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Surprised by Wisdom: Preaching Proverbs
Authors: Davis Ellen F.
Published: October 2011

Probing Proverbs with imagination and depth might be the best way for the preacher to counter our society's deadly propensity to reduce religion to “spirituality,” abstracted from concrete social and economic practices and our relationship with the material world. The contemporary crisis of wisdom—the proliferation of powerful knowledge divorced from godly wisdom—sets us fundamentally at odds with the structure of the universe: “yhwh by wisdom established the earth” (Prov 3:19).
Judaism in the Gospel of John
Authors: Reinhartz Adele
Published: October 2011

The Gospel of John is a sublime theological work describing an exalted vision of the cosmic harmony between God and humankind as mediated by the Divine Word. At the same time, the gospel also vilifies nonbelievers and identifies them with a historical group, “the Jews,” in a manner that contributed significantly to Christian anti-Semitism for many centuries. This essay describes both the positive and negative elements of John's portrayal of Jews and Judaism, and suggests some ways that twenty-first century readers might come to terms with this problematic issue.
From Ruth to the “Global Woman”: Social and Legal Aspects
Authors: Brenner Athalya
Published: October 2011

In this short study, the Scroll of Ruth, and especially Ruth's undisclosed motives for following her mother-in-law, are read alongside the situation of foreign, female migrant workers in contemporary Israel—and vice versa. This allows a bi-directional reading that supplies a possible context both for the biblical text and for the evaluation of today's issues.
Judaism, Multiculturalism, and the Power of Politics: Reconsidering Judaism's Role in the Public Square
Authors: Rashkover Randi
Published: October 2011

It is the central argument of this essay that the profile of persons as ordered and affirmed by the difference between the divine and the human presents a different conception of power than that presupposed by multiculturalism.
God in the Gospel According to Matthew
Authors: Viviano Benedict Thomas
Published: October 2011

The God of biblical revelation is present everywhere in the Gospel according to Matthew, but often in a self-effacing way, receding behind Jesus, Emmanuel, God-with-us. God's presence is veiled by divine passives, hidden behind the reverent circumlocution “heavens.” God's supreme designation is Father. This gospel usually speaks on a horizontal plane of everyday life, where the Transcendent awaits us at every turn as the horizon.
Which God Is With Us?
Authors: Reid Barbara E.
Published: October 2011

There is a tension in the Gospel of Matthew between two very different images of God. In the Sermon on the Mount, God is portrayed as being boundlessly gracious and forgiving, while in eight Matthean parables, God is seen as vindictive and punitive. This poses an ethical dilemma: which God is with us and whom should we emulate?
Easter Preaching
Authors: Buttrick David G.
Published: October 2011

Preachers are faced with two unresolved issues at Easter: 1) Are the resurrection stories fact or legend? and 2) What does Paul mean by a spiritual body? Is he supposing something different from the stories? What is the Easter message we are called to preach?
The Kerygma of Hebrews
Authors: Bruce F. F.
Published: October 2011

“… the recipients of this letter had to learn that while Christ is unchanging, he is nevertheless onward-moving, always leading his people forth to new ventures in his cause…. He is the pioneer, the trailblazer, along the path of faith….”
From the Historical Jesus to Christology
Authors: McArthur Harvey K.
Published: October 2011

Radical form criticism has raised a roadblock on the way from the Jesus of history to the church's Christology. Are there alternative approaches to the problem? Or does historical criticism in itself bring an end to the direct relation between Jesus and the church's faith?
Sharing the Suffering of God in the Life of the World
Authors: Burtness James H.
Published: October 2011

“Now after a quarter of a century of existentialist biblical interpretation and the ethics of radical obedience to the kerygmatic Christ, we are beginning to work our way back into a postliberal, postexistentialist appreciation of the words and deeds of Jesus as resources for decisionmaking by Christians. This sermon is an attempt to listen to this text in this way.”
The Interpretation of Old Testament Wisdom Literature
Authors: Murphy Roland E.
Published: October 2011

“…we must move into theological anthropology if we are to do justice to the wisdom literature. In the Old Testament man can be defined in terms of his relationship to the Lord as his saviour, creator, sustainer. The working out of these ideas is not possible apart from the concern of Old Testament wisdom…”
Why God Became Man
Authors: Miller Donald G.
Published: October 2011

The Incarnation and the Cross—these were the two problems that offended the first readers of the epistle. And they remain the scandal for us moderns—the scandal which guarantees that what we hear is indeed the gospel.
Jesus and the Family
Authors: Harrisville Roy A.
Published: October 2011

There is a duality, an apparent contradiction, in Jesus' words about the family which is rooted in the rejection of legality as a sphere for family life and in the creation of a community whose claims transcend those of the family.
Uses of the Proverb in the Synoptic Gospels
Authors: Beardslee William A.
Published: October 2011

The proverbs in the Synoptic Gospels have not attracted the attention lavished on another wisdom form—the parable. But the use of the proverb in the tradition about Jesus shows it is both a way to jolt the hearer into new insight and a contact with the understanding already present in the everyday world.
Image of God and Incarnation
Authors: Mauser Ulrich
Published: October 2011

In the book of Hosea the prophet of Israel is depicted in a remarkably theomorphic fashion in that his life story as a man becomes, at least partially, a representation of God by participation in God's condition. Human life is consequently understood as an image of God which in turn presupposes a concept of the divine in which Yahweh is so essentially God for and with Israel that the human is lodged in him.
On Trust and Freedom
Authors: Brueggemann Walter
Published: October 2011

David and the other actors in this narrative have enormous power and freedom to act, but they are not free to act as though Yahweh were not there.
The Hermeneutics of N.F.S.Grundtvig
Authors: Sneen Donald J.
Published: October 2011

Grundtvig interpreted the relationship of the Scriptures and the church vis-a-vis the hermeneutical problem of the relationship of letter and spirit.
Pilgrim Existence
Authors: Kelly Balmer H.
Published: October 2011

Bunyan... stands a great deal closer to us than many interpreters of Scripture who may be nearer in time by centuries.
The Scope of Christological Reflection
Authors: Sittler Joseph
Published: October 2011

Man's place in nature has established an a priori context for thought about Christ which inwardly determines the dimensions of reference which any intelligible ascription of significance must occupy.
The Quest for Wreck's Secret Messiah
Authors: Robinson William C.
Published: October 2011

Throughout Wrede argued against the view that the Messiah secret had been a part of the actual history of Jesus, and he seemed unaware that such argument is not the same as a pursuit of Mark's intention.
The Secret of Tahweh
Authors: Wharton James A.
Published: October 2011

There is no mistaking the fact that the narrative traditions of the Old Testament expect to find a hearing among people prepared to recognize their own story in what is told and to see their own times as a direct extension of the same story.
The Bible and Our Social Institutions
Authors: Janzen J. Gerald
Published: October 2011

The Bible's contribution to our social concern can be powerfully clarifying and intensely effective; but this will depend on its not being applied immediately up against this concern and its objects.
Form-Critical Studies in the Song of Songs
Authors: Murphy Roland E.
Published: October 2011

The primary meaning of the Song would then have to do with human sexual love—the experience of it, its delights, its fidelity, and its power.
Overcoming the World
Authors: Achtemeier Elizabeth
Published: October 2011

... the suffering and faith of the individual worshiper come through the psalm's standardized expressions with great power. This shows the extent to which individual and worshiping community were one in Israel: The community gave voice to the needs and prayers of the individual; the individual gave voice to the trust and traditions of the community.
Festival and Freedom
Authors: Andreasen Niels-Erik
Published: October 2011

Deuteronomy forced the issue of humanitarian considerations and of freedom on the community at the moments when it was truest to itself—the moments of worship and cultic celebration, notably on the sabbath, the sabbatical year, and the harvest festivals.
Hans von Campenhausen on Canon
Authors: Groh Dennis E.
Published: October 2011

As the formal canon of the New Testament was wider than the core New Testament, so also the early church's notions of “scripture” were wider than those documents which became canon. By understressing this point, much of the richness and existential plurality of the early church's experience can be lost.
Liberation Hermeneutic as Ideology Critique
Authors: Price James L.
Published: October 2011

What is at stake in the liberation hermeneutic is the consistent scuttling of human self-justification. The critique of ideology as a theological task means willingness to submit to God's reality, to let him break through in shaping human selfhood, even in the exegetical task.
Liberation in History
Authors: Gollwitzer Helmut
Published: October 2011

The question is whether the message of early Christianity was revolutionary and aimed at a revolutionary change in history? Had this change already begun in the life of primitive Christianity in a way that is exemplary to all later life based on the message?
The Way of the Fathers
Authors: Myers Jacob M.
Published: October 2011

The qualities of Abraham's God, as tradition has them, are personal presence and guidance, a God who makes and keeps promises, who “covenants” with him and communicates with him directly; and who acts justly, not in a forensic sense but in a practical way.
Moses and the Foundations of Israel
Authors: Campbell Edward F.
Published: October 2011

The historical question about the beginning of Israel and its faith is first of all a question about the figure of Moses and the character of his contribution to that beginning.
The God of Death
Authors: Coats George W.
Published: October 2011

To have dominion over the world is heady power, and the temptation to extend that world power into divine power can be unbearable. What happens then?
The Bible Canon and the Christian Doctrine of Inspiration
Authors: Sundberg Albert C.
Published: October 2011

In forming the canon, the church acknowledged and established the Bible as the measure or standard of inspiration in the church, not as the totality of it. What concurs with canon is of like inspiration ; what does not is not of God.
Knowledge of God in the Church
Authors: Harrelson Walter
Published: October 2011

“There is no faithfulness or kindness, and no knowledge of God in the land; …

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, …”
Christ and the Military Mind
Authors: Alston Wallace M.
Published: October 2011

