Category: Volume 7 2012-2014
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The Making of Violence: Motives, Means, and Masculinity
Mary Jane Chaffee[1] “By self and violent hands” (Macbeth 5.9.36) With those words[2] Malcom describes Lady Macbeth’s supposed suicide, which functions on the dramatic level as a satisfying if bleak end to her mayhem and Macbeth’s ambition. But I would argue that the phrase “self and violent hands”—conjoining the important elements of self and violence—rounds…
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The Cotton Grove Resolutions
Joe Early, Jr., One of the more important meetings in Southern Baptist history took place at the Cotton Grove Baptist Church in the west Tennessee town of Cotton Grove on June 24, 1851. The meeting was called by James Robinson Graves who was serving as the editor of the Tennessee Baptist. As a result of…
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Sleeping Among the Natives The Moravian Missions to Shekomeko and Pachgatoch
John R. Burch, Jr., PhD From 1734 to 1782, few missionary groups had as much success in attracting Native Americans to Christianity as the Reformed Unitas Fratrum, popularly known as the Moravians. Their success was achieved by their effective efforts to relate to the suffering of native peoples and living among them, which was viewed…
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From the Editor
Within these covers of The Campbellsville Review’s seventh issue, there is a variety of writing that reflects the intellectual interests of the Campbellsville University community. There are articles on history, science, literary commentary, a social issue, and music history; creative works that include a short story and poems, and a book review. Every contributor has…