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Jonathan Garlock's Guide to the Local Assemblies of the Knights of Labor makes accessible a great deal of information necessary for understanding and evaluating the history and impact of this organization. It provides information on twelve thousand local assemblies organized by the Knights of Labor between 1869 and 1896. Organized geographically by state, county, and community, the Guide provides the assigned local assembly number, dates of existence, and community population for each local. The occupations of the members are given; where known, members' race, sex, and ethnicity are provided. ... Read more

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A MUST HAVE FOR ALL FANS
THIS IS A GREAT COLLECTION OF A RUNDOWN AND BOX SCORE FOR THE BEST 50 GAMES IN THEIR HISTORY. I HAVE READ, OR HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THESE ON VIDEO, DVD OR HEARD ON THE RADIO. IT BROUGHT BACK SOME OF THE BEST MEMORIES I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE. THE BOOK ALSO HAS SOME ACTUAL QUOTES FROM THE PLAYERS THAT THE AUTHOR TOOK FROM THE VIDEO OR NEWSPAPERS TO GO ALONG WITH THE FACTS AND STORY OF EACH GAME. I HAVE READ MOST OF AUTHOR JONATHAN KNIGHT'S BOOKS AND I HAVE ENJOYED ALL. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS FOR ALL TRIBE FANS AND ESPECIALY THOSE WHO REMEMBER 48 AND 54. SOME OF THESE MEMORIES BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE TRIBE IN THE WORLD SERIES AND I DOUBT IF I WILL SEE IT ANYTIME SOON. A MUST READ.

Great collection.
I especially enjoyed the games selected being ones I remember most vividly in 1948 and 1954.The reporting on each of the 50 games is excellent and I especially enjoyed the games in which the Yankees went down in defeat.

Must-Have For Tribe Fans!!!
Wow, talk about taking you on a trip down Tribe's memory lane!I really enjoyed this book, walking me through dozens of forgotten games I had witnessed- whether in person, on TV, or on the radio.The author paints you a clear picture of the key circumstances of the games, how the season was going, and lots of other interesting notables of the time.A number of the games were from before my time, but they really tie together all the stories and references from years of being a Tribe fan.I especially enjoy the quotes of players and writers for each game.It really puts you in the moment and helps frame each game's story very well.This book was a lot of fun would highly recommend it as essential reading (and reference guide) for any Tribe fan. ... Read more

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An exquisite fine art coffee table book, showcasing 73 ofthe artist's beautiful full color paintings, that are included inpermanent collections worldwide.This wonderful book also draws thereader/viewer into Mr. Knight's creative world, and discusses hisearly beginnings, and many creative influences.The paintingsincluded span a 26 year period of the artist's life. ... Read more

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The Perfect Gift
This coffee table book is the perfect gift!I bought it for all of my family members.The artist's paintings are exquisite.I know everyone else enjoys it as much as I do.

A Reflection Of The Artist
The artwork displayed in the book "The Creativity of Jonathan Knight, A Visual Dialogue" presents pieces of everyday life at the most delicate moments. The paintings, colorful but soft, offer a refreshing lookat nature, still life, and the natural beauty of humans through theartist's eyes. A consistent variety of breathtaking images keep youthumbing through the pages. It is definitely a book to keep on the coffeetable when entertaining guests, especially those who appreciate qualityartwork.

masterful
I would just like to comment on the creativity of Jonathan Knight, He has a talent like no other, there's a sense of awe in each piece, I personally enjoyed "The little flute player", and "Each day Ipray", the detail in the miniature's are superb! Not only is hetalented in oils, but pastels, water colors, etc. I feel each piece sayssomething personal about the artist,there's also a story behind each one! Iwould love to own each piece represented in the book, for now I'm happy tobe a collector of the Visual Dialogue, this book is a must for all artlovers!BRAVO!

Influences of Creativity
...As a collector of fine art, I highly recommend this book.It is a masterpiece among many of Mr. Knight's work.An excellent example of one of the many gifts that God provides for us all, which most truly reflects in this book.The beautiful full-colored paintings are so creative thatthey will attract an influential vision to even the inexperiencedcollector.

