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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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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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DOES SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING PREDICT JOB SATISFACTION AND BURNOUT AMONG SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS
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Author
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Colistra, Angela
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Date Created
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2012
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Subjects--Topical
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Counseling psychology, Social sciences--Research, Spirituality
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Description
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Job satisfaction and burnout are directly related to turnover within the substance abuse counseling field and a variable that could predict burnout and job satisfaction such as spiritual well-being was of interest. This study explored how spiritua...
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Title
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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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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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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....
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"I was shot in the left arm by a friend": Transgression and the possibility of communication
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Author
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Humphries, Matthew
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Literature, History--Religious aspects
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Description
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For my paper I will look at contemporary communities built on violence, looking specifically at how the philosophy of Georges Bataille may allow for these groups to be interpreted in the context of sacrifice. Though I will look at some issues rela...
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Title
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Habermas, The Religious Side of a Postmetaphysical Thinker
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Author
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Molina, Luciano
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Political science, Religion, Philosophy
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Description
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The goal of this paper is to show Jürgen Habermas’s recent work on religion as a well-intended effort to deal with religious conflicts in the world that yet presents two serious and related flaws: on one hand, Habermas claims his ideas on religion...
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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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De natura religionis Romanum: A Re-appraisal of the Role of Roman Private Cult and Practice
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Author
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Young, Thomas
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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History--Religious aspects, Religion, Civilization, Classical--Study and teaching
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Description
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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...
