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The Blurry Line Between Corporation And Cult: A Retrospective Autoethnographic Study, Ernst Graamans

The Qualitative Report

In popular management literature corporations are sometimes loosely compared to cults. The comparison is a severe allegation as it implies the transgression of subordinate employees’ integrity. This paper explores to what extent such comparisons with cults are warranted as well as the implications this has for the practice of corporate culture management. On grounds of the author’s unique, first-hand experience in both corporate and cultic environments a retrospective autoethnographic (RAE) approach was chosen to further explore the supposed resemblance. The comparison is structured along Lifton’s eight criteria of thought reform and reveals that although akin to cults in all aspects …

Swinging Bridge - April 2024, Ethan Reisler

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Resistencia Artística Bajo Dictaduras En Argentina Y España A Través De La Lente De Las Teorías De Comunicación, Adrian Self, Adrian Self

World Languages and Cultures Student Papers and Posters

Under dictatorships in Spain and Argentina, artists used their mediums to criticize the actions of the Catholic church and oppressive conditions enforced by the government, using allegories, metaphors, and symbolism in their art. While many artists tried to create works that fell within authoritarian guidelines, others intentionally created cinema and literature criticizing the Argentine and Spanish governments, values, and practices, knowing the works would be banned. This investigation uses examples of cinema and literature created and published deliberately to be prohibited or censored under the regimen of Francisco Franco from 1939-1975 in Spain or the last civil-military dictatorship from 1976-1983 …

Silent Holy Spirit, April-June 2024

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Naturalist Thomas Hardy's Inadvertent Support Of The Gospel Narrative When Portraying Sexual Abuse And Shame In Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Hannah Carmichael

Master of Arts in Classical Studies

In his novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles, the naturalist author Thomas Hardy attempts to critique the 19th-century Christian perspective on sexual abuse. Instead, he inadvertently critiques legalism, exposing it as the antithesis of true Christianity. Secular scholars believe that Hardy’s novel is blaming the Victorian era’s sexual ignorance for the stigma and shame surrounding sexual abuse. Christian scholars believe that Hardy’s naturalistic worldview simply lacks a moral standard. However, I believe that Hardy’s novel exposes an issue far deeper than sexual ignorance and lacks something far more substantive than a moral standard; his novel addresses the devastating consequences of …

“Do Not Conform”: Screen Usage, Behavioral Addiction Patterns, And Christian Adolescents, Madelyn D. Brooks

Classical Conversations

This paper explores the neurological effects and consequences of excessive interactive, passive/entertainment, and social screen use (i.e., recreational screen usage) on adolescents—specifically Christian adolescents. Adolescence is a unique and important phase of development in one’s life. Thus, this paper challenges Christian adolescents to consider how their screen usage might be harming their ability to fulfill their responsibility to “set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity” (Christian Standard Bible, 2017, 1 Timothy 4:12). By first examining the neurological effects of excessive recreational screen use, I argue that this screen usage can …

The Future Is Here, Kazi Uzayr Razin

Audre Lorde Writing Prize

This essay explores the devastating impacts that global warming currently has on women living in the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest globally, located in South Asia. Womanist ideas are employed to identify the underlying injustices within environmental policies like the Paris Agreement, which undermine the effects of climate change in the global south. Initiatives led by women in vulnerable regions are then shared to offer ideas for improvement.

Causes, Cards, And Caution: A Consideration Of Various Foreign Policy Perspectives On India’S Approach To Tibet Within Sino-Indian Relations, Olivia Kenney

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

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Accounting For The Gift: Theology And Ethics In Accounting, Daniel Sebastian

Religious Studies Theses and Dissertations

Accounting is often assumed to be a neutral presentation of the facts of economic activities and actions. Its double-entry system means that it is always in balance and comports to the rigor of mathematical formulas, and it is taken to be a matter of empirical counting that lends it certainty as well. The dissertation argues that this description of accounting is inadequate. Accounting is better seen as a political tool and technology for producing trust that can help resolve social conflicts. As such, accounting is not value-neutral but carries within it a particular sociality that has moral implications. These moral …

The Impact Of The Gut-Brain Axis On Alzheimer’S Disease, Elissa Wakim

Best Integrated Writing

Elissa’s review for the Graduate Biomedical Review focuses on the links between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain; the gut-brain axis and the development of Alzheimer’s disease. As a student in the Microbiology and Immunology Masters Program Elissa was particularly interested in the gut microbiota and their connection to neurodegenerative disease. She tidily reviewed the literature and wrote a fascinating and compelling piece of work.

