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Mercy
The way in which indigenous people are represented in documentaries has radically changed within the last century. But "If there (still) is one overriding ethical/political / ideological! question to documentary filmmaking it may be, What to do with the people" (Nichols qtd. in Barbash and Taylor, …
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The Constitution of Mercy
… state that has largely operated under the radar: mercy. In addition to manifesting itself in the pardon power, mercy can also be found in the practices of judges who sentence defendants leniently. Both executive and judicial mercy have been criticised for conflicting with the rule of law and legal …
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Missionary Preparation and Care at Mercy Church, in Charlotte, North Carolina
… a program for missionary preparation and care a Mercy Church. Chapter 1 describes the context, rationale, purpose, goals, research methodology definitions, and limitations/delimitations of the project. Chapter 2 presents a biblical foundation for the role of local churches in missionary sending. …
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Works of Mercy: Literature, Compassion, and Devotion in Early Modern England
<p>“Works of Mercy: Literature, Compassion, and Devotion in Early Modern England,” argues for the crucial role of literature in shaping, expanding, and contesting the limits of compassion in early seventeenth century England. Reading Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, Donne’s Devotions Upon …
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At the Mercy of Ruin: Performative Sites/Sights of Landscapes and Loss
While scholars of ruin have long foregrounded the importance of imagination in encountering sites of ruin, they have failed to provide concrete examples of their own imaginative experiences. This dissertation is a collection of aesthetically rendered moments at various sites of ruined landscapes …
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Seeking Freedom through Self-Love in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy and Beloved
… years after the publication of Beloved with A Mercy in 2008. With these two texts, Morrison offers her readers one story that shows the descent into slavery and one that shows progression towards freedom. The purpose of this thesis is to place Morrison’s two neo-slave narratives, Beloved and A …
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Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy (Ireland): Analysis of the governance structures.
… structures of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy (Ireland), since its foundation by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. The topic is subdivided into four questions: (1) What form of governance did the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy inherit from its historical roots? (2) What …
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Equipping Members of Faith Family Church, Finksburg, Maryland to Be Ministers of Biblical Mercy
… FINKSBURG, MARYLAND, TO BE MINISTERS OF BIBLICAL MERCY Paul David Andrews, D.Min The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Robert L. Plummer This project explores the responsibility of the local church to the poor and the process of establishing a ministry to the …
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Bureaucratic mercy: The Home Office and the treatment of capital cases in Victorian England
… examines the role of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy--the pardoning and mitigating powers of the Crown--in the Victorian criminal justice system. Its principal source has been the hitherto confidential collection of files in the Home Office 144 and 45 Series at the British Public Record Office. …
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Navy Nurses' Experiences during Operation Unified Assistance Aboard the USNS MERCY: A Grounded Theory Study
… In a historic first on the hospital ship USNS MERCY, the U.S. Navy deployed one team with members from the Navy, the U.S Public Health Service, a non-government organization (NGO), and a civilian mariner crew to provide humanitarian aid. Despite these efforts, there is a dearth of scholarly …
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Increasing the Knowledge of the Biblical Call for Cross-Cultural Unity at Mercy Church Charlotte, North Carolina
… establish a class to increase the knowledge of Mercy Church’s cross-cultural understanding. Chapter 1 stipulates the establishment of the project, which includes the context, rationale, purpose, goals, definitions, limitations/delimitations, research methodology, and conclusion. Chapter 2 …
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Ministry, Mission, and Mercy: A Practical Philosophy for Groups to Live Out God’s Holistic Vision for the Church
… a practical philosophy of ministry, mission, and mercy in the local church, specifically in the context of small groups. The first chapter introduces the idea of the ministry, mission, and mercy paradigm, makes an argument for its necessity in the church today, and begins to examine how it …
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The effectiveness of St. Joseph Mercy Center for Diabetes Education Program at one and two years post education
… data of individuals that attended the St. Joseph Mercy Center for Diabetes education program. HbA1c and lipid value were evaluated to determine the effectiveness of the program.</p> <p>Results: Baseline HbA1c for all groups was 8.33%. Post-Program HbA1c was 6.70%, showing a 1.63% (p<0.0001) …
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Jesus as the Mercy Seat : the semantics and theology of Paul's use of Hilasterion in Romans 3:25.
… refers most famously to the "mercy seat," the golden plate with the cherubim above Israel's ark of the covenant. Philo saw the mercy seat as "a symbol of the gracious power of God" (Mos. 2.96; cf. Fug. 100). Paul applies this symbolism to Jesus because it makes him the centre …
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The Construction of a Four-year Teacher Training- Curriculum for the Sisters of Mercy in the Province of Omaha
Since 1929, when the Sisters of Mercy of the United States decided to amalgamate, the problem of teacher training has received increasing attention by those interested in the welfare of the Institute. It is the object of this thesis to attempt the construction of a satisfactory four-year …
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Who is a God Like You? Micah's Message of Yahweh's Justice and Mercy for McCarthy Baptist Church of St. Joseph, Missouri
This project offers a chapter-by-chapter exposition of the prophet Micah with a view to biblical theology. Chapter 1 seeks to define biblical theology and how it will help in understanding Micah. The first chapter also strives to gain a basic grasp of the book and the contemporary church’s need for …
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Essays on Dynamic Tournaments
… other half investigates the impact of the use of mercy rule in a dynamic tournament on the economic output and other system wide characteristics. </p><p>In Chapter 2, we study dynamic tournaments in which time is modeled explicitly, as opposed to with the abstract notion of ``periods.'' By doing …
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The Catholic Church and its Healing Mission: A case of our lady, mother of mercy and mother Teresa Hospices' care for HIV and AIDS patients in Zambia
The Zambian government and several other organizations tend to put more emphasis on medical treatment of HIV and AIDS than on the care for AIDS patients. As such, the Catholic Church introduced hospice palliative care services in Zambia in the 1990s to alleviate the sufferings of AIDS patients. …
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