Knowledge Commons | Scott Mitchell | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/djbuddha/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Scott Mitchell is a member. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:09:22 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 636395ea71613008128cf7d935679fed Matthew Kidd started the topic Participate in a survey on generative AI and archival research practices in the forum Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/groups/education-and-pedagogy/forum/topic/participate-in-a-survey-on-generative-ai-and-archival-research-practices-9/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:18:57 -0500 Dear all,

We would like to invite you to take part in an anonymous online survey exploring how the growing use of generative AI tools (including ChatGPT) is reshaping user practices and expectations in relation to searching, discovering, and interpreting digitised and born-digital archival records.

The survey forms part of a research project…[Read more]

]]> f14d7ddd6420de2dfc2663f89f9a66f5 Matthew Kidd started the topic Participate in a survey on generative AI and archival research practices in the forum Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/groups/religious-studies/forum/topic/participate-in-a-survey-on-generative-ai-and-archival-research-practices-5/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:17:45 -0500 Dear all,

We would like to invite you to take part in an anonymous online survey exploring how the growing use of generative AI tools (including ChatGPT) is reshaping user practices and expectations in relation to searching, discovering, and interpreting digitised and born-digital archival records.

The survey forms part of a research project…[Read more]

]]> 65cb1ad1cd5d4f8cf3b379511141841e Osama S Qatrani posted an update in the group Religious Studies: I’ve recently written a response to Frank Zindler’s ess […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1926129/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:10:03 -0400 I’ve recently written a response to Frank Zindler’s essay “An Islamic Tale of Cartoons, Cartoonacy, and Cartoonatics” (2006).
The paper critiques his methodological reductionism and orientalist framings, while emphasizing that censorship and propaganda are universal, not limited to Islam. It also calls for resisting Islamophobic narratives disguis…[Read more]

]]> 0 98deb19748ea5f8923ff26d354acee21 Katharine Lemessy started the topic CFP: Open Educational Resources in Caribbean Studies in the forum Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/groups/education-and-pedagogy/forum/topic/cfp-open-educational-resources-in-caribbean-studies-10/ Tue, 10 Dec 2024 19:57:07 -0500 Call for Proposals Fall 2024 (English) 

Convocatoria Otoño 2024 (Español) 

Submit proposals by April 14, 2025 at 11:59PM EST via Application Form

The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is pleased to announce its third call for open educational resources (OER) in Caribbean studies. Please see the 2024 and 2023 stipend recipients and read…[Read more]

]]> 527d9e6a4350986b3b0780f10934cd9e Valeria Graziano deposited Training for Exploitation?: Politicising Employability and Reclaiming Education in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902279/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:00:40 -0400 Foreword by Silvia Federici. 'Training for Exploitation' provides a pedagogical framework to deconstruct dominant narratives around work, employability and careers, and explores alternative ways of engaging with work and the economy. Training for Exploitation? includes tools for critically examining the relationship between education, work and…[Read more]

]]> 0 3526f2a8b6d8388c9e9d333bb8b68825 Lajos Brons deposited Buddhism and the State: Rājadhamma after the Sattelzeit in the group Buddhist Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902276/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:00:11 -0400 Rājadhamma is a list of ten royal virtues or duties that occurs in the jātaka tales and that has been influential in Southeast Asian Buddhist political thought. Like pre-modern political thought in Europe—that is, thought before the Sattelzeit—Buddhist political thought lacks a concept of the “state” and is concerned with kings and similar r…[Read more]

]]> 0 7faec064c61184f67fa3656dcc3a4bd1 Albert R Haig deposited The Word in the Soul and its Counterparts: World, Body, Mind, and Soul in Plotinus in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901225/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 03:00:15 -0400 This book chapter represents a comprehensive discussion of the theory of cognition found in the ancient Greek philosopher Plotinus. Plotinus was the founder and most significant exponent of Neoplatonism, which represented the interpretation of Plato that was prevalent in late antiquity. His thought had a considerable impact on all three Abrahamic…[Read more]

]]> 0 707279b2fe2a151e1dd5c74372378d03 Meredith Warren deposited There Was a Man Who Had Two Sons: A Parable of Futurity, Reproductivity, Utopia, and Social Death in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899809/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:00:47 -0400 Few of the parables found in the gospels have received more attention than the parable of the man with two sons, commonly known as the parable of the Prodigal Son. In this paper, I argue that discourses of queer futurity can help make new sense of the parable, highlighting its use of family structures and its assumptions about time, and attending…[Read more]