Best Integrated Writing 2024 - Complete Edition, Wright State University School Of Humanities And Cultural Studies

Best Integrated Writing

Best Integrated Writing includes excellent student writing from Integrated Writing courses taught at Wright State University. This is the first issue after a 5 year hiatus.

Editor's Introduction, Marc R. Loustau Ph.D.

Journal of Global Catholicism

Introduction by Managing Editor Marc Roscoe Loustau to Towards an Economic Anthropology of Catholicism in the Age of Pope Francis

A Phenomenological Study Of Church Polity And Its Impact On Pastoral Leadership And Congregational Health, Travis L. Biller

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

It is reported that deacon-led churches produce conflict and high pastoral turnover (Harbuck, 2018; Payne, 1996). The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand how a church governance structure impacts a pastor’s ability to lead, the health of the church, and pastoral retention. The experiences of pastors from deacon-led churches were evaluated for clusters of meaning and compared with the experiences of pastors who serve under an elder-led model of leadership. Nine interviews were conducted—five pastors from deacon-led churches and four from elder-led churches. This study approached the phenomenological design from an interpretive, or hermeneutical approach to understand the …

Emulating Paul’S Ministry Leadership In A Diverse And Changing Cultural Landscape, Mark J. Lee

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this Doctor of Ministry project is to train ministry leaders by studying the cross-cultural leadership characteristics of Apostle Paul. Central Steele Creek Presbyterian Church is part of the sad statistic of traditional churches that have been declining for the past thirty years. This will continue unless leaders of the church embrace the diverse culture and nature of the surrounding community. Cross-cultural leadership is needed in this time of multi-cultural communities and there is no one better than Paul to demonstrate this indispensable cross-cultural ministry paradigm. If leaders at Central are trained and motivated to embrace Paul’s cross-cultural …

Biblical Leadership Development: Essential Components In Servant Leadership, André T. Moore Sr.

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

There was a need for a biblical leadership development program at Anointed To Minister Ministries (ATMM). This researcher assessed the effectiveness of the current leadership and concluded that a biblical leadership development program was paramount to the foundation of the church. Furthermore, Henry and Richard Blackaby, argue in their book Spiritual Leadership “failing to develop leaders in an organization is tantamount to gross failure by the leader, whether by design or by neglect.” The purpose for this DMIN action research project was to develop a strategy and to implement a biblical leadership training program for educating, equipping, and empowering selected …

Rachel Swarns: The 272 (Library Resources), Holy Cross Libraries

Library Resources for Campus Events

A bibliography of resources available through the Holy Cross Libraries which provide additional information related to "Rachel Swarns: The 272," a discussion with Rachel Swarms, President Vincent D. Rougeau, Board of Trustees Chair Helen W. Boucher, M.D. '86, and Jesuit Provincial Joseph M. O'Keefe, S.J., '76. Swarms is associate professor of journalism at New York Universityand the author of The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church

This event was sponsored by the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, and was held at the College of the Holy Cross on March 20, …

The Theoretical Epigenetic Relationship Between Complex-Ptsd And Adhd In Holocaust Survivors’ Descendants, Y. Sahara Brodsky

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

When comparing ADHD and Complex-PTSD, these two disorders share many overlapping features in both areas of the brain that are affected and the behavioral aspects due to deficits in certain brain regions, such as the prefrontal cortex. It is due to this similarity that I predict that c-PTSD is the precursor to the development of ADHD in later generations. Through epigenetic changes that are consistent with c-PTSD diagnosis, these changes to the brain are then passed down the generational line. When this is combined with trauma transference and generational trauma, it creates a situation where both the behaviors inform how …

