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Showing 1 to 20 of 91 for “"The Gift"”.
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Blood, society and the gift: An ethnography of change in the gift relationship
… gives and receives and how. Commentary about another body part – blood – is, it is argued here, less well developed (Sanner, 2001; Lock, 2004; Scheper-Hughes and Wacquant, 2006; Shaw, 2009). Blood and its modern-day sociology and anthropology is understood and limited by its links with both …
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The Gift in Old English Literature
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The gift of prophecy in the New Covenant.
… of historical, exegetical and biblical-theological methodology. Chapter two concludes that intertestamental Judaism, the old covenant scriptures and the experiences of Christians formed the background to New Testament thought regarding prophecy, and the scriptures particularly encouraged …
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A genealogy of the gift : blood donation in London, 1921-1946
This thesis discusses the historical association of blood donation with narratives of 'the gift'. It is a history of blood-giving in London between the emergence of the city's first voluntary blood donor panel in 1921 and the establishment of the National Blood Transfusion Service in 1946, and …
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Chaos Theory, Theology, and Curriculum: Striving Towards the Impossibility of the Gift
… a large impact on a grand scale. However, in the 1960s Edward Lorenz discovered that very small disturbances in weather conditions could have a great effect on huge weather systems. With an understanding of chaos theory, which posits that everything matters, I argue that a life based on the …
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Nyau Philosophy: Contemporary Art and the Problematic of the Gift – a Panegyric
Societies in Southern Africa remain largely gift economies, their art conceived as an infrastructure within everyday life, and yet art from the region continues to be read within the values of mimetic art where art is conceived as part of the superstructure of restricted Western economic and social …
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The 'Gift' of the Disaster: Singaporeans' generous responses to the Indian Ocean Tsunami
The horrific Indian Ocean Tsunami of 26 December 2004 was followed by a tidal wave of (dramatic and disturbing) media coverage focusing on the spectacular scale of destruction. Going beyond these immediate reactions to unpick the myriad geographies of the event, context and aftermath, my research …
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Expectation and Fulfillment of the Gift of the Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John
This study seeks to delineate the pneumatological themes that the author of John develops to create expectation and demonstrate fulfillment of the gift of the Holy Spirit. The primary question asked in this investigation focuses on the extent to which Johannine pneumatological expectation can be …
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The gift of good, vacant land : urban agriculture and redevelopment in the city of Baltimore
… when real estate markets do not support the development of vacant land. However, urban agriculture in the 21st century has emerged in an era when cities have begun to embrace sustainability as a guiding principle, creating a window of opportunity for urban agriculture to become a more …
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The identity of the heart patient in the context of the gift economy: HeartNET and media framing
This health communication research examines the identity levels of the heart patient on a therapeutic website HeartNET through an empirical investigation of site interactions as manifestations of a gift economy. The thesis also explores the media’s representation of heart health in both television …
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The Self and the Gift in Japan: A Cognitive View of Ritualized Gift Exchange in Contemporary Western Japan
"Oseibo exchanges provide a site to explore the relationship between the self and others in contemporary Japanese society. The role of the giver or the recever of a gift is composed of a set of obligations/rights between the self and others. However, when the individual attempts to do his/her role …
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The gift of life: an existential phenomenological exploration of receiving a lifesaving organ transplant and how this affects life subsequently
At present, there is little research conducted on organ transplantation from the perspective of the organ recipient. This study aimed to explore the experience of undergoing lifesaving organ transplantation and how this may affect life subsequently. For the purpose of this research, lifesaving …
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The Gift of a Scholarship: The reflective accounts of scholarship recipients attending elite secondary schools in post-apartheid South Africa
This study investigates the experiences of scholarship students from historically disadvantaged communities who attend elite secondary schools in South Africa. Specifically, the study analyses the narrated accounts of a sample of former scholarship recipients who reflect back on their experiences …
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What is the gift of spiritual direction for women going through a season of dissidence, of deconstruction and reconstruction of faith?
… Spiritual Direction is and how and why it is a gift. In my professional practice a rising number of women going through spiritual abuse, trauma and misunderstanding from Christian pastoral leaders and personally in their faith are coming to a place described as a deconstruction. I ask, how might …
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The Gift of Living Water: A study of the relationship between water symbolism and the Spirit in the Gospel of John
… symbol to reveal progressively that Jesus is the Word Incarnate which brings about transformation and divine revelation. This dissertation examines the extent to which John deliberately develops an increasingly intimate relationship between water symbolism and the Spirit in the Fourth Gospel. …
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Creative Expression Through the Gift of God: The Intertwining of Creativity and Religion of the Poor Clares in New Orleans, Louisiana
<p>This thesis looks at the relationship of art and creativity among the Poor Clares in New Orleans, Louisiana. Through the six sisters, the project addresses the way that religion influences the art that each sister produces. While each sister has had a different experience that drew them to …
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Counterfeit Money or Genuine Gift? Gift, Giving, and Salvation in the Gospel of John
This dissertation studies the concept of gift in the Gospel of John, especially as it relates to God's gift of salvation to humanity. Chapter 1 defines the problem of the gift both for New Testament studies as well as philosophy and sociology. In light of the discussion of the gift historically and …
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Darovací smlouva se zaměřením na vrácení daru
Contract of donation may be considered as one of the most common contractual type of the civil law that everyone can meet in everyday life. On the opposite its present legislation in the Civil Code represents one of the briefest ones in comparison with other contracts regulated there. Not only for …
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A Correlational Study of Jungian Psychological Types and Nineteen Spiritual Gifts
<p>Problem</p> <p>No known study had examined the correlation between the Jungian psychological types and spiritual gifts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible correlation between the Jungian psychological types and a selection of 19 spiritual gifts of the New Testament.</p> …
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