http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/290/jonathan-d-brackens Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:39:41 -0400 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:39:41 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/717/the-tongue-of-the-learned-how-the-elaboration-likelihood-model-and-group-communication-can-improve-biblical-literacy By Jonathan D. Brackens - Interest in the intersection of religion and politics has grown in salience in the Post-9/11 era. Recent scholarship purports that when it comes to religion, Americans are profoundly ignorant. This ignorance leads to religious insensitivity that often results in suboptimum outcomes; thus, both religious and secular scholars have proposed policy actions to address religious illiteracy. As it pertains to biblical literacy, a policy debate exits which argues the question of whether or not the public sector should be involved in improving it. While each scholar proposes policies aimed to increase... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 03:43 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/717/the-tongue-of-the-learned-how-the-elaboration-likelihood-model-and-group-communication-can-improve-biblical-literacy http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/522/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 scriptures. This research (a) details the dichotomous arguments, (b) highlights First Century Church limitations, and (c) presents quantitative research to support the assertion that Paul miscontextualized. Miscontextualization is measured by how accurately Paul quotes the Septuagint in his letters (i.e., (a) the number of words quoted from the referenced... Mon, 02 May 2011 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/522/is-paul-a-liar-the-pauline-corinthian-conflict-and-the-need-for-reform-in-the-american-church http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/310/the-matthaean-exception-clause-a-21st-century-interpretation By Jonathan D. Brackens - Sexism is not unique to Christianity; however, in the Christian religion many of those who identify themselves as Christian fundamentalists are more likely to hold sexist views of women. Because the scriptures were written during a time in which women had few rights, laws regarding conduct favored males. The new 21st Century interpretation of the Matthaean exception clause now encompasses the various domestic issues which compromise the bonds of matrimony. This interpretation looses women from the chains of sexist fundamentalist interpretations and binds everyone to a new standard in which integrity... Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:18 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/310/the-matthaean-exception-clause-a-21st-century-interpretation