http://hdl.handle.net/10090/804 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 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:06:26 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10090/827 Title: Composing Russianness : Folk Music and Russian Identity in the Twentieth Century <br/> <br/>Authors: Young, Michael <br/> <br/>Description: Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honors in the Department of International Studies&#8212; Russian and East European Studies Program Middlebury College Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10090/815 Title: Salvando la cultura vasca: La restauraci&#243;n del euskera en la &#233;poca posfranquista de Espa&#241;a <br/> <br/>Authors: Weisman, Arielle <br/> <br/>Description: Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the Department of International Studies&#8212;European Studies Program Middlebury College Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10090/814 Title: "Jewberia": The Struggle to Define Russian Jewish Identity in the Postmodern Period <br/> <br/>Authors: Rosenfeld, Rachel Annelise <br/> <br/>Abstract: Already in 1950, psychologist Erik Erikson coined the term &#8220;identity crisis.&#8221; In the post-Soviet period this problem concerns those living in the former Soviet Union in drastic ways. In my work, I select the Russian Jewish identity crisis as a subset from which one can draw widely applicable conclusions. My assessment has two overarching goals: (1) applying the Russian Jewish case to all individuals in the former Soviet Union; and (2) assessing the Russian Jewish identity crisis in the context of the worldwide Jewish community. To what degree is identity external versus internal? Does Russian Jewish identity emphasize the past or the future? Where do the concepts of nationalism, ethnicity, and religion manifest themselves within identity? I have approached the Russian Jewish identity crisis from the sociological method of participant-observation in Russian Jewish communities. My main materials are interviews conducted by the author, and I then use these interviews in conjunction with existing literature. My initial hypothesis surmised that differences in identity would lie along geographic regions, but I discovered that differences in identity rest primarily along generational lines. I developed a system of four general groupings in consultation with existing academic work, and they are as follows: (1) universal Jew; (2) Russian or rejectionist; (3) multiple identity holders or postmodern; and (4) Jewish identity for rewards. Additionally, I created several age groupings&#8212;a focus often overlooked by the sources I consulted&#8212;Cohorts A-E. (1) under 18 years of age (Cohort A); (2) 18-28 years of age (Cohort B); (3) 29-49 years of age (Cohort C); (4) 50-65 years of age (Cohort D); and (5) 65+ years of age (Cohort E). As I outline the groupings of identity I will show where the sentiments of different age-cohorts generally lie in addition to the exceptions and overlaps. In the postmodern period, what forms of identity will Russian Jewry embrace and to what degree will these forms influence identity transformations in Russia and worldwide for Jews and non-Jews alike? <br/> <br/>Description: Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honors in the Department of International Studies&#8212; Russian and East European Studies Program Middlebury College Wed, 02 May 2007 22:58:59 GMT