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The Flying Kid
General Articles -- Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
How We Got Computers (and Taxes)
Article Topics Menu -- Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Research on the Web

assimilation
Models of Assimilation
Articles -- Assimilation: How Peoples Develop and Change -- Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
The Miwok of the US -- An Example of Coalescence

effectivecomm
Create or Cripple: Communication and Contract
Fuzzy Thinking, Confused Preaching and Cultural Traps
Across the Greek Divide
Articles — The Effective Communicator — Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
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The Music and the Message

ethnicity
Ethnicity in the Cities
Culture, Learning and Communication
Ethnicities and Names
Ethnicity, Ancestors and Society: Self-Identification in the US
Ethnicity and Religion
Ethnicity, Language and Population
Ethnicity in a Multi-cultural Society: What is Meant by "Hispanic" or "Latino" in the United States?
Ethnic Names and Codes: Correlating People Lists
Ethnolinguistic?
Articles -- Defining Ethnicity -- Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Language Continuums and People Clusters: Adjusting Ethnic Entities in Reference to Language Research Updates
Language, Tribe and Ethnic Clusters: Analyzing the Ndengereko Cluster in Tanzania
Lists, Codes and Real-World Ethnicity: Thoughts on People Group Information Exchange
Multi-Cultural Ethnic Groups: A Communication Strategy
Multi-Level Ethnicity
"Nation" & "People" in Hebrew and Greek
What is a People Group?
*** Peoples and Languages ***
*** Rough Edges of Ethnicity: Determining Ethnicity in the Changing Streams of Language and Culture ***

faithlife
*** Why Should I Believe in God? ***
** The Meaning of "Fairness" **
Articles — Faith and Life — Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Faith or Fate
God, Heaven and Human Knowledge
Christian Persecution
Principalities and Powers: Notes On Demonic Hierarchies
Religion and the State
Sabbath and Sunday

genealogy
Jenkins-Terry McSwain-Dumond Gregory-Green Mullinax-Mullins-West and Strange/LeStrange Family history

islam
Islam Book Titles Menu
Islam: Main Menu -- Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Menu: Additional Articles on Islam, by Orville Boyd Jenkins
Islam: Main Menu -- Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Menu: An Outline Introduction to Islam, by Orville Boyd Jenkins
Menu: The Path of Love, by Orville Boyd Jenkins
Islam Book titles Menu
Islam: Presentations Menu -- Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Islam Presentation and Download Menu

presentations
Islam: Presentations Menu -- Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Islam: Life and Values -- Muhammad's Call and Concerns
Islam: Life and Values -- Themes and Impressions
Islam: Life and Values -- The World Outside
Islam: Life and Values -- The World Outside
Islam: Presentations Menu -- Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Islam Presentation and Download Menu

langlearn
Cultural Role and Language Proficiency -- How to Learn a Language
Menu: How to Learn a Language and a Culture
Introductory Perspectives -- How to Learn a Language
Approaches to Language
Language in Society
Principles and Techniques to Language Learning
Philosophy of Language/Culture Learning -- How to Learn a Language
A Philosophy Of Language Proficiency Evaluation
Proficiency as Progress: Defining Cross-Cultural Communication Competence
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pdf
Resources and Instruments -- Language Learning and Proficiency Evaluation -- OJTR

langlife
Did You Say What I Heard?
How Many Words?
How Do You Know?
Articles — Language and Life — Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Juncture and Aspiration
Looking Natural &mdash an artricle in the series "Language and Life"
** On the Ball ** Language and Life Series
Opportunities And Expectations
Looking for a Plural
** Precedence and Dependence ** Language and Life Series
O Redundant, O Repetitive Tongue &mdash an article in the series "Language and Life"
I Don't Remember This Language
Sounding Right &mdash an article in the series "Language and Life"
Stressful Words and Sentences
** Through Thick and Thin: The Role and Rule of Usage ** Language and Life Series
Thinking Straight
Tunes and Tones: Singing the Language
** Universals and Particulars **
How Words Grow
Word Mapping
Where is You-all's Place?

