Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Dayton, 2021, Theology

This dissertation is an historical study of the Jesus People Movement (JPM) in central Ohio. At present, two of these groups exist as megachurches in Columbus, OH. Each would consider themselves as something other than fundamentalist. Their story owes its importance, in part, to their strong connection to evangelical leaders previously associated with Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC). This connection extends the narrative outside of Ohio to the West Coast. These mentors had set up a network of JPM experiments including alternative seminary, experimental forms of local church polity and community, other JPM groups (including the Christian World Liberation Front in Berkeley, CA), and experiments in communal living. In other words, this dissertation provides a helpful case study for answering an historically contested question surrounding the JPM: Was it anything new, or were the changes cosmetic? To be sure, these groups believed they were leaving fundamentalism behind, but it proved more difficult to escape than imagined. Three streams that run through evangelicalism are considered. The first stream is the belief in the authority, inerrancy, and the perspicuity of the Bible. It is accompanied by confidence in one's ability to come to a functionally objective, correct interpretation and application of the Bible, both for use in formulating propositional truth and making an application to individuals' lives. This flows into a second stream: restorationism. In this context, it attempts to restore what is assumed to be an errant Christian Church to Jesus' original intent. The groups in this dissertation began with a specific brand of restorationism found in Watchman Nee's writings. Third, the “subjective-experiential” stream flows through the Protestant principle of the “priesthood of all believers,” or the idea that Christians can have a personal and direct encounter with God in which they receive guidance. These events happen in the context of the Charismatic Renew (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: William Trollinger (Committee Chair); Inglis John (Committee Member); Kallenberg Brad (Committee Member); Balmer Randall (Committee Member); Smith Anthony (Committee Member) Subjects: History; Religion; Religious History; Theology

MARCH, University of Cincinnati, 2020, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture

Every place has a history, but not every place has a future. What happens to a place once its time has run out is usually always a mystery and this mystery grows when the reason a place loses itself is sparked from tragedy. In certain cases, these places struggle to hold on to what once was, or an attempt to rebuild happens. But in other cases, these “lost” places are overgrown and forgotten, leaving the areas to disappear along with all the memories and stories of those that lived there. Rather than follow the requirements of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) program will be used to better solve the current underlying and possible future issues that the mining causes. By creating a palimpsest landscape using the future terrain created by surface mining along with aspects of historical pieces of the borough of Centralia, the new overall landscape will be able to play homage to the town, while helping clean up the surrounding areas and waterways, and contributing to Pennsylvania's growing tourism sectors.

Committee: Michael McInturf M.Arch. (Committee Chair); Elizabeth Riorden M.Arch. (Committee Member) Subjects: Architecture

MARCH, University of Cincinnati, 2006, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of)

The modern Napa Valley winery must be more than a rationally designed manufacturing facility for wine. Its role has expanded to become a place for visitors to experience the winemaking process and its intimate connection with the surrounding landscape. Hence, the winery becomes a convergence of process, place, and experience. Many wineries have resorted to the replication of historic forms and images pulled from outside sources, forcing the winemaking process into a predetermined stylistic shell. As a result, the focus of the visitor's experience is diverted away from the true essence of the winery, the process itself and its connection with a specific place. To attempt to truly integrate process, place, and experience into a comprehensive formal and material gesture would require an investigation into the design process, and the various ways in which these factors are dealt with. An exploration of selected projects by Alvar Aalto, Tadao Ando, Herzog and De Meuron, and UN Studio attempt to uncover strategies for achieving poetic results from the integration of rationalities associated with program and site. Architecture is the harmonizing of function and art. For the sake of the winery, concept of function is broadened to include issues of site and experience, while art comes in our experiencing of the poetics of the space. This thesis will provide an example of the assimilation of the functional requirements of site and process with a poetic expression of these ideas in a project that physically and metaphorically integrates key concepts in wine and winemaking into the design of a Napa Valley winery.

Committee: Aarati Kanekar (Advisor) Subjects: Architecture