When you turn each page of "The Creativity of JonathanKnight A Visual Dialogue", you will be enlightened as Mr. Knight takesyou into the spirituality of his inner artistic mind; As he distinctivelytransforms normal scenes into beautiful creative scenery.His workinfluenced me to depict the excellent qualities that contributes to beauty. IF YOU LOVE FINE ART AS WELL AS I DO, THEN THIS BOOK IS A MUST BUY!

A Passion for Fine Art
For all of you who don't know Jonathan Knight, you will become delightfully aquainted with him and his work through this wonderful book. It gives you glimpses into the heart and soul of this talented artist. Ihighly recommend it for anyone who has a passion for fine art. ... Read more

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I was born in 1979 but still loved this book!
I may have been born in 1979 but this book is a must-read for all Cleveland Browns fans. It is nearing the end of the 2004 season and things are not looking well but reading this book will help you get through tough times like these.

The author provides an accurate description of each and every 1980 game along with a nice prologue, epilogue and "Where are they now?" type information.

I will buy every book by Jonathan Knight!

Almost 5 stars, but not quite
I have to be truthful here.I really didn't like the book after reading it once.When I went back through it for a second time, I began to understand Knight's thought process when he put the book together, and even though some parts were tough to get through, I was glad I re-read it by the time I finished.If you don't know much about the famous Kardiac Kids, I'd recommend that you give it a thorough read.If you're a self-proclaimed Browns expert, check it out from a library somewhere.

HEART STOPPING KARDIAC KIDS
THIS IS A VERY GOOD READ CONCERNING THE 1980 CLEVELAND BROWNS ON A ROLLER COASTER RIDE ON THEIR WAY TO THE PLAYOFFS. THE AUTHOR DOES A GOOD JOB RECALLING ALL THE EXCITING, FRUSTRATING AND DISAPPOINTING MOMENTS OF THIS MEMORABLE SEASON FOR THE BROWNS. HE COVERS HOW THE TEAM WAS PUT TOGETHER, INTERVIEWS FROM PLAYERS AND COACHES FROM THAT TEAM, AND GAME BY GAME REVIEW. ALSO COVERS DRUG ABUSE, TEAM COVERAGE OF PREVIOUS AND NEXT SEASONS. JONATHAN KNIGHT CERTAINLY DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AND RESULTS ARE A GREAT JOB. VERY RECOMMENDED.

for fans of all ages
i am 15 years old, and a browns fanatic. i am unfortunate enough to have not experienced the 1980 season firsthand. however, this book makes me feel as if i had. i picked it up because my dad would always tell me stories of how good they were and it made me want to be a part of it. it is very well written, blending accounts of the PD (clevelanders know what that is) with insights from the players and coaches. this is the best book about the brwns i have ever read, and aside from friday night lights, this is my favorite book of all time.

a great piece of history
The amount of work the author must have put into this book is astounding. Research is the key to writing books about actual periods of time and Knight obviously did his share.

If you're a football fan, this tale of a team that nearly stopped the hearts of all of Cleveland every week is a must read. ... Read more

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Chapters: Donnie Wahlberg, Joey Mcintyre, Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, Danny Wood. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Donald Edmond "Donnie" Wahlberg, Jr. (born August 17, 1969) is an American singer, actor and film producer. He is a member of the popular 1980s and 1990s boy band New Kids on the Block . His work background includes music, feature films, and television. Donnie has had featured roles in the Saw films, The Sixth Sense, Boomtown and Righteous Kill, also appearing in the award-winning World War II miniseries Band of Brothers. Wahlberg was born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, as the eighth of nine children, with older siblings Arthur, Jim, Paul, Robert, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie and younger sibling Mark Wahlberg. He also has three half-siblings from his father's first marriage- Donna, Scott and Buddy. His mother, Alma Elaine (née Donnelly), was a bank clerk and nurse's aide, and his father, Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Sr. was a teamster who worked as a delivery driver; the couple divorced in 1982. He is of Irish, English, Swedish, and French Canadian ancestry. Wahlberg's first film acting role was in the 1996 film Bullet with Mickey Rourke and Tupac Shakur. Also in 1996, he appeared as a kidnapper in Ransom with Mel Gibson. Wahlberg received attention for his role in the 1999 film The Sixth Sense, playing the patient of Bruce Willis's character in the opening sequence. This role was originally intended for a 13-year-old boy until Wahlberg met with writer and director M. Night Shyamalan to inquire about obtaining the rights for a theatre production, and ended up getting the role. In 2001, Wahlberg co-starred as Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton in the television miniseries Band of Brothers. Wahlberg also starred ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=587794 ... Read more

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nothing really new
I was a bit disappointed in this book, I have to admit. I was hoping to learn more about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who they were, what circumstances led them to life of crime, and so forth... I was expecting maybe some new never-before-seen photographs in this book, but I guess that's a lot to ask for people who lived 80 years ago. I am very interested in the Bonnie and Clyde story, and I have to rate this book good, but not great.

