http://hdl.handle.net/10090/37 Theses by Middlebury undergraduates http://dspace.nitle.org/retrieve/15205 http://hdl.handle.net/10090/37 Search the Channel search http://dspace.nitle.org/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/10090/6100 Title: Mission mistake or future of the faith? Africa in the Anglican crisis <br/> <br/>Authors: Zug, Jamie <br/> <br/>Abstract: This thesis explores the claims that Anglican scholars are making about African Anglicans in the crisis. It examines the writings of American and British revisionist Anglicans and Nigerian orthodox Anglicans in two collections: the Western collection, Gays and the Future of Anglicanism, Responses to the Windsor Report and the Nigerian collection, Biblical View of Sex and Sexuality from African Perspective. The contributors&#8217; discussion of Africa reveals a 7 fundamental disconnect between how Western revisionist and African orthodox scholars conceptualize and interpret African resistance to practicing homosexual clergy and same-sex union. In the Western text, the African Anglican stance can be explained by either by cultural differences or by some sort of fundamental mistake committed by western missionaries or individual African leaders. In the Nigerian text, the African Anglican stance serves as an authentic expression of biblical convictions in the midst of a moral power struggle. The ideological turmoil that characterizes recent Anglican history puts pressure on scholarly claims about Africa that reveals the reality about the bonds of affection. <br/> <br/>Description: 78 leaves. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-78). Thesis (B.A.)--Middlebury College, 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/10090/6100 Title: Mission mistake or future of the faith? Africa in the Anglican crisis <br/> <br/>Authors: Zug, Jamie <br/> <br/>Abstract: This thesis explores the claims that Anglican scholars are making about African Anglicans in the crisis. It examines the writings of American and British revisionist Anglicans and Nigerian orthodox Anglicans in two collections: the Western collection, Gays and the Future of Anglicanism, Responses to the Windsor Report and the Nigerian collection, Biblical View of Sex and Sexuality from African Perspective. The contributors&#8217; discussion of Africa reveals a 7 fundamental disconnect between how Western revisionist and African orthodox scholars conceptualize and interpret African resistance to practicing homosexual clergy and same-sex union. In the Western text, the African Anglican stance can be explained by either by cultural differences or by some sort of fundamental mistake committed by western missionaries or individual African leaders. In the Nigerian text, the African Anglican stance serves as an authentic expression of biblical convictions in the midst of a moral power struggle. The ideological turmoil that characterizes recent Anglican history puts pressure on scholarly claims about Africa that reveals the reality about the bonds of affection. <br/> <br/>Description: 78 leaves. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-78). Thesis (B.A.)--Middlebury College, 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/10090/6087 Title: The hybrid structure of instant messaging <br/> <br/>Authors: Kelley, Daniel <br/> <br/>Abstract: This study is an examination of the linguistic properties of Instant Messaging programs. After collecting transcripts of conversations held over Instant Messaging from regular users of the program AOL Instant Messenger, the samples were analyzed for similarity and difference to spoken and written language. The samples were analyzed for the rate and manner in which users communicated with each other, the paralinguistic information included in their utterances and the error rate within their conversations. The trends found were then compared to the Gricean Conversational Maxims for spoken conversations to gain an understanding of the rules and structures guiding speakers in Instant Messaging. The way users communicated over Instant Messaging was found to be a new hybrid model of communication. Speakers combined knowledge of written and spoken conversation to communicate effectively. Different aspects of the two mediums were drawn upon based upon the tone and register of the conversation, as well as the social distance between speakers. It was concluded that the greater the social distance, the less likely users were to speak about serious or formal matters, whereas social distance played little factor in informal conversation. Results were later corroborated through a series of interviews with a second set of AOL Instant Messenger users. <br/> <br/>Description: 79 leaves : ill. (some col.). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-79). Thesis (B.A.)--Middlebury College, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/6036 Title: Sacrifice, mimesis, and the geography of counter-hegemony: a particular look at Les maitres fous <br/> <br/>Authors: Gude, Chris <br/> <br/>Abstract: Shot in 1953, Jean Rouch&#8217;s ethnographic film Les Maitres Fous documents a spirit possession festival in the colonial Gold Coast, now Ghana. The spirits that arrive in this festival are those of the Hauka, which mimic West African colonial figures. Because of the cult&#8217;s mockery of these colonial figures, many have interpreted the ritual in the film as a form of resistance to colonial hegemony. In considering it as a counter-hegemonic act, however, scholars have yet to properly analyze the role of the sacrifice in the ritual. A deeper understanding of the sacrificial element of this possession ritual will add to the understanding of the ritual in general, but more specifically to the debate surrounding its counter-hegemonic qualities. In analyzing the role of sacrifice in the Hauka ceremony of Les Maitres Fous, I will draw upon the theories of Rene Girard and Michael Taussig, paying special attention to their notions of mimesis. <br/> <br/>Description: 43 leaves. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 41-43). Thesis (B.A.)--Middlebury College, 2007.