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    Alcoholics anonymous: from spiritual void to spiritual awakening
    (2017-06-19) Vermeulen, Carla J.
    Examining the program of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) reveals that it grew out of a Christian fundamentalist group known as the Oxford Group. This history connects AA to the writings of St Paul and St Augustine. Their writings look into the lives of every human being, into the struggle of the divided will, into obsession, and made them particularly well suited to the study of addiction. There was no castigation, simply an acceptance and understanding as to the scope and needs of those who struggle with the chains of boundless appetite. The program of AA presents the twelve steps as the process one is required to undergo in order to return to health. The gift of a spiritual awakening is the promise in having worked these steps. This distinguishes AA from other recovery programs. This thesis traces spiritual awakening through the program of AA utilizing literature from the early Christian church to demonstrate how those works were integral in the original program of AA.
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    Landscapes of conversion: the evolution of the residential school sites at Wiikwemkoong and Spanish, Ontario
    (2019-02-07) Harvey, Jennifer N.
    This thesis explores the history of the Society of Jesus and its efforts at missionary work from the 17th century in New France to the 20th century in Canada and the use of architecture and landscape development to settle and convert Indigenous peoples into Euro-Christian communities. The Jesuits focused on using Indigenous children to aid in the conversion of Indigenous societies and their efforts resulted in the residential school complexes of the 19th and 20th century in the villages of Wiikwemkoong and Spanish, Ontario. Using illustrations, photographs and written descriptions of former student experiences the atmosphere of the physical environments in Spanish are depicted. The ambitious land and architecture strategies of the Society contributed to the failure of the Spanish Indian Residential Schools. The thesis concludes with a discussion regarding the former sites of the Jesuit residential schools in Northern Ontario and the current discourse on Canadian residential school buildings and sites in the media.