Category: Blog
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Traumatic States: Gendered Violence, Suffering, and Care in Chile.
By Nia Parson. (Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2013. 248 pp., $24.95 List; $9.99 eBook) Book Review by Kimberly Mathis Pitts In Traumatic States: Gendered Violence, Suffering, and Care in Chile, anthropologist Nia Parson examines the role of the state in the quotidian violence of a post-Pinochet Chile through the life histories of three women…
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Jane Eyre’s Fairytale Legacy at Home and Abroad: Constructions and Deconstructions of National Identity
By Abigail Heiniger. (New York: Routledge, 2016. 186 pp. $149.95) A Review by Justy Engle Jane Eyre has been transformed into silent films, feature films, radio dramas and theatre productions, and has inspired a wide selection of literature that both refigures and continues the original tale. The most recent feature film adaptation (2011) stars Mia…
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“World of Tomorrow”
Dir. by Don Herdzfeld. Bitter Film Production, 2015. 17 mins. (http://www.bitterfilms.com/) Film Review by Jason Lyle Garrett “It was here, on the moon, that I fell in love with a rock,” says the time-traveling grandmother, or rather granddaughter (in clone terms that is) of little Emily, the child protagonist of “World of Tomorrow”, a film…
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On the Responsibilities of Christian Citizenship
Shawn H. Williams Address, Convocation Service Ransdell Chapel, Campbellsville University April 14, 2016 First of all, I want to thank you for the invitation to speak at the Chapel Service here at Campbellsville University; although, to be honest, I am not completely sure why I was asked. If it wasn’t bad enough that you asked…
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Unity in Purpose, in Commitment, in Action
Dr. John Chowning A Devotional Thirty-third Annual Faculty and Staff Recognition Service Campbellsville University May 4, 2016 Scripture: Psalm 133:1-3 “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down on the collar…
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“When the Lights Go on Again All Over the World”
E. Bruce Heilman Commencement Address Campbellsville University 9 May 2015 A man stood at the pearly gates, His face was scarred and old He stood before the gate of fate For admission to the fold. “What have you done,” Saint Peter asked, “To gain admission here?” I’ve been a college president, sir, For many and…
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Cuba 1995: A Chronicled Remembrance
Robert L. Doty This essay will examine the Cuban experience from three perspectives. First, it considers a mission visit to Christian friends primarily in the Havana area, considering the vitality of the Christian community there. Second, it examines some aspects of the historical and cultural heritage of Cuba through landmarks, some personalities, and cultural traditions…
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Vogt-Farrar Historic Keyboard Collection Established at Campbellsville University
Wesley Roberts Campbellsville University is pleased to have been chosen as the host institution for the recently created Vogt-Farrar Historic Keyboard Collection. This historic collection of keyboard instruments began in August 2011 when Doris Vogt Farrar and Lloyd Farrar donated the first of six instruments which would come to the University over a three-year period.…
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Art, Life, Madness: A Comparative Exploration of Frida Kahlo and Charlotte Salomon
Justy Engle Frida Kahlo and Charlotte Salomon depict the female experience as it transcends visual art. Both use images overlaid with text in their self-writing to allow their inner emotional turmoil to escape, creating unconventional products that caused them to appear to the public as suffering from some sort of madness.[1] By looking at Kahlo’s…