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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"idols"”.
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EXPLORING THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF TEEN IDOLS
Exploring the Visual Representation of Teen Idols investigates the meaning of North American teen idols and their depiction in mass media and contemporary art. Young celebrities and entertainers, especially those in the popular music industry and produced by the Disney Company, are regarded as teen …
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“Let's Smash the Idols!” Kemal Pilavoğlu's Sufi Pan-Islamism in Republican Turkey
This dissertation is a case-study of a Tijaniyya organization in Turkey and its Turkish founder, Kemal Pilavoğlu (1906-1977), who established the order in or around 1931. The Tijaniyya is a Sufi order from north Africa, founded by Abu al-ʿAbbâs Ahmad ibn Mahammad al-Tijânî (1737–1815) between 1781- …
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Paul and the Politics of Idolatry: Ancient Mediterranean Cult Images and Iconic Ritual in the Letters of Paul
… aim of which is to reinstate the discourse of 'idols' (εἴδωλα) and 'idolatry' (εἰδωλολατρία) in the letters of Paul within the wider world of ancient Mediterranean religion involving cult images and iconic ritual. The focus of this thesis lies most broadly in the political and ethnic dynamics of …
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The Representation of God in First Corinthians 8-10: Understanding Paul in the Context of Wisdom, Philo, and Josephus
… Christians from eating food sacrificed to idols; by appealing first to their obligation to love other believers and then to their obligation of exclusive faithfulness to Christ. What has largely been overlooked is the way that these arguments are made on the basis on one's understanding of …
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Idolatry and authority: a study of 1 Corinthians 8.1-11.1 in the light of the Jewish diaspora
… of anything related to Gentile religions and idols, e.g. Philo, Josephus, Joseph and Aseneth, and such like. Such Jews operated with strict definitions of idolatry and condemned everything related to idols and their makers. Other Jews operated with different definitions, although they still …
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Infected vision in the works of Thomas Middleton
… approach which investigates the idols created by the imagination before ‘purging’ the same and restoring order (Corneanu and Vermeir 184). The idea of infection incurred through the eyes which are fixed on vice (or error) has moral, religious, and political implications and …
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Step in Time
… a time when the innocence of youth and teenage idols was quickly replaced by the grownup realities of war, free sex and drugs, and a record of a young girl’s attempt to find herself amidst the turmoil and trauma at this time.</p>
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Finding Identity in Christ at Fireside Baptist Church in Elizabethtown, Kentucky
… in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, to counter cultural idols. The purpose of equipping was to help the congregation find their identity in Christ. Chapter 1 explains the context, rationale, purpose, goals, and methodology of the project. Chapter 2 describes the biblical and theological concept of …
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Discourse Analysis of Ethnonyms for Black Italians on YouTube
… representation in Italian media, their childhood idols, and reactions to labels assign to themselves, such as "second-generation Italian,". Ethnonyms “Black Italian”,” Afro-Italian”, Afro-descendenti", and their Italian translations were tagged and analyzed to better understand the positive and/or …
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Analisis konstruk berpikir seksual pada pembaca perempuan Online Yaoi Fanfiction
… of enthusiasts and a pair by entering their idols both real and fictional as the characters in it . Aside from being entertainment, online yaoi fanfiction can make female readers to expect that the content of the story actually happened in reality, in other words expect their idols have a …
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The symbolism of the eye in Mesopotamia and Israel
… Ancient Near East, including pottery, sculpture, idols of amulets, seals, cuneiform texts and the literature of the Old Testament. The central concern in this study is to bring together under one cover the iconography of the eye and its meaning from the cultures of Mesopotamia and Israel. The …
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K-Pop Girlies: an Investigation into Photocard Collecting
… specifically are shaped by love for their idols, the randomized nature of photocards, motivation to complete their collection, actively taking part in consumerism, and having an emotional connection to their photocards. This investigation into photocard collecting offered a unique insight …
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Art In Revolt: Material And Meaning In The 80 Years' War
… the Low Countries, stripping their walls of “idols.” With shattered glass and beheaded statues, the beeldenstorm, or the Iconoclastic Riots, brought a new consciousness to the materiality of art. This dissertation is a materially-oriented, multimedia analysis of art made in the afterglow of …
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Communion with Christ and Christian community in 1 Corinthians: a study of Paul's concept of Koinonia
… relationships and meal fellowships with idols are necessarily excluded. So, in both cases of χοιυωυια in 1 Corinthians the concept is not an ecclesiological term but rather emphasizes the communion with Christ as the constant constitutive condition of the Christians' individual and …
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Black Heart
… and finally struggling under the weight of my idols' superiority. Poetry is the medium through which I am able to express all of these facets. In doing this, I want to be able to explore the connection between the human spirit and achievement. In a way, this thesis is becoming an exposition of …
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Objects and anxiety in late medieval English writing
… seemingly disparate goods--Books of Hours, stone idols and invisible flowers, clothing, and skull cups--I argue that each object provides a spectrum of possible readings for users, who simultaneously interpreted objects as essential to a spiritual and communal existence, while also fearing that …
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The politics of the confessional imagination, from Calvin to Hobbes
… the religious dimension of his account of the “idols of the mind.” In the third section, I consider the language of psychological self-government as it focusses on the imagination. I consider the scholastic Aristotelian tradition of moral philosophy before returning to English Protestant …
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The Impact of Global English in Xinjiang, China: Linguistic Capital and Identity Negotiation among the Ethnic Minority and Han Chinese Students
… and national levels and became the enviable idols to emulate and symbols of ethnic pride for fellow Uyghur students. Their success has in turn boosted the business of the Uyghur-run private English training centers in Xinjiang. English seems to have become a “counter-hegemonic” language to …
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Ezekiel 5:5-17 and Theodicy: a Theological Investigation of the Character of God
… of the Israelites' persistence in the worship of idols and other abominable practices. Furthermore, YHWH, unlike some of the ancient Near Eastern gods, whose punishments are based on flimsy and baseless reasons, metes out judgments based on weighty matters, such as moral and cultic violations.</p> …
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Developing A Marriage Enrichment Seminar For Couples At Easthaven Baptist Church, Kalispell, Montana
… include, communication, forgiveness, identifying idols of the heart, and sexual intimacy in marriage. Chapter 4 details the steps involved in conducting the marriage enrichment retreat associated with this project. Details are provided on how eight key topics were chosen and developed for the …
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