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Utopic Pessimism: The Messianic Underpinnings of the Antinatalist Polemic
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Author
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Miller, Joshua
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Philosophy and religion
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Description
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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...
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This Generation Will Not Pass Away Before All These Things Take Place
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Author
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Cataldo, Ryan
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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History, Religion, Theology
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Description
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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,...
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The Persistence of Images: Mūrti, Monotheisms, and Museums
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Author
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Bowmer, William
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Religion, Aesthetics, Area studies
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Description
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Even anciently one finds debate among Indian sources as to whether image-worship is unacceptable, ignorant, tolerable, laudable or ideal as a means of connecting with divinity. Yet it has been ubiquitous in Indian society for thousands of years, t...
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The Insta-Hijra: South Asian Hijra Photographic Performances
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Author
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Flaherty, David
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Area studies, Religion, Art--Historiography
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Description
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Indian hijras have captured anthropological, religious, and media attention as they have been categorized as "third-sex," "neither men nor women," and most recently, indexed under the identity structures of "transgender" and "kinnar." From their s...
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The Gospel of Luke as Rewritten Mark: Jesus as a Hellenistic "Divine Man"
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Author
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Melton, Tyler
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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History--Religious aspects
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Description
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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...
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The Broken Shelves: Ex-Mormon Reddit Narratives of Deconversion
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Author
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Wright, Lesley
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Religion
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Description
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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...
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Title
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THE PRAGMATISM OF FOOD PORN: MODERN MEDIA AS A MODE OF ZEN PERPETUATION
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Author
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Haley, Gabrielle
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Religion, Area studies
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Description
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The revolving door of food trends – particularly those regarding vegetarianism and veganism – provides a unique opportunity for food cultures that are traditionally associated with religions to sit down at the table and enter the conversation. Thi...
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South Park's Satan: Sympathetic Character and Critical Cultural Mirror
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Author
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Casper, Joshua
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Queer studies, Ethnology, Area studies
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Description
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JOSHUA CASPER. South Park Satan: Sympathetic Character and Critical Cultural Mirror. (Under the Direction of DR. SEAN MCCLOUD) In this thesis, I argue that Satan in South Park is portrayed as a sympathetic character who acts as both a role model o...
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Sacrifice and Violence: Paśubali in Nepal
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Author
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Carroll, Lindsay
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Religion, Area studies
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Description
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Animal sacrifice in Nepal—known as paśubali—exemplifies the complexities of ritual animal sacrifice. It also complicates understandings of the relationships between sacrifice and violence. The word "violence" in sacrificial studies has been met wi...
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SOARING WITH DRAGONS: FINDING PLAY AND INTIMACY IN CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
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Author
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Williams, Joshua
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Literature, Philosophy, Philosophy and religion
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Description
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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...
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Reporting the “Summer of Shame”: Clergy Sex Abuse and U.S. Catholic Journalism in 2018
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Author
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Davis, Samuel
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Religion, History--Religious aspects
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Description
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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...
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Psychonautica: Rhetorical Patterns Within Self-Reported Psychedelic Narratives
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Author
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Amezquita, Joseph
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Rhetoric, Religion, Spirituality
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Description
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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...
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Praise the Sun: The Game Dark Souls Illuminated by Ritual Theory
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Author
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Gonzales, Aaron
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Area studies
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Description
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By focusing on the social meaning-making of ritual Catherine Bell paved the way for new avenues of exploration for religious studies. My paper pulls this theory into a realm of playful activity unique to the digital age: the world of video gaming....