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Title: “The Name With Which You Ascend to Heaven”: Semiotic and Linguistic Ideology in the Midrash of Shemhazai and ‘Aza’el
Author: Cornett, Aleah
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Religion, Linguistics, Judaism--Study and teaching
Description: The Midrash of Shemhazai and ‘Aza’el may appear much like other midrashic exegetical texts that seem ubiquitous in Rabbinic Judaism. It is, however, different not only because it appears much later and is a part of a larger recontextualization con...

Title: Utopic Pessimism: The Messianic Underpinnings of the Antinatalist Polemic
Author: Miller, Joshua
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Philosophy and religion
Description: Pessimism in the west was made into a system by Arthur Schopenhauer. It has never been a popular philosophy but provides rich insights into the nature of human desire and the possibility of happiness in a materialistic cosmos. Antinatalism, the id...

Title: This Generation Will Not Pass Away Before All These Things Take Place
Author: Cataldo, Ryan
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: History, Religion, Theology
Description: This study examines the apocalyptic expectation of Jesus’ imminent return from heaven in the early Jesus movement, and how Matthew and Mark respond to its failure by recasting it as fulfilled. Jesus’ return from heaven, also known as the Parousia,...

Title: The Vanity of a Visionary: A Close Reading of the Inquisitorial Trial of Francisca de los Apostáles (de Avila)
Author: Rice, Tabitha
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: History--Religious aspects
Description: This thesis explores the trial of Francisca de los Apostáles, a woman who lived in Toledo, Spain, during the mid- to late-sixteenth century. Her Inquisitorial trial provides insight into the subversion of female authority and autonomy by the Spani...

Title: The Origin and History of the Cenacle on Mount Zion: An Examination of the Textual, Artistic, and Archaeological Evidence
Author: Clausen, David
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: History, History--Religious aspects, Archaeology
Description: Scholars have, for nearly a century, theorized about the origins of the building known as the Cenacle on southwestern Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Some suggest that it represents the surviving remnants of either or both of the large-scale churches tha...

Title: The Gospel of Luke as Rewritten Mark: Jesus as a Hellenistic "Divine Man"
Author: Melton, Tyler
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: History--Religious aspects
Description: In a society that reveres "divine men" who typically hold positions of power, it should be no surprise that an author would want the subject of their writings to emulate traits that line up with such a title – even if they are rewriting an earlier...

Title: The Broken Shelves: Ex-Mormon Reddit Narratives of Deconversion
Author: Wright, Lesley
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Religion
Description: What are the reasons ex-Mormons give for why they leave their religion? This study identifies what causes Mormons to lose their religion—or to use an ex-Mormon parlance—causes their shelf to break, by analyzing online deconversion narratives poste...

Title: THE HISTORY OF THE CURSE: A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT THE RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL TABOOS OF MENSTRUATION AND THE INFLUENCE THEY HAVE ON AMERICAN SOCIETY TODAY
Author: Webster, Samantha
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Women's studies, Religion
Description: ABSTRACTSAMANTHA B. WEBSTER The history of the curse: a comparative look at the religious and social taboos of menstruation and the influence they have on American society today. (Under the direction of DR. KENT BRINTNALL).James Frazer, in his lat...

Title: SOARING WITH DRAGONS: FINDING PLAY AND INTIMACY IN CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Author: Williams, Joshua
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Literature, Philosophy, Philosophy and religion
Description: This thesis examines the way children’s and young adult literature deals with play and intimacy. Using Georges Bataille’s conception of intimacy, this thesis posits that intimacy, deriving from play, allows for a deeper understanding of self and a...

Title: Reporting the “Summer of Shame”: Clergy Sex Abuse and U.S. Catholic Journalism in 2018
Author: Davis, Samuel
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Religion, History--Religious aspects
Description: This paper explores how two US Catholic newspapers—the National Catholic Reporter and the National Catholic Register—reported on the topic of sex abuse in the Church in 2018, revolving around how they presented and discussed the events surrounding...

