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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"Easter."”.
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Volunteer Women: Militarized Femininity in the 1916 Easter Rising
<p>Women were an integral part to the Easter Rising, yet until recently, their contributions have been forgotten. Those who have been remembered are often women who bucked conservative Irish society’s notions of femininity and chose to actively participate in combat, which has led to a skewed …
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Queer Teachers in Catholic Schools: Cosmic Perceptions of an Easter People
<p>Queer-teacher lives aren’t easy! They experience isolation and bifurcation of their lives on a daily basis. How much more difficult must life be for these teachers in the theologically heteronormative context of the Catholic school? Yet, these teachers remain educators in these institutions, …
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Hidden from Memory: Remembrance and Commemoration of the Sherwood Foresters’ Involvement in Easter, 1916
… are commemorated for their service during the Easter Rising of 1916. The Sherwood Foresters, known officially as the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, were created in 1881 in England after combining the 45<sup>th</sup> (Nottinghamshire) and 95<sup>th</sup> (Derbyshire) Regiments of Foot …
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A question of time or a question of theology: a study of the Easter controversy in the insular church
… and the theology that formed them? To apprehend Easter controversies, whether it is the early Quartodeciman controversy or the controversy in the Insular Church, an understanding of how biblical exegesis and different theological perspectives shaped the minds and hearts of those involved, is …
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Migrant Shorebird, Breeding Waterfowl, and Invertebrate Reponse to Conditions in Temporary Wetlands in Easter Central South Dakota During Spring
During spring migration in 1997 and 1998, more than 100 tilled and untilled temporary wetlands in Beadle County, South Dakota were surveyed for shorebird and waterfowl use. Over 5,000 shorebirds used these wetlands in both 1997 and 1998. Of the 26 shorebirds species observed, the most abundant were …
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Theme park visitor travel patterns
… national travel patterns and those of 1982 Easter Week visitors to Marriott’s Great America (Santa Clara, California) and Marine World Africa U.S.A (Redwood City, California). (2) To determine the differences, if any, between the 1982 Easter Week travel patterns of visitors to Marriott’s …
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Weeping at the grave, we make our song : Alleluia - Lament and thanksgiving in Church of England funerals
… Balthasar considers each of the three days of Easter in turn, finding particular power and importance in Holy Saturday. It is this weight that he gives to the day in which Jesus is actually dead that is important in forming a liturgical response in the carrying out of funerals.<br/>One …
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Secrecy Motifs and Messianic Consciousness In the First Gospel: Pre-Easter Tradition and Historicity Vis-A-Vis the Theological Agenda of Mark and the Early Church
<p>The following study is an exploration of the possible traditions utilized by the author of the Gospel of Mark as they relate to an acknowledged theme of secret messiahship. A survey of the socio-historical evidence as well as the textual evidence for and against an authentic messianic …
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Whitby, Wilfrid, and church-state antagonism in Early Medieval Britain.
In 664, adherents of the Dionysian and Celtic-84 Easter tables gathered at the Northumbrian abbey of Whitby to debate the proper calculation of Easter. The decision to adopt the former, with its connections to the papacy, has led many to frame this encounter in terms of Roman religious imperialism …
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The 'lexis' of medieval computus in selected Anglo-Latin and Old English prose
… computus (the calculation of the date of Easter) was popular amongst German scholars during the latter part of the nineteenth century, and American and German scholars in the early twentieth. Scholarly interest waned during the mid-late twentieth century, probably because computus is not …
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The impact of Irish nationalism on central Scotland, 1898-1939
… Fein, the impact of the First World War and the Easter Rising, followed by the formation of the Irish Free State in 1921 and Eire in 1937 all occurred within these forty or so years. This thesis explores the nature and extent of the impact that Irish nationalism had on Scotland in this period. …
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Representations of Jews in Late Medieval German Literature
"The Passion and Easter plays are imminently concerned with the Christian conception of the Jew. From the St. Gall Passion play (1300's) to the Alsfeld Passion play (1500), the Passion plays present Jesus's Jewish enemies alongside his Jewish followers. The Halle Passion play (1490's) emphasizes …
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Bioregions and future state visioning: a visually integrative approach to the presentation of information for environmental policy and management.
… approaches currently used, if tragedies like Easter Island are not to be repeated on a larger scale. The idea of future state visioning is taken from industry and commerce and given an environmental perspective to provide the visionary dimension required by such a holistic process. However, a …
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She "Too much of water hast": Drownings and Near-Drownings in Twentieth-Century American Literature by Women
… “Moon Lake” and “The Wide Net.” In “Moon Lake,” Easter nearly drowns as a corollary to her adolescent sexual awakening. Although her resuscitation is a brutal simulation of a rape, Easter survives. “The Wide Net” is a comic story that winks at the drowning woman tradition, showing a young bride …
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Thomas J. Clarke : 1916 revolutionary
… has been carried out into the causes of the 1916 Easter Rising with commensurate investigations into the actions of the main personalities involved; Thomas J. Clarke is an exception. Research by historians into his role in 1916 has not been thorough, rigorous or sustained. The purpose of this …
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The peace of the Gael : myth and metaphor in the rhetoric of Patrick Pearse.
The Easter Rising of 1916 acted as the catalyst for Irish nationalists to violently oppose British authority in Ireland, eventually gaining independence for the southern twenty-six counties from Britain. The rhetoric of Patrick Pearse characterized the revolutionary fanaticism of the leaders of the …
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Assassination of Michael Collins: A Revival in Gaelic Nationalism
… of Irish life. It was not until 1916, during the Easter Rising, that Collins started to play a key role in Ireland’s mission to gain independence. As a result, Collins became a symbol of hope for Ireland’s nationalism. On August 22, 1922, Michael Collins was assassinated and became a martyr for …
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Respublica: A Collection of Original Poems
… America. Inspired by the readings of the Easter Vigil, W.H. Auden’s Sonnets from China, the genealogy of Christ found in the first chapter of St. Matthew’s Gospel, as well as my love of all things historical, my hopes for the book are no less than an epic retelling of the fall of man in …
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