languages
*** Why do People Have Accents? ***
Aramaic Primacy — Was the New Testament first Written in Aramaic?
Bantu Languages and Peoples: Sorting Popular and Technical Terms of Reference
*** Cognate Language ***
Dealienation: Thoughts on Culture Acquisition in Language Learning
Dialects, Languages and Ethnicity
*** Glaswegians and Houstonians -- English Placename Adjective Forms ***
Hebrew Usage in the First Century
Hebrew -- The Original Language? (Of Course Not!)
Articles — Language and Culture — Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Jesus and the Hebrew Language
*** The Languages Jesus Used ***
Josephus and Aramaic Primacy: The Language and Literacy Culture of First Century AD
*** What Was Koine Greek? ***
*** Koine Greek as a Mother Tongue ***
A Quick Guide to Language Learning
Languages, Languages, Everywhere Languages
*** Languages Dying ***
Literacy Training in 1st Century Palestine
Naming African Languages in English
Vernaculars, Pidgins, Creoles And Lingua Francas in Worldview Perspective

objintro
A Short Biographical Resume: Orville Boyd Jenkins
A Faith Safari -- How Can God Put So Many Opportunities in One Lifetime?
*** Dr. Obiwan's Personal Computing History ***
Formal Educational Background for Orville Boyd Jenkins
*** Orville Boyd Jenkins: Summary Introduction ***
*** So Many Languages, So Little Time! ***
Living and Working in Kenya
*** Orville Boyd Jenkins: Who is this Guy Anyway? ***
*** Music in My Life -- Orville Boyd Jenkins***
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Quanah, Texas -- History in Memories

orality
Articles -- Orality and Literacy -- Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Orality in Christian Mission
*** Orality, Literacy and the Bible ***
Orality and the Post-Literate West
** Stories and Storytelling: Reclaiming our Oral Heritage **

outlineintro
Outline Intro to Islam: African Focus
Outline Intro to Islam: Beginnings
An Outline Introduction to Islam: FIVE PILLARS
Outline Intro to Islam: Foundations of Islamic Society
Islam: Historical Notes
The Path of Love: POSTSCRIPT
The Linguistic Names of God -- Outline Intro to Islam
An Outline Introduction to Islam: OTHER ARTICLES OF FAITH
Major Types of Islam -- Outline Intro to Islam

pathoflove
The Path of Love: FOCUS ON AWARENESS
The Path of Love: INTRODUCTION TO SUFISM
The Path of Love: JESUS IN THE QUR'AN
The Path of Love: WORD AND SPIRIT
The Path of Love: AL-HALLAJ
The Path of Love: POSTSCRIPT
NOTES
SUGGESTED READING FOR MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS

peoples
Afar, Ophir and the Mists of History
Amhara-Tigrinya Clothing
Amhara-Tigrinya Names
Population Analysis of the Arabic Languages
Barabaig and Datoga
"Burakumin" in Japan: Meaning and Connotation of an Ethnic Name
*** The Catalonians of Spain ***
Colour, Race and Genetics in the Horn of Africa
A Summary of the Cushite Peoples of Eastern Africa
*** Cyprus: Notes and Perceptions ***
Ethnic Distinction Among the Oromo -- What Factors Make a People Group Distinct?
*** Esau, Blessings and Judaism ***
Germanic and Celtic
Hamyan Bedouin: The Phantom People
*** The Hima People of Eastern Africa ***
Hima, Ham and Cush
*** Hyksos and Hebrews ***
Articles — Peoples and Cultures — Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Italian and Caucasian
Italians, Etruscans and Greeks: Genetics and Ethnicity
Italians and Race (Race and Nationality)
The Kore of Kenya -- Maasai or Somali? Clarifying Ethnic and Linguistic Streams in Overlooked Ethnicities
The Kurdish People: an Analysis by language, geography, religion and ethnicity
Kwavi, Baraguyu and Maasai -- Dialects, Names and Ethnicities
*** Race and Ethnicity in the Horn of Africa ***
Indians of South Africa
*** Scots, Irish and English ***
*** Who are the "Somali Bantu"? ***
*** Tigre, Tigrinya, Tigray -- Ethnicites, Languages and Politics ***
Tutsi, Hutu and Hima -- Cultural Background in Rwanda
Tutsi, Hutu and German
Tutsis — the Ethiopia-Somali Connection
The Yazidis -- An Angelic Sect
*** Yezidis, Kurds and Zoroastrianism ***

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PowerPoint Presentation Menu
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religions
What is a Cult?
Denominations, Doctrines and Fellowship
Identities and Attitudes in Culture and Religion
Articles -- Denominations, Sects and Religions -- OJTR
Concerns with the Lighthouse Lambast: A Response to an Attack on Major Christian Mission Movements
*** Greek Orthodox Church ***
Internet Sources on Eastern Orthodoxy
*** Relationships Between the Religions ***
*** Polity, Funding and Authority in Southern Baptist Life: Answer to a Critic of a Baptist University ***