]]> 0 f1607c96bd289b9a25e067aa0764beea Dr Mark Perkins FRSA deposited Artificial Intelligence: The Human, the Multiple, and the Cartel in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898744/ Sat, 14 Sep 2024 03:00:37 -0400 As Artificial Intelligence (AI) evolves rapidly, it is critical to evaluate human and machine domains and thereby formulate a vision of unique ethical, psychological, and practical human space. In this article, I argue that there is a set of three core principles with twenty human properties that will ultimately guarantee human control of AI…[Read more]

]]> 0 83621b4fae8754a41e39b7fc4d812ae3 Steve McCarty deposited "Japanese People and Society" presentation link in the group Buddhist Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896898/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 03:00:04 -0400 From 2004-2024 the author introduced Japan to visiting foreign officials for the government foreign aid agency Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). From 2020, when JICA could not bring participants to Japan, his recorded presentation by Zoom was shown at JICA branches abroad. Now, JICA has released the 98-minute recording from exclusive…[Read more]

]]> 0 d480c3a397df301e743f9bb947585c5f Adam DJ Brett deposited REL 500/600: The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Johnson v. M'Intosh and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896637/ Sun, 18 Aug 2024 03:00:35 -0400 In a series of Papal Bulls from the 15th century developed what is now known as the “Doctrine of Christian Discovery” (DoCD). These documents granted land title to Christian explorers when they entered the territories not ruled by a Christian Prince. While there have always been localized expressions of intolerance and hatred toward other cul…[Read more]

]]> 0 ff5dff169c352d1e59083749813861e0 Evina Stein(ova) deposited Freising (Carolingian Minuscule Mapping Project) in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1895617/ Wed, 07 Aug 2024 03:00:30 -0400 This article was prepared for the Carolingian Minuscule Mapping Project in 2016. It surveys the development of Carolingian minuscule, a Latin script used in the earlier Middle Ages, at Freising in Bavaria. The article provides an overview of manuscripts copied, corrected, or annotated in Carolingian minuscule at Freising and summarises the…[Read more]

]]> 0 1ea71e3753e0a630240f4040208a0d21 James A Benn deposited “‘Action Buddhism’ in the Medieval Chinese Empire,” in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1894296/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 03:00:26 -0400 This essay will focus mostly on the Tang dynastic empire (618–907 CE), a “second
wave” empire as defined in the Introduction to this volume, and its relations with
Buddhism, although it will be necessary to say something about earlier Chinese dynasties
and about other religions. As we shall see, an awareness of history permeates
the relat…[Read more]

]]> 0 89d8ec1a85d11432585d459cff29f596 James A Benn deposited “‘Action Buddhism’ in the Medieval Chinese Empire,” in the group Buddhist Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1894295/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 03:00:25 -0400 This essay will focus mostly on the Tang dynastic empire (618–907 CE), a “second
wave” empire as defined in the Introduction to this volume, and its relations with
Buddhism, although it will be necessary to say something about earlier Chinese dynasties
and about other religions. As we shall see, an awareness of history permeates
the relat…[Read more]

]]> 0 f1373b0fccd123da762614f8c2dd6933 James A Benn deposited “Is Buddhist Self-Immolation a Form of Asceticism?” in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1894294/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 03:00:17 -0400 I am grateful for this opportunity to revisit some issues that remain
unresolved after my earlier publications on Buddhist self-immolation.

]]> 0 433029aa4d35c2e71a7cfb51c32979a5 James A Benn deposited “Is Buddhist Self-Immolation a Form of Asceticism?” in the group Buddhist Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1894293/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 03:00:16 -0400 I am grateful for this opportunity to revisit some issues that remain
unresolved after my earlier publications on Buddhist self-immolation.