“ … the soldiers of the governor took Jesus in to the praetorium, and they gathered the whole battalion before him.”
The Bible and Theology
Authors: Leith John H.
Published: October 2011

The dependence of Christian theology on the Scriptures cannot be stated in tenus of some one method of using them. But there are features of the relationship which belong to the right and true understanding of them that is faithful to what the Christian community recognized as the decisive revelation of God.
The Shape of Luke's Gospel in Lectionaries
Authors: Danker Frederick W.
Published: October 2011

The way in which the Gospel of Luke is presented in the lectionaries brings out the dominant concerns and purposes of the Evangelist himself.
Interpreting the Gospel of Luke
Authors: Hultgren Arland J.
Published: October 2011

Study and exposition of Luke's Gospel can raise our consciousness to see that God's saving activity has been disclosed in certain foundational events which are the basis and clue to his mission in history and to his ultimate salvation at history's end.
Salvation and Discipleship in Luke's Gospel
Authors: Martin Ralph P.
Published: October 2011

The salvation present in and through the person of Jesus is an organic motif of Luke's Gospel. It encompasses the offer of new life and the demand for disciplined living.
Calvin on Defilement and Sacrifice
Authors: Kehm George H.
Published: October 2011

In Calvin's thought about the achievement wrought in Christ's death, the idea of a sacrificial death as "a just punishment" seems to have been a second-order explanation that is built upon the notion of his death as involving exposure to the divine curse.
The Lectionary as a Context for Interpretation
Authors: Sloyan Gerard S.
Published: October 2011

When examined in terms of hermeneutical principles, the revised lectionaries turn out to be distinct improvements. But it is precisely the hermeneutical function of a lectionary that raises the most important questions about the newer ones and calls for a continuing effort to bring them in line with the intention of the whole of Scripture and the principles of interpretation appropriate to it.
Translation as Interpretation
Authors: Taber Charles R.
Published: October 2011

A translation is an interpretation. The best translations of the Bible are those which accept and exploit this fact responsibly rather than resisting and evading it.
Translations and Interpretation. New Testament
Authors: Williamson Lamar
Published: October 2011

One should not compare translations simply to decide which is right. Instead, the interpreter should seek by comparison to hear the full range of nuances present in the text and so to expand one's understanding of it.
The Portrayal of the Life of Faith in the Gospel of Mark
Authors: Schweizer Eduard
Published: October 2011

Mark speaks of the life of faith by using the notion of “following Jesus” as a metaphor to bring to light all the profound dimensions of the relation which the gospel inaugurates between believer and living Lord.
The Holy Spirit and the Christian Life
Authors: Winn Albert Curry
Published: October 2011

The primary work of the Holy Spirit is to bestow shared life on the people of God
Pastoral Counseling, Trinitarian Theology, and Christian Anthropology
Authors: Guthrie Shirley C.
Published: October 2011

An anthropology based on faith in the triune God who is Creator, Redeemer, and Life-giver is the distinguishing characteristic of Christian pastoral counseling.
A Christian Perspective on Prophetic Prediction
Authors: Roberts J. J. M.
Published: October 2011

The prophets of the Old Testament did make predictions, and biblical scholars are paying more attention to that fact. Now, serious theological reflection on what came of the predictions of the prophets is needed.
The Gospel in the Theology of Paul
Authors: Fitzmyer Joseph A.
Published: October 2011

“Gospel” is Paul's personal way of expressing the significance of the Christ-event, the meaning that the person, life, ministry, passion, death, resurrection, and lordship of Jesus of Nazareth had and still has for human history and existence.
On Reading Romans in the Church Today
Authors: Baird William
Published: October 2011

The continuity between Paul's situation and our own which provides the basis for a viable hermeneutic is the reality of God—the God whose righteousness is proclaimed in the Roman epistle.
The Moral Authority of Scripture
Authors: Auerwas Stanley H
Published: October 2011

The question of the moral significance of Scripture is in reality a question about what kind of community the church must be to make the narratives of Scripture central for its life
Occasion-Text-Sermon
Authors: Craddock Fred B.
Published: October 2011

When occasion, text, and sermon are merged, then the text interprets the listeners and the listeners interpret the text.
Jesus Christ as Savior in the New Testament
Authors: Fuller Reginald H.
Published: October 2011

The various versions of salvation in the New Testament have a prior unity in the event of the cross of Jesus Christ.
“Plots, True or False”
Authors: McCarter P. Kyle
Published: October 2011

Stories from and about David's reign provide the background and justification for the accession of Solomon.
Who Tells the World's Story? Theology's Quest for a Partner in Dialogue
Authors: Hall Douglas John
Published: October 2011

From its worldly context Christian theology must learn something quite basic to its task: The self-interpretation of a particular society in that particular moment of its history.
John Calvin on Isaiah 6
Authors: Steinmetz David C.
Published: October 2011

Careful attention to precritical exegesis provides a constant stimulus to modern interpreters by offering suggestions they would never think of and by allowing them to hear, with ears not their own, voices too soft for their own ears to detect.
The Social Sciences and Biblical Interpretation
Authors: Malina Bruce J.
Published: October 2011