reviews
Time as Experience and Idea
Recurring Classic of Western Christian Mysticism
The Psalms as Music and Prophecy
St Francis, Conversion and Disappointment
It's OK Not to Know Everything
Dead Sea Insights and Alternatives
Refreshing Current Outlook on the Old Testament -- A review of the book by Manfred Barthel, "What the Bible Really Says"
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A New Testament Window into First Century Jewish Literature
Sci Fi Foundations of Space Science -- Review of the book "Skylife"
We Should Already Know This
The Awe of Scientific Discovery
Dagon and the Ark: The Ark of the Covenant in Cultural Context
Backdoor Insights into the Essene Community
Too Honest for the White House
Weird Physics
Resources for Diversity
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Rethinking Hell
A Real-Science Time Travel Plan!
Texas Roots in American Music
The Trampled Rose Garden
Archaeology and the Biblical Texts
*** Thessalonica, Qumran and the Cult of the Emperor ***
Progressive Foundations for Postmodern Christianity
Delay, Deception and Delivery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
When They Haven't Heard
Victory out of Despair
Pre-History of the World's Favorite Mystery Island
Hilarity Sounds Alarm for America
Spiritual Depth in African Encounters
The Oldest Prose Narrative in the World
More Fantasies and Fictions: Mary Magdalene and an Epic of Scholarly Sleight-of-Hand
Naivité and Intellectual Poverty in Modern America: The Ethical Challenges
Myth and Morality in Modern Science
Capturing Hebrew Orality
*** Quantum Time Travel ***
Divine Concepts Compete, by Orville Boyd Jenkins: A review of Gods and the One God by Robert M. Grant
A Gnostic View of Jesus
Gospel Time Travel
Early Greek Ethnicity and Politics
Muslim and Christian: Comparing the Paths
Psychic Memories Through Time
A Phenomenology of Jesus
Eastern Focus, Western Comment
The Oral Greek Character of Paul's Writings
Blurring the Sci Fi Boundary
Christians Started with a Greek Old Testament, by Orville Boyd Jenkins:
Colorful, Agonizing Clydebank Culture -- A review of the Book 'The Holy City'
Quanah — The Last Comanche Chief
Worldview, Ethnicity and Social Dynamics in African Politics
Book Reviews — Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Umbanda, Spirits and Demons and Christianity
The Rich, Persistent Centre
Mystical Insights
Epistemology in Particle Physics
Supersymmetry: Microperceptions in a Theory of Everything
Too Much Supposition
The Gospel of Judas — Is this Really Good News?
More Oral than We Knew: The Oral Nature of the Gospels
Graduation to Reality — The Church Emerging
Demonic Metaphysics
South African Spirituality
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A View of Africa
Language Confusion for Dummies
Cultural Insights in World Migration
*** More Speculation About Angels ***
More About More Speculation
Practicing the Presence of God
Mapping Human Origins
Dealing with Worldview in Business
Adventure in Etruscan Myth and History
The Medieval Mind of Europe
What Did You Say This Book is About?
An Adventure in Apocalyptic Science Fiction
The Hidden Arthur Tales
Anasazi — Saving an Ancient Civilization
Split-Rapture Recent Origins Exposed
A History of God
Pastoral Teaching in the High Methodist Tradition
Build the Bomb and Expect the End
Yoruba Religion in the Americas
Islam, A Realistic and Sympathetic Portrait
Worldview in the Disciplines
The Watchers are Judged
Bringing Deuteronomy to Life
The Ministry of Presence
Critical Thought Construction, by Orville Boyd Jenkins: A review of the book by Schubert M. Ogden, 'The Point of Christology'
The Pope and Peter View Revised
White Man in a Cape Town Township
Postmodernism — The Church's Challenge and Opportunity
Near-Death Confirms Life Beliefs?
Semi-Gnostic, Semi-Christian, Semi-Islamic Gospel
Liberal Protestantism: History and Personality
Out-of-Body Travel
History and the Future in Mark's Gospel
Reclaiming the Greek Heritage: A Modern Mathematical Philosophy
The Trials of Peace for St Francis
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Jewish Analysis of Christian Beginnings with Paul
Good Intention, but the Worldview Spoils It -- A Critical Review
Foundations for the Foundation
A Captain Kirk Murder Mystery
Civilian Kirk Commands a non-Federation Enterprise
Shatner's Cyber-Tech World of Crime
Gypsies, Genetics and the Aryan Church: Germany in 1939
Founding the Four-Fold Gospel
Biological Evidence for the Human Spirit
Souls from Science
The Gospels in their Jewish Setting
Regaining Credibility for Christianity
Greek Egypt
Cultural Drama in Christian Beginnings
Fantasies and Fictions: Mary Magdalene as the Gaulic Christian Goddess
Death, Demons and a Second Chance
Death, Demons and a Second Chance
Incomplete Case
Science and the Supernatural
Maturing Dead Sea Scrolls Scholarship
Saved without the Overt Gospel? -- A Deep Analysis
Title Index of Book Reviews — Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Postmodern Challenges to a Rising Evangelicalism
Topical Index of Book Reviews — Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Sympathetic Insights towards Traditional Worldviews
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Venda Homeland under Apartheid
Textual Themes and Language Variations in the late Prophets
"Self-Help" that Says "It's Not About You"
Our Genetic Journey
Jesus and the Jewish Resurrection
Mysticism, the Wound of Knowledge
Abstract Approach to Practical Greek
The Other America: Life on the Streets
The Shack: a Realization of Relationship and Revelation
Indigenous Asian Expressions of Christian Faith

sciencefaith
*** Who Created God? ***
Creation or Creationism?
*** God and Literacy ***
Articles -- Science and Faith -- Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Science, History and the Bible

sentinel
== Cyprus Sentinel == Jenkins News, February 2001
Cyprus Sentinel -- April 1999
== Cyprus Sentinel == Jenkins News, May 2000
== Cyprus Sentinel == Jenkins News, June 2001
== Cyprus Sentinel == -- Jenkins News, May 2000
== Cyprus Sentinel == Jenkins News, August 2000
== Cyprus Sentinel == Jenkins News, November 2000
== Cyprus Sentinel -- Millennium Edition == December 2000
== CYPRUS SENTINEL == December 1999
== Cyprus Sentinel == Jenkins News, September Special Edition 2001
Cyprus Sentinel -- Jenkins Millennium Culture Centre -- Newsletter Menu

techniques
Using a Dictionary in Language Learning
Eye-learning or Ear-learning?
How Long Should a Language-Culture Program Be?
Articles -- Techniques for Language Learning -- Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
Aspects of Language
Principles and Techniques of Language Learning
Music as a Language Learning Medium
Overlearning
Planning for Progress
What Does Please Mean? (Working on Word Meanings)
Real-Life Learning — The Principle of Association
Schools and Institutes in Language Learning
*** Storytelling for Learning and Teaching ***
I'm Tone Deaf
Working on Tones
*** Translation? ***

theology
The Early Gospel
God and The Problem of Evil
*** God and Nothingness: Thinking God out of Existence ***
*** Did God Create the World? ***
*** Does God Really Exist? ***
The Holy Name
In the Image of God
Articles — Theology and Christian Faith — OJTR
Names of God and Words for God -- Thoughts on Beliefs and Usages
*** Are Older Bible Manuscripts More Reliable? ***
*** Petros the Rock and the Rock of the Church ***
Primacy and Possibility: Problems Facing Aramaic Primacy Claims
Thought-Prayer in the Communication Event: An Approach to Practical Life-Events
Keeping The Torah by Nature
*** Is the Textus Receptus Inspired? ***
*** Who is God? ***

theolreligion
What about the people who were born before Christ?
*** The Exclusively Inclusive Gospel ***
Articles -- Christianity and World Religions -- OJTR
A Simple Theology of Religions

whatisculture
What is Culture? -- Cognitive and Social Culture
Comfortably Uncomfortable
What Is Culture? -- Culture and Experience
** Gestures **
** Greetings **
** How Do You Feel? **
It Just Keeps On Going
** Language in Cultural Worldview **
** Learning as Culture **
Learning to Be Happy
** Religion as Culture **
** Socialization and Self-Identity **
** Social Roles **
Social Institutions
** What's For Supper? -- Formatting the Communication Event **
** Technology as Culture **
** The Theatre of Culture **
** Time — A Cultural Concept **
** Values in Culture **
Articles — What is Culture? — Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
** Worldview in Culture **

words
*** Apostrophes and Possessives ***
*** Bags and Cases ***
Too Many Cooks: Proverbs at Odds?
Why are Police Called Cops?
Debts or Trespasses?
An elephant never forgets
Articles — Words and Sayings — Orville Jenkins Thoughts and Resources
New Words
Comments on English Word Origins
Driveways and Parkways
Pros and Cons
*** Raindrops and Snowflakes ***
How do You Spell "Okay"?

y2k
Was it 4 B.C. When was Jesus Born?
The Dates of Christmas: The New Calendar and the Celebrations
The Dates of Christmas: Why do We Celebrate Christmas in December?
Year Zero: Counting to 2000
The Second Millennium -- When Did it End?
The Year 2000 and Christianity: A Misguided Focus

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