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Back To the Historical Jesus Through Paul and His School (the Ransom Logion—Mark 10.45; Matthew 20.28)
Authors: Riesner Rainer 
Published: March 2007

AbstractLuke knew the Ransom logion (Mk 10.45/Mt. 20.28) from his special tradition. In the ethical context of Jesus' farewell address, Luke (22.27) re placed it by another word of Jesus. But at three other prominent places Luke made use of parts of the Ransom logion. The introduction is cited in Lk. 19.10. According to Luke, Paul referred to the Ransom logion in his farewell address at Miletus in a sacrificial (Acts 20.28) and in an ethical (Acts 20.35) dimension, thus showing the apostle to be a true follower of Jesus. Reminiscences of the Ransom logion can be found in two other texts of the Pauline school with possible connections to Luke (Col. 1.13-14; 1 Tim. 2.5-6). Already Paul knew the Ransom logion. With some kind of introductory formula he gives its substance in 1 Cor. 9.19-23 and 10.33— 11.1 and there are other probable (1 Cor. 7.22-23; Phil. 2.7; Rom. 5.15) or possible (Gal. 1.4; 1.10; 2.17, 20; 3.13; 4.5; Rom. 15.8-9) allusions. The Ransom logion might have played a role in the dispute between Paul and Peter at Antioch (Gal. 2.17-21) around 48 and apparently has shaped the pre-Pauline credal formula in 1 Cor. 15.3-5 in the 30s. All this strengthens the trust in the authenticity of the Ransom logion. The tradition history of this particular logion might offer some general insights in the different streams of the Jesus tradition in the early Church.
The Anglican Church of Australia and Indigenous Australians: The Case of the Mitchell River Mission
Authors: Freier Philip L. 
Published: March 2007

ABSTRACTThis article examines the early development of the Mitchell River Mission and explores how the missionary agenda developed in response to external circumstances. Even though the missionaries espoused a strong commitment to the land and cultural rights of Aborigines they quickly developed institutional practices in the Mission that seemed more designed for control than freedom. The Mitchell River Mission raises questions about Anglican identity especially in its form of expression in cross-cultural situations of frontier mission.
Porous Texture of CuO Prepared from Copper Oxalate Precursor
Authors: Nickolov Radostin N. , Donkova Boryana V. , Milenova Katya I. , Mehandjiev Dimitar R. 
Published: March 2007

The porous texture of CuO obtained from CuC2O4 • 0.5H2O as a precursor, as well as the interconnection between the texture of the initial oxalate and that of the copper oxide obtained, has been studied by physisorption, XRD, XPS and SEM methods. The dimensions of the particle aggregates and the crystalline particles were altered as a consequence of the thermal decomposition of CuC2O4 • 0.5H2O to CuO, and this led to an increase of ca. 1.5-times in the specific surface of the CuO obtained relative to that of the initial substance. The comparatively non-uniform sizes of the intra-aggregate mesopores in CuC2O4 • 0.5H2O were transformed into considerably smaller intra-aggregate mesopores in CuO. A finite increase in the volume of the intra-crystallite pores in CuO was also observed, although this did not change the average size of the intra-crystallite pores in the oxide obtained nor the character of the pore-size distribution with respect to the starting material. In addition, as a result of the thermal decomposition of CuC2O4 • 0.5H2O, the mesoporosity of the prepared oxide also developed. However, the CuO component retained the textural type characteristic of the initial CuC2O4 • 0.5H2O.
Political Modernization: Gaps Between Theory and Reality
Authors: Pye Lucian W. 
Published: March 2007

Academic interest in "political development" declined in the later 1960s for a variety of reasons, including events in the Third World which both challenged nascent theoretical concepts and also inhibited further empirical research. Theory building was further complicated by a rise in ideological passions, changes in scholarly fashions, and continuing advances in technology which, in auguring the advent of "post modern" societies, made the concept of "modernization" even more ambiguous. Interest in the questions of "dependency" and the relationships of the Third World to the international system forced theorists to reexamine the significance of the traditional basic concepts of "authority" and "sovereignty" for changing societies. Greater effectiveness in public policy implementation demands the establishment of more competent authorities in the new states and the achievement of their true sovereignty. This test of effectiveness, however, runs into the old realities of cultural differences which stand in the way of greater "equality" of performance according to modern standards. The problems of achieving greater equality, both domestically and internationally, are already well recognized in the economic realm, but will be even more difficult with respect to power. Hence the subject of political development is certain to become increasingly significant in the next decade.
Dying Well
Authors: KEARL MICHAEL C. 
Published: March 2007