Title: Psychonautica: Rhetorical Patterns Within Self-Reported Psychedelic Narratives
Author: Amezquita, Joseph
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Rhetoric, Religion, Spirituality
Description: An analysis was completed of the rhetorical and discursive patterns found in thenarratives of altered states of consciousness on the website Erowid.org, a repository ofinformation about psychoactive plants, chemicals, and related topics, as well a...

Title: Playing Ponies: A Critical Evaluation of Religious Elements and Gender Politics at Work in "Brony" Fandom
Author: Mullis, Justin
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Sex role, Religion, Religions
Description: This work aims to illuminate the cultural institution of the fandom by approaching it from the vantage point of Religious Studies while seeking to avoid the obvious similarities of devotion and social organization so often brought to the table wit...

Title: PERCEIVED VERSUS EXPERIENCED: RELIGIOUS OTHERING ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS
Author: Carskaddon, Chelsea
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Religion, Ethics, Philosophy and religion
Description: The question driving this thesis is to what extent religious othering is actually experienced compared to the extent to which religious othering is simply perceived. To seek an answer to this question the author chose to analyze the ways in which ...

Title: Maintenance of a Tradition: An Analysis of Identity and Memory Making Processes at Rock Springs Camp-Meeting
Author: Manlove, Wyatt
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Religion
Description: The Rock Springs camp-meeting in Denver, North Carolina is a communal religious gathering, the maintenance of which is passed down generationally and regarded by some as an important piece of Denver's community history. The camp-meeting phenomenon...

Title: Identifying the Voice of the Teacher in the Thanksgiving Hymns (Hodayot) of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Author: McElveen, Viola
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: History--Religious aspects, Judaism--Study and teaching, History, Ancient
Description: ABSTRACTVIOLA L. MCELVEEN. Identifying the Voice of the Teacher in the Thanksgiving Hymns (Hodayot) of the Dead Sea Scrolls(Under the direction of DR. JAMES D. TABOR) The central purpose of my thesis is to attempt to identify the methods and crite...

Title: Elijah the Tishbite: The Zealous He-Prophet's Gender Performance in 1 and 2 Kings
Author: Argonauta, Matthew
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Bible, Sex role, Religion
Description: The prophet Elijah is known for his zealousness on behalf of the Israelite deity, Yhwh. This zeal particularly manifests itself as Elijah defends the exclusive worship of Yhwh in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab, after ...

Title: Editing Identity Online: Film Reviews as Religious Narratives on Patheos
Author: Twist, Haley
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Religion
Description: How do we construct narratives about ourselves, how are these narratives influenced by our religious lives, and how do these narratives look when they appear on the Internet? Exploring the construction of autobiographical narratives and how they a...

Title: De natura religionis Romanum: A Re-appraisal of the Role of Roman Private Cult and Practice
Author: Young, Thomas
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: History--Religious aspects, Religion, Civilization, Classical--Study and teaching
Description: This study questions the contemporary privilege afforded Roman civic cult and its relationship with the divine over the private cult of the individual or group. Exploring the historical underpinnings of the civic cult theory as exemplified by such...

Title: Dating the Teacher of Righteousness and the Floruit of his Movement: An Evaluation of Methods (1952-2010)
Author: Rumfelt, Trina
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: History--Religious aspects, Religion, Judaism--Study and teaching
Description: The Dead Sea Scrolls are Hebrew and Aramaic texts representing more than 800 manuscripts. Found between 1947 - 1956 in 11 caves near an ancient Qumran archaeological site, they consist of copies of books of the Hebrew Bible. The Dead Sea Scrolls h...

Title: Christian Sun Worship and Theurgy in Late Antique Rome
Author: Sells, Justin
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: History--Religious aspects
Description: In Late Antique Rome the worship of the sun penetrated into Christian belief and practice. This is usually explained in terms of a type of syncretism, where the sun god in Roman religion during this time (often seen as being at the apex of the pan...