]]> 0 715797b49000554d3a2b87090d635fce James A Benn deposited “Some East Asian Buddhist Attitudes Towards non-Buddhist Practitioners in India,” in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1894292/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 03:00:03 -0400 Abstract: The early eighth-century Chinese Buddhist apocryphal scripture
known as Lengyan jing or Śūraṃgama sūtra contains some vivid and
lengthy descriptions of demonic states that may arise for the practitioner in
deep states of meditation. In some of these states, the practitioner is said to
experience profound mis-perceptions of real…[Read more]

]]> 0 5d7ecb41e0f97d3b1663d97efdd785bb James A Benn deposited “Some East Asian Buddhist Attitudes Towards non-Buddhist Practitioners in India,” in the group Buddhist Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1894291/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 03:00:01 -0400 Abstract: The early eighth-century Chinese Buddhist apocryphal scripture
known as Lengyan jing or Śūraṃgama sūtra contains some vivid and
lengthy descriptions of demonic states that may arise for the practitioner in
deep states of meditation. In some of these states, the practitioner is said to
experience profound mis-perceptions of real…[Read more]

]]> 0 1a4c4705317f203981f385de3ffca5c9 James A Benn deposited “Princess Miaoshan, Self-immolator?” in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1893757/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 03:00:34 -0400 In this paper, I offer a new reading of the popular narrative of
Princess Miaoshan in Chinese religion, placing it within the larger context
of self-immolation as found in Buddhist narratives and the actions of selfimmolators.
The acts of extreme violence done to Miaoshan by her father
and herself (she stabs the inside of her mouth with a…[Read more]

]]> 0 1ffcf22f200c105f1d3c1ac74ce68ba5 James A Benn deposited “Princess Miaoshan, Self-immolator?” in the group Buddhist Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1893756/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 03:00:33 -0400 In this paper, I offer a new reading of the popular narrative of
Princess Miaoshan in Chinese religion, placing it within the larger context
of self-immolation as found in Buddhist narratives and the actions of selfimmolators.
The acts of extreme violence done to Miaoshan by her father
and herself (she stabs the inside of her mouth with a…[Read more]

]]> 0 6268f5e4b349d9bcefe182bed3ecbe15 James A Benn deposited “China II: Buddhism in the Sui, Tang (and Zhou) Dynasties,” in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1893755/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 03:00:22 -0400 This is the final submitted version of my chapter for Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Some changes have been made in the published version and that version should be cited. I am sharing this version in accord with the copyright policy for Brill, which allows sharing of the accepted manuscript but not of the published .pdf. Full publication d…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0ba8b6ff84d4b01fd94a1bb284daf88 James A Benn deposited “China II: Buddhism in the Sui, Tang (and Zhou) Dynasties,” in the group Buddhist Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1893754/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 03:00:21 -0400 This is the final submitted version of my chapter for Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Some changes have been made in the published version and that version should be cited. I am sharing this version in accord with the copyright policy for Brill, which allows sharing of the accepted manuscript but not of the published .pdf. Full publication d…[Read more]

]]> 0 9f55f0d43f7da14540f7086524e52056 Jojames Arnaldo G. Gaddi deposited Bisa ng Pagtuturo sa Makasaysayang Pagpapahalaga sa Kontemporanyong Kulturang Pilipino ng mga Mag-aaral sa Humanidades at Agham Panlipunan in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1890831/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 03:00:16 -0400 Ang pag-aaral na ito ay naglalayong tuklasin ang kahalagahan ng pagpapanatili ng kulturang Pilipino, ang mga hamon sa pagpapanatili nito, at mga estratehiya upang matiyak ang pagpapatuloy nito. Nakatuon sa mga mag-aaral sa Humanidades at Agham Panlipunan sa St. Paul University Surigao, sinisiyasat ng pag-aaral ang kanilang mga karanasan at pananaw…[Read more]

]]> 0 308caced81f89cf68ae21770e1b7fbe8 Jojames Arnaldo G. Gaddi deposited Influence of Colors to the Memorization Skill of the Senior High School Students in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1890830/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 03:00:02 -0400 This study aimed to investigate the influence of colors on the memorization skills of senior high school students at St. Paul University Surigao. This study applied the quantitative research design employing a descriptive survey technique with 272 participants. The main instrument employed in gathering necessary data was the researcher-made…[Read more]

]]> 0 cc6bb4fbf1ba2941fac5b3a11718d4b4 Stanislav Panin deposited Translating Esotericism: Russian in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1890335/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 03:12:48 -0400 An overview of the history of Russian terminology related to esotericism. This article is a part of the special issue of the journal Correspondences dedicated to the ways in which people speak about esotericism in different cultures.