Renewing The Fatwa On Contemporary Financial Transactions In Light Of The Objectives Of Sharia, حسن شموط, حمزة مسلم

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

This research came to talk about renewing the fatwa in contemporary financial transactions. In it, the two researchers discussed the concept of renewal in contemporary financial transactions, and how it keeps pace with the changing conditions of people’s financial transactions with changes in time, place, conditions, custom, and interest, within the framework of moving with time, with the aim of deriving its rulings within the limits of the principles and the principles of Sharia. They also discussed in the second requirement the motivations for renewal in contemporary financial transactions, and then in the next requirement the controls for renewal.

The …

The Educational Thought Of Imam Al-Ghazali (450-505 Hijri / 1058-1111 Ad) In The Light Of His Book 'Revival Of The Sciences Of Religion, ربيع الفرجات, آلاء خريسات, هبة عازم

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The intellectual and jurisprudent is the argument of Islam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali in the forefront of the Islamic innovators who were founded to defend Islam in the face of the deviant intellectual currents that hit it in the fifth century AH. Al-Ghazali tried to present a new image of Islam, bringing closer and closer to his good education for all time and place.

This study is intended to show some aspects of the educational thought of al-Ghazali, by taking his comprehensive religious subject, "Reviving the Sciences of Religion," as a model. This study attempted to capture all aspects of educational …

A Study In The Narratives Of The Prophet’S Biography, أمين محمد

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The narration of Ali bin Abi Talib – may God be pleased with him - sleeping in the bed of the Prophet – may the blessings and peace of God be upon him - during migration hadithia analytical study

This study took over with the narration of Ali bin Abi Talib – may God be pleased with him – sleeping in the bed of the Prophet – may the blessings and peace of God be upon him – during the migration incident; I worked on extracting and authentication it from the books of hadith, books of the Prophet’s biography, history …

Determinants Of Jurisprudential Controls Regulating Rulings On The Impurity Emanating From The Human Body And Its Effect Of Tahara (Purity), أنـس الجابر

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The study sheds light on the determinants of the jurisprudential controls governing the provisions of impurity emitted from the human body and their impact on ( Tahara ) purity, Where it deals with a general matter aimed at achieving the requirements of ( Tahara ) purity, aiming to clarify the determinants of these controls.

Where the study concluded that the determinants of jurisprudential controls differed in view of the same control, according to the difference in the legal estimates considered in that.

Indicators Of Bothness And Deviation And Their Factors In The Human Personality: An Islamic Fundamentalist Study, محمد السميري

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The study aimed at explaining the concept of equality and deviation in the human personality, and indicating the factors affecting it, and indicators that show the extent of equality and deviation in the human personality in the light of the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah, and the researcher followed the inductive analytical method in the study to reach the answer to its questions, and the researcher reached a set of: And that there are indicators that indicate the state of both and the state of deviation in the human personality, namely: First: the doctrinal indicator: which is: faith is offset …

انزياحات لغوية في القرآن الكريم, منصور عياصرة

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

Many scholars believe that the eloquent text is that text that surprises the reader, with amazing linguistic aesthetics, as it departs from the usual expected, and reaches the surprising, eye-catching and heartfelt, since its first hearing.

The scholars acknowledge that the Holy Qur’an is the most informative text, in terms of its language, syntax, morphology, and rhetoric, and in terms of the word’s harmony with what precedes it and what comes after it, and this gives it a special impact that is remarkable for the sensitive listener in terms of its grammatical and morphological compatibility, and its gentle rhythm on …

Interfering With The Case: A Jurisprudential Study Compared To The Jordanian Shari'a Procedures Law, راكان ابو حمور

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

This research dealt with the issue of interference and insertion in the case and what is related to it, where the researcher proceeded to define the term interference and insertion in the case, and to indicate the extent of its legality, then to indicate the types of interference in the case and its terms and provisions.

