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Religion in the writing classroom : toward a pedagogy of possibility

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May, Laura D.

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In this thesis, I examine composition scholarship on the intersections of religious faith and writing pedagogy over the past twenty years, tracing the origins of compositionists' discomfort with religion and focusing on pedagogical approaches for working with religiously-committed students. In particular, I emphasize the way in which these approaches are...

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Masters Thesis

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religious faith and writing pedagogy over the past twenty years, tracing the origins of compositionists
The Art of Noticing : An Essay on Contemporary Ecological Writing

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West, Rex Alan, 1967-

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A number of thinkers are becoming increasingly persuaded that our anthropocentric view of nature is inadequate, that we need a "new morality" with regard to the environment. In this essay, I argue that an alternative to anthropocentricism is available to us now-and has been since at least 1836. I look...

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Masters Thesis

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NATURE POETRY 2 7 CONCLUSION 5 0 LITERATURE CITED 5 4 Preface "Modern Man...in the topmost tiers of
The power of conceptual metaphor in Diana Abu-Jaber's The Language of Baklava and Birds of Paradise

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Gratz, Kimberly A.

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This thesis examines the use of religious metaphor as it applies to food in two literary works by Diana Abu-Jaber. First, The Language of Baklava, a culinary memoir published in 2005, reveals aspects of cultural identity and memory through food and metaphor. Second, Abu-Jabers most recent novel, Birds of Paradise,...

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Masters Thesis

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examine metaphor and food narratives in literature. This study explores the use of religious metaphor