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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Magdalene"”.
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Sub-Ordination: Mary Magdalene, the Church, and the Ordination of Women
… we shall explore the role and treatment of Mary Magdalene and women in early texts and show that they actually did have prominent positions within at least some early Christian communities. Texts were altered, and selected for reasons that did not always have to do with doctrine. Therefore, the …
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(Dis)identifying female archetypes in live art
… patriarchal canon: Medea (the anti-mother), Mary Magdalene (the penitent whore) and Joan of Arc (virgin martyr). I juxtapose their ‘universality’ with the experiential, the local and the contemporary. I draw on the authoritative personal voice of the lived anxiety of the experience of motherhood …
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Daughters of the Sun (Excerpted)
… of the Bible; Mary the “Virgin” Mother; and Mary Magdalene. This is the Gospel they didn’t want you to know. This is the Gospel she has been waiting two thousand years to tell.</p>
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Mythic Contexts and Marginalized Figures: Unveiling Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin's Poetics
… active role. I also discuss her use of the Mary Magdalene figure and nuns to portray an empowered female figure that functions both inside and outside of the patriarchal order. Lastly, I examine Ní Chuilleanáin alongside Eavan Boland, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Medbh McGuckian to compare ways in …
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A Socio-narratological Approach to Johannine Christology through Characterization of Women in the Gospel of John
… the Women at the Cross (19:25-27), and Mary Magdalene (20:1-18), thus suggesting an alternative approach to a better understanding of Johannine Christology. Chapter 1 introduces the justification of this study, scholarship and issues related to women's study, the limitations which this …
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From the Resurrection to the Ascension: Christ's post Resurrection appearances in Byzantine Art
… which receives special attention, is the Magdalene, whose significance rivalled that of the Virgin’s. While the Marys at the Tomb and the Chairete were two of the most widely accepted apparitions, it was the Incredulity of Thomas that found its way in the so-called twelve-feast cycle and …
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Making theatre elastic: a practice-led PhD on performance research with Elastic Theatre, focusing on the body of work produced between 2005 and 2011
… Song (2005-2006), Medea Made Medea (2007), The Magdalene Mysteries (2008), Medousa (2009), The Passion of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (2009) and Baroccata/Baroque Box (2010-2011). These productions have been informed by an overriding ethos, which is presented and reflected upon in the following …
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Properties of Desire: Performing Women on the Early Modern Transvestite Stage
… the travels of a salvatory in the Digby Mary Magdalene construct the nature of the Magdalenes erotic desire as the basis of her spiritual authority. It compares this play to A Woman Killed with Kindness, where the journey of a lute foregrounds the damage done to women by male constructions of …
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Investigating female learners’ withdrawals in adult literacy programmes in Chongwe district: implications for the organization and management of open and distance learning in Zambia.
This study examines the factors contributing to female adult learners' withdrawal from literacy classes in Chongwe District, Zambia, and explores the gender-specific effects on Open and Distance Learning (ODL) adult literacy programmes as well as the challenges incurred by the ODL in retaining …
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Histone Deacetylase 1: Mutagenesis And Small Molecule Studies
<p>Histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) has been linked to cell growth and cell cycle regulation, which makes it a widely recognized target for anticancer drugs. The 14 Å channel of Class 1 HDAC isotypes has long being hypothesized to be the exit cavity for acetate following deacetylation. The amino acids …
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Steps to Success: The Lived Experiences of College Students on the Autism Spectrum
Young adults on the autism spectrum are likely to experience an occupational imbalance after graduating high school. This is evidenced by the approximately 37% to 50% of youth with autism who report unemployment or not continuing their education after high school and their researched struggles with …
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An Assessment of Home and Classroom Literacy Environments and the Emergent Literacy Development of Kindergarten Students in Two Southwestern Michigan School Districts
<p><em>Problem</em>. In some school districts, low literacy proficiency is a problem of tremendous proportion. Assessing whether a solid foundation is being laid is more important than focusing our efforts at remediation in the later years. This study aimed at investigating the illiteracy problem …
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Representations of the Care of the Soul in Early Christian Texts
… of Judas</em>. Chapter four discusses how Mary Magdalene and Perpetua are represented in terms of the care of the soul in, respectively, the <em>Gospel of Mary</em> and the <em>Passion of Perpetua and Felicity</em> and what is at stake for women's leadership roles in each of these portrayals. …
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Challenges of a new academic discourse: an investigation into the reading and writing practices of first-year chemical engineering students at a South African University
The challenges for a diverse intake of first-year engineering students, when acquiring a new academic discourse during the transition to university, has triggered this study of literacy practices in the first project task in a core first-year chemical engineering course, in a four-year …
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Visual Power and Elite Subjectivity in Private Portraiture from Imperial Greece
This doctorate investigates portrait sculptures erected in Greece from the reign of the first Roman emperor Augustus at the end of the first century BC into late antiquity to ask how private individuals, in different ways, in different locales and contexts, brought Greek and Roman visual languages …
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Humeral torsion and activity-related change in the human upper limb and pectoral girdle. A biomechanical investigation and social implications.
… and the leprosarium of Sts. James and Mary Magdalene, Chichester, the modern cadaver-based Terry collection and non-human primates, Gorilla sp., Pan sp., Pongo sp., and Macaca sp.. Measurement of the humeral torsion angle and external measurements and indices of architecture, articulations …
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Impact of HIV/AIDS on rural community of Kwa-Mthethwa area in KwaZulu-Natal
A study of impact of HIV/AIDS on rural community involves a whole range of factors. This investigation focused on youth's level of knowledge of HTV/AIDS, youth's informants and youth's attitudes towards HIV/AIDS sufferers. Literature review was conducted. This has revealed that the attitude within …
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Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in a Small Hospital
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-05T21:20:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6104385.pdf: 4413056 bytes, checksum: f99abc7c3f0463621d391c5fad0aa04d (MD5) Previous issue date: 1961
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A Study of the City Public Schools' Leadership Academy for Aspiring School Leaders
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the City Public Schools" Leadership Academy has met its primary goal of preparing public school administrators to serve the school division. This study is built on research that reveals that there are a number of principal preparation programs …
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The Celibate Christ: A Suggestive Reading of John 20:17 μή μου ἅπτου οὔπω γὰρ ἀναβέβηκα (“Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended”)
… texts, the relationship of Jesus and Mary Magdalene is consistently portrayed as ascetic, a vestige of the story of 20:17. I argue from two of these texts, which reflect belief in an immediate, disembodied ascension at death, that 20:17 offers a contradiction in its focus on Jesus’ body, …
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