Because the biblical interpreter in dealing with texts must deal with language, and because language is a social product, methods must be found which can deal with that social dimension of the biblical texts.
A Living Tradition
Authors: Crenshaw James L.
Published: October 2011

Careful study of the Book of Jeremiah helps us remain faithful to the prophet's legacy by learning from him to weigh the traditions of the past and to use them in the struggle to forge a better world.
The Book of Jeremiah
Authors: Brueggemann Walter
Published: October 2011

The Jeremiah portrayed in the Old Testament book bearing his name has become the paradigmatic figure of the prophet as he struggles with his God and with his own vocation of announcing God's Word to his time.
Casuistry as a Narrative Art
Authors: Hauerwas Stanley
Published: October 2011

In a Christian context casuistry is a necessity because it provides the means by which we learn to check our particular telling of the story of God with the way our community tells it.
Sin and Judgment in the Prophecies of Ezekiel
Authors: Fishbane Michael
Published: October 2011

Ezekiel's prophecies reveal with sharp clarity what is also the ironic rhetorical strategy of all Israelite prophets: to bring a faithless and unknowing people to covenant allegiance and consciousness of God's Lordship.
War and Peace in the Hebrew Bible
Authors: Hanson Paul D.
Published: October 2011

If one were to choose a single word to describe the reality for which God created the world, and in which he seeks to sustain the community of those who respond to his initiating grace as an invitation to participate in it, that word would be “shalom.”
War and Peace in the New Testament
Authors: Furnish Victor Paul
Published: October 2011

Although the nascent church had no program for social reform, careful study of the Synoptic traditions about Jesus and of the letters of Paul do give us access to early and decisive developments in Christian attitudes to the world and therefore to such issues as war and peace
“Enthroned on the Praises of Israel”
Authors: Miller Patrick D.
Published: October 2011

The hymns of Israel stand in the service of the central theological claim of the Old Testament, that the Lord of Israel alone is God and requires the full devotion of all creation.
The Psalms of Praise in the Worship of the New Testament Church
Authors: Old Hughes Oliphant
Published: October 2011

The Old Testament psalms of praise, which expressed the awe and joy of being in the presence of God, presented the early Christians both text and model for the expression of their joy that in Jesus Christ God had revealed himself.
Symbols of Spiritual Truth
Authors: Ciurry Conrad
Published: October 2011

By giving his wholehearted attention to a biblical and, by extension, a cosmic typology, Edwards anticipated our contemporary absorption with the meaning and function of religious symbols.
Yahweh and Other Deities
Authors: Blenkinsopp Joseph
Published: October 2011

The positive attitude toward outsiders which emerged from Israel's experience of suffering and deprivation, and of which the attitude to proselytism is symptomatic, was always balanced by the need to resist assimilation.
Wealth and Poverty in the New Testament and Its World
Authors: Malina Bruce J.
Published: October 2011

Because terms like “wealth” and “poverty” derive their meaning from the normative cultural values within which they occur, any application of New Testament texts which fails to take cultural differences seriously can only misrepresent those texts.
“All Israel Will Be Saved”
Authors: Bloesch Donald G.
Published: October 2011

The mystery of the Jews as the chosen people of God is to be understood in light of the wider biblical view that God intends his covenant of grace for all humanity; all peoples are destined to serve the glory of God and to participate in his Kingdom.
The Decalogue in the New Testament
Authors: Fuller Reginald H.
Published: October 2011

In the permissive society of today, where vice is so often paraded as virtue and where the sense of moral obligation is feeble, it is time for the church, following the lead of the New Testament, to restore the Decalogue to a prominent place in its liturgy and catechism.
The Decalogue in Liturgy, Preaching, and Life
Authors: Carl William J.
Published: October 2011

To live the complete Christian life through the cycle of conviction of sin, repentance, justification, sanctification, obedience, and hope is to experience the Decalogue in its fullness through Christ in the worship, preaching, and spiritual and moral witness in the community of believers and in the world.
I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body
Authors: Fackre Gabriel
Published: October 2011

In confessing the bold words, “I believe in the resurrection of the body,” we Christians affirm that the corruptibilities that everywhere loom so large will not have the last word. To the contrary, resurrection—both Christ's and ours—is the hope by which we live and the light by which we see.
Matthew's Message for Insiders
Authors: Smith Robert H.
Published: October 2011

At a time rife with competing views about what it means to be a Christian, Matthew rewrote the story of Jesus to combat militant Christian pneumatics who were fomenting strife in his community and leading God's people astray.
“Expecting Nothing in Return”
Authors: Mary Ann Beavis
Published: October 2011

