1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910765877903321

Autore

Arthur James <1957, >

Titolo

Faith and secularisation in religious colleges and universities / / James Arthur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2006

New York : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

1-134-24111-9

1-134-24112-7

1-280-54287-X

9786610542871

0-203-00744-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

378.07

Soggetti

Christian universities and colleges

Religious education

Universities and colleges

Education, Higher

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Religiously affilated higher education; 2 Seaarching for institutional identity and mission; 3 Faith and governance; 4 Belief and knowledge; 5 Academic freedom; 6 The secularisation process; 7 Religious renewal: Rhetoric or reality?; 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a detailed study of higher education institutions affiliated to particular religions. It considers the debates surrounding academic freedom, institutional governance, educational policy, mission and identity together with institutions' relations with the state and their wider communities. A wide range of institutions are examined, including: Christian, Islamic and Jewish universities in the US, Europe and the Middle East. Essentially, this volume questions whether such institutions can be both religious and a 'university' and also considers



the appropriate role of

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785838603321

Autore

Preisler Bent <1945->

Titolo

Linguistic sex roles in conversation : social variation in the expression of tentativeness in English / / Bent Preisler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1986

ISBN

3-11-086297-2

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; ; 45

Classificazione

HF 119

Disciplina

825

Soggetti

English language - Modality

English language - Sex differences

English language - Social aspects

Speech acts (Linguistics)

English language - Spoken English

Conversation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-312) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. Scope, theories and methods -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Purpose and general design of project -- 3. Interactants and recordings -- 4. The application of Interaction Process Analysis (IPA) -- 5. The application of linguistic tentativeness signals -- Part II. Hypotheses and results -- 6. Delimitation hypotheses -- 7. Particular hypotheses -- Part III. Presentation of results by stratificational category -- 8. Results shared in by all substrata (TOT) -- 9. The younger generation (YNG) -- 10. The older generation (OLD) -- 11. The managerial workers (ΜΑΝΑ) -- 12. The clerical workers (CLER) -- 13. The manual workers (MANU) -- 14. The younger managerial workers (YMA) -- 15. The older managerial workers (OMA) -- 16. The younger clerical workers (YCL) -- 17. The older clerical workers (OCL) -- 18. The younger manual workers (YMU) -- 19. The older manual workers (OMU) -- 20. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Systematic index of particular hypotheses --



Alphabetical index of particular hypotheses -- General index