I have observed, as a matter of fact, that it is only people who exceed the age of ninety who attain euthanasia—who die, that is to say, of no disease, apoplexy or convulsion, and pass away without agony of any sort; nay, who sometimes even show no pallor, but expire generally in sitting attitude, and often after a meal—or, I may say, simply cease to live rather than die. To come to one's end before the age of ninety, means to die of disease, in other words, prematurely. —Zygmunt Bauman (1992, p. 19, fn 6)
Prediction of College Achievement Using the Need Achievement Scale From the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule1
Authors: Morgan Ronald R. 
Published: March 2007

The purpose of this study was to investigate the utility of the Edwards need achievement scale (n-Ach) for predicting achievement performance, as (a) a supplement to academic aptitude test, and (b) a predicator of over- and under-achievement. Subjects were 217 college students enrolled in five sections of a general introductory psychology course. A correlational analysis was carried out among the following measures: Edwards n-Ach score, American College Testing Program Examination (ACT) score, overall grade point average (GPA), psychological course grade, and derived measures of over- and under-achievement. From the results of the study, the following conclusions were drawn: a. Little support for the use of the Edwards n-Ach scale as a supplement to ability test scores in the prediction of academic performance was offered. b. The n-Ach scale was of little value in differentiating between over- and under-achievers. c. Further investigation is needed to evaluate a single course grade as an alternative to overall GPA as a suitable criterion of academic achievement.
Correlation of the Slosson Intelligence Test with the California Short-Form Test of Mental Maturity and the Shipley-Institute of Living Scale
Authors: Martin John D. , Blair Garland E. , Vickers Dorothy M. 
Published: March 2007

The purposes of the present study were to determine the validity of the Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) relative to two other group tests of mental ability serving as criterion measures and to ascertain in light of the statistical outcomes whether the SIT can be used as an effective instrument in assessing the intellectual ability of college students. The selection of the criterion instruments—the California Short-Form Test of Mental Maturity and the Shipley-Institute of Living Scale—was based on their reliability and validity as well as on their rather wide usage in educational and institutional settings. The correlation coefficients obtained in this study between the SIT and the criterion instruments that ranged from .68 to .73 were significant beyond the .01 level. In light of these relatively high and significant coefficients, it was concluded that the SIT is a valid measure of intellectual functioning that may be used in a population of college students.
A Model of Statistics Achievement Using Spatial Ability, Feminist Attitudes and Mathematics-Related Variables as Predictors
Authors: Elmore Patricia B. , Vasu Ellen Storey 
Published: March 2007

Subjects for this study were graduate students enrolled in inferential statistics classes at a midwestern university. The study was conducted to determine the importance of spatial ability, attitudes toward mathematics, mathematical background, masculinity-femininity of interest pattern, attitudes toward feminist issues, student sex, and verbal and mathematical ability as predictors of achievement in applied statistics courses for male and female students. Regression analyses were performed comparing full versus restricted models. The amount of variance in statistics achievement accounted for in the full model which included all the previously mentioned sets of predictor variables was .60. The most important predictor variable set was attitudes toward feminist issues (reduction in R2 = .1861). Sex-related differences were found on all variable sets except verbal and mathematical ability.
Vibration of Eccentrically Stiffened Laminates
Authors: Chao C.C. , Lee J.C. 
Published: March 2007

This paper presents the dynamic analysis and also serves as a design guide for the eccentncally stiffened laminates. Natural frequencies are ob tained in the course of simultaneous solution of equations of motion of the plate segments and stiffeners, and the related displacement compatibilities. Three typical cases are investigated for the frequency behavior as re lated to the stiffener depth or eccentricity and spacing. Results are con sistent with classical lamination theory when unstiffened. As a result of this investigation, vibration response of rectangular laminated panels can be eliminated or reduced by proper stiffener design.
On Laminate Configurations for Simultaneous Failure
Authors: Fukunaga Hisao , Chou Tsu-Wei 
Published: March 2007

A particular class of laminated composites is presented where all layers fail simul taneously. Lamiante configurations and loading conditions for simultaneous failure are ob tained for laminated composites under in-plane loads. The present paper also shows the optimal laminate configurations to maximize the in-plane strength for graphite/epoxy composites. Tsai-Wu criterion is used as a first ply failure strength criterion. The particular failure strength characteristics are shown for graphite/epoxy composites. The strength characteristics of the laminate configurations for simultaneous failure are compared with those of the optimal ones. It is shown that the laminate configurations for simultaneous failure are optimal only for a special loading condition.
Statistical Analysis of Tensile Strength of ARALL® Laminates
Authors: Wu H. Felix 
Published: March 2007

