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American Civil Religion Reexamined: A Preliminary Study into Organic and Contrived Civil Theology 

Vidal, Troy (2007-05-15)
Civil religion forms both the basis and the underlying reality for any human society, informing the myth structure of society and how a society interprets itself within the structure of reality. A distinction, however, ...

Factors Associated with the Black and White Student Achievement Gap: An Exploratory Study 

Branch, Joy (2006-08-15)
This paper discusses some of the possible contributors to the differences found between black- white Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) scores for elementary and middle school students. This study examines the following ...

Honor, the State, and Its Implications: An Examination of Honor Killing in Jordan and the Efforts of Local Activists 

Ali, Yazmin (2008-05-15)
The topic of honor crimes is a controversial one that has gained a great deal of attention over the years. There are many countries such as Jordan that grants leniency to honor crime perpetrators by providing them with ...

The Mortuary Constructions of William Rufus Jackson: A Demographic and Spatial Analysis of Folk Art Tombstones in the East Alabama Area 

Cox, Monica (2010-03-26)
Mortuary analysis in historical archaeology is a field promising a wealth of information concerning past attitudes towards death. Previous studies have concentrated on large-scale studies over large geographical areas to ...

Xi-Chi as Root Metaphor in Taiwanese Weddings 

Hong, Shihyi (2006-05-15)
Anthropologists have always been interested in implications of each societal unit in different cultures. However, they are also aware of drastic changes in these units in many cultures due to migration, technologies, gay ...