]]> 0 8d3f519926092450ea826418d43d9996 Haris C. Adhikari deposited Midway Approach to English Language (Education) and Literature in Nepal: A Decolonial Need in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1889007/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 03:00:03 -0400 This is a research-based, in-depth book chapter that primarily covers debates and critical challenges surrounding the decolonial turn in English language (education) and literature in Nepal. Alongside, it follows issues of relevance of different varieties of English and English as a medium of instruction, rationales for multi-tiered English…[Read more]

]]> 0 262cf0cf9bf10e359e30d88ab131d99c David I. Backer deposited Critical School Finance in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1888917/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 03:00:45 -0400 In this paper, we put forth a framework called Critical School Finance, articulating the framework itself and then applying it to school facilities finance. First, we go back to first principles and discuss what ‘critical’ denotes, revisiting critical theorist Max Horkheimer’s seminal essay ‘Traditional vs. Critical Theory.’ Second, we offer fiv…[Read more]

]]> 0 f8bdd323ba2c09b7194d78df457d47b1 Sérgio Dias Branco deposited Our Lady of Struggle: Marian Devotion and Organized Labor in "Salt of the Earth" (1954) in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1888694/ Sat, 08 Jun 2024 03:01:06 -0400 "Salt of the Earth" (1954) is viewed as one of the major examples of working-class cinema in the United States, yet its portrayal of the deep connection between the plight and struggle of Latino workers and Catholicism has not been developed in critical discussions of the film. This paper aims to address this aspect of the film. "Salt of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 5f6d2aea50b2fd693308e55dd368a3ba Bryan Lowe deposited Patrons of Paper and Clay: Methods for Studying Women’s Religiosity in Ancient Japan in the group Buddhist Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1888408/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 03:01:27 -0400 This chapter argues that women’s most prominent role in ancient Japanese manuscript cultures was not as authors of texts but as patrons. Women likely commissioned the transcription of tens of thousands of scrolls of Buddhist scripture. They also produced short inscriptions, in colophons and on clay and other materials, that documented their p…[Read more]

]]> 0 9aae68e8f22065b8ff8844b2503ad82c Jojames Arnaldo G. Gaddi deposited Relevance of Time Management Skills to Students Classroom Performance in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1887665/ Fri, 31 May 2024 03:00:28 -0400 Time Management skills serves as a help for the students classroom performance, making it more important for them to apply in the future. Since it is the most important in terms of our daily living, this study aimed to identify the relevance of time management skills to students classroom performance of the Senior High School Students of St. Paul…[Read more]

]]> 0 00c99e1aaf0a5bdf0b8f861d6ae73dbd Jojames Arnaldo G. Gaddi deposited Awareness and Appreciation of Local Cultural Heritage of Surigao City in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1887662/ Fri, 31 May 2024 03:00:02 -0400 As societies become increasingly interconnected, there is a growing need to recognize and celebrate the unique identities embedded in local traditions, customs, and artifacts. This study aimed to identify the level of awareness and appreciation of the local cultural heritage of the senior high school students of St. Paul University Surigao. This…[Read more]

]]> 0 2db02df18b66c58b505e71a7dc9a7c06 Ryan Randall deposited Student Achievement Unlocked! The Effectiveness of Badging in Community College Library Instruction in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1885873/ Sat, 11 May 2024 03:00:03 -0400 In this study, we assess differences in student performance between community college students who had and had not participated in our library’s “Research Basics” instructional badging program. We combine quantitative and qualitative assessment of student performance.

When given prompts for two hypothetical research assignments, students selec…[Read more]

]]> 0 0007d3c4e4d8ebfb7cc20a8204bbc289 Rosselly Virmania Loor Zambrano deposited Diagnóstico psicológico en adultos mayores del centro gerontológico los rosales, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1885801/ Fri, 10 May 2024 03:02:25 -0400 Introducción: El diagnóstico psicológico desempeña un papel fundamental en la evaluación y comprensión de las condiciones emocionales y mentales de los adultos mayores. El Centro Gerontológico Los Rosales en Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas en Ecuador, enfrenta problemáticas en diagnóstico psicológico en sus residentes adultos mayores. Lo anterior d…[Read more]