In the ears of his Greco-Roman audience, Luke's social teaching would have been heard with shock. In their world, the neh and the powerful despised the poor and the disadvantaged and took pains to preserve the gulf between them. Inspired by the prophetic denunciation of injustice, Luke cnticized the rich and thus transgressed against Greco-Roman values. Still, Luke's enduring contribution to Christian social ethics is greater than this: Instead of merely condemning the rich, Luke forged a vision of community in which both rich and poor are spiritual equah and the social and economic inequities between them can be vigorously and conscientiously addressed.
Toward the Ecological Reformation of Christianity
Authors: Nash James A.
Published: October 2011

Christian theology and ethics are largely inadequate to confront the ecological crisis of today. They are in need of reformation. At the center of Christian faith, we shall not find a mandate to pollute, plunder, and prey on the rest of nature. Instead, we shall discover that the core affirmations endow all life with a moral significance that entails human responsibility toward the whole of nature.
Scripture, Church, and Dogma
Authors: Braaten Carl E.
Published: October 2011

The dominant thrust of the post-Enlightenment tradition of biblical criticism has been to emancipate itself from the church's faith and doctrine. Because there is no such thing as interpretation without presuppositions, critical interpretation of the Bible will be conducted on the basis of presuppositions that are either compatible with, or alien to, churchly doctrine.
Passover
Authors: Mann Thomas W.
Published: October 2011

To those who reenact the drama, the Passover narrative and ritual mediate the experience of both oppression and liberation. The Passover ritual provides an “order” by which the reality of suffering may be confronted and the earnest of hope celebrated. The sacred time of the Passover meal provides a rich spiritual heritage that nurtures not only Jews but also Christians.
The Strange Silence of the Bible
Authors: Juel Donald
Published: October 2011

The oral/aural power of the Bible has been strangely neglected within the worship life of the church as well as in recent biblical scholarship. In order to recover the Bible's power to take captive the imagination of readers and interpreters, we must once again attend to the public reading, or performance, of the Bible.
Balancing the Old and the New
Authors: Hagner Donald A.
Published: October 2011

Both Matthew and Paul view Christianity as the fulfillment of the Old Testament scriptures, yet they also accent the newness that fulfillment brings with it. Each writer articulates in his own way what it means to be faithful to the righteousness of the Torah.
He Will Come Again
Authors: Dunn James D G
Published: October 2011

Biblical descriptions of Christ's second coming are diverse and metaphorical. To read them literally is to diminish the resilient power of Christian hope, which is centered in the revelation of Christ already given.
Confessing Christ
Authors: Abraham William J.
Published: October 2011

As mainline Protestantism increasingly accommodates to contemporary cultural forms, the confessing movement of the United Methodist Church (and other traditions) has a key role to play, lifting high the rich canonical heritage of the church universal.
The Church of the Center
Authors: Fackre Gabriel
Published: October 2011

Within contemporary Protestantism a center is emerging that is both evangelical and ecumenical. Its theology is controlled by neither cultural orthodoxies nor ideological wars; its loyalty is to Christ alone, the one center of the church.
Negotiating Boundaries
Authors: Olson Dennis T.
Published: October 2011

The story of Israel's apostasy in Numbers 25 marks a turning point in the wilderness narrative: a passing generation fails to find a faithful alternative to rigid obedience and rebellious resistance to authority. Yet a new generation of God's people emerges who work out a series of compromises between respect for old traditions and engagement with new realities. This new generation provides a model that negotiates between a hermeneutic of consent and a hermeneutic of suspicion.
The Word of the Cross at the Turn of the Ages
Authors: Kay James F.
Published: October 2011

If the death of Jesus is nothing less than God's Christ hanging on a cross, we cannot speak about God—and ourselves—in any customary way. How do we preach this word of the cross as the word of life? Our answer points toward an apocalyptic homiletic.
Apocalyptic Themes in Biblical Literature
Authors: Collins Adela Yarbro
Published: October 2011

Apocalyptic themes in the Bible imaginatively address issues of perennial concern to communities of faith. Apocalyptic rhetoric has the potential to unmask forces that pretend to be benign, but are actually exploitative.
Introducing Job
Authors: Brown William P.
Published: October 2011

Perhaps the most feared book of the Bible, Job generates more questions than answers. Yet for all its exegetical enigmas and conflicting perspectives, the book is about the painful journey of transformation— Job's, ours, and perhaps even God's.
Reclaiming the Doctrine of Sanctification
Authors: Fergusson David
Published: October 2011

Any contemporary doctrine of sanctification faces certain problems, including the charges of individualism, Pelagianism, and detachment from the concerns of the world. Nevertheless, a strong doctrine of sanctification is the necessary counterpoint to a doctrine of justification. In an increasingly fragmented culture, sanctification needs to be set within an account of the church as a community of moral and spiritual formation.
1960s Africa in Historical Perspective
Authors: Talton Benjamin
Published: October 2011