Variability in the strength of ARALL® laminates is studied. Standard statis tical procedures are used to determine the distribution function that best fits ARALL® laminates strength data. The normal, log-normal, and two-parameter Weibull distributions are compared using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness-of-fit test. At the 5 % significance level none of these distributions is rejected. However, the data indicate that the strength of laminates, for a given gauge length and cross section, can be best fitted to a two-parameter Weibull distribution. In addition, some small panel-to-panel variations in strength are also found. The effect of gauge length on the strength of ARALL® laminates is examined. The strength of ARALL® laminates seems to exhibit no gauge length effects over the range from 2 to 20 inches, holding the strain rate constant. This effect, if true in general, would be a substantial advantage for ARALL® laminates, because scaling effects would be mini mized.
Stress and Failure Analysis of a Pin-Loaded Composite Plate: An Experimental Study
Authors: Tsai M.Y. , Morton J. 
Published: March 2007

A graphite/epoxy quasi-isotropic composite plate was loaded through an aluminum pin. High-sensitivity moire interferometry was used to obtain fringe patterns of in-plane displacement components near the pin-plate contact surface. Stresses around and near the contact surface were determined from the experimentally obtained displacements using a localized hybrid approach which consisted of introducing the displacements around a local region of interest into a finite element analysis. X-ray radiography and optical microscopy were employed in a failure analysis of the plate. Stress distributions on the near contact interface were obtained. Local damage was also documented successfully. A simple failure prediction based on classical laminate theory gave good agreement with the observed location of damage. Valuable local aspects fric tional phenomena were documented.
Arrests of Self and Friends as Indicators of Delinquency Involvement
Authors: Hardt Robert H. , Peterson Sandra J. 
Published: March 2007

It has been proposed that the identification of boys with delinquent commitments might be indexed more appropriately by the official delinquency records of a boy's friends than by the boy's own records. This hypothesis was examined within a population of seven hundred junior-high-school boys by collating information from police records with responses from a question naire survey which contained sociometric items, a self-report delinquency scale, and an attitudinal index of delinquency commitment. The findings indicate that a boy without a police record but with friends who are officially delinquent is likely to have a high delinquency commitment. However, a boy with a police record who has friends without records is also likely to have a high delinqueny commitmcnt. It is suggested that the combined use of the arrest reccords of the juvenile and of his friends promises to provide a much better means of identifying boys with differential commitments than the use of either measure alone.
On the Estimation of the Number of Persons Entering and Leaving Crime Annually
Authors: Willmer M.A.P. 
Published: March 2007

As time passes, some people start to commit crime for the first time while others drop out of crime. Despite the large amount of data relating to crime and criminals that is collected by official agencies each year, limited attention so far has been paid to such questions as: (1) how many persons actually started to commit crime in contrast to the number of "first offenders" recorded? (2) how many persons actually gave up crime in a given year compared with those who simply avoided arrest? This paper explores the possibility of developing a method of answers to such questions—a method which, if successfully developed, could lead to an improvement in our understanding of the criminal justice system.
On the Victimization of Juveniles: Some Preliminary Results
Authors: Feyerherm William H. , Hindelang Michael J. 
Published: March 2007

Victim surveys have recently enjoyed an increased popularity as a method of obtaining information about the extent and na ture of illegal activities, as well as characteristics of those vic timized. It is somewhat surprising, however, that most published victim surveys have not made adequate provisions to assess the victimizations of juveniles. In the present study, a questionnaire administered to high- school students was used to elicit information regarding the vic timizations of juveniles. Victimization was found to be rather extensive among these respondents. Males reported more victim izations than did females, while age and father's occupation showed little relationship to victimization. Most victimizations were not reported to the police. The respondents—females to a greater extent than males— indicated some fear of walking in their own neighborhoods alone at night and also believed that there was a chance of being robbed or attacked in their own neighborhood; these two fears were found to be related to certain recent victimizations.
Answers to Three Questions about Juvenile Diversion
Authors: Bohnstedt Marvin 
Published: March 2007

This article reports on an evaluation of eleven California diversion projects and presents answers to the following three questions: (1) How many clients did the program actually divert? (2) How much money did the program save? and (3) Did the program reduce recidivism? In answer to these questions, the research findings indicate that only half of the clients were diverted from the justice system. The other half would not have been processed further if the projects had not been available. Since so few of the clients would have been processed further, there were no net savings. Program costs were greater than savings. With regard to recidivism, most of the diversion project clients were rearrested within six months at about the same rate as the matched comparison cases which were processed tradition ally. However, three individual projects did reduce recidivism during the six- month follow-up period. The researchers recommend that diversion projects concentrate services on clients who otherwise would be processed beyond probation intake. This con centration should accomplish the following: (1) increase the number of clients actually diverted from justice system processing, (2) increase savings to the justice system (which savings could be used to fund diversion services), and (3) increase the probability of reducing recidivism. The researchers also suggest that diversion projects provide services simi lar to those offered by the projects which reduced recidivism—long-term in dividual contact and counseling or specialized family crisis counseling, de pending upon the characteristics of the client, his or her family, and the staff person assigned. These services should be supplemented with recreation, tutor ing, and other school-related support as needed.
I m proved Statistical Techniques for the Measurement of Recidivism
Authors: Harris Carl M. , Moltra Soumyo D. 
Published: March 2007

In a recent paper in this journal, Kantrowitz discussed the use of cohort conditional-life tables in the analysis of correctional outcomes, and referred to some related work by Stollmack and Harris on failure-rate analysis. These two approaches are indeed closely related, but the latter does provide some important additional statistical power not otherwise available. These kinds of methodologies provide key insights on program performance and ultimately permit more appropriate statistical assessment of alternative correctional pro grams. The purpose of this paper then is to bring the criminal justice, and crime and delinquency research, communities up to date on developments in the application of failure-rate methods. The fundamental concept used in the approach is the modeling of program outcomes as failure patterns or rates over time. The method has been applied in a number of specific cases, includ ing to the data from Kantrowitz's California parole study. It is our view that the general adoption of this kind of methodology would lead to the development of standardized techniques of evaluation and more effective data-base management. The proper use of failure-rate methods per mits the handling of alternative definitions for program results and allows analysis of existing data in a more accurate and sensitive way. This should help to solve current problems of comparability and validity of program assessments, to identify significant parameters associated with recidivism, and to make more accurate population projections.
Structure et Signification : problème de méthode en sociologie des organisations claustrales
Authors: Servais Emile , Hambye Francis 
Published: March 2007

In adopting a structural point of view in order to analyse institutionalized forms of religious life, we were led not only to show the totality or the system from which the different elements take their meaning, but also we had the possibility of comparing organized religious life with other forms of social organizations. Using this method, it becomes possible, on the one hand, to bring to light the latent functions of certain elements of the system ; and on the other hand, to question the credibility of the meanings which are officially attributed to organized religious life. Among the elements which go to make up the meaning of religious life, this study is concerned with the model of authority. In order to describe the tensions which organized religious life is undergoing at the moment, one can separate the various institutions by treating them as systems which are evolving under the single pressure of internal forces. However, if we wish to explain such phenomena, it is indispensable to reinsert the structure which is being studied into a larger cultural setting, the dominant culture of the period. In fact, organized religious life confers a positive meaning on its institutions in taking up again in an unconscious way the cultural models which have been interiorized by the whole of society in a diffused manner, which because of this possess es a high credibility.
En guise d'introduction, ou comment se sauver de l'anomie et de l'aliénation : Jesus People et Catholiques Pentecostaux
Authors: Pin Emile Jean 
Published: March 2007

The author of the introduction to this issue of Social Compass first shows concrete examples of how the Jesus People and the Catholic Pentecostals represent two distinct movements that should not be confused. Nevertheless, he points out that such religious phenomena have a common origin in the recent secular and religious history of the United States. From 1950 to 1965 a triumphant society becomes an insecure society. The shaking of formerly accepted moral values and convictions causes considerable anxiety, especially among the younger generation. The " counter-culture " movement arises out of this context. Both the Jesus People and the Catholic Pentecostals, each in their own way, will try to provide a religious answer to the problem. The Jesus People, independent of any particular religious denomination, both carry on and oppose the counter-culture. They follow its lifestyle but reject anything considered im moral or destructive. By so doing, the Jesus movement is undeniably performing a social function of reintegration which, in the end, may lead to its demise. Catholic Pentecostalism, on the other hand, also retains certain elements of the counter-culture " style," but submits the message of the Spirit which is its own to critical examination by the Catholic hierarchy.
Hypothèses pour une analyse des stratégies religieuses au sein du monde migratoire en Europe
Authors: Bastenier Albert , Dassetto Felice 
Published: March 2007

This article formulates a series of hypotheses concerning the religious strategies and practices in the world of Western European migration. Church activities are taken into con sideration, as well as the practices of the migrants themselves, but they are only seen in the context of Christianity. For the authors, the cognitive, symbolic and practical system which forms the religious behaviour of migrants has to be seen in relation to the milieu which they are living in, the social class which they belong to, and the role which they are assigned to play in both the country of departure and the country of arrival. We may also take into consideration the nature of " migratory projects " which influence the religious practices of the migrants. On this background one can understand and analyse the different observable religious migratory fields.