A “Mighty World-Force”: Wheat as Natural Corrective in Norris
in Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
September 2012; published online July 2012.
Journal Article. Subjects: literary theory and cultural studies; environment. 9413 words.
“A Bizarre Ecology” The Nature of Denatured Nature
in Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
January 2000; published online January 2000.
Journal Article. Subjects: literary theory and cultural studies; environment. 0 words.
“A Collective of Individuals”: Between Self and Solidarity in a Rainbow Gathering*
in Sociology of Religion
January 2009; published online August 2009.
Journal Article. Subjects: sociology of religion; religion. 9955 words.
Using ethnographic fieldwork, this paper examines the relation between practices of individuality and solidarity in an alternative spiritual gathering called “The Rainbow” in Israel. Following the...
“A Gift from God”: Adolescent Motherhood and Religion in Brazilian Favelas
in Sociology of Religion
January 2011; published online November 2010.
Journal Article. Subjects: sociology of religion; religion. 10451 words.
This study seeks to understand how young, unmarried mothers and mothers-to-be in the favelas (shantytowns) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have experienced religious morality as applied to themselves and...
A. J. Muste
Overview page. Subjects: peace studies and conflict resolution — military history.
(1885–1967), minister, labor organizer, antiwar activist.
Born in the Netherlands, Muste studied at theological seminaries in the United States and became a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church...
“A Minister of Happiness”: Nature in Beecher's America
in Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
January 2006; published online January 2006.
Journal Article. Subjects: literary theory and cultural studies; environment. 0 words.
A (Not So) Modest Proposal
in The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
January 2010; published online May 2009.
Journal Article. Subjects: education; linguistics; teaching of specific groups and special educational needs. 552 words.
“A Timely and On-Time Journal...”
in The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
January 2000; published online January 2000.
Journal Article. Subjects: education; linguistics; teaching of specific groups and special educational needs. 0 words.
Aaron Burr
Overview page. Subjects: arts and humanities — warfare and defence.
(1756–1836)
US Democratic Republican statesman. After losing the presidential election to Jefferson in 1800, Burr was elected Vice-President. He was defeated in the contest for the governorship of New...
AB
Overview page. Subjects: maritime history — warfare and defence.
The abbreviated title for the rating of able seaman, indicating someone able to perform all the duties of a seaman on board ship. In the days of sail it was someone who could hand, reef, and steer,...