Scholars and other commentators have largely characterized the histories of African nations in terms of failed states, economic underdevelopment, political corruption, and civil war. This introduction and the articles that follow demonstrate the utility of breaking out of the mold of measuring African “successes” and “failures” in terms of national politics and economics, without due consideration of local political histories, popular culture, and the arts, which offer a dramatically different view of Africa’s and Africans’ influences and success within the continent and on the global stage. Toward that end, this introductory essay advocates mitigating the standard analytical model through close studies of relationships between Africans and people of African descent in which politics and economic “development” are placed alongside the arts, popular culture, and sports, with a particular emphasis on the critical decade of the 1960s as central to shaping the course of “postcolonial” African histories.
Decision Making in Eurocentric and Afrocentric Organizations
Authors: Daniels Trina L.
Published: October 2011

This article lays the foundation for how Eurocentric and Afrocentric organizations employ decision-making models differently. An investigation of the archetypes for each organization and its cultural dimensions develops the bases from which to draw conclusions about their decision-making preference. For the purposes here, decision-making includes rational, emotional, political-coalitional, and garbage-can models. This paper also reviews how emotions impact those processes. Findings show that Eurocentric organizations tend toward more rational and political models with strategic use of emotions. Afrocentric organizations deploy more garbage-can or holistic models. When members from Eurocentric organizations employ political models, they aim to please leadership. Members in predominately Afrocentric organizations frown on such behavior. Members from Afrocentric organizations express emotions more freely and with less strategic intent than their counterparts. When members from these cultures encounter each other, having an understanding of these decision-making models may help unpack the negative connotation associated with the concept of cultural baggage.
Effects of moisture on matrix cracking in a cryo-cycled cross-ply laminate
Authors: Garnich Mark R. , Dalgarno Richard W. , Kenik Douglas J.
Published: October 2011

This work was motivated by previous cryogenic-cycling experiments using liquid nitrogen and associated analysis of a balanced and symmetric cross ply laminate with polished edges made from IM7 fibers and CYCOM® 5250-4 bismaleimide matrix. Moisture effects were studied both experimentally and analytically in an attempt to explain differences in crack occurrences between inner and outer plies and between otherwise nearly identical experiments. It was shown that moisture locally diffused into a surface layer has a three-dimensional effect on the laminate stress distribution near the edges where cracks initiate. These effects are strongly ply dependent and help explain ply-to-ply variations in crack densities observed in experiments.
Triclosan Antagonizes Fluconazole Activity against Candida albicans
Authors: Higgins J. , Pinjon E. , Oltean H.N. , White T.C. , Kelly S.L. , Martel C.M. , Sullivan D.J. , Coleman D.C. , Moran G.P.
Published: October 2011

Triclosan is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial compound commonly used in oral hygiene products. Investigation of its activity against Candida albicans showed that triclosan was fungicidal at concentrations of 16 mg/L. However, at subinhibitory concentrations (0.5-2 mg/L), triclosan antagonized the activity of fluconazole. Although triclosan induced CDR1 expression in C. albicans, antagonism was still observed in cdr1Δ and cdr2Δ strains. Triclosan did not affect fluconazole uptake or alter total membrane sterol content, but did induce the expression of FAS1 and FAS2, indicating that its mode of action may involve inhibition of fatty acid synthesis, as it does in prokaryotes. However, FAS2 mutants did not exhibit increased susceptibility to triclosan, and overexpression of both FAS1 and FAS2 alleles did not alter triclosan susceptibility. Unexpectedly, the antagonistic effect was specific for C. albicans under hypha-inducing conditions and was absent in the non-filamentous efg1Δ strain. This antagonism may be due to the membranotropic activity of triclosan and the unique composition of hyphal membranes.
Internalizing Problems of Adults With Learning Disabilities
Authors: Klassen Robert M. , Tze Virginia M. C. , Hannok Wanwisa
Published: October 2011

In this article the authors report a meta-analysis that examines the association between internalizing problems (anxiety and depressive symptoms) and learning disabilities (LD) in adults. Two hypotheses about the relationship between internalizing problems and LD in adults are posited and tested: the abeyance hypothesis (internalizing problems decline in adulthood) and the continuance hypothesis (internalizing problems continue in adulthood). From an initial pool of 171 relevant studies, 15 studies met the inclusion criteria, with eight published articles and seven dissertations yielding 48 effect sizes, NTotal = 16,239). The overall effect size was significant and of medium magnitude ( d = 0.51, p < .001). Results from the study suggest support for the continuance hypothesis, with rates of adult internalizing problems similar to those found in studies of children and adolescents with LD. Moderating variables are explored, and implications for practice and research are offered.
Early Writing Deficits in Preschoolers With Oral Language Difficulties
Authors: Puranik Cynthia S. , Lonigan Christopher J.
Published: October 2011

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether preschool children with language impairments (LI), a group with documented reading difficulties, also experience writing difficulties. In addition, a purpose was to examine if the writing outcomes differed when children had concomitant cognitive deficits in addition to oral language problems. A group of 293 preschool children were administered an assessment battery that included measures to examine oral language, nonverbal cognition, emergent reading, and writing. Children were divided into four groups based on their language and cognitive performance. The findings from this study show that as early as preschool, children with weaker oral language skills lag behind their peers with stronger oral language skills in terms of their writing-related skills. Children with oral language and cognitive deficits performed more poorly than children whose deficits were confined to oral language. A child’s cognitive ability also has an impact on emergent writing skills, but it appears to be moderated by oral language skills. These results are consistent with research documenting links between preschool language and emergent reading in children with a history of LI.
The dilemma of diagnostic uncertainty when treating people with chronic low back pain: a qualitative study
Authors: Slade Susan Carolyn , Molloy Elizabeth , Keating Jennifer Lyn
Published: October 2011

Objective: To investigate how physiotherapists prescribe execise for people with non-specific chronic low back pain in the absence of definitive or differential diagnoses.