Nice Bonnie & Clyde overview with just the facts.
This is a nice condenced overview of Bonnie and Clyde. If you want a crash course or are just interested in the true story- start here.

Great book
This book has a lot of interesting information and tons of pictures. If you want to know anything about Bonnie and Clyde, it's all in this book.

A First-Rate Work of History
I first became aware of Bonnie and Clyde after a frigid night's motorcycle ride to see Arthur Penn's 1967 movie.Except for buying a DVD thirty years later, I seldom thought of them.Then, last November, my wife and I visited Dexter and Stuart, Iowa.In April of 1934, a month before their deaths, Bonnie and Clyde, along with Henry Methvin, robbed the bank in Stuart.Ten months before, the Barrows had shot it out with a posse at Dexfield Park, north of Dexter.The site of an abandoned amusement park, Dexfield offered Bonnie and Clyde, along with the severely wounded Buck Barrow and his wife Blanche, temporary sanctuary following a shootout in Platte City, Missouri.Penn's movie placed the shootout in Platte City, Iowa, which doesn't exist, ignoring the long ride from the Kansas City area to western Iowa.It also ignored the fact that Buck lived several days after his head wound and actually died of pneumonia.Penn's characterization of Blanche as a screaming ninny isn't accurate, either, and it got him sued.

Penn wasn't after history, but sensationalism.James R. Knight is after history.He is one of those wonderful people who recognize that everything is coming together and seizes the moment.Penn's movie was only the latest in a thirty-year sequence of stylized and mostly inaccurate portrayals of the lovers and their companions.It perhaps began with Jan Fortune's Fugitives, published a scant few months after the fatal ambush in Louisiana.It continued through books by several members of the posse who killed Bonnie and Clyde, and by former criminal companions.As many of the principals, including members of the Barrow and Parker families, aged, other writers began to interview them before it was too late.Given the opportunity to pull together their work with original research, James Knight acted.

This book is the result.

Perhaps only a person who doesn't depend on writing for his income could have done it.Knight, after all, is a pilot for Federal Express who just happens to be an excellent historian.His book shows meticulous patience, coupled with a desire to be what Fox news isn't, fair and balanced.For instance, he gives Fortune's oft-maligned piece credit for what it got right.Though he depends heavily (for the first few chapters) on the recollections of Marie Barrow Scoma, a teenager at the time of her brother's death, Knight sometimes argues, appropriately, with her recollections.After all, she could not have known all that her adult brother was up to.Knight understands that the Barrow and Parker families were far more complex, and far more involved in supporting their wayward kin, than has heretofore been obvious.The evidence has always been there, but Knight uses it broadly and well.

The author is so careful to remain balanced, and to avoid the hysterical tone of previous books, that his prose sometimes seems bloodless.Nowhere is this more evident than in chapters 36 and 37.There, he recounts events around the May, 1934, ambush that killed Bonnie and Clyde.He is meticulous in describing the location and sequence of the wounds each received, the damage to their stolen Ford, and the behavior of members of the posse.It's important, though, because the ambush has so often been misinterpreted.I hope that in a future work Knight will greatly expand these chapters, taking a closer look at everything and everyone who contributed to the ambush and at the questions that still remain.Still, Knight corrects several misconceptions and downright errors fostered by the movie and by previous books.You won't know it, though, unless you read the extensive footnotes.

Which brings me to the subject of how most to benefit from reading this 2003 work. I read it twice.The first time, I had a bookmark in the footnotes and flipped back and forth frequently.The second time, the bookmark was located in the first appendix.This allowed me to review a full history of each character as s/he surfaced in the text.As a result, I have a far better idea of "the story of Bonnie and Clyde" (to borrow the popular title of Bonnie's second poem) than I received on that winter night in 1967.

