http://dcommon.bu.edu:80/xmlui/handle/2144/12 http://dcommon.bu.edu:80/xmlui/handle/2144/1157 Testimonies and Truth-tellings: Women in the United Methodist Tradition. Robert, Dana L. Published version of the Keynote address at "Struggle, Faith and Vision: Celebrating Women in the United Methodist Tradition, 1788 to Today," March 9, 2007, Nashville, Tennessee. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://dcommon.bu.edu:80/xmlui/handle/2144/1156 The United Methodist Church at 40: What Can We Hope For? Moore, Mary Elizabeth The necessity we face for the future of Methodism is the re-invention of traditions. To re-invent traditions is to re-visit the past with all of its richness; to discern what in our tradition is most central to Christian faith; to analyze those parts of our past that continue to give life; to discern and build upon what is of value in the newly emerging tradition; and to reflect on those aspects of the neglected and rejected past that challenge our present perspectives and practices. To re-invent traditions is to develop new perspectives and practices from the building blocks of the past and from the fresh movements of the Spirit in the present. To do so is to recognize that Christianity in general, and Methodism in particular, is marked by traditions that have continually been passed on, critiqued, eliminated, created, and re-invented for the sake of a living Christian witness. What we can hope for is that God is there in the future already, pulling us toward God’s own New Creation. Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://dcommon.bu.edu:80/xmlui/handle/2144/936 Dynamics of Religious Culture: Ethogenic Method Moore, Mary Elizabetn Mullino Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://dcommon.bu.edu:80/xmlui/handle/2144/935 The Relational Power of Education: The immeasurability of knowledge, value and meaning Moore, Mary Elizabetn Mullino Recognizing the challenge of adequate evaluation in higher education, this essay introduces some of the critical, alternative-seeking conversation about educational measurement. The thesis is that knowledge, value, and meaning emerge in the relational dynamics of education, thus requiring complex approaches to evaluation, utilizing relational criteria. The method of the essay is to analyse two educational case studies à à à ¢ a travel seminar and a classroom course à à à ¢ in dialogue with educational literature and a process-relational philosophy of education. Building from this analysis, the essay concludes with proposals for relational criteria of evaluation: relations with self, community and culture, difference, earth, and social structures. Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT