scholarly journals The Spirituality of St. Antony of Egypt: Lessons for Contemporary African Pentecostalism

2021 ◽  
pp. 52-64
Author(s):  
Joshua Settles
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Warfare ◽  
Literary Study ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Religious Context ◽  
Source Materials

This study is an examination of the spirituality of St Antony of Egypt. It examines the historical, intellectual, and religious context of St Antony’s life and ministry, including his worldview and how these inform his spirituality. The study is a literary study and utilizes existing primary and secondary source materials on Antony’s life, including his seven extant letters which are assessed as to their credibility. The study explores St Antony’s understanding and use of scripture, prayer, and spiritual warfare. From these, the study draws lessons relevant for contemporary African Pentecostalism. Keywords: Spirituality, St. Antony of Egypt, African Pentecostalism

‘No Small Share of Ingenuity’: An Object-Oriented Analysis of Eighteenth-Century English Dressmaking

Costume ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-211
Author(s):  
Carolyn Dowdell
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Women's Work ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Women’S Work ◽  
Object Based ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Source Materials ◽  
Object Oriented Analysis

This article details eighteenth-century English dressmaking through an in-depth, object-oriented exploration of garment construction practices and techniques from a maker's perspective. Building upon prior scholarship of women's work and aspects of pre-industrial English garment trades, this article employs primary and secondary source materials in conjunction with extensive object-based research of extant garments. The research findings outline exactly how pre-industrial English dressmakers’ skills were nuanced, sophisticated and adaptive to making and remaking, as well as the personal, haptic connections they cultivated with their work.

scholarly journals Politics and Audit in Malaysia

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Azham Md. Ali
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Source Materials ◽  
Study Format

This work investigates the role and contribution of external auditing as practised in Malaysian society during the forty year period from independence in 1957 to just before the onset of Asian Financial Crisis in 1997.  It applies the political economic theory introduced by Tinker (1980) and refined by Cooper & Sherer (1984), which emphasises the social relations aspects of professional activity rather than economic forces alone. In a case study format where qualitative data were gathered mainly from primary and secondary source materials, the study has found that the function of auditing in Malaysian society in most cases is devoid of any essence of mission; instead it is created, shaped and changed by the pressures which give rise to its development over time. The largely insignificant role that it serves is intertwined with the contexts in which it operates. 

YOUTH ASPIRATIONS AND MISFORTUNES IN NDOP MUNICIPALITY, CAMEROON: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-192
Author(s):  
Eugene Muambeh Muntoh
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Support Programme ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
Brighter Future ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Source Materials

Youth ambitions and the challenges they face remain a major issue facing every economy around the world. This study critically examines youth aspirations and their misfortunes in Ndop municipality. The paper also scrutinises the activities of the government in the process of empowering youth in Ndop municipality and further assesses challenges faced in the empowerment process. In carrying out this study, primary and secondary source materials were consulted and from them, the paper contends that the introduction and implementation of youth development programmes positively affected the youths. They gained skills through training programmes and also received free interest loans for business start-ups which enabled them to be self-reliant. The challenges that accompanied government efforts in the empowerment process affected the intended number of youth targeted to benefit from the government youth support programme (PAJER-U). Even as youth challenges were being addressed by various actors, this study reveals a picture of a combination of achievements and failures in the course of providing a brighter future for the youths.

SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT AND RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES FOR DOMES-TIC VIOLENCE IN MEZAM DIVISION, CAMEROON, A HISTORICAL DISCOURSE

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-124
Author(s):  
Eugene Muambeh Muntoh
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Traditional Practices ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Historical Discourse ◽  
Cultural Setting ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Religious Perspectives ◽  
Principal Factors ◽  
Source Materials

The socio-cultural and religious setting of Mezam division remains principal factors perpetuating domestic violence in several Mezam communities. Alarming rates of domestic violence greatly troubled majority of women who face a lot of challenges leaving abusive relationships. This paper critically examines the socio-cultural setting and religious perspectives of domestic violence in Mezam division. Primary and secondary source materials were consulted and from them, the paper contends that the dynamics in the socio-cultural setting of Mezam communities greatly influenced and perpetuated domestic violence. The people’s perceptions and attitudes towards domestic violence where shaped by their culture and traditional practices. The study revealed that religious believes such as Christianity and Islam equally had a major role to play as far as condoning and perpetuating domestic vio-lence was concern.

AN APPRAISAL OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS IN CAMEROON’S CONFLICT ZONES (NORTH-WEST AND SOUTH-WEST REGIONS)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-166
Author(s):  
Eugene Muambeh Muntoh
Keyword(s):  
International Aid ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Conflict Zones ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
South West ◽  
Source Materials

Humanitarian actors have become quite noticeable in the field of humanitarian missions in Cameroon ever since the outbreak of the “Anglophone” crisis in the North-west and South-west Regions. Even though, humanitarian actors have engaged fully in the fight against social injustice and human rights, most of them are considered feeble owing to their reliance on subsidy from government and international aid bodies. This study seeks to examine the basis and the role of humanitarian missions in the conflict hit north-west and south-west regions of Cameroon. The paper further scrutinises the efficacy of interventions by humanitarian actors in humanitarian missions as concerns the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon. Based on evidence from primary and secondary source materials, the paper argues that despite the relevance of humanitarian actors towards addressing the humanitarian situation in the course of the Anglophone crisis, much is yet to be achieved as far as the attainment of sustainable peace in the crisis stricken regions is concern. The lack of a common platform for humanitarian actors made coordination of their accomplishments impracticable.

scholarly journals Law, Gender and Sexuality: an Introduction to the LSE Library Collections

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Practical Guidance ◽  
Source Materials ◽  
Academic Study ◽  
Library Collections

AbstractThis article, by Heather Dawson, outlines primary and secondary source materials relevant to the academic study of law, gender and sexuality which are available in the LSE library. It includes coverage of the content of the Hall-Carpenter Archive as well as books, journals and archival materials accessible via the Women's Library@LSE. Practical guidance is provided to researchers in using the Library and searching its catalogues effectively.

scholarly journals It’s pronounced “EE-lick”: Milo Ellik, veteran, urologist, and inventor of the evacuator that bears his name

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Matluck
Keyword(s):  
Standard Of Care ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
University Of Iowa ◽  
The Family ◽  
Resected Tumor ◽  
Permanent Storage ◽  
Rapid Removal ◽  
The University ◽  
Source Materials

Objectives The Ellik Evacuator is a commonly used tool in transurethral endoscopic surgery and a standard of care for the rapid removal from the bladder of resected tumor fragments, prostatic chips, or blood. Little is known, however, about the inventor of the Ellik evacuator, his urologic contributions, and how the evacuator came to be. Methods We contacted surviving descendants of Dr. Milo Ellik, and conducted interviews as part of an oral history project. Original medical equipment and personal belongings, provided by the family of Dr. Ellik, were analysed. Secondary source materials included published urologic articles and unpublished biographic information. Results Milo Ellik was born in Chicago in 1905 but was orphaned and put himself through college. He graduated from the University of Iowa with an MD in 1932 and began residency under Nathan Alcock. Ellik conceived of the evacuator that bears his name as a resident, visiting the glass-blowing facility at the Iowa University Hospital to construct the prototype. He published the results in a 1937 issue of the Journal of Urology but did not obtain a patent which was eventually procured by Bard in 1940. Conclusions Milo Ellik designed a major innovation in transurethral surgery as a resident in urology by constructing the first glass evacuator that bears his name. The Ellik family donated a large quantity of Dr. Ellik’s inventions to the AUA’s Didusch Museum for permanent storage and study.

Imaginative Authority in Spanish Literature

PMLA ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-216
Author(s):  
Otis H. Green
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Spanish Literature ◽  
Don Quixote ◽  
Literary Study ◽  
Lazarillo De Tormes ◽  
Religious Context ◽  
Literary Forms ◽  
Primary Literature ◽  
Moral Instruction ◽  
La Celestina

Spanish literature in the Golden Age was a primary literature that produced an impressive number of new literary forms that were admired, copied, and naturalized throughout the rest of Europe. Rojas' La Celestina, Torres Naharro's Comedia Serafina, the anonymous Lazarillo de Tormes, Tirso de Molina's El condenado por desconfiado, and Don Quixote provide examples of the “imaginative authority” of the older literature of Spain. This power of a piece of writing to assume a life of its own, its power to lead the audience wherever it pleases, is best understood in a religious context, since the authors of the works themselves wrote in a religious context. The end of literary study is not theological or moral instruction but elucidation of the intrinsic meanings of the work. Nevertheless, the proper model for the relation of the elucidator to the work is not that of the scientist to physical objects, but that of one man to another in charity. If the critic approaches the poem with this kind of reverence for its integrity, it will respond to questioning and take its part in the dialogue between reader and work which is the life of literary study.

A Good Fight: How Indigenous Women Approach Boxing as a Mechanism for Social Change

2020 ◽  
pp. 019372352091981
Author(s):  
MacIntosh Ross ◽  
Janice Forsyth
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Liberal Feminism ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Professional Boxing ◽  
Source Materials

This article examines the experiences of select Indigenous female boxers from Canada and the United States to explore and appreciate the diverse meanings they attach to amateur and professional boxing and to write these athletes into history by constructing short case studies of fighters active from the 1970s through the 2010s. We augment each fighter’s story with context from scholarly and secondary source materials, such as newspapers, to round out each woman’s story and to illustrate the multiple overlapping conditions that shaped their boxing experiences. We embrace the work of van Ingen on the importance of understanding female boxers at the intersection of race and gender. In doing so, our work emphasizes the ideological foundations embedded in narratives, so that each narrative presents a certain point of view that results in real practical effects, whether it be supporting White liberal feminism or Indigenous self-determination. Following van Ingen, this article views all writing, whether by journalists or professional historians, as ideological acts, capable of exalting select athletes while marginalizing others.

The Rise of a Local Opera form in east China, up to 1920

Huju ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan P. J. Stock
Keyword(s):  
Folk Song ◽  
Initial Orientation ◽  
East China ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
New Models ◽  
History Of ◽  
Local Traditions ◽  
The City ◽  
Source Materials

Scholars of Shanghai opera accord their tradition, huju, a history of some two centuries or more, typically describing its rise in terms of a development from local traditions of folk song to balladry, and from ballad-singing to staged and costumed opera (in the 1920s). This chapter begins with a brief summary of the history of opera in China to provide initial orientation for the subsequent evaluation of how huju relates to and contrasts with other dramatic forms. The analysis draws on surviving primary and secondary source materials, such as the memoirs of old singers, to assess the question as to how much huju changed as it gained acceptance in the city of Shanghai. The data suggests that the generally cited model of development through stages of folk song-ballad-local opera is in need of revision, and new models are generated.

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