For all of that, Knight neither whitewashes nor condemns Bonnie and Clyde. Rather, he recognizes the essential tragedy of their story.They lived on their own terms, but everyone paid a price.That they paid with their lives does not obscure the suffering inflicted on their families and on families left fatherless.At the same time, Clyde might have remained a relatively small-time crook (or made changes in his life similar to those accomplished by Ralph Fults) were it not for the brutality he experienced in the Texas prison system.The story of Bonnie and Clyde, then, is in some sense the story of human beings interacting with our surroundings--for good and for ill.I am writing this review two days after a confused and angry teenager murdered people in an Omaha mall.He did it with an assault rifle, at a time when gross inequalities again exist between Americans.Clyde used a 1930's version of that rifle, at a similar time.When will the American people demand gun control?And when will we insist on an end to national policies that lead to the creation of millions of poor people?

"This is a Stick Up!"
"Here they come down that dusty road, and muddy bend; Man and woman welded in crime, together they lived and together...they died. Who else could it be?; But good ol' Bonnie and Clyde!"

The book entitled, "Bonnie and Clyde A Twenty-First-Century Update" by James R.Knight (with Jonahtan Davis )is... "A killer of a book!"

This is a superbly written and researched book.James R. Knight is too young to have ridden along with them, at least in this life.However, his knowledge and interest in this gun toting couple makes me wonder,where he may have been in his last life time?

His writing is informative, easy to read and follow, and...extremely descriptive. In addition, the book is a photographic library in itself!

Sometimes, I could almost hear the heavy "barking" of Clyde's "BAR" and watch the black exhaust clouds rise from the tail pipe of his get-away, 1934 Ford sedan.

Frank Hamer does not appear to be as powerful a figure as he was portrayed in the 1967 movie with Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. Although, a central figure in orchestrating the couple's final demise, the initial credit seems to flow toward a little known figure of the ambush group listed as, Officer Prentis Oakley.

Author, James Knight also gives the reader what Paul Harvey used to say on his radio program: "and now you know ...the rest of the story."
Knight follows through with information on the fate of each actor who ever played any part on the stage of "Bonnie and Clyde."

A great job Mr. Knight(and Mr. Davis)!When can we expect another publication???

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A TRULY GREAT BOOK
JONATHAN KNIGHT DOES A GREAT JOB TAKING US THRU SOME GREAT AND EXCITING YEARS DURING THE MID TO LATE 1980'S CLEVELAND BROWNS SEASONS. HE REALLY BRINGS BACK SOME GOOD AND NOT SO GOOD NOSTALGIC MOMENTS. WE START WITH THE DISASTEROUS 1984 SEASON WITH THE RELEASE OF GOOD GUY SAM RUTIGLIANO AS HEAD COACH AND IS REPLACED BY MARTY (SHOT AND A BEER) SCHOTTENHEIMER. FROM THERE THE BROWNS PEAK UNTIL 1986 WHEN THEY HAD THEIR BEST TEAM OF THIS ERA LOSE IN THE FAMOUS "THE DRIVE" GAME. FROM THERE THE BROWNS WENT DOWN HILL A BIT EACH YEAR BUT STILL REACHED THE PLAYOFFS. AS A RESULT OF BAD DRAFTING, IDIOTIC PLAYER JUDGEMENTS AND THE CONSTANT INTERFERENCE OF BIG MOUTH ART (THE LIAR AND BS'ER) MODELL THE TEAM WENT BELLY UP. WITH THE RELEASE OF BERNIE KOSAR THE ATTENDANCE WENT THRU THE BASEMENT. AND WITH THE HIRING OF BILL (PRE NEW ENGLAND) BILICHICK THE FANS STAYED AWAY IN GROVES. POOR ART, HE WANTED A NEW STADIUM BUT WANTED THE TAX PAYERS TO PAY FOR IT. NOT GETTING IT HE LEFT AND THE RAVENS WERE BORN. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR ALL BROWNS FANS. A GREAT READ.

"Sunday's in the Pound"
Very well written account of a great era in Cleveland Sports history.I had moved back to town in the time frame and was so excited to have the Browns back in my life that strongly.A great group of guys.Really is a shame they were not able to take it to the next level, but in the end, truly, the experience is way more about the journey than the end result.To Earnest Byner.....a quote I once heard from Julius Erving after he had lost to Kareem and the Lakers for the second time and lost in the champioinship for the third time...."In order to be great, you have to DARE to be great, and I will continue to dare to be great."I think of that qoute when I think of his experience in those years.

