Abstract not available. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Durban-Westville, 1995.

The Black Hills of South Dakota, once home to the Lakota Sioux, is a sacred landscape to these people, but is currently threatened by extensive tourism, mining, industrial and logging activity. Within these sacred hills, an enormous carving in stone is slowly being created in the form of a Lakota warrior: the Crazy Horse Memorial. The carving is meant to honour all American Indian people, as well as Crazy Horse’s people, the Lakota; however, the carving is contested by many Lakota people as it clashes with their spiritual beliefs and traditions. In this practicum, the social, environmental and spiritual character of the Black Hills is studied to determine the efficacy of the Crazy Horse Memorial in contemporary Lakota society, and to determine a more appropriate form of memorialization for the Lakota people. Sacred landscapes throughout the Black Hills are evaluated based on their management practices and current environmental and spiritual states; subsequently, a new regional management strategy is introduced in order to protect traditional sacred sites and preserve traditional Lakota landscapes and traditions. In so doing, the involvement of Landscape Architects is presented as a viable strategy in evolving the cultural and physical landscape of the sacred Black Hills.

This thesis explores how religion is being represented, interpreted, and discussed in Canadian museums. It draws from a sample of thirty-one semi-structured interviews with curators and museum professionals and from the author’s own observations of fifty-one museums in eleven provinces and territories across Canada to explore the themes of space, power, and identity as they relate to religion in Canadian museums. Using the theories of sacred space created by Knott, this thesis explores how Canadian museums are capable of becoming sacred spaces based on their ability to give visitors numinous experiences, to act as contested spaces, and to serve as a location of religion. Canadian museums are powerful, as argued by Bourdieu and Foucault, by their very nature as places that produce and define knowledge, through claims to objectivity and an emphasis on a progress narrative, giving museums (and curators) power to define what is and is not religious by deciding whether and how to discuss the religious aspects of an artefact, object, or culture. Within the context of these two themes, museums enact Ricoeur’s theory of narrative identity by telling stories about different groups in order to create and communicate their identities. Some museums present a homogenous Canadian identity based on white mainline Christian identity while others explore the complexity of Canadian identity by telling the stories of non-mainstream religious or ethnic groups and their participation in Canadian history. Aboriginal peoples in Canada have become involved in the display of their traditions in larger museums and have started creating their own museums and cultural centres where their voices can take precedence.

Thesis (M.A.)--Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 24-28).

Thesis (D.Mus.Arts)--University of Washington. / Bibliography: 232-241.

Thesis (M.M.)--Conservatory of Music. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2007. / "A thesis in music composition." Typescript. Advisor: Chen Yi. Includes vita and English translation of text. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Nov. 13, 2007. Online version of the print edition.

Thesis (S.T.M.)--Yale Divinity School, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (S.T.M.)--Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-122).

Thesis (M.M.)--University of North Texas, 2004. / For soprano, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, double bass, and percussion. Duration: 14:00. Includes commentary by composer. Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-35).

Thesis (S.T.M.)--Yale Divinity School, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references.