2011 Volume 3 Issue 5

Science
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
Copernicus, Galileo, and the Church: Science in a Religious World
By Nicholas P. Leveillee
During most of the 16th and 17th centuries, fear of heretics spreading teachings and opinions that contradicted the Bible dominated the Catholic Church. They persecuted scientists who formed theories the Church deemed heretical and forbade people... Read Article »
Copernicus Galileo Astronomy History Of Science Scientific Revolution Spanish Inquisition Catholic Church
William Faulkner
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
Creation and Rebellion in William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying
By Tristan Gans
Perusing famous works of literature, one would be hard pressed to find a volume that does not concern itself with the relationship of a creation to its creator. It is a central concern of most religious texts, as well as much of the narrative literature... Read Article »
The Odyssey As I Lay Dying William Faulkner Paradise Lost Epic Poetry
Military History
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
Comparing Counterinsurgency Tactics in Iraq and Vietnam
By Christopher Millson
Insurgency is not a new phenomenon for the United States, in fact by definition the American's built an insurgency during the Revolutionary War. But it was not until the Vietnam War that America faced an insurgency that it could not defeat. Because... Read Article »
Military History Counterinsurgency Iraq Vietnam
African Literature
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
Vehicles for Story: Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o on Defining African Literature, Preserving Culture and Self
By Kristina S. Ten
The historic 1962 conference at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda brought together scholars and writers from various parts of the continent to discuss the state of African literature: who should write it, what it should depict, and –... Read Article »
African Literature Chinua Achebe Ngugi Wa Thiong'o African Culture Language
Vladimir Nabokov
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
Gender and Power in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita
By Tristan Gans
In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, the overriding force of the narrator, Humbert Humbert, is his need to prove himself master of everything: other people, his own desires, fate, and language itself. Time and time again through Lolita we see Humbert&rsquo... Read Article »
Vladimir Nabokov Lolita Gender Power Russian Literature
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
The Effect of CEDAW Ratification in Central Asia
By Vince A. Gonzalez
Despite the increasing number of states that have ratified binding international human rights treaties, human rights abuses continue unabated. The persistence of rights abuses cast doubt on the efficacy of human rights treaties. This paper empirically... Read Article »
Women's Rights CEDAW Central Asia
Number Systems
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
The Japanese Number System
By Nicholas P. Leveillee
Borrowing heavily from the Chinese, Japan abandoned their own numerals many years ago and used the ones from China. When written and spoken, numbers are broken down into their key components, multiples of powers of ten. The Japanese combine the... Read Article »
Japan Number Systems Ethnomath
Composition
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
Adorno's Bach-Schoenberg Connection: Frivolity and Expectation
By Tristan Gans
Adorno’s case is built on the composers’ treatment of melodic subjects, which he views as ‘pure’ in an intellectual and philosophical sense. He contrasts this to the work of the classical and romantic composers, specifically... Read Article »
Adorno Bach Schoenberg Tonality Musicology
Identity Disorders
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
Dissociative Identity Disorder: Overview and Current Research
By Sue-Mei Slogar
This paper entails a description of factors related to diagnosis and treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder. Epidemiology, including risk factors and sociocultural aspects of the disorder are presented, along with recommendations for treatment... Read Article »
Dissociative Identity Disorder Mental Illness Identity Disorders Personality Disorders Psychosocial Development
Authority
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
The Role of Obedience in Society
By Nicholas P. Leveillee
Obedience is a part of the foundation of society. Without obedience, naught would exist but chaos and anarchy. Without stability, productivity and the well-being of the citizens become non-existent. Because of this, one must question how obedient... Read Article »
Obedience Authority
Virginia Woolf
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
Gender and Unity of the Self in Virgina Woolf's Orlando
By Tristan Gans
The confluence of biography and fiction in Virginia Woolf's Orlando raises the question, of which the book is highly aware, of which genre facilitates the proper perception of the truth. As Woolf writes, “Life, it has been agreed by everyone... Read Article »
Gender Orlando Virginia Woolf Hegel
Christianity
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
Is Paul a Liar? The Pauline Corinthian Conflict and the Need for Reform in the American Church
By Jonathan D. Brackens
The corpus of literature regarding Pauline Criticism is largely qualitative and polarized. Close examination of the Pauline-Corinthian conflict holds that in order to maintain legitimacy in the Corinthian Church, Paul miscontextualized Septuagintal... Read Article »
Christianity Paul Pauline Corinthian Reformation

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