He dealt with the practical procedures for intervention and insertion in the case, and between the extent of the court's authority to accept it and the effects resulting from the intervention and insertion in the case, and then between the application aspect through the …

Methods Of Teaching Islamic Jurisprudence Issues With Imam Abu Hanifa Al-Numan, شادي أبو عفيفة

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

When Imam Abu Hanifa al-Numan who died in the year 150 AH; One of the most prominent scholars who enriched the sciences of Sharia with jurisprudential rulings and legal concepts, which people received with acceptance in the East and West; This is what researchers and scholars have come to know. However, Imam Abu Hanifa - may God have mercy on him - had another aspect that many researchers overlook. It is the face of education and education. That is because he taught students of knowledge for many years, so he wrote for himself methods and methods of teaching that are …

تعليلات الحاكم الجشمي في إبطاله روايات سقوط أكثر سورة الأحزاب: دراسة نقدية مقارنة, محمد السواعدة

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

This research deals with the opinion of Al-Hakim Al-Jashmi in his interpretation (Al-Tahdheeb) in the narrations related to the length of Surat Al-Ahzab, and that it was like Surat Al-Baqarah or longer,

The importance of this topic comes from the point of view of the value of Al-Jashmi's opinions and their position among the commentators, and from the point of view of the need to clarify the correctness of deleting parts of Surat Al-Ahzab.

The research aimed to show Al-Jashmi’s reasoning that made him invalidate these narrations and discuss them in comparing the sayings of the scholars. Where the idea …

الدين في العلاقات الدولية:النموذج الإيراني وأثره على كل من العراق وسورية ولبنان وفلسطين في ضوء نظريات العلاقات الدولية, محمد أنور العتوم

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The study showed that the religious dimension plays a major role in international relations and in formulating foreign policy .The study also showed that Iran made great efforts after the revolution to create ideological tools for it to expand and extend its influence in Iraq , Syria , Lebanon and Palestine . The study concluded that this dimension was one of the constants and pillars of Iran's foreign policy and its international relations in a profound way .The study also concluded that the religious dimension is one of the most important priorities of the Iranian political system , and it's …

Practical Practices Of Family Reform In The Life Of The Prophet, May God Bless Him And Grant Him Peace, محمد الشرقاوي, أمين النهاري, رشدي رملي

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

This study aims to reach family reform by following the example of the practical practices of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and looking at his life inside and outside the house of prophecy.

This study concluded that the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, is the ideal and a good example in family reform, and there is no way to solve the problem of family disputes and marital disputes except by looking at the practical practices of family reform from the life of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and …

The Way Of Guidance By The Provisions Of The Imamate And Imitation, By Ahmad Ibn 'Abd Al-Moneim Al-Damanhouri Al-Hanafi (D. 1192 Ah) (Study And Investigation), مساعد العجيري

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

This study aims to facilitate the use of the realized part of the manuscript in order to uncover confusion and remove the problem from many of its issues addressed by the author, in accordance with the methodological and scientific considerations adopted in the investigation, in terms of documenting the jurisprudential sayings, indicating what needs to be explained, commenting on the jurisprudential issues that need clarification, graduating the hadiths from their considered sources with judgment, indicating the strange words of their considered grievances, translating those who need to be translated from scholars, jurists and literature, etc. Investigation includes.

This study concluded …

مسلك التجربة وأثره في الكشف عن مآلات الأفعال تأصيلًا وتطبيقًا, هند الحديد, عبدالرحمن الكيلاني

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The study deals with the experiment approach and its effect on the consequences of actions of the scholars in both applied and rotting aspects. In the first three demands, the researchers presented the fundamental aspect in terms of the concept of experience, and the evidence for its consideration from the Qur’an and Sunnah as a path to reveal the consequences of actions and the construction of judgments, according to what they considered experiments reveal.

Further, the researchers presented the in rooting aspects, the scholars of Usul al-Fiqh take into account the conduct of the experiment through a set of rules …