A litigation ethic: The theological challenge to the courts

Church, Richard P Duke University 2005 해외박사(DDOD)

This dissertation addresses the theological and ethical implications of Christian participation in civil litigation. Working via the tools of theology, biblical exegesis, narrative, historical theology, and constructive theology, a richer set of resources with which to discern about this question is developed. The author does not purport to answer in a definitive manner the question, "Should Christians' litigate in the civil courts?" Rather, he reaches the conclusion that the potential concerns raised by litigation in the present context require the church resume the task of discernment regarding participation in civil litigation if it is to faithfully witness to the reconciliation of humans to God and of human to human made both evident and possible in the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The first chapter of the dissertation sets forth the importance of the topic for theology and legal ethics and summarizes the method used. In the second chapter, the author summarizes the state of exegetical scholarship on I Corinthians 6. Having discovered twin concerns in Corinthian participation in litigation, maintenance of the unity of the body and the church-world divide, in the third chapter the author considers several stories of Christians forgoing litigation in the Mennonite context. A second chapter on the Mennonites locates these stories within the history of Mennonite theology and praxis on litigation. This chapter yields a third concern regarding litigation insofar as witness to the cross calls forth non-resistance. The fifth chapter places Mennonite theology and praxis within the larger history of the church through a consideration of Augustine, Martin Luther, and John Calvin on participation in civil litigation. The sixth and seventh chapters conclude by addressing the theological concerns posed by participation in modern civil litigation in light of John Howard Yoder's ecclesiology. These chapters connect litigation witness to the related topics of church discipline and church discernment.

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CHURCH, JOHN JOSEPH 1991 국내박사

An evaluation of parent effectiveness training (PET) in families of school age children

Church, Alan Shaw UMI 1993 국내박사

Phrase-structureparsing : a method for taking advantage of allophonic constraints

Church, Kenneth Ward Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1983 해외박사

The compound past tenses, active and passive, in Middle High German : as represented by Heinrich von Veldeke, Gottfried von Strassburg, and Wolfram von Eschenbach

Church, Henry Ward University of Michigan 1916 해외박사

The Renewed church of the United brethren, 1722-1930

Addison, William George Macmillan S. P. C. K. 1932 국내박사

Documenting African American community heritage: Archival strategies and practices in the United States

Church, Lila Teresa The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2008 해외박사(DDOD)

The Ethnic Communities Archival Documentation Project explored how archivists at African American and White archives and museums document the history and culture of African American communities. While archivists have considered documentation strategies for specific industries and events, and generally build collections based on institutional missions and collecting policies, no previous investigation has examined this documentation process for specific ethnic communities. Local African American communities were the primary focus of this investigation, using personal interviews conducted via telephone. This project aimed first to identify repositories with strategies that enable archivists to adequately document local communities. Based upon these findings, the second goal was to build a documentation model that may be implemented by repositories lacking strategies for adequately documenting these communities.

Tests of the ability of a respiration based growth model to predict growth rates and adaptation to specific temperature conditions: Studies on Pinus ponderosa and Eucalyptus species

Church, John Nelson University of California, Davis 2001 해외박사(DDOD)

Calorespiratory techniques have been developed to measure dark respiration CO₂ production and heat rates in plant tissues as a function of temperature. Mechanistic equations were developed into a model relating these metabolic rate measurements to plant growth rate and carbon conversion efficiency (Hansen et al. 1994). A series of studies were conducted to systematically test the model. The 2<super>nd</super> law of thermodynamics was found to mandate temperature responses that are fundamental determinants of latitudinal/altitudinal species range and diversity gradients. The model was tested on an important wide ranging species <italic>Pinus ponderosa </italic> by making calorespiration measurements over a range of growth temperatures throughout a spring elongation season. This showed a strong association between calorespiration measurements, bud elongation, and ambient temperature. Thermodynamic constraints on the model indicated temperature variation has a particularly important effect on cellular energy metabolism. This was confirmed by an inverse correlation (R<super>2</super> = 0.95) between diurnal temperature variation during elongation season and height growth for 17 open-pollinated families, and local and general populations of <italic>P. ponderosa</italic> on 4 plantations. Strong associations between ambient temperatures, phenology, and calorespiration rates (measured at 15 and 25°C) were found in a study of 156 trees from 17 families on 4 plantations. Data indicated that calorespiration characteristics were heritable. However, measurements would be more useful if taken over the range of growth temperatures multiple times during elongation season. This proved to be feasible with <italic>P. ponderosa</italic>. Temperature responses were consistent on native and exotic sites. Differences between trees were measured that may be indicative of adaptation to specific climatic conditions. Calorespiration measurements were made on multiple species and intra- and interspecies controlled crosses of <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> and compared with field growth data. Climatic adaptations were effectively measured. Progeny were found to have more varied temperature responses than parents. This indicates calorespiration can be used for plant selection at specific growth sites and that plants are capable of adapting to climate change more rapidly than generally recognized.