]]> 0 1d899b083354c625c8b085da2fa82039 Sam Ascencio deposited Fostering Collaboration and Creativity Through Figma: A Classroom Experience in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1885792/ Fri, 10 May 2024 03:00:49 -0400 Introduction Figma stands out in the design world as a tool that enhances creativity and fosters teamwork. I recently led a Figma-based activity for students, focusing on both skill development and collaboration. The Activity Designed for small groups, the session revolved around creating a "yearbook page" in Figma to introduce each student…[Read more]

]]> 0 96fc8abda22b772976377a9c57eabad8 Amanda Kingston deposited Embodying Settler Memory: Elementary Oklahoma Land Run Re-Enactments in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884999/ Fri, 03 May 2024 03:00:09 -0400 In this previously unpublished scholarship, I hope to unpack the question of how land is narrated in K-12 spaces through the settler memory using the elementary Land Run reenactments as a case study. While this project is situated as part of my larger dissertation work, what I hope to offer here is how I am thinking about settler memory as an…[Read more]

]]> 0 3c333dd781cbe761022db5efcbd5a804 Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Felt Connections Across the Indian Ocean: An Ethnographic Encounter with Grand Bassin, Mauritius in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884704/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:32:20 -0400 It is appropriate to understand the Mauritian Hindu state bourgeoisie’s diasporic politics based on Hindu connections to India as a strategy to consolidate their power. This strategy stands for the creation of a postcolonial nation in which such communities built on religious origins and transnational networks, Mauritian Hindus being by far the l…[Read more]

]]> 0 3474cbbee99a08e387664cb812fa6be4 Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Sonic atmospheres in Mauritian devotional Islam: Sensing transoceanic connections in a Creole society in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884701/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:32:01 -0400 Movement constitutes transoceanic spaces such as the Indian Ocean world. Sonic practices as atmospheres make such multilayered movements and connections palpable. The recitation of naʻt among Mauritian Muslims is an example of how sound and sonic practices can provide somatic evidence for transoceanic links in the Indian Ocean world. It is argued…[Read more]

]]> 0 3770d6f789fc999c483647a54934d805 Pramod Ranjan deposited क्योंकर गायब है गोडसे का नाम [Why is Godse's name missing?} in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884680/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:29:25 -0400 प्रमोद रंजन का यह सम्पादकीय सन् 2002 में शिमला से प्रकाशित होने वाले साध्य दैनिक अखबार भारतेन्दु शिखर में छपा था। इसमें सवाल उठाया गया है कि एनसीआरटी की पुस्तकों को नए सिरे से लिखवाने के बाद सरकार ने नौवीं कक्षा के पाठ्यक्रम से महात्मा गाँधी के के हत्यारे नाथूराम गोडसे का नाम क्यों हटा दिया। उस समय भारतीय जनता पार्टी की सरकार थी, और मुरली मनोहर…[Read more]

]]> 0 e2a64cf1b098885a0e59fe1cd482a18c Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Twelver Shia Muslims’ right to the city: Public performance, media practices, and urban atmospheres in Mumbai in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884664/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:28:29 -0400 This chapter examines public religious performances and media practices among Twelver Shia Muslims in Mumbai. I argue that such practices produce intertwined claims of belonging on multiple levels. Public religious performances and their mediatic reproductions, particularly their sonic and movement-related dimensions, establish certain…[Read more]

]]> 0 ffeecaa9217ccb20b46dd5ed687dc129 Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Sonic religion: The analysis of atmospheric half-things in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884659/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:28:01 -0400 The chapter discusses work on sonic religion and the challenges it has encountered in coming to terms with sonic materiality. The study of material religion has so far been predominantly focused on objects, things, and images. The sonic, however, cannot be grasped by approaches suited to the latter phenomena. It is argued that its special kind of…[Read more]

]]> 0 d6dd03a065b811919ebb76112db5a27e Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Die indische Diaspora in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884655/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:27:41 -0400 Als Diasporen werden gemeinhin Bevölkerungsgruppen bezeichnet, die auf eine Geschichte freiwilliger oder erzwungener Migration zurückblicken können. Dennoch ist das Vorhanden- sein der bloßen Tatsache einer Migration von A nach B nicht ausreichend für die Existenz einer Diaspora. Hinzukommen muss nämlich das Bewusstsein eines tatsächlichen oder e…[Read more]