Great reading!
I loved this book, I vaguely remember these Browns teams as I was only about 10 years old, but I knew how much they meant to people around me.Reading this enable me to learn how this team connected with the city and how much heartbreak there was.I couldn't pt the book down wanting to relive everybit of the history.

Great Memories of an Exciting Era

I love this book (as well as "The Kardiac Kids", also by this author).As someone born and raised in Cleveland, I've followed the Browns since the early seventies. The Schottenheimer era, along with the first year of Bud Carson's reign, contained some of the most exciting (and heartbreaking) Browns games I can remember. I still have a lot of VHS tapes of those games, which I occasionally get out to re-live the days when the Browns were a real contender.

Mr. Knight's book begins with the last part of Sam Rutigliano's reign as head coach, when the Kardiac Kids were becoming a memory and the team began to return to the losing ways of the mid seventies. We learn how Rutigliano was fired and replaced by Marty Schottenheimer and how the team acquired the players whose names would come to represent the newer, better Browns: Kosar, Slaughter, Dixon, Golic, Byner, and so many others.

There were a lot of classic games in the late eighties, and Knight takes us through all the important moments - the 1985 divisional playoff in Miami, the thrashing of the Bengals at Cincinatti in 1986, the Steelers games, the Oilers games, the great playoffs against the Jets in '86, the Colts in '87, the Bills in '89, and, of course, those nightmarish Broncos.

When the games are really big, Knight's coverage is quite in depth.For example, we read Nev Chandler's own words as he describes Kosar's touchdown pass to Brennan in the '86 AFC Championship for the radio audience:"... he's firing the home-run ball for Brennan... turns one way, turns another...HE'S GOT IT AT THE FIFTEEN!TEN!FIVE........"I still get excited at that!For a moment anyway, we were going to the Super Bowl!!

Besides the game action, we also learn a lot of what was going on behind the scenes - the death of Don Rogers, the issues that caused Schottenheimer to leave for Kansas City after the 1988 season, Kevin Mack's drug addiction, and how the bottom finally fell out in Carson's second year.

I can't praise this book highly enough for the true Browns fan.Pick it up and enjoy the great memories.It will help to hold you over till that sweet day when we finally, someday, get another contender in Cleveland. And when we do, I'll be cheering as loud as ever!

A Great Read That Took my Mind off of the 2006 Season
I purchased this book on a lark right when the 2006 football season began.As the Browns started their all-too-familiar path of on-field ineptitude and losing, I decided to pull this book out for a read.

Thank goodness I did, as it made me remember how good things used to be for those few years in the 1980s.The author did a great job of describing the games and providing insight as to what was going on within the team, organization and community at the time.

A wonderful read that took me mind away from another abysmal season and reminded me why I love this team. ... Read more

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Orders of lay knights - the most famous of which are those of the Garter and the Golden Fleece - were founded at some time between 1325 and 1470 in almost every kingdom of Western Christendom, and played an important part in the life of the court. Jonathan Boulton defines the `monarchical' orders as those with corporate statues which attached the presidential office to the crown of the princely founder, or made it hereditary in his house. Modelled either directly or indirectly on the fictional society of the Round Table, they incorporated varying numbers of elements borrowed from the older religious orders of knighthood and from contemporary institutions. This study explores the nature and history of thirteen orders, and reveals them as not only an ingenious supplement to (or replacement for) the feudo-vassalic ties that still bound the leading members of the nobility to their sovereign, but also as the most important institutional embodiments of the secular ideals of chivalry that were at the heart of the international court culture of the age.JONATHAN BOULTON teaches at the University of Notre Dame. ... Read more

