Presence africaine and the emergence of african film criticism by Ntongela Masilela

“… The essay was written in celebration of' the centennial year (1995) of the birth or the cinema. …”
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Christology and the Catholic Encounter with World Religions by Francis V. Tiso

“…Taking into consideration both of the statements of the Catholic magisterium and the pastoral environment of Catholic institutions, this essay offers some observations on the roots and objectives of interreligious dialogue. …”
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Toward Inculturated Preaching by Michael E. Connors

“…Drawing upon the work of Robert Schreiter and others in understanding the formation of local theologies, the essay advances some methodological considerations in order for the church to move toward the possibility of authentically inculturated preaching. …”
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Grendel’s Mere, Beowulf’s Dive, and the Visio Sancti Pauli by Rafael Pascual

“…The essay proposes that the poet took the motif of the fiery river from a vernacular version of the Visio Sancti Pauli (long thought to be among the poet’s sources) and rationalized it as an ordinary fire misconstrued by Hrothgar as a supernatural wonder, thereby playing with the audience’s expectations. …”
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Transforming the Art of Fiction: Walter Besant, Professional Service and the Society of Authors by Richard Salmon

“…Though Besant’s influence on the early development of the Society is well-documented, the conception of professional identity which shaped his activity during its first two decades remains under-explored. This essay considers two distinct, but interrelated, aspects of Besant’s work for the Society of Authors during this period. …”
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Geomorphism, Archetypes and Symbols in Architecture by Paolo Portoghesi

“…This paper is a revision with updating of an essay on the theme Nature and Architecture, published in 1999. …”
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Poéticas da precariedade by Maria Zilda Ferreira Cury

“…Contemporary literature, as well as other forms of artistic expression, present its feature. The purpose of this essay is to deal with the subject of precarity considering some contemporary artistic manifestations.…”
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GAZALİ'YE GÖRE ÖNCÜLLERİN YAPISI by İbrahim Çapak

“…Therefore, the truth of premises is crucial. This essay provides al-Ghazali's account of the definition, strtucture and different types of premises.…”
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Dickens and the American Millennium: The Uniformitarian Argument of Martin Chuzzlewit by Nancy Aycock Metz

“…This essay builds on recent critical discussion of Dickens’s novels in terms of the ‘uniformitarian’ and ‘catastrophist’ paradigms of time and change, then current in contemporary geological discourse. …”
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Methodological Evaluation of the Final Examinations of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing by Margarita Rosa Romeu Escobar, Jose Aurelio Díaz Quiñones

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> The most common question format was the modified essay question requiring short answers. Of the 109 exams, 88.9 % had well-constructed stems, 59.6% well-designed items and 61.6% correct rating scales. …”
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The Yorùbá Social Values in Ọbasá’s Poetry by Saudat Adebisi Olayide Hamzat, Hezekiah Olufemi Adeosun

“…However, the ideology that inform the social values have not been given a deserved attention. The main aim of this essay is to investigate the Yorùbá social values in Ọbasá’s poetry texts – Àwọn Akéwì I-III (1924, 1934, and 1945). …”
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Defensive Discourse in Writing about Music by Fred Everett Maus

“…The essay concludes by offering ways to complicate or evade simple dualities of active and passive. …”
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“Squeezing Case(s)” with Melville: A Haptic Reading of “The Whiteness of the Whale” by Édouard Marsoin

“…This essay performs a haptic reading of “The Whiteness of the Whale” chapter in Melville’s Moby-Dick. …”
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The word that moves by H. Welzen

“… This essay investigates the role of the Bible in spirituality by looking at the relationship between academic exegesis and spiritual reading, mysticism and language, Bible reading as an event in the relationship between God and human beings and liturgy as a mystagogical process. …”
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La non-restauration des statues antiques berlinoises à Paris by Astrid Fendt

“…This essay summerizes the history of the Napoleonic spoliations in Prussia in the field of the ancient sculpture. …”
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Balla and Depero in Architecture by Alberto Sposito

“…On various occasions and in a different way the two artists worked in the field of architecture. This essay focuses on these interventions.…”
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Pater and the Lacedaemonian Ideal by John Coates

“…In his neglected essay ‘Lacedaemon’, Pater offers an account of ancient Sparta which draws parallels between the training of Sparta youth and the nineteenth century public schools. …”
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Passing It On by Walter W. Powell

“…This essay reflects on experiences with extraordinary mentors and decades of experience as a mentor. …”
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The Play's the Thing by Annlinn Kruger

“…This is a question of pragmatics and/or analysis.  This essay will examine language, used in our profession, to elucidate the question.  …”
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Imaginaries by Michel Porret

“…The essay analyses the epistemological status of the notion of the social imaginary as it developed in French culture and in the thought of Bronislaw Baczko. …”
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