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Tempted to (Re)Interpret : The Salvation Army’s Military Metaphor

Tempted to (Re)Interpret : The Salvation Army’s Military Metaphor. Michael Nagy, CA Director and Archivist SAA 2012 Beyond Borders of Belief: Spirituality and the Archival Enterprise. Military Metaphor Multi-Purpose Administrative Spiritual / Ecclesiological Publicity.

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Tempted to (Re)Interpret : The Salvation Army’s Military Metaphor

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  1. Tempted to (Re)Interpret : The Salvation Army’s Military Metaphor Michael Nagy, CA Director and Archivist SAA 2012 Beyond Borders of Belief: Spirituality and the Archival Enterprise

  2. Military MetaphorMulti-PurposeAdministrativeSpiritual / Ecclesiological Publicity

  3. Administrative Military OrganizationHierarchySpiritual / Ecclesiological Military equivalents of church termsConnection – WAR !

  4. To Interpret or Not to Interpretis the Question with ResearchersTemptation 1 : Level of Interpretation / Translation- Not too much for insiders“Uncluttered” “Quick version”“Re-stating the Obvious”- Not too little for outsidersAcronyms Nothing is ObviousHybrid jargon – church and social work users

  5. To Interpret or Not to Interpretis the Question with ResearchersTemptation 2 : Depth of Interpretation / TranslationChanges in Context and Meaning Over Time

  6. Michael Nagy, CADirector and ArchivistThe Salvation Army Southern Historical Center at Evangeline Booth College404-752-7578 – phoneMichael_Nagy@USS.SalvationArmy.org www.salvationarmyhistory.org

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