Design: Four guided focus groups were conducted to gather the views of physiotherapists working in primary care.

Subjects and setting: Twenty-three primary care physiotherapists from metropolitan Melbourne, Australia, were identified from professional organization member lists and publicly available records. They were recruited via email and assembled for focus groups based on eligibility, availability and location.

Main measures: Discussions were audio-taped, transcribed verbatim and analysed for themes by three independent researchers.

Results: The ‘dilemma created by diagnostic uncertainty’ emerged as a significant overarching theme with the following subthemes. Physiotherapists: 1) perceive that care-seekers want a clear diagnosis, 2) are challenged by diagnostic uncertainty, 3) are critical when patients fail to improve, 4) feel unprepared by traditional education models and 5) seek support from experienced colleagues. Physiotherapists report needing to: 1) educate care-seekers about their injury/diagnosis, despite diagnostic uncertainty, and 2)observe rapid health outcome improvements. They exhibit potentially negative behaviours, including blame attribution, when this does not occur.

Conclusions: Physiotherapists appear under-prepared for the challenges of working with people with chronic conditions. Quality research is warranted to determine best practice in supporting practitioners in the development of suitable therapeutic behaviours to deal with this challenging patient interface.
Inpatient versus home-based rehabilitation for older adults with musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review
Authors: Stolee Paul , Lim Sarah N , Wilson Lindsay , Glenny Christine
Published: October 2011

Objective: To review and summarize available evidence to compare the outcomes of home-based rehabilitation to inpatient rehabilitation for older patients with musculoskeletal conditions.

Data sources: Relevant articles published prior to August 2011 were identified using MEDLINE, CINAHL and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases.

Review methods: English-language articles that compared patient outcomes of home-based and inpatient rehabilitation for older adults were included. Outpatient care was not included as home-based or inpatient rehabilitation. Methodological quality of included studies was evaluated by two reviewers using the PEDro scale.

Results: A systematic search yielded eight randomized controlled trials and four cohort studies. Older adults who received rehabilitation in the home had equal or higher gains than the inpatient group in function, cognition, and quality of life; they also reported higher satisfaction.

Conclusion: Home-based rehabilitation may be an effective alternative for treating older patients with musculoskeletal conditions.
Primitive Accumulation and the Labor Subsidies to Capitalism
Authors: Wilson Tamar Diana
Published: October 2011

It is argued in this paper, following the insights of Rosa Luxemburg and others, that primitive accumulation is a constant and ongoing process integral to capital accumulation. Concentrating on workers who are raised and sustained in times of unemployment by subsistence agriculture or informal income-generating activities by self or family members, often women, it is seen how their labor is commodified. The recurrent migration of parts of this global reserve army of labor, whether internally or transnationally, provides a variety of subsidies to capitalist enterprise.

JEL classification: J16, J61, D13
Revisiting the Mexican Informality Continuum in the United States
Authors: Pisani Michael J.
Published: October 2011

In this rejoinder, I respond to the recent RRPE paper by Cobb, King, and Rodriguez (2009) concerning Mexican immigrant economic informality in the United States. Specifically I assess the discussion of economic informality of Mexican immigrants. I end with a call for further research into this phenomenon that employs millions in the U.S. informal economy.

JEL classification: F22, J15, J61, O17
Is EUGene a Collective Bad?
Authors: Bennett D. Scott
Published: October 2011

The EUGene software program has become widely used in quantitative international relations. Originally planned to develop expected utility data, over time it has become a general-purpose tool for constructing data sets for use in the study of international conflict, particularly data sets with the dyad-year as the unit of analysis. However, the way in which EUGene has made data set construction easier has also led to some criticism of the program. In this article, I address some of these criticisms and argue that EUGene is still a valuable tool. I also present data suggesting that the use of statistical methods in quantitative studies of international relations has changed, with the use of more, and more sophisticated, methods in published articles over time. The use of more sophisticated methods make tools such as EUGene particularly valuable, as they make it quicker to perform routine data preparation tasks, leaving more time for analysis and data interpretation.
Ending Economic Coercion: Domestic Politics and International Bargaining
Authors: Krustev Valentin L. , Morgan T. Clifton
Published: October 2011