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The possibility that works of art and literature might be forged and that identity might be faked has haunted the cultural imagination for centuries. That spectre seems to have returned with a vengeance recently, with a series of celebrated hoaxes and scandals ranging from the Alan Sokal hoax article in Social Text to Binjamin Wilkomirski sfakeHolocaust memoir. But as well as creating anxiety, the possibility offaking ithas now been turned into entertainment.Traditionally these activities have been dismissed as dangerous and immoral, but more recently some scholars have begun to speculate, for example, that all forms of national identity rely on forged myths of origin. Recent cultural theory has likewise called into question traditional notions of authenticity and originality in both personal identity and in works of art. Despite critical pronouncements of the death of the author and the substitution of the simulacrum for the original, however, making a distinction between the genuine and the fake continues to play a major role in our everyday understanding and evaluation of culture, law and politics. Consider, for example, the fiasco surrounding theforgedHitler diaries, law suits against auction houses for failing to detect forgeries in the art market, or the problem of plagiarism at universities. It still seems to matter that we can spot the difference, especially in the historical moment when we are capable of making copies that are indistinguishable perhaps even better than the original.This collection of essays considers the moral, aesthetic and political questions that are raised by the long history and current prevalence of fakes and forgeries. The international team of contributors consider the issues thrown up by a wide range of examples, drawn from fields ranging from literature to art history. These case studies include little-known subjects such as Eddie Burrup, the Australian aboriginal artist who turned out to be an 81-year-old white woman, as well as new interpretations of familiar cases such as faked holocaust memoirs. The strength of the collection is that it brings together not only a wide range of cultural examples of fakes and forgeries from different historical periods, but also offers a wide variety of theoretical takes that will form a useful introduction and casebook on this growing field of inquiry. ... Read more

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Jonathan Knight provides a useful overview and guide to the main issues in current research into the historical Jesus, making a major contribution to this topic of international debate. Whereas some scholars think that Jesus' journey to Jerusalem was a funeral march to victory, Knight argues that Jesus travelled there inspired by eschatological hope. On his arrival, Jesus performed symbolic acts such as the Triumphal Entry, the Cleansing of the Temple and the Last Supper as part of the eschatological process which he thought would herald the arrival of the Son of Man and thus yield dramatic change. While the mindset of Jesus remains obscure to us (not least because of the nature of the sources), this book represents a new and creative attempt to set Jesus in the context of apocalyptic Judaism and to restore eschatological hope to the centre of his message. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Higher Education, published by Ohio State University Press on March 1, 1999. The length of the article is 8057 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The ethical activism or the predisposition of college professors to inquire about or report the unethical conduct of their peers has been studied by using data from a national study on ethics and the academic profession. Questionnaires were mailed to 2,500 faculty members who were randomly selected from a complete list of all full-time faculty. Respondents were asked whether they have been approached by other faculty members or students about the alleged unethical behavior of other professors. Findings of the survey reveal that most professors do not ignore the misconduct of their peers especially these have been reported by another professor.

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Title: Faculty conduct: an empirical study of ethical activism.
Author: Jonathan Knight
Publication: Journal of Higher Education (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1999
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Volume: 70Issue: 2Page: 188(2)

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John Sturdy's unfinished book was conceived as a reply to John Robinson's Redating the New Testament, published in 1975. The once-liberal Bishop of Woolwich took a much too conservative stand towards the end of his life, Sturdy believed, when it came to dating the New Testament literature. Where Robinson tended to date all the New Testament material very early, Sturdy took a much more radical view which began from the attempt to examine the so-called "fixed points" of New Testament scholarship. Sturdy came to a view which saw the genuine Pauline letters as in places interpolated; regarded Colossians, Ephesians and the Pastorals as pseudonymous; identified a divorce in authorship between Luke and Acts; and believed Matthew the last of the Synoptic Gospels to be written, with John assigned to the period c.140 CE. The lynchpin of Sturdy's argument is his view that the Ignatian letters are pseudonymous and were written towards the end of the second century CE. For Sturdy, this removed the need to set other texts impossibly early given the knowledge that the Ignatian letters show of the New Testament material. Thus he sets the Johannines, 2 Peter and Revelation c.150 CE, along with the Didache; and concluded that John 21 was not written until 160 CE. Sturdy's book is required reading for New Testament scholars for two related reasons. First of all, it states a "radical" case in a research environment which has become increasingly conservative. Secondly - and most importantly - it shows that this radicalism is not merely his own aberration but stands in a long tradition of scholarship represented in Germany by the Tuebingen School and its successors, and in England by Davidson and Bishop Barnes. The book is richly documented with extensive references to secondary literature, and serves as an indispensable research compendium for that reason ... Read more