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Thomas Kuntzleman

By on October 30, 2010 in Faculty Publications

Howder, Collin R., Kyle D. Groen, and Thomas S. Kuntzleman. “JCE Classroom Activity #107. And the Oscar  to…A Chemist!Goes.” Journal Of Chemical Education 87, no. 10 (October 2010): 1060-1061. doi: 10.1021/ed900013z

Abstract: A hands-on activity and demonstration, both applicable to the 2010 National Chemistry Week theme of Behind the Scenes with Chemistry, are presented. In the activity, students compare and contrast the properties of heat conductors and heat insulators. During the demonstration, students learn that water absorbed by a superabsorbent polymer can insulate material from a burning flame. Students also learn about Gary Zeller, a chemist who won an Academy Award for scientific achievement in 1988 for his invention of Zel Jel. Zel Jel is a mixture of water and polymers that is used in the special effects industry to protect actors from being burned when they are set on fire during filming.

Thomas Kuntzleman

By on September 30, 2010 in Faculty Publications

Kuntzleman, Thomas S., and Christopher Richards. “Another Method for Determining the Pressure inside an Intact Carbonated Beverage Can (or Bottle).” Journal Of Chemical Education 87, no. 9 (September 2010): 993. doi: 10.1021/ed100255g

Abstract: Previous letters and articles in this Journal have described methods for finding the pressure of CO2 inside carbonated beverages. One communication in particular describes a method for estimating this pressure without even opening the container. This communication describes yet another method, using a combination of Henry’s law and freezing point depression measurements, for quantitative determination of CO2 inside carbonated beverages without opening the container.

Michael Buratovich

By on April 16, 2010 in Faculty Publications

Buratovich, Michael. “Why Evolution is True/Why Evolution Works (and Creationism Fails).” Christian Scholar’s Review 39, no. 3 (2010): 358-362.

Abstract: While they mention Recent Creationism and address some of its objections to Neo-Darwinism, Young and Strode note that the Supreme Court outlawed the teaching of “Creation Science” in its 1987 Edwards v. Aguillard case. […] for their purposes, Young and Strode see Recent Creationism as a toothless tiger, and tend to focus more on the new challenger to Neo-Darwinism, ID theory. […] in their chapter on the cosmologica! case for design, Young and Strode use the computer simulations of physicist Victor Stenger to cast doubt on the fine-tuning argument.

Marsha Daigle-Williamson

By on April 16, 2010 in Faculty Publications

Daigle-Williamson, Marsha. “Dante: A New Pauline Apostle?” Christian Scholar’s Review 40, no. 1 (2010): 39-58.

Abstract: There is general agreement among critics that Dante believed he was communicating biblical truths that were intended to have a salvific effect on his readers.9 Dante’s poetic strategy in achieving his overall purpose – and in legitimizing his literary enterprise as apostolic – includes an identification of his pilgrim (and himself) with Paul. By means of a fictional protagonist who is rescued dramatically from spiritual darkness and journeys to the heavens, and by means of writing an inspired poem of Christian instruction, Dante attempts to obey this New Testament exhortation through his poetic enterprise.

Jen Letherer

By on April 3, 2010 in Faculty Publications

Letherer, Jen. “Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment/Word Pictures: Knowing God through Story and Imagination.” Christian Scholar’s Review 39, no. 2 (2010): 237-240.

Abstract: Even in this book I have struggled with this balance [of discussing positives and negatives]. Because of the constraint of space, I have tried to focus on movies that illustrate a particular point, good or bad, without examining the counterpoint. […] it seems to indicate that the readers Godawa wishes to influence should do what he says and not what he While the calls for discernment and understanding of narrative from different perspectives are extremely salient, Godawa’s practice of overgeneralizations nearly negates this call.

Ellis Washington

By on April 3, 2010 in Faculty Publications

Washington, Ellis. “The Delinquencies of Juvenile Law: A Natural Law Analysis.” Acta Universitatis Danubius.Juridica 6, no. 2 (2010): 25-52.

Abstract: This article is a substantive analysis tracing the legal, philosophical, social, historical, jurisprudence and political backgrounds of juvenile law, which is an outgrowth of the so-called Progressive movement-a popular social and political movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. I also trace how this socio-political cause célèbre became a fixture in American culture and society due to existential child labor abuses which progressive intellectuals used as a pretext to codify juvenile law in federal law and in statutory law in all 50 states by 1925. Moreover the dubious social science and Machiavellian political efforts that created the juvenile justice system out of whole cloth has done much more harm to the Constitution and to the children it was mandated to protect than any of the Progressive ideas initially envisioned rooted in Positive Law (separation of law and morals). Finally, I present am impassioned argument for congressional repeal of all juvenile case law and statutes because they are rooted in Positive Law, contrary to Natural Law (integration of law and morals), the original intent of the constitutional Framers and are therefore patently unconstitutional.

Nathan Foster

By on March 7, 2010 in Faculty Publications, General

Foster, Nathan. Wisdom Chaser: Finding My Father at 14,000 Feet. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2014.

Wisdom Chaser This book, Wisdom Chaser: Finding My Father at 14,000 Feet begins with a simple question from a struggling son to a world famous Father: “Hey Dad, you want to climb the highest mountain in Colorado?'” And for Nathan Foster and his father best selling author, Richard Foster Celebration of Discipline, Prayer, that simple question changed everything. With no hiking experience to draw on, they embarked on a journey of physical challenge, discovering just how far they could push themselves. For Nathan a parallel journey took him inside himself.

Having grown up in the shadow of a famous father, Richard J. Foster, Nathan had a lot of questions about who his father really was. Would hiking open the door for him to get to know this distant figure? As the one-time experiment evolved into a decade of challenging hikes up Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks, the Fourteeners, Nathan navigated his twenties–finishing college, choosing a career, a possible cross-country move, the early years of marriage and a major personal crisis. Along the way he would discover exactly what his father could offer him.

Charles White

By on February 3, 2010 in Faculty Publications

White, Charles Edward. “Wesley and Methodist Studies, Vol. 1.” Fides Et Historia 42, no. 1 (Winter, 2010): 79-80.

Abstract: The Manchester Wesley Research Center has launched a new journal which, as its website says,”[publishes] scholarly essays that examine the life and work of John and Charles Wesley, their contemporaries (proponents or opponents) in the eighteenth-century Evangelical Revival, their historical and theological antecedents, their successors in the Wesleyan tradition, and studies of the contemporary Wesleyan and Evangelical traditions. Its primary historical scope is the eighteenth century to the present; however, WMS will publish essays that explore the historical and theological antecedents of the Wesleys (including work on Samuel and Susanna Wesley), Methodism, and the Evangelical Revival. This journal will have a dual and broad focus on both history and theology. Its aim is to present significant scholarly contributions that shed light on historical and theological understanding of Methodism broadly conceived.”