Dramatic cutbacks in government funding and the economic slowdown have caused critical financial shortfalls in college and university budgets. Despite record-breaking growth in private donations, American higher education institutions have been unable to keep pace with the costs…
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This thesis addresses the question of how the exalted Jesus relates to the God of Israel in Paul's theology, and the function of Jesus' subordination within that relationship. In approaching christology, scholars frequently turn to analogies that can shed light on the portrayal …
Since the 1970s all of the available literature suggested that the UK, in common with Europe, North America and Scandinavia, had seen significant growth of single issue self-help/mutual aid groups related to health and social care issues. Yet in the UK there appeared to be no re…
As e-tailers increasingly pursue international expansion strategies in an evolving competitive marketplace, understanding online loyalty formation across countries and sectors becomes ever more significant. In contrast to other studies examining online loyalty this study investi…
The thesis follows the development of charity, both as a theological concept and as the activity of increasing number of social institutions, over two centuries. The main narrative of the thesis follows these two themes, but it also identifies other background factors, particula…
Scholars interpret Luke-Acts in terms of patrons-clients and benefactors. Three scholars in particular emphasize these relationships (H. Moxnes, F. W. Danker, J. B. Green). After describing patron-client relationships and discipleship, Moxnes calls for an extended, exegetical tr…
The primary focus of this dissertation is to demonstrate how Hebrews represents, in view of its historical and religious context, human fidelity to God. Reciprocity was one primary dynamic in the ancient Mediterranean world for establishing fidelity to a relationship and has bee…
The ubiquity of human altruism and non-simultaneous cooperation has confounded scholars from disciplines as diverse as evolutionary biology, economic game theory, social psychology, political science, and sociology. For biologists, the conundrum arises from the inconsistency bet…
Research on organisational learning (OL) was mainly positioned within the psychological and sociological domains. Past and extant research on OL focused on the behavioural, cognitive and intuitive perspectives in addition to a growing track of research grounded on social theory.…
The research presented in this dissertation adopts an empirical Saussurean structuralist approach to elucidating the true meaning of the verb patterns characterised formally by vowel lengthening in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). The verbal system as a whole is examined in order t…
This study investigates the theatrical function and moral significance of disrupted banquets in six plays of William Shakespeare and in a history play of Chinese playwright Guan Hanqing in the Yuan dynasty. By examining feasting scenes interrupted by unanticipated guests, or des…