]]> 0 c756cef34fb7c4f80ae049376e1fb2c3 Meredith Warren deposited What Exactly Did Mary “Conceive” in Her Womb? in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884604/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:23:32 -0400 The language Luke uses to depict conception in his infancy narrative calls upon established medical discourse for fertilisation. My argument in this philological study is that ancient gynaecology prompts us to give full weight to the literal meaning of Gabriel’s term sullambanein (“to conceive/grasp”) and to ask what grammatical and material objec…[Read more]

]]> 0 f12abad6f48e0a0fc82ac22c4de3673c Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein deposited Male Virility and Biblical Power Dynamics in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1882939/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 03:03:09 -0400 This paper outlines an investigation into three instances within the Babylonian Talmud where biblical stories of sexual encounters are interpreted as multi-coital events involving figures like King David, Bathsheba, Zimri, Cozbi, Sisera, and Jael. Despite the absence of explicit descriptions of sexual encounters in the Bible, the Talmud…[Read more]

]]> 0 1ca9676e7ea022f493bb82624f2237c0 Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein deposited A qualitative study on how traditional Yeshiva education prepares students for law school in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1882935/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 03:02:50 -0400 This qualitative study explores the potential ways that a traditional Yeshiva education (TYE) helps prepare students for entering and succeeding in law school. The researcher interviewed five rabbi-law professors for their take on this phenomenon and compared the results of those findings with the scholarly literature on the topic to date. Much of…[Read more]

]]> 0 2ee1ce60b0a8d965af898171f3cf0c5b Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein deposited A qualitative study on how traditional Yeshiva education prepares students for law school in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1882933/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 03:02:38 -0400 This qualitative study explores the potential ways that a traditional Yeshiva education (TYE) helps prepare students for entering and succeeding in law school. The researcher interviewed five rabbi-law professors for their take on this phenomenon and compared the results of those findings with the scholarly literature on the topic to date. Much of…[Read more]

]]> 0 691a1abe168983e58ad3838aca6dc300 Miranda (Yaggi) Rodak deposited Quick Take: Backward Course Design, Iterative Course Design in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1881559/ Sat, 30 Mar 2024 03:01:26 -0400 Backward course design is a foundational framework based in educational best practices that instructors can use to design effective courses. Most explanations and formulations of this model, however, assume a linear course design. For those instructors who teach courses invested in design thinking, recursive thinking, or iteration, these…[Read more]

]]> 0 400e9380f9c113e3d9623bbf3d1e6e3d Joel Bordeaux deposited From Bauddha Deśa to Śākta Pīṭha: Re/Locating the Hindu Goddess Tārā in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1881081/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 03:02:24 -0400 The incorporation of the goddess Tārā into the Hindu pantheon appears to have begun around the turn of the first millennium, a couple of centuries after her first mentions in Buddhist sources. The earliest Hindu texts concerned with Tārā tend to acknowledge this through a narrative wherein the Vedic sage Vasiṣṭha must travel to ‘Greater China’ to…[Read more]

]]> 0 ec689e843848675c5b26aea1a50db3ac Joel Bordeaux deposited From Bauddha Deśa to Śākta Pīṭha: Re/Locating the Hindu Goddess Tārā in the group Buddhist Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1881077/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 03:02:18 -0400 The incorporation of the goddess Tārā into the Hindu pantheon appears to have begun around the turn of the first millennium, a couple of centuries after her first mentions in Buddhist sources. The earliest Hindu texts concerned with Tārā tend to acknowledge this through a narrative wherein the Vedic sage Vasiṣṭha must travel to ‘Greater China’ to…[Read more]

]]> 0 aa3e64f4c0ae4c6a3e58e5bb973f03ed Miranda Rodak & Gabrielle Stecher deposited Strategically Publishing OERs in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1879877/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 03:01:32 -0400 Open Educational Resources (OERs) provide an excellent way for faculty to publish and circulate the innovative, high-quality curricular assets they already create to accompany their instruction while also freeing students from the burden of additional course costs. This toolkit empowers faculty to construct a framework for thinking critically…[Read more]

]]> 0 d436c311aa084704e4e09e79d6209765 Michael Miller deposited Black Hebrew Israelites in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1879672/ Sat, 16 Mar 2024 03:00:08 -0400 The Black Hebrew Israelite movement claims that African Americans are descendants of the Ancient Israelites and has slowly become a significant force in African American religion. This Element provides a general overview of the BHI movement, its diverse history/ies, ideologies, and practices. The Element shows how different factions and trends…[Read more]

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