timothy S. Thomas, and Gerald C. Nelson;
Sierra Leone 323, Raymond G. Johnson, Mohamed Kandeh, Abdulai Jalloh, Gerald C. Nelson, and Timothy S. Thomas;
Togo 353, Abiziou Tchinguilou, Abdulai Jalloh, Timothy S. Thomas, and Gerald C. Nelson;
Summary and Conclusions 383, Abdulai Jalloh, Mbène Dièye Faye, Harold Roy-Macauley, Paco Sérémé, Robert Zougmoré, Timothy S. Thomas, and Gerald C. NelsonPRIFPRI1; CRP7; CRP2EPTD; PIMCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS); CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM
Peat Based Sorbent Mats: Final Report
No full textObjective: To develop a cost effective absorbent pad as a replacement for polypropylene and
cotton pads.Hagen, Timothy S; Malterer, Thomas J. (1993). Peat Based Sorbent Mats: Final Report. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/256853
Up and Down the Geographical and Temporal Scales: Integrating Global Trends and Local Decisions to Make the World More Food-Secure in 2050
No full textPresentation by Mark W. Rosegrant, Nicostrato Perez, Angga Pradesha, Timothy S. Thomas, and Mercedita A. Sombilla at the Global Landscapes Forum on December 5, 2015 in Paris, Franc
Review of Deliberative Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning for Democratic Engagement. Edited by Timothy J. Shaffer, Nicholas V. Longo, Idit Manosevitch, and Maxine S. Thomas. (Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2017)
Get PDFReview of Deliberative Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning for Democratic Engagement. Edited by Timothy J. Shaffer, Nicholas V. Longo, Idit Manosevitch, and Maxine S. Thomas. (Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2017
Evaluating Research Impact through Open Access to Scholarly Communication
Get PDFScientific research is a competitive business – in order to secure funding, promotion and tenure researchers must demonstrate their work has impact in their field. To maximise impact researchers undertake high priority research, aim to get results first, and publish in the highest impact journals. The Internet now presents a new opportunity to the scholarly author seeking higher impact: s/he can now make their work instantly accessible on the Web through author self-archiving. This growing body of open access literature (coupled with new publishing models that make journals available for-free to the reader) maximises research impact by maximising the number of people who can read it, and making it available sooner. Open access also provides a new opportunity for bibliometric research. This thesis describes the relatively recent phenomenon of open access to research literature, tools that were built to collect and analyse that literature, and the results of analyses of the effect of open access and its effect on author behaviour. It shows that articles self-archived by authors receive between 50-250% more citations, that rapid pre-printing on the Web has dramatically reduced the peak citation rate from over a year to virtually instant and how citation-impact – now widely used for evaluation – can be expanded to include a new web metric of download impact
Apocalypticisim in the fiction of William S. Burroughs, J.G. Ballard, and Thomas Pynchon.
Get PDFApocalypse should not be thought of as merely a synonym for chaos or disaster or cataclysmic upheaval; more properly we should think of disclosure, unveiling and revelation. The exact status of literary apocalyptic is the subject of some debate, and in an attempt to help clarify matters an introductory historical survey examines both the formal characteristics of apocalypse and the various critical positions taken in regard to the genre's social influence. Texts considered in the chapter include the Revelation of John and Thomas Pynchon's short story Entropy (1959); theoretical works by Frank Kermode, John Barth, and Jean Baudrillard (amongst others) are also discussed. Chapter One traces the development of William S. Burroughs's apocalyptic sensibility through readings of his correspondence with Allen Ginsberg and the novel The Naked Lunch (1959); the latter's apocalyptic title referring to the "frozen moment when everyone sees what is on the end of every fork". Chapter Two considers Burroughs's experiments with the "cut-ups" and their application in a number of texts, most notably Nova Express (1964). Chapter Three is concerned with Burroughs's work in the 1970s and 80s, and specifically his concept of Here to Go, a theory of mutability presented as a transcendental antidote to the threat of nuclear annihilation (the author's alleged misogyny and the views of radical US feminists are also taken into account). Chapters Four and Five explore the apocalyptic fiction of J. G. Ballard; topics covered include Ballard's concept of inner space, his debt to Surrealism, and the coded landscapes of his more experimental texts; in particular the "condensed novels" which comprise The Atrocity Exhibition (1970). A concluding chapter returns to the work of Thomas Pynchon, offering a reading of Gravity's Rainbow (1973) which allows us to consider his treatment of such related themes as Paranoia, Holocaust, Apocalypse, and finally, Counterforce
Author Correction: Immediate neural impact and incomplete compensation after semantic hub disconnection (Nature Communications, (2023), 14, 1, (6264), 10.1038/s41467-023-42088-7)
No full text\ua9 2023, The Author(s).Correction to: Nature Communications, published online 07 October 2023 In this article Thomas E. Cope, Timothy D. Griffiths, Matthew A. Howard III and Christopher I. Petkov should have been denoted as equally contributing joint senior authors. The original article has been corrected
Authorship of 2 Timothy: Neglected Viewpoints on Genre and Dating
No full textThis thesis will explore the authorship, genre, and date of Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy. 2 Timothy, alongside 1 Timothy and Titus, constitute what scholars term the “Pastoral Epistles”. The Pastoral Epistles identify themselves to be from the hand Paul. However, since the early 19th century, a majority of scholars have questioned this claim and argued in favor of a pseudonymous author who wrote in Paul’s name after his death. Consequently, they are often dated sometime after the death of Paul (~62 CE) and taken to be a reflection of late 1st century/2nd century Christianity. The differences between the Pastorals and Paul’s other letters in areas such as vocabulary, style, and theology are often cited in backing up this claim. This thesis first surveys what scholarship has to say about these differences and possible solutions. Subsequently, the case will be made for 2 Timothy’s uniqueness amongst the “Pastoral Epistles” and why the Pastoral Epistles should be studied as three separate letters rather than as a group. The focus will then turn to the consequences of grouping 2 Timothy with 1 Timothy and Titus and what consequences reconsideration of 2 Timothy’s dating and genre can have for our understanding of its nature and provenance
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