Research on when economic sanctions end has emphasized either the international bargaining game played by the sender and the target or the redistributive politics and ruling coalition changes in each state. We contend that neither approach offers a fully satisfactory explanation for economic coercion termination. Bargaining is inconsistent with long coercion episodes while ruling coalition changes cannot inform our understanding of very short episodes. We argue that both bargaining factors and domestic realignments matter, but the influence of bargaining factors declines as a sanctions episode continues while the relevance of domestic realignments increases over time. Our empirical tests, which utilize the new Threat and Imposition of Economic Sanctions data set, provide support for both the bargaining and domestic realignment approaches, suggesting that unifying them is beneficial.
Polygalacturonic acid hydrogel with short-chain hyaluronate cross-linker to prevent postoperative adhesion
Authors: Peng Hsiu-Hui , Chen Jia-Wei , Yang Tzi-Peng , Kuo Chung-Fan , Wang Ying-Jing , Lee Ming-Wei
Published: October 2011

The purpose of this study was to develop a poly(galacturonic acid) (PGA)-based hydrogel using a short-chain hyaluronate (sHA) cross-linker for medical applications. PGA was grafted with adipic acid dihydrazide (ADH) to yield PGA–ADH, an amine-containing PGA derivative. This PGA–ADH formed a water-insoluble hydrogel by reacting with 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI)–grafted sHA (sHA–CDI) in aqueous solution. The sHA–cross-linked PGA hydrogel has a water content of about 94%–97% and compressive modulus of 10.7–26.9 kPa. The in vitro data indicated that the sHA–cross-linked PGA hydrogel is degradable and noncytotoxic, thus suitable for biomedical applications. Animal implant studies showed that the sHA–cross-linked PGA hydrogel membrane exhibited antiadhesion potency, significantly higher than that found in untreated rats and has great potential for future clinical applications.
Extending the Roy Adaptation Model to Meet Changing Global Needs
Authors: Roy Callista
Published: October 2011

The purpose of this article is to articulate how the Roy adaptation model has been extended as a conceptual framework to meet changing global needs. Nursing’s social mandate is described within the significant global changes of this century. The required synthesis of the individual and common good is predicated within the thinking of the model. Changes are described with specific examples of groups from the family to global society levels. The implications of this work for knowledge development are identified.
Features associated with cardiac abnormalities in systemic lupus erythematosus
Authors: Bourré-Tessier J , Huynh T , Clarke AE , Bernatsky S , Joseph L , Belisle P , Pineau CA
Published: October 2011

Objectives. To determine the prevalence of echocardiographic abnormalities and identify associated clinical and laboratory features in a large systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) cohort.

Methods. Patients fulfilling ACR criteria for SLE underwent a transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) between January 2005 and June 2006. Variables used as potential correlates included age, sex, ethnicity, lupus duration, lupus disease activity (SLEDAI), cumulative damage (SLICC/ACR damage index (DI)), arterial hypertension, diabetes, current smoking, medication use and laboratory data. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the association between TTE abnormalities and potential determinants.

Results. For the 217 subjects with a TTE performed during the study, the main abnormalities were of the mitral valve (37.3%) and included thickening (25.4%) and insufficiency (25.8%). Other findings included pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) ≥ 30 mm Hg (10.1%), pericardial effusion (4.6%), hypokinesis (2.8%), and aortic insufficiency (3.7%). In multivariate analysis, mitral insufficiency was associated with the use of corticosteroids (OR 2.90; 95%CI 1.42–5.94) and hypokinesis with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (12.89; 1.06–157.18). Elevated PAP was associated with age (1.04; 1.01–1.07) and with DI (1.20; 1.01–1.42).

Conclusion. Valvular abnormalities are frequent in patients with SLE, with mitral valve lesions occurring in over one third. TTE screening may be indicated in patients with SLE, especially for those with identified risk factors such as corticosteroid use.
Recent Advances in Early Identification and Treatment of Autism
Authors: Ingersoll Brooke
Published: October 2011

Currently, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) can be reliably diagnosed between the ages of 2 and 3 years. Efforts to identify symptoms of ASD in younger children are underway. Recent evidence suggests that children with ASD show reduced rates of early nonverbal social-communication skills by about 12 months, although diagnosis before age 2 remains a challenge. These early social-communication skills can be improved with targeted intervention, and doing so may produce broader improvements in later-emerging skills. Research is beginning to explore the use of these interventions with toddlers, with some success. Despite these advances, much is still unknown about the early presentation of ASD or the best way to intervene.
Context in Emotion Perception
Authors: Barrett Lisa Feldman , Mesquita Batja , Gendron Maria
Published: October 2011

We review recent work demonstrating consistent context effects during emotion perception. Visual scenes, voices, bodies, other faces, cultural orientation, and even words shape how emotion is perceived in a face, calling into question the still-common assumption that the emotional state of a person is written on and can be read from the face like words on a page. Incorporating context during emotion perception appears to be routine, efficient, and, to some degree, automatic. This evidence challenges the standard view of emotion perception represented in psychology texts, in the cognitive neuroscience literature, and in the popular media and points to a necessary change in the basic paradigm used in the scientific study of emotion perception.