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This study examines the lived experience of self for practitioners from the spiritual tradition of Uwaiysi Sufism, a contemplative, mystical branch of Islam cultivated in the Middle East. Sufi Masters suggest the possibility of attaining and embodying a level of psycho-spiritual…

This dissertation applies Afrocentric methods of decipherment to a sacred symbol selected from the ancient Egyptian language of Mdw Ntr (Words of God). The chosen symbol is transliterated by Egyptologists as neb and translated ideographically as lord, master. My purpose is to de…

Black female technology leaders lack leadership opportunities, which affects their self-efficacy and is a crucial concern. Self-efficacy is based on the concept that an individual’s belief in what they can achieve influences their actions and how much effort they invest in the s…

I devote my thesis to a comprehensive study of firs person authority. Given that the understanding and usage of the term “first person authority” in the literature is nonhomogeneous I start by proposing a way to disambiguate the not ion of first person authority, and I highlight…

This thesis examines the influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s theories on the self, nature, and the sublime in Ernest Hemingway’s first and most important novel, The Sun Also Rises. Jake Barnes, Hemingway’s literary alter-ego (Latin for ‘other-self’) struggles with self-knowledge,…

This dissertation examines Jalal al-D in Rumi's (d. 1273) hermeneutics of the Qur'an by focusing on his interpretations of the Qur'anic character of Pharaoh. Although Rum i did not write a commentary in the traditional genre of tafsir by commenting on the Qur'an in a linear vers…