From dynastic principality to imperial district: The incorporation of Guria into the Russian Empire to 1856

Church, Kenneth W University of Michigan 2001 해외박사(DDOD)

This study examines the process of incorporation into the Russian Empire of the Western Georgian principality of Guria from early contacts to actual annexation. It uses Cyril Toumanoff's concept of dynasticism as the framework for explaining the earlier emergence of Guria as an autonomous principality on the periphery of the borderland region of Caucasia. The study explores how dynasticism functioned in Guria to foster autonomy amidst Ottoman hegemony before Russian encroachment. It then investigates how the Russians utilized dynasticism to inspire loyalty from the princely Gurian families, making the Gurians allies in the process of extending the empire to the Islamic lands of Ottoman Turkey and Persia. Part One (Chapters Two and Three) uncouples Western from Eastern Georgia and surveys Gurian history up to the Russian period. Relying on chronicles, charters, law codes, and travel accounts, this part traces the political development of Guria as a uniquely located principality bordering the Ottoman Empire. It scrutinizes the institutions of dynastic rule and survival strategies deployed by Gurians to preserve autonomy of family and principality. The ruling Gurieli family upheld their precarious autonomy through expedient political alliances with Ottomans and other Georgian dynastic families alike. Part Two (Chapters Four and Five) focuses on the forging of alliances between Russia and the polities of Western Georgia. Based on imperial correspondence, oaths of allegiance, contemporary histories, and travel accounts, these chapters examine the discourse of alliance, imbued with references to Christian piety and Russia's civilizing mission. Western Georgian rulers entered into alliances with the Russians on an ideology of avoiding extinction: Russia was saving the Georgians from imminent peril. Part Two analyzes how Russia sought to integrate Guria into the imperial administration through erratic reforms that triggered revolts even as Gurians rallied to support the Russians in wars against the Ottomans. By preserving the dynastic social structure in Guria even as it dissolved political autonomy, the administration carried out a gradual process of turning the principality into an imperial district. Only after the Crimean War could the imperial regime embark on a deeper transformation of the social structure and economy in Guria.

Neuroimaging studies of typical and atypical development

Church-Lang, Jessica Alice Washington University in St. Louis 2008 해외박사(DDOD)

This thesis explores two aims: first, that development can be used as a tool to explore and better understand the mature system, and second, that developmental disorders can enlighten our understanding of typical development, but can also only be understood in the context of typical developmental change. The first aim, explored in part one, describes a set of reading experiments using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Chapter 2 characterizes the similarities and differences between adults and children reading familiar single words. The results indicate that there are regions of the brain activated by children for this task that adults do not activate (or activate less). In particular, there are two neighboring brain regions that have been previously proposed to be involved in phonological processing and are more active in children than adults. These results suggest that reliance on phonological processing for familiar words decreases over age. Chapter 3 explores whether the activity in these regions in adults increases when phonological demands are increased. In fact, with increased phonological demands, the two regions show dramatically different activity patterns, and support the idea that one region is involved in phonological processing, while the other's role in reading is less clear. The second aim is explored in part two, in which two techniques, fMRI and functional connectivity MRI (fcMRI) are used to explore differences in top-down control in adolescents with and without Tourette Syndrome (TS). Chapter 4 uses fcMRI to uncover differences in functional correlations among putative control regions in adolescents with TS. These differences are revealed by looking both at connections that change over typical development, and by looking at connections of difference between unaffected and TS adolescents. Chapter 5 uses a similar approach to explore the TS group in the context of an fMRI design targeted to extract top-down control signals in the brain. The results of both chapters indicate the adolescents with TS show general functional immaturity in top-down control signaling, with putative adaptive control regions showing the greatest differences between groups. Overall these studies emphasize the importance of a developmental context in understanding brain function.