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Republicanism and the American GothicMichaud, Marilyn January 2006 (has links)
Republicanism and the American Gothic is a comparative study of British and American literature and culture in the 1790s and 1950s. As the title indicates, this thesis explores the republican tradition of the British Enlightenment and the effect of its translation and migration to the American colonies. Specifically, it examines in detail the transatlantic influence of seventeenth and eighteenth century libertarian and anti-authoritarian thought on British and American Revolutionary culture. It argues that whether radical or orthodox, Whig or Tory, the quarrel surrounding the movement from subject to citizen nourishes Gothic aesthetics on both sides of the Atlantic. In America, particularly, the discourse of republicanism articulates not only the nation’s revolutionary goals, but defines national consciousness. This thesis further argues that republicanism is also a panic-ridden ideology, animated by fears of corruption, degeneration, and tyranny, and therefore supplies fertile ground for the development of a Gothic tradition in America. This dissertation then examines the continuing relevance of republican values and discourse in Cold War America. It suggests that the aesthetic, moral, and political imperatives that characterized republicanism in the late eighteenth century re-emerge in the post-war era as an antidote to the contemporary crisis in liberal subjectivity. In the Cold War, Gothic tales featuring doubles, vampires, and conspirators, not only dramatize contemporary fears of communism, conformity, and the rise of mass culture, but also engage with the nation’s historical fears of deception, corruption, degeneration, and tyranny. While grounded in the Gothic novel, this thesis is informed by the theory of republicanism that arose in the post-war years and which came to challenge many of the long held views of American revolutionary history. This thesis attempts to explore the influence of this historical approach on Cold War discourse generally, and on Gothic fiction specifically.
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Daniel Ndoundou : Väckelseledare i den Evangeliska Kyrkan i Kongo / Daniel Ndoundou : Revival Leader in the Evangelical Church of CongoÅhman, Bertil January 2014 (has links)
Daniel Ndoundou (1911 – 1986) was born in the southern part of French Equatorial Africa, close to the border of the Belgian Congo. At an early age he joined the Swe-dish protestant mission. As a young man he began to work as an evangelist and in 1946 he was ordained pastor. The following year a spiritual revival started and soon Daniel Ndou¬ndou became its leader, a position he held for the rest of his life. The aim of this thesis was to describe and analyse how Daniel Ndoundou carried out his ministry as a revival leader in the intersection between traditional beliefs and the new religion introduced by the protestant missionaries. He experienced the pro-cess of his country gaining its independence and the founding of the autonomous Evangelical Church of Congo. As a well-known counsellor and healer he received many pilgrims at his home. During revival meetings he sometimes preached to thou-sands of people. He had to take a stand on different movements of political and religious character that emerged especially during the colonial era. The thesis shows that the doctrines adopted by Daniel Ndoundou were close to those of the missionaries. However, he sometimes accepted and applied practices that were seen as controversial by his Church leaders. This was particularly evident when he invited people to the “Pool of Siloam” where he organized ritual baths for healing. The thesis also describes the legacy left by Daniel Ndoundou namely how the Evangelical Church of Congo manages the revival almost 30 years after his death. Many charismatic Christians play an important role and for the local pastor they are sometimes difficult to handle. The void left by Daniel Ndoundou is strongly felt by many church members since he was seen as the authority in matters relating to spiritual gifts.
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Towards an understanding of the effect of revival evidenced in the writings of George Whitefield and Jonathan EdwardsJull, David, n/a January 2006 (has links)
This thesis examines the revivalist writings of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) and George Whitefield (1714-1770) for evidence that the Great Awakening altered their perspective on revival. It is principally based on primary sources written between 1736 and 1743. Six separate chapters explore their background, their understanding of revival, their efforts at propagating it, their techniques in managing the revival, their defense of revival, and their institutionalization of revival.
Both their understandings of revival came from their own observations of the revivals that accompanied their evangelistic efforts. Their theological background, heavily influenced by Calvin, insisted that God was responsible for both conversions and revival.
The thesis notes that Whitefield�s and Edwards� use of four primary techniques to propagate revival evolved as they experienced revival. Their preaching, their organization of small, religious education groups, their publishing of sermons, and their written narratives of revival all show signs of adaptation to changing circumstances.
Both managed revival by using small groups and publications to guide people way from inappropriate spiritual expressions. These groups and documents also provided opportunities to educate new converts about their spiritual experiences. Edwards and Whitefield had the opportunity to clarify their understanding of revival as they defended the revival against those critics who questioned their claims about God�s role in the religious events of 1735-1743.
Both institutionalized revival by interacting with the next generation of evangelical ministers and by making available their doctrines and their own experiences in their published narratives. This propensity to publish their reflections on revival allowed future generations access to their revival principles.
The overriding hypothesis of this study is that Whitefield�s and Edwards� understanding of revival grew out of their involvement in revival in the eighteenth century religious revivals of colonial North America and that their revival writings and preaching were attempts to codify and transfer the lessons they had learned about revival to future generations of Christians who might, they hoped, themselves experience a God-ordained time of revival.
The key conclusions of this study are that 1) Whitefield�s and Edwards� positions on revival issues developed through repeated exposures to revival, 2) Whitefield and Edwards used similar means to propagate, manage, defend, and institutionalize revival, 3) Whitefield�s sermons and journals themselves express a clear and concise theology, 4) a comparison of Whitefield�s and Edwards� theology refutes the suggestion that the lack of a uniform theology throughout the colonies negates the reality of the Great Awakening, 5) a careful study of Whitefield�s and Edwards� revival writings produces a heightened awareness of the nature of their narrative works, 6) Edwards� revival writings show a concern for worship that is too often missed in studies of his work, 7) Edwards and Whitefield were actively involved in developing, recording, and teaching the principles of authentic revival.
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"Gothische Träume" : die Raumkunst Edwin Opplers auf Schloß Marienburg /Arends, Isabel Maria. January 2005 (has links)
Univ., Diss.--Berlin, 2002.
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"The Dead Shall be Raised": The Egyptian Revival and 19th Century American Commemorative CultureGiguere, Joy M. January 2009 (has links) (PDF)
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Christian ideals of manliness during the period of the evangelical revival, c.1730-c.1840Van Reyk, William George Anthony January 2008 (has links)
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Alikvotní flétna a její deriváty v karpatských regionech ČR - organologický hologram / The Harmonic Flute and Its Derivates in Carpathian Regions of the Czech Republic - an organological hologramŠidlo Friedl, Marian January 2016 (has links)
AND KEYWORDS The dissertation The Harmonic Flute and Its Derivatives in the Carpathian Regions of the Czech Republic - an organological hologram contains the summary, analysis and syntheses of data obtained through the research of little-known instrumental kind in this area of the Czech Republic. Most of the data is published for the first time in this range. In three chapters - Harmonic flute, Tradition, Present - the musical instrument is viewed from many perspectives. The harmonic flute is displayed as a part of worldwide and Carpathian instrumentary; its acoustic and playing features are explained, archaic manufacturing methods are shown and the possible influence on musical thinking of the area is discussed. The theses also investigates the harmonic flute and its derivatives as disappeared musical instruments of the local traditional music and tries to map contemporary revival of its manufacturing and playing. The dissertation is based on analysis of written, audio and visual documents, comparisons, experimental reconstructions, empirical evaluation of objects in museums and private collections and interviews with informants. The theses includes an extensive photo documentation and a CD with audio samples discussed in the text. This theses was inspired by models formulated by...
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Angst vor dem Geist? : Pneumatologie und Mission : eine Verhaltnisbestimmung vor dem Hintergrund neuerer Mennonitischer GeschichteSchowalter, Ralf 11 1900 (has links)
Part 2 of the present paper delineates the position of the Holy Spirit (respectively of
pneumatology) in the history of the church! of theology in general as well as in the present
missiology in particular.
Some aspects in the work of the Holy Spirit which are relevant to mission are named
separately and explained.
Part 3 looks at the example of the revival among the Mennonites in Southern Russia around
1860. Therefore, first the early Anabaptists of the 16th century are described in their relation
to the Holy Spirit. After this, the relation of the Mennonites in Russia to the Holy Spirit
(mainly in the events around the revival of 1860) is depicted.
Positive and negative results of the revival are shown.
Part 4 combines the results of the previous parts of the paper and shows (in eight points) a
wholesome and balanced way of mission and church for bapto - mennonite churches of today. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / (M. Th. Missiology))
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Verhouding tussen staatsbeleid en sendingbeleid in die Tomlinsonverslag, 1954Truter, Petrus Jurgens 11 1900 (has links)
Interaction between South Africa's government policy and the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk's
mission policy from 1948 tot 1954 were analysed. This interaction proved simbiotic. To meet
black people's needs - seen as disrupted through straying from their ancestry - and to prove the
credibility of apartheid, government appointed the Tomlinson Commission. They found christian
mission to do wonders towards changing black people's so called attitude of obstinacy and
therefore proposed a vital role to christian mission in realization of the Bantu Development
Programme. Thus government and church became team members defining christian mission as
answering to a Godly call to custodianship over black people seen as of a lesser race.
Custodianship ends when black people reached a stage of self sufficiency. Meantime church
members were challenged to bring offerings of missionary acts. This call resulted in missionary
involvement of many church members and stirred a missiological revival in the N G Church. / Interaksie tussen Suid-A:frikaanse staatsbeleid en Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk-sendingbeleid
tussen 1948 en 1954 is geanaliseer. Hierdie interaksie is simbioties bevind. Om swartmense -
gesien as ontwrig weens vervreemding van hulle afstamming - se behoeftes aan te spreek asook die
kredietwaardigheid van apartheid te bewys, benoem die owerheid die Tomlinsonkommissie. Hulle
bevind christelike sending doen wonders om swartmense se sogenaamde onwil te verander en
verleen daarom aan christelike sending 'n sleutelrol in die Bantoegebiede-ontwikkelingsgprogram.
Sodoende word kerk en staat spanmaats en word sending gedefinieer as 'n Godgegewe roeping tot
voogdyskap oor swartmense wat as 'n mindere ras gesien is. V oogdyskap eindig wanneer
swartmense selfstandigheid bereik het. Tussentyd word lid.mate opgeroep tot sendingofferdade.
Hierdie oproep het tot grootskaalse sendingbetrokkenheid en sendingherlewing in die N G Kerk
gelei. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / Th. M. (Sendingwetenskap)
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Alois Klar (1763-1833). Mezi osvícenstvím a romantismem / Alois Klar (1763-1833). Between the Enlightenment and RomanticismFapšo, Marek January 2016 (has links)
Final thesis follows the destiny of Alois Klar (1763-1833) with the emphasis on the history of ideas. Primarily, it focuses on three realms: religion thinking, history of language and school system. The whole frame is based on an effort to create an alternative analytic concepts for studying the